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In the latest in their series examining common comic book themes, CSBG looks at the popular Chris Claremont phrase known to X-Men fans the world over.
In her latest column, Kelly Thompson examines the way some readers try to silence critical discourse about comics -- and what can be done about it.
CSBG continues their celebration of Batman's 75th anniversary by asking you to vote the greatest Batman writers and artists of all-time! Click here to cast your ballot!
Marvel invent their own monsters to fight Godzilla during their "Godzilla" series, and CSBG has the top five Marvel monsters plus other top five lists!
The latest Meta-Message archive entry involves the one time when Chris Claremont poked fun at his & John Byrne's role in then-current Marvel crossovers.
CSBG's Greg Hatcher has compiled a trivia contest based on cosmic questions - see how well you can do!
Marvel published a "Godzilla" comic for two years in the late '70s, and CSBG runs down the five greatest Godzilla battles against Marvel heroes!
Captain America's WWII girlfriend, Peggy Carter, is getting her own TV series on ABC, and CSBG examines her long, strange comic book history.
CSBG spotlights the comic book debuts of the cast of The CW's "Arrow," just in time for tonight's season finale! Felicity Smoak first appeared where...?
CSBG spotlights on one of the strangest comics of all-time, the time the Joker began committing "boner" crimes and tried to force Batman to pull a "boner" as well.
With several comic book adaptations on TV and more than a dozen in the works, Kelly Thompson examines them all and rates her excitement for each.
Remember when Gambit was blinded by his own exploding playing cards? Check out that and more examples of creators abandoning stories by earlier writers.
Check out CSBG's archive of instances where pieces of pop culture influenced comic book stories, like the cigarette ad that helped give us the Penguin!
The countdown has finished and here is the complete master list of your choices for the 75 all-time greatest friends and foes of Batman!
You voted, and now CSBG is ready to reveal who you picked as Batman's greatest ally of all time! Is it Dick Grayson? Alfred? Commissioner Gordon? Find out!
CSBG's spotlight on comic book retcons examines how Gwen Stacy was brought back from the dead as a clone...or not a clone...or really a clone all along?
Kelly Thompson examines Marvel's five new female-led ongoings launched as a part of All-New Marvel NOW! -- and the prognosis is good.
CSBG counted down your picks for Batman's top villains -- see who takes the top spot! Who finishes higher: Two-Face or Ra's Al Ghul? Penguin or Riddler?
CSBG presents a collection of the greatest Spider-Man stories ever told, just in time for Spidey's latest film!
Your picks for the greatest Batman allies hit the top ten! Which Robin finishes higher? Jason or Damian? What about Superman or Catwoman?
CSBG has been counting down your votes for the greatest Batman villains and allies and we just hit the villains' top ten! Come see who finished #10-6!
In their latest spotlight on abandoned comic plots, CSBG looks at the time that Batman let one of his rogues starve to death... or did he?
CSBG has been counting down your picks for the 75 Greatest Batman Villains & Allies! Now that we're at the halfway mark, check out who has shown up so far!
CSBG has an archive of retconned comic stories, including one of the most famous -- the Captain America was frozen in ice before WWII ended despite years of evidence to the contrary!
Was the 2002 Captain America series launched in response to 9/11, and did Marvel plan on addressing Cap's bizarre 2001 "death"?
Cap worked with SHIELD long before "Winter Soldier," but CSBG looks at the days before they joined forces, when Cap was a little too into the idea.
You voted and now CSBG is revealing your choices for the greatest Batman villains and allies of all-time! The countdown starts with the first ten Bat rogues.
Check out CSBG's collection of comic book moments that now look hilarious in hindsight, like when Hawkeye talked about Wolverine couldn't cut it as an Avenger.
CSBG is collecting some of the most ill-thought out story ideas in comic books, including the '90s Image crossover where Greek gods attacked Jesus on the cross.
Celebrate Batman's 75th anniversary with CSBG's countdown of his top villains and allies, based on YOUR votes! Today's the last day to vote so cast your ballot now!
Everyone knows Captain America's origin, right? Well, for a few years in the 1980s Cap had an entirely different origin! Including a brother! CSBG has the whole story.
CSBG examines the brand-new Ghost Rider and discovers how much his beginnings evoke classic Silver Age origins like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four.
For Daredevil's 50th anniversary, CSBG looks at DD's past and examines Miller and Romita Jr.'s red foil-covered retelling of Daredevil's origins.
CSBG is collecting some of the most ill-thought out story ideas in comic book history, including an awful Golden Age Captain America tale.
Celebrate Batman's 75th anniversary by casting your vote for the Dark Knight's greatest villains and his greatest allies. Cast your ballot now!
CSBG has an archive of abandoned comic book storylines, like the time Captain America died and no one remembered that it happened.
CSBG's 6th Annual March Madness is over. You all voted -- who won the final battle? Superman or Thor? Come find out!
CSBG continues to celebrate Batman's 75th anniversary by encouraging you to vote for Batman's greatest villains and allies of all-time!
In the latest installment of theirs spotlight on '90s gimmick covers, CSBG takes a look at "Captain America" #450 and whether it was a gimmick or good!
It's the final round of CSBG's 6th Annual March Madness! Thor versus Superman! Who would win in a fight? YOU decide!
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23. xtla and Gnus
There is a feature in xtla.el to send/review patches via gnus.
To set it up, you need the following lines for your .emacs:(tla-insinuate-gnus) (setq tla-apply-patch-mapping '(((nil "planner" nil nil nil) "~/work/planner-dev/")))Replace ~/work/planner-dev/ with your planner working directory
The patches are sent as .tar.gz files.
When you receive such a patch (I will send one soon), You can hit
K t v to view the patch
K t a to apply the patch
I can even provide a log message in the mail. You can insert the log message via C-c C-p in the tla-log-edit buffer.
E-Mail from Stefan Reichör
その限られた性能のために私はコンピユーターに幻滅を感じている。 Its limited capability has disenchanted me with computer.
22. Managing my mail
I use Gnus, one of the many mail/news clients available for Emacs. The following features help me manage the volume of mail I get each day.
Mail splitting
Yes, yes, the Gmail way is to keep everything in one folder and then use searches to filter your messages. Still, I like being able to glance at my screen and see 2 personal messages and 3 planner-related messages.
Topics and group hiding
I use Gnus topics to divide my mail into folders and subfolders. Mail groups are hidden unless they have mail. Some groups like mail.misc and mail.planner are generally useful, so I keep them visible even if they don't have unread mail.
Gnus allows you to automatically score threads and messages up and down based on various criteria. You can set it to completely hide boring messages, show them in a different color, show interesting messages in a different color, etc.
On most mailing lists and newsgroups, I don't bother reading message bodies. I just scan through subjects, hitting k to kill entire threads I don't find interesting. Gnus remembers what threads I've killed, marks them as read, and scores them down automatically. It also scores up messages containing certain keywords, replies to my posts, and threads I found interesting.
Integration with my contacts
I put interesting people in my BBDB contact database. Gnus indicates messages from them with a little + beside their name in the message summary. If someone I know is interested in a thread, I might find it interesting as well.
Hiding and article washing
I've set Gnus up to hide quoted text. This makes browsing through threads much easier because I can concentrate only on the the new parts. I can hit a few keys to expose sections of the quoted text if the replies aren't immediately obvious from the context.
I can also set it up to remove ads at the bottom of messages, particularly long signatures, To: lines with more than N recipients, that sort of thing. I can tell it to strip out HTML, too.
Displaying parent article
Sometimes I'll jump into the middle of a thread. I can use ^ to get to the parent message.
I use swish++ to index and search through my personal and planner-related mail.
Planner hyperlinks
Most of my tasks come in through e-mail. Planner lets me keep track of my TODOs easily by automatically hyperlinking to the mail message I'm looking at when I create a task. Dealing with a few items on my TODO list is much easier than going through a large inbox! =)
21. Emacs for Authors
A book writer has written a guide on how to use Emacs in lieu of mainstream word processors. Check it out!
Post from R. Wood on comp.emacs
20. two-mode-mode: Multiple modes in one Emacs buffer
two-mode-mode allows you to switch between two major modes in a single buffer. You can find it at http://www.dedasys.com/freesoftware/files/two-mode-mode.el If you need to deal with more modes, check out Multiple Major Modes at http://mmm-mode.sourceforge.net .
20. One #emacs day - 0. 2005.01.05 and 1. 2005.01.06
(Technically, one and a half, because this is the first entry)
Here are interesting tidbits from irc://irc.freenode.net/#emacs
M-x column-number-modemakes Emacs show column numbers.
- Have you checked out the Emacs LiveJournal community? http://www.livejournal.com/community/emacs/
emms-locateis a useful way to play selected media files.
- ljupdate darcs repository: http://edward.oconnor.cx/code/ljupdate/
- Don't worry about losing local changes when you modify the source code of CVS Emacs. CVS does patches.
- ess toolbar variables (customization) need to be set before ess is loaded, but ess is loaded in site-start. How do you set it, then?
- Powerful buffer switching: With either iswitchb or ido, C-x b C-s. ido seems to be better than iswitchb for multitty Emacs, and comes with CVS GNU Emacs. iswitchb is in GNU Emacs and the edit-utils package for XEmacs. If you want to stick with iswitchb fulltime, add
(iswitchb-default-keybindings) to your init.el.
- Emacs under screen: C-\ might be a good Screen escape key.
- ess (emacs spreadsheet):
set-variable set-goal-column nilfor neater navigation
- emms:
(define-key dired-mode-map [.] 'emms-play-dired)after dired is already loaded
- Editing XML: Many people recommend nxml (GNU Emacs only). xsl-mode is also useful even for other XML files. xsl-mode indentation is better than xml-mode, too. xsl-mode is in the xslide package, and in the cygwin sumo package.
- ERC seems to be the most popular IRC client.
- People use normal synchronization tools like rsync, unison, and CVS to sync their planner.el pages between computers.
- If you want Python files recognized, install python-mode and
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist (cons "\\.py\\'" 'python-mode))
- Gnus: You can use B DEL to delete drafts.
- Hook variables named -hook tend to not take arguments, while hook variables named -functions might be called with arguments.
- Recursion in lambdas!
(funcall #1=(lambda (n) (if (= n 0) 1 (* n (funcall #1# (1- n))))) 5)- result: 120. Not recommended.
- Use M-x goto-line to go to the nth line.
- To copy the font setting and color-theme of the old frame when you create a new frame:
(defadvice make-frame (around frob-frame-parameters activate) (let ((default-frame-alist (frame-parameters))) ad-do-it))
- Debian: /etc/emacs/site-start.d and /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup.el are responsible for lines like "Loading 00debian-vars (source)...", while /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install is called when the deb is being set up.
- How to get rid of all the ^Ms at the end of lines:
M-% C-q C-m RET C-q RET RET. (Better solution:
M-x revert-buffer-with-coding-system, dos.)
desktopcan make Emacs jump to the previous position in a file when you reopen the file
- Setting auto-fill in file comments:
-*- mode: major; mode: auto-fill -*-, where major is the major mod you want
18. Keeping track of time with planner-timeclock and planner-timeclock-summary
Today I discovered the immense usefulness of keeping track of time. I had converted the TODO my teammate sent me into entries in my JapanProject plan page, and before starting my work I came up with rough estimates of the time it would take me to do the tasks. I also marked which tasks I felt were best suited for my coworker so that he could get started without worrying about conflicts. I like working on little tasks first, so I estimated the time it would take me to complete each task and sorted by my estimates using the 'sort' command and some cutting and pasting.
Then the fun began. I wanted to see if I could match my estimates. Before I started working on a task, I used C-c TAB to mark it 'in progress' and start the clock. When I finished it, I used C-c C-x (planner-task-done) to mark it completed and automatically clock out. This is not yet done for cancelled tasks, so I clocked out of those manually with C-c C-o (timeclock-out). I also clocked out whenever I caught myself being distracted so that the totals wouldn't include the time I spent chatting on #emacs or checking out del.icio.us links. ;) At the end of the day, I used 'planner-timeclock-summary-show-range-filter' to show me the time elapsed for all of the tasks I'd worked on over the past two days. Here's the report for that project, edited to reflect how it looks on my screen and annotated with comments:
Timeclock summary report for 2004.12.28 - 2004.12.29
|Translate javadoc comment for Messages.java
|Translate javadoc comment for LoginAction.java
|Study Struts in Japanese
|Add javadoc tags for input, output and forwards
|Help review code
|Import todo list
|2min Fix Menu Action's unnecessary code (delegated)
|2min Remove unnecessary list in UserRemoveSetupAction (cancelled)
|2min Remove hard-coded database path from MenuAction
|30min Create a superclass for our action classes that handles initialization of database and handling of privileges - remove all privilege handling in logic classes. ...
|5min Add a method that returns the validity of a user in MUserPeer.
|5min Fix indentation
|10min Fix UserPeer so that it doesn't get null pointer exceptions
|5min Add current password field in user_modify page (cancelled)
|15min Make a super class for our service classes that will receive the database connection. (cancelled)
|10min Remove hard-coded constants from the Logic classes
|10min Move logic from UserBean.checkPassword to UserListLogic
|20min Guard against null pointer exceptions in peer classes
|10min Instead of displaying uneditable data with bean:write, just disable the html:text element
|10min Deploy 10:00 version
|5min Separate the configuration file of database and system into another uninternationalized property file.
|1h Decide on a naming convention for localized messages and update files
|20min Explain what is happening in UserModifyAction's nested ifs (pending)
|2h Write Javadoc comments in English and Japanese to explain bean structure
|2h Write Javadoc comments in English and Japanese to explain peer operations (pending)
|20min Make a factory class for the database (pending)
Day began: 13:03:58, Day ended: 20:51:46 Time elapsed: 31:47:48, Time clocked: 10:41:41 Time clocked ratio: 33.6%
The time record isn't perfect. I cancelled some tasks after thinking about them a little and did some tasks simultaneously. Sometimes I didn't notice that I was getting distracted, too. Still, having all of that time information neatly summarized made me realize a number of things.
First, I goof off much less when I have a nice, broken-down task list in front of me. There's just something about knowing there's a five- or ten-minute hack you can get out of the way. I found myself looking forward to getting to the next task just to see if I could make my estimate. That said, seeing a five-minute task stretch and stretch due to unforeseen problems did make me a little nervous. I should probably just make generous estimates so that I don't end up with bugs because of haste.
Second, I don't goof off as much as I thought I did, although there's still room for improvement. Yesterday's workday was 9:00 - 12:00, 1:00
- 5:30--7.5 hours. Today was the last day of work, so cleaning and celebration interrupted my hacking at around 3:00--5 hours of work. According to my task list, 10:41/12:30 was productive work. Hmm. 1:49 hours unclocked time when I was thinking or goofing off. planner-timeclock-summary-show for today reveals that I actually clocked 5:30 today, which means the goofing off happened yesterday. That makes sense; I remember a pretty long unclocked segment recuperating from Japanese overload. (This was before we came up with the task list.)
Third, keeping track of time is way, way cool even if you don't bill anyone for your time.
Like the idea? It's easy to try out. If you use the development version of planner, just add
(require 'planner-timeclock) (require 'planner-timeclock-summary)to your ~/.emacs. If you want to try it out now, eval those statements in your Emacs session. After that, simply use C-c TAB to 'clock in' a task before you start working on it, and use C-c C-x (planner-task-done) to mark it completed. To see a summary of how you spent your day, check out the different functions in planner-timeclock-summary.
If you use the stable version of Planner, you can grab planner-timeclock.el and planner-timeclock-summary.el from http://sacha.sachachua.com/notebook/emacs/dev/planner/ , try out the dev version, or cherry-pick the relevant arch patches. If it works for you too, please e-mail me so that we can merge it into stable! =) (I tend to trust myself very little, seeing how I manage to screw up dev from time to time.)
Happy hacking!
17. Tracking callers of elisp functions
You can display a call graph after byte-compiling a file by adding this to your ~/.emacs:
(setq byte-compile-generate-call-tree t)bojohan also said that list-callers.el might be interesting.
Chat with :bojohan on zelazny.freenode.net#emacs
16. More Emacs tips
From Douglas Johnston:
In case you're interested, the second part of my "Emacs retreat" is online at the blog. (It's mainly for wanna-be Emacs users, but emacs-wiki/planner figure prominently in my usage.)
E-Mail from Richi's server
15. u-color-cycle.el
Ulf Jasper's u-color-cycle.el smoothly changes the color of all text in a window or region while you stare at it, mesmerized. It reminds me of those setcolor tricks I used to do in grade school and high school. u-color-cycle.el is a cute, harmless diversion that just goes to show Emacs hackers have way too much time on their hands. ;) (This is a Good Thing.)
E-Mail from Ulf Jasper
14. Emacs, the self-documenting editor
In response to http://www.livejournal.com/~cmarguel/5405.html?nc=1 :
Miguel Arguelles wondered what was so self-documenting about Emacs. Paolo showed him the source code, but Miguel pointed out people have to type those comments in anyway. So what makes Emacs a self-documenting editor and my favorite tool?
Emacs is called a self-documenting editor because the source code to _any_ function can be found with a few keystrokes. Curious about how M-x find-file works? Use C-h f to look up the definition, follow the link in the help buffer, and get as much detail as you want. You can even use the Emacs debugger (edebug) to explore the behavior of functions. Emacs exposes its internals to an extent no other editor has even attempted.
Code? Why are we looking at code? Shouldn't we be looking at neat comments explaining how everything works? The paradigm shift here is that _code_ is often the best documentation for itself. Comments should explain usage and the background reasons for coding, but the code itself should be clear and easy to understand. Programming languages like C and Java tend to encourage short, almost cryptic identifiers. Lisp may initially seem daunting because of the parentheses, but the long identifier names and the simple structure make it easy to read even if you don't have a background in functional programming.
Not only can you look functions up, but you can also _change_ them while Emacs is running. Don't like the way save-buffer works? You can redefine it with a little Emacs Lisp programming. Want to do some pre- or post-processing? There's support for that too. Emacs is a rapid development environment for itself. That's why there are so many modules available for it. Emacs is an editor you can customize to your heart's content.
Documentation is just a few keystrokes away. All the commonly-used functions and variables have clear instructions for usage. Emacs coding style suggests having a documentation string explaining the arguments and usage for each function, and there are tools for checking compliance. Emacs also has a lot of contributed documentation on http://www.emacswiki.org and other Emacs-related sites.
Emacs doesn't hide anything from you. That's why Emacs is called a self-documenting editor. Even after trying out other editors like Eclipse and vim, I still go back to Emacs. I've tasted power, and I'm hooked.
13. Lisp code for correct coding
(setq erc-encoding-coding-alist (quote (("#lisp" . utf-8) ("#nihongo" . iso-2022-jp) ("#truelambda" . iso-latin-1) ("#bitlbee" . iso-latin-1))))
12. top-level
(when (featurep 'xemacs) (top-level))Handy way to prevent XEmacs from interpreting the rest of your .emacs.
Chat with bojohan on zelazny.freenode.net#emacs
11. dabbrev-hover
dabbrev-hover http://gnufans.net/~deego
Tooltip-show the next completion. Hmm, that's nice.
E-Mail from D. Goel
10. Emacs on the Playstation 2
Having problems with backspace and delete on Emacs on the PS/2 Linux kit? Here's what Eric says:
<ericvids> sachac: I knew it, it's a program-trying-to-outsmart-its-user bug. <ericvids> sachac: I bound backspace to delete, but I shouldn't touch delete. They need to be *both* delete-char. And the old emacs was trying to automagically decide whether to move backward or stay in place. <ericvids> sachac: On the other hand, maybe I should just keyboard-translate that. After all I'm just trying to prevent emacs from modifying my bindings.Chat with ericvids on localhost#bitlbee
9. Debugging Emacs hangs
Run emacs in gdb, preferably from the src directory where you compiled emacs:$ cd ~/emacs-build/src $ gdb ./emacs[There's a special .gdbinit file in that directory that defines handy emacs debugging commands.]
When it hangs, hit C-z or something to exit to the debugger (you can't use C-c like usual when debugging emacs, because emacs' standard .gdbinit file changes gdb's SIGINT handling to make C-g work properly on ttys).
Then look at a C backtrace ("backtrace") and lisp backtrace ("xbacktrace") to see what's up.
For more fun, do the above from another emacs session using emacs' `M-x gdb' command.
E-Mail from Miles Bader
8. Snarfing appointments from mail
Check out u-appt.el and icalendar.el .
E-Mail from Ulf Jasper
7. Emacs Learning Instruction Program
The beta of ELIP, the Emacs Learning Instruction Program, is now stable enough for wide release.
ELIP is "flashcards on steroids" and provides learning via
- spaced interval recall (like SuperMemo)
- Leitner "box" method
- plain old flashcards
Modes are present for questions and answers in
- simple form
- ellipsis form, generated from chosen text material
- passage memorization form (i.e., memorize the Gettysburg address).
ELIP installation requires some EMACS 'smarts' and had EDB, the EMACS Database, as a prerequisite. This is all explained in the documentation.
The distribution comes with a small Hawaiian language database, a large Spanish vocabulary database, a large Esperanto vocabulary database, an Esperanto grammar database, and the "I Have a Dream" speech for learning by memorization.
There is a small, low volume mailing list available.
ELIP is found at
and comments, bug reports, ideas and suggestions are welcome.
E-Mail from
6. back-to-indentation: jump to first non-blank character
To move over the indentation on a line, do `M-m' (`back-to-indentation'). This command, given anywhere on a line, positions point at the first nonblank character on the line.
E-Mail from iso
5. gnu.emacs.sources/tex-skak.el: a way to typeset chess moves and board diagrams in LaTeX
This is a special mode for editing LaTeX files which use the skak package.
\usepackage{skak} is a beautiful way to typeset chess moves and board diagrams in LaTeX. This file implements a special editing mode for such documents ontop of the AUC TeX and chess.el packages. Both packages are very flexible and extensible. This file can be considered glue code to unify the power of both packages.
Mirrored at ../emacs/tex-skak.el
E-Mail from Mario Lang
4. Ebook: Emacs in 24 hours
Ran across http://freebooks.by.ru/view/:24h/emacs173.htm from http://www.google.com/search?q=gnus+nntp+mail+source+example . Looks like a pretty good resource.
3. ff-find-other-file
ff-find-other-file lets you switch from, say, a .cpp file to an associated .h file.
E-Mail from Felix
2. Checking for unmatched parentheses
M-x check-parens
1. Really funky BBDB aliases
Apparently, you can define a mail-alias field on multiple BBDB records, add the following elisp snippet to your .gnus
(add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'bbdb-define-all-aliases) (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'mail-abbrevs-setup)and expand aliases to multiple e-mail addresses with tab.
E-Mail from Sarir Khamsi Cross-reference: 2003.11.10:2
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French metal band ANTHROPIA has posted its video for the song "Question of Honour" at this location. The track comes off the group's debut album, "The Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 – The Journey of Beginnings", out on Magna Carta Records. The main portion of the video was shot in the French Alps near the village of Le Mas.According to the band's official bio, "The Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 – The Journey of Beginnings" "buzzes with flashes of IRON MAIDEN's gritty conceptual metal, Dave Mustaine/MEGADETH lightning-speed riffing, DREAM THEATER's sweeping storytelling, Yngwie Malmsteen's neo-classical minor-scale mining, 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'-era GENESIS atmospherics, KANSAS' busy symphonic boogie-rock, classical guitar beauty and flair, and RUSH's dark '70s sci-fi/fantasy explorations. Simply put, ANTHROPIA's classical-metal-prog hybrid enraptures the listener in a world of sound, vision, and imagination." Commented ANTHROPIA mastermind Hugues Lefebvre (a.k.a. Hugo): "I really am more of a classical guy than a metal guy. I'm proud of the record: I don't like filler tracks. I prefer a record that is 30 minutes with only five songs than a 60-minute CD with filler. Hopefully, I've put together a record that listeners will sit an listen to uninterrupted." Check out audio samples at this location.
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I'm a serial scarf knitter—they happen when I fall in love with a yarn and can't stop swatching. My scarf baskets are stuffed. Hats don't come as easily, though. Many knitting books offer instructions for gorgeous and elaborate hat concoctions, but sometimes I just want simple, basic, flexible hat instructions to follow as I embark upon my own creative journey.
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Why It's Better to Watch Movies in a Theater
One evening last week, I went to see "Lincoln" at a movie theater in a downtown San Francisco shopping mall. The theater's message reminding you not to text and to turn off your cell phone was particularly thorough and Draconian (something about how the management would find you and would eject you), so when my own phone began bleating insistently just as the announcement finished, I was more than usually embarrassed. My scurry to the exit was a blushing perp walk, with several people on the aisle hissing and grumbling and one older lady overdoing it, I thought, by addressing me as "The Stupid Woman."
But when I got back to my seat, and settled in with the rough-and-tumble politics of 1865, and the tender, craggy countenance of Daniel Day-Lewis's Lincoln, I found myself feeling grateful. Sure, I could have done without the "Stupid Woman" comment. But I also felt, as I do increasingly in movie theaters, the pleasure and relief of knowing that for two-and-a-half hours, I would be permitted the grace of concentration. I would not be answering e-mail, or the phone, or gazing guilty over at a basket of laundry in need of folding or dog hair in need of vacuuming—the sorts of things I too often do when I'm watching a movie on TV or on a laptop at home. I would be given a reprieve from multitasking. And when I wept or laughed or gasped in dismay, I knew I would be doing it in the company of strangers who were there in that theater for the same purpose: To be transported by, immersed in, somebody else's intricately realized vision of life.
That communion in the dark is an experience that many fewer of us are having in the age of home entertainment and instant downloads. In 2011, movie theater ticket sales fell to their lowest point since 1995, and took another dip this past summer, perhaps partly in response to the Colorado movie theater shootings. In 2002, the average moviegoer went to the theater eight times a year; last year it was 5.8 times. And the decline is most apparent among younger moviegoers. The only age groups that attended slightly more movies last year than the year before were the 40-49 year olds and the over 60's.
Is it only muzzy-headed, middle-aged nostalgia that makes me think these numbers are pretty sad? The fact is I'm grateful to be able to watch movies on my laptop. My cineastic teenaged kids, who can download silent Swedish movies from the 20s, and pre-code gangster movies and just about anything else they might have read about and want to see are getting a deeper cinematic education than I ever had. I love that.
But I also know I'd never want to forgo the movie theater, the focus and the paradoxical intimacy of watching in a crowd. In the silent era, movie theaters were palaces: ornate and grand, Moorish and Chinese, vast and vaulting. They didn't serve popcorn because popcorn was déclassé; it was what spectators munched at carnivals and circuses. In the 30s, movie theaters became smaller, more streamlined and democratic in design. There were fewer with different tiers of ticket prices, and the owners brought in snacks (the popcorn harvest in the U.S. took off.) That evolution would eventually bring us the shopping mall multiplex with its buckets of popcorn and super-sized soft drinks—a long, long way from the movie palaces. And yet even the boxy multiplexes offer a different experience from home viewing—one that's even more of a refuge as our electronic distractions multiply and our attention spans shrink.
So, my apologies to my fellow spectators at that showing of "Lincoln" last week. I'll be seeing it again with my kids when I get home to Washington, D.C. And this time, I'll leave my phone at home.
Margaret Talbot, the daughter of Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot, is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of "The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century."


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Join the residents of the Upper Minnesota River Valley to bring stories of the river to life in a one-of-a-kind Paddling Theater experience. Ashley Hanson & Andrew Gaylord, Directors of Place Base Productions & the artists that produced the 2012 Meandering River Walk, need your help to create this community-based paddling theater production that will take place on the river during Minnesota River History Weekend & State Water Trails 50th Anniversary Celebration May 18.
On April 5 and 6, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. til noon, respectively, open auditions and drop-in volunteer sign-ups, will be held at the K.K. Berge building. PlaceBase Productions is looking for 12-15 actors, many experienced paddlers and additional musician, singers, storytellers, dancers, visual artists, river-enthusiasts, costume and prop-makers, volunteers and project assistants. No experience necessary and all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate. However, principal actors need to feel comfortable in, on and near the water.
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The Matchbook Poem Project and Poetry Reading
The English Department in collaboration with The Wittenberg Poetry Society, Sigma Tau Delta, and The Writing Center, is asking all members of the Wittenberg community to share some lines (a single line or two) of poetry that are vital to you. We will seal these individual lines into a collection of vintage matchbooks, and drop them into a fishbowl in the Writing Center. Anyone and everyone is invited to draw a matchbook from the fishbowl and write an original poem using the borrowed line sealed into the matchbook.
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Free-throw shooting contest planned
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
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The 2011 Knights of Columbus is holding its free throw shooting contest on Sunday.
All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 (as of Jan. 1) are invited to participate. The local competition is sponsored by Christ the Redeemer KC Council.
The competition will be held at the St. Joseph Elementary Gym in Thibodaux with registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Trophies will be award in five age groups and local winners will advance to district competition.
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December is probably my favourite month in the year, simply because the air is just full of festivities and good cheer.
One of the things that I always look forward to is the scrumptious, mouthwatering Christmas meals. Capella Singapore's Executive Chef David Senia, was kind enough to share with me a recipe for a very festive appetizer which The Knolls will be serving this festive season – a Foie Gras Terrine with Apple Chutney and Brioche.
I love the simple preparation that impresses with its beautiful flavours.
Terrine of Goose Liver, Vanilla Apple Chutney and Brioche Toast
Foie Gras Terrine
1kg Foie Gras
10g Salt
3g Pepper
4g Sugar
- Marinate the Foie Gras with salt pepper and sugar and place it in a terrine
- Put the terrine in a hot water bath and cook it at 55 degrees Celsius for an hour
- Allow it to cool and set for one day
- Remove the foie gras from the terrine and slice it evenly
Apple Chutney
500g Sugar
1.5kg Granny Smith apple (peeled and cored)
5pcs Cardamom
5 Vanilla Pods
- Dice the Granny Smith apple into fine pieces.
- Combine all the ingredients, including the diced apples into a large saucepan and cook
- Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally
- Reduce the heat and continue allowing the mixture to simmer while stirring occasionally until most of the liquid has evaporated.
- Remove from heat and allow it to cool.
Assembling the dish:
- Place the sliced foie gras terrine in between two slices of toasted brioche and smear a generous helping of apple chutney across the plate.
- To garnish, chop some nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios) and gooseberries in a bowl toss it with vanilla olive oil
Additional festive garnishing tips from Chef David: you can add some micro herbs, such as coriander leaves, which not only add a decorative touch to the dish but also enhance the taste.
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Easy Roasted Tomatoes and Shrimp with Feta, Oregano, and Fennel
(Makes about 4 servings, depending on what you're serving it with; recipe adapted from Roasted Tomatoes with Shrimp and Feta from Real Simple.)
5-6 medium-sized fresh red tomatoes, cut into pieces
3 T olive oil
2 T minced garlic (or more)
1 tsp. dried oregano (preferably dried Greek oregano)
1/2 - 1 tsp. ground fennel seed
fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 pound medium-sized raw shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails pulled off (I used 31-40 size shrimp)
2 T fresh-squeeze lemon juice
3/4 cup crumbled Feta cheese (or more)
2 T chopped fresh parsley for garnish (optional)
Thaw shrimp overnight in the refrigerator if frozen. Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
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The Rain Crows will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Graham Auditorium at Washington State Community College as part of the Evergreen Arts and Humanities Series.
The concert is free and open to the public. Advance seat pass reservations can be made by contacting Tanya Wilder by phone at 374-8716 or at email@example.com.
The Rain Crows are musicians from across Ohio who fortuitously met at a "rustically quaint Lake Erie resort."
Lead guitarist, Bill Thompson,III, the editor of "Bird Watcher's Digest," is joined by his wife, Julie Zickefoose, author and naturalist, and Wendy Clark Eller, a former sessions singer, on vocals. Local musicians Craig Gibbs and Cage Queen round out the group on bass and percussion.
The members of the group come from diverse backgrounds, but each made a point of including music as an active part of their lives. What started out as a jam session with like-minded performers evolved into a group that has recorded two full-length albums.
Their first album, "Looks Like Rain," was recorded and produced in 2012 at Moviesound Studio in Parkersburg.
Not long thereafter, the group came together again at the Indigo Hill Sound Cave outside of Whipple, to collaborate on their new album "Dream of Flying Dream." The tracks on the album are all tied together through the inspiration of nature and birds, but the tracks are made distinct by the different styles of music that are featured throughout the album.
The band has said that the tracks on their newest album feature styles "from country to classical to Celtic and from southern rock to 1930's jazz."
Additionally, the opening reception of the Spring Semester Art Exhibit sponsored by the Evergreen Arts & Humanities will also take place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The exhibit features a variety of work of Beth Cox, art instructor at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, and the pencil drawings of Anthony Wilson, a Marietta artist.


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The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently released its report on 2013 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total populations were estimated at 45.6 million breeding ducks in the surveyed area. This estimate represents a 6 percent decrease from last year's estimate of 48.6 million birds, and is 33 percent above the 1955-2012 long-term average.
"This spring saw abundant moisture in much of the heart of North America's most important duck breeding areas," said DU Chief Scientist Dale Humburg. "That bodes well for duck breeding success this summer and hopefully, for hunting this fall. But we remain concerned with continuing loss of nesting habitat in these areas. Because ducks need both water and upland habitats to successfully raise their young, the ongoing loss of grasslands and wetlands across the Prairie Pothole Region will continue to impact the number of ducks in the fall flight.
"We must maintain our focus on protecting and restoring important habitat across the birds' range in order to see these kinds of numbers in future wet years," said DU CEO Dale Hall.
The main determining factor for duck breeding success is wetland and upland habitat conditions in the key breeding landscapes of the prairies and the boreal forest. Conditions observed across the U.S. and Canadian survey areas during the 2013 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey were improved or similar to last year in many areas due to average to above average annual precipitation, with the exception being southeastern Canada, south-central Alberta along the Montana border, the northeast U.S. and portions of Montana and the Dakotas. Total pond counts for the United States and Canada combined showed 6.9 million ponds, a 24-percent increase from last year's estimate and 35-percent above the long-term average.
Of the 10 species surveyed, 7 were similar to last year's estimates, including mallards. Scaup and blue-winged teal were significantly below last year's estimates. American wigeon were 23 percent above last year. Mallards, similar in number to 2012, are 36 percent above the long-term average. Two species (northern pintail and scaup – lesser and greater combined) remained below their long-term average and North American Waterfowl Management Plan goals.
"This year we also experienced very late winter conditions across much of the United States and Canada," said Humburg. "These conditions delayed the arrival of some ducks on their traditional breeding grounds and may have impacted breeding and nesting success."
"Even with abundant moisture on the prairies and good breeding success this year, the weather and habitat conditions the birds encounter on their fall migrations can impact local hunting success. Many areas along traditional migration routes are experiencing significant drought, and this will likely have an effect on how many birds hunters see this fall. Other areas have seen excessive moisture, which could affect food supplies for migrating birds. And, as always, weather patterns can also have a huge impact on local hunting conditions and the timing of the migration."
The spring surveys provide the scientific basis for many management programs across the continent, including hunting season dates and bag limits. The four flyway councils and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regulations Committee will meet in late July to recommend season structure and bag limits for 2013-14. Individual states will make their specific selections within a federal framework of season length, bag limit and dates. Hunters should check the rules in their states for final dates.
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The mallard is the most common duck in the United States, with the greatest abundance between the Appalachian and Rocky mountains.
2013: 10.372 million -2% from last year
2012: 10.602 million
Mallards remain +36% over the long-term average.
2013: 3.351 million -7% change from last year
2012: 3.586 million
Gadwall remain +80% over the long-term average.
2013: 2.644 million +23% change from last year
2012: 2.145 million
Wigeon numbers are +2% above the long-term average.
2013: 3.053 million -12% from last year
2012: 3.471 million
Green-winged teal remain +51% above the long-term average.
2013: 7.732 million -16% from last year
2012: 9.242 million
Blue-winged teal remain +60% over the long-term average.
Learn more about blue-winged teal in our waterfowl identification gallery.
2013: 4.751 million -5% from last year
2012: 5.018 million
Northern Shoveler numbers remain +96% over the long-term average.
Learn more about northern shovelers in our waterfowl identification gallery.
2013: 3.335 million -4% change from last year
2012: 3.473 million
Northern pintail numbers are -17% below the long-term average.
Learn more about northern pintails in our waterfowl identification gallery.
2013: 1.202 million -5% from last year
2012: 1.270 million
Redhead numbers are +76% over the long-term average.
Learn more about redheads in our waterfowl identification gallery.
2013: 0.787 million +4% from last year
2012: 0.760 million
Canvasbacks are +37% above the long-term average.
Learn more about canvasbacks in our waterfowl identification gallery.
2013: 4.166 million -20% from last year
2012: 5.239 million
Scaup remain -17% below the long-term average
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Old Skool Summer Fest coming to Amp in August
Published: Friday, July 5, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 11:44 p.m.
The Old Skool Summer Fest is coming to the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater at 7 p.m. on Aug. 10. The show will feature performances by Bell Biv Devoe, Salt-N-Pepa, Avant, Doug E. Fresh, Rob Base and
DJE-Z Rock. Tickets go on sale at noon on July 12 and can be purchased at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater box office, all Ticketmaster outlets and online or by phone at 800-745-3000. Prices range from $20 to $59.50 with all seats reserved.
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Al Korte throws his frisbee as Jay Dougan and Ben Bartlett try to stay dry under their umbrellas Saturday during the Toss In The Tundra frisbee golf tournament. Only about 10 decided to brave the elements and participate.
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Siobhan Fallon attended school in England, traveled widely in Ireland (where her father, Eamon, was born) and even worked as a teacher in Japan. But when it came time for this globetrotter to meet her future husband, it was at a place decidedly closer to home. "I met him… in my father's bar," Fallon says with a laugh. Thus began Fallon's introduction to the world of the United States Army. The Fallon family pub, The South Gate Tavern, is located right near the West Point Military Academy in upstate New York. "We saw cadets all the time," adds Fallon, who worked regularly behind the South Gate's bar. "We didn't date military guys."
Of course, that all changed when she met K.C. Evans, an Army major who would go on to serve in Iraq. Fallon ended up spending long periods of time stationed in Fort Hood (Texas) and Fort Benning (Georgia), as well as bases in California and Hawaii.
Fallon has now taken these experiences and published her first book of fiction, to rave reviews. You Know When the Men Are Gone (Amy Einhorn Books) has drawn comparisons to short story writer and poet Raymond Carver as well as the Vietnam-War-era fiction of Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried).
"The crucial role of military wives becomes clear in Fallon's powerful, resonant debut collection, where the women are linked by absence and a pervading fear that they'll become war widows,"
Publisher's Weekly gushed in a much-sought-after Starred Review. The New York Times added that Fallon "tells gripping, straight-up, no-nonsense stories about American soldiers and their families," and that "there's not a loser" among the eight stories that make up You Know When the Men Are Gone.
Fallon credits her father – born in Dromahair, County Leitrim – with encouraging her literary talents from an early age, exposing her to writers such as Yeats, Behan and Joyce. "He recognized something early on, since he kept giving me all of these Irish writers to read," says Fallon, who later added: "We're a family of bartenders, so there was always a lot of story-telling going on." (Fallon's mother, Bobbie, has roots in Ballinrobe, Mayo, as well as Connemara.)
The interconnected stories in You Know When the Men Are Gone are alternately sad and funny, touching and unsettling. First and foremost, they reveal an unseen world to readers. Much, of course, is made of what the military does abroad as well as what happens to the soldiers when they return home. Precious little, however, is known about the world of military families. There was an MTV "True Life" episode about the wife of a soldier serving in Iraq, and there is also the Lifetime TV show Army Wives (starring, among others, Irish American actress Brigid Brannagh). But Fallon's stories bring fresh humanity as well as a new depth to this topic.
"I had three deployments worth of material to look back on," notes Fallon, most of whose stories are set in Fort Hood, though others dash around the globe, from suburban New York to war-ravaged Iraq.
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While these stories are steeped in realism, Fallon adds that there was more to creating them than simply recording people she saw and heard at Fort Hood. "Certain moments might have been lifted from people I knew," she says, before adding: "But it's more of a compilation. No one is going to look at these stories and say 'That's me.' It's more like there are glimmers of reality."
Of course, there is always a concern that a book such as this might reveal too much. Fallon, though, is not worried that other military families will accuse her of airing dirty laundry. "We had some friends in the military look over early [copies of the book]. I was nervous and crossing my fingers. I was hoping people didn't say 'My God, Siobhan, what are you doing?' But they said it was honest." Indeed, the men and women in Fallon's stories endure the things men and women everywhere endure: love, lust, loneliness, regret, euphoria, betrayal. Some of the wives have children to deal with; others (sort of) wish they did. All of these emotions and tension are heightened, exacerbated, by the fact that the husbands are not only gone, but are off in a strange place where they might get killed.
In "Gold Star," for example, the simple search for a parking spot becomes an existential dilemma: Josie, the story's protagonist, tries to avoid "the Gold Star spot:" "Gold Star," she muses, "with its imagery of schoolchildren receiving A's and stickers for a job well done, was the military euphemism for losing a soldier in combat. Family members received a few special privileges like this lousy parking space, but that meant the pity rising from the asphalt singed hotter than any Texas sun." Josie, as well as several other Fallon characters, are adrift, unhinged. And yet, the last thing they seem to want is anyone to feel sorry for them. One reason for this is that everyone is in the same boat, dealing with the same pressures and anxieties.


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Valentine's Day is upon us, and our passions have been supersized. It's the time of year when we crave not just love, but true love; not just romance, but fiery romance; and not just dinner, but a really good dinner, preferably involving a fat, juicy steak. And on that last point, to at least a few top chefs in the Vail Valley, this means prime-grade ribeye.
When searching for finest quality in beef, though, there's more to consider than freshness and cut. Modern agricultural mass production - not to mention issues of food safety - have sparked an appreciation for how food is produced and where it comes from, especially when it comes to beef. Discriminating consumers demand to know where and how the cattle were raised, fed and butchered, because more than any other factor, these have the most impact on flavor, quality and nutritional value.
Factory farm raised cattle, for example, are typically kept in crowded pens, injected with growth hormones, and fed a diet of grains to fatten them quickly. Their meat is higher in cholesterol and lower in nutritional value than cattle allowed to graze naturally, according to a 2010 study published in Nutrition Journal comparing grass-fed versus grain-fed beef.
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Nathan Stanbaugh, national director of food service sales for Creekstone Farms in Arkansas City, Kansas, credits an investment in "pasture to plate" details for his company's emergence as a culinary darling.
"Our pure-bred Black Angus cattle are pasture-raised on small family farms and processed in our private plant, designed for humane handling [with the help of renowned animal welfare consultant Temple Grandin]," Stanbaugh said. "This is not only the right thing to do, it also creates exceptional taste and tenderness."
Taste and tenderness were what seduced Richard Hinojosa, executive chef at Larkspur Restaurant in Vail. After hearing the Creekstone hype (the glowing March 24, 2010 New York Times article, "Beef From Creekstone Impresses New York Chefs," nicely sums this up), Larkspur brought in samples for a blind tasting. Creekstone won, forks down, and the 41-ounce tomahawk ribeye is now featured on the restaurant's dinner menu.
"When I want pure beef bliss, I want a big, seared ribeye," Hinojosa said. "They tend to have the best marbling, which results in the most flavor."
Hinojosa lightly marinates his ribeye in olive oil, herbs and garlic; seasons it with salt and coarse ground black pepper; then hard-sears it for a carmelized crust with flavor intensity and crisp contrast to the tender interior. The ribeye is then roasted at high temperature, finished with a simple beurre fondue, and "rested" for 15 minutes before serving, to retain its juiciness.
"In my opinion," Hinojosa said, "this is the king of steaks."
At 41 ounces, it's easily shared with the queen.
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David Walford, executive chef at Beaver Creek's Splendido restaurant, also features Creekside's tomahawk ribeye, called "Cote de Boeuf" on his menu, and designed for two. Rubbed in olive oil, salted and peppered, the steak is pan-seared, finished in a special oak-fired oven at 700 degrees, and carved at tableside.
"I worked for a season at a restaurant in Burgundy, France," said Splendido's dining room manager Patrick Mildrum, "and the theater of carving this gorgeous steak at the table was really memorable. It's spectacular, one of those things that one table orders, and when everyone else sees, they want, too."
The beef Jason Harrison, executive chef at the Four Season's Flame, buys is raised locally on Colorado's Front Range, and fed a blend of natural grains and grass for what he considers to be the ideal balance of lean and fat. The 32-ounce wagyu (or "American Kobe") ribeye on the dinner menu has been also dry-aged for 35 days in Flame's in-house dry-aging cooler.
"Dry-aging tenderizes the meat and intensifies its flavor," Harrison said. "But it also results in a significant loss of product. Fifty years ago, all meats were dry-aged, but today's producers don't want to take the hit in saleable weight. To me, that unique, nutty flavor and tender mouth feel is worth it."
To allow the beef's flavor shine through, Harrison keeps the preparation simple: an olive oil, salt and pepper rub; flash-broiling in Flame's specialized, 1800 degree oven (yes, 1800 degree-about the temperature of turbo jet exhaust!), a short rest; immersion in a butter bath, and quick warming in the broiler. Sliced at tableside, and at 32 ounces, it's perfect for sharing on a particularly romantic night.
For the home cook, Cut! in Edwards offers fresh meat and seafood of all types. Though customers' tastes are taken into consideration before recommendations are offered, if what the customer wants is a luxurious cut of beef, manager John Hebert recommends his 2-pound, prime-grade ribeye, which he'll sell either boneless or bone-in, according to preference.
"We work with a number of different ranchers, and buy as much locally as we can," Hebert said. "Our beef is always of the highest quality, with a focus on conscientious farming practices."
Hebert recommends a simple rub of olive oil, salt and pepper and the 7/7/7 preparation method: seared for 7 minutes on each side, and finished in a hot oven for 7 minutes.
So if you're lucky enough to be spending Valentine's Day in the Vail Valley this year, your choices for the ultimate ribeye dinner are as rich and varied as the exquisite beef itself.
And as for true love and fiery passion? Well, let's just say a really good meal never got in the way of either.
Madeleine Berenson is a freelance writer contracted by Larkspur Restaurant. Larkspur, at the base of Vail Mountain, has been serving American classics with a fresh interpretation since 1999. Visit www.larkspurvail.com to learn more.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Staff and student-athletes from the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Islanders Athlete Mentors program recently took part in the NCAA APPLE Conference, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Staff members Kayleigh McCauley and Shahla Nadem-Mollaei along with cross country runners Alexandria Rossi and Cecy Gonzalez represented the university at the national conference.
"The NCAA APPLE conference was truly life changing," Gonzalez said. "I look forward to taking everything I learned and sharing it with my team and adapting it to my life."
The APPLE conferences, developed by the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention at the University of Virginia, are the leading national training symposiums dedicated to substance abuse prevention and health promotion for student athletes and athletics department administrators. The goal of the APPLE conference is to assist colleges in promoting student athlete health and wellness by empowering teams of student-athletes and administrators to create an institution-specific action plan.
"I was very impressed with the way Alex and Cecy represented Texas A&M – Corpus Christi," McCauley said. "They were open and willing to learn new ideas and gave me some great feedback as to how we can improve our ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drugs) education here on campus. Our mentoring program is comparable to programs at institutions such as UCLA, the University of California at Berkley and Ohio State. The majority of our program's success is because of the great student-athlete leaders who are involved, and it's something we should all be proud of."
The Islanders who made the trip took part in workshops, attended guest lectures and took part in team-building activities with other student-athletes from all Divisions and all areas of the nation. Rossi and Gonzalez were also filmed and interviewed by David Wyrick, associate professor at UNC-Greensboro & creator of myPlaybook, and the NCAA Student-Athlete Affairs for a promotional video for the APPLE Conferences.
There are 7 "slices" of the APPLE Model; education & ATOD programs, drug testing, sanctioning, referral & counseling, expectations & attitudes, policies, and recruitment practices. Our APPLE team will be focusing on the Policies model this year to revise our ATOD policy, as well as better educate our student-athletes about the policies that exist.
The Islanders Athlete Mentors program consists of 22 student-athletes who serve as peer educators primarily focused on alcohol, tobacco and other drug related issues on college campuses. It is a volunteer-based group, so students commit to a 12-hour training to be certified as a peer educator, and they also commit to participating in at least three community service events per semester. On top of this, they are assigned an individual mentee, a freshman student-athlete, who they are required to meet with once a week through the fall and spring semester. This allows a mentorship to form, promotes leadership and aids in the adjustment to college life for the freshman student-athletes.


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Woman walking across country stops in Fletcher
Published: Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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After 223 days and a little more than 3,000 miles of walking, Stacie Eichiner made it safely to Fletcher Friday afternoon.
Twenty-nine-year-old Eichiner is walking from Seattle to Savannah, Ga. raising money for Beads of Courage, which provides arts-in-medicine supportive care programs for children coping with serious illness, their families and health care providers who care for them.
She is raising $10 for every mile she walks, represented by a bead in the shape of a shoe. The beads will be given to children supported by Beads of Courage.
Along her journey, Eichinger is stopping at children's hospitals to visit the children supported by the program.
"When I meet the kids I give them one of my shoe beads, and it comes with a little card and I fill it out; it says how many miles I walked and what states I walked through," Eichinger said.
The Tucson, Ariz. resident said she was inspired in high school by the 1979 book "Walk Across America" and has had the journey in the back of her mind ever since. During her travels she has frequently mentioned its author, Peter Jenkins, who has since reached out to her. Eichinger says Jenkins is now following her travels via Facebook.
She has a blog called "Walk 4 Courage" and uses it to write about her travels, raise money and share a map of her path so that people can find her along the way or offer support.
"My watch tracks elevation gain and I can't remember the exact number, but basically from sea level to summit, I could have submitted Mt. Everest four times," Eichinger said.
Her journey began May 8 and will end at Tybee Island on Feb. 1, where her family and boyfriend will join her for her last two miles.
"It's crazy that it's almost here," she said Friday.
To follow Eichinger's journey, visit www.walk4courage.com.
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When Facebook recently announced that business pages would be switching over to Timeline, we realized this would be a great opportunity for Sigma Corporation of America to showcase fantastic photos each week created by our amazingly talented fans! Each week, we will be featuring a new Fan Photo of the week here on the Sigma blog, and on the Sigma Corporation of America Facebook page.
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Here's some advice on how to catch our eye to have your images considered for Fan Photo of the Week.
- Post and share your absolute strongest work, but also be willing to take some chances! We're all amazed by images that are a fresh take on familiar themes, as well as dramatic images of totally exotic subjects.
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Rebecca was born and raised in La Push, Washington. During childhood, she and her siblings were sometimes acquainted with Charlie Swan's daughter, Bella, though they never became real friends.
When her mother died in a car accident, it hit her family hard, but she and Rachel helped their brother, Jacob, recover from the pain by taking their mother's place in the house, temporarily ignoring their own pain. She met a professional surfer from Hawaii named Solomon Finau and married him as soon as she turned eighteen years old. She followed him to Hawaii to live with him, and travels with him for his competitions. Part of her reason for leaving La Push was to escape the memories of her deceased mother.
Neither she nor her husband know about the existence of vampires or shape-shifters. Like her mother, Rebecca is a painter, though she prefers oil.
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Samsung, Nike Battle Bad Guys and Each Other for World Cup Attention
What can one of the world's biggest advertising budgets buy you?
A bit of attention, Samsung Electronics hopes, as the world's sports fans turn their gaze to Brazil for the start of the World Cup on Thursday.
The South Korean company has unveiled a seven-minute, computer-animated video that blurs the lines between online short and out-and-out commercial.
The video, which captures the first half of a fantasy soccer match between an all-star roster of Samsung's 11 celebrity endorsers, and an alien team called the Hurakan, overseen by a hooded figure reminiscent of Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine, is the culmination of a months-long campaign to drum up interest in the company's gadgets.
There's also a theme song here, an "anthem" called "Football Will Save the Planet," which features an upbeat rhythm, a soccer-inspired dance and lyrics like "We're gonna tell those aliens/What it takes to be a champion."
While the package is slick, Samsung will have to scrap for the World Cup limelight: after all, there are a lot of big brands out there on the world's biggest stage, with plenty of marketing clout to boot.
For one example, look no further than Nike "Risk Everything" campaign, which features a five-and-a-half-minute computer-animated video featuring the world's best soccer players, playing a winner-takes-all final match against a faceless team of super-athletes "to make a stand—to save football."
In Nike's version — which, like Samsung's ad, features Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and England's Wayne Rooney — the villains aren't aliens; they're "clones," developed by a creepy, turtlenecked man known only as The Scientist, who wants to replace flesh-and-blood athletes with efficient automatons.
In both Samsung and Nike's campaigns, the human dream teams are scooped up one by one in their respective countries and taken to a futuristic-looking underground den where they are tasked with the enormity of their challenge and equipped with either Samsung smartphones or Nike sports gear.
We'll leave it up to our readers to decide which campaign they like better, though so far, the public has been voting with its clicks. Nike's video, which like Samsung's was uploaded on Monday, has 2.5 million views so far, outshining Samsung's more modest 30,000 views.


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WILLIAMSTOWN - Not necessarily the most glorified position on the football field, Nick Meadows takes great pride as a long-snapper.
Since receiving serious looks from major college programs last summer, Meadows made it official on Wednesday and became a preferred walk-on at West Virginia University.
Among those in attendance for the senior's banner day inside Williamstown High School were his parents, Julie and Bob Meadows, along with members of the Yellowjacket coaching staff (head coach Terry Smith and assistants Scott Moore, Chris Beck and Ben Preston).
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Williamstown senior Nick Meadows, who is known for long-snapping duties, will be joining WVU as a preferred walk-on.
"This is a big day and a big step for my future," Nick Meadows said.
At 6-foot and 216 pounds, Meadows started on the offensive line as a senior and doubled-up at linebacker on the defensive side of the ball for a Williamstown team which advanced to the postseason and finished 6-5 last fall.
"In the past two seasons, I don't know if Nick had any bad snaps," coach Smith said. "In his junior year, he might have had one snap sail on him.
"Nick is someone who leads by example. He was one of those guys who would grind it out all the time. He was always working and never slowed down. He just doesn't take a day off."
Prior to his senior season, Meadows attended several Kohl's Professional Camps designed for snappers. An array of Division I schools showed interest in Meadows, including Ohio, Akron, Bowling Green and Pittsburgh. According to Meadows' father, Pittsburgh remained a major player 24 hours before a final decision was made.
Out-of-state tuition seemed to be one deterrent against Pittsburgh and Ohio.
"WVU didn't start contacting us until after the season started," Bob Meadows said. "I think they realized they had a problem, and they needed to start looking for somebody."
The Williamstown assistants, most notably Beck who worked with the long-snappers, figured Meadows had a special gift as early as his junior year. By the time his senior year rolled around, Meadows was basically exchanging ideas with the veterans on the coaching staff.
"Whether Nick wins the job or not, we will see," Beck said. "But one thing is for sure, the other snappers will get better because Nick will be out there pushing them. They will see how hard Nick works."
Meadows, who earned a 4.0 grade-point average in the most recent nine-week grading period, plans on pursuing a degree in nursing once he enrolls for summer classes in Morgantown. Currently, he serves as a member of the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Department and is enrolled in an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) class at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
"I like helping other people," Meadows said.


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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 401 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 as amended, that Halfmoon Township will hold a Public Hearing regarding proposed amendments to the Official Map. The Official Map allows municipalities to delineate...
TREASURE LAKE, DuBois, PA $1,7...
TREASURE LAKE, DuBois, PA $1,799. Recreational fee incl. 412-726-9870
Two Tiffany style lamps
Two beautiful Tiffany style table lamps. Excellent condition.
Miscellaneous Home and Campping items
Petsafe dog kennel 6X8X4 $75; Small computer desk $15; 7ft. Prelit Christmas tree $15; Screened tent 13x9 $10; Screened tent house 12x20 $20
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SC: 211 Goldfinch Dr. Sat., 8-3. Little bit of everything - original art, children's games, antiques, glassware, yard tools, home decor & more.
SCASD Board Work Session on D...
SCASD Board Work Session on DWFMP-Elementary Projects The State College Area School District Board of School Directors will hold a WORK SESSION, Wednesday, August 31, 7:00 p.m., Meeting Room A, Panorama Village Building, 240 Villa Crest Dr., State College, to review and discuss information for...
CHESNUT RIDGE MANOR, 2337 Sag...
2337 Sagamore Dr, Fri/Sat 8-1, DOWNSIZING, lots of NEW Stuff: Sm appliances, housewares, furniture, tools, books, Sci-Fi, hedge trimmer, string trimmer, linens, much more.
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