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|Length Overall
|48' 5''
14.76 m
|Dry Weight
45,012 lbs
20,417 kg
15' 11''
4.85 m
|Tested Weight
4' 0''
1.22 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
1,000 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
150 gal.
|14.8 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
17' 5''
5.3 m
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|Not Available
|Tested Power
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|Opt. Power
2 x 885-hp CAT C18 ACERT
2 x 1015-hp CAT C18 ACERT
The new Tiara 4800 Convertible packs a lot of functionality into 48' and we think that it has anticipated the new paradigm coming to boating – downsizing.
Interior accommodation plan.
As you can see from the accommodations plan above the Tiara 4800 Convertible has a third cabin shoe-horned into the starboard side and has nestled part of it under the settee in the salon. This is a clever and creative utilization of space. Just forward is the stacked washer/dryer that every boat this size should have, but some don't.
Guest cabin with two bunks.
In the forward cabin Tiara has a double berth on the bottom and a single up on top which makes use of the bow flair. This is an old, tried-and-true configuration that works well on a convertible. When the boat is full of guys out fishing for a few days, the two berths are used as singles. When the boat is in cruising mode and there is a husband-and-wife couple in the forward cabin, they can cuddle up in the double (women love it that way). Or, of course, the couple can use the two singles and get some rest. We haven't seen this configuration much in 20 years, but we far prefer it to the centerline queen berth that most builders install and which is very limiting in its function. Thank you Tiara Yachts for bringing back a good, old idea.
The forward cabin is relatively roomy and has a double and a single above.
The master stateroom is wrapped in lots of wood paneling that have sweeping curves that give what is a relatively small space a cozy, functional yachty feel. We think Tiara has done a terrific job of providing both three staterooms in a small space.
The master stateroom. Note the curves almost everywhere that make this design work.
Frankly, the heads are surprisingly large given all that is going on here and please note that both the toilets and the sinks or showers can be used at the same time. Again, Tiara designers have made relatively large radiuses on the bulkheads and cabinets and this gives the yacht a pleasing, soft look and actually creates the illusion of there being more room than there actually is.
Master head. Note the radius of corners in the shower and cabinet doors.
This is one of our prerequisites for a cruising heads – namely that a couple can use the head at the same time getting ready for a cocktail party, or an early-morning posting on the bridge. Tiara has accomplished that trick, which is the sign of good yacht design.
From the door to the cockpit looking forward with the galley in the background.
The main salon is conventional in concept, put better than conventional in execution. Note that the aft counter in the galley has a sweeping curve. Likewise the forward part of the sofa has a curve and the settee is oval. All of these pleasing curves keep the salon from having a squared-off, boxy look as you see in some convertibles this size. The flat screen TV hides away in the entertainment cabinet on the starboard side of the boat.
You might wonder why space-conscious Tiara designers did not take the cabinets all the way up to the overhead in the galley and rather chose to put pictures of the kids there. The answer is that there is an optional skylight available for that space. Look closely and you will see that Tiara has but a slight lip on the edge of its counters. This is better than nothing, but falls short of proper fiddles that should be on all boats this size.
The sofa can be made into a double bed so you can sleep two more people here, making the boat an eight-sleeper if you want to, in a pinch. Grandchildren love boats and will gladly sleep most anywhere and this is a good place for them.
The Business End is Critical
The cockpit has 140 sq. ft. of fighting space, a mezzanine, and all of the refers, fishboxes, baitwells, etc, that every convertible in class has. If you will be using this boat primarily for fishing and can live without the live well, you can trade it out for a fold away seat into the gunwale of the stern. If you are going to use this boat primarily for cruising and entertaining, we would recommend this option.
Full marks to Tiara for the large scuppers in the stern quarters of the cockpit.
Tiara has long understood that the dynamics of offshore sportfishing are changing, and all builders of convertibles will tell you that half of their customers buy the boats for cruising. Tiara was one of the first builders to pick up on that trend over 15 years a go, and the old Tiara 31 had seating tucked out of the way in the gunwales of its cockpit which turned in quite handy during cocktail parties aboard.
The flying bridge of the new Tiara 4800 takes its cue from the latest trends coming off the tournament circuit. The center console helm station allows the skipper to quickly move to the forward part of the bridge if he needs to. There is plenty of seating here, as much as on any 55-footer you'll find.
Flying Bridge Trend
The flying bridge of the Tiara 4800 has a center console helm. This is the flavor of the month on the offshore tournament circuit, but we are not convinced that it is an improvement on more standard layouts that extend the helm console over to the port side, but so be it.
Because Tiara is working hard to take care of two types of customers – both hard core anglers and cruising folks – the company has done a good job of taking care of both constituents with this layout. Note that there is a navigator's seat next to the skipper's chair. You always need two sets of eyes at the helm facing forward when running and hats off to Tiara for putting two seats there (some other builders have only one).
There is room for all of your electronics and most can be out of the weather. Note there are plenty of places for cell phones, sun glasses, etc. This is a superb helm console.
Also, by placing a bench seat in front of the helm, two people can face forward while running. Tiara tells us that the boat has about a 6.5-degree running angle at best cruise speeds, so it will be a bit more comfortable facing forward. This layout looks versatile.
We would move that table forward and make it into a counter and put the pipes holding the hardtop in line with the isinglass mullions to improve visibility.
Power for the Glory
Standard power is a pair of Cat-18s, 885-hp diesels that will give her 19.4 knots at 1700 rpms, burning 56.5 gph (.34 nmpg). Want to go faster? C-18 ACERTs (1015-hp) will push her 41 mph WOT, says Tiara. With the higher horsepower engines, the best cruise speed is 20 knots burning 47.7 gph and getting .49 nmpg, according to the builder. We haven't tested the boat, but will take Tiara's word for it.
The big engines actually get better fuel economy at best cruise than the 885-hp mills. Why? The reason is that extra horsepower in the Cat C-18 ACERTs is funneled through ZF trannies with 2.00:1 gear ratios turning huge 30 x 45 x 6 props, vs on the regular C-18s's hooked up to ZF gear ratios of 1.77:1 turning props of 21 x 38 x 4 blades.
Bucks or Knots?
So, which way should you go? The difference in operating cost at best cruise for a boat being used 100 hours (travelling 2,000 n miles) a season at best cruise would be just over $3000 (at $3.00 per gallon fuel) for the C-18s ACERTs over the C-18 885-hp engines. You'll have to own the boat a long time (about 20 years) before getting back the difference in initial cost.
If you are a cowboy and want to run WOT for 100 hours a season (travelling 3600 n miles) with the 1015-hp ACERTs you'll only save about $700 a year in $3-per-gallon fuel over the 885-hp C-18s.
The base MSRP price of the Tiara 4800 with the C-18s is $1,339,550. Upgraded to the C-18 ACERTs and larger, 6-blade props, it is $63,050 more at an MSRP base price of $1,402,600.
Bottom Line
These MSRP prices may seem like a lot of money, but if so, we invite you to take a look the cost of convertibles in the mid-50-foot range from America's best builders. What we think you will find is another foot or so of beam, more displacement, somewhat more room inside, but about the same speeds and functionality. Virtually all of the boats will have two or three staterooms and two heads. Are these marginal improvements worth $700k or more to you? If so, go for it.
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Dripless Shaft Seals
|Head: Fixed
|Power Steering
|Shore Power
|Trim Tabs
|Washdown: Fresh Water
|Washdown: Raw Water
|Water Heater
|Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Door
|Transom Shower
|Boats More Than 30 Feet
|Bow Thruster
|Engine Synchronizer
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|Hull Warranty
|Five year transferable limited warranty
|Deck Warranty
|Five year transferable limited warranty
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The Morenci (muh-REN'-see) police chief plans a news conference on Tuesday to discuss efforts to locate three boys missing since Thanksgiving.
In a news release Monday, police say Chief Larry Weeks will provide an update on the investigation and "a shift in the investigative focus."
Nine-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton were last seen at their father's home in Morenci along the Michigan-Ohio state line.
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Regardless of the sport, the gender, the age group or corner of the country on any given Saturday millions of sports parents will be dissatisfied with their son or daughter's coach(es) and/or team.
With the expectations for performance so visibly sky high for all youth sports in 2013 is it any wonder that parent/coach conflict is the norm rather than the exception?
As a coach and sports parent myself I ask you this question: Are you part of the problem or the solution?
Now I fully understand that there are numerous situations where, as a parent, you may be fully justified in being upset, bewildered or disappointed in how your athlete's coach runs their team or handles your athlete's playing time, etc. And you certainly have the right to expect an acceptable level of competency and decorum from your coaches during practices and games.
On the flip side you might be the kind of parent expecting nirvana, perfection, an idyllic season where your athlete, team and coach do no wrong in your eyes. Be truthful...how often has that happened before at any level? Being realistic of your athlete and their team's potential is critical for any sports parent.
So let's look at what being part of the problem or the solution looks like. Which category do you fall into (or your spouse)?
Here's what being a part of the problem looks like:
1. You keep track of game statistics and each players participation time to justify that the coach isn't treating your athlete fairly. Furthermore you will go out of your way to throw these stats at the coach to intimidate or manipulate his or her game day decision making.
2. You stand behind the backstop or in the stands verbally bad mouthing your athlete's coach or, worse, other players on her/his team; whether about his/her game strategy or player usage. This type of behavior is the worst kind of poison because it serves to undermine team unity, respect and support for team and coach; particularly if these verbal snipes are within eye shot of players, other team parents and coaches.
To continue reading 10 more key points please go to: http://www.softballsmarts.com/2013/04/sports-parents-part-of-problem-or.html.
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prolific memorie wrote: Always hoping to see some deep south tour dates. :(
I understand though.
prolyphic81 wrote: Prolyphic, Educated Consumers, Cubbiebear & Dez:
Sep 4 @ Geno's Rock Club (Portland,ME)
525 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear, Prolyphic & Brzowski
Sep 5 @ Tess' Lark Tavern (Albany, NY)
453 Madison Avenue
Albany, New York 12210
Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear, Prolyphic, & Dood Computer*
*This is also Dood Computer's "Penny Dreadfuls" release party. Oh, and beer helmet night.
Sept 9 @ Venue TBA (Boston, MA)
Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear, Prolyphic
Sept 10 @ Venue TBA (Brooklyn, NY)
Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear, Prolyphic, & The Meter Maids
Sept 11 @ JJ's Cabin (Buffalo, NY)
437 Ridge Rd
Lewiston, NY 14092
Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear, Prolyphic
Sep 18 @ Club Reality (Baltimore, MD)
2625 Washington Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear & Prolyphic
Sep 19 @ Expo (Washington, DC)
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Educated Consumers, Dez, Cubbiebear, Prolyphic, & Benn Grim w/ Timmy Wiggins of Cardboard City
(Our new album "Hello Big Mama" will be available for $5 AT THIS SHOW ONLY.)
I will update the Boston and Brooklyn info once I get confirmations. Peace.
Go check out Buddy Peace's Late Model Sedan.
MP3D wrote: EDUCATED CONSUMERS ARE DOPE!
my homies from when i lived in DC!
Coffee Black wrote: Sucks you have to go From Albany and then to Brooklyn and then to Buffalo.
Travadone wrote: if there was a show in providence id show up with a "prolyphic is a virgin" sign and scream through his whole set.


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Yeah I think it Sucks without the Hockey Season. I Miss Seeing those Pgh Penguins on the ice! lol
amen! i don't know what to do with my life without hockey haha
I hope the lockout will continue and that the swedish league change their mind and allow nhl players in the league so i can see the best of the best on swedish mark ;) But I feel sad for you guys on the other side of the pool :)
myself as well Tre. Then i guess I will beat your ass at NHL 13 next year.
Go Montreal Canadiens, and I'm from Maasachusetts, go figure !!!
Yes! PS3! I feel like I like you more every day o:
PS3! Oak yeeaah :DDD
yesss PLAYSTATION 3 :D
trè play ps3 xD
I have 360
...oh-oh...somebody´s angry...
What's your play station ID lets hit the ice.....go kings
have you got PS3? ahah
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"Get a Job!" - Michael Moore's Labor Day Letter
August 29, 2003
Happy Labor Day - Now, Get a Job (A letter from Michael Moore)
Greetings Friends,
For his part, George W. Bush will spend Labor Day doing what he does best -
not really working. Instead of protecting the country (I'll have much more
to say on that in the coming weeks) or addressing the nation's floundering
economy, he'll be raising money for his re-election campaign in Ohio.
Bush is on pace to raise almost $200 million in time for the Republican
primaries where his only competition will be his own dismal record. In
Minnesota this past Tuesday, Bush raised $1.4 million by giving a 24-minute
speech. That's about $60,000 for each minute of "work." By contrast, the
weekly salary of the average American worker is a staggering $616.
As Ron Eibensteiner, chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party, left the
event in St. Paul, he was met by hundreds of demonstrators. Being the
dignified, freedom-loving, compassionate conservative we all wish we could
be, Eibensteiner leaned over a police barricade toward the protestors and
yelled, "GET A JOB!"
It was a positive, uplifting message to America. The Minnesota Republican
Party isn't going to do anything to turn the economy around, and Bush
hasn't done anything in almost three years in office. The best any of them
can do is yell at people.
In the past year, 700,000 people were added to the list of unemployed. The
number of people out of work for half a year or more is up 28%. Thanks to
"Welfare to Work" (and Bill Clinton), July of 2003 saw 43.8% of the
unemployed lose their state support even though they still could not find a
joba record high. Since Bush took over the country, roughly 2.5 million
jobs have simply evaporated.
Bush and the Republicans are going to need every cent of that $200,000,000
to campaign against an increasingly angry nation of temps and burger
flippers! In fact, he might need more, which is one good way to explain the
Republican's recent attempt to paint Bush as an 'underdog.'
"Democrats and their allies," Bush's campaign chairman Marc Racicot wrote
to super-rich Republicans, "will have more money to spend attacking the
president during the nomination battle than we will have to defend him."
Obviously Bush and his team have a problem with math that extends beyond
the $400 billion deficit we'll have by the end of this year (and the
projected $6 trillion deficit we will have amassed ten years from now under
Bush's guidance). If you look at the campaign fundraising so far, you see
that Bush has already raised $35 million. The closest Democratic candidate,
John Kerry, doesn't even have half that. Does the Bush campaign know
something we don't about where the Democrats are hiding all that money?
And who has been giving Bush all this money in a time of prolonged economic
downturn? Why, the companies that trade in money, of course! Of the top
twenty contributor's to the Bush campaign, twelve are finance companies.
With more than a year to go until the election, his top contributor,
Merrill Lynch, has already given $282,250. Doesn't it seem just a little
strange that the companies which SHOULD be suffering the most in Bush's
destroyed economy, would not only want to keep Junior around, but then get
together and pump millions into his reelection campaign?
As for the Bush protestors in Minnesota, and the unemployed across the
country, and the millions who only make minimum wage, and the 40 million
who don't have health insurance: if you can't rake in $60,000 a minute or
if you can't even manage the $616 weekly American averagethere's only one
thing left for you to do this Labor Day: GET A JOB!
Find a temp agency. Go to Wal-Mart. Join the Army (Lord knows we'll be in
Iraq for a while, and that'll be one handsome, steady paycheck).
Or apply for work at the Minnesota Republican Party's office. Here's their
email address:
. Send them your resume and a nice letter
telling them you've decided to take their advice to "GET A JOB"and you're
coming to work for them!
But whatever you do, you really must quit your whining.
You are scaring the "President."
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goddamn bush.
...how in the fuck?
I mean...I didn't vote for him. I don't know anyone that did. But he's the "president"... I've been depressed since he stole the primary from John Mcain, let's forget about him stealing the national election...I knew people that were wanting to go out and stump for McCain...kids who never cared about politics before...and then the Bush machine grinds through in South Carolina... I mean I had hopes for the national election after that...but I was already expecting the end by that point.
some kind of country we live in...
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text: I want to point out the obvious evil and vile intents of the socialist in charge of the White House. With his speech to Planned Parenthood, he showed his contempt for women and especially his hatred of God. He said "we shouldn't have to remind people that when it comes to women's health, no politician should get to decide what's best for you." He also added this insanity when he said, "They're (those who object to the murder of unborn children) talking about telling many of those women, you're on you own." He also ridiculed the pro life laws passed that would "return the country to the days before the Roe v. Wade decision."


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At The Summit Foundation's 22nd Annual Philanthropy Awards last Friday, Jen Cawley didn't notice anything unusual. While sitting among the people gathered to celebrate exceptional community members, she didn't realize that the crowd of friends and family members had come together specifically for her. Then her name was called."There were so many people there that were there because of me, and I didn't know it," Cawley said afterward. "We all have so many connections, I didn't realize they where there for me."The Summit Foundation presented Cawley with the Outstanding Board Member award, for her dedication to volunteer work throughout the county, particularly her role as operations director of the Breckenridge Local Organizing Committee for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. To those who know Cawley, the award came as no surprise."She's the hardest working person I know," said Anna Jones, manager of 129 South Activewear in Breckenridge, and a good friend of Cawley's.Others who know her agree, and it's easy to find someone to speak warmly of her, either as a diligent worker, a dedicated volunteer or a good friend.
Cawley, who has been living in Summit County for 18 years, hails from New Jersey. After receiving an undergraduate degree in accounting, she earned a master's degree in business from the University of Vermont. The summer after graduate school, Cawley returned to New Jersey where she started work at a restaurant and met the man who was to be her husband, Chris Cawley. She was a waitress, he was a chef, and both were planning to move to Colorado. In a leap-of-faith-type maneuver, they moved together, having known each other for only a few monthsThough initially she had thought to live in Aspen, Cawley ended up in Breckenridge instead, much to the benefit of Summit County. The duo arrived in 1994 and married in 2000. They now live with their two Chesapeake retrievers, enjoying the recreational options available in Summit County.Though Cawley still has family living on the East Coast, her mother eventually followed her out to the mountains, and works at the Welcome Center in Breckenridge. Having her mother close means meeting up daily, volunteering together and having a dog-sitter on hand."It's great," Cawley said, smiling.
Cawley's first job in Summit County was with Hearthstone Catering. When the company sold, Cawley stayed on with the restaurants doing special events. Now she is the director of operations for Storm Restaurants, which includes Mi Casa Mexican & Cantina and Hearthstone Restaurant. This means she plays a number of roles, including event organizer and new-hire trainer, among others. She also ties her work into her personal interests, particularly environmentally friendly practices."I am a huge conservationist, and big into composting and recycling," Cawley said. "I'm always trying to figure out what else we can recycle at the restaurants."Now both Mi Casa and Hearthstone Restaurant have composting programs to manage and minimize waste. Cawley estimates they compost at least 75 percent of waste at Mi Casa. Her passion for the environment can be found in her volunteer work as well. As a board member of the High Country Conservation Center (HC3), Cawley works on projects for conserving energy, reducing waste and sustainable gardening, among others.It's even spilled over into her work with the annual Friends of the CAIC Benefit Bash. The charitable event to raise money for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center offers food, beer and door prizes. Local restaurants donate the food, and Cawley uses her catering skills to organize the delivery, the food and the other volunteers."This is the second year that we've made it a zero-waste event," she said. "It's a 95 percent diversion rate, which means out of all the waste, 95 percent of the waste goes into compost or recycling. Literally, we had less than two bags of trash from an event that was 1,200 people."Another large aspect of her volunteering is her position on the Breckenridge Local Organizing Committee for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, in which her efforts won her The Summit Foundation's philanthropy award. Breckenridge has hosted the bike race for the past two years, and Cawley hopes they can get it for a third. Although the event happens in August, Cawley and the rest of the organization spend the months ahead of time in a flurry of organization and planning."It takes a lot of my time, [but] I love it. It's super fun," Cawley said. "It's amazing to see when 20 to 50,000 people come into town, you're like, holy cow, I helped. ... We helped create the atmosphere."Though it certainly keeps her busy, Cawley doesn't see her volunteering as work."There's tons of opportunity [to volunteer]. I think the tricky part is to learn what you want to do," she said. "So, I feel like, recently, with High Country Conservation and the Restaurant Association and CAIC, I really have found the organizations that I truly have passion for."For example?"You don't mind rooting through people's garbage at Oktoberfest when it's for HC3," she said, laughing.
"I don't know if there is such a thing," Cawley joked, when asked what her typical day would look like. Ever environmentally conscious, she says she often takes the bus or rides her bike to work. Morning is a time for tea, conversation and walks with the dogs or with friends. Her day is a mix of her job with the restaurants and meetings and planning with the various volunteer organizations. Most nights, she comes home to dinner cooked by her husband the chef."I feel like I try to have a positive attitude about things," Cawley said. "I love my friends and I love my family and I love my husband, and I feel really fortunate that I have a really good life. I hear people complaining about things and ... I'm happy that I don't have that."


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Third 'Hobbit' Film Renamed 'The Battle of the Five Armies'
The conclusion to Bilbo Baggins' epic cinematic journey was always going to be big, but now it looks even bigger thanks to a name change.
The third film in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" trilogy is no longer titled "There and Back Again." Instead, it is now named "The Battle of the Five Armies," referring to the climactic showdown between goblins and dwarves, elves, men, and the majestic giant eagles at the foot of the Lonely Mountain.
Jackson confirmed the name change on his Facebook page in a post earlier today.
"'There and Back Again' felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film," the director wrote. "But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived "there" in the 'Desolation of Smaug.'"
Warner Bros. – one of the studios behind the "Hobbit" films — also confirmed the title change. The films are co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
In case you've been hiding in a hobbit hole all these years, the "Hobbit" films are set decades before the events of Jackson's blockbuster Academy Award-winning "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Originally, Jackson had intended to spread his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved children's adventure novel over two films, but he expanded the "Hobbit" slate to three films as he added material based on Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" appendices as well as some original narrative threads.
The first "Hobbit" film, "An Unexpected Journey," grossed more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, according to Box Office Mojo, but "Desolation of Smaug's" take, while still a whopping $950 million-plus, marked a decline. To compare, the "Lord of the Rings" films made progressively more money, with the final film, "The Return of the King," grossing more than $1.1 billion worldwide.
Jackson also revealed that editing on "The Battle of the Five Armies" is nearly wrapped up, as is work on the extended cut of "Desolation of Smaug," which will include an extra 25 minutes of footage.
Here's the full text of Jackson's Facebook post:
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Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo's own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we've gone along. "There and Back Again" felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived "there" in the "Desolation of Smaug".
When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.
And so: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" it is.
As Professor Tolkien intended, "There and Back Again" encompasses Bilbo's entire adventure, so don't be surprised if you see it used on a future box-set of all three movies.
Before then however, we have a film to finish, and much to share with you. It's been a nice quiet time for us—Jabez and I happily editing away in a dark cave in Wellington—but those halcyon days are quickly coming to an end. It will soon be time to step into the light. Expect to see and hear much about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the coming months.
And there's also The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Cut, which we're in the process of finishing, with over 25 mins of new scenes, all scored with original music composed by Howard Shore.
It'll be a fun year!
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" is scheduled to be released in December.
This article has been updated from its original version.
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The bigwigs at HBO have two words for "Game of Thrones" fans who worry that the popular TV show will outpace the books they're based upon: Chill out.
Actually, HBO president Michael Lombardo and Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler had a little more to say than that on the matter when addressing journalists at the Television Critics Association press tour. But basically, the message was they're not concerned.
They know that "Thrones," which garnered 19 Emmy nominations on Thursday, is quickly catching up to author George R.R. Martin's source material and that they'll need to adjust accordingly. Plepler assured reporters that nothing will stand in the way of the network seeing their most popular show through to the end.
"We're not losing any sleep over it," he said. " ... Our line to George has always been, 'You keep writing and we'll keep making the show.'"
Lombardo added that Martin, a notoriously deliberate writer, will be an integral part of any end game.
"We're not on our own," he said. "Every step, every move is being closely choreographed with him. ... Certainly, after next year, we'll have to figure it out with George."
Meanwhile, scratch any hopes you might of had of seeing the series end with a movie. The HBO honchos said "there are no conversations going on" about a big-screen film.
Other take-aways from the HBO executive session:
-- The first two scripts are in for Season 2 of "True Detective" and Lombardo gushed that they're "more exciting" than the first season. As for casting, he and Plepler were mum, but said some announcements could be coming as early as next week.
"The people who we cast will be well-known names. Great writing attracts great actors," Lombardo said.
-- The network announced that multi-Oscar winner Meryl Streep will star in an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play "Master Class." The film will be directed by Mike Nichols, who worked with Streep on HBO's version of "Angels in America."
-- HBO will film the final two shows of Beyonce and Jay Z's On the Run tour in Paris this September to air as a concert event.
-- The fifth and final season of "Broadwalk Empire" will premiere Sept. 7, while the third and final season of "The Newsroom" is scheduled for later this fall.
-- Queen Latifah will star in a film about legendary blues singer Bessie Smith, to air in 2015.
-- Lombardo called the success of the Emmy-nominated comedy "Silicon Valley" an "unexpected delight and joy. ... The press responded to it. The audience responded to it. We couldn't be happier," he said.
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A woman accused of biting her 2-year-old daughter in the shoulder because the child had bitten her has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and child cruelty.
A police officer said he saw distinct teeth marks on the child's shoulder and asked the mother, 20-year-old Christina Crandall of Bennington, how they had come to be. Crandall said Sunday she didn't know what the marks were or how they had gotten there. She denied biting the girl.
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I'm appalled anyone of any party affiliation could call John Marino's letter dated Nov. 18 racist or bigoted! It looks like Josef Staufer didn't even read Mr. Marino's letter or maybe he is the one who needs God's help to understand that Mr. Marino only compared the election outcome to the O.J. Simpson trail and did nothing whatsoever to compare the president to a accused murderer. Please, Mr. Staufer, the election is over, and now it's no longer necessary for anyone to falsely accuse someone of being a racist.
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Lone Suspect Sought in Multiple Bank Robberies
Published: Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 21, 2013 at 12:14 a.m.
AUBURNDALE | A man accused of two August bank robberies in Polk County is also a suspect in two robberies last week in other Central Florida communities, officials said.
The man wore a dreadlock- style wig when he walked into the MidFlorida Credit Union at 300 Amersweet Way in Davenport on Aug. 28 and handed the teller a note demanding money, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. He wore the same wig when he robbed a Bank of America at 300 Havendale Blvd. in Auburndale just an hour earlier.
Robberies in Ocala and Bushnell on Oct. 15 followed a similar pattern.
According to officials, the man robbed a BBVA Compass Bank at 2620 SW 19th Ave. Road in Ocala and CenterState Bank at 114 W. Belt Ave. in Bushnell on the same day. In a surveillance picture provided to the Ocala Police Department, the man is wearing a different style of wig. The man is black and about 6 feet tall. A witness to the Ocala incident said he was bald when he removed his wig.
He drove away from the Davenport robbery in a dark-colored SUV, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
He is also a suspect in a Lakeland robbery in January at a Chase Bank on Florida Avenue.
Anyone with information about the cases is asked to Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.
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Germany and Russia are very important economic partners to one another. Energy plays a special role in the two countries' collaboration, Russia being Germany's leading energy supplier. moreEconomic and Energy Cooperation
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Liquid Mind III: Balance CDThis third CD in Liquid Mind's elegant series of slow and tranquil music transports many listeners to a place of inner peace and deep calm. Like the other Liquid Mind albums, Liquid Mind III: Balance is serene and lush, and seeks to float the listener along in a gentle healing stream of sound. Synthesizer and subtle vocalese (ooh's and ahh's) creating a celestial, ethereal feel. Approximately 56 minutes.


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The cost-effective Alpine 11 GT Rev.2 is targeted for users who look for a quiet and efficient cooler.
At a reasonable price, the cooler feature some high performance components. The Alpine 11 GT Rev.2 is equipped an 80mm PWM fan. With PWM function, the fan runs at the necessary speed in order to offer sufficient cooling at the lowest possible noise level.
The Alpine 11 GT Rev.2 is designed with an optimized heatsink to offer optimal heat dissipation. The Intel push pins guarantee easy and quick installation. With these outstanding features, the Alpine 11 GT Rev.2 offers the best price/performance ratio for mainstream users.
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There is finally a way to let children surf the Web with an iPad without having access to porn.
The Apple iPad is a phenomenal success not only among consumers and business users but in schools as well. Children immediately and intuitively take to the tablet's user interface; little wonder that many iPads end up in children's hands.
One problem though -- parents only have two options for controlling how their children can use Apple's Safari browser: On and Off. There's no built-in way to give children access to appropriate content while keeping them away from porn. That problem is further compounded by the fact the iPad only has one user account, so everyone that uses it has the same abilities and same access.
While only Apple can fix the latter user profile issue, a San Francisco-based company dedicated to protecting kids from pornography can solve the former.
MetaCert has released a new browser called Olly, which provides all the features of Safari plus the ability for parents to turn on "safe browsing," which filters out millions of porn sites.
Because Apple makes it possible to disable Safari, it's possible to make Olly the only available browser. Parents can always turn Safari back on when they're using the iPad, but after using Olly for a while, I think it makes more sense for parents to simply use Olly with safe browsing turned off.
Olly is very easy to download, install and use. Parents assign themselves a four-digit numeric passcode that enables them to not only turn Olly's safe browsing mode on or off, but to add additional sites to the filter list including Badoo, Blogspot, Digg, Facebook and Twitter.
Once it's configured, every Web request is passed through MetaCert's filtering system, which currently labels 638 million sites. If the site isn't on the list, you get to it instantly. If it is, you see a page telling you it's blocked.
Olly also allows parents to add pages to be blocked and to report if a site should be blocked or unblocked.
In my tests, Olly performed well, but no filtering system is going to be 100 percent effective. Parents and teachers still need to supervise their kids' use of technology and set ground rules on appropriate use of technology.
Still, Olly is another tool in the toolbox which not only helps parents, but makes it easier for schools to allow kids to access the Web without having to worry about kids looking at porn.
Currently, Olly is available only for the iPad, but iPhone, iPod Touch and Android versions are on the way. MetaCert also publishes porn-blocking plug-ins for Chrome and Firefox.
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A bear on the prowl for its prehibernation menu of 20,000 calories a day ended up boxed into a fenced space between houses in downtown Glenwood Springs over the weekend, and had to be euthanized.
It's the latest sign of a season low on natural food supplies for bears, leading them frequently into western Colorado towns.
"These bears out there, they just don't have anything to eat," said Perry Will, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The situation is so difficult to manage that some bears that encroach on human turf on the Western Slope are being moved to southeast Colorado, where natural food sources are somewhat more plentiful, Will said.
Saturday morning in Glenwood, Peggy Dial was walking her dog when she noticed the bear apparently sleeping next to her house on Blake Avenue, about a block from Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. and the Hotel Denver.
She called authorities, who tranquilized the 450- to 500-pound male and discovered two tags on its ear, indicating previous encounters with game wardens. Its record doomed it to being euthanized.
"Nobody knew the bear was there," Dial said. "I think he had been sleeping off a night of trash eating."
When a Colorado Parks and Wildlife game warden, assisted by Glenwood police officers, dragged the bear to a cage and said it would be put down, neighbors became upset, Dial said.
"It's our fault," she said of people who fail to secure their trash. "He was euthanized because he got a taste for trash. He didn't get that up on the mountain."
Mike Porras, spokesman for Parks and Wildlife, confirmed that the bear was destroyed under state policy because of its repeat encounters with people.
"When people don't take care of their trash, they are sentencing these animals to death," he said, adding that a bear is put down almost every day in Colorado — and it's the worst part of a game officer's job.
"It's done to protect humans. It wouldn't take much for that bear to cause a lot of damage," he said, noting its size.
Porras said bears are entering their prehibernation hyperphagia stage and are "constantly foraging for food." In hyperphagia, they need 20,000 calories a day — the equivalent, he said, of 70 cheeseburgers.
Because of late-spring freezes, the crop of service berries on which bears feed was poor, and now acorn and chokecherry crops appear to be spotty, said Will, the area wildlife manager.
That has made encounters with bears common from Aspen to Grand Junction. Officers in the Grand Junction area say this is among the worst years they've seen for bears foraging in human habitat.
In south Glenwood this month, a mother bear and two cubs were killed by a vehicle as they crossed Highway 82, and another bear broke into a garage in West Glenwood. A cub that had climbed into a tree Monday in south Glenwood was tranquilized and will be relocated. Bears have been spotted around Rifle the past couple of weeks, and upvalley, in Basalt and Aspen, several bear encounters have been reported.
Wildlife officials said bears can smell a meal 5 miles away, and people simply must secure trash, pet food and even bird feeders.
"In years like this," Will said, "once a bear hits something like that [unsecured trash] and is rewarded, it just perpetuates itself."
Parks and Wildlife moves bears that encroach on human turf at least 50 miles by policy, but "we don't have a place to move them that has food," Will said. That's why some bears have been shipped to the southeastern part of the state.
Bear sightings in Rifle show that the animals are traveling long distances for food, Will said. "Rifle isn't really bear habitat."
Game warden Dan Cacho, who responded to the incident in downtown Glenwood on Saturday and to the bear in the tree Monday, urged residents to notify Parks and Wildlife if they see bears returning to a spot day after day.
"In this area, we have so many bears that bears walking by a spot one time is not a big deal, but if they develop a pattern, we want to know," he said.
He also urged people not to get involved with wildlife, such as instances in which he's heard of residents leaving trash out intentionally so they can take pictures of bears.
"Don't let them lose their natural fear of people," he said. "Once that happens, it's a human safety issue."
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The Kern County Sheriff's Office is excited to announce its participation in the Secure the Call 911 cell phone drive.
Secure the Call is a non profit organization that collects and prepares used cell phones to distribute free to citizens who need a cell phone for the purpose of calling 911 in the event of an emergency.
Secure the Call is a coalition of over 300 partners including police and sheriff's departments, battered women's shelters, domestic violence organizations, senior citizens groups, school crossing guards, school bus drivers, and other groups that demonstrate a need for emergency only 911 cell phones.
Secure the Call never charges its partners for the cell phones it provides and counts on citizens to supply the used cell phones needed to make the program a success.
The Sheriff's Office is hosting a collection site for used, unwanted cell phones to be donated to Secure the Call for distribution.
Once phones are donated the Sheriff's Office will ship the phones to Secure the Call. Secure the Call collects the phones, cleans them, electronically removes all information in the phone, resets them for 911 use only, and then distributes them through partnerships throughout the country.
Citizens interested in donating used, unwanted cell phones can donate them at the Sheriff's Office collection site at the Taft substation, or at the Sheriff's Office Headquarters Facility, 1350 Norris Rd. in Bakersfield in the lobby of Building A.
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Voice: Green order picking in the Green Mountain state
February 01, 2012 - MMH Editorial
The Green Mountain State takes its "green" state motto very seriously, and so does the Burlington Drug Company. Based in Milton, Vt., Burlington Drug was founded in the late 1800s and has evolved from a small manufacturer to a wholesale pharmaceutical business that ships pharmaceuticals and convenience store goods to more than 1,000 locations in eight states.
The company had been using a paper-based picking process to fill orders, but that was expensive and created an excessive amount of documents each year. The process was also inefficient because it took about two to three hours to sort through paperwork before products could be moved out of its 170,000-square-foot warehouse. So, the company wanted to find a system that would improve pick accuracy and productivity while also honoring the company's commitment to eco-friendly environmental practices.
It chose a voice-directed picking solution (Voxware, voxware.com) that provides all of the features that Burlington Drug required, including environmental benefits that shrink its carbon footprint and efficiencies that cut its operational expenses.
"We decided to go with voice not only for the increased order accuracy and production that we would get out of it, but for the cost savings on paper as well," says Jay Mitiguy, Burlington Drug's assistant vice president.
The new system has also reduced costs and created productivity-driven labor savings. Burlington Drug's productivity is up 20% and it's picking at 99.95% accuracy.
Mitiguy says the company knew quickly that this was a good decision. Not only has the company has experienced increased order accuracy and increased production levels, the system's software allows the company to implement internal business process changes quickly and efficiently.
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Katherine Heigl has quickly established herself as a total glamour girl — she is the epitome of Old Hollywood at award shows like the SAGs and Emmys. Even arriving to the GM Fashion Show in February, she was dazzlingly feminine in a ruffled Anna Sui frock. So, we almost did a double take seeing her in a tailored white Armani suit with a simple black buttondown blouse at Saturday night's GLAAD awards. Not that the statuesque blonde doesn't look good in anything she wears, but we are so used to see her all girly that we don't know what to think. Tell us: Which look do you like better for Katherine? Glamour girl or simple & sleek?
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Dear Coach,
I want to invite you to our 14th Annual Islander Splash to be held on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at West Guth Park in Corpus Christi. There are maps of the courses and to the course at the Islander Splash tab under the Cross Country team tab of our website at www.goislanders.com Also meet info is at www.flashresults.com/flashtexas/
(Note: this is an entry fee, not a participation fee and payment can be turned in on race day. No packets will be given out race day unless payment is made).
The meet schedule is as follows:
September 28-High School and Middle School Divisions
8:00 a.m. 4/5A Varsity Boys-3 miles
8:25 a.m. 1-2-3A Varsity Boys-3 miles
8:50 a.m. JV Boys- 3 miles
9:15 a.m. 4&5A Varsity Girls-3 miles
9:45 a.m. 1-2-3A Varsity Girls-2 miles
10:05 a.m. JV Girls-2 miles
10:25 a.m. 9th Grade Girls and Boys 2 miles
10:40 a.m. 7th Grade Girls-1.4 miles
10:55 a.m. 7th Grade Boys-1.4 miles
11:10 a.m. 8th Grade Girls-1.4 miles
11:25 a.m. 8th Grade Boys-1.4 miles
AWARDS: Top three teams in Varsity and JV Divisions, Top 10 Individuals in all divisions.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Hac Man fever returned to San Francisco on Sunday night.
Jeffrey Leonard threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 6 at AT&T Park, conjuring memories of the tumultuous Giants-Cardinals playoff showdown in 1987.
Leonard was a pivotal figure in that National League Championship Series when the Giants fell in seven games.
Just don't ask Leonard, 57, to see the NLCS MVP trophy he captured in a losing cause.
"Every time I look at that thing it's like, 'ARGGGH,' " the former outfielder said, waving dismissively. "That feeling will never go away.
"That was an individual accolade. I was a team player. It's about winning."
Leonard hit .417 with four home runs and a .917 slugging percentage during that '87 series. And he did so with a style still beloved in San Francisco -- and still reviled in St. Louis.
Leonard irritated the Cardinals with the slow home run trot he made with a limp arm dangling at his side. It became known as "one flap down."
Maybe he can resurrect that signature move soon on "Dancing with the Stars." Leonard said he is a candidate for the ABC series and that the network has already interviewed his family.
"It's a waiting game now," Leonard said.
The '87 All-Star lives in Rocklin. He's no longer involved in baseball but said his bowling average has reached as high as 219.
Now, Hac Man is watching this NLCS with an eye toward revenge. His '87 team lost Games 6 and 7 on the road; he wants the Cardinals to suffer the same fate.
"I would feel great. I would feel wonderful," Leonard said. "That would be really, really sweet."
In his Sunday baseball column, Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe wrote of Lincecum: "He will be available in trade, and it will be interesting to see who bites on the two-time Cy Young winner. The Giants insist his problems this season were strictly mechanical, but opposing teams wonder why his usual 96 mph fastball was around 92 most of the season, and why his first-inning problems (28 runs) were the worst in baseball. Lincecum, 28, is due $22 million in the final year of his contract. Would someone take the gamble?"
Sabean made it clear he won't be taking such a gamble. He expects Lincecum to have a bounce-back season.
"(Lincecum) has got to learn what it's like to be knocked down," Sabean told the Chronicle. "He hasn't experienced anything like this. College. Minor leagues. Major leagues. It'll be interesting how he turns this around. He knows what he has to do."
Carlos Beltran dropped from second to third in the batting order, while Allen Craig shifted from first base to left field. Matt Carpenter batted second and played first base.
Holliday is batting .222 with one home run and seven RBIs in the postseason. His hard slide into second baseman Marco Scutaro was the most controversial play of the series.
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An Irish leftie has become a big hit with American right wingers – thanks to her attack on US President Barack Obama in the Dublin parliament.
Clare Daly is best known in Ireland for her radical views and her constant attacks on the government's austerity polices.
But she is now a how with sections of the far right in America after 'verbally crushing' President Obama according to one commentator.
The website www.wnd.com reports that atheist and socialist Daly is now being flooded with emails of support from America after labelling Obama a 'war criminal' and 'hypocrite of the century'.
She also lamented the 'unprecedented slobbering over the Obama family' on their recent visits to Ireland.
A YouTube video of her scorching speech June 19 has become a global sensation with over 1.2 million views.
One WND reader said: "I'm in love with this woman! It is SO inspiring to hear somebody speak the TRUTH boldly. She shames our (yeah, 'slobbering') so-called news media."
The report says another, Leslie Green, declares: "I wish she were an American citizen so that she could run for office here, we desperately need more leaders with the honesty, frankness and integrity that she has shown. Bravo little Irish lassie! Thank you for speaking up to Obama as few (if any) other politicians have."
The website says other readers are pouring on the praise with similar sentiments:
"Daly for president, here in the USA! God bless her."
"She is spot on. May God protect her because barry the fairy will certainly have a drone on her."
"That took real guts. Knowing that she'll likely now have all her verbal and written communications watched and recorded for political or other purposes, for years to come. I'm sure Obama has already provided the request to the NSA to get on this women. Good on you, Clare Daly."
"A star is born, the Irish Sarah Palin. I love this woman! Obama it is your year of failure, it's coming full circle, your arrogance, your deceit and your lies are going to be exposed, the whole world is coming against you. There is a lot of blood on your hands, it's stain can't be washed off. You are going to pay the piper."
"Whoa! You go girl! Speak the truth, 'cause that stupid man sure isn't capable of it!"
"Oh, Dear Lord, it is good to know some people see thru this evil, incompetent man who wants to be king! He should be impeached and in prison! And made to pay back all the millions he has spent on vacations that were paid for by the taxpayers of America. Thank you!"
"It certainly is refreshing to see a foreign politician bad-mouthing Obama. They all used to be so in love with him."
"Bravo, Clare. However I have to point out our Congress has done NOTHING to stop this travesty so that tells me what I need to know about them. All this theater we see is a sham. They are allowing this to happen which could only mean they want it as well. Our government has turned on us. That would explain Obama's actions in keeping us divided. They don't want the people in this country to realize what is happening and unite against them."
"What a brave and feisty woman. I believe I am in love."
For her part, Daly says she's more than impressed by the "phenomenal response from people all over America."
Daly is both shocked and delighted with the response to her comments from Americans, some of whom have encouraged her to move to the States and run for office.
She said: "I was absolutely shocked by the scale of the response and very impressed at the level of realization of most American citizens that President Obama has let them down on a lot of the promises and expectations that they had.
"Some of the people who contacted me would have a very different political viewpoint to myself but nonetheless were glad to have a balanced account of the president's tenure made public..
"For me it confirms the point I was making that even a small neutral country like Ireland can have a ripple effect and create an impression on the world stage."
Daly also said she is flattered that people would like her to move to America and run for office.
She added: "Unfortunately, I have family and connections here in Ireland and would not be in a position to do that. My reaction is that people should be trying to organize themselves and take on the establishment."
When asked about the huge number of Americans expressing 'love' for her, Daly said: "People who say that obviously do not know me. It is very flattering of course but what they love is what I've said, not me. I'm grateful for the fact that they do like those remarks."


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The ever-popular Cirque du Soleil swings back into the Bay Area in November with its latest spectacle "Amaluna."
Directed by Tony nominee Diane Paulus, best known for her trenchant revivals of "Hair" and "Porgy and Bess," this is a celebration of the female spirit. Steeped in the mythology of goddess culture, "Amaluna" spins around the beauty of the planet, the cycles of the moon and the mother/daughter bond.
The French Canadian circus, which began as a ragtag band of street performers in the '80s, has grown into a global entertainment empire with a cumulative audience of over 100 million so far.
Cirque will pitch its signature blue-and-yellow tent at San Francisco's AT&T Park Nov. 15 before heading down to San Jose's Taylor Street Bridge on Jan. 22.
Tickets, ranging $55-$270, go on sale May 29 for Cirque members and June 14 to general public. www.cirquedusoleil.com
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Friday, 09/21/1990
Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
Set 1: Reba, Paul and Silas, Asse FestivalThe Asse Festival, Dinner and a Movie, Foam, Esther > LandladyThe Landlady, Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Eliza > La Grange
Set 2: GolgiGolgi Apparatus, Magilla, Stash, Forbin'sColonel Forbin's Ascent > MockingbirdFly Famous Mockingbird, YEMYou Enjoy Myself[1], Highway to Hell
Encore: Whipping Post
[1] Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals.
· Sweet Emotion tease in You Enjoy Myself
Noteworthy Jams: You Enjoy Myself (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 6.8
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was a Lawn Boy release party. Trey dedicated Reba to his friend "Dave." YEM contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals and a Sweet Emotion tease from Mike. Some recordings that circulate with this date are actually a compilation of performances from this show and the previous night.
Song Distribution:
5 Junta
4 A Picture of Nectar
2 Stash
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 Lawn Boy
1 The White Tape
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Smoking Cessation: The 7 Sneaky Ways Smoking Steals a Woman's Beauty
The physical effects of this bad habit aren't limited to your internal organs -- see how smoking also destroys women's hair, skin and nails (and why you should quit)
The oxygen deprivation that we covered earlier with relation to skin and hair damage, is also the culprit here. Your nails are alive and they need air just like the rest of you.
Additionally, the simple act of holding the cigarette between your fingers is an external cause that can result in the yellowing of both the nails and the skin on your fingers. This "yellow finger syndrome" is caused by the staining effects of the tar and nicotine, which also penetrate the skin to impart a perma-odor of smoke.
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I don't know why anyone would start smoking these days, when all of the harmful effects to your appearance and health are known. My mom quit cold-turkey at age 78 after emergency quadruple-bypass surgery. If she can quit, anyone can . . .
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I have to admit that it is hard to quit. I have been smoking for a while now and I really hate it. I think if anything, it does worse for my anxiety and it makes me feel self-conscious because of the smell. I plan to quit very soon, I just need a lucrative method.
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My grandfather died of lung cancer so I have never been tempted to smoke.
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I wish my vanity could override my brain...I hate smoking...I stink, I have yellow fingers, and my breath is disgusting, not to include the running to my grave part...Smoking is such a taboo (rightfully so) but you can't just snap your fingers and that's it....no more smoker...Tried quitting with the patch and could not sleep, which made me very sick...I tried Chantix and had a really bad reaction...I just got an e-cigarette and my breathing is worse after that...Like I said, any helpful advice would be wonderful!
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I'm so glad I never took up smoking. Besides all of the facts mentioned, smoking can affect your eyes and cause cataracts to form faster too.
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On Monday, five local restaurants will donate a portion of their sales to support Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC). Officially launched last month, "Dine & Donate" is a year-long event, with different restaurants participating on the second Monday of each month.
"Dine & Donate got off to a great start in October," ADFAC Board Member Cande Seay, who also chairs the Dine & Donate committee, stated in a news release.
"We hope that with each new month, it will build even more momentum, bringing business to our local restaurants and much-needed support to ADFAC."
Restaurants participating on Monday are:
• Hoskins in Clinton;
• Mediterranean Delight in Oak Ridge;
• Papa Murphy's in Oak Ridge;
• Razzleberry's in Oak Ridge;
• Ruby Tuesday in Oak Ridge.
For a full calendar of restaurants and list of sponsors, visit www.adfac.org. On ADFAC's website, you can also find a flyer to print to bring to Ruby Tuesday (which is able to participate through their Community GiveBack program).
ADFAC, an independent non-profit agency established in 1987, exists to serve the basic needs of primarily low-income residents in Anderson and surrounding Appalachian counties. ADFAC's goal is to help families become stable and self-sufficient through a variety of direct assistance services provided by our Social Services and Affordable Housing programs. ADFAC answers more than 7,000 requests for assistance each year.
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A winding road at night. The xenon headlights move in harmony with the bend ahead: the beam of the 3 Series' headlights stays on the road. Sensors in the Sedan monitor the rate of yaw, the steering angle and the vehicle's speed. The result: outstanding illumination and a more relaxed driving experience.
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Knitter's Review
April 13, 2006
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mancabbage wrote: I am loving this. so much
mancabbage wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1406429/Pottergate-we-publish-the-secret-tapes.html
Asterax wrote: The term "phone hacking" bugs me. . .
Am I wrong?
Sarcastro wrote: Even in that video above about paying the police, they say it with such confidence and attitude as if what they're doing is not at all wrong, it's just a service to the public
Steve Coogan on the benefits of NoTW wrote: Hitler was nice to dogs.


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GYPSUM - Bill and Melinda Gates visit one school a year and Monday it was Eagle Valley High School.
Yeah, our Eagle Valley High School.
Bill and Melinda Gates, among the world's richest people, are serious about education reform and followed some of their money to Gypsum.
The Colorado Legacy Foundation was awarded a $900,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The money is helping fund changes in curriculum, as well as the way students, teachers and principals are evaluated in 13 school districts across Colorado. The Eagle County school district is one of those pilot programs.
Monday, they spent the day in Eagle Valley High School taking a first-hand look.
"This is a huge point of pride for our school," said Greg Doan, Eagle Valley principal.
This wasn't a walk-through. They arrived around 8 a.m. and left just before the final bell - around 3 p.m.
No one knew they were coming because, well, almost no one knew they were coming. Security was tight and police officers were easier to spot Monday around Eagle Valley than a teacher's pet.
"We were asked to keep it a secret and we did," Doan said.
The news started popping up on Eagle Valley students' Facebook pages and in text messages Monday afternoon. Some knew they were there, but when they left they sent their best wishes to the entire school.
Before they headed out the door, Melinda politely asked for a microphone in the main office and announced to the entire school that they were there; introduced Bill told everyone how much they enjoyed their day Eagle Valley High School.
Bill followed with his own announcement and when he finished the two were on their way, leaving amazement in their wake.
The pair visits one school in the country each year. At one point during the day, Melinda rattled off five names in five cities. Now there are six.
She and Bill repeatedly referred to them as "learning visits," teachers said.
A plan for Bill and Melinda?
They asked questions, they listened to the answers, they absorbed ideas.
They wanted it relaxed, and that's what they got.
They sat in on Mary Ann Stavney's language arts class. Eagle Valley students are used to official-looking folks visiting classrooms to check out the new curriculum and how it's being taught.
A few weeks ago Stavney had eight people in suits lined up in the back of her classroom, all from the Gates Foundation.
"We get observed so much that people don't think much about it. People here are comfortable with it," Stavney said.
On Monday her classroom was set up like it always is - small groups around tables.
Students didn't know who was coming, just someone important, they were told.
"How do you prepare a lesson plan for Bill Gates?" Stavney asked.
Like she for everyone else, it turns out, using teaching tools the Gates foundations are helping create. But more on that in a minute.
She started with a common core standard - what she wanted the kids to learn. In this case it was Standard 3.2A1, argumentative and persuasive thinking, writing and speaking - in that order if possible.
"It builds strong brains," Stavney said.
The students had read a couple essays about the Middle East by Bob Ghosh, as you should also, and showed up with their rhetoric ready, Stavney said.
Bill and Melinda jumped right in, exchanging ideas and insights with the students, even though some still didn't know who they were.
One student mistook Bill for Brian Childress, the school district's human resources director, who's also pretty important.
Another student had an eight-minute discussion on the subject with Bill, and didn't know who he was talking with until a classmate leaned over and whispered, "That's Bill Gates!"
His face pretty much went apoplectic.
At the end of the class, Stavney thanked their guests and, modern technology being what it is, word began to filter out immediately.
Why they were here
It's all part of the Colorado's efforts to implement a teaching and curriculum model aimed at making high school graduates more college and career-ready. Eagle County is one of 13 Colorado school districts piloting that project.
The entire state will jump in during the next couple years.
Reform is not cheap and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is helping the Colorado Legacy Foundation pick up some of the tab for that.
"They're taking the lessons we learned and applying them all the other districts," said Dan Dougherty, the school district's communications director. "As a major funder of that work, they're interested in how to help."
The system measures how well teachers are presenting curriculum and how well students are absorbing it, measured through data from standardized testing.
Bill and Melinda Gates questioned students, faculty and staff about everything: curriculum, instruction, teaching, the mentor/master program and how teachers, students and principals are evaluated, Doan said.
"When a visionary like Bill Gates is asking to be read into the system being implemented, it's a great honor," Dougherty said. "They understand that we need to be preparing today's kids for tomorrow's jobs," Dougherty said. "The world needs people who can think and write."
Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.


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Today: As Apple's (AAPL) stock continues to dive, analysts' thoughts on company and its manufacturing begins to turn. Also: Wall Street's post-election blues persist as tech stocks fail to find a solid footing.
Apple continues to plunge on Wall Street, but analysts see hope
Apple's slide on Wall Street continued Thursday, with the Cupertino company's stock dropping to its lowest point since mid-May and almost taking its market capitalization below $500 billion, but analysts reported that the production issues that sparked some doubts about the company's performance have eased.
Apple shares descended as low as $535.29 in Thursday trading, its lowest mark since May 21, and 24.1 percent lower than the company's all-time high of $705.07, reached the day Apple launched the iPhone 5. Apple sold 5 million iPhone 5 units in the first three days of availability, but failed to meet demand for the popular smartphone's newest iteration, sparking concerns about Apple's production capacity.
While those concerns have persisted and were verified by Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn on Wednesday, analysts reported that the issues were beginning to ease in notes on Thursday, while others presented a rosier picture of the stock than its current standing.
BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk reported that the iPhone 5 is no longer taking three to four weeks to arrive after an online order, with shipments from the three major carriers showing one-week delays instead, a sign that the backlog is clearing in Apple's production cycle.
"Product supply no longer appears like it will be an issue this quarter and there should be some carry-over demand from a supply constrained iPhone 5 launch in September. In addition, the company expects to launch the iPhone 5 in China in December," further advancing sales, Piecyk reported in an email.
Stern Agee analyst Shaw Wu revealed in a note Thursday that his checks on Apple's supply chain show that, while Foxconn still faces challenges as its chairman said Wednesday, those issues have moved from securing enough components such as the vaunted screen to actual manufacture of the devices, an important change.
"The supply chain bottleneck has moved from components to the assembly itself. However, we continue to pick up much improved capacity in our supply chain work," the analyst wrote Thursday, later adding that Foxconn has pushed its output higher despite Apple's "very high standards where it aims to produce each model to be an exact replica where variance is measured in microns."
Wu reiterated that he expects Apple to sell 46.5 million iPhones in the current quarter, while Piecyk forecasts 47.5 million smartphone sales in the current quarter.
Production concerns are not the only drag on Apple's stock currently, however, as investors have also shown concern about analyst angst and consumer disappointment with the company's iPad Mini launch and iPad refresh, declining market share in tablets and an executive shake-up that axed a respected software executive.
Two analysts' reports Thursday gave the other side of that coin, however: Apple has dropped too far and deserves to be purchased during its point of weakness. Oppenheimer analyst Ittai Kidron reported Thursday that he believes Apple will rebound to about $620 in the near term and reiterated his $800 12-month price target for the stock.
"We believe Apple's competitive position is unchanged and see it better position with a refreshed portfolio across all key segments heading into 2013. We see good potential for a rebound as iPhone/ iPad demand holds up. Buy on weakness," Kidron wrote in a Thursday note.
Jeffries analyst Peter Misek is even more bullish on the stock, reiterating his price target of $900 in a Thursday note and predicting 53 million iPhones sold in the holiday quarter.
The analysts' opinions had no effect on the direction of Apple's stock price Thursday, however, as it closed with a 3.6 percent loss at $537.75 and remained in "bear market" territory. The company's market cap -- which hit a U.S. record earlier this year -- fell perilously close to $500 billion, closing at $505.9 billion. Apple became just the sixth company to obtain a market cap, which measures the total worth of all shares in a company, higher than $500 billion earlier this year and has remained atop that level since May.
Wall Street's slide continues amid concerns about 'fiscal cliff,' Europe
Wall Street continued to descend along with Apple on Thursday, one day after the Dow Jones suffered its worst day of the year in a post-election slide that pulled all three indexes down more than 2.3 percent.
The Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes had little chance of gaining with Apple's large fall -- "With its huge market cap, as Apple goes, so goes the broader market," RidgeWorth Capital Management senior strategist Alan Gayle told Bloomberg News -- but even the Apple-less Dow Jones fell 0.9 percent on the day, as investors continued to sell stocks on fears of European economic struggles and a congressional deadlock on the "fiscal cliff" in the United States.
"With the election over and the fiscal cliff right at the front of everybody's mind, coupled with more signs of trouble out of the euro zone, you're seeing a lot of people take some money off the table," Sean Kelly, head of institutional equity trading at Knight Capital Group, told the Wall Street Journal.
Companies' financial results were mixed as the earnings season begins to wind down. Mobile-phone chipmaker Qualcomm reported excellent returns that sent its stock price up 4.4 percent, and Santa Clara graphics chipmaker Nvidia met expectations while announcing a dividend that should make investors happier. However, Groupon announced disappointing results and layoffs after the bell, sending its stock down more than 13 percent to an all-time low in late trading, and McDonalds announced its first monthly sales decline in nearly a decade.
Tech companies struggle as LinkedIn, Yelp sink
The technology sector posted its second straight dismal performance, as the tech-heavy Nasdaq was the worst-performing major index with a 1.4 percent drop and the SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies declined 2.2 percent.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Intel (INTC) did their part to buck that trend, announcing new Itanium servers combining the technology of both titans of the valley with a chip that was the focus of a spirited lawsuit between HP and Oracle (ORCL). HP managed a gain for the day of 1 percent, but Intel's gains dissipated by the end of the session, when it closed with a loss of 0.4 percent. HP's former foe, Oracle, lost 1.2 percent but continued its run of cloud-based acquisitions, announcing the purchase of Santa Clara's Instantis for an undisclosed sum.
The biggest tech merger of the day was announced after the bell, with travel website Priceline buying competitor Kayak for $1.8 billion. Priceline agreed to pay $40 a share for the Connecticut company less than four months after it exercised an initial public offering that pushed shares out at $26 apiece.
Groupon wasn't the only social-networking company to face a difficult day on Wall Street -- LinkedIn closed lower than $100 for the first time since early August following a loss of 4.8 percent after competitor Monster Worldwide reported disappointing revenues. Facebook dipped back below $20 for the first time since its recent earnings report raised hopes for the company, as executives continued to sell shares following the expiration of a lockup last week; shares closed at $20 on the nose. Yelp closed at its lowest price since June 7 with a 3.4 percent drop and Zynga declined 3.1 percent to $2.16.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: Workday, HP, Nvidia
Down: LinkedIn, Appliued Materials, Electronic Arts (ERTS), Apple, Palo Alto Networks, Yelp, Zynga, VMware, SunPower (SPWRA), Jive, Facebook, Google (GOOG), Cisco (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX), Splunk, NetApp, Advanced Micro Devices, Adobe (ADBE), Symantec
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 41.71, or 1.42 percent, to 2,895.58
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Down 121.41, or 0.94 percent, to 12,811.32
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Down 17.02, or 1.22 percent, to 1,377.51
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Oak Ridger David Scott has worn many uniforms, but he was one of the best in Bulldog blue. The former Oak Ridge basketball coach and current Robertsville Middle School teacher entered the Tennessee Weslyan College Athletic Hall of Fame recently at its Homecoming festivities in Athens.
"It's an honor," Scott said. "When you go to school there you hear about it and see the pictures ... to have the honor of being in that is very nice."
Scott, a 1988 TWC graduate, played for two years for the Bulldogs after transfering from Hiawassee College and was named All Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference for both 1986 and 1987. He was also named MVP of the team and earned NAIA All-District 24 acclaim. Scott led TWC in total assists (332), assists per game and free-throw percentage (84.3 percent) while averaging 16.1 points per game.
Former TWC athletic director and current Vice President Stan Harrison recalled Scott as "the best passing guard I've seen in the past 30 years."
"Though it was a small school it was a close community," he said. "The people are very caring. To be part of a community like that is special. As your growing up you realize how important it is to have that kind of support. A lot of people get hung up on the bigger schools. The relationships and the things you go through there it shows you how important it is to have good people around you."
Since his days at TWC, Scott has taught at RMS for 23 years and coached everything from middle school boys and girls basketball, track and football to Oak Ridge high school tennis, cross country and boys and girls basketball.
As an assistant, Scott coached three state champion cross country teams, one tennis state champion team and four boys and girls basketball state tournament teams.
Scott took over for the Lady Wildcats basketball head coach Jill Prudden in 2010 and guided the Lady 'Cats to a regular season District 3-AAA title and was voted Coach of the Year. Oak Ridge finished the season 21-7, including a 13-game win streak, before losing to William Blount 47-48 in the Region 2-AAA tournament.
Robert Holder can be contacted at (865) 220-5508.
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In this series on the rise, fall, and renaissance OKC, I began with the run that by nightfall had brought over 4,000 people to downtown OKC.
A gallery of vintage postcards and photos of the first decades of the city's growth depict various forms of transportation bringing people to the city and to and from their jobs and homes.
"Let's start at the very beginning,
A Very good place to start.
When you read, you begin with ABC.
But start with people if its OKC. "*
*With apologies to The Sound of Music
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Cancer Program
Oncology Services
Staying at the top of new technology in Radiation Oncology is an important part of advanced care at RMC. In early 2004, RMC became the third hospital in the nation to purchase and install the Varian Acuity Simulator. This powerful machine, which is completely digital, uses virtual simulation to pinpoint a patient's cancerous cells. Such technology allows for the most sophisticated and safest equipped means of setting up and verifying radiation treatments for all forms of cancer. Patient treatment plans can be more precise, actually increasing cure rates.
- Regional Medical Center's Cancer Treatment Center and team of specialists are capable of treating approximately 95% of all cancer cases.
- Medical Oncologists
- Radiation Oncologists
- Inpatient Cancer Unit
- Outpatient Chemotherapy
- High and Mid-Low Range Energy Linear Accelerators for treatment of all tumors
- Tumor Registry for comparative treatment analysis
- Cancer Research Nurse
- Conduct Clinical Trials
Commission on Cancer
In 2004, RMC's cancer program was approved by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, based on the commission's new standards for 2005. RMC's cancer program has been accredited by the commission since 1991. RMC is one of only 25 percent of hospitals in the country to receive this distinction.
Receiving approval from the Commission on Cancer means that area patients have access to:
- Quality care close to home
- Comprehensive care offering a range of advanced services and equipment
- A multispecialty team approach to coordinate the best treatment options available to cancer patients
- Information about cancer clinical trials, education and support
- Lifelong patient follow-up through a cancer registry that collects data on type and stage of cancers and treatment results
- Ongoing monitoring and improvement of care
The Commission on Cancer is comprised of Fellows of the American College of Surgeons and other members representing 39 national cancer-related organizations. To maintain approval, facilities must undergo an on-site review every three years.


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'Pre-drinking' common among young alcohol users
While addiction experts estimate that 65 percent to 75 percent of college-age youths engage in such boozy behavior, a Swiss study concludes that such "pre-loaded" evenings are far more likely to end in blackouts, unprotected sex, unplanned drug use or injury.
"Pre-drinking is a pernicious drinking pattern," said coauthor Florian Labhart, a researcher at Addiction Info Switzerland, in Lausanne. "Excessive consumption and adverse consequences are not simply related to the type of people who pre-drink, but rather to the practice of pre-drinking itself."
The study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, examined the drinking habits of more than 250 Swiss students.
For five weeks, the test subjects were surveyed via Internet and cellphone text messages. Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, the students were questioned hourly about how many drinks they had just consumed.
Researchers found that when students drank prior to going to a bar or club, they drank more than they would otherwise. On average, pre-drinking students consumed seven drinks, and students who drank only at a bar or event consumed just over four drinks.
This increased drinking was associated with a greater likelihood of blackouts, hangovers, absences from work or school or alcohol poisoning. Pre-drinkers were also found to engage more often in unintended drug use, unsafe sex, drunken driving or violent behavior.
The study found that while students who drank only at a bar or club stood an 18 percent chance of experiencing negative consequences, students who drank beforehand stood a 24 percent chance of seeing their evening end in mishap.
Study authors cited several motivations for pre-drinking, which practitioners also called "pre-gaming," "pre-loading" or "frontloading."
"Reasons given for pre-drinking include saving money, getting in the mood for partying, becoming intoxicated and socializing with friends or facilitating contacts with potential sexual partners," the authors wrote.
Shannon R. Kenney, a sociology professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, said pre-drinking behavior was likely as prevalent, or more so, in the United States, where the legal drinking age was much higher. In Switzerland, youths can legally purchase alcohol at age 16.
Kenney, who did not participate in the study, said the concept of pre-drinking has only recently been studied by addiction experts. Because of its risky nature and prevalence, she said, it warranted closer examination.
Study authors noted several possible shortcomings in their study. Among them was that only students with Internet capable cellphones could participate. Also, the study questions were extremely short, so that they could be read on a small cellphone screen or answered by someone in an intoxicated state.
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