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Touring Highclere Castle is like navigating a minefield of "Downton Abbey" plot spoilers.
The third season of the hit TV series, which is filmed largely within the walls of this honey-colored stone mansion in Berkshire, 70 miles west of London, premieres Sunday on "Masterpiece" on PBS. But it aired in the United Kingdom this past autumn, so many of my fellow visitors are already privy to the latest windfalls and misfortunes affecting its bevy of duplicitous footmen, scheming maids and high-spirited heiresses.
"That's where Edith had a good cry after ___," says one woman with a sympathetic tut. "Oh, this was ___'s room," whispers another. "Such a pity what happened there."
Sure, a few architectural aficionados might come to admire Highclere's gorgeous symmetry, devised by Sir Charles Barry, the same mastermind who designed the Houses of Parliament. The mansion also features an exhibition of Egyptian artifacts and a partial re-creation of Tutankhamun's tomb, which was discovered by the fifth Earl of Carnarvon (the family that owns Highclere), in conjunction with Howard Carter. But judging from the chatter, most are here to see where the Granthams breakfast over crisply ironed newspapers, sip their sherry beside the fire in the drawing room, and argue behind bedroom doors.
They will not be disappointed. When one steps into the library, the room is instantly recognizable, from the fluted columns to the red velvet sofas and shelves of leather volumes, their aged covers glinting with embossed gold. Beyond lies the drawing room, its walls swathed in green silk, and a chandelier -- could this be the one tickled with a feather-duster in the opening credits? -- sparkling in the sunshine. The central "saloon" is, if anything, even more impressive than it appears on television, with a soaring ceiling reminiscent of a cathedral, and it's impossible to descend the oak staircase without feeling that you might find Lady Mary and Matthew Crawley at the bottom of it, engaged in an illicit embrace.
What visitors might not expect, however, is evidence of this castle's ongoing role as a 21st-century home -- and its royal connections. Scattered around side tables, family photos show grinning children on the ski slopes, recent portraits of an attractive young couple that prove to be the current earl and countess, and older black-and-white images, including a grinning man hoisting a little blond boy into the air.
"That's the seventh earl with the young Prince Charles," a guide explains.
And that woman in the headscarf standing among a field of cows is Queen Elizabeth II, who is the eighth earl's godmother. She still visits the earl's mother on the estate and, according to another guide, spent her last birthday here.
More than a set
Upstairs, most bedrooms are open for inspection. Although ropes across the doorways prevent us from wandering in to bounce on the beds, we get a good gander at the trappings. Every room has a dressing table laden with creams and lotions, a flashlight on the bedside table, and stacks of well-thumbed novels by the likes of Patricia Cornwell and Dick Francis, as well as lesser-known books such as the amusingly titled "The Other Half Lives" -- all further clues that this is not a museum or an artificial set, but a home where the earl and countess spend much of their time and continue to entertain.
That being the case, they are understandably protective of Highclere when film crews arrive. "We always have someone on site (during shooting), because I'd like the castle to be standing at the end of the day, the doors on the hinges and the windows in the panes," says the countess, Lady Fiona, who spoke at London's Grosvenor House hotel in November to promote her book "Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle."
Lady Almina was the wife of the fifth earl and resided at Highclere approximately the same time the series is set. Many tales related in the book correspond to "Downton" storylines, as well -- a wealthy woman married for her money, a great home transformed into a hospital during the war and changing fortunes. This may not be entirely coincidental, as Julian Fellowes, who writes the series, is a friend of the Carnarvons.
Drawing on the past
"I never think he nicks my storylines, but I'm delighted if there's anything he uses," the countess insists, though she admits "it wouldn't have been very happy if they made the earl and countess really hideous characters."
Still, balancing a friendship and the overwhelming success of the series can present challenges. "If it gets very tricky, I just open a bottle of Champagne," Lady Fiona says, laughing.
Of course, the world of "Downton Abbey" exists beyond Highclere's bubble. For an in-depth understanding, I have teamed up with Helen Porter, a guide who specializes in historical drama tours. She has partnered with Brit Movie Tours to create a three-day "Downton Abbey" tour, which launches this spring, and we have condensed a few highlights into one winter's day.
Our first stop is Halton House, which has a dual connection to the series. In Season 2, it serves as Haxby Park, the estate of Sir Richard Carlisle, who brings Lady Mary here for a tour. In reality, the home was built as a weekend escape by Sir Alfred de Rothschild, father of Almina -- hence its second link to Highclere and "Downton" -- though it has served as a home for Royal Air Force officers since 1919.
"In that sense, it's still living up to its bachelor pad days," explains Min Larkin, a historian and archivist for Halton House, where he leads tours. With its sweeping staircase and ornate balconies, it is grand enough to have also been featured in such films as "The Queen," "The World Is Not Enough" and "An Ideal Husband."
No shrinking violet
Closer to London, we pay a visit to Byfleet Manor, which doubles as the home of the dowager countess. But the woman who opens the door -- an attractive brunette stylishly turned out in a miniskirt, polka-dot stockings and black knee-high boots -- is quite different from the indomitable Maggie Smith.
Julie Hutton has lived in this redbrick 17th-century home for 12 years. Although she's the lady of the manor, "Generally, I'm relegated to the kitchen (during filming)," she says with a smile, settling into a blue velvet armchair in the parlor so often seen in the series. Once, she nipped upstairs to change clothes, only to find that Smith had commandeered her bedroom.
Although she's witnessed "Downton" behind the scenes, Hutton, like millions of others, has been drawn into its web of plot twists. She's even become an avid follower of several spoof accounts on Twitter.
"One day, I was having a (Twitter) conversation with 'Mr. Bates,' and I thought, 'This is quite exciting.' Then, 'Wait a minute! This is a fictional character!' How sad is that?" she says with a laugh.
Aside from Highclere, perhaps the most immersive experience available to fans is a walk around Oxfordshire's Bampton, which serves as the village of Downton in the series. There's the library, easy to spot as the entrance to the hospital; the church at its center, which features rather prominently in the third season; the little lane, which, in the "reel" world, leads to Downton Abbey; and the village green, a surprisingly tiny triangle of grass in front of the Crawley mansion, which is sequestered behind a stone wall.
"There's something about being in the actual place where scenes were filmed," says Porter, who has seen clients kiss doorknobs because their favorite actor might have touched them. "They feel a connection -- and it gives people a tingle."
Wandering among its centuries-old cottages, I find it easy to imagine I'm prowling the lanes of Downton, where intrigue lurks behind every door. I'm tingling, I admit -- but I do draw the line at kissing a doorknob.
Contact Amy Laughinghouse via firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visit on your own:
Highclere Castle is where many of the "upstairs" scenes of "Downton Abbey" are shot. (Downstairs scenes are filmed at Ealing Studios.) Highclere opens on select dates (but not continuously) from March 30 to May 28; castle and gardens tour costs about $18 for adults and $10 for children. Learn more at www.highclerecastle.co.uk.
Organized tours:
Brit Movie Tours (http://britmovietours.com) offers a variety of "Downton Abbey: options:
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Lady Cora sounds off:
Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Cora, has formed a band called Sadie and the Hotheads. She plays occasional gigs around London and is sometimes joined onstage by members of the cast. For information on future shows, go to www.sadieandthehotheads.com.
Tourism information:
www.visitengland.com, www.visitbritain.com
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The Stroller: 'Pretty crazy'
Published: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 4:40 p.m.
OK, so you've been online to look at The Stroller's photos from our latest cruise, and you can't decide whether the guy with the visor and Carolina Gamecocks shirt is the old ball coach, Steve Spurrier. Oh, you have decided? Well, let us further confuse you. Stop reading if you're holding the newspaper in your hands and go online and look at the latest photos — the side-by-side photos. Bring the jaw back up now! Amazing, isn't it? The guy on the left is Bill Arrington of North Myrtle Beach; Spurrier on the right. "A golfing buddy put these side by side and sent them to me," says Mr. Arrington. "My picture was with a neighbor lady who, of course, wanted a picture with the coach. I had never even seen the picture of Steve before. The mouth thing is pretty crazy. I don't think either one of us is very comfortable smiling in front of a camera."
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But The Stroller figures it's hard to smile after hundreds of photo requests, as Mr. Arrington experienced at the latest South Carolina-Tennessee game. "It was almost scary," he says. "As we were tailgating before the game, girls would come up telling me how much they had loved me their whole life. I guess they never wondered why the coach would be out in the parking lot just a few minutes before game time having a cold one. To make things even crazier, we were with a group of friends from Tennessee who were dressed in orange from head to toe!"
One of the most unexpected things to happen to Mr. Arrington occurred just a couple of months ago when he and his wife, Teri, were sightseeing in downtown Savannah, Ga. "We were walking along and this homeless gentleman approached us," he says. "The normal expectation was that he would be asking for money. Just as we were a few feet apart, he looked at me and said, 'Man you look just like coach Spurrier." Needless to say, Teri and the couple we were with burst out laughing, as did he. No mention of money ever came up."
'NOT THE WAY': Bill Pell of Spartanburg, responding to Sammy Burnett's lecture on "bleeding heart liberals" and the suggestion that we no longer have freedom of speech, is wondering what country Mr. Burnett thinks he lives in. "His opinions in the paper are free speech, but at the end of his comment, Mr. Burnett wants to 'control' the Internet, suggesting that he wants to suppress freedom of speech," responds Mr. Pell. "Mr. Burnett clearly wants to have his cake and eat it, too, saying what he wants to say but suppressing what he doesn't want to hear. That's not the way America works."
'THAT'S INTERESTING': A second-grade student came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting." she said. "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change y to i and add es."
ODDS AND ENDS: Got tickets to the Oyster Roast at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Boiling Springs? Plates are always loaded with your choice of seafood, from steamed oysters to fried fish, plus fries and homemade desserts, at the annual fundraiser. It's going to take place March 16 starting at 6 p.m. at the church. And for kids who don't like seafood, the hot dogs will be on the house. Call 578-3238 for tickets. The church is a short distance north of Wal-Mart on Highway 9.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1
"Star Wars" novelist Chuck Wendig and "Hercules" artist Luke Ross bring us "Star Wars: The Force Awakens " #1, the first chapter of a 6-issue miniseries adapting the hit film of the same name.
|June 27th, 2016
Civil War II
Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel team up for "Civil War II" #0, which finds NuHuman Ulysses and his ability to profile the future caught in a conflict between the Avengers.
|May 19th, 2016
Secret Wars #9
Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic wrap up an epic story in "Secret Wars" #9, which lays the groundwork for a new Marvel Universe and brings a satisfying conclusion to Hickman's "Avengers" run.
|January 13th, 2016
Secret Wars #8
Castle Doom is under attack in Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's "Secret Wars" #8.
|December 11th, 2015
Secret Wars #6
The forces arrayed against Doom get some new weapons in Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's "Secret Wars" #6.
|October 12th, 2015
Secret Wars #5
In "Secret Wars" #5, Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic establish a quiet, game-setting installment before everything goes to hell.
|August 12th, 2015
Secret Wars #4
Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic and Ive Svorcina deliver a strong, character-centered chapter in "Secret Wars" #4 that both moves the story along and serves as a great examination of Drs. Doom and Strange.
|July 2nd, 2015
Secret Wars #3
Sheriff Strange discovers some unexpected survivors in Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's "Secret Wars" #3.
|June 5th, 2015
Secret Wars #2
The fate of the Marvel Universe and the inner workings of Battleworld are revealed in Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's "Secret Wars" #2.
|May 14th, 2015
Secret Wars #1
"The End Times" kicks off Marvel's latest event in Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's "Secret Wars" #1, as the latest Incursion brings the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe crashing together.
|May 6th, 2015
Daredevil #10
"Daredevil" #10 is another solid issue from Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, but it's more their exploration of the human psyche that stands out, not the Purple Man versus his purple children.
|November 24th, 2014
Thor #2
Frost Giants have invaded Midgard, and the new Goddess of Thunder has to stop them in Jason Aaron & Russell Dauterman's "Thor" #2.
|November 17th, 2014
Thor #1
In "Thor" #1, writer Jason Aaron has declared Thor Odinson unworthy to lift Mjolnir, prompting artist Russell Dauterman to draw an adventure that leads to the debut of the all-new Thor.
|September 29th, 2014
Thor #1
Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman mark the start of a new Asgardian era in "Thor" #1.
|September 29th, 2014
Thor: God of Thunder #25
"Thor: God of Thunder" #25 draws this original Marvel NOW! series to a close, in a fine issue written by Jason Aaron with art from Esad Ribic, Simon Bisley and R. M. Guera.
|September 19th, 2014
Thor: God of Thunder #23
Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic bring readers the final riveting chapter of "The Last Days of Midgard" in "Thor: God of Thunder" #23.
|June 20th, 2014
Thor: God of Thunder #21
Roxxon and Galactus try to take away Thor's home in two different eras in Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's "Thor: God of Thunder" #21.
|April 21st, 2014
Thor: God of Thunder #19.NOW
Future King Thor returns to Jason Aaron's tales of the thunder god in the Esad Ribic drawn "Thor: God of Thunder" #19.NOW as Roxxon returns to gain Thor's notice.
|February 14th, 2014
Thor: God of Thunder #18
Thunder Gods and dragons fill the pages of "Thor: God of Thunder" #18, written by Jason Aaron with art from Das Pastoras.
|January 31st, 2014
Thor: God of Thunder #17
The League of Realms' fight against Malekith comes to its conclusion, but they're not too pleased with how in Jason Aaron, Emanuela Lupacchino & Ron Garney's "Thor: God of Thunder" #17.
|January 20th, 2014
Avengers #24.NOW
In "Avengers #24.NOW," Jonathan Hickman and a host of artists show the Avengers team enjoying some downtime, complete with Thor manning the grill, and also brings forward a new threat through the actions of Iron Man 3030.
|December 26th, 2013
X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2
"Battle of the Atom" comes to a stumbling awkward end, including a few impotent deaths in "X-Men: Battle of the Atom" #2.
|October 31st, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #12
With words from Jason Aaron and art from Nic Klein, "Thor: God of Thunder" #12 shows readers what a Thunder God does after a long, hard, epic space battle.
|August 30th, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #11
"Thor: God of Thunder" #11 wraps up the "God Bomb" story from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic.
|August 19th, 2013
Thor, God of Thunder #10
Despite overly prolonging the storyline with sequences similar to past issues, the latest chapter of Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's "God Bomb" in "Thor, God of Thunder" #10 is still a worthy and nicely drawn entry.
|July 22nd, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #9
Readers have come to expect excellence from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic and excellence is exactly what the duo brings in "Thor: God of Thunder" #9.
|June 13th, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #8
"Thor: God of Thunder" #8 from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic is a rousing pulp slave tale as young Thor struggles against all odds and against the God Butcher on his weaponized world.
|May 9th, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #6
"Thor God of Thunder" #6 from Jason Aaron and Butch Guice is the origin of Gorr and while it raises some great questions of faith, it doesn't completely deliver as an innovative narrative.
|March 14th, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #5
"Thor: God of Thunder" #5, written by Jason Aaron with art by Esad Ribic bounces across the three eras seen so far, pitting Thor against Gorr in more than one time period and with less than predictable results.
|February 22nd, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #4
"Thor God of Thunder" #4 from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic continues to drop epic moments as Thor gets closer to the final confrontation with the God Butcher.
|January 10th, 2013
Thor: God of Thunder #3
"Thor: God of Thunder" #3 from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic is fantastic as Thor races to understand the God Butcher so he can face up to him again.
|December 20th, 2012
Avengers #2
"Avengers" #2 gives readers exactly what they want: more Avengers, courtesy Jonathan Hickman and artist Jerome Opeña.
|December 19th, 2012
Thor: God of Thunder #2
"Thor: God of Thunder #2" by Jason Aason and Esad Ribic brings the hammer down on the tale of Thor's first encounter with the God Butcher.
|November 28th, 2012
Thor: God of Thunder #1
"Thor: God of Thunder" #1, written by Jason Aaron with luscious art by Esad Ribic gives the legend of everyone's favorite Thunder God a bold new start with a twist of mystery.
|November 14th, 2012
X-O Manowar #1
The Valiant Universe returns with all new stories as "X-O Manowar" leads the charge into battle.
|April 25th, 2012
Ultimate Comics Ultimates #8
The tension between the government and the Ultimates mounts in an issue from Hickman that feels like filler. Still, Ribic & White's beautiful artwork makes the issue well worth the cover price.
|March 29th, 2012
Ultimate Comics Ultimates #7
It begins here: the Children of Tomorrow versus the People. And all the Ultimates can do is watch and hope they don't get killed.
|March 5th, 2012
Uncanny X-Force #18
The Dark Angel Saga comes to its long-awaited conclusion.
|December 14th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #17
Is evil close to winning or good closer to victory? It's hard to tell.
|November 11th, 2011
The Ultimates #3
The Children of Tomorrow and their City continues to expand and S.H.I.E.L.D. has to stop it. They don't. We're screwed.
|October 30th, 2011
John Carter: The World of Mars #1
There's a major motion picture coming out featuring John Carter and this is the official prequel for that story.
|October 15th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #16
You ever see a superhero go inside a supervillain? And not in a good way. The war between Wolverine's hit squad and the new forces of Apocalypse gets nasty in this issue.
|October 13th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #15
With Wolverine off the table, everyone else steps up with their own business. And business is good.
|September 16th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #14
The team return from the Age of Apocalypse, but are they too late to save Warren?
|September 4th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #13
"Uncanny X-Force" shows us how an alternate- timeline story can still carry a punch.
|August 24th, 2011
The Ultimates #1
Nick Fury returns as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. only for the world to fall apart on him. Welcome back?
|August 23rd, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #12
Get in your Delorean and zap back to the 90s and tell the pimply version of yourself the future is in good hands.
|July 29th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #11
X-Force visit the Age of Apocalypse to save Archangel, and 90s-inspired fun ensues.
|June 6th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #10
What happens when your resident killer won't kill your resident pretty boy who has taken to killing? Answer: good comics.
|May 20th, 2011
Uncanny X-Force #9
The central thesis of the series is presented, but in a very dull manner.
|May 6th, 2011


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Eric Schmidt (Google) is quoted as saying that the amount of data we currently generate every two days is the same as all the data produced from the dawn of civilisation to 2003 combined. It just boggles the mind.
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How many times has Robert DeNiro played a gangster?
We could refine that question. How many times has De Niro played a mafioso? As opposed to a Jewish gangster (�Once Upon a Time in America,� 1984), a half-Italian wiseguy (�Goodfellas,� 1990) or Al Capone (�The Untouchables,� 1987).
(Capone was Neapolitan, the mafia is a Sicilian thing.)
De Niro has played young Vito Corleone (�The Godfather Part II, 1974), Lorenzo Anello (�A Bronx Tale,� 1993) and Paul Vitti (�Analyze This,� 1999, �Analyze That,� 2002). The guy either got typecast early or there�s something about him that looks like a mafioso, although De Niro is in fact only part Italian, along with Irish, German, French and Dutch ancestry.
So how often has De Niro played a mafioso? Maybe once too many times.
�The Family� is a French movie directed by Luc Besson. Though made in English with a largely American cast, it has a certain je ne sais quois, a French sort of feel to it. I kind of liked it, but I kind of didn�t feel good about liking it.
De Niro plays mafioso Giovanni Manzoni, a.k.a. Fred Blake because he�s in the witness protection program with his family: wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer), daughter Belle (Dianna Agron), son Warren (John D'Leo) and dog Malavita (title of the novel by Tonino Benacquista it�s based on).
As the film opens the family is relocating from the French Riviera to Normandy. It appears they have a problem being inconspicuous. This is brought home when De Niro unloads a body from the trunk and inters it in the garden of their new house.
Immediately and in spite of warnings by their FBI handler Robert Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones), Frank and Maggie start to use muscle on locals who disrespect them and their children have organized their own mini-mafia at school.
Frank puts a plumber in the hospital for trying to shake him down. Maggie burns down a grocery store after the proprietor and customers are really nasty and offensive to her. Belle beats a would-be high school rapist to a pulp. Warren does the same to the leader of the gang that beat him up the first day of school.
All of this falls in the category of black comedy wish fulfillment fantasy. I mean, wouldn�t it be nice if you really could beat those high school bullies who made your life miserable to a pulp? And wouldn�t it be great if you could do it not just with brute force but with masterful planning that made them realize they�d messed with the wrong people?
Ever been cheated by a crooked businessman and been told the cost of the lawsuit would be greater than the sum you recovered? Ever have meaningful fantasies involving baseball bats?
Of course you have, everybody has.
That�s part of the appeal of �The Family,� the dream of obnoxious people getting their comeuppance.
Another part of the appeal is, the Manzoni/Blake family is loving and close. Fred loves Maggie, they both love their children, the family atmosphere is warm and affectionate.
Belle however, wants out of her life on the run and is saving herself for true love. So you know she�s bound for heartbreak.
Maggie is friends with the two FBI guys on stakeout across the street and brings them delicious Italian food. They in turn are indignant about the cad who breaks Belle�s heart.
Stansfield and Fred have a complex relationship. Fred calls Stansfield, �the guy who made my life living hell for six years.�
Nonetheless there�s an element of respect there.
Fred himself is discovering his voice as a writer, which would make any writer envious of the material he has to work with.
There are some very clever allusions to previous gangster films. Watch for the way Belle loses her innocence, the baseball bat and Fred being invited to discourse on �Goodfellas� at a meeting of the local film society.
But… the essence of black comedy is comeuppance. What happens to the victims is supposed to be at least a little deserved. The motives of the avenger at least a little sympathetic.
Black comedy ceases to be funny the moment an innocent is killed.
�Prizzi�s Honor� (1985) was another black comedy mafia film that was pretty amusing, until an innocent woman walks in on a hit and is shot dead by Kathleen Turner.
When the mob catches up with the Blake/Manzoni family due to a chain of incredible coincidences, there is a holocaust of innocents.
The family prevails and all is well – except for the carnage left behind.
There could be a subtle point in there Besson is making. Or it could just be the writer wrote himself into a corner he couldn�t write himself out of.
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Bayhealth's Speech Pathology Department now offers a new, monthly support group for current and past patients with communication deficits.
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As a longstanding member of this community, I would like to voice my opinion in this editorial about some recent articles that mention the sale of the government property in Minturn referred to as the "Boneyard."
First, a little about me: The "when did you move here?" question I am asked all the time does not apply to me. I am a third-generation local, not native, local.
My grandfather spent nearly one-third of his adult life in the service of the New Jersey Zink mine in Gilman.
My Uncle Jim graduated from high school at Battle Mountain High School in Red Cliff.
My father, John, graduated from Battle Mountain High School in Minturn, and I graduated from Battle Mountain High School in Eagle-Vail.
We have a family member who will be attending Battle Mountain at Miller Ranch if he keeps his grades up. That means you, J.S.!
We haven't been around. We've been here!
We as a family detest the phrase "Vail Valley." You show me a Vail River in Eagle County and I will use the term "Vail Valley" correctly.
Now to the point: the articles in this paper have referred to the bidding war over the "Boneyard" in Minturn as another great victory of the Eagle County open space tax. I beg to differ!
For those who don't know Minturn, it is a small town located a couple miles west of Vail.
Like Red Cliff to the south and Eagle to the west, it has been incorporated for over 100 years, compared to Vail's 50. Minturn is flanked on the east by Two Elk Creek, Game Creek and Lion's Head, all public land and open space.
To the west is Cross Creek, thousands of acres of land designated undevelopable because it is in the Holy Cross Wilderness and also Grouse Creek, very nice and accessible Forest Service land.
Now don't get me wrong. I don't have a horse in this race. A new park in Minturn, small commercial space or a couple of houses all seem suitable for this piece of land the "Boneyard."
The problem I have is with the open space tax. Wasting $1.68 million (latest bid) of taxpayer money to purchase a measly 4 acres of open space in a town surrounded by open space seems ludicrous. Really?
It seems obvious that Eagle County's elected officials regard millions as leisurely as Obama regards trillions.
We would all love to spend someone else's money, but at some point we must ask, "Really?"
There's that multi-million dollar courthouse expansion. If we really needed it, don't you think we would be using it? Please tell me that I am not the only taxpaying citizen of this county who thinks that if the government, be it local, is going to take money from the people in the form of taxes, that this fine should be put to better use.
If the county is going to excessively tax the public and spend it willly-nilly, shouldn't it go to a good cause? Aren't our schools failing? Isn't there a lack in funding for college? Isn't there funding needed to help the mentally ill so we can prevent another Columbine, Newtown, Virginia Tech or Aurora Theater?
Millions were spent on Bair Ranch as open space. Name me one person in this county who has been able to hunt, fish or hike on the Bair Ranch as a result of this "purchase"? But as taxpayers we spent millions, may I suggest wasted millions? To what end, I don't know.
It is not a crime to ask your elected officials to justify their actions. It is your duty as a God-fearing American to require them to justify their actions, it is your money after all!
The consensus is that Washington is broken, but I beg of you to study what our county is doing with the tax revenue it receives, and you may realize the problem is much closer to home.
A concerned, taxpaying member of the Eagle Valley!


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SharkHunter wrote:hi all, there were some weird bugs in the NaviX parsing which affected VeeHD. The movshare script part of PMSEncoder dislikes navix you can say at least. I got it working now but I'll update it first thing tommorrow (hard work today).
saleopardi - m2k seems to changed everything. Now I get a cookie but then enter some infinity redirect loop. Need some extra special stuff there....
That is great news I look forward to the new build. I have a question
Since I had issues with build 10 and 11 would it be best to remove it all together and then install the latest build or will an update fix the issues I was having? Does the new build fix the issues with m2k and will that channel be included?
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Google is muscling in on Microsoft's turf as it wins over more business customers with its cloud-based software. In the past year Google Apps has notched up a big string of wins, including at the Swiss drug maker Hoffmann-La Roche, where over 80,000 employees use the package, and at the Interior Department, where 90,000 use it, the NYT's Quentin Hardy reports.
CIO Journal's Rachael King wrote earlier this month that CIOs still want to see some improvements to Google Apps – particularly improved security and integration between Google Plus and Gmail. But "Google is getting traction" on Microsoft, Melissa Webster, an analyst with IDC, tells Hardy. "Its 'good enough' product has become pretty good. It looks like 2013 is going to be the year for content and collaboration in the cloud."
One key to Google's success is pricing. Shaw Industries, a carpet maker in Dalton, Ga., switched to Google Apps this year after Jim Nielsen, the company's manager of enterprise technology, calculated that using Google instead of similar Microsoft products would cost, over seven years, about one-thirteenth Microsoft's price. Apart from the lower price, Nielsen tells Hardy he had to sort through 11 pricing models to figure out what he would pay Microsoft.
Health-care industry vulnerable to cyberattacks. The health-care industry's rush to embrace the Internet has created a raft of security problems that could allow hackers to get their hands on patients' records and even launch attacks that could shut down critical hospital systems, the Washington Post's Robert O'Harrow Jr. reports. A year-long examination of cybersecurity by the Post found that health care "is among the most vulnerable industries in the country," partly because it isn't addressing some known problems. "I have never seen an industry with more gaping security holes," said Avi Rubin, a computer scientist and technical director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University. "If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed."
Rubin has documented the routine failure to fix known software flaws "and a culture in which physicians, nurses and other health-care workers sidestep basic security measures, such as passwords, in favor of convenience," O'Harrow writes.
Tim Elrod, a consultant at FishNet Security, found vulnerabilities in a system that lets care providers using a Web browser automatically dispense drugs from a secure cabinet produced by Omnicell. Unauthorized users could sidestep the login and password page and gain control of a cabinet at a hospital run by Integris Health. Integris CIO John Delano confirmed the Omnicell flaw and said his company last year disconnected it from any networks that might link to the Internet. "Unfortunately, a lot of times you run into vendors who have poorly coded software," Delano told O'Harrow. "That's the case here."


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Sage is full of himself IM convo Oct 10, 2002
thething02: cmon son why u keep ignorin me makeshift patriot
SAGEkillz: you sound like such a jack ass. and you give all your homies shout outs in your profile. haha. you bug me because you suck. goodnight
thething02: yo
thething02: cmon man
thething02: just listen to me for a sec
thething02: peep my track man if your a fan or lyrics youll like it
thething02: we produce all our own beats
SAGEkillz: nope. bye bye
thething02: whatever
thething02: give no love to the underground
thething02: you cant battle for shit anyway
thething02: well have fun ignorin me but i thought you would appreciate some good shit
its really live, i know what wack shit is so dont think its not good. u can cut on me all you want but listen to it first, if u think its gay then go wild
SAGEkillz: it's definitely gay. thanks for gaying out with me though. I really appreciatiate your gayness. Keep it Gay. Gay out, gayer.
thething02: heh... your a weird kid how did you get signed
thething02: u didnt listen to it so fuck off
SAGEkillz: are you 14 yrs old? change your shitty life before it gets worse. use your brain. really. and don't waste my time until you have something of worth to offer. you are wack
thething02: look man. seriously dont diss me until you listen to my tracks... your not so busy that u cant peep it
thething02: i like your shit so at least give me a chance
SAGEkillz: what the fuck do you know? I am in Australia doing a tour and writing a story for a magazine publication at the moment.
thething02: fine man im sorr
SAGEkillz: you're a fucking piss ant of a human with the gaul to bug me online, dis my battling and then suggest I have enough free time to check your wack raps
thething02: sorry
SAGEkillz: take a hike, bitch
thething02: damn your full of yourself
Last edited by Sage Francis on Wed Oct 09, 2002 2:07 am; edited 1 time in total
Wed Oct 09, 2002 1:53 am
Joined: 06 Jul 2002
Posts: 225
Location: Japan
damn sage...sometimes i wonder if these idiots make you laugh as hard as they make me...i am sitting in staff room full of japanese teachers wondering how the hell i can possibly explain that i was busting up because a musician that i listen to was ripping on some idiotic fan...i just dont think it translates well...
i am suprised he didnt challenge you to a keystyle battle...
which mag are you writing for?
Wed Oct 09, 2002 2:01 am
Joined: 05 Sep 2002
Posts: 1040
Location: The Netherlands
Damn Sage is it that time of the month allready!
You really made it clear how you felt and still the kid didn't get it!
Or maybe he just likes to be called gay all the time!
Wed Oct 09, 2002 5:08 am
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 5766
Location: Queens, NYC
I think everyone should take the tack of that kid, and tell Sage what's what in the future.
"Come on Sage--you're not so busy that you can't listen to my tracks."
"Rilly? Why--I guess I'm not busy after all, if you say so."
I also love shit like this:
"If you're a fan of lyrics you'll like this."
It always makes me want to respond, "Well, I fucking hate lyrics more than anything on earth, bitch."
Wed Oct 09, 2002 6:28 am
The Thing
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 75
Location: New Haven, CT
hey thanks for the press
hey i must have really touched you to have youu post this on your site. by the way its
but thats funny how you changed it. peace
Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:54 am
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 11
Location: good ol' RI
ha are u kidding me?
i actually took the time to go to this site and listen to some shit.
but when i hear lyrics like... DONT FUK WITH MY JUMP SHOT
while u hear the net swoosh and some1 dribblin in the background i cant help but laugh.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 10:58 am
The Thing
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 75
Location: New Haven, CT
its called a hook some rappers should try it
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:03 am
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 11
Location: good ol' RI
i actually think people would refer to it as "WACK LYRICS"...
but wutever u say rite? ur -THE THING-
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:06 am
The Thing
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 75
Location: New Haven, CT
ok sorry i responded quick to that because it pissed me off; thats not one of my best songs if u listen to the others u can tell its worse quality, it was the first track we ever made... the hook could use some work, i just uploaded a new track called reality cracked so if u wanna cut on me, thats my latest and an example of the tracks i make so u can diss that and i will respect it.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:18 am
Joined: 08 Oct 2002
Posts: 350
I kinda like the band. The vocals need some work, get rid of those whiny undertones and rap with more confidence. I checked out "serious piano" and thought the production was pretty good, i just liked the piano, the beat is a little boring but kinda goes with the song, I would work on mixing the tracks a little better. the lyrics were alright...
just a little (unaksed for) constructive critisism
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:30 am
The Thing
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 75
Location: New Haven, CT
yeah we cant afford any good equipment ... lol so that explains the quality but thanks for the feedback
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:36 am
Joined: 08 Oct 2002
Posts: 350
well i just took the time to listen to more... nah. all the drumbeats are the same. nothing really grabbed me,And listening to that voice after a while got really tiring.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:37 am
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 11
Location: good ol' RI
look man, im sorry for dissin on you like that, i mean...
i should be givin u props for just tryin to do wut ur doin.
i mean i could never do that shit.
dont hate me ... im just a lil gurl...lol :wink:
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:39 am
The Thing
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 75
Location: New Haven, CT
how long before sage sees this thread again and erases it ?
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:44 am
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 11
Location: good ol' RI
who gives a shit? really
Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:51 am
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MORAGA -- Kristen Cunnane was "careless and negligent" and contributed to her ongoing sexual abuse at the hands of a middle school teacher, the Moraga School District claimed in its first legal response to the UC Berkeley swim coach's lawsuit against the school district and three former administrators.
The district and three other defendants claim Cunnane "was herself responsible for the acts and damages of which she claims," in the Oct. 24 legal filing.
"Carelessness and negligence on (Cunnane's) part proximately contributed to the happenings of the incident and to the injuries, loss and damages," they claim.
When she read the legal response, Cunnane, 30, said she was floored.
"It felt like I got punched in the stomach, and I stood up and thought about how young I was when I was 12 to 13 years old at the school," said Cunnane, whose suit was filed in September. "For them to use words like 'negligent' and 'responsible' just broke my heart."
The school district's attorney said Thursday that the language used as part of its legal stance was appropriate and necessary at the start of such a civil case with significant financial ramifications. The response did not specify how Cunnane was "negligent" or "responsible" for the abuse.
Louis Leone said "every potential defense" must be raised in such legal filings, "since failure to do so results in a waiver of the defense."
"It is imperative that all possible defenses be raised at this point in time. As more facts become known, the district will then reassess its defenses," the Walnut Creek attorney said.
Nonetheless, a youth law expert and Cunnane's attorney called the response "appalling."
"That (the) defendants would go so far as to blame a child victim of sexual abuse rather than admit or even examine their own wrongdoing is offensive and appalling," Paul Llewellyn said in an email.
Cunnane was sexually abused by two Moraga middle school teachers in the 1990s, one of them over a four-year period. She sued the district, retired Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School principal Bill Walters, retired assistant principal Paul Simonin and retired superintendent John Cooley in Contra Costa Superior Court, saying they repeatedly ignored allegations of abuse, allowing her and other students to be victimized. The lawsuit alleges negligence, fraudulent concealment, conspiracy to commit fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and cites an investigation by this newspaper as revealing for the first time the district's knowledge of the alleged abuse.
Former Joaquin Moraga P.E. teacher Julie Correa pleaded guilty to rape and sexual battery against Cunnane over a four-year period beginning in 1996, when Cunnane was an eighth-grader. Cunnane said Correa groomed her after she confided in her that Joaquin Moraga science teacher Daniel Witters had molested her. Witters committed suicide shortly after a group of girls came forward with allegations in 1996, and police stopped investigating him criminally after that.
Last month, two unidentified women filed claims for more than $15 million each claiming the same defendants' inaction led to them being sexually abused at the hands of Witters.
A youth law attorney said he understands the district's need to include many affirmative defenses in its legal response to the suit but said that assigning responsibility to Cunnane for the abuse was inappropriate.
"I think it is reprehensible to place the blame on the young girl who was victimized," said William Grimm, senior attorney with Oakland-based National Center for Youth Law. "The district's defense has to be plausible ... and this doesn't even pass the smell test, in my opinion."
The impulse to blame herself for what happened to her as a youngster has been hard to overcome, Cunnane said.
"Part of my healing is understanding that it's not my fault, and here I'm having the school district tell me it is my fault," she said. "It's just very difficult to deal with."
The Moraga school board is expected to discuss the lawsuit at its Nov. 13 meeting.
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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PIEDMONT -- An illicit competition to track sexual activity among the student body at Piedmont High School in a "fantasy league" is an "awful" revelation, but can be used to foster education and conversation among students and parents, a school district official said Sunday.
The "league" was run by male students, who "drafted" unknowing female students to their teams, then tallied points for "documented engagement in sexual activities" with those students, according to a letter Principal Rich Kitchens sent to parents Friday. The league's existence was first tipped to officials by students who came forward after a date-rape prevention assembly in early October.
At this time, officials are not aware of any criminal activity linked to the league, said Randall Booker, assistant superintendent of educational services for the Piedmont Unified School District.
"We'll react to things as they come to us," Booker said. He noted that "the point of that assembly is to get kids talking, to be aware, to foster that communication.
"We're not making excuses, we're not minimizing it, we're not sanitizing it. We're an educational community. Our point is to take issues like this and treat them as educational opportunities, and if there are criminal issues, we report them to the police."
Though Kitchens said in his letter that the league was set up by male students on varsity athletic teams, Booker said that with 75 percent of the school's students participating in athletics, it was hard to link the league to a particular team or sport.
Officials spent last week trying to gather information about the league before Kitchens sent the letter, Booker said. Their hope is now that parents will take the opportunity to have a frank discussion with their children, he added.
"There has to be an open, serious and honest dialogue between kids and families," Booker said. "It's one thing for us to have a conversation with our students. It's another thing for families to have that dinner-table conversation.
"Time and time again, in our district, the students, the staff and the community have been willing to step up and be active participants in that conversation."
Rick Hurd contributed to this story. Contact Daniel M. Jimenez at email@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/DMJreports.


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Victor Ortiz-Luis Collazo fight on Jan. 30 at Barclays
Victor Ortiz will return to the ring for the first time in 19 months against Luis Collazo in a Fox Sports 1-televised battle of left-handed former titleholders.
Victor Ortiz will return to the ring for the first time in 19 months against Luis Collazo in a Fox Sports 1-televised battle of left-handed former titleholders.
Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Antonio Orozco will headline a Golden Boy Live! show on Jan. 24. Former IBF junior middleweight beltholder Cornelius Bundrage will fight Joey Hernandez in the cofeatured bout of the Fox Sports 1 broadcast.
Undefeated featherweight Gary Russell Jr. is scheduled to return to the ring against an opponent to be determined on the undercard of a Dec. 13 Golden Boy Live! event at the the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, Calif.
Former welterweight titleholders Victor Ortiz and Luis Collazo will meet on a Fox Sports 1-televised headliner in Brooklyn on Jan. 30, during Super Bowl week.
Golden Boy's Dec. 7 and Dec. 14 shows will feature what Richard Schaefer calls "the best fights that you can make at 147," including Adrien Broner-Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander-Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman-Jesus Soto Karass, and Paulie Malignaggi-Zab Judah.
While Adrien Broner said he's "going for the knockout" against Marcos Maidana, Keith Thurman is coming to "bring the hurt" against Jesus Soto Karass.
Adrien Broner plans to "light up" Marcos Maidana "like a Christmas tree" on Dec. 14. Broner, the WBA welterweight beltholder, defends his title against the hard-punching Maidana in the headliner of a Showtime card in San Antonio.
Bernard Hopkins drew a large audience for his unanimous decision victory over Karo Murat. The IBF light heavyweight title bout was televised on Showtime.
Keith Thurman on fighting fellow welterweight puncher Jesus Soto Karass: "I plan on doing what we're supposed to do, which is hitting and not getting hit, but I also plan on creating that knockout."
WBA light heavyweight titleholder Beibut Shumenov will end an 18-month ring absence when he returns to action on the Adrien Broner-Marcos Maidana card on Dec. 14.
Former junior middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez: "I have a contract with Golden Boy Promotions with which I am very happy."
A deal has been reached for a catchweight five pounds above the original limit for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Bryan Vera on Saturday, raising questions of fairness and fighter safety. HBO's Jim Lampley gives his take on the son of Mexico's most famous boxer.
RING and WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward will defend his titles against unbeaten challenger Edwin Rodriguez Nov. 16 on HBO.
Although Lucas Matthysse and his manager, Mario Arano, want a rematch with Danny Garcia, THE RING, WBA and WBC junior welterweight champion has said that his next fight will be as a welterweight.
Richard Schaefer said Canelo Alvarez, "today, is bigger than he ever was," in the wake of the 23-year-old's loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night.
Canelo Alvarez believes that he will "find a way" to land his shots against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday and the defending junior middleweight champ says sparring with lighter-weight fighters helped make him sharp enough to do so.
Floyd Mayweather believes that Canelo Alvarez's fans are being lured "because he knocked Carlos Baldomir out, and I went the distance with Baldomir."
Junior welterweight/lightweight contender Denis Shafikov, former lightweight titleholder Juan Diaz, and junior welterweight Jose Carlos Ramirez all won by knockout on Saturday night during a Top Rank-promoted event in Laredo, Texas.
Paulie Malignaggi and Bernard Hopkins will be ringside with Dave Bontempo to call the Aug. 19 debut of Golden Boy Live on Fox Sports 1.
RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia could rise into the junior lightweight ranks to challenge WBO beltholder Roman "Rocky" Martinez.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Hauling a season-opening win out of tradition-laden Lambeau Field proved quite possible and very invigorating Sunday for the 49ers.
Their 30-22, wire-to-wire triumph came in a venue where the 49ers hadn't won since 1990, and it came against a franchise that went 15-1 last regular season as the reigning Super Bowl champion.
"Knowing that (Green Bay) is the 'hotshot team' or the best team in the last couple years, it just makes a huge statement all across the league," 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman said.
That's as close as the 49ers came to crowing about their breakout win, or "great victory," as coach Jim Harbaugh termed it.
How intimidating a message is this to the favored Packers and all others who stand in the 49ers' way of a Feb. 3 date in Super Bowl XLVII? Does it indeed validate the 49ers -- last season's NFC runner-up -- as repeat contenders?
"I don't think we're ever looking for validation or redemption or anything like that," defensive lineman Justin Smith said. "We're moving on to the next game. That one's even more important than this one."
The next game: the 49ers' home opener against the Detroit Lions (1-0) on NBC's "Sunday Night Football."
The 49ers never trailed in front of a sellout crowd of 70,523. They raced to a 10-0 lead and took a 16-7 lead into halftime when David Akers kicked a 63-yard field goal, equaling an NFL record shared by Tom Dempsey, Jason Elam and Sebastian Janikowski.
"This was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime type of deal," Akers said.
The Packers didn't go quietly. They scored fourth-quarter touchdowns on a 10-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers to James Jones and an earlier 75-yard punt return from Randall Cobb.
Cobb's touchdown served as the centerpiece of a busy and suspect day by the league's replacement officials, who enforced 18 penalties but opted to erase an illegal-block call during Cobb's return.
"We had a few mistakes, but some of the penalties were definitely a little bizarre," Rodgers said.
The 49ers could finally exhale in the final minute, once cornerback Chris Culliver batted away a 30-yard, fourth-down pass to Jordy Nelson at the 49ers' 15-yard line.
"I saw Aaron Rodgers give Jordy Nelson a couple signals, and I knew he was coming at me," Culliver said. "I just had to play tight."
Rodgers, a Cal product and the reigning league MVP, finished 30 of 44 for 303 yards with two touchdown and one interception.
Rodgers got sacked three times, and the final one came from Ahmad Brooks to help thwart that final drive. Brooks credited defensive coordinator Vic Fangio for that sack, saying it came on a call the 49ers hadn't used all game and only after previous calls set up that play.
"That last (Packers) drive, it was tough, it was scary," 49ers running back Frank Gore said. "I know watching over the years how they get down field fast. Our defense stepped up when it had to."
Rodgers' biggest mistake came earlier in the fourth quarter, when Bowman intercepted a pass at the Packers' 34-yard line and returned it 11 yards.
"He didn't expect me to be there, so he didn't throw it too hard," Bowman said. "I baited him into it. ... I was able to bite (on a run fake) and get back in that window when I snagged it."
Rodgers' 93.3 passer rating was trumped by the 49ers' Alex Smith, who had a 125.6 rating by going 20 of 26 for 211 yards with two touchdowns. Smith surpassed Steve Young's 49ers record for the longest stretch without an interception (185 consecutive passes, dating back to 159 from the end of last season).
Sandwiched between Akers' first two field goals was Randy Moss' first touchdown catch since 2010. Smith's 14-yard scoring pass to Moss put the 49ers ahead 10-0 with 11:10 left in the first half.
Despite Moss and Mario Manningham's welcomed addition to the receiving corps, the 49ers offense remains very reliant on Gore, and he came through with 112 yards on 16 carries. His 23-yard touchdown run one snap after Bowman's interception gave the 49ers a 30-15 lead after Akers' extra point.
"We fought to the end," Gore said, "and our defense made big plays when they had to."
The Packers gained only 45 yards rushing, as Rodgers had five carries for 27 yards and Cedric Benson nine for 18 against the league's top rushing defense last season.
The 49ers' only other touchdown came on a 4-yard, third-quarter pass from Smith to Vernon Davis, who's scored a touchdown in each of his four meetings against the Packers.
As was the case last season, Akers remained a terrific alternative when the 49ers couldn't find the end zone. Akers' 63-yard blast bounced off the crossbar and fell over it with what he called "a sweet bounce" as the first half expired.
"We still have a lot of work to do," Bowman said, "but this is definitely a great start for us."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.
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Typical for this area are gravestones in the form of door, symbolizing the entrance to the underworld. A lot of these are on display near the temple. Most of them are from the second century AD and on inscription mainly mention the deceased and the founders of the stone. Symbols indicate who was remembered: eagles, lions, bulls for men for instance.
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Two empty downtown storefronts are filling up.
In Franklin Square, Bob Acquaviva and Scott Crossley are starting up Utica Classic Guitars.
Up the street at 239 Genesee St., Regina Piacentino is opening Bella Regina in the former Chatter Box Deli and Coffee Lounge. Piacentino's restaurant will open Friday, Dec. 27.
A few odds and ends need to be wrapped up this week and then she'll finish moving in.
"It's a lot to do," she said. "I'm ready to get going, my customers keep calling me and calling me."
Her former partner in Bella Mia, Kari Asmus, has opened Basil Bluz Bistro at the former Bella Mia site at 15 Auert Ave.
Asmus' restaurant, which has a jazz and blues theme, opened earlier this month.
Down in Franklin Square, Bob Acquaviva is back in an old haunt with a new venture.
The guitarist is managing a new music shop, Utica Classic Guitars, located in the space formerly occupied by New Hartford Advertising Services Inc.
The store's owner, Scott Crossley, said he wanted to create a hub to help grow the local music scene.
"I've always loved music," he said. "When I was growing up, we'd go out and see bands every Friday and Saturday night. The cool part about it is that everyone likes some form of music."
Acquaviva most recently was a partner at Bonamassa Guitars in New Hartford but has a lengthy resume of performance and production work, both locally and nationally.
"I've never done anything but music," Acquaviva said. "This is my thing, I really love selling retail."
The pair was drawn to downtown by the recent developments in Bagg's Square and the addition of the Utica Comets.
"When I was growing up, everything was downtown," Crossley said. "And now there's a good buzz."
The store will focus on selling quality used guitars, "players' pieces" as well as creating a hub for music fans to gather and discuss everything from guitar strings to bands.
It also will carry music by local musicians and offer guitar lessons by Tony Touris.
Acquaviva also has a long history with the building.
"This building, many years ago used to be my recording studio," Acquaviva said. "That was 1988 to 1999, so I've got a lot of history down here."
A grand opening is tentatively planned for Jan. 11.
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"Shark Tank" (9 p.m., ABC):
Four kids (ages 6 to 16) present their product concepts to the Sharks and we're intrigued by at least one of them: Paint-on bandages. Oh, those silly kids.
"Hannibal" (10 p.m., NBC):
Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City") returns as an FBI agent just as Will's (Hugh Dancy) murder trial begins. Oh yeah, and a court bailiff gets killed. The fun just never stops on this bloody show.
"Vice" (11 p.m., HBO): The innovative news magazine program kicks off its second season with a segment claiming that much of the $100 billion spent by the U.S. on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan has been wasted and misused.
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Bring free markets to health care
Published: Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 29, 2013 at 5:24 p.m.
The General Assembly should approve Republican-sponsored legislation that aims to make medical costs more transparent, increase competition and bring down exorbitant costs for hospital services.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Sens. Bob Rucho of Matthews and Harry Brown of Jacksonville, would require hospitals to publicly post prices on the most common medical procedures. It would also provide financial rewards for hospitals that provide low-cost care, and ban a type of double billing now common in radiology, the Charlotte Observer reported.
The legislation was prompted by Prognosis: Profits, a five-part investigative series the Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh published last year. The series showed how nonprofit hospitals in North Carolina cities have become hugely profitable, inflating prices on drugs and procedures sometimes as much as 10 times their actual costs.
The newspapers investigation showed Charlotte-area hospitals have generated some of the nations largest profit margins and amassed billions of dollars in reserves while suing thousands of needy patients, frequently putting liens on their homes and damaging their credit. A follow-up investigation showed that large nonprofit hospitals are dramatically inflating prices on chemotherapy drugs while cornering more of the market on cancer care.
The series ran in April 2012. Earlier this month, TIME magazine published a 24,105-word expose on hospital costs by veteran journalist Steve Brill. Titled Bitter Pill: How Outrageous Prices and Egregious Profits are Destroying Our Health Care, the report found that hospitals are maximizing revenues and sticking patients with bills that have little relationship to the care thats provided.
America spends $2.8 trillion annually on medical care more than the next 10 highest spending countries combined. Meanwhile, Obamacare, the federal health care reform law, is expected to boost claims insurance companies pay out by an average of 32 percent on individual health policies, according to a report released last week by the Society of Actuaries.
The Obama administration says tax credits and subsidies will make health insurance more affordable for middle-class Americans and cover 32 million Americans who now lack insurance. Yet critics as well as many supporters of Obamacare agree the law does not do nearly enough to control spiraling costs.
The first step to do that? Consumers must demand price transparency, Dr. Giovanni Colella said in a March 20 op-ed in Forbes magazine. She describes the situation as complete market failure in one-sixth of the nations economy that has a direct impact on the bottom line of corporate America, wages of workers, and, by extension, on the economic prospects of the country.
Thats why, in North Carolina, the legislation now before the General Assembly is so important. Patients cannot now comparison shop or effectively question prices because hospitals in the state dont post prices. The legislation would require hospitals to report prices for their 50 most common procedures. Hospitals would also have to report how much uninsured patients, Medicare, Medicaid and the five largest insurers pay for each procedure.
You should know what the cost of a procedure is, Rucho, a retired dentist who co-chairs the Senate Finance Committee, stated in the Observer article. You do that with every other purchase. Why shouldnt you be able to do that in health care?
Among other provisions, the legislation would:
u Require every hospital to post its policy on charity care along with the amount it spent on charity care in the previous year.
u Prohibit hospitals from charging multiple times for outpatient radiology services that are rendered only once.
u Reward hospitals with low Medicaid costs by returning to them more of the money the state assesses to them each year to match federal Medicaid funding.
u Ban hospitals owned by the state including UNC Hospitals from seizing tax refunds of patients who dont pay their bills. Only state-owned hospitals now have this power.
The legislation, like the federal health care reform law, wont fix all that is broken with our health care system. But it is an important start to introduce free market reforms that will give consumers the power to make more informed choices and hopefully drive down costs.
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Time to revitalize my rping with a new rp of my own, tough the one`s I´ve set up haven`t worked so well in the past.
Set up:
This rp is set in a fictional, industrial town of Scalvia, approximately inhabbitted by 500,00. Technology wise Scalvia is in the 1930`s, the streets are crowded, tight and dangerous. Massive factories pollute the air with constant feed of smoke and crime runs rampant on the streets. Advanced genetics and whatnot are not allowed nor weirdo experiments running rampant in this rp, but people can have `unnatural` abilities just don`t over do it. A guy who can summon flames can`t go running around all day throwing fireballs etc without exhausting himself etc.
Guns are a bit advanced than the 1930`s automatic weapons like submachine guns exist, but in Scalvia machine guns and assault rifles are very rare. As mentioned before the town is in the grips of crime lords and death is an everyday commodity on the streets. For the last five years relative peace reigned over the streets however as the warring crime lords were oppressed by a man known as Falco, who declared himself as the leader of Scalvias gangs and crime families. However Falco died under mysterious circumstances only a weeks ago and the town has descended into chaos, with gangs picking up their old rivalries and crime families seeking to topple one another. By a mysterious invitation a group consisting of mobsters, killers, drifters and various other lowlives gather in a quiet baar named Targe. How their gathering will change the course of events for Scalvia will be profound. That`s our characters, the rest is up to you, and your character might not even have to be a criminal to begin with.
1. NO ONE-LINERS (no one liners!!! NEVER!!!)
2. No content above PG-13.
3. Romance is fine, just nothing sexual.
4. Be serious, people; this isn't a comedy.
5. No god-moding.
6. No controlling other RPers characters.
7. No killing another character without permission from that character's respectful RPer.
8. To improve the depth of the characters, make sure to think of a backstory that fits the setting, how the chaos and death has shook your characters life etc. Would be great if someone even made suggestions to me about my character having met your character in the past or somehow having been involved in their life.
9. Have fun!
Name: "Blake"
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Personality: Schizophrenic, passive, unpredictable.
Strong points: Strong willed, fearless, unpredictable.
Weak points: Paranoid, borderline insane.
Occupation: Assassin/A confedant of the Vicante mob family
Weapons: An abundant number of throwing knives hidden in his sleeves, feet and belt. Also a bayonet, which seems to be a keepsake of sorts.
Specialties/Abilities: Skilled in using knives throwing or otherwise and has a seemingly uncanny luck, having survived some near death experiences against all odds.
( in addition has a indigo tattoo, a jawless skull with a cresent moon beneath it facing downwards, on his neck. )
Clothing: Black pants, pair of brown shoes, black suit jacket, black vest, red tie (loose), white collar shirt.
Family: None to speak of....
Theme song: Megadeth - Scorpion
I am love, I am hate, I'm an atheist with faith, Vent my anger with a smile
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"If you're going to say 'prince' like
, don't say it at all," she said grumpily as soon as Blake was finished, lifting her feet up on the dashboard.
"Though, judging by your overall tone, I'd say that the only thing you like about being an assassin is the killing part." She smirked a bit, trying to push the man's buttons. "I think you'd be perfectly happy scurrying about the streets as a homeless man, just killing for the hell of it..." she eyed the man's clothing. "Though, it seems that's pretty much how things are for you..."
She shifted in her seat, frowning. Each scenario involving her taking a life involved visualizing her father's killer, then of course, attacking, stabbing, clawing, biting, anything, feeling blood on her hands and face, the satisfaction of avenging the death of one of her parents. But, she had a reason to do it. Blake didn't. How could he enjoy it so much?
"Don't you ever want a little more than just killing, Cóncavo*?" she asked, hardly caring whether the man felt like sharing or not; if he didn't, she'd just find a way to pry it out of him.
(*it should mean 'hollow', which would be her pointing out how 'emotionless' Blake is, but, I don't trust online translators very much, so it might be wrong. ^^;
**fixed it.)
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Feb 15 2010, 10:09 AM
The Mad Bomber
"Assuming everything goes according to plan.....
Feb 15 2010, 11:20 AM
Nathaniel remained silent as they spoke, closely l...
Feb 15 2010, 02:43 PM
"Good?? Sweetheart, we are the best!...
Feb 16 2010, 05:43 PM
The Mad Bomber
Blake`s face, for once, dropped it`s almos...
Feb 16 2010, 11:28 PM
"The meeting will be held in the Pit...everyt...
Feb 17 2010, 06:25 PM
"I figure we'll be in the area 'just ...
Feb 17 2010, 11:11 PM
The Mad Bomber
Blake stood up from the chair and shoved his hands...
Feb 18 2010, 11:41 AM
"Sounds good" Anthony said as he looked ...
Feb 18 2010, 01:44 PM
"Likewise to you fellas," Nathaniel retu...
Feb 18 2010, 09:38 PM
The Mad Bomber
Blake smirked as he simply began walking down the ...
Feb 19 2010, 03:16 AM
"I didn't ask you a question, though,...
Feb 19 2010, 08:50 AM
The Mad Bomber
Blake sighed as he followed her hopeless attempts ...
Feb 19 2010, 09:06 AM
(XD Blake to the rescue, eh?) She caught on to th...
Feb 20 2010, 11:46 AM
The Mad Bomber
In return Blake stared at her for a moment with a ...
Feb 20 2010, 01:09 PM
While the assasins were driving, the thieves had a...
Feb 20 2010, 02:18 PM
"If you're going to say 'prince' ...
Feb 21 2010, 12:45 PM
The Mad Bomber
Blake remained silent as she spoke, but her last s...
Feb 21 2010, 01:43 PM
(It is "cóncavo" *nod nod*) The trickst...
Feb 21 2010, 05:52 PM
(Thank you very much, Mai. ^^ Also, I'm sorry ...
Feb 24 2010, 06:07 PM
The Mad Bomber
Nathaniel`s last words fell to deaf ears as Bl...
Feb 27 2010, 08:07 AM
"Hmph." She stole a glance at the car ah...
Feb 28 2010, 03:32 PM
The Mad Bomber
Blake brought the car to a sudden halt, snapping o...
Mar 2 2010, 10:59 AM
The black car stopped infront an old building that...
Mar 6 2010, 11:22 AM
The girl frowned, following after Blake. Despite h...
Mar 6 2010, 02:10 PM
The Mad Bomber
"I`d rather be cautious than dead." ...
Mar 10 2010, 09:53 AM
She turned away, and sighed softly. "... You ...
Mar 13 2010, 03:46 PM
The Mad Bomber
Blake chuckled outloud and glanced at her with a w...
Mar 14 2010, 09:30 AM
Am I supposed to be Cromwell too?.....*puzzled chi...
Mar 15 2010, 01:58 PM
The Mad Bomber
(I´ll be Cromwell) Cromwell`s men brough the ...
Mar 16 2010, 04:19 AM
(Ohhh sorry :3) The tricksters looked at everybody...
Mar 16 2010, 05:31 PM
The Mad Bomber
There was a moment of silence before the man at th...
Mar 17 2010, 01:50 PM
Noah calmly grabbed the case as a small skeptic sm...
Mar 17 2010, 05:44 PM
The Mad Bomber
Bullets began flying blindly through the smoke as ...
Mar 18 2010, 03:15 AM
Roxanne managed to catch the dagger inches away fr...
Mar 18 2010, 01:58 PM
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