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American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter volunteers are assisting an Ulman family of two whose home was damaged by fire Thursday.
The family, two adults who lived on Highway C, initially declined Red Cross assistance. Red Cross personnel had been in contact with the family every day and Saturday they called seeking help.
Two Miller County volunteers dispatched to the scene and met with the family. The Red Cross provided financial assistance for the family to meet their immediate emergency needs with the purchase of food and a temporary motel stay.
Volunteers also provided referrals to the family.
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Eight Reasons Your Coach Hates You
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4. You suck at communicating.
Coaches base future workouts on the feedback you give them. So if you're not telling them how everything is going, you're doing yourself a disservice. "Clients expect you to help them improve performance but there are the few that give little to no feedback and wonder why things aren't working well. This could be as simple as not responding to emails, not uploading HR/pace/power data, responding in an untimley manner and not fully answering important questions that you ask."
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This photo was taken on November 28, 2008. How beautiful is that? Curious what exactly a bulb is, we looked it up The Great Plant Escape (thanks, University of Illinois Extension Urban Programs Resource Network).
The photographer imayle tells us: It was taken in Columbia, SC in early december when I was potting up some daffodils that I picked up from walmart... I thought it looked so neat up close, so I took a picture of it. :) I got the variety pack, so I'm not sure exactly which specific type it is.
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When asked what got him into action and outdoor photography, Todd Langley says that adventure has always been in his blood. "It is a big part of my personal life," he explains. Langley has a high-energy spirit with a sharp sense of humor and a photographic eye for atmospheric moments that get your heart racing.
Most people cannot say that their first real go at white-water rafting was a 23-day excursion down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, but Langley can. With virtually no prior experience, he got a permit to raft as part of a private group, drawing the attention of the Colorado newspaper The Durango Herald, who featured a story on him and his journey.
In his youth, adrenaline took priority over conventional aspirations. He says he dropped out of college at 19, but adds, "When I say college, what I mean is, I was skiing and trying to get a degree in my off-time." Photography started as a by-product of his adventures - he picked it up while backpacking around Durango. Although shooting seemed to come naturally to him, he said it was actually his mother's idea to pursue it as a career. "Personally, I just think she wanted me out of the house," he quips. He later returned to school for an associates degree in photography at the Colorado Institute of Art.
Langley brings to the table 25+ years of professional experience, a true understanding of his subjects and the motivation and endurance to be the best at what he does. He is always inspired by the locations, the sport or the athlete, and aims to create inspirational, authentic images that encapsulate the surrounding environment. "My clients typically need brand recognition or lifestyle. I try to capture what they need in the most interesting and exciting manner."
One of his longer client relationships is with Dick's Sporting Goods, who have employed him on various projects for the past four years. He began by shooting their winter sports images and since then, their in house creative team has sought him out on a regular basis. Most recently, he shot their latest camping catalog in a large-scale five-day shoot in natural areas in California, in and around the Russian River, Armstrong Redwoods and Seal Point in Sonoma State Park.
Langley and Dick's in house Director of Creative Advertising Scott Lenz collaborated together along with Vertis Communications Creative Director Jody Pfister to work out the concept and location possibilities. Langley says, "We want to create real life, breathtaking images that highlighted the product." The locations were selected for their scenic beauty, versatility and proximity to each other, as they would be shooting multiple activities for an entire catalog in less than a week.
Langley set out with a crew of twenty people, including the creative team and clients from Dick's corporate offices. Three days before their arrival, heavy rain brought the levels of the Russian River up three feet, leaving the water brown with sediment and the current strong. They worked around it, moving on to shoot in the other locations before returning to the river when it had calmed and cleared up. Langley shot the entire catalog with his Canon EOS 1DS Mark II and alternated between 70-200 mm and 17-35 mm lens. The crew returned to their base in Guerneville every night, living off of a taco truck they discovered in a Safeway parking lot. Pleasantly surprised to discover it boasted a 4.5/5 star rating on Yelp, they held an unconventional wrap dinner there to celebrate the end of production.
Lenz gives high praise to Langley's work, commenting, "One of the benefits of working with Todd is that he always seems to add to our vision of the images we are trying to capture. I think he does this is by listening carefully in preproduction to really understand what we are after and then as the shoot progresses he spots opportunities that we may not have considered and is flexible enough to change things up in order to capture something special." Pfister adds, "I rely on Todd's athleticism and creativity when I approach any photo-direction assignment. Athletes understand athletes, a notion that makes Todd so successful when it comes to capturing authentic, dramatic sport and outdoor photography."
Langley's images appear on in-store signage in Dick's Sporting Goods across the United States and in their 52-page camping catalog delivered to almost three million homes.
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May 23rd, 2014 - 11:54am
(Port Angeles) A Port Angeles man has pled guilty to charges he hopped on a bulldozer and ransacked his neighbors' houses last May.
Friday morning, Barry Swegle plead guilty to seven counts of first degree malicious mischief and three counts of gross misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
He faces 22 to 29 months in prison at sentencing.
The plea come one day after a change of venue was ordered for Swegle's trial set for next month.
Prosecutors say Swegle used a large bulldozer to level or damage four homes, smash a pickup truck and knock down power lines in an apparent dispute with his neighbor in Gales Addition.
Clallam chief criminal deputy prosecutor John Troberg says the victims expressed desire to bring stronger felony assault and attempted murder charges, but concluded they couldn't support those charges at trial with the admissible evidence.
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Here's an unverified walkthrough of the "I Am Rich" iPhone app. [TUAW]
Now the developer can afford that spell checking program he so desperately needs.
If you have an iphone, you're already advertising "i'm rich" to any thief within 20 yards, so hey, why not make it extra clear if they steal the thing that your identity's probably worth stealing also?
Looks like a fake to me. When he shows the app in iTunes prior to syncing, all of the app icons have the standard reflection below them.
Of course, this whole thing has 'viral marketng' written all over it, so even if it is real, I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was made by the cell-phone popcorn people.
I figured someone would post to the Internet what the app said!
*hopes this is true*
Clarifying my point: All of the app icons have the standard reflection below them EXCEPT the I Am Rich app.
@404notfound1: Maybe it's just me, but looking at 0:13, I can see a reflection, it's very faint though, which isn't a total surprise considering the icon is black. I do see a bit of the red from the jewel.
I dunno if you can really "viral market" a $1000 program that does -nothing- (which is removed from the App Store now anyway). I'm thinking more along the lines of "viral make fun of".


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Learning Goal: To practice Problem-Solving Strategy 19.1
Resistors in series and in parallel.
Six equal resistors are connected as shown. (Intro 1 figure) If the resistance of a single resistor is 6.00 \Omega, find the equivalent resistance of the entire circuit, R_eq
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The Law Society of Scotland published some advice to 'souvenir hunters' in their Journal in 2012*.
"The Keeper is required to reject an application for registration in the Land Register, if the land to which it relates meets the description of "souvenir plot".
However, the fact that the Keeper is obliged to reject registration does not necessarily mean that "ownership" can be obtained by some other means.
A real right of ownership in land (in the sense of a right that is enforceable against third parties) can only be obtained by registration in the Land Register or by recording a deed in the Register of Sasines as appropriate.
Solicitors who are consulted by a client in relation to the purchase of a potential souvenir plot should bear in mind that in some cases, the land in question might not be of "inconsiderable size"; in such cases, no exemption from registration applies."
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Martin St. Louis scored twice during regulation and once in the shootout to spark the Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, the start of a three-game home stand which continues Tuesday night against the Calgary Flames.
The Rangers have won two straight and earned points in eight consecutive games now (6-0-2). They trail the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders--who were shut out by Vancouver 4-0 Sunday--by two points and have three games in hand.
"We are finding a way to get points and get wins in different fashions," stated team captain Ryan McDonagh. "That's the biggest thing at this stage of the season. Everyone is fighting. It's turning into playoff mode here, trying to find a way to get into the playoffs. This last stretch here we've done a pretty good job of that."
Added head coach Alain Vigneault, "We're two points behind the top spot so we must be doing something right."
Along with St. Louis--who now has four goals over his last four games--Derek Stepan also had a two-point night Sunday, assisting on both of Marty's goals, and he now has nine points in his last five games (2-7-9). Rick Nash scored the decisive goal in the third round of the shootout, in which New York scored twice.
After watching rookie Mackenzie Skapski backstop a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres in his NHL debut Friday night, Cam Talbot was back between the pipes for the ninth time in the past ten games Sunday. He was staked to a 3-0 lead, but saw it slip away when David Savard's long slap shot somehow eluded him with 4:19 to play in regulation, tying the score 3-3. Talbot did come through in overtime, stopping all three shots he faced including a big-time save on Artem Anisimov's spin-o-rama shorthanded attempt; and then in the shootout he stopped two of the three shots he faced, including a poke check on Cam Atkinson in the third round which sealed the victory.
"My thinking is (after allowing tying goal) just try and stop the next one and give us a chance to battle back," explained Talbot. "For the guys to battle back like that, it's huge. It's a big win."
When St. Louis scored his second goal of the night 1:24 into the second period the Rangers had a 3-0 lead and were outshooting the Blue Jackets 19-8, already having recorded five shots less than 90 seconds into the middle stanza. However their dominance slowly ebbed and Columbus worked its way back into the game, scoring twice before the period was over to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2 by time the second intermission arrived.
In the tight-checking third period the Rangers were outshot 8-1, and Savard tied the score late, wiping out all of the Rangers three-goal advantage.
"Our third period has got to be a lot better," stated Nash. "The last ten-game stretch we've given away leads and we have to hunker down on that."
Kevin Hayes got the Blueshirts off to a good start, scoring his 11th goal of the season just 5:57 into the first period. An excellent keep along the offensive blue line by Carl Hagelin started the scoring play, with Hagelin then chipping a pass to Hayes, who skated between the circles before snapping a shot over Curtis McElhinney's glove.
Less than three minutes later St. Louis doubled the Rangers advantage, one-timing a pass from Stepan off McElhinney and into the cage at 8:06. St. Louis scooted up right wing, dropped a pass to Stepan and then drifted to the left of the Blue Jackets net as Stepan swooped behind the net. Stepan then dished in front where St. Louis made no mistake in scoring his first of the night.
Marty's second goal came off another pretty passing sequence in which Stepan fed McDonagh on left wing, and the Blueshirts captain quickly zipped a cross-ice pass to a wide-open St. Louis who deposited his 18th goal into the back of the net.
"Obviously up three goals, it's not the way (going to a shootout) you are trying to get two points," offered St. Louis. "We should have pulled away and closed it out; but at the end of the day you find a way."
No sooner had the Rangers finished celebrating their 3-0 lead, then the Blue Jackets answered back 53 seconds later. Marko Dano swept a Nick Foligno pass between Talbot's pads at 2:17 to cut into the Blueshirts advantage.
It looked as though the Rangers would carry a 3-1 lead into the third period, but Anisimov scored off a terrific solo effort with 1:49 to play in the second to bring Columbus within one. After receiving a pass from Dano on left wing, Anisimov drove hard to the net. His initial shot was stopped by Talbot, but in heavy traffic Anisimov was able to get to the rebound and squeeze the puck between Talbot's pad and the far post for his fourth goal of an injury-ravaged season.
That score held up with few chances either way in the third period, until Savard's long shot from the blue line hit off Talbot and bounced into the net late in the period. To the Rangers credit they bounced back and fired six shots on McElhinney during the five-minute overtime before eventually winning for the third time in eight shootouts this season.
"Ultimately we know what it takes for us to win, and we know we have things we need to improve on," stated McDonagh. "But we found a way; and it was great to see Cam step up their at the end."


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Why? Because as Pulitzer Prize-winning Californian novelist William Saroyan famously wrote, 'The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saint or sinner, who can resist the bicycle.'
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Redpoint's Peter Clark says, "Your heart doesn't beat in ones and zeroes—it's analog." That's why he builds turntables, 'tables machined from solid billets of aircraft aluminum and configures the platter, motor, and tonearm platforms on separate support pods on a common platform.
The $15,000 Model A's platter is topped off with Teflon and is damped with lead shot and oil.
"Why is a turntable called Redpoint blue?"
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Nagios is a powerful and flexible monitoring tool. I have been using Nagios professionally for about two years, and up to now, the only good documentation provided was the references on the Nagios website (www. nagios. org) and posts to various mailing lists and forums. However, that situation has recently changed for the better. I was really excited when I found out that a book on Nagios ha released. By coincidence, two books on the subject of Nagios came out at almost the same time, which got me even more excited. Because of the complexity of Nagios and the content of both of these books, I decided to do something a little different this month and provide a head-to-head comparison. The first is book in this Nagios set is Pro Nagios 2.0 from Apress, and the second book is Nagios: System and Network Monitoring from No Starch Press.
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Emotions and Autism
This week on NBC's Parenthood, Max learns to apologize following the lunchtime situation he had with his cousin Jabbar. Max is upset to hear that not only does Jabbar not have detention, he doesn't have to write a letter. Max is angry and doesn't understand, which results in a meltdown.
Amber joins Max during his lunch detention to help work on emotional recognition. You can view the clip here.
How do you work on emotional recognition? In what ways do you teach feelings; happy, sad, angry, etc.? We'd love to hear your strategies and techniques.
Parenthoods's The Experts Speak says, "An individuals with ASD do not glean information from facial expressions of others as typical individuals do. They do not always look people in the eye, do not understand a lifted eyebrow, smirk, sad face, disappointed face and all the other messages sent by someone else's facial expression. In addition, when you combine all of these expressions with the thousands of possible gestures and vocal inflections – which add their own meanings into the mix – you can understand why this is an incredibly difficult skill to master when one does not have the neurological basis for doing so."
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Stephen Shore: Strengths and Challenges
WrongPlanet: Using Facial Expressions
Squidalicious: Autism and Facial Expressions
Steve Jobs: 1955 – 2011
With the sad passing of Steve Jobs yesterday, Autism Speaks wanted to take a moment to recognize the enormous contributions he and Apple made to the autism community. Jobs brought touch screen computing to the masses, and as a result of the iPad and the many other tablet and touch screen devices that followed, he helped many affected by autism achieve a degree of independence that would simply have been impossible without that technology. He was a one of a kind entrepreneur, inventor and innovator, and we felt it was appropriate that we take a moment to recognize his extraordinary life, and to thank him for the contributions to the autism community. RIP Steve, and thanks.
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NOPD has issued an arrest warrant for Taray Butler, 18, in connection with Saturday's Algiers shooting.
Police say an aggravated battery by shooting occurred in the 3900 block of Sullen Place at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday.
The incident sent a 51-year-old female to the hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police say. She is listed in stable condition.
According to police, Butler was positively identified as one of three people shooting from a green Pontiac Bonneville. The car was described as an older model.
Anyone with information on Butler's whereabouts is asked to contact a Fourth District Detective at 504-658-6040 or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.


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WALNUT CREEK — Supporters of Johannes Mehserle plan to rally Monday in Walnut Creek to protest the former BART police officer's involuntary manslaughter conviction in the shooting death of Oscar Grant.
The rally, announced on a Facebook page, is set for 2 to 5 p.m. at the Walnut Creek Courthouse, 640 Ygnacio Valley Road.
The Facebook description of the rally, perhaps the first in the Bay Area to show support for Mehserle, says "Anyone who supports Johannes and our Law Enforcement Officers may attend. This is a PEACEFUL rally to show our support for Johannes, his family, and our law enforcement officers. This was a tragic mistake that occurred while on active duty."
Rally organizers did not respond to requests for comment. A post on Facebook from the Times seeking comment was removed, as was the last name of the rally's apparent organizer.
The Facebook page says the conviction was wrong, that Mehserle shot Grant accidentally and should be released from jail.
An earlier version, which by Tuesday afternoon had been taken down, declared: "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. ITS TIME TO STOP THROWING OUR OFFICERS UNDER THE BUS. ITS TIME TO STEP UP AND SUPPORT JOHANNES AND OUR OFFICERS AND TAKE A STAND. OSCAR GRANT WAS RESISTING ARREST. JOHANNES MEHSERLE TOLD THE TRUTH!"
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, all posts were erased and the rally was renamed "In Support of Johannes Mehserle and L.E.O." LEO stands for Law Enforcement Officers.
Concord police Officer Ken Carlson said he plans to attend.
"Within the law enforcement community we've raised some money for (Mehserle) and things like that," Carlson said. "And as far as an outspoken event in support of him, it's long overdue."
John Burris, attorney for Oscar Grant's family, said he was not surprised such a rally would be held.
"There are individuals who support Mehserle and support police in general & and that's just part of & the split in this country, those who don't really understand the actions of the police in the African American community," Burris said.
Junior Aguilar, a Pleasant Hill resident who plans to attend the rally, said it's not about race. .
"BART failed Mehserle," Aguilar said. "He was not properly trained to use the Taser. So the question is, who is at fault here? It's the BART agency. I believe he is innocent."
By 4 p.m. Tuesday, 40 people had confirmed on the Facebook page they would attend the rally. Some work for police departments in Contra Costa County.
Walnut Creek Police Chief Joel Bryden said that if any of his officers attend, they will be off duty and not representing the department.
Police learned of the rally Tuesday, Bryden said, when a woman who said she was organizing the event came to City Hall to ask whether she needed a permit. Because it's a "First Amendment issue," no permit is required, Bryden said
Bryden said he will have officers at the rally to keep the peace.
Why rally in Walnut Creek?
"That only shows the demographic," said Burris. "If they came to Oakland they may have a confrontation they do not want to have."
Carlson said he assumed that Walnut Creek is a local point. " "I think it's just a matter of convenience."
Michael Walker of the Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant said a pro-Mehserle rally is an attempt to reduce Mehserle's jail time.
"They all just sat back and said 'let justice play out' and they didn't do these mass rallies because they thought he was going to get away with it," said Walker, who plans to attend Monday's rally with other coalition members.
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Samsung counter sues Apple in Australia
Battle over device patents continues around the world
Samsung has filed a counter claim in an Australian court, accusing Apple of infringing its wireless patents with its iPhone and iPad.
The move comes after Samsung last month delayed the launch of its latest Galaxy tablet in Australia over a global patent dispute with Apple.
Samsung filed the claim with the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registery, on 16 September, a statement released by Samsung in Australia said.
The claim says Apple infringed seven Australian patents owned by Samsung related to wireless communications standards by Apple's iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 products.
It also says the patents that Apple relied on in its claims against Samsung in relation to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 were invalid and should be revoked by the court, according to the statement.
Samsung has previously counter sued Apple over patents in South Korea, Japan and Germany. An Apple spokeswoman in Australia could not immediately be reached for comment.
Samsung and Apple have been locked in a battle over smartphones and tablets patents since April as Apple seeks to rein in the growth of Google's Android phones by taking direct aim at the biggest Android vendor, Samsung.
Apple, which has conquered the high end of the phone market with its iPhone, has argued that Samsung had infringed on its patents and the Galaxy line of products "slavishly" copied its design, look and feel. It is fighting legal battles in the United States as well as Europe, South Korea and Australia.
Apple scored a legal victory in Germany earlier this month, when a German court barred Samsung's local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Europe's biggest economy. Samsung has since announced it will appeal the court's decision.


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STOCKTON - Police have determined that Francisco Nunez Maldonado, 38, was shot to death on Halloween near South American and East Anderson streets.
Officers responded to an unknown disturbance at 3:16 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of South American Street where they found Maldonado's body. There were signs of foul play, and the man's sport utility vehicle was missing.
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And the forecast is that an economic recovery will not see empty shops taken up.
Around Leitrim, main streets have become hollow, with many once prominent buildings now boarded up. Some of the main sites on the regional town's main streets were owned by banks, but these have been moving away and centralizing in bigger centers by using online and smartphone apps to service their customers.
The other reason given for the decline in business in provincial towns is the upgrading of motorways to bring shoppers locally to Dublin, Galway or even Belfast in less than two hours.
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A DISTRAUGHT mother had to drive her unconscious child to hospital while an ambulance man tended to him in the back seat of the car, TD (member of Parliament) Pearse Doherty said.
The TD for Donegal South West told Newstalk Radio that he had been contacted by health care staff after the incident which, he said, occurred last Tuesday.
"When a mother discovered her young son unconscious, she phoned the emergency services for an ambulance," he said.
"An ambulance was sent out but there was only one paramedic on duty because the other had phoned in sick.
"When the paramedic saw that the child was unconscious, he called and asked for a second ambulance because he could not drive the ambulance and attend to the child.
"He was told that the nearest ambulance was 45 minutes away. He then asked the HSE [Health Service Executive] to contact paramedics living near the woman's home to see if they would be able to assist him but the HSE refused," Doherty continued.
"The paramedic had to make a judgment call. He asked the woman to drive to the hospital, so that he could tend to her child in the back seat, while the ambulance, with all its equipment, had to be left behind.
"That a parent should have to drive their unconscious child to a hospital after an ambulance has been called and arrived at the scene is unacceptable.
"The HSE has confirmed that there was only one paramedic on duty in the Letterkenny area last Tuesday between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. That is also unacceptable. When the paramedic phoned in sick, another should have been called on duty or at the very least, paramedics living nearby should have been called to assist
"Thank God the child is okay but this could have been a terrible, terrible story."
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Cold Is Coming
ARCTIC winds from the North will send temperatures plummeting to an icy -6C in Ireland this week.
The fall in temperature is expected to hit Ireland in the coming days as flooding and rain gives way to severe frost.
When the icy blast hits, AA Roadwatch are warning drivers to allow plenty of time to reach their destination and to de-ice their windscreen -- but not with hot water.
The AA's Arwen Foley told the Herald today that the key to good driving in icy
"The whole of this week will be cold, with temperatures dropping a degree or so each day," Met Eireann's John Eagleton .
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Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
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There was no love lost between [Hurstwood and his wife]. There was no great feeling of dissatisfaction. Her opinion on any subject was not startling. They did not talk enough together to come to the argument of any one point. In the accepted and popular phrase, she had her ideas and he had his. (9.47)
Uh, hello? Is it not weird that there's "no love lost" between these two and they don't seem to communicate at all yet "there was no great feeling of dissatisfaction?" On what planet is this a satisfying marriage?
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Such an atmosphere could hardly come under the category of home life. It ran along by force of habit, by force of conventional opinion. With the lapse of time it must necessarily become dryer and dryer—must eventually be tinder, easily lighted and destroyed. (9.67)
The metaphor here likening Hurstwood's marriage to tinder creates a truly vivid image of how time acts upon the flimsy foundations of their relationship to eventually result in utter destruction and devastation. (Hey, Dreiser—not bad for a hippopotamus.)
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"[Mrs. Hurstwood] was too calculating to jeopardise any advantage she might gain in the way of information by fruitless clamour. Her wrath would never wreak itself in one fell blow […] She still took a faint pride in [Hurstwood], which was augmented by her desire to have her social integrity maintained. (12.1-2)
We've got to wonder whether train wreck marriages like the Hurstwoods's were, in part, products of an era in which women's access to social, economic, and political power was limited. For instance, Mrs. Hurstwood is so calculating and manipulative that she might have actually had a decent career in the business world. With no such professional outlet for her skills, she exercises them in her marriage instead, with disastrous results.


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On 'The Mindy Project,' the Soundtrack Replaces the Laugh Track
When the good girl main character on "The Mindy Project" turned naughty, rapper M.I.A. let the world know.
Television as the medium for introducing new music to the masses was on the upswing back when "Grey's Anatomy"was bringing lesser-known bands like The Fray to wider audiences. Then it died a little as audiences turned to "Glee," "American Idol" and "The Voice," where singers bring out the tried and true (no more Journey, okay? please? And can we end the use of the fabulous Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" for all time?)
Now TV as the new radio is back, as shows like "The Mindy Project" and "Nashville" slide in a mix of hits, as well as some offbeat track, as a side dish to the main acting.
Gabe Hilfer is the music supervisor for "The Mindy Project" with Mindy Kaling (also known as Kelly Kapoor from "The Office.") It's a hit in the ratings, and just got picked up for a full season earlier this month. But it's also gotten noticed for the comedy's soundtrack, including M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls" and Trey Songz featuring T.I.'s "2 Reasons." Although the show doesn't include music credits at the end, many people use the Shazam app to tag songs off the television.
"It's my favorite part of my job—finding cool, new stuff that I love and is ahead of the curve," said Hilfler, who previously worked on "Entourage" and "How To Make It In America."
"The Mindy Project" is far from the first TV show to employ hot new music, but its song choices are attention-grabbing. New episodes include songs from the group Kitty, Daisy and Lewis and Rebecca Ferguson, but Hilfler said he's not afraid to put in an older song that probably slid under most people's radar.
"In the Club episode, there's a section where Mindy gets asked into the VIP lounge, and it's a slo-mo walk as she goes into the section. I wanted something that was a hard rap song in a club, but it plays in her head almost like an anthem," said Hilfer. "We went over a few songs and settled on 'Ante Up' by M.O.P., an East Coast rap group from the 90s. "
John Kellogg is an entertainment lawyer and was faculty advisor to the Fray's Isaac Slade and had the drummer, Ben Wysocki, in his business class while teaching at the University of Colorado. When "Grey's Anatomy" put "How To Save A Life" in its show, The Fray went from being a small opening act to filling 5,000 seat shows as the headliner.
The synchronization between radio and television play is a big part of the music industry marketing campaign, said Kellogg, now assistant chair of the Music Business Management Department at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
Many shows, like "Gossip Girl" and "So You Think You Can Dance" (which played Skunk Anansie's "Squander" and Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" a year before they hit the mainstream) include music credits and tag the songs on their websites.
Kellogg himself has seen the effects. He helped place the O'Jays' song "For The Love of Money" as the theme to "The Apprentice."
"That song was 35 years old and it gave it new life," he said.
Hilfer said Mindy Kaling is "up on music like nobody's business," and that it's easier to get songs into the shows now than it was a decade ago.
"There used to be a stigma, that you were selling out by putting your music on TV and film, but that's gone by the wayside," Hilfer said. "That's totally flipped now."
[Correction: An earlier edition of this post misspelled the name Gabe Hilfer.]


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BEIJING: In a bid to expand overseas operations, Jet Airways is in talks with European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, for inducting nine A330-300 planes into its fleet, possibly in a year.
"We are in talks with Jet Airways for nine A330-300s and as of now we don't have a fixed timeline to deliver them. But Jet will definitely induct four of them this year, starting October," Kiran Rao, Airbus executive V-P (sales and marketing) and president Airbus (India) told ET during the 68th AGM of global airline body, International Air Transport Association (IATA). On Jet's reported interest on 100 A320 neo deal, Rao said, "We are in talks, but let rumours remain rumours on this."


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Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row Resources
If you've already seen Shmoop's guide to Steinbeck, but you still can't get enough, check out The Center for Steinbeck Studies.
If want to hear some secret history, check out this story on the Chinese laborers who built the Western railroads.
Don't know a limpet from an anemone? The Oceana Marine Wildlife Encyclopedia is here to help.
Cannery Row is a real place in Monterey, California. You can even sign up for a tour of Doc's lab. (Maybe you can sit in one of his bedroom chairs. Sounds like everyone else did.)
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Doc finds love! In the movie, Cannery Row is combined with Steinbeck's sequel, Sweet Thursday. Nick Nolte (as Doc) and Debra Winger (as a prostitute named Suzy) star.
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Steinbeck's classic as interpreted by Sylvester and Tweetie Bird.
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The nice folks at NPR have interviews with former Cannery Row residents and a report on the life of Ed Ricketts.
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Robert Lipsyte, journalist and author of In the Country of Illness
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Abigail Trafford, Washington Post columnist and author of My Time
Helen Kivnick, clinical psychologist, University of Minnesota
Ah, denial. It's gotten such a bad rap. But - can it ever be useful?
Our culture sends the message that there are no limitations in what we do. Boomers as well as "codgers" (as author Robert Lipsyte calls the generation pre-dating boomers) have taken fitness to an extreme. In doing so, they deny the realities of aging. As John Hobby showed in "Keeping Up" there's never too much, and too much is not enough.
When does trying to keep healthy become unhealthy? Host Alan Rosenberg asks at what point it becomes neurotic. What is the message being sent to the younger generation about aging? By being so compulsive about acting and looking younger than our years, it's as if we've become ageist against ourselves! It's a balancing act to be sure: exercise has undisputed benefits, but you can become a "fitness fascist." And all at the expense of a body that doesn't bounce back the way it used to.
Columnist Abigail Trafford suggests that we must learn to enjoy getting older. The process of keeping fit for its own sake must be enjoyed. And we must be aware of our limitations. As Dr. Kivnick points out, we can exercise all we want, but we can't postpone death. A limitation, indeed.


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Secondhand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)
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Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. It is that wellspring of creativity whence comes the instinctive activities that enable all living beings to obtain their food, to find shelter, to bring forth their young: to sing and dance and fly through the air and swim through the depths of the sea. This is the same inner tendency that evokes the insight of the poet, the skill of the artist and the power of the shaman.
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Hear and attend and listen; for this is what befell and be-happened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild --as wild as wild could be -- and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him
Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Source: Just So Stories, Pages: 165
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Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy."
If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have to think exception-ally—a LOT!
John Eliot
Source: Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance
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DEKALB, Ill. -- Northern Illinois defensive end Alan Baxter walked into a finance class the other day and wound up dodging oranges. Not exactly what he was expecting, but, hey, these are unusual times.
His teachers were having fun. And, really, who isn't around campus these days?
The Huskies are headed for the Orange Bowl, a mid-major school some 60 miles west of Chicago that is crashing the BCS party and creating quite a stir around the country.
To some, they are unwanted guests. To others, they are the quintessential feel-good story, along the lines of Boise State and TCU, with a chance to show up the big boys.
Either way, it has been quite a week.
All the Huskies did was win a conference championship, lose a coach and land a golden ticket.
Now, they are headed for Miami to face Florida State on Jan. 1 after going 12-1 and winning their second consecutive Mid-American Conference title. They are coming with a record-setting quarterback in Jordan Lynch and a novice coach in Rod Carey after they squeezed into the top 16 of the final BCS rankings.
Wild times? Definitely. And the Huskies are enjoying the moment.
"Everyone's just really excited," Baxter said. "Never has this happened."
It is the first BCS game for Northern Illinois, the first for a MAC team, and in a town of 44,000 where barbed wire was invented and Cindy Crawford was born, it is all about the Huskies at the moment.
Even so, Baxter wasn't anticipating this.
He was in that finance class Monday when some teachers yelled out, "Hey Alan!" Next thing he knew, they were throwing oranges at him.
Usually, Lynch said, "It's pretty dead out here."
Not now.
"Probably the craziest 48 hours I've been involved in," defensive end Sean Progar said early in the week.
There was a 44-37 double-overtime victory over Kent State for the MAC championship, a game in which Lynch set the season record for yards rushing by a major college quarterback. And the Huskies found themselves barging into the party when a few more chips fell their way, with Nebraska losing badly in the Big Ten title game and UCLA and Texas both falling.
Northern Illinois made the top 16 by 0.0404 points and wound up jumping from 21st to 15th in the BCS standings. Finishing in the top 16 and ahead of the champion of a qualifying conference -- they actually placed ahead of two, Big East winner Louisville and Big Ten titlist Wisconsin -- meant the Huskies were automatically headed to a BCS game, earning a date with Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State.
Meanwhile, Southeastern Conference runner-up Georgia was left out of the BCS after falling a few yards short of the national title game with a loss to Alabama, while Big 12 co-champion Oklahoma and ACC power Clemson are on the outside looking in. That led to ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit blasting the Huskies' inclusion as "an absolute joke" and Lynch responding by throwing an orange at the TV, a perfect strike.
"I was actually dead on with that one," he said. "It felt good. It was one of those things disrespecting our family. It was all out of fun, just playing around, throwing oranges."
By then, the Huskies had already learned that Dave Doeren was on his way to North Carolina State and that Carey would be making his head-coaching debut at the Orange Bowl, a scenario he would have never envisioned when the season started.
Carey was the offensive-line coach when the season began and assumed the coordinator role after the first game when Mike Dunbar left for health reasons. Now, he is moving up again after Doeren led NIU to a 23-4 record and MAC championships in each of his two seasons.
"My head hasn't stopped spinning," Carey said. "You've got a million things going on. You're trying to get a team ready. All those things wrapped up into one and then you put it into a 36-hour window, it's been nuts."
It hasn't always been this way, and if anyone can appreciate just how far the program has come, it is former coach Joe Novak.
It is fair to say he wasn't thinking about a major bowl when he took over in 1996. Back then, he was just trying to collect a few wins -- and it wasn't easy.
The Huskies went 1-10 in Novak's first year after finishing with a losing mark the previous five, and the record actually got worse the following season at 0-11. Things weren't much better, either, in 1998 at 2-9.
"Most of the western suburb high schools had better facilities than Northern Illinois did," Novak said. "(Our old offices) were a joke. It was awful, but you know what we did? We kind of used that as a chip on our shoulder to be honest with you and we made do without it. From Day 1, I started right out saying we needed facilities."
Over time, that changed. So did the mindset in general.
From 1969-99, Northern Illinois had only seven winning seasons. Only twice since then have the Huskies have failed to finish above .500.
"We had to clean it out, to be honest with you," said Novak, 63-76 in 12 seasons. "We got rid of some players. To start my second year in 1997, I think we probably were legitimately the worst Division I football program in the country. I'm not proud of that, but it's a fact."
In 2003, with a future Pro Bowl running back in Michael Turner leading the way as a senior, the Huskies won at Alabama and knocked off Maryland and Iowa State on the way to a 10-2 record. They followed that up the next year by going 9-3.
Even after they managed only two wins in 2007 before Novak retired, NIU didn't stay down long.
The Huskies won 11 games in Jerry Kill's third and final season before he left for Minnesota. They followed that up with 11 last year under Doeren, who was Wisconsin's defensive coordinator, and their only loss this season was the opener to Iowa at Soldier Field in a game they led until the end.
Now they are in new territory.
For the players who got passed over by the major programs, there is a feeling of vindication. Take Progar, for example.
He committed to play for Lloyd Carr at Michigan during his junior year at Glenbrook South High near Chicago, only he never did suit up for the Wolverines. Carr retired after the 2007 season, and Progar said he never heard from Rich Rodriguez so he had to move on. Now he is in a BCS game, only he will be wearing cardinal and black instead of maize and blue.
"It's crazy. I didn't come here expecting that, but I knew the program was on the rise," he said. "Two MAC championships in a row, I couldn't ask for more. My last game I'll ever play here is a BCS game. It's unreal. I'm still trying to process it."


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Dave and Melanee organized a great
three-day trip to San Juan mountains of Colorado.
There were a total of 10 of us on the trip.
Here is a Google Earth view of the hike.
This is about 10 miles north of Pagosa Springs,
Our route is in blue, where the loop shows our dayhike
on Saturday. The far left side of the loop is where we
set up our camp, on the shores of Fourmile lake.
Here is all of us except for Melanee, who
took the photo.
Hiking up was in cloudy/rainy weather
(photo by Melanee)
But the spirits were high (photo by
After a couple of hours, we reached the
waterfalls (photo by Melanee)
Upper waterfall
Another one.
I was picking some wild strawberries
(photo by Melanee)
We had to cross the creek several times.
We reached the camp in late afternoon. It
was very very cold.
Left: Melanee purifying water (photo by
Dave). Right: it's pretty cold for August (photo by
Dinner time. Jeff was making some amazing
Fourmile lake the evening we arrived.
The next morning the weather improved.
Some of us went on a hike, while others stayed to fish
and rest.
Climbing towards the pass northeast of
the lake.
At the pass (photo by Karl)
Karl having fun.
The view northeast from the pass, looking
into the Turkey Creek Lake valley
View south from the pass, with Pagosa
valley in the background.
We came back to the camp, and started
cutting wood for the fire.
Below are some portraits of the
The Lovebirds.
Is it still that cold?
Bill was able to catch two cutthroat
Dinner time.
Campfire stories.
The next morning was really nice.
The valley we descended through on the
way down.
Some more views on the way to the cars.


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Abilene soccer tourney raises money for 10-year-old diagnosed with lymphoma
ABILENE, Texas - A soccer tournament was held Sunday at Mann Middle School in Abilene to raise money for a young boy diagnosed with lymphoma.
Crew Avery, 10, has been in the hospital fighting the disease for the past couple of months.
Eighteen teams of children came out to play soccer to help Crew's family pay for medical expenses. Each child paid $10 to enter the tournament.
"We're just out here trying to do what we can for the family," Junior Maldonado said. "We've got some of our community and some of our soccer buddies to come together and have some fun for Crew."
The last two teams in the match-up were players from Crew's original team. They refused to play each other because they said they were "one team for Crew."
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Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. -- Cpt. Troy Elwell has confirmed there have been 22 known breaking and entering automobile cases within the past few days in Warrenville, Gloverville and Graniteville.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office says the incidents are related and that they have few different leads. Various items were stolen, including purses and radios.
Elwell says the break-ins weren't technically break-ins.
"Most of these vehicles are left unlocked. So individuals are just going up, opening the door and getting what they want out of them," he said. "But needless to say, we do have somebody in that area stealing stuff out of automobiles."
Investigators say one or two people could be behind the thefts.
Contact law enforcement if you have any information or notice anything unusual.


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DEXTER - William Isom Abel, 72, died Jan. 27, 2002, at Missouri Southern Healthcare.
Born Sept. 24, 1929, in Nauvoo, Ala., son of the late Annas Clifford and Annar Kellon Abel, he was a welder with Pullman Standard.
Survivors include: one son, William Dale Abel of Moberly; two daughters, Gail Walker of Dexter and Linda Upton of Jackson, Miss.; one brother, James Abel of Nauvoo; three sisters, Essie Gainey, Volora Ann Boshell and Magdaline Youcum of Carbon Hill, Ala.; and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Charlene Atchley, Loriene Youcum and Eva Mae Abel.
Services were conducted today at the Collins-Burke Funeral Chapel in Jasper, Ala.
Burial followed in the Pisgah Cemetery at Carbon Hill.


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Headband Unlocks Brain's Secrets
PARIS—Ariel Garten's presentation at Le Web is fast becoming a regular, and for very good reasons; it is always, not quite literally, mindblowing.
Ms. Garten, a quietly passionate Canadian, is CEO of Interaxon. It makes a product — Muse — that can read and interpret your brainwaves.
Muse takes the user into one of the most fundamental divides; that of brain and mind. This tool gives the conscious mind the ability to control the brain.
"It is quite a stunning experience," said Ms. Garten. "It is quite startling. The information we are getting is quite limited, but the ability to have access to that information is quite stunning."
Just to be clear right from the start, we are not talking about being able to tell that you are thinking about the color blue, or remembering Rihanna tracks. What Muse does is to allow you to measure, see, and so control, your alpha and beta brainwaves. Alpha waves are associated with being in a relaxed state, beta waves are connected to concentration.
Muse is a white plastic headband that goes across the forehead and wraps behind the ear containing four sensors to detect radiating brainwaves. It connects via bluetooth and can be used in a number of ways to show your alpha and beta states, from a simple graphical display, to a rather more perplexing one involving changing fonts as you type to show your mental state (italics when you were relaxed, denser type reflecting concentration).
"The real value Muse has is to be able to understand yourself and then use that to increase your cognitive functions, your emotional quotient, your ability to respond to stress, and enhance the opportunities to be responsive to situations not reactive to them."
So who is going to use the $199 Muse when it goes on general sale next year (although you can get it from www.indiegogo.com today)? "Our target market we call 'seekers'. They are either proactive or reactive. Proactive seekers are interested in knowledge, finding out about themselves. Reactive seekers have something they are trying to ameliorate: stress in the workplace, anxiety, depression."
The use of brain monitors like this is pretty obvious for patients with neurological conditions like Alzheimer's or dementia. But, suggests Ms. Garten, it has application to everyone.
"I am really affected by bad weather. When it is very rainy I get very lethargic and my head is spacey and swimmy. I have always known that, but when I put on the device I was able to actually see it. There is a very clear difference in my brain state. It allowed me to recognize that this was not my imagination, I was not making it up. I used to beat myself up about it."
But like so many things today, the device's real value comes when the data it produces is shared. Ms. Garten was keen to stress that brainwave data was strictly personal, but those who wanted to can share it in a heavily anonymized form.
"There is a lot of research in fields like epilepsy to show what normal and abnormal brain patterns are like. There are different learning states that have identified, there is ADHD, there is a vast body of research. But it is very fine grained and quite complex."
The problem is that brainwave monitoring is usually done in hospitals or laboratories, and while the 128-sensor systems capture a lot richer data, the number of subjects is small, and the population from which they are drawn is atypical.
If ordinary people without neurological conditions are being recorded in their normal environment, even with lower quality data, for the first time you can start to build up a picture of what normal looks like.
When the device goes on sale it will also be opened up to allow app developers to build their own applications using the hardware (in much the same way that Microsoft opened up its powerful Kinect device). She is hopeful that that will allow an entire ecosystem of brain-powered applications to develop. Who knows, someone might come up with a Rihanna tracker?


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Boston Super Megafest
Guests Christopher Lloyd ("Back to the Future"), Eliza Dushku ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Tom Felton ("Harry Potter" films), Manu Bennett ("Spartacus: Vengeance" and "Arrow"), Jon...
Boston Super Megafest
Guests Christopher Lloyd ("Back to the Future"), Eliza Dushku ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Tom Felton ("Harry Potter" films), Manu Bennett ("Spartacus: Vengeance" and "Arrow"), Jon Heder ("Napoleon Dynamite"), Barbara Eden and Bill Daley (both "I Dream of Jeannie"), Ray Parks ("Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"), Josh Sussman ("Glee"), Bronson Pinchot ("Perfect Strangers"), Aaron Ashmore ("Smallville"), Cassandra Peterson ("Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"), Ernie Hudson ("Ghostbusters"), adult film stars Jenna Jameson and Ron Jeremy, plus many others.
When 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 23; concert 7:30 p.m. to midnight Nov. 17 (included in show admission). 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 24.
Where Sheraton Framingham, 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham.
How much $25 for one day, $30 for both days; $7, children younger than 12 for one day or $10 for both days. The "Friday Nite Cosplay & Comedy Kickoff Party" is $25 at the door.
For more information www.supermegafest.com.
Eliza Dushku has stood against vampires, demons and the forces of darkness and even worked with James Cameron, but this weekend she will confront her biggest fear yet, the Bay State fans, as she embarks on the Boston Super Megafest this Saturday and Sunday at the Sheraton Framingham.
"I'm so comfortable at home, and I'm so comfortable in Boston. I love it so much," the 32-year-old Watertown native said while taking a break from filming in New York. "And I've done fan conventions all over the world. But this is my backyard. These are Boston people. I'm so excited, but I'm a little nervous."
Best known as driving a proverbial stake in the heart of pop culture as the emotionally troubled vampire slayer Faith on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (and the show's spinoff, "Angel"), Dushku is a "badass" in every good sense of the term. It also turns out she has a heart as big as the Hellmouth.
After a five-month search, a then 10-year-old Dushku was discovered and cast in the lead role of Alice in "That Night." It turned out that, despite her Boston brogue, casting agents thought her a natural.
"I remember my first casting director wrote on my casting sheet, 'Pretty good instincts. Horrible New England accent.' So I guess I had pretty good instincts but I did have a coach follow me around and knock my Boston accent out of me," Dushku recalled. " 'That Night' was a coming-of-age movie we shot in Baltimore with Juliette Lewis, and she won the Academy Award for 'Cape Fear' while we were shooting. I literally went to my first audition and next thing I knew I was the lead in this movie with this Academy Award-winning actress."
"That Night" would not be the only time Dushku would be cast opposite an Oscar winner. Her next movie, "This Boy's Life," had her acting alongside two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and multiple Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio. The following year, Dushku played Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis' rebellious teen daughter (even though she was only 12) in James Cameron's "True Lies," which she enthusiastically confesses she would love to do a sequel to.
Even though she had done three major motion pictures before she was old enough to drive, Dushku said she imagined herself following in the footsteps of her mother, Judith Dushku, a political science professor at Suffolk University. In fact, she was enrolled at her mother's university when she got the call from the "Buffy" people that changed her life.
"I thought, I should go and do three episodes and make some money for my first year of school. So I went out to L.A., shot the first three episodes and immediately after those episodes aired, I had a response for that character that blew my mind. It really rocked my world to start getting messages from people that related to the character so much, so I felt strong and empowered by the character of Faith," Dushku said. "When they asked me to stay, I withdrew from school and that just continued."
Dushku acknowledges that one reason she was so good in the role of Faith was that the two shared many personality traits, except one.
"I've never killed anyone," Dushku said. "There were a lot of similarities. I remember I was 17 years old when I booked the job, and I was kind of doing the heavy makeup and 'badass' thing to the horror of my mother and my father at the time. So it was a little bit of art imitating life, without the murder."
Dushku said one of the joys of playing Faith was that Joss Whedon, the show's creator, didn't make the character black and white, but very complex with a lot of gray areas.
"Even though Faith did horrible things, it didn't mean she was bad. There's this whole path of redemption and finding out who she was and making horrendous mistakes and having consequences and still finding redemption and people who live for her. It was beautiful," Dushku said. "And, in the end, she was working with Buffy in the series finale, which I loved so much. Joss made Buffy and all the slayers give out the slayer power to all the women of the world. It doesn't get more empowering and feminist than that."
Her favorite Faith moment of all time actually happened on the "Buffy" spinoff show, "Angel," in the "Five by Five" episode from the first season.
"I kind of burned Wesley's face with Pam cooking grease and a flame and then Angel charges Faith and they crash out a window and the fight continues in the alley, and then I'm begging Angel to kill me and he just wraps his arms around me and helps me," Dushku said. "I remember that as a specific episode and experience that I really tapped into a deeper place in my acting as far as feeling it. I really kept surprising myself in a way, and people responded to the episode so intensely. It was really rewarding."
Despite her deep connection to the Faith character, Dushku turned down a "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" spinoff in favor of "Tru Calling." On the Fox series, Dushku played Tru Davies, a medical student/morgue attendant who has the ability to talk to corpses and to "relive" and right the wrongs of the previous day. When "Tru Calling" was canceled, Dushku reunited with Whedon for "Dollhouse" (also on Fox). She played "Echo," a "doll" for hire who ended up wearing a lot of skimpy outfits.
Currently, Dushku is providing the voice to the "She-Hulk" on the animated TV series, "Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H."
Dushku said after years of playing characters that "smash" people up, she is actually much calmer these days.
In addition to "Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.," Dushku is starring in the upcoming television reboot of the Roger Moore international espionage classic, "The Saint," as the feisty Patricia Holm. The pilot airs Jan. 15 on a cable network yet to be determined.
Last week, Dushku was finishing up "Jane Wants A Boyfriend," a film about a young woman with Asperger's trying to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister (played by Dushku).
"I play a normal girl. No leather pants. And she doesn't have any super powers," Dushku said. "It's just a woman trying to deal with life and relationships."
In addition to working steadily on the big and small screens for more than 20 years, Dushku is deeply involved in two charities — THRIVE-GULU, a trauma, healing and reflection center for former child soldiers and victims of the war in Northern Uganda, founded by her mother in 2009; and Camp Hale in New Hampshire, a camp for inner-city Boston kids. Traditionally an all-boys camp, Dushku helped to establish an all-girls program there in 2012.
In addition to being at the Boston Super Megafest Saturday and Sunday, Dushku will have a "Meet and Greet Camp Hale Charity Drive" at 6 p.m. Saturday at the event. (Donations are $50; no photo-ops or autographs during the charity drive.)
As for her personal life, Dushku has been dating former Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers (and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant) Rick Fox for years. Fox will also be attending the Boston Super Megafest.
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Stocks to Watch: Microsoft, Aeropostale, Pandora
Among the companies with shares actively trading in Friday's session are Microsoft, Aeropostale and Pandora Media
Microsoft Corp. on Friday said long-time Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months, a move that comes a month after he unveiled a shift in focus for the tech giant. Shares rose.
Aeropostale swung to a fiscal second-quarter loss as the company became the latest youth-focused apparel retailer to record a sharp drop in same-store sales. Shares fell as the company issued current quarter guidance well below consensus views.
Pandora's fiscal second-quarter loss widened as the Internet-radio provider recorded an increase in expenses, though revenue continued to improve. Shares fell as the company gave weak earnings guidance for the third quarter.
Hibbett Sports fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 34% as sales grew and the company continued to beef up its store count. However, the sporting-goods retailer lowered its earnings guidance for the year citing uncertainties in the economy. They company also lowered its same-store sales growth estimate. Shares fell.
Travelocity is teaming up with longtime rival Expedia Inc. to power the core of its business: finding hotels and airfares. The two companies said Thursday that they are entering a long-term agreement under which Expedia will handle most of Travelocity's operations, from running searches to answering customers' questions to processing bookings. In turn, Travelocity will largely become a brand aimed at attracting customers to its website rather than a true travel agency. Expedia shares rose.
Ann Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter earnings rose a better-than-expected 16% as the women's apparel retailer posted stronger sales at both its Ann Taylor and Loft brands, though margins slipped. Shares rose, although the company did again lower its outlook for the year.
Independent Bank Corp. said that its 11.5 million share offering priced at $7.75 per share, a 7.7% discount to Thursday's close. The Michigan bank holding company said it intends to use the proceeds from the offering to buy back all of its convertible preferred stock from the U.S. Treasury, which was purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program from the financial crisis of 2008, for an aggregate payment of $81 million. Independent Bank recently had about 9.5 million shares of its common stock outstanding. Shares fell.
Aruba Networks Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter loss widened as the wireless-equipment maker's growing expenses outpaced a rise in revenue.
Autodesk Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit shrank 4.5% as the design-software company's license revenue slumped, though subscription revenue offset some of that decline. The company forecast weaker-than-expected third-quarter results.
Gap Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 25% as sales grew at the apparel retailer's namesake and Old Navy stores, strong results that led the company to raise its full-year earnings target.
Moody's Investors Service put the debt ratings of the six largest U.S. banks on review, reflecting uncertainty regarding U.S. policies for supporting distressed banks. Moody's placed on review for downgrade the senior debt ratings of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co. The senior debt ratings of Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. were placed on review, with direction uncertain, as the ratings firm takes into account improvements in the standalone credit strength of their main subsidiaries.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its outlook to positive on Louisiana-Pacific Corp. as the construction-materials company gets a boost from a recovering housing market.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.'s fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 34% as the chip maker was hurt by higher costs as well as slightly weaker margins and revenue.
Mentor Graphics Corp.'s fiscal second-quarter net grew 32% as the chip-design software company reported sales and profit growth that exceeded expectations.
New York & Co.'s fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed as rising same-store sales and margins offset a decline in total sales due to store closures, though results missed Wall Street's expectations.
Nordson Corp.'s fiscal third-quarter earnings slipped 1.9% as the maker of dispensing equipment logged weaker margins. Sales fell short of Nordson's own expectations and the company offered current-quarter guidance below analyst consensus estimates.
Moody's Investors Service has placed its rating on Pilgrim's Pride Corp. on review for a potential upgrade, citing the poultry processor's improved operating performance and significant amount of debt repaid over the past year.
RetailMeNot Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell 5.8% as the online-coupon company's strong revenue growth was overshadowed by soaring costs in the company's first quarterly report since its initial public offering last month.
Ross Stores Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit rose 17% as the discount clothing and home-goods retailer posted sales growth and stronger profit margins.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Weight Watchers International Inc. by a notch, saying the weight-loss company has ceded ground to online competitors.