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Stairs from hell
We stayed at this hostel in Oct 2004, the room was very small but secure , uni-sex showers and toilets are not everyone's cup of tea but they were clean and readily available. Breakfast was not particularly great but was adequate for a start to the day.We were unfortunately on the top floor 80 + steps to our room and the lift was out of order pending repair.One complaint I have is that for a property said to be fitted with CCTV and a night security staff is "how can some-one who has locked themselves out of their room in a drunken state continue to bang on every door trying to find their own room for such a long time shouting abuse at their room-mates , waking all and sundry BUT not catching the attention of the so-called security ! ??, apart from this not a bad place as Dublin hostel accommodation is always hard to find.
This is it!
My first time in Dublin and travelling on my own and I found this spot. They showed me some awesome pubs (O'Donoghues and the Cobblestone - if you haven't been check them out) with live music. The rooms were really nice with mezzanines and the building is great too - kitchen, big cafe area etc. The staff were the best - really helpful.
Avalon House Rocks!
I'm not exactly sure where these people stayed who posted reviews of the Avalon House in Dublin, but I loved it. The facilities were clean and great. The staff was a laugh and very helpful. I have reccommended it to several friends and family who also had amazing experiences. It's walking distance to everything too - and that is wicked for us budget concious travellers. Anyway, I loved the Avalon and will encourage others with a similar experience to write about it as well.
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I recently stayed at the Avalon House in Dublin, Ireland. I haven't stayed at many hostels in my day, but I wanted to comment on this one. I was very impressed that young staff know so much about the tourism industry. They answered several of my questions about the city and it's history and were completely helpful any time I needed help. The hostel was clean and vibrant. I would suggest that if you are in the area, you stop by and stay over. Thanks to the Avalon for providing an excellent budget accommodation for us while touring Ireland.
We booked cheap (10Euro) beds in a 12 bunk room over the holidays and didn't even stay for 2 hours. The common facilities are dirty and poorly maintained. For example, the floor's bathroom only had one toilet (out of three) with a seat, and the showers were disgusting compared to every other hostel I've visited.
While it's close to Grafton Street and Temple bar, the actual area around the hostel is desolate and depressing.
We checked out after trying to nap and spent 50Euro for a double room in a nice B&B just outside of London. Way more worth it!
This place is hell.
Dear god!!! avoid this place at all costs. You would be happier sleeping on the street. The rooms are approximately the size of a shoe box. We had one for four people in which it was impossible for more than 2 people to fit in the room at once... The corridor outside was full of screaming, drunk teenagers ALL night and a large glass panel above the door ensured that the light from the corridor shone into the room throughout the night. The window wouldn't close and there was further screaming on the street below all night. The bathrooms are gross beyond description... the breakfasts are pathetic. I have stayed in plenty of perfectly nice youth hostels before but this is the worst ever!
Never Again!
I truly can not believe anyone would rank this place as one of the best places to stay. Whoever ranked it as one of Europe's top hostel's must be clinically insane! Our entire experience at Avalon House was a disaster. To begin with, the desk help never informed us of a high theft risk if you park right outside the hostel (we had a rental car).
As a result, our car was broken into, window shattered and some clothing stolen. When we arrived, the elevators were broken so we carried six bags to the 5th floor. The posted sign said they usually breakdown on Sundays every week...Ha! Isn't that funny. The room was the size of a shoebox, with ratty old beds and very dirty walls that had some sort of stickers on them that were half peeled off. Now to the bathrooms...the showers were so hot that you literally could get scalded, and you couldn't adjust them in any way. Once again, the staff had even posted signs up to warn you of this fact! Also, it smelled like nobody had ever cleaned the bathrooms...it was so bad the entire floor stunk even though we were several rooms away from the bathrooms.
Other items...crappy breakfast with a mystery flavor muffin, way too smokey, music constantly blairing too loud in the reception area...even where the telephones are, so you cant hear your conversation. Do yourself a favor and get as far away from this place as possible! I know I will next time I'm in Dublin!!
Wanna feel like a sardine?
This was my first time at a hostel, and I started off with the wrong foot. I stayed at a dorm room for 16 people and there was barely any space for anything. Now, I've been at other hostels afterwards and I know that just because you share a cheap room with a lot of strangers, it doesn't mean you must feel like a sardine.The showers were the worst, as there was no room to wash anything! 1x1 meters.it's not far from Grafton St. and Temple Bar, but the area looks a bit dodgy.in the end, I LOVED Dublin, but can't say the same about Avalon House -which, to my surprise, is rated as one of the top ten in Europe.Go to Dublin, but try to stay in Temple Bar, or maybe O'Connell St.
Loved it
I found the hostel very good. There were ample
facilities to keep you occupied during those hungover days and
the staff were more than helpful. The fact that ther is no
curfew makes life easy as well. It is situated right in the
heart of Dublin, so its just a stones throw from the best pubs
and clubs (Temple Bar). All in all I found the hostel a very
nice place to stay and would recommend it to anyone.
Too expensive!
I have been to the Avalon Youth Hostel recently. I couldn�t believe my eyes, when I saw, that it is supposed to be among the 10 best youth hostels in the world.
I have been in a twin room with ensuite bathroom. The bathroom was just disgusting. It smelled like a wet towel after three weeks in a backpack.
The breakfast is a joke. You get a paperbag with a muffin, a little yoghurt and a small pack of orange-juice, not to forget a banana! Coffee or tea from the machine.
I have paid about 75 Euro per night, which is in my eyes by far too much.
The location is o.k. You get to the interesting places in Dublin quite easy!
The problem is, that there are not too many alternatives in Dublin.
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The one-year program will begin in July. All students within the cohort are expected to complete the program the following July.
To learn more about the new program, SOLES is offering Information Sessions on Feb. 26, March 25, April 22 and May 20. All sessions are from 3 to 5 p.m. in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Rm. 135. The application fee will be waived for those attending a session. Participants can register at www.sandiego.edu/soles/informationsession. For more information, call (619) 260-7988.
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The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning chartered in 1949; the school enrolls approximately 7,500 students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The inauguration of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies brings the university's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Law, Leadership and Education Sciences, and Nursing and Health Science.


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The manager of junior lightweight challenger Vicente Escobedo has threatened to pull out of Saturday night's HBO-televised WBO title bout after beltholder Adrien Broner came in at 3.5 pounds above the 130-pound division limit at Friday afternoon's weigh-in.
WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel said that Broner (23-0, 19 knockouts) will be allowed to face Escobedo (26-3, 15 KOs), who came in at 130 pounds to Broner's 133.5, but that he already has lost his crown at the scales.
"We might not take the fight. He's the champion, and he's got to make weight. That's not our problem. We're in his hometown and he's got all of the unfair advantages," said Escobedo's manager, Rolando Arellano.
"Yet he has two hours and he's refusing to make weight? He said up on the scales that he can't make weight? Then he's got a problem, because we made weight. We satisfied all of our obligations. So we'll see what we can work out."
Arellano said that he has preliminarly worked out a compromise with the state commission to hold a Saturday morning weigh-in, at which time neither Broner nor Escobedo can weigh more than 140 pounds.
"We're trying to come up with a solution here so that he doesn't gain an unfair advantage. Typically, the way that you resolve these issues is that you do a second-day weigh-in, and basically he has to come in within a certain amount of weight," said Arellano.
"If he's comes in too high, then we have to rightfully pull out of the fight because he would have an unfair advantage. This gives the guy an incentive to f–king behave today and to go work out. So I want to go 140 as a maximum. We have come to a general consensus for that as a team, and we're just waiting for their response."
Arellano said his threat to pull out of the bout "is a valid threat," adding, "it's Broner who did something wrong because he's not making the terms."
"We had a contractual agreement, and now, we're giving him the chance to satisfy it," said Arellano. "If he doesn't satisfy it, it's not our fault."
If Escobedo takes the fight and is victorious, Valcarcel said that he will be the new titleholder. If Broner wins, Valcarcel said that he will be named the No. 1 contender to the title owned by WBO lightweight titleholder Ricky Burns (34-2, 9 KOs) of Scotland. Burns has a defense opposite Kevin Mitchell (33-1, 24 KOs), of England, on Sept. 22.
"Broner has lost the title on the scales. If Broner wins, the title will be vacant because he can not keep the belt since he was overweight," said Valcarcel. "If Escobedo wins, then he becomes the champion. If Broner wins, then he will become No. 1 at 135 pounds and become the mandatory for Ricky Burns."
UPDATE: Arrellano informed RingTV.com that Broner is being fined $60,000 of his purse, $30,000 of which will be added to the $150,000 purse of Escobedo, and the other half going to the Ohio commission.
"There will be a 50-50 split between what goes to the fighter and the commission, but that's just the issue right now. Our team wants this kid to come down in weight. Our intent is for them to come down to 140, but I believe that they're going to want 143 pounds — 10 pounds up from the weight at the scale," said Arellano.
"We're waiting to hear from the other side, but at this point in time, we're waiting to hear. Then, at that point, Vicente and his team is going to decide if it's acceptable or unacceptable. If they walk, they walk."
Reached by RingTV.com, Broner said, "I'm not going to talk about it."
"I'm going to mess this guy up. I'm not talking about now weight. I clearly grew out of the weight class, but I'm not out of shape," said Broner. "I did nothing wrong. I'll just leave it at that. Everything's cool. I'm not talking about it. But I will be fighting tomorrow."
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We've had Sean Kingston's "Fire Burning" in our heads ever since reading about Onex Corp.'s bountiful exit from ambulance service provider Emergency Medical Services. The firm is set to reap a multiple of 8x on its invested cash from the $3.2 billion sale of the company to Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Somebody call 911, indeed.
Remember when all you had to look at in the gas station were advertisements for 99 cent hot dogs and two-for-one Almond Joys? Parthenon Capital Partners portfolio company Captive Media Holdings is combatting the gas-station-boredom-epidemic by merging with OutCast Media and PumpTop TV, in a deal which aims to consolidate industry players in the hopes of becoming "number one." Read on via LBO Wire here.
First Reserve is passing on the leadership mantle to a trio of managing directors, according to a letter from chief executive William Macaulay . . . Three former Cypress Group executives have struck out on their own to form a new mid-market firm . . . Two months after the surprising departure of CFO Peter Nachtwey, Carlyle has found a replacement from the ranks of Nasdaq OMX.
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The New York City pension fund is determined to neither forgive nor forget the comments of Blackstone Chief strategist Byron Wien, who ignited controversy last year by saying benefits are "too generous." Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the pension is now considering a proposal which could terminate relationships with any managers who disparage the pension fund. "We are trying to prevent money managers from taking positions that are essentially opinions based on political viewpoints," said a trustee of the police retirement fund.
Forget the hostile takeover of yester-year, PE firms are killing with kindness these days, penning "love letters" to prospective targets, which, when leaked to the media, often end up putting said company in play, write The Wall Street Journal's Anupreeta Das and Gina Chon. The idea is that a "love letter" outlining an offer doesn't put the same pressure for an immediate response that, say, a phone call or an on-screen proposal on the Jumbo-tron at Madison Square Gardens might elicit.


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Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has made a $15,000 donation to Mott Children's Hospital, sending a family to Chicago to watch him play in a Monday Night Football game.
Stafford said Monday he did it to give patient Faith Falzon of Dexter, Mich., and her family something to look forward to after a couple rough years. She has a bowel disorder without a cure.
Stafford bid on a package donated by ESPN announcer and Ann Arbor resident Mike Tirico. It gives Faith, her parents and her brother, Will, six tickets to the Lions-Bears game on Oct. 22, two nights of accommodations, dinner and a behind-the-scenes tour with Tirico.
"As (Stafford) won the package, he turned to Will and said, 'There you go buddy, you go to Chicago, and take your family.' The look on my sons face, I will never forget," wrote Faith's mother, Mary Ann Bell, in a blog post. "His chin began to quiver, he was about to cry. He quickly jumped up and gave Matt a hug, and thanked him over and over again."
Stafford made the donation Saturday during a weekend of events in Ann Arbor that raised $1.35 million for Mott hospital, part of the University of Michigan health system.
"They have been through so much in the past couple years, and to see how much they all supported each other and Faith through their tough times was really inspiring," Stafford said in a text message to the Detroit News. "I wanted to give them something they could really be excited about and something I know they deserved."
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The Final Seminar: Financial Management for Nonprofit OrganizationsApril 25, 2014
On April 17, 2014 the Center for the Study of Sport in Society hosted the final seminar in their Nonprofit Management seminar series. The topic was "Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations" and was presented by Professor Rick Arrowood, J.D. Professor Arrowood discussed the similarities and differences in managing finances for nonprofits and businesses. He has extensive experience sitting on boards for various organizations, so he offered insight on both smaller and larger scale nonprofit finances with real life examples.
Professor Arrowood walked the seminar's attendees through the different financial statements nonprofits may use. These statements are typically based on the fiscal year and may mirror the state's fiscal year. The financial statements include the statement of financial position (sometimes called the balance sheet), the statement of activities (the profit and loss sheet), and the cash flow statement. The statement of financial position details the organization's assets, liabilities, and net assets and lists which assets are unrestricted, temporarily restricted, and permanently restricted. The main purpose is to show the status of cash and the overall health of the organization, as it includes information on the amount of real estate owned, and also status of funds that may be restricted by a donor to cover certain expenses. The statement of activities, as explained by Professor Arrowood, is constantly changing and is a snapshot of a moment in time. It usually covers 30 days and accounts for the expenses of programs and events. It can be helpful to plan for drastic variances, and it is usually consistent year to year. The cash flow statement is used to evaluate the amount of cash needed on hand at all times to operate. It is also used to create the budget.
Professor Arrowood also discussed annual reports, fundraising, and audits. Although not legally required, annual reports can be a nice way of capturing the organization's accomplishments and financial information from the previous year. When fundraising, it is important to make potential donors aware of the organization's 501c3 status, as well as informing what they can list as a tax deduction. Legally it is the donor's responsibility to obtain a letter from the organization about what is tax deductible, but it is best practice to provide this information to the donor. Audits are important to conduct when receiving a grant because a total evaluation of the organizations finances can show whether the organization can support the grant. Grant money could run out mid-program or be disbursed by reimbursement so it is important for the organization to have the money to support it up front.
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The MacMurray College men's soccer team dropped their first annual Ferris Trophy soccer challenge 1-7 to Knox College.
The two colleges previously began a new rivalry this year to replace the past Mayor's Cup match against Illinois College. The Prairie Fire got on the board with a pair of goals in the first half while the Highlanders could not spark offensively against Knox's defense. Freshman Brayden Hutfless was in net for the Highlanders in the first period and tallied seven saves.
The Prairie Fire expanded the lead in the second half, scoring an additional five goals against the Highlanders, winning comfortably 1-7. Sophomore Connor Winking scored the only goal for MacMurray with help from sophomore Brad Wise and freshman Andy Alvarez.
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LeParmentier died unexpectedly Tuesday morning in Austin while visiting his children, said his publicist, Derek Maki. Maki said he does not know the cause.
LeParmentier was born in Pittsburgh, but moved to Britain in 1974 and had been living in Bath, England, when he died.
As Admiral Motti in 1977's "Star Wars," LeParmentier's character mocks Vader's "sad devotion to that ancient Jedi religion." Vader responds with a demonstration, using the force to choke the young commander, but allowing him to live.
LeParmentier appeared frequently in British television roles throughout his career and was working as a screenwriter when he died. He played a reporter in 1980's "Superman II," which featured actress Sarah Dougless—the villainess Ursa—with whom he was married from 1981 until 1984, according to their imdb.com profiles.
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The unemployed managers, who both impressed in trial spells on the sofa during Euro 2012, will join Gary Lineker and co on the sofa for the weekend highlights show.
Redknapp had been expected to become England manager for much of the second half of last season, but he was overlooked in favour of Roy Hodgson. He then saw his career take another wrong turn as he was fired by Tottenham in June.
McCarthy was also axed recently, his sacking coming when Wolves lost faith with him in February - though his replacement Terry Connor fared even worse.
The duo will come in to replace Lee Dixon, who joined ITV over the summer. Alan Hansen and Alan Shearer kept their jobs with the BBC, and the four pundits will rotate between Match of the Day and Sunday night's Match of the Day 2 show.
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Clinical Trials Technology Creeps Into the 21st Century
We've gotten used to the idea that, despite all the fancy equipment, medicine is a low-tech business. Most doctors still use paper records, and it's a rare patient who has created an electronic personal health record (though Google and Microsoft are working to change that).
Still, we were a bit surprised to learn today that even clinical trials for experimental drugs — cutting-edge science! — are still largely pen-and-paper affairs. Doctors and nurses fill out forms and send them off to drug companies or contract research organizations, which then enter the data into a computer.
We learned all this today, after a publicly traded company called Phase Forward bought privately held Clarix for $40 million. It's a small deal in terms of dollar value, but the market niche seemed interesting enough to merit a blog post. Basically, Phase Forward does IT for clinical trials — including systems that allow doctors and nurses to enter data on computers rather than filling out forms and sending them in.
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For more than 2 years President Obama has been saying essentially the same thing about Syria — that President Assad has lost his legitimacy and will soon be gone. Well…that has not happened. Start at the bottom and read up in chronological order:
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"And I am confident that Assad's days are numbered."
March 14, 2012 New conference with David Cameron
"Just as the regime and security forces continue to suffer defections, the opposition is growing stronger. I'll say it again: Assad will leave power."
March 6, 2012 News Conference
"And it's not a question of when Assad leaves — or if Assad leaves; it's a question of when. He has lost the legitimacy of his people."
March 4, 2012 Remarks at The American Israel Public Affairs Committee
"And the Arab Spring has only increased these trends, as the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is exposed, and its ally — the Assad regime — is crumbling."
February 6, 2012 Interview on NBC
"My sense is, is that you're seeing more and more people inside of Syria recognizing that they need to turn a chapter, and the Assad regime is feeling the noose tightening around them. This is not going to be a matter of if, it's going to be a matter of when."
State of the Union Speech
January 24, 2012
"And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change can't be reversed, and that human dignity can't be denied."
July 12, 2011
"I think that increasingly you're seeing President Assad lose legitimacy in the eyes of his people and that's why we have been working at an international level to make sure that we keep the pressure up to see if we can bring some real change in Syria."
May 19, 2011
"The United States has condemned these actions and, working with the international community, we have stepped up our sanctions on the Syrian regime, including sanctions announced yesterday on President Assad and those around him.
The Syrian people have shown their courage in demanding a transition to democracy, and President Assad now has a choice. He can lead that transition or get out of the way.
The Syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests. It must release political prisoners and stop unjust arrests. It must allow human rights monitors to have access to cities like Daraa and start a serious dialogue to advance a democratic transition.
Otherwise President Assad and his regime will continue to be challenged from within and will continue to be isolated abroad."
Joe Biden:
Dec. 13, 2011 Biden on MSNBC
"The fact of the matter is its [Iran] only ally left in the region is about to be toppled. That is in Syria with Bashar Assad."
Jay Carney:
July 19, 2011-BRIEFING
"Furthermore, we've made clear that President Assad has lost legitimacy. He had the opposition to — the opportunity, rather, to lead the transition and he — he did not take it and he's lost legitimacy because of it."


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I want to create a tmLanguage file that will capture functions in SourcePawn files and add them to the symbol list.
The problem I'm having is that Pawn has no keyword to denote a function definition and semicolons are optional. Therefore I can't seem to find a way to match function definitions using the single-line regex that Sublime uses and I can't figure out how to make a begin/end work.
Take this code for example (formatting purposely inconsistent):
1. public Action:RoundEnd(Handle:event, const String:name], bool:dontBroadcast)
2. {
3. CheckWinCondition(true);
4. }
6. CheckWinCondition(bool:round_end = false)
7. {
8. // ...
9. if (!round_end)
10. {
11. SetVariantInt(TEAM_BLU)
12. AcceptEntityInput(master_cp, "SetWinner")
13. }
14. }
16. StartBeacon(client) {
17. // ...
18. }
Using this begin/end
doesn't work because it also captures function calls and consumes everything between the function call and the next '{'. So, it will capture everything between lines 3 and 7 and lines 11 and 16.
Is there any way to make this work? I'm currently generating completions using a plugin, but there is no API to allow a plugin to populate the symbol list so there is no way to easily navigate to function definitions.


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Ragweed is a major cause of hayfever. Plants are upright and bushy, growing to 3 feet tall. Seeds are displayed on spikes at the ends of branches. Plants should be removed before they produce seeds, which are viable in the soil for five years or more.
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In the disappointing adaptation of "The Lovely Bones," director Peter Jackson runs wild with the CGI, a ludicrous decision that sucks the emotion out of Alice Sebold's intimate novel.
Perhaps the bigger issue, though, is the novel itself. Sebold's unforgettable story, while mesmerizing on the page, defies being turned into a movie.
Those familiar with the 2002 best-seller understand the challenge: A tender approach is mandatory when handling "Bones," specifically as the lead character of Susie is a dead 14-year-old who has been raped and murdered by a neighbor.
Subtlety, as we know, isn't exactly Jackson's strong suit, although the New Zealand director deserves kudos for avoiding any graphic depictions of the crimes. But parents be warned: this movie is not for children.
Normally, Jackson is up for any challenge; look at how spectacularly he brought to life J.R.R. Tolkien's daunting trilogy. But "Lovely Bones" isn't about hobbits, or long-winded battles, or an ape with an unfortunate crush. It hones in not on the shiny exterior, but the emotional interior and, sadly, Jackson never manages to stir our souls.
Like "Heavenly Creatures," Jackson's much-better 1994 film, "The Lovely Bones" at times transports us to a Dali-like existence — a go-between place where the surreal things are. The head-tripping sequences in "Creatures" were effective because the fantasy world added dimension to the characters. In "Bones," the heavenly spot Susie finds herself in is mostly unfulfilling eye candy, with the exception of a stunning CGI effect that has gargantuan ships in bottles crashing into the shore. Most often, Jackson's magical otherworld resembles the land of Oz on steroids or, in one scene, a feminine hygiene ad.
Jackson is most at home when venturing into the creepy and suspenseful, no surprise as he built his career from the horror genre. That's especially apparent when Susie Salmon ("Atonement's" perfectly good Saoirse Ronan) fatally enters the underground lair of killer George Harvey (Stanley Tucci). These moments, along with any other featuring Tucci, are the film's strongest.
But just as "Bones" isn't a standard serial killer flick, it also shouldn't be a comedy. When Susan Sarandon prances onto the scene, with cigarette dangling from painted lips and sporting a bee-hived 'do, the film shifts tone so uncomfortably you swear they've spliced in a screwball moment from a Sandra Bullock romance. It's always a pleasure to see Sarandon chew up the scenery, especially as a grandma with attitude, but this fine actress belongs in another film.
As does Mark Wahlberg, way out of his league playing a devastated dad in search of his daughter's killer. He's terribly bland, going through the motions without an iota of depth. It makes you wonder if his strong performances in "Boogie Nights" and "The Departed" were flukes.
Tucci, on the other hand, fearlessly taps into the frightening mindset of a killer. His creepy character's sweaty tics are absolutely unnerving in yet another remarkable performance that demonstrates his incredible versatility. It's hard to imagine that this is the same actor who charmed us thoroughly in "Julie & Julia" and "The Devil Wears Prada." What a shame then that this performance, one of the year's best, likely will be ignored come Oscar time.
But don't feel too sorry for Tucci. More accolades, and hopefully an Oscar, will arrive one day, as it likely will again for Jackson, who has other projects in development. One can only hope that whatever the talented director tackles next, it will be better suited for his desire for the spectacle. If not, audiences will have a bone to pick with him.


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Glass Beads
Their Makers
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Winter 1998 Issue
Recently I pulled out my knitting needles to see if I could go back to knitting
and add those techniques to my crochet. Unfortunately, working with the needles still
bothers my wrists so I will forego knitting but I can enjoy the magazines and their great
ideas. First I found Knitter's Angels by Gerdine Crawford-Strong on page 14 and
they are delightful. I will make my own version via crocheting. Not only are the angels
knitted, but they are holding tiny knitted pieces in their hands. There are several pages
dedicated to The Canada Knitters Next Door and examples of their work, past and
present. There is even a how-to for a Canadian Tea-Time Treat by Lyn Youll. There
are several more projects in this section. Versatile Duos offer a variety of hats
by Nick Epstein and there are several more hat projects that follow. Pentagon Power
by Anna Zilboorg is a 5 sectioned hat that offers color and shaping. The graph, one hat
section, for the hat can be used by astute beaders for loom weaving on the loom with beads
or fiber. Turn the graph upside down and it becomes a pendant necklace. There are hats for
kids, mini mittens, bookmarks and reversible ties. Then, The Happy Hippo is next
by Stephanie Gildersleeve with instructions. I want the hippo; she is chunky, pink, has a
skirt on and just lovable. Next is Dress Up Drama by Deborah Allen Fleming which
is a selection of luscious purses of many exquisite fibers. The "E" and
"F" purse examples have wonderful bumpy fiber on the purses and around the
edges. It looks like lovely vegetation growing, perhaps a bunch of Spring flowers. Elegance
To Go by Judi Alweil has two more purses, one a fold over purse and another with a
frame. There are pages and pages of projects, too many to list, but I did find
Treasure Keepers by Deborah Levine exciting with mini purses of Celtic, Maze and
other patterns; Sugar-Plum Shawl by Edie Eckman which is a yummy purple, lavender
and blue combination; and Guatemala Majesty by Barbara Venishnick which is a coat
type jacket and has a nice graph showing the hood which could be converted to loom weaving
to make great beaded wings. There are several projects for gloves and socks, then articles
on yarns and where they come from, needle product reviews and book reviews. On page 130 is
Knitter's School, A Review which offers abbreviations, metrics, a review of
stitches and is very helpful if you have not knitted in a while. Last is a Knitter's
Online page with information you can get over the Internet; try http://www.xrx-inc.com . I thoroughly enjoyed this
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Top Teachers: Lourie Sledd
Freeman H.S., exceptional education
Lourie Sledd feels fortunate to be among a group of special exceptional education teachers in Henrico County.
But the parents of the students she's taught feel fortunate that she's been looking out for their children.
Sledd has spent her entire teaching career – more than two decades – in Henrico. She was inspired to work with intellectually disabled students by her sister, who taught such students in Henrico and Richmond before becoming a guidance counselor at Cosby High School in Chesterfield, where she works today.
Sledd landed at Freeman when it began its full-time program for intellectually disabled students 10 years ago.
Students in the program suffer from a range of disabilities, so she works to find ways to reach each one effectively. The program combines core academics with vocational and life skills. Some of her students also take mainstream elective courses at the school.
"Without Lourie's leadership," one nominator wrote, "the students in her class would be very isolated. Instead, they are part of the fabric of Freeman -- young people who attend plays, football games, talent shows; young people who have jobs all over the school and in the community; young people who have the opportunity to make connections with their peers and teachers all day long."
That, according to Sledd, is her goal every day.
"My kids, I just see them every day walking through the door, and I think about the obstacles they must face before they walk through that door," Sledd said. "Their bravery, all the challenges they face just keep me going."
But she's adamant that what she does is no more significant that what dozens of others of teachers in the county do.
"I am only one of 100 exceptional ed teachers who should get this [recognition], and I really mean this," she said. "I know many special ed teachers who work late every day and then work all weekend."
Sledd helped create the Career Pathways Club at Freeman, a program that allows mainstream and disabled students to work side by side selling spirit items in school and at sporting events while developing real-world business skills at the same time. She also is heavily invested in the all-star basketball league, which matches teams of disabled students from county high schools against each other in weekly basketball games.
To Sledd, the most visible change during her time as an educator has been the way that mainstream students have accepted and welcomed special education students into their lives. At Freeman, one of her students even was crowned homecoming king.
"That's what they want more than anything, is friends," Sledd said. "They're just part of the gang now."
Students with certain intellectual disabilities are permitted to stay in high school until the age of 22.
As a result, Sledd has taught some students for as long as seven years. She considers the best part of her job to be the realization that she's helped her students thrive in school – and in life.
"They come in as immature teenagers and leave as young adults," she said. "It's very fulfilling knowing that you helped them along the way. Many of them will get jobs, be productive citizens and hopefully lead happy lives. Being part of that is very special.
"They're just amazing kids. I get strength from them."
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Saving for retirement focus of lectureDr. Lester Wills, Instructor of Marketing at Penn State Berks, will present "If saving for retirement is so important, why don't more people do it?" on Friday, March 25, 2011, from 1:00–2:15 p.m. in room 5 of the Luerssen Building as part of the spring Engineering, Business, and Computing (EBC) Division Research Interest Group speaker series. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
According to Wills, at some point in our lives, we will stop working for a living and have to rely on income from other sources. With this in mind, governments around the world have adopted a range of approaches to encourage people to prepare for retirement. Some use voluntary plans, others use mandatory ones, and some governments employ a mixture of the two. Many have moved away from Defined Benefit approach and have adopted Defined Contribution methods, shifting much of the risk from institutions and onto individuals.
Millions of dollars have been spent by both private companies and governments promoting such strategies. Unfortunately the results have been mixed, at best, and in many countries there is still a retirement savings gap. This situation is made worse by the changing demographics where aging populations have potentially serious economic consequences for society as a whole. However, despite these imperatives, many people do not prepare adequately for their retirement.
Wills has conducted research into retirement savings approaches around the world and investigated the decision-making process of individuals to try to understand why people do not prepare for retirement. His research has led to some interesting discoveries that are significant for the U.S. following the enactment of the 2006 Pension Protection Act (PPA). His presentation will explain his research and concerns that the PPA may not actually be addressing the underlying issues.
The EBC Research Interest Group features Penn State Berks faculty and visiting experts who conduct research on a wide variety of topics. Topics are of broad and general interest and are accessible to the non-expert.
For more information, contact Dr. Jui-Chi Huang, Chair of the EBC Research Interest Group and Assistant Professor of Economics at Penn State Berks, via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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'Game of Thrones' Gets 'The Brady Bunch' Treatment
It was only a matter of time before "Game of Thrones" got "The Brady Brunch" theme song treatment.
Highlighting the fact that the show's opening sequence does little to explain the characters and their complicated relationships, Wil Wheaton took matters into his own hands to create a more, um, informative introduction to Houses Stark and Lannister.
"Here's the story of a lovely lady, Who was bringing up three kids, one a pest. He had hair of gold, like his uncle, because of incest."
The mashup concludes with a block of more than 40 faces on screen — because the drama of Westeros couldn't possibly be explained in just nine blue tiles.
Related: Listen to the 'Game of Thrones' Theme Song on Wine Glasses, Pots and Pans


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Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories profiling some of the artists taking part in the second annual Art on the Rockies, set for July 14 and 15 in Edwards.
The Vail Valley Arts League is proud to sponsor Denver artist Sandra Kaplan, who will exhibit and demonstrate her painting techniques at this year's Art on the Rockies. The Gallery Tent features nationally acclaimed artists who work and interact with the viewers during the free, two-day festival at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards July 14 and 15. Art on the Rockies will open its second year with a diverse and international group of 120 artists.
"During the past few years, my most private works have been collages," Kaplan wrote on her blog at www.sandrakaplan.com. "Despite my passion for dark chocolate I find myself picking chocolate bars for their wrappers instead of the cocoa content. Packaging - from bath soaps to boxes that once held green tea - begins to take on emotional resonance."
The raw imagery of her collage "Earth to Kooza" allows the artist's mind to soar quickly and freely into uncharted territory. The more representational work from her "My Colorado" series is refreshed and charged by her playful compositions and unusual interpretation of color and brush technique.
A native of Cincinnati, Kaplan graduated with honors from Pratt Institute in New York City. She has been living in Denver since 1971. Her paintings may be found in corporate and private collections throughout the United States, as well as in Stockholm, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Japan. Kaplan is on the faculty of the Art Students League of Denver, and, after six years of dedication, rotated off of the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver. She has been awarded a grant by the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, a Co-Visions Grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts and a fellowship to YADDO. She's been featured in the New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Art in America, American Artist, Southwest Art and Artist Magazine.


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If you read blogs, then you know that drop cloth drapes have been in vogue for well over a year. Now that I've jumped on the band-wagon, they're probably about to go the way of legwarmers, jelly bracelets and giant belts. Oh wait. Those are back in again.
Regardless, I wanted to freshen up the family room for summer and I decided to try out drop cloth curtains because they have a linen-look that's perfect for the summer. My good-enough silk curtains from last fall felt too heavy.
In case you don't already know, drop cloths are awesome because they're already hemmed on all 4 sides. No sewing! It was ridiculously easy to take a pair of 6'x9′ drop cloths from Home Depot ($10 for the pair!), add some trim and turn them into a pair of custom-looking drapes for the family room.
Please forgive the poor photo quality in this post. The pictures were all taken as my old camera was biting the dust. And I'm way too lazy to take them again.
OK friends, the first thing you want to do is wash and partially dry your panels to get out the big creases. Then you need to iron them until you think your arm will fall off. If you can find someone to do this part for you, even better. Thanks mom!
This next part is so easy. Have you tried Heat'n Bond Hem Tape? It's my not-so-secret DIY weapon. I use it for hemming, or in this case, attaching trim to my drop cloth curtains. I found this trim in the clearance section of the fabric store. Love it!
All I did was use the hem tape and iron the trim right to the top edge of the drop cloth.
Hanging my new drapes was easy too. I folded over the top edge of the curtain (the edge with the trim on it) so that the trim faces into the room. Then I used my trusty ring clips to just grab the folded edge of the fabric. The pictures make more sense.
The folding over technique serves 2 purposes. It makes the curtains look all custom and expensive-like with the trim showing. And it lets you customize the length. If I had higher ceilings, I would have folded over less fabric. Lower ceilings gets you a bigger fold. Make sense?
And that's it! So crazy easy! The whole thing took less than an hour.
Check out my Good Enough Curtains post to learn about the "Turn the corner trick" so that you're curtains don't hang away from the wall too far. A simple trick that makes a big difference.
GAH! The mothership is landing outside my window! #photographyfail


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AMDA salutes alumnus Brian Burke! Brian graduated from AMDA and went straight into performing, but soon after found his calling as a successful choreographer and a director. Brian is now the Creative Director for the "X Factor UK ", as well as Director of the recent Il Divo "Wicked Game" tour, "America's Got Talent" and "Britain's Got Talent". We recently spoke with Brian and asked him to share his personal experience and how he went from performing to directing in such a high profile arena.
Brian, what were your first performance jobs after your graduation from AMDA?
I graduated from AMDA NYC in 1997 from the integrated program. My first show Off-Broadway was Tap Dogs where I performed and eventually assisted the director and choreographer on supervising the numerous touring productions. Eventually I became the production supervisor of the international tours for the following 10 years. I performed in National Tours of Fame The Musical and Victor Victoria and eventually on Broadway in Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA.
How did you make the move from performing to choreographing and directing?
In 2002 I moved to Las Vegas to join the choreography team for Celine Dion's show A New Day at Caesars Palace. The show was created by Cirque Du Soleil founder and creative director Franco Dragone. For the next 10 years I worked as director and artistic director with Franco Dragone Entertainment Group on numerous international shows including Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas.
How did you get into the realm of directing for television?
In addition to directing live productions, both Celine and Le Reve made numerous TV appearances which I creative directed performances on live TV shows such as "The World Music Awards", "The Latin Grammy Awards", "Dancing With The Stars", "The Tonight Show" and "America's Got Talent". During that period my agent and good friend Tony Selznick of McDonald Selznick and Assoc. in Los Angeles introduced me to Tim Byrne, the worldwide creative director of Simon Cowell's company SYCO. I began working as an independent creative director for TV appearances for their artists in America. SONY Music also began to employ me as creative director for TV appearances and award show performances to promote their artists who were releasing albums. Eventually I was brought on board by SYCO to be series creative director for "The X Factor", "Britain's Got Talent" and "America's Got Talent" and most recently as creative director for Il Divo's TV appearances and world tour.
Is there anything you learned from AMDA that still helps you today?
I find myself using the skills I learned at AMDA everyday when I am working with performers who have not received any kind of training or even world renowned artists. My background as a performer which led into choreography and eventually into directing has been a natural progression for me. I am very happy and fortunate that this well rounded path of experience has led me to discover my true passion for the art of creative direction for stage and television. My favorite part of my craft is bringing an idea to life by working and collaborating with an entire creative team and most importantly creating a positive work process for all involved".
About Brian Burke: Brian directed Il Divo's 2012 "Wicked Game" World Tour and is the creative director of "The X Factor" in the UK. Most recently Brian was the creative director of "Americas Got Talent", "Britains Got Talent" and Il Divo's newest concert DVD "Live in London." Brian was the artistic director of Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas and Celine Dion's five year run of A New Day at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas. He has been the creative director of performances for Flo Rida, One Republic, Pitbull, Marc Anthony, Elton John, Bette Midler, Brandon Flowers, Gavin DeGraw, Il Divo, Train, Kelly Rowland, Michael Bolton, Gary Barlow, Michael Grimm, Marco Antonio Solis, Laura Pausini, David Foster, Jackie Evancho, Camila, Juan Luis Guerra, Susan Boyle, Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Frankie J., "The American Music Awards", "The Latin Grammy Awards", "The Classic Brit Awards", "Dancing With The Stars", "The Tonight Show", "The Oprah Winfrey Show", "The Ellen Degeneres Show", "Red or Black", "The Today Show", "The View", "The Talk", The 2002 Winter Olympic Games and numerous live performances for Celine Dion including the 2004 "World Music Awards" where she was honored as the "highest selling female recording artist of all time."During 2008-2009, Brian directed four original stage productions in Tokyo, Japan:Voyage, Oiran, Magicarade and Treasure. He also directed the European touring production of INDIA and was the production supervisor of ten international tours of Tap Dogs. Throughout his carer Brian has also had the the pleasure of working with Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Larry King, Jerry Lewis, Joan Rivers, Dick Van Dyke, Cyd Charisse, Red Buttons, Esther Williams and The Nicholas Brothers.