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As often happens in the research room of the Exeter Historical Society, one project leads to another. This past week, we were visited by Larry Benaquist, professor emeritus of film studies at Keene State College, who was seeking some assistance with identifying locations in recently discovered film footage produced in 1943 by Louis de Rochemont Associates. De Rochemont was the director of many "March of Time" newsreel films including "New England's Eight Million Yankees," which features scenes of Exeter in 1941. Although none of the stills or scenes he brought seem to be from Exeter, our newspaper index search led us to a different — and completely unrelated — film project that took place in Exeter in 1940 — the "Movie Queen."
While announcing the arrival of de Rochemont's newsreel project, the Exeter News-Letter commented, "Unlike the never-to-be-forgotten fiasco, 'Movie Queen,' which descended upon Exeter not too many months ago, our little town is to play an important role in a 'March of Time' production." "March of Time" newsreels, however much they leaned toward propaganda at times, were a well-respected source of news for most people. But what of "Movie Queen" and why did the News-Letter refer to it as a "fiasco?"
We first found an announcement on March 7, that a parade would be held two days later. Imagine throwing together a parade in a matter of days, but this seems to be what happened. "On Saturday, March 9 at the Railroad Station at 12:30, the mysterious Hollywood movie queen will be presented the key to the town by the selectmen. Immediately thereafter a parade will commence, headed by the 'Movie Queen' and the selectmen." More interesting was the next sentence: "Movies will be taken of all in the parade as well as lookers on. The movie will be screened at the Town Hall on March 19 and 20, at the same time as the three-act play, 'Movie Queen,' is presented."
By the following week, more information made its way into the press. The parade, it seems, was a great success. The Exeter News-Letter gushed, "townspeople of Exeter avow they haven't seen such a turnout on the streets and station at Exeter as at the station last Saturday when charming Ruth Colby, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C.W. Colby, alighted from a train and was revealed as Exeter's 'Movie Queen.'" The parade was also covered by the Portsmouth Herald, which provided far more details, "the parade formed at the Boston & Maine railroad station and proceeded down Main Street to the town hall. The parade was headed by the Junior Legion Drum Corps and the 'movie queen,' Miss Ruth Colby rode in a car with C.C. Russell, the Republican nominee for selectman. The parade also included several pieces of the local fire apparatus, as well as automobiles displayed by local dealers. This was the first activity in connection with the show, which is being sponsored by the Daughters of Suzanna of the Methodist church and the welfare department of the Exeter Lions club."
There is more to this story, and it extends far outside Exeter and a multi-media production of local talent. The "Movie Queen" was a production of the Amateur Theatre Guild of Boston and the production crews travelled around the country staging essentially the same show from town to town. The business model shared profits from the show with local civic organizations on a 50/50 basis and counted on the excitement of the local population — especially those caught on film — to draw an audience. To pull this off, there had to be only goodwill between the crew and the townspeople. This is probably why the same edition of the News-Letter that reported on the parade also had a large ad which read, in part, "We apologize to the High School and Mr. McBride for seeming to want to compete with the school play. To prove our cooperation we have set back the date of our 3-act play 'Movie Queen' to March 25 and 26. Help Mr. McBride get his athletic supplies — then come over to see yourself in the movies with the Movie Queen"
The program's director, Dorothy Stone, was the organizer of the entire event. Women were commonly used by the Amateur Theatre Guild to promote their projects. It was probably felt that local people would be less suspicious if a woman was in charge. These were days when outsiders were still suspected of suspicious intent. The job must have been a mammoth one, considering everyone involved in the show — the News-Letter listed the cast as, "Miss Ruth Colby, Mr. George S. Carhart of the Academy faculty, Mr. George Knox and Mr. Thomas Norris of the high school faculty, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. Albert Taylor, Rev. Howard P. Weatherbee, Mr. Otis E. Hoyt, Mr. Gerald Chick, Manager Lothrop of the Atlantic & Pacific store, Mrs. Mabel E. Reed, County Commissioner Alvin E. Foss, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wentworth; dancing chorus from the Seminary, and baby dancing chorus of 4-H girls. There will also be a swanky fashion show."
After several delays, which may have been why it was later called a 'fiasco' along with the obvious courting of local vanity and capitalist motive, the show was finally presented on March 29th — several weeks after its initially scheduled debut.
Many towns in New England still have the reels of film associated with their own "Movie Queen" productions. The plot of these films is always the same; a local girl who has become famous is welcomed back to town arriving by train or boat. She is feted by the local businessmen and given the key to the town. Then there is a high-action sequence of attempted kidnapping thwarted by the local police. Where Exeter's original film has gone is anyone's guess. With any luck, it will turn up — as it has in many other towns — languishing in someone's attic. If found, this little gem should provide us with the same thrill that people got when watching this earliest of 'selfies' back in 1940.
Barbara Rimkunas is curator of the Exeter Historical Society. Her column appears every other week and she may be reached at email@example.com.
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High Tide: From Cricketer Convictions To City Charters
A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources. You can also receive a newsletter version of Corruption Currents here.
Lots more coverage of the release of Transparency International's 2011 Bribe Payers Index is here, here, here, here and here. (Globe and Mail, WSJ India Real Time, Financial Times sub req, BBC, Guardian)
For the first time, the Bribe Payers Index also studied bribes paid by companies to other companies. Why was Russia last? (Transparency International, Transparency International)
The bribery trial of New York Assemblyman William Boyland has begun. More here and here. (Wall Street Journal, NY Times, NY Post)
The FCPA Blog posts about the new SFO hotline and the TI bribery index. Tom Fox has a six-step process adapted from TI. Michael Volkov has some insight on Congressional oversight, a profile of Canada's anti-bribery enforcement and advice for internal auditors. The FCPAProfessor digests a delicious fact pattern. FCPAAmericas has parts two and three in its series on boom times in Brazil.
The Royal Bank of Canada has banned the use of facilitation payments. (Canadian Lawyer)
A 10th person has been charged in Australia connected to alleged bribery to alter results of English-language exams at Curtin University. The other nine have been convicted. (Perth Now)
Jakarta's anti-corruption court sentenced a trustee to more than three years in prison for trying to bribe a judge handling his company's bankruptcy. (Jakarta Globe)
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge praised FIFA President Sepp Blatter for his plans to reopen the ISL case. Blatter said last month he would hand over documents in the case to an outside body that would report back to FIFA on its findings. Meanwhile, a company run by Blatter's nephew won TV rights to broadcast the next two World Cups in 26 countries. (AP, Jesse Fink)
Sports muckraker Andrew Jennings testified to a senate committee in Brasilia about FIFA corruption. (Jens Weinreich)
A first in the Czech Republic: Judges were charged with taking bribes. They didn't appear to be contacted for comment. (Czech Position)
A long profile of Michael Woodford, the ousted chief executive of Olympus. (Reuters)
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted sanctions are having an effect on his country. (Washington Post)
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The jury began deliberations in the Viktor Bout trial. (OCCRP)
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Two Pakistani cricketers were found guilty of fixing a Test match against England. A third admitted to the charges two weeks ago. They deliberately bowled three no-balls. Pakistani media say it tarnished both the game and the country's reputation. More here, here, here, here and here. (AFP, BBC, AP, AFP, Daily Telegraph, SKY Sports, CNN)
Voters next week in Detroit will get the chance to approve a new city charter that targets rampant corruption. (Wall Street Journal)
Graft worsens climate change, Transparency International said. (OCCRP)
A New York Police Department detective was convicted of charges stemming from his planting drugs on innocent people. The conviction is part of a larger investigation into corruption into the NYPD drug units. (NY Times)
The Mike Bloomberg administration admitted bungling two major technology projects, including the scandal-plagued CityTime project. (NY Times)
A disgraced Bell, Calif. official is suing the city for not paying him the salary he allegedly inflated. More here. (TPM Muckraker, LA Times)
What now for Team Anna? Will India's anti-corruption campaign implode? (WSJ India Real Time, BBC)
Egypt is days from approving a law that bars anyone convicted of corruption from holding political office. (Reuters)
William Cellini, a Chicago power broker who allegedly tried to extort campaign contributions for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was convicted. (Reuters)
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria conducted internal investigations and found another $20 million lost to corruption. (AP)
More coverage of the World Bank "Puppet Masters" report. (EU Observer)+
Did Kevin Ring get a raw deal? (Talking Points Memo)

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November 6, 2010 - November 13, 2010
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November 13, 2010
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Hola to our daughter, Sara, who grew up here in St. A, listening to A Prairie Home every Saturday nite. Hope you're listening on podcast in Madrid. Your brother's taken your bedroom.
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Happy 54 Birthday Dad! I hope its full of rainbows and sunshine.
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November 12, 2010
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Sorry I'm 90 miles away working the Ride for Veterans... but you know I had to go. Wave "hello" to Garrison. --your loving husband John
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Hope you're enjoying a break from raking the Michigan leaves. We tried raking palm fronds but it wasn't quite the same. We'll save our strength for snow-shoveling during our Christmas visit. Think warm thoughts!
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If I'm here I survived book fair! Robin, you're my superhero I couldn't do it without you. Likewise, DA students, keep dancing and being artists!
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Hi Mom and Dad. Enjoying the warm days along the First Coast, but missing autumn along the Chesapeake Bay. Esther, Kyle, Teagan, and I all will miss you this Thanksgiving. Have a few ham biscuits for us! PS, Mom, the dogs and cats say Hi!
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Hello from the First Coast. It has taken a bit to transition from Blue Crabs and the Ravens to conch fritters and the Jaguars, but 70 degree November days makes it quite palatable. See you on Thanksgiving, bring the pecan pie!
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To: Stephanie
You never know how much you miss someone until you've spent almost a half a year apart. Me and my darling Stephanie have been dating for five years come this Thanksgiving. Happy Early Anniversary Hun wish you were here in St. Augustine! - Kyle <3
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November 11, 2010
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jean and patrick send a pre-thanksgiving shout-out to daughter anna, who is 2 months into her fulbright year far away in the indian ocean. don't worry: the american embassy in mauritius still has ten days to locate a tofurkey! p.s. the oyster dressing and gingerbread trifle are in the mail.
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We have listened almost every Sat night for 30 years. Tonight we will be tailgating in St. Augustine with tuna noodle casserole and a cobbler. Laurie and Stan Haskins
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November 10, 2010
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Congratulations to Sarah and Erik, who were married today [Nov. 13] in St. Augustine. Mom and Dad left the reception early to come to the show.
—Gary Fisher
November 9, 2010
To: Robin
Thanks for the remodeled bathroom for my 61st birthday present. After 38 years of marriage, it's comforting to know that the romance is still there.
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November 8, 2010
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Have a wonderful 21st birthday. I hope I will be able to share many more with you. You are a very special friend. Thanks for everything.
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I called Verizon back in hopes they would be able to provide the final statement of account, but their finance department told me that AFNI had purchased the debt and they were not legally able to provide documentation or further information on the original account.
I did extensive research on AFNI today, and among the thousands of consumer complaints, I also found a class-action lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General's Office and a news report stating "Senator Owen Johnson has fired off a letter to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo asking Cuomo to probe "what appears to be an unfair debt collection act by Anderson Financial Network, Incorporated,' otherwise known as AFNI. The letter asks Cuomo to "investigate...to determine if AFNI is operating within the law.'"
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Hopper died of prostate cancer last Saturday at the age of 74. He is best known for his work in the films "Rebel Without a Cause," "Giant," "True Grit," "Easy Rider," "Apocalypse Now" and "Speed." He most recently starred in the TV drama "Crash."
USA Today said his funeral is to take place Wednesday in Taos, N.M., a town Hopper had always loved and in which he lived while he wrote, shot and edited "Easy Rider."
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10 Cures For TechnoStress
It's true: several of us (make that all of us) at Remodelista live on our laptops. And when we're not blogging, we're texting, and when we're not texting, we're catching up with our reading on the iPad. Is it time for us to reassess our technology habits? Yes.
Notes that a master of mindfulness, SF writer Ashton, states that approaching technology with the right mind will make us more efficient and happy thinkers. She quotes the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, saying "If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
Several mindfulness strategies employed daily will put you in the right state. You should review where you have spent your time at the end of each day, reflecting specifically on what you accomplished and making yourself responsible for poorly spent hours. Throughout the work day, make yourself aware of what you are feeling, mind and body.
Taking frequent breaks helps you to accomplish more. Inevitably you are forced to wait on things throughout the day, which could cause stress. Use the spare time to think and reflect deeply, and you boost mental awareness. If you work with purpose by doing one task at a time, you produce more efficiently than dividing yourself among tasks.
Even though you may feel pressured to speed up, slowing down in order to work methodically pays off in the long run, while easing stress. When possible, reduce environmental stimulation to help you focus, turning off things that beep, buzz, and vibrate.
Pause before you respond either verbally or electronically to allow your mind to fully think things through, avoiding damage that will cost time and stress to remedy down the road.
You feel pressure to be available around the clock, but establishing firm boundaries for your down time rejuvenates and allows for recovery.
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Seasonal Allergies
Q: I have asthma and allergies that flare up in the spring and fall. Can diet changes help?
A: Nutrition plays a major role in asthma, and there's increasing evidence that foods can affect seasonal allergies too. When you have asthma, your bronchial tubes constrict, which causes wheezing, chest tightness and difficulty breathing. If you have it, you've no doubt found that attacks can be triggered by allergens such as pollen, as well as by infections, stress, cigarette smoke and other factors.
For many years, people with asthma suspected that dietary changes might help. Many noticed that they had fewer episodes and needed less medication when they switched to vegetarian (especially vegan) diets. In the mid-1980s, anecdotal reports led researchers to put these observations to the test. In a one-year study, they found significant improvements in lung function and a major reduction in medication use when patients switched to a vegan diet. Then in 1994, investigators at Loma Linda University tracked how often medical treatments for ailments, including asthma, were needed in a group of nearly 28,000 people. Vegetarians were less likely to need treatment for asthma—females were even less likely than males.
Why do vegetarian and vegan diets help? Researchers first attributed these benefits to the absence of common food triggers, such as meat, dairy and eggs. After all, if you're not eating troublesome foods, you can't have an allergic reaction to them. But there's probably more to it. Repeated studies have shown that people who eat more fruits and vegetables have reduced risk of asthma, presumably because these foods improve immune system functions.
Vegetarians are also thinner, which is surprisingly important in asthma. Harvard's long-term Nurses' Health Study (an ongoing project studying thousands of nurses for multiple health concerns) found that thin people have only one-third the risk of asthma compared to overweight participants. When heavy people begin a low-fat, vegetarian diet, they typically lose a significant amount of weight, which is likely to improve asthma.
One note of caution: A vegetarian diet does improve nutrition and help alleviate asthma, but it's also possible to be allergic to some vegetarian foods, such as peanuts, soy or wheat.
If seasonal allergies trigger asthma for you, or if they leave you with itchy eyes and a runny nose, here are two nutritional additions to consider:
Nutritional factors may even help prevent allergies. In a three-year Italian study in the 1990s, new mothers breast-fed their infants and didn't introduce commonly allergenic foods such as whole cows' milk, eggs, fish and nuts during the child's first year. They also limited dairy products and avoided eggs in their own diets. These simple steps in the first years of their babies' lives dramatically reduced the likeli-hood that the children would develop allergic symptoms later.
Although we may not be able to eliminate asthma and allergies entirely, diet changes can clearly help. And if started early enough, they can help children avoid a great deal of misery.
Neal D. Barnard, MD, lives in Washington, DC, where a healthy diet allows him to enjoy the cherry blossoms without sneezing.
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It seems strange to me that you would make the bold statement "Vegetarians are thinner." I work in the natural foods/health industry and I find this to be an untrue statement. While many vegetarians and vegans are thin, many I encounter each day are overweight or even obese. It is a question of choices. You can be an omnivore and eat a healthy balanced diet just as easily as you can be a vegetarian or a vegan who chooses to eat processed, sugary and fatty foods. I agree with your statements about reducing food allergens to help deal with seasonal allergies. However, you missed out on some of the best supplements for allergy and immune care such as Quercetin, Reishi, and many others.Andie - 2011-07-20 20:11:59


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Lawmakers in Washington questioned oil company executives about the record profits in light of a struggling economy.
In the past 12 months, crude oil has doubled in price and drivers are in sticker shock.
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Combs says he doesn't want to see his customers paying an arm and a leg for his gasoline, so he says he's stopped selling gas until the prices go down.
BP Owner and Perry County Magistrate Bubby Combs says he stopped selling gas when it hit $3.75.
"It's just hard on people paying this price and a lot of people kept buying gas from me, I know they couldn't afford to pay the price, but they were doing it just as a friend. I figure if I quit selling gas they can go to Smitty's or Wal-Mart or somewhere they can get a good price," Combs said.
Though many of his customers don't seem to mind!
"I really don't blame him. Gas prices are ridiculous and people can't afford it," Candice Combs said.
Customers say they are proud that Combs is making a stand against the high gas prices.
They say they don't want to pay the high prices either, but now they have to find somewhere else to go fill up.
Combs says he still sees a lot of customers coming to his store, most of them having to cut back on their own due to the rising costs.
"All my money goes to gas I can't afford anything else. It takes every penny I have just to get around," Candice Combs said.
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"That's what we need to do, quit selling gas, maybe we'll get everybody to bring it down some," Bubby Combs said.
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BPCL KRL is poised for further expansion to 15.5 million tonnes along with a foray into petrochemicals segment. This project envisages an investment of Rs 20,000 crore. Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, who was present at the meeting, said the company had requested for special concession of deferment of sales tax for 15 years for the proposed expansion. The chief secretary is already looking into the matter and is expected to submit a report soon, Oommen Chandy said.


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Who refused to donate to Labour?April 30th, 2008 at 11:39 pm by David Farrar
44 Labour MPs donated over $10,000 to help bail out their illegal pledge card and other associated spending. But they had 50 MPs last year. So who did not donate or donated under $10,000. By process of elimination they are:
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The study by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration also says West Virginia has the eighth-lowest Internet adoption rate. About 59 percent of West Virginia households subscribe to high-speed Internet. The national rate is 70 percent.
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- Back at home, Mona is there with Bob and Eck.
- Eck is due to be eaten with a delicious peppercorn sauce today.
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Emmy makes cast after cast as the boat rocks and pulls against the anchor. Ware explains that her very first fish was an 18-inch speckled trout, a nice fish even for an experienced fisherman.
"Yeah, she just kind of said, 'Hey, Dad,' and then got real quiet. I thought she was snagged and then got it unhooked," he explains, proud of his favorite fishing partner. "Then she kept reeling, and by the time I noticed, she had the fish all the way to the boat and nearly touching the rod tip. I was pretty proud that day."
With nothing biting Emmy's offering, Ware turns the boat back to shore, and after Emmy sits next to her dad at the console, he fires up the engine. The skiff moves through Lake Borgne, through The Rigolets, and into the edges of Lake Pontchatrain.
"If the oil were to get in here," he says, "it would be devastating."
He cruises at little more than idle and discusses the possible impacts the oil could have.
"That's the thing, we talk about it and talk about it until people just don't know what else to say," he says. "Unless you live down here or farther south around Venice and fish and hunt down there, it's hard to explain to someone."
Ware spends quite a bit of time hunting out of Venice, Louisiana, where he can access Pass a Loutre WMA, an area severely impacted by the spill already and a place where Ducks Unlimited has done some habitat restoration work. He explains that duck hunting down there isn't just what the locals do; it's how many make their living. Through leases, guiding, hotels, and restaurants, waterfowl hunting helps supplement income from fishing.
"I'd hate to think that it's going to be a wasteland," he says as he remembers a few of the best hunts he's been on down there. "That's the hard part; it's such a beautiful place, words can't even describe it."
A storm moves across the water from the southwest, and Ware takes the boat under a bridge to try to avoid the rain. Making every effort to keep Emmy dry, he ties the boat and pulls a tarp up the side of the bimini top to protect her from the wind and rain. Of course, when the boat is stopped, Emmy decides it's time to fish and stands in the rain, making cast after cast–a dedication to fishing handed down to her from her father.
As the storm clears, the boat moves along the shore, and Ware spots a chance to catch redfish in some old pylons. The boat passes more oil boom, and Emmy, not really knowing what it is, never blinks an eye and keeps casting.
The boat drifts along the shoreline, and Ware watches Emmy casting into some pylons, hoping to hook up a redfish. The conversation turns back to waterfowl hunting and the oil spill.
"We are worried about the habitat," Ware explains. As he is talking, Emmy points out a small crab climbing a pylon. "That's what is getting hurt right now by the oil and chemicals—the smaller creatures along the food chain. When that happens, everything is impacted. These smaller crabs and stuff, most people tend not to notice them, but kids do. They see it all, and that's where it starts for the fish, the birds and even the ducks."
Cast after cast, Tommy Ware and his little fishing buddy, Emmy, churn the waters hoping to catch a fish. With boom floating along the bays, the immediate threat of oil isn't far from their minds, just as it weighs on the minds of everyone who lives here. There is no news crew showing pictures of oiled birds or workers vacuuming oil from the shorelines, but the threat is there.
The oil spill has yet to affect the waters where Ware fishes regularly, but it's what's at stake. The chance that Tommy would miss even one day on the water with his daughter because of the oil spill is a painful thought. The father-daughter combo stood on the bow, each casting a different direction.
"She loves doing this," he says, looking across the bay. "This is how families down here spend time together. This is what's it's all about; it's our way of life. Fishing and hunting, that's what we do. I just hope this doesn't stop us from doing that."
The Wares step back onto the bow and continue to cast.
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NEW YORK — A California man who skipped town after being accused of molesting a boy was killed and three law enforcement officers trying to arrest him were wounded in a daytime shootout inside a small smoke shop in one of New York's most bustling neighborhoods, officials said Monday.
Charles Richard Mozdir had recently been featured on a CNN show about fugitives. He was wanted in a San Diego case and was charged with lewd acts upon a child younger than 14, a criminal complaint said.
The shootout between Mozdir and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force happened just after 1 p.m. in Greenwich Village, not far from New York University in a highly trafficked tourist area bounded by jazz clubs, restaurants, a subway station and a basketball court.
Mozdir's handgun was recovered at the scene, and 20 extra rounds of ammunition were found in his pocket, police Commissioner William Bratton said.
A police detective first entered the narrow smoke shop and identified Mozdir, who apparently was alone, Bratton said, before leaving and returning with the U.S. marshals.
The detective was shot at least twice, in the stomach below his protective vest and in the right chest, Bratton said.
One U.S. marshal was shot in the elbow and the other in his buttocks, he said. All three were in stable condition.
The detective didn't fire his weapon, but the federal agents fired several rounds, authorities said.
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(Port Angeles) -- The western states are currently plagued with numerous wildfires, and as of Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service raised the National Preparedness Level from 4 to 5. "5" is the highest threat level issued by the Forest Service.
On the Olympic Peninsula, our dry conditions now have Clallam County under an outdoor burn ban.
Fire District Two chief Sam Phillips says it is getting tinder dry out there.
"We want to emphasize there is a burn ban in place in all of Clallam County. That affects all outdoor burning, there is no outdoor burning allowed of any kind in authorized camp sites," said Phillips. "We want to encourage the public to report smokes early if they see those, and not be burning outdoors."
Earlier this week, crews were called out to a small wildfire burning between Port Angeles and Sequim.
Phillips says there are also a lot of wildfires burning in other parts of the western states. Under firefighting plans, crews and equipment are prioritized to blazes that most impact human life and property.
"Right now the National Interagency Fire Center has declared a preparedness level 5, which is the highest level of preparedness. That means nationally, due to the number of large fires that are active, our resources are actually very strained," said Phillips. "Here in the Pacific Northwest we are at a preparedness level four, but still many of our resources have been deployed to Oregon, Idaho and Utah."
Phillips says that despite the current "5" threat level rating by the U.S. Forest Service for the western United States, Clallam County Fire personnel are fully staffed and equipped to respond to any County fire threats at this point.
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Using only isolation exercises may be why you're seeing stagnation in your muscle growth. Hard gainers can especially see significant results with the use of compound exercises, progressive training and proper diet. Hit several muscle groups at one time and watch your muscles grow in no time.
Back to Strength
The deadlift is a must in any weight-training program, as this exercise works the muscles in your back, legs and core, as well as the calves and triceps. Begin by standing in front of a barbell in the middle with your feet shoulder-width apart. With your back straight, bend your knees as you bend down to grasp the bar with a shoulder-width grip. Exhale as you push through your heels to lift the barbell up while pushing your hips forward and contracting your glutes at the top while your shoulders come back. Inhale as you slowly release the barbell to the starting position.
Press for Muscle
The bench press works the chest, tricps and biceps. Lie down on a flat bench and grab the barbell off the rack with a medium-width grip, arms extended in front of you. Inhale as you lower the bar to touch the middle of your chest. Pause and exhale as you push the bar back to the starting position while contracting your chest.
The squat targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, core and calves. Stand straight with your feet facing forward and shoulder-width apart. Place a barbell behind your neck, supported by your shoulders and hands on each side. Inhale as you lower your body by bending your knees and pushing your hips back as if going into a seated position. Go down as far as possible without your knees moving past your toes. Exhale as you push your hips forward and return to the starting position.
Boulder Shoulders
The shoulder press works all heads of the deltoid. Stand straight with a dumbbell in each hand and feet shoulder-width apart. Bring the dumbbells to your side with your arms at shoulder level, palms facing forward and elbows bent. Exhale as you press the dumbbells over your head to touch. Inhale as you slowly release the dumbbells back to the starting position.
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Chin-ups target the biceps, lats, traps and shoulders. Stand straight and grasp the pull-up bar with palms facing forward and closer than shoulder-width apart. Exhale and contract your biceps to pull your body up toward the bar until your head reaches bar level. Inhale as you release your body back to the starting position.
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Work your way up to performing this workout up to three times a week, but only deadlifting once per week, as this exercise is taxing on your central nervous system. Mix hypertrophy with power and strength throughout the week. On hypertrophy days, perform four sets of 15. On power and strength days, complete four sets of five to 10 reps. Eat at least one gram of protein per pound of body weight for muscle growth. Talk with your doctor before beginning a workout and diet regimen.
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In part because interviewers realize it's predictable, "Understanding how to answer that question is crucial to acing a job interview," says Holly Paul, the U.S. recruiting leader for PwC, a tax and advisory services firm based in New York, N.Y. "People always ask it, so come prepared with an insightful answer."
If you don't, your judgment might be called into question, she adds.
But what are employers trying to find out? Whether you are focused and ambitious? Whether you're flexible and open to change? Are there right answers and wrong answers?
"This can be a very tricky question. If your expectations are too aggressive, then the interviewer could see you as a threat wanting their job. If your answer is too mild, you can be seen as lacking drive," says Tracy Cashman, partner and general manager, Information Technology Group, Winter, Wyman & Co., Waltham, Mass. "You don't want to come across as wishy-washy, but you don't want to come across as egotistical or entitled, either."
So perhaps it's best not to say "in your job" when asked where you see yourself in five years.
Although the question is ostensibly about you, your response should show that you have thought about the company and its goals.
"I would like to hear that the job applicant has given thought to his or her future beyond a bigger salary.
On the other hand, "I strongly recommend that candidates do not indicate that they expect to still be working at the company," says Larry Chiagouris, author of "The Secret to Getting a Job After College" (Brand New World Publishing, 2010). "It's not likely to be very believable since people don't often stay at the same company for five years."
But don't give the impression you'll be job-hopping, either. When describing yourself five years from now, just say you hope to be carrying out your plans "in a company like this one," Chiagouris recommends.
Most interviewers realize they cannot expect you know all the specifics, yet the temptation is to provide them with the job title you expect to hold and the exact career trajectory you intend to take.
Offering that sort of answer misses the point of the question and may even suggest you're rigid and unrealistic, says Steve Langerud, director of professional opportunities at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
"Instead, be insightful about yourself and the industry you seek to enter; provide a strategic plan for your future instead of a list of steps; and, finally, keep the focus on how you will help your employers be successful because of what you bring to the table professionally," he says.
Although you need to finesse and tailor your response, a good way to frame it is to state which skills you plan to be using, which challenges you'll apply them to, which type of colleagues you'll be working with and the type of work environment you see this all taking place in, Langerud says.
"The description should be aspirational, take less than 10 seconds to state, and be behavioral enough so that the interviewer can see you doing it in their environment," he says.
Wrap up by telling the interviewer that while you have a clear direction for your career life, you're not sure what your title will be and you'll pursue opportunities and make adjustments as needed. Conclude with, "I'm excited that the position we are discussing today is a logical starting point for my long-term goals."
Like Langerud, Tyler L. Barnett, of Tyler Barnett Public Relations in Beverly Hill, Calif., believes vagueness will be held against you but so, too, will an unrealistic degree of specificity.
"The ideal answer to me would sound like this: 'Five years is a long time and a lot can change as people are always growing. I can tell you where I see myself in one year, and that's in this position.' To me, that sounds confident, strong and realistic," Barnett says.


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Is Accused Norwegian Killer Breivik Headed to a Plush Prison?
We have all followed with horror the aftermath of the recent attacks in Norway that killed at least 76 people.
The latest news (via WSJ) is that the attorney for accused killer Anders Behring Breivik describes his client as likely "insane" and convinced that he is at the vanguard of a decades-long cultural war. Oslo attorney Geir Lippestad described Breivik as a calm, cold man who had used drugs "to stay awake and strong" for the attacks.
The killer could ultimately end up in a Norway prison that, at least by American standards, is pretty plush, according to this CBS News report. Here's an earlier Fast Company report about Norway's maximum-security Halden prison (pictured left), which offers flat-screen tvs and private bathrooms in cells, along with a gym, training room, school, and sound studio. And here's a YouTube guided tour of the prison.
While Halden may strike a discordant note to American, law-and-order sensibilities, is there anything necessarily wrong with a prison that includes a few accoutrements? Does every big house have to be more like Alcatraz or Sing Sing to serve its purpose?
To address these questions and more, we caught up with Martin Horn, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and a former head of the prison system in Pennsylvania and New York City.
"Scandinavian countries have a history and tradition of a more open prison environment," Horn said. "Their conditions tend to be less onerous."
And there is nothing wrong with that, he said. "We don't punish people by torture or purposely putting them in onerous conditions. The loss of liberty is the punishment."
Plus, he added, "no none has been able to demonstrate the deterrent impact of a relatively plush versus relatively Spartan prison."
Still, what about the victims of the tragedy? Might it not be galling to them if the alleged killer ultimately ends up in a setting that seems nicer than some New York City apartments? Horn said that while punishment must be responsive to "the needs of the victims," it ultimately has to conform to "the best interest of the broader community." The most important thing, he said, is to incapacitate violent individuals and to keep them away from the rest of society.
"It's unfair to compare Scandinavian prisons to those in the United States," Horn concluded. "We have a much deeper and more discomfiting history of violence and the expectations of victims and the public here is very different."


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Pam breaks into the boys' club as sole producer of her 1995 album, All of This Love.
Originally published in the Nov. 28, 1995 issue of Country Weekly magazine.
Pam Tillis has been fighting for years to make it in the male-dominated world of country music—and it's finally paying off.
She's earned the respect of her peers as a result of sheer talent, years of hard work and dogged determination.
The signal that Pam has finally become part of the industry's power structure is her new album. On All of This Love, Pam debuts in a role that has been entrusted to very few women in country music—sole producer.
"Producing is what I needed to do this time," Pam said. "This is the way I felt I could grow the most. I've been in a studio since I was 18 years old," she told Country Weekly. "It's not like I have to have somebody do that for me. I certainly don't think I know everything; I just did it for the learning, for the experience of it."
It's the latest example of her hands‑on approach to her work. She's involved in everything, from songwriting to making business decisions with her manager, Mike Robertson, to developing and staging her road show, music videos and television projects.
Earlier this year, when Pam hosted five episodes of TNN: The Nashville Network's At the Ryman, she offered suggestions on everything from the positioning of lights to where the background singers should stand.
"Every time she sings a new song, you know you're listening to a lady who wants to do it all—and probably will," Vince Gill said in introducing Pam at the Country Music Association Awards.
As sole producer of her latest album, she was responsible for budgeting, choosing musicians, booking the studio and finalizing the mixes of every track. For three months, she put in a lot of 12‑ to 16‑hour days.
Not even Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire have produced solo. Many female as well as male artists co‑produce their albums, but the reins are usually held by a professional with more experience. Virtually all studio producers are men.
"That's the last boys' club in country music, but this is the decade that it's going to change"' Robert K. Oermann, co‑author of Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music, told us.
"One of the reasons Pam was able to break through that barrier is that for years before she became an artist, she made a living in recording studios as a background singer, as a songwriter, as a demo singer and as a jingle singer.
"She has the respect of her fellow musicians and they feel comfortable because she is a pro in the studio. Pam's assertive without being threatening. She's very savvy and a very smart woman."
Pam doesn't think in terms of being a groundbreaker. For her, producing solo was another step in her educational experience.
"I learned so much from it that I think when I work with [a co‑producer] again, I'll be able to work better with somebody," she said. "I really have a picture now of where my strengths and weaknesses lie in the studio, and I wanted to see what it was like."
The result on All of This Love, her fourth Arista Nashville set, bears little resemblance to her original vision.
"To tell you the truth, I had an idea of this record being a lot more stripped‑down and simpler. In a lot of ways it's layered up, and certain parts of it are even kind of lush. One of the songs has strings on it—I just got in there and went kind of crazy.
"I think it was like a kid getting the big box of crayons for the first time," Pam said, with a girlish giggle.
The musicians helped her musical coloring project. "They were excited that I wanted to do this. They got in there and were like, 'Hey, we'll help you do this! This is going to be fun! This is going to be cool! You can do this! You can pull this off, Tillis!'
"I never tried to be bossy with it or act like I knew it all. We'd just kick it around until everybody was satisfied." She is.
"It sounds like a Pam Tillis record; it doesn't sound like a huge dramatic departure," she evaluated. "But every one of my albums is a little bit different. Your tastes are always changing. One day you want to paint your room blue, one day you want to paint it yellow."
She was supported by the "great ears" and expertise of her engineer, Mike Poole; her manager, Robertson; and her songwriter/husband, Bob DiPiero. Pam and Bob co‑wrote "It's Lonely Out There" for the album. She turned to her brother, Mel Tillis Jr., to help her pen "Tequila Mockingbird."
Her father, legendary singer/songwriter Mel Tillis, also figures into her career. They intend to record a duet, possibly for Pam's next album, and to work a "handful" of concert dates together. Pam said there are no plans for a duet album and full‑blown tour with her dad, contrary to published reports.
On the home front, "In August we moved into a new home in South Nashville, not far from my mama," she said. "I just love it. It's kind of a cabin. It's completely surrounded by trees and it's so private that I feel like I'm 50 miles outside of Nashville."
Does it include any fancy amenities? "You know what the amenities are?" she replied. "There's squirrels and frogs and deer and owls and trees—that's all the amenities I need."
Her son from a previous marriage, 16‑year‑old Ben, lives with her and Bob. Ben's a creative person, too, with a keen interest in painting, photography and music.
Pam left us with a personal message for our readers: "I just hope they do love the new album. I always like it when people show up with a copy of Country Weekly for me to sign. It's nice that they save them. I know you've got a lot of nice readers, because I've met them out on the road. Just tell them to keep coming to see me!"
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