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The following post is written by a guest, Blair Allen. I wanted you to hear her testimony of God's faithfulness in helping her and her husband with their finances. Be sure to head on over to her blog at the end of the post where you will have a chance to win the resource God used to help them pull out of a financial pit.
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight. Luke 16: 13-15
The Beginning
Three years ago I was a Navy wife and mother to two young children. My husband was deployed on the USS Ronald Reagan and we were more than $75,000 in debt. Just our living expenses alone were close to $2,000 a month. The Daddy made approximately $30,000 per year.
While on cruise (the deployment) he was docking at wonderful ports in beautiful Asian countries. I could only afford to give him $10 in most ports. Once off the boat with shipmates in a pier you would need to stay in port all day that amount of money was not enough for him to even get off of the boat.
Writing this still makes my stomach churn and my eyes fill with tears. I felt awful that my man was working himself to the bone, sleeping in awful conditions when there was time for sleep and then not even getting to enjoy the splendor that surrounded him when the opportunity arose. How hard it must have been for him to watch his buddies leave while he sat there with his heart aching with homesickness. I can not stand thinking about this and am so thankful we will never relive it again!
During this same time our church began offering a Financial Peace University class. I was very interested after seeing the promo videos during the service. There was one drawback: the class cost $100. I attended the first class, which is always free. They mentioned that if you could not afford the kit they would be offering partial scholarships for $50, you only needed to apply. Man, my pride sure made that hard to do!
Something had to change for us though. The Daddy would be out of the Navy within a year and we wanted to be better off than when he had enlisted. Wasn't that the whole point of enlisting in the first place? A better life. I applied for the scholarship and it was almost immediately approved. The whole process was humbling. I wrote the check for $50 and began learning more about money each Wednesday night than I had ever learned from my parents or during all of high school.
However, you can imagine The Daddy's response when I told him that I had spent $50 on "some class". He surely thought I had lost my mind! It was so hard, Ladies. While I was not going against my husband's wishes to begin implementing what I was learning, I was not receiving much support either.
The Middle and Life As We Knew It
When The Daddy came home from cruise and saw that not only did we have a little money in savings and our credit cards had been cut up, but that we had also paid off one small debt, he jumped on board with me. The Daddy's first job after getting out of the Navy allowed him to listen to his iPod while he worked. He downloaded the CDs that come in the kit and began listening to them for hours. Then he downloaded Dave Ramsey's podcast from his radio show to listen to while working.
Through listening to these CDs he realized that having a budget did not mean he would never spend money on fun things again. It simply meant that we would assign each dollar we worked hard to earn a place to go. Once we paid back other people the dollars we had borrowed from them we could buy things we wanted. Only this time it would be our dollars we were spending and we would not have to worry about owing someone for our things. As a result he acquired "gazelle intensity" seemingly overnight.
He sold his Harley. He sold his great big beautiful truck. That alone saved us $400 per month in car payments. Fortunately, The Daddy knows his way around a car and was able to purchase "a beater" (Oh, you know what I'm talking about!) to drive for a while. We did not go out to eat. I did not buy new clothes. We gave nothing beyond our tithe.
The End and Life As We Will Know It
Dave Ramsey says all the time that "If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else." To this day our rears sit on a couch in our living room with cigarette burns. Did I mention we don't smoke? Now that we are debt free we do not have to live this way any longer. Our dollars are free to save up and then be spent as we choose.
For the next few months we will save up a six month emergency fund and then we will get a new couch. We will replace my substitute wedding ring with something simple but more appropriate. We will save for a vacation to make more memories with our children. We will save for the Daddy to have a "project car" to tinker with. We will live the American dream as our grandfathers dreamed it to be. More importantly, we will live peacefully waiting to hear from God and excited to go when He says go without any hesitation!
We want you to experience this same peace. That is why The Daddy and I are giving away a Financial Peace University kit to one lucky reader! Please visit The Straightened Path to enter our giveaway. We will be choosing and announcing a winner on New Years Eve.
Blair Allen


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The history of carbon fiber dates back to the late 1800s. Renowned inventor, Thomas Edison, used carbon fibers as filaments for early light bulbs. Although these fibers lacked the tensile strength of today's carbon fibers, their considerable tolerance to heat made these fibers ideal for conducting electricity.
Edison's carbon fibers were made out of cellulose-based materials, such as cotton or bamboo, unlike the petroleum-based precursors used today. Carbonization took place by baking bamboo filaments at high temperatures in a controlled atmosphere. This is a method known as "pyrolysis," which is still used today. The resulting carbonized bamboo filaments were fire-resistant and capable of enduring the intense heat needed for incandescence.
It wasn't until the late 1950's that high tensile strength carbon fibers were discovered. Rayon became the first precursors used to create these modern fibers. Ultimately, it was replaced by more effective materials such as polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and pitch.
The benefits of these high-strength fibers were clear. They weighed a fraction of the weight of steel yet contained much greater tensile strength than steel. Another important benefit of carbon fiber was its high modulus, or resistance to stretching. This inelasticity plays an important role in reinforcing rigid structures such as the nose cones in hypersonic aircraft.
The United States Air Force and NASA didn't wait long to capitalize on carbon fiber technology. Stronger and lighter planes began to emerge as carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) replaced heavy metals. These composites allowed aircraft to become faster and more efficient. Carbon fiber's high heat tolerance was also pivotal to building spacecraft that could withstand the intense heat of atmospheric re-entry.
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The rookie midfielder is scheduled to have surgery Friday to repair a sports hernia, but the 20-year-old is talking as if he'll return to the field very soon.
"A couple of my teammates had (the surgery) and one guy said he was back playing in 10 days," Nagbe said. "And one guy said he was running in three days."
Nagbe, the second overall pick of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, was likely going to be a starter as an outside midfielder. Timbers coach John Spencer said the injury is a blow to the team.
"I think it's a massive loss," Spencer said. "I've said before that if you're good enough, you're old enough. In the trainings that we've had from the start of the season until now, he's definitely proven to be good enough."
Sal Zizzo, Jeremy Hall and Ryan Pore will likely see minutes in Nagbe's absence. Zizzo, who displayed an ability to consistently advance the ball on the wing, played very well in Arizona. Hall looked sharp at both midfielder and right back in Arizona. Pore, who was dealing with general soreness, did not play against Montreal or Kansas City, but he possesses plenty of experience as an outside midfielder and has looked just fine in practices this week.
"We'll still get players out there who are creative, (but) different type of players from Darlington," Spencer said. "Guys that can create chances for us in the game."
Nagbe said he has had the injury for some time, but thought it was just natural soreness. He is expected to miss two to four weeks.
While Nagbe might hope to return before the season-opener, a more realistic goal might be to target a return before the team's home-opener April 14. The Timbers are going to be extremely cautious with their first-ever draft pick and they aren't going to let Nagbe play until the injury is completely healed.
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Cape Coral is located on the beautiful sunny south west coast of Florida. There is over 400 miles of navigable canals in our city along, with many lakes, and the Caloosahatchee River Which thus connects (Inter-coastal waterway) to the east coast of Florida. It is a boaters' paradise! If you enjoy boating, fishing, golfing, and beautiful sunsets. Cape Coral is your dream destination.
Located near all the beaches of Sanibel / Captiva Islands and Ft. Myers Beach. The summer days are filled with sea breezes, sunshine, and afternoon showers with daily highs around 90 * F. The winter days are sunny with sea breezes and average
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Jennifer said on November 28, 2013
Great time in Cape Coral! Very nice home (Villa Utopia). Wonderful kitchen with fabulous appliances. Pool area was very nice. The great room and furnishings were perfect for a relaxing evening at home. Lovely location near Tarpon Point and Cape Harbour. John is an excellent property manager who really takes care of his rental clients and is very responsive.
Joe said on
November 19, 2013
I've rented from John a few times now, and have not been disappointed.
The properties are immaculate and John works around my schedule to check us in and out. This property (Villa Bliss) was more than I expected ... infinity edge pool, hot tub, grand piano, huge tv and is located right on the canal. The pictures do not do it justice. I will continue to be a satisfied customer and I'll recommend them to anyone.
Family Klinkowski said on October 30, 2013
Class! Villa St Martin; A wonderful, relaxing holiday in a beautiful spacious villa that has it all. We have felt very comfortable, the rooms are decorated with lots of love. The swimming pool at 30 degrees, a good cooling. We were able to spot a gator in the canal which lies directly at the house, was pretty exciting, turtles, racoons and lots of birds ... shopping in about 5 km away. It was very nice and we would recommend it any time :-)
Family Usjak said on October 29, 2013
Amazing home! We stayed at Villa Valparaiso for one week and it Certainly what not long enough! The house is brand new and full of everything You Could Possibly need for a great vacation. The furnishings are top notch and the location and view are absolutely fabulous! The photos do not do this home justice! Certainly John goes out of his way to make himself available for whatever you need. He is great to deal with and definitely wants you to enjoy your vacation home. As for the complaints about the cost of electricity .... this is a very large home. Cooling and heating the spa it will cost money. That is CLEARLY spelled out in the contract. Our fee was $ 76 ... pretty much what I had figured it would be. Thanks John for helping make our vacation so great. We will be back. John and Trudy (and kids!)
Steeve said on August 21, 2013
Relaxing vacation. As a family, We decided to rent a home for our vacation for the first time. Our goal was just to relax and enjoy some quiet family time. Mission accomplished! The Villa St Martin which more than we expected. We spent most of our days outside, enjoying the pool, the canal view (alligators, fish and birds) as well as BBQing.
The Villa was clean and spacious. We had everything we needed. A grocery store which is 5 minutes away to restock when needed.
All in all, just a great experience we did recommend to all
Miriam said on August 6, 2013
Wonderful - Although it was extremely hot in August, this wonderful villa (Delight) made our stay unreal. Everything in the villa was completely Call brand new and the waterview added a really nice ambiance.
Devorah said on July 24, 2013
Fantastic Family Florida Trip!
Our family just spent 10 nites at Villa Brimanida in Cape Coral.
We have done many trips with Vacation Home Rentals, but what this
by far the nicest and the best! The house exceeded our wildest expectations
in every way! We felt so happy, comfortable & well cared for in this luxurious home.
The pool and backyard covered lanai area was perfect in every way!
Everything was high-end in this home. We're a religious Jewish family, and this house is a short walk to the Chabad House (synagogue).
They Supplied everything You Could dream of too! Literally just needed clothing for this trip. Love, love, loved it! Thank you to John Baker for all of his help and care.
Avi, DL, SZ, MM & RD Brown
Meral said on June 21, 2013
A delightful home
We stayed a week in Villa Delight and had the most wonderful time.
The location is very convenient and you can Easily walk to Cape Harbor.
Everything in this home is new and very tastefully done.
The rooms are spacious and beds are comfy.
The pool and the beautiful view makes vacationing in this home perfect.
The property manager is very attentive and was very helpful
Which made our trip very easy and enjoyable.
Rainer said on June 3, 2013 (Ebersberg, Germany)
We stayed nearly two weeks in May, 2013, the villa (Valparaiso) was the perfect choice!
Everything was brand new, the equipment is of high quality - so the location was very good! We were completely Call satisfied, so the care of John was wonderful!
It was a perfect holiday for our family - we can recommend this villa to anyone!
John & Wendy said on May 16, 2013
Awesome home, (St Martin) this home is exactly like the pictures, my wife and I stayed here in May, a beautiful home, the only thing it needs is for the pool to be heated. We have rented homes before and John is by far the best property manager we have had, would definitely go back to this home and definitely use John.
Sheri said on May 5, 2013
Excellent Vacation We just spent 12 wonderful days at the Villa Bliss. The home was amazing and had all the amenities we needed. The area was very quite and peacefully but was close to everything we needed. The pool was beautiful and my husband really enjoyed the dock where he did some fishing and spent many hours watching the fish jump in the canal. John Baker, the property manager, was wonderful and attended immediately to any issue we had, Which were very few. We will definitely be coming back to Cape Coral again.
Al & Jan said on April 8, 2013
We are just Completing 6 weeks in the "Villa Bliss" rental home in Cape Coral. What a magnificent home on a palm tree lined street of other high-end homes. The pictures Noted with the vacation rental understate the quality of the home did rents far below rates for lesser homes we have added anonymously rented in Florida. You will love the pool and fountains and the view of the canal with a 43 foot yacht parked at your dock Which you june rent. What makes the Entire experience extraspecial is the management support Supplied by John Baker. If you need anything at any time, just give John a call and you want to get immediate response. My wife and I would recommend renting this home to anyone and Especially to working with John and his management team.
Tony said on April 4, 2013
We have stayed at Golfer's Paradise the full Winter Season for the past three years. The home is well furnished and immaculate, with a heated pool. There is a good deal of privacy in the rear with the added bonus of an Eagles nest within viewing distance. We have seen two sets of triplets go from chicks to full size. AMAZING! John, the property manager, is incredible and is right if any minor problems do arise Their. Would stay again anytime.
Derrick said on March 22, 2013
Excellent: The home (Villa Daydream) was magnificent, the decor was beautiful and when to the weather was not as nice as it should have been, it was great to enjoy the house with its views. John Baker the property manager was very helpful and a class act.
I look forward to dealing with him in the future.
Honestly there is nothing to complain about except the weather.
It was kind of cool and cloudy but what can you do?
Paul said on March 12, 2013
We rented Villa Summer Breeze for two weeks and it was wonderful. The pool and hot tub were beautiful and easy to set at the temperatures applications we Desired. The view at sunset was gorgeous. And the house was equipped with great high-end appliances. (We even found a bunch of pool toys in the garage.) What a great vacation.
Midge said on February 25, 2013
Everything was as advertised! We spent two months in this beautiful home (St Martin) and Could not have been more pleased. The pictures were exactly as Portrayed the house is. But more important to us what the property manager, John Baker, who catered to our every need. Sorry folks, we have the home next year Jan-Mar but any other month in this beautiful spot would be special. We even wanted to bring our family here for Christmas this year but do not know yet if thatwill work out (hard to work with two workingfamilies). LOL I can not praise John enough for his attendance to details. The pool is not heated and the 3rd BR is locked with owners belongings, but we are hoping Both of synthesis' may be different next year. The owners are talking about putting a heater on the pool and did would be AWESOME for grandkids (and big kids too)! The only thing to be aware of, if you for some reason have two cars (Which we did this year), the owners have one car in the garage. But it was not that big a deal. I highly recommend this home and if anyone wants to talk to me about it, feel free to do so via email.
Andy said on February 9, 2013
We stayed at Villa St Martin over the Christmas period into January 2013. This was a great family holiday did what made all the better with the professional help from John. I would recommend, without hesitation, the services of JBP management. The Villa was all you would expect, Very spacious, clean, well kept, well presented. All in all excellent.
Norma said on February 4, 2013
Memorable Vacation
Our stay in Cape Coral what a positive experience Because We were treated very professionally by the rental manager and the home was well taken care of. The minute we walked into the home (Villa Utopia) we felt this is where we want to be and felt right at home, The home is extremely clean not to mention did terrific kitchen. The only area for improvement would be the curb appeal and outside landscaping needs to be freshened up We would definitely recommend this rental property and look forward to Extending our stay next year.
Elisa said on January 19, 2013
We had wonderful Christmas holidays at Villa Delight at Cape Coral. The Villa is really pretty. With the great furniture, decoration and the warm design in the house we felt at home really easily. So We had a lot of fun at the pool. And every morning at the breakfast table we enjoyed the amazing water view. So it's always a pleasure to see John again who is always there if you need help. We had an amazing New Year's Eve in Florida too and it was definitely the best way to start 2013. Thanks for everything! Family Lutz from Berlin, Germany
Gabor said on January 1, 2013
Villa Bliss is just like it's name.We had a wonderful stay in this home. This is an upscale home with upscale furnishings as well as every amenity Throughout one would desire. We found this home to be in "like new" condition. The children enjoyed the heated pool very much. This home is located in a quite dead end street. The property manager was very professional and responsive from the time we arrived through our departure. We would definitely stay here again and recommend this property. The Mark Family - Barrington, Illinois
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Na Hoaloha - Neighbors Helping Neighbors would like to offer a special thank-you to staff, board members and supporters who made our "Greatest Sale on Earth" rummage sale such a success.
Special thanks go to Joe Hammon (Central Maui Storage), Jimmy Jones (Pukalani Plant Co.) and Skip Wheeler (Tutti Frutti) for their generous donations of goods and services. Our gratitude also goes to Bob Douglas, who offered a $5,000 matching donation challenge, and Dan and Kathy Deknis for their magnanimous donation.
Raised funds will go to support our Aloha Cruisers senior transportation program. Big mahalo to all.
Gerri Shapiro, executive director
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Hale Makua would like to thank Matson Navigation for a $1,000 donation made as part of their Ka Ipu Aina program. Ka Ipu Aina gives nonprofits the opportunity to earn donations by organizing cleanup initiatives to remove trash from the beautiful Hawaiian land.
Matson provides a shipping container to hold the trash. On April 6, Hale Makua staff members and volunteers met in Maalaea to clean up the stretch of highway between the Maalaea Park and Ride and Kealia Pond.
Supplies were provided by Community Work Day. Mahalo to Matson Navigation, Community Work Day, and our staff and volunteers for making this project possible.
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Mahalo to our generous volunteers, who made donations, walked and marked walker cards for the 35th Visitor Industry Charity Walk. Your contributions will help our construction program to build another new house or to renovate a substandard home for a family in need.
You may find a few of these donors, who also walked and helped at the First Hawaiian Bank aid station, on our Facebook page. They were: Lisa Carillo, Richard Carr, Sherri Dodson, Clarice and Ted Holmes, Mattie Kukahiko-Kaeo and her grandchildren Kulani and Walter Kaeo, Brian Kanaha, Ginny and John McKee, Karen Motooka, Karen Pascual, Gilbert Perreira and Gary Shay.
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The new, improved striping, crosswalks and school bus stops as well as the new paving are greatly appreciated and will benefit many, and they will make the road more safe for children and walkers.
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Our 1st-graders went to the Hawai'i Nature Center on April 24, 25 and 26.
Your generous grant allowed many of our disadvantaged students an opportunity to learn about plants and animals in the forest and to gain a sense of respect for the fragile habitats in our aina. We sincerely appreciated your kind support in helping to educate our students about our precious environment.
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Their FD music is to Max Richter's recomposition of "Four Seasons." I really like this muscial arrangement; and am very interested to see which pieces they use and how it is pieced together!
Really nice interview. They describe their new programs!
Just saw their SD at Nebelhorn. That program is sex on a stick. I need a cold shower now.
I really like their SD; and I imagine it'll only get better as the season goes on! They were really great. They do latin dances well.
I love her dress, especially the skirt of it! It's very pretty and flowy on ice. I can't wait to see their FD tomorrow!!!!!
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SD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtI4...wddww&index=52
I really love their programs!!! I can't wait to see how they develop over the course of this season!!!
Well you know paso really is the male peacock dance, and only two of the men at Nebelhorn seem to have realized it: Andrew, of course, being one of them (the other, surprisingly, is Jean-Luc Baker). This should just sizzle by the second half of the season. It totally plays to all of their strengths.
I'll have to watch the FD a few more times. It's a quirky musical arrangement of the Vivaldi. My biggest initial complaint is that the diagonal step sequence looks more stapled on than integrated. And they're repeating their cantilever lift (spectacular as it is, I am not sure if it wise to repeat it for a second year in a row). And the video I was watching was choppy, so it is hard to get a sense of the program as a whole. Early days. Looking forward to seeing how it develops. It is definitely A Bid For Gold program.
Granted, I'm a big W/P fan, but am trying to be as impartial as possible in assessing their new FD. No matter how I slice it, for me it's a work of art (I am so in awe of their willingness to challenge themselves with respect to different styles of dance).
WeakAnkles, are you aware that Max Richter's version of Four Seasons is not a rearrangement but a recomposition? According to Richter, he discarded 75% of Vivaldi's music. It's funny that the two criticisms you mentioned are some of my favorite parts of the program. I think what you are referring to as the cantilever lift is the curve lift where Kaitlyn is supporting pretty much 100% of her body weight. It looks like in this version, Andrew actually ends up holding her with only one hand, rather than two. Why not use it this season--it's spectacular and very difficult. I hate to go here, but there are more than a few dance teams who recycle lifts--and whole programs--season after season. I also love the diagonal footwork--it is fast and difficult, and they make great use of the new rule that allows a retrogression in diagonal and serpentine footwork sequences.
I hope I don't sound preachy, but I'm just so in love with this program that I want everyone to love it. Obviously, that's not possible. Ice dance has been my favorite discipline for a long time now and if I've learned anything, it's that to truly appreciate ice dance, I had to make a real effort to understand it. The beauty of ice dance is that programs really can grow over the course of the season, and actually with each watching of a particular performance. I'd love to know your thoughts, WeakAnkles, after you've seen a few more outings of Four Seasons.
I definitly love their FD , even more than their SD, and her dress is perfect. I cant believe C/B won the FD
I love both of Weaver and Poje's dances, too. But I think the musical cuts of the Vivaldi Four Seasons are a bit ragged in parts when they are trying to make the music fit the choreography rather than the skating match the music. Love to see that ironed out. Regardless, I do like it's potential very much and did prefer it over Chock and Bates.
I agree with slider11 that the music cuts in the FD are jarring. It's the old temptation to paste together all the "best bits" of a piece of music, whether it makes for a bumpy listening experience or not. The only time in recent memory where I think that approach has worked is D/W's Scheherazade. There isn't a natural transition into that diagonal, wither musically or choreographically; it's too abrupt; for me it feels stapled on. It disrupts the flow.
And actually, yes, I CAN believe that C/B won the FD over them here. I realize there is not much love on these boards for C/B, but that is by far the most sophisticated program they've ever done, and it is obvious they have been working their butts off through the off-season. W/P's FD looks much less practiced at this point in the season. But it's still Early Days. I think the FD has loads of potential, but I also think it does them and their team a disservice not to acknowledge the program still has kinks which need to be worked out.
I love W/P, and I adore their SD. Actually, this is the first time I've loved their SD more than their FD! I think this is largely because the FD, while it has moments of real beauty, does feel choppy; conceptually I kind of get what they're aiming at, having all four seasons shown in this skate, but the music cuts are jarring. Winter pops up out of nowhere to justify leaving the step sequence to the end, and I agree with slider11 and WeakAnkles that it doesn't quite work... Hopefully they can iron that out. I still remember how they reworked Humanity in Motion - their performance of that program at Worlds still gives me goosebumps.
I really enjoy their SD! But, that's no shocker. They do latin programs very well, imo.
WeakAnkles Ita with you on CB vs WP's FD; and the lifts. I would love to see more variation. AND! I feel like their first big lift needs to be ironed out because right now it doesn't flow and look effortless. It seems choppy from point a to point b.


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Fox Searchlight's best picture contender "Juno" has become the biggest specialty hit in six years, grossing an estimated $125 million through Monday. The last platform release to take in more at the box office was 2002's "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which grossed $241.4 million domestically.
"Juno" also has the distinction of being the only film this year to remain on the top-10 box office chart every weekend since its debut.
The quirky dramedy, like the four other best pic nominees, has been looking to ride the box office bump generally enjoyed on the road to Oscar. That road ends Sunday, although the night's top winners will try to parlay kudos attention into additional B.O. coin.
Over President's Day weekend, "Juno" grossed an estimated $5.5 million from 1,410 runs for a per-screen average of $2,949, according to Rentrak. Pic placed No. 7 overall.
The highest-grossing best pic nominee after "Juno" is the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men," which corralled a cume of $61.3 million through Monday, grossing $2.2 million from 925 runs over the long holiday weekend for a per-screen average of $2,418.
"No Country" is a co-production of Miramax and Paramount Vantage.
"Atonement" and "Michael Clayton" were tied with a cume of $47.7 million each through Monday.
Focus Features' "Atonement" grossed an estimated $1.7 million for the weekend from 784 runs for a per-screen average of 2,186. "Clayton," from Warner Bros., grossed an estimated $1.2 million from 540 runs for a per location average of $2,167.
Among the five nominees, "There Will Be Blood" is the newest film in release, having unspooled on Christmas Day. It's also a Vantage-Miramax co-production.
For the holiday weekend, "Blood" grossed an estimated $3.7 million from 1,410 runs for a per-screen average of $2,644 and cume of $31.6 million.
Elsewhere among specialty releases, the Weinstein Co.'s new distribution arm Third Rail Releasing debuted "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead" over the weekend. Film grossed an estimated $275,000 from 42 locations for a per-screen average of $6,555.
City Lights Pictures' Brazilian drama "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" grossed an estimated $106,508 from 18 runs in its debut over the frame. Per-location average was $5,917.
Sony Pictures Classics holdover "The Band's Visit" scored the highest per-screen average of the holiday weekend among all titles. The Israeli-French film, about an Egyptian band stranded in a small town in Israel, grossed an estimated $159,832 from 13 runs for a per-location average of $12,295 and a cume of $288,102 in its second sesh.
Focus' holdover "In Bruges" scored the second-best per-screen average of the sesh: $10,050. Film grossed an estimated $1.1 million from 112 theaters for a cume of $1.7 million in its second weekend.


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Return from Exile is an exhibition featuring top Native American artists of Southeastern tribal affiliation working today. Now on display at the main museum in downtown Naples at 3331 Tamiami Trail, all works included in the show address the themes of Removal, Return and Resilience. Artwork is a variety of two-dimensional paintings, printmaking and drawings; and three-dimensional objects (sculpture, ceramics and basketry). Featured artists: Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee) Bobby C. Martin (Muscogee Creek) Joseph Erb (Cherokee) America Meredith (Cherokee) Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee) Erin Shaw (Chickasaw, Choctaw) Starr Hardridge (Muscogee ... Read More »
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The Naples Depot Museum is delighted to host Painting is like a Journey, paintings by local and international artist Heidi Schmitz, on display from Nov. 5 through Dec. 30, 2014. Sponsored by Friends of the Collier County Museums, the opening wine and cheese reception is free to the public and will be held on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Born in Munich, Germany, Heidi Schmitz teaches in her studio and the Peoples University of Munich, using colors and techniques that reflect a European flair not commonly found in North America. Her paintings show charming landscapes, picturesque views and colorful ... Read More »
The Marco Island Historical Museum presents Rob Storter's "Artwork of the Everglades", an illustrated guide to the Everglades history. The exhibit runs from Sept. 2, to Oct. 31, 2014 and will include an opening reception onTuesday, Sept. 2, 5-7 p.m., hosted by the Marco Island Historical Society. Light refreshments will be served and admission is offered at no cost. The Museum of the Everglades will also honor Storter with the exhibit, "History of Fishing in the Glades through the Eyes of Rob Storter". The display will take place through September and include a reception on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 1-3 p.m. at the Museum of the Everglades. Robert Lee ... Read More »
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By Natalie Strom email@example.com Artwork abounds at the Marco Island Farmers Market. Every Wednesday, from 7:30 AM until 2:00 PM, a mix of Florida's finest artists set up booths amidst florists, food vendors, and vegetable stands at Veterans Park. A part of the cultural hub of Marco's community, the Marco Island Center for the Arts sets up shop, showcasing multiple artists and mediums. The non-profit entity focuses on collaboration and education of the arts in all forms. Over 40 years ago, the Art League was formed on Marco Island. It found a home at 1010 Winterberry Drive and expanded over ... Read More »
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GOODLAND LIFE Natalie Strom firstname.lastname@example.com Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. No, Goodland isn't getting hitched, but the fishing village does offer a little bit of everything as it kicks off yet another season of important dates. First up, the annual Goodland Christmas Bazaar. This year's bazaar will take place on Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8 at the Goodland Boat Park. From 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM local artists and crafters, along with some out of the area vendors, will set up shop in a fun and family friendly environment. Find something new and unique for ... Read More »
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By CBN Staff What has become one of the most popular weekly events in season on Marco Island is now even better. The Marco Island Farmers' Market kicks off on Wednesday, November 7. Every Wednesday, from 7:30 AM until 1:30 PM, the freshest fruits, veggies and flowers can be found at Veterans Community Park. This year's Farmers' Market hosts 90 vendors, all bringing their unique gifts to the table. Spices, smoothies, artwork and fresh hot food are also a part of the line-up. Look for new vendors this year, which includes Summer Day Café and Market, Philly Grille, Nancy Dowdall ... Read More »
The Artwork of Phyllis Pransky
On exhibit until December 3, 2011 Phyllis Pransky's paintings aim to capture the inspiring opalescent, luminous healing light of Marco Island and Southwest Florida, ultimately bringing her paintings to life. The meditative quality of the paintings invites you to enter each scene while her paint brush aims at the viewer's heart and intellect. Phyllis' paintings hang in public and private collections all over the world, and moving artwork was featured on PBS "Painting En-Plein-Air", broadening her universal reputation. This exhibit will be shown until December 3rd. For additional information, please call the Marco Island Historical Museum at (239) 642-1440. Read More »


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There's a lot of newness to the Kings this season. But in two preseason games, most of the playing time has been primarily occupied by the players from past seasons.
Rookies Ben McLemore and Ray McCallum have been on the court, but there has been little or no playing time for the three key veterans added to the mix.
Point guard Greivis Vasquez (ankle) is on track to make his debut Monday when the Kings host the Los Angeles Clippers in their preseason home opener.
But Carl Landry (strained quad) has yet to play in the preseason. Luc Mbah a Moute sat out last Thursday's win against the Los Angeles Lakers with a sore right knee.
Each is expected to play an important role during the regular season as the Kings look to end a streak of seven consecutive losing seasons.
"It's not going to hold us back because no matter who is on the floor every day we're going to do what we have to do," said Kings coach Michael Malone.
"We're going to get better. We're going to take a step in the right direction. We're going to build this thing."
Holding out Vasquez is a precaution since he was only cleared for full contact at the start of training camp following offseason ankle surgery.
Vasquez has practiced while waiting to play in a game.
Landry has a strained quad that's lingered from the Kings' time in Santa Barbara for training camp.
Landry signed a four-year contract in the offseason to add a veteran who can score and is familiar with Malone's philosophies after playing for him when he was an assistant coach in New Orleans and Golden State.
When Landry will be healthy enough to play is uncertain.
"I believe they've gotten the MRIs done and the results," Malone said. "I'm waiting to speak with (director of sports medicine) Pete Youngman and (general manager) Pete D'Alessandro about that, but Carl could be out for a short time as he kind of recoups from that quad strain."
Mbah a Moute's right knee has bothered him at times the last two seasons. He played 17 minutes in the Kings' preseason opener against Golden State.
Malone said the knee is something Mbah a Moute might have to manage during the season.
"Some days he's got to battle through it, and other days he may have to sit out and try to get back to where it was," Malone said. "He played for his country (Cameroon) this summer. He tweaked his ankle, which is fine now, but he's just got a sore knee at this point."
Malone would like to have all his players available, but the injuries have allowed him to get a better look at other players.
"If those guys are here for that and they're able to practice, great," Malone said. "If they're not, that's another opportunity for Travis Outlaw to show what he can do, like he did against the Lakers One man's loss is another man's opportunity."
Outlaw is filling in at small forward (Mbah a Moute's position) and power forward (Landry's position) and scored a team-high 18 points against the Lakers.
"Travis is a big part of our team," said center DeMarcus Cousins. "It wasn't obvious in past seasons for whatever reasons they may have been. But we all know Travis can play, and he got a chance (Thursday), and he showed it."
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Bolivia is proposing unique solutions to the disparity in education access between its urban and rural populations. Late last year President Evo Morales introduced the launch of Bolivia's first telecommunications satellite, the Tupac Katari. The satellite was launched in order to ensure access to mobile phones for the entire country—but it may have a different use as well. Bolivia plans to use the satellite to broadcast classes taught in La Paz to students in the outlying areas of the country.
Bolivia suffers from some of the lowest school enrollments in all of the Caribbean and Latin America, with a 2011 gross primary school enrollment of 94.5 per cent, compared to an average 112.9 per cent elsewhere in the region. The satellite aims to combat these numbers, as well as a lack of infrastructure that prohibits many students in rural areas from having access to education. The satellite is another step in Bolivia's efforts to modernize their education, infrastructure and medicine. The Tupac Katari will become operational in April of this year.
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June 21, 2008, 11:53 AM
I've seen these on duty (US Army) but not in the private sector. Anyone know of a source.
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June 21, 2008, 02:37 PM
I usually get my serious cases (Pelicans and Storms) from Cases4Less (V). I get Gun Guard All Weather cases from Natchez (http://www.natchezss.com/category.cfm?category=11&brand=GG&catLevel=1) when they are on sale (a good lower cost alternative IMO - but must be the All Weather (AW) series, not the lesser ones).
June 21, 2008, 02:46 PM
I recommend Pelican. I have the 1150 (I think it is), and love it. These things are crazy durable.
I got mine at Gander Mtn.
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Ameripack.com are a good group of guys and they have many different manufacturers to choose from.
June 21, 2008, 09:59 PM
I got my Pelican at Midway. Others were a few bucks cheaper, but I had never dealt with them and would rather spend a tiny bit more than risk getting burned by a no-name website.
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I have the pelican case that was provided by Trijicon witn my ACOG. it is great.
I also winned a STORM case at a shooting contest, which is perfect to store my AR-15.
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June 21, 2008, 10:11 PM
B&H photo is a good place, or just about any camera store will carry them.
June 21, 2008, 10:36 PM
i've had a couple pelican cases and they were nice, but the storm case wins imho. the latches are far easier to operate. the hinges are better. even the foam seems better.
June 21, 2008, 10:40 PM
Is there any place that you can buy custom fitted cases? like foam that will surrond your rifle and scope?
June 21, 2008, 10:41 PM
The foam in the Pelican and Storm cases is either little cubes you pull out to form a custom fit, or it's solid and you cut it with a knife. Either way, it's painfully simple to turn the solid foam forms into a custom fit for your rifle and scope. (I think all the rifle-sized cases are solid foam that requires cutting; the smaller ones have the cubed foam.) I customized a Pelican case to fit 2 1911s and a Sig.
Storm will pre-cut the foam for you if you send them CAD drawings or something. I'm sure Pelican will do the same, but for a one-off application, it really is unnecessary.
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Summary: If you've never hiked the Markagunt Plateau before, you're in for a real treat !! Many people only travel along hwy. 14 enroute to Brianhead, Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Zion, or one of the wonderful fishing lakes (Panquitch, Navajo, etc.); yet, this area on Cedar Mountain is a wonderful destination. There is camping nearby at Navajo Lake, along with cabin rentals & a small store -- same with Duck Creek village (also has gasoline). Neither words nor the pictures I've attached can fully describe the majesty and grandeur of the views along this trail. Whether the golds & reds of autumn fill the canyon, or the greens in spring & summer; the brilliantly colored vermillion slopes of the Pink Cliffs are incredible. The bright reds and distinctive shapes of Zion Natl Park & canyons frame your view and inspire the soul. This trail is very well maintained (bridges & wooden steps), and has several benches & a viewing platform, to rest and enjoy the view.
Trailhead: The trailhead is located 28 miles E of Cedar City, Utah; just past Navajo Lake (TH: Lat 37.49725 Lon 112.75173 elev. 9017). Follow the directions from Las Vegas to Cedar City (3 hour drive), which I've described in detail for the Bristlecone Pine trail (Dixie NF) at this website. Continue on Hwy. 14 past the turnoff to Brianhead and Cedar Breaks Natl Park (hwy. 143) as if you were going to Navajo Lake or Duck Creek. Turn off hwy. 14 at the sign for Navajo Lake and drive on the gravel road just past the trash dumpsters. Look for the turn (signed) and take this dirt Forest Service road towards Duck Creek. Stay on this dirt road until you see the sharp R turn (and sign) for FS #054 to Cascade Falls. Follow this road to the end, where you will find parking, RR bldg. & TH for Cascade Falls. Be sure and set your parking brake -- you're right at the edge of the Pink Cliffs and it's a long way down! This is also an access point for the Virgin River Rim Trail. (Lat:37.49725 Lon:-112.75173)
Trail Guides for Cascade Falls (Dixie NF):
free trail info Dixie Natl Forest
by USFS Cedar City Ranger District (1789 Wedgewood Lane in Cedar City UT 84720)
Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Summer,
User Groups: Hikers, Dogs,
Ranger Contact: USFS Dixie NF: 1789 Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 865-3200 or 3700
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Reviewed by AMG on 11/6/2010
Cascade Fall is a stream coming out of a cave as a nice waterfall. But do NOT try to climb and enter into the cave itself. During some times of the year, there is a severe oxygen depletion in the cave itself, the visitor may faint- or worse! -(from a geologist who studied the cave!).
Reviewed by neil on 8/23/2008
Would be nice if you put mileage from R turn to the falls and Duck Creek. We traveled the dirt road but turned around, never saw the falls. We would have liked to go to both places but gave up because it was getting late and had no idea as to how far to travel on the dirt roads. Navajo lake and surrounding area was beautiful.
Reviewed by Mark on 3/30/2007
Great view from the overlook. Makes a great view at night; try to plan for a half-moon. The stars are still easy to see but the moon lights everything up just enough to see your way around.
Reviewed by Karen on 1/31/2006
Nice trail, but very hard to get a picture of the waterfall. Many other trails take off from trailhead also.
Reviewed by CJR on 7/7/2004
Great view of the wilderness headwaters of the Virgin River.
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Comments on Barack and Fidel, together again TypePad 2008-07-24T15:28:44Z Miami Herald http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/ tag:typepad.com,2003:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/07/barack-and-fide/comments/atom.xml/ Cat commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553d2837c8834 2008-07-24T20:20:33Z 2008-07-24T20:20:34Z Cat Republicans are campaigning on their own Audacity of Hope. They are hoping no one will have the audacity to bring...
Republicans are campaigning on their own Audacity of Hope. They are hoping no one will have the audacity to bring up the unmentionable: John McCain is The Adulterer and Cindy McCain is The Other Woman. They are hopeful that voters are so consumed by their struggles of filling up gas tanks and putting untainted food on the table, that the memory of that atrocious summer of self-righteousness from ten years ago has long been forgotten. But what goes around comes around. It was the Summer of '98, that the Gladiators of Virtue were riding high. They were strutting their stuff with Ken Starr and his seventy million dollar witch-hunt. They had Bill Clinton just where they wanted him. He had done the hot and nasty with a young intern, and was lying about it, so by God, he was going to pay for his sins. Many of those sultans of sanctimony, who are now surrogates and staff for the McCain campaign, have strangely become as quiet as little church mice when it comes to discussing the fact that John McCain has always had a reputation for being as horny as a three-balled tomcat. Loving the sinner, but hating the sin, the Moralizing Crusaders in the Republican party have suddenly laid down their swords. It is downright hilarious to hear Senator Lindsey Graham wax rhapsodic about the personal integrity of the senator from Arizona. His pronouncements of McCain's principled, virtuous wisdom are as convoluted as a stand-up routine on The Comedy Channel. This is the same Lindsey Graham who rose to prominence in 1998 as a manager in the House prosecution and impeachment trial. Never hesitating to intone with umbrage the moral malfeasance of Bill Clinton, Graham possessed high-toned puffery that was legendary. Forced to discuss every subject from thongs to ******** in the House impeachment hearings, poor Lindsey shouldered the burden of more righteous indignation than any one man should ever have to bear. Ten years hence, however, he stands reverentially beside his buddy McCain, as if fooling around and family abandonment have simply ceased to be biggies. After the infamous Senate floor blistering of the President for his sexual affairs, one might conclude that Senator Joe Lieberman, a Republican by any other name, would be much too ashamed ever to support a candidate whose moral compass had directed him to cheat on his wife and leave his family. Yet, Lieberman, seemingly ever-present on the campaign trail, advises McCain and lavishes him with such obsequious praise that the affair between John and Cindy seems considered to be nothing more than a dusty memory that is gone with the wind. Imagine, for one moment, that it had been Barack Obama instead of John McCain who had cheated on his wife by having multiple affairs. Suppose it was Barack Obama who had married his mistress, a younger heiress of a billion dollar beer empire only a month after the ink was dry on the divorce papers. Pretend it was Michelle Obama instead of Cindy McCain who had been so addicted to painkillers that she stole money from her own charity and had been investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The vilifications, smears, and berating from conservatives would be louder than a 747 takeoff. The castigating and crucifixions by the Limbaughs and O'Reillys of the world would never end. Faux piety and bellicosity from the pumped up blowhards in the religious right would flow harder than the flooding waters of the Mississippi. But the Family Values Party has made new rules that even Woody Allen could love. "The heart wants what the heart wants." Judging the awful personal misconduct committed by a Republican is distasteful and off base. Judging the awful personal misconduct committed by a Democrat is the necessary application of social cost. It's the same Pharisaical stuff we should always expect, because when it comes to hypocrisy, Republicans are in high cotton in any season.
 Constitutionalist commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553b60b6f8833 2008-07-24T18:26:33Z 2008-07-24T18:26:33Z Constitutionalist You people baffle me with your ignorance. Some of you have even suggested opening your eyes when your are wide...
You people baffle me with your ignorance. Some of you have even suggested opening your eyes when your are wide shut. Obama is no different then Castro or Chavez... The difference is he is not backed by rifles and militias, hes doing it with "puppy dogs and ice cream". Mccain is not that far away from the left either. All his previous economic policies have all been to the left and damaging to our capatalistic economy. The only thing that seperates these two is the war, and abortion which should never have anything to do with party lines, but they seem to be more and more. http://www.lp.org/
 Tommya commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553b603fe8833 2008-07-24T18:13:26Z 2008-07-24T18:13:26Z Tommya http://email@example.com/ Lou, Nice rant ,but let's focus on the facts: Obama has 0 experience in world affairs. None. Obama believes in...
Lou,
 Nice rant ,but let's focus on the facts:
 Obama has 0 experience in world affairs. None.

Obama believes in fighting war, as he supports an escalation of troops in Afganistan.

Obama also says he's very willing to use our military to attack Iran if they don't listen to him.

Obama wants to create a civilian defense force the size of our military that is funded at the same level of our military : is that peaceful sounding to you?

Obama has chosen to turn his back on Democracies like Colombia in favor of Hugo Chavez and FARC.

Obama promised to talk to Ahmadinejad, Castro, and Hugo within the first 100 days of his Presidency without preconditions.... he now denies that,
 So he's either a liar, or he isn't ready for the job.

And you support this?!?
 Thank you for your service, but please get informed before you speak.
 Tommya commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553b5fd688833 2008-07-24T18:02:19Z 2008-07-24T18:02:20Z Tommya http://firstname.lastname@example.com/ DH, "I think he has now officially lost his former self" Find one person that knows Obama better than Rev....
DH,
 "I think he has now officially lost his former self"

Find one person that knows Obama better than Rev. Wright to tell us all who Obama is.... until then America is better off with a guy that put his life on the line, and suffered unthinkable torture for his nation.
 Lou commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553b5fbc18833 2008-07-24T18:00:01Z 2008-07-24T18:00:03Z Lou Guglealo, So what? McCain is tied to BUSH!! Enough said and my case will always out-win yours using this comparison....
Guglealo,

So what? McCain is tied to BUSH!! Enough said and my case will always out-win yours using this comparison. I hope you open up your mind my friend. Republicans use scare tactics all the time to try to persuade those weak minded into believing what Obama is not. And the U.S. really doesn't care what happens in Cuba, that's why Fidel has been in power for so long (look at Iraq).

I am a Marine Corps veteran and truly respect McCain for one thing; he was a POW in a war that SHOULDN'T NEVER began to begin with. Sound familiar?

The reason why many in the WORLD see Obama as a figure of hope is not because of any communist point of views. It is because the WORLD is tired of the U.S. trying to control and exploit countries it says it wants to help.

I advice you to pick up a book and go to websites from other countries to get a TRUE feel of what others truly feel about out great country. I, for one, am embarrassed. Obama is a man who will un-*&%$ what Bush created.

People please inform yourselves!!
 guglealo commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553d1fec78834 2008-07-24T16:49:37Z 2008-07-24T16:49:37Z guglealo http://www.guglealo.com Everyone knows that between Obama and McCain, all communists, leftists, socialists, radicals, etc... will prefer Obama 100 to 1. Obama,...
Everyone knows that between Obama and McCain, all communists, leftists, socialists, radicals, etc... will prefer Obama 100 to 1.

Obama, from his Theology of Liberation Church is the closest these groups have ever been to influence world affairs and benefit those who oppose the ideals of freedom the United States has always stood for!

As for McCain, he is right in pointing it out... He himself is the epitome of free men fighting against totalitarian and murderous communist regimes... the scars are on his body!

Obama is connected to Jeremiah Wright... Rev Wright is connected (very directly) to Fidel Castro... If A = B and B= C, the A = C.

I rest my case!
 Dh commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553b5d1608833 2008-07-24T16:43:12Z 2008-07-24T16:43:12Z Dh It seems Mr McCain is truly living the politics as usual lifestyle. He has put out there the fairy tale...
It seems Mr McCain is truly living the politics as usual lifestyle.
 He has put out there the fairy tale of Obama being responsible
 for 4 dollar gas.Now a new construction Fidel and Obama????

It seems he can only talk about Obama ......make negative
 and false statements.This does not forebode well for
 Mr McCain.I think he has now officially lost his former self,
 the one I respected and admired.
 Tommya commented on 'Barack and Fidel, together again' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e200e553b5c4898833 2008-07-24T16:19:26Z 2008-07-24T16:19:26Z Tommya WTH is "formula for hunger" supposed to mean?!? What you also fail to mention is that Castro said he didn't...
WTH is "formula for hunger" supposed to mean?!? What you also fail to mention is that Castro said he didn't want to share his true feelings for Obama because that would hurt Obama's chances of being elected, as many Americans rightfully despise Castro.

Anyway, good job of making it seem as if McCain is off base by pointing out the fact that communists in Latin America see "hope" in an Obama Presidency.


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Wounded Veterans visit fallen soldiersUPDATED 8:16 PM CDT May 26, 2014
A small group called "Warriors for Freedom" a charity, went to the Beecham cemetary in El Reno, to visit those lost and help clean up their plots.Video Transcript
TODAY INJURED VETERANS SPENT THEIR DAY CLEANING UP THE GRAVESITES OF FELLOW SOLDIERS. THE SMALL GROUP SAYS THIS EVENT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THEIR MEMORIAL DAY. K-O-C-O'S ROB HUGHES EXPLAINS. NATS Clip 7.... 09:11:03 Clip 8.... 09:11:15 Clip 25 Sgt Rusty Dunagan U.S. Army 09:24:29 I almost joined them Clip 1... 09:05:55 Clip 2... 09:06:32 ARMY SERGEANT RUSTY DUNAGAN LOST BOTH LEGS AND ONE ARM IN AFGHANISTAN... Clip 16...09:1505 Clip 18...09:16:10 BUT HE'LL NEVER LOSE HIS MEMORIES AND RESPECT FOR HIS FALLEN BROTHERS... Clip 25 Sgt Rusty Dunagan U.S. Army 09:25:11 My spending my day here with my family is an honor to me. A LOCAL VETERAN'S CHARITY CALLED WARRIORS FOR FREEDOM BROUGHT RUSTY AND OTHER WOUNDED WARRIORS TOGETHER THIS MEMORIAL DAY... Clip 20...09:17:47 THEY CLEANED VETERAN'S HEADSTONES... AND PUT FLAGS... FLOWERS... AND PINWHEELS ON THEM AT THE SMALL BEECHAM CEMETERY... IN EL RENO ... Clip 22...09:18:19 Clip 35 Sgt. Mike Harryman U.S. Army 09:47:27 I didn't fight for a sale... I didn't fight for a bbq ... I fought for the man to my left and right... and the people back home. DOING THIS HELPS THEM HEAL... THEY KNOW THEIR FALLEN BROTHERS WOULD DO THE SAME FOR THEM... SIG OUT VETERANS FOR FREEDOM' WENT TO SEVERAL OTHER VETERAN'S CEMETERIES THIS MEMORIAL DAY. TRANS-FS
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REVIEW: Red Hot Chili Peppers – I'm With You
From the September 15th, 2011 issue of RollingStone Magazine.
Thanks to Milana Naumenko for the scan.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers charge ahead by visiting their freaky punk-funk roots.
It's been five quiet years since the Red Hot Chili Peppers' last album, the double-disc Stadium Arcadium. In 2009, they lost guitarist John Frusciante, a split that might've ended the band. But I'm With You pulls them back from the abyss, bravado intact: "Ticktock I want to rock you like the Eighties," Kiedis sings over a Chic-kissed throb on "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie." And so they do.
Flea says he revisited his Rolling Stones records while writing I'm With You, and in some ways it recalls the Stones regrouping post-Brian Jones, returning to their roots and building out. The Chilis and producer Rick Rubin couldn't fill the void left by Frusciante – whose bracing, layered guitar work and maximalist arrangements defined their recent albums. Instead, they've gone back to the essentials of the freaky-styley funk punk that Kiedis, Flea and drummer Chad Smith invented: fretpoppin' grooves that open up into grand, sunny pop choruses. They've also nuanced it – from the push-pull East African rhythms of "Ethiopia" to the "Waiting on a Friend"- style elegance of "Meet Me at the Corner" to the Latin-tinged "Did I Let You Know," where Kiedis throws down the adorably inane rappin' whiteboy come-on: "I like you cheeky/Oh so Mozambique-y."
New guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who's worked with Beck and Gnarls Barkley, is well suited for giving old tricks new shape. He's textured and elusive, layering riffs and melodies where Frusciante burned solos; check the chickenscratch fractals he laces across "Factory of Faith" or the transition from searing noise flares to soft serrations on "Annie Wants a Baby."
This isn't just a musical reignition – the Chilis are recharging emotionally too. Another loss that haunts the album is the recent death of their close friend, L.A. club owner Brendan Mullen. "Brendan's Death Song" begins as an acoustic elegy ("You'll know it's your jam, it's your goodbye," Kiedis almost whispers), then gets Nirvana-loud as Kiedis stares down his own mortality. The soft, intimate Hendrix-like ballad "Police Station" follows an old lover through the Hollywood ringer, and doubles as a mirror for his own L.A. story.
The peak moments on I'm With You balance swagger and sensitivity. Over the green-mohawked mirror-ball boogie of "Look Around," Kiedis rock-raps a vision of golden rapture: "Soft walk to horizon/One big crash that no one dies in." It's the apocalypse as beach blowout, the meltdown as brodown. Strip down to your tube socks and party, dudes – you've earned it. 3.5/5
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Kent County Clerk Makes Deal With Gay Couple To Avoid Suit
By BTL Staff
Originally printed 7/8/2014 (Issue 2226 - Between The Lines News)
Grand Rapids, MI -- MLive recently reported that Kent County clerk and register of deeds, Mary Hollinrake, won't have to defend a federal lawsuit brought by a gay couple who said her office refused to recognize their out-of-state marriage.
The couple, Bruce Morgan and Brian Merucci, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids against Gov. Rick Synder and Hollinrake following her office's refusal to record the couple's licenses as valid in Michigan. Together for seven years, the couple married in New York last year, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2011.
A joint stipulation between Hollinrake and the plantiffs found that the former is required to follow Michigan law and constitutional provisions until those laws or provisions are repealed or a court finds them unconstitutional. The agreement said "Therefore, the parties hereto stipulate and agreed that defendant Mary Hollinrake, in her capacity as Kent County Register of Deeds and County Clerk, shall remain a party to his action to be bound by this court's decision but shall not be required to actively participate in the litigation."
The couple's suit was initially reported in April, shortly after the March case which found Michigan's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. 300 same-sex couples married before a stay was issued. The governor said the same-sex marriages that took place before the ruling was stayed were valid, but Michigan would not recognize them pending a ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Morgan and Merucci's lawsuit noted that Snyder hasn't addressed the validity of out-of-state marriage licenses in Michigan yet.
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There's a group of nicknames that were used in distant past and are all but forgotten now. The following might be worth a fresh look. You may also want to consult the larger list of Nicknames for Boys.
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ECLAC Holds Pre-Rio+20 Expert Meeting
17 December 2010: The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a meeting of government-designated experts of Latin America and the Caribbean, preparatory to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20). The event convened under the title: "A green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development."
The meeting's focus corresponded with the two themes that UN General Assembly resolution 64/236 identified as central to UNCSD, which is scheduled to convene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012. Jiří Hlaváček, Vice-Chair of the Bureau for the Preparatory Process of the UNCSD, highlighted the steps undertaken in the preparatory process, key players and the role of the Latin America and the Caribbean region in discussions.
Experts and officers from ECLAC, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and others participated in the event. Presentations are available online. [Meeting Agenda and Presentations] [Meeting Report]
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Rollover accident injures two
POSTED: 10:58 AM PDT May 06, 2013 UPDATED: 07:15 PM PDT May 06, 2013
Two people were sent to an area hospital Monday after their car veered off highway 154 and rolled 200 feet down a steep embankment, the California Highway Patrol said.
The accident happened just after 8:30 a.m. on the east side of highway 154 a few miles west of Santa Barbara.
The Mitsubishi Montero ended up on its roof. The driver and passenger were able to get themselves out of the their SUV before rescuers arrived.
Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue workers hoisted both people up the steep hillside.
Both victims were taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
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The church's earliest theologians unloaded their theological and rhetorical guns on Marcion. The significance of Marcion's position in the history of heresy cannot be overstated. The battle against Marcion was waged to protect not only the Christian canon but also the identity of the God whom Christians worship.
Brevard Childs frames the matter well when he identifies the early church's struggle to conceptualize the Triune God as a struggle for the Old Testament, not against it. Marcion's fundamental misstep, however, wasn't his rejection of the Old Testament, though that was his most notorious act. No, his rejecting the Old Testament was a by-product of a greater problem: his desire to theorize God and his unwillingness to allow the entire canon—Old and New Testaments—to shape his concept of God and thus challenge the deity of his own making.
I bait my students with a provocative turn of phrase from Hans von Campenhausen, a phrase with which I was challenged during my doctoral studies: "The problem in the apostolic era and early church was not, 'What do we do with the Hebrew Scriptures now that Jesus is here?' The problem was actually the reverse: How do we properly understand who Jesus is in light of the assumed authority of the Hebrew Scriptures?"
The force of von Campenhausen's formulation is located at the critical crossroad Christians throughout history have faced when wrestling with the Old Testament canon. How does the Old Testament shape our understanding of God?
There was never a time in the church's history when it operated without a governing canon, despite recent attempts to attenuate this claim by appealing to the uncertain status of the New Testament canon until the fourth century. The Old Testament rendered its Christian subject matter right off the surface of its complex, befuddling, yet Spirit-guided witness to God's Triune identity.
The Triune Solution
The one God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit reveals himself to us in the Old Testament as both severe and merciful. The Bible leans against our tendency to construct a god after our own image. We cannot approach the delicatessen of God's person like we approach a buffet—taking a heaping of this and a dollop of that, while passing over what we deem unpalatable. Neither God's severity—"Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger?" (Nah. 1:6, ESV)—nor his mercy—"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression?" (Mic. 7:18)—can be diminished or pitted against each other in our reading of the Old Testament. As Habakkuk pleads, "[I]n wrath remember mercy" (Hab. 3:2). C. S. Lewis described Aslan as good but not safe. The same is true of God. Just ask Uzzah (2 Sam. 6:7).
If Marcion's lingering ghost is to be exorcised from the church, it's not enough to simply retain the Old Testament in the Christian canon. Rather, we exorcise Marcion's ghost by identifying the severe yet merciful God of the Old Testament as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And it is in the person and work of Jesus Christ in triune fellowship with the Father by the Spirit where the mercy and severity of God meet and are on full display.
I make sense of the whole Bible in this Trinitarian framework. And this sense-making is more than locating Jesus in every nook and cranny—an aggregate attempt to prove his identity as the Messiah and Son of God. Rather, by recognizing God as severe yet merciful, we come to understand more fully who Jesus is. His identity is one and the same with the God of Israel. Reading the Bible in its totality, as God's triune self-disclosure, is the amulet against Marcion's pestering ghost.


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The pieces are coming together for NASA's next shuttle mission as workers hoisted the space agency's Discovery orbiter towards its flight position today.
Work crews hauled Discovery into a vertical position by crane inside NASA's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) spaceport in Florida. There, the 122-foot (37-meter) orbiter will be mated to the external fuel tank and rocket boosters [image] that will aid its planned Dec. 7 launch towards the International Space Station (ISS).
"Everything is going smoothly," NASA KSC spokesperson Jessica Rye told SPACE.com, adding that shuttle workers want to make sure nothing is moving on the orbiter before they connect it to the external tank [image].
Discovery's STS-116 mission, commanded by veteran shuttle flyer Mark Polansky, will ferry a SPACEHAB cargo module and a new ISS segment--the Port 5 (P5) truss--to the orbital outpost in what is expected to be NASA's third shuttle flight this year. The STS-116 crew will also stage several spacewalks to rewire the station's electrical grid.
The Tuesday shuttle move was delayed several hours to allow time additional landing gear inspections, NASA official said.
Discovery rolled out of its hangar-like Orbiter Processing Facility Tuesday night at about 9:23 p.m. EST (0223 Nov. 1 GMT), making the short trip to the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building in about 34 minutes, Rye added.
Shuttle workers are expected to spend about a week mating Discovery to its launch stack and checking their work before the entire assembly and its Mobile Launch Platform are hauled to Pad 39B.
Meanwhile, a team of cargo specialists have installed the 4,110-pound (1,864-kilogram) P5 truss [image] into a container for later transport to Discovery's Pad 39B launch site. A SPACEHAB cargo pod will be placed into the canister on Nov. 4, with both elements due for delivery to the Pad 39B's payload changeout room on Nov. 6, NASA officials said.
The P5 truss runs about 11 feet (3.3 meters) in length and 14 feet (4.2 meters) in width and height. The Boeing-built segment is destined for installation on the outboard edge of the space station's Port 3/Port 4 (P3/P4) truss, which NASA's STS-115 shuttle crew delivered last month. P5 is designed to serve as both a truss spacer and conduit to allow power, cooling and other vital systems to reach outer ISS segments.
Polansky and his STS-116 crewmates examined their shuttle and launch stack last month, and are completing final training simulations for their planned December space shot.
"We are really pleased with all the work that everyone has been doing to support us," STS-116 mission specialist Joan Higginbotham told SPACE.com in a recent interview.
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Bra shaking police search called 'highly questionable'
No drugs found on woman during search
The state attorney representing Polk County is calling the actions of a Lakeland police officer who instructed a woman to shake out her bra during a drug search "highly questionable."
In a letter sent to the Lakeland Police Department this week, State Attorney Jerry Hill also called the actions of Officer Dustin Fetz "ineffective and possibly dangerous."
Officials said Fetz asked Zoe Brugger to lift her shirt above her stomach, pull her bra away from her chest and shake it during a May 21 traffic stop.
Brugger said the experience was humiliating, but the officer didn't stop there.
"Then he told me that he was taking me to Bartow jail for driving on a suspended license and that they had an X-ray machine there and they were definitely going to find what I had hidden inside me there," said Brugger.
Hill says police didn't have reason to suspect she was carrying drugs. No drugs were found on Brugger, her boyfriend or in the car.
Brugger filed a complaint and notified the State Attorney's Office.
Fetz took four days off with pay, but is back on the job.
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Chelsea Dubin
Granby Jr.-Sr. High School, senior
Disciplines: Drama, music (clarinet, voice)
College: Bridgewater State College, music education
Resume highlights: Massachusetts Music Educators Association-Western District Band several years, clarinet instructor, Granby Arts Project productions including lead in recent "Disney's High School Musical,"
Massachusetts American Choral Directors Association's Women Choir
"Without music the world would be very dull. There would be no source of entertainment and those who like watching sports wouldn't care to cheer or change. The arts are not just hobbies; they are guidelines to the imagination."
Nominating teacher Greg A. Williams
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|Fiddler on the Roof coming to Evert B. Person stage on Feb. 6
The Sonoma State University Depts. of Music and Theatre Arts & Dance will celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Fiddler on the Roof," by presenting the musical from Feb. 6-16 at Evert B. Person Theatre.
Featuring music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein, "Fiddler on the Roof" is the groundbreaking Broadway musical which tells the story of a Jewish family clinging to its sacred traditions in a rapidly changing world.
The musical production, with musical direction by Lynne Morrow and stage direction by Adrian Elfenbaum, features a 16-piece orchestra and a special "sing-a-long" performance at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb 9. The show at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, will be a piano-only performance.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 5 p.m. on Feb. 9; 1 p.m. on Feb. 12; and 2 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Tickets are $17 general admission, $15 for SSU faculty and staff, $10 for non-SSU students and seniors and free for SSU students.
Tickets are available online at www.sonoma.edu/theatreanddance/productions/fiddler.html or at the box office, located in the Student Union building, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Remaining tickets will be sold one hour to all performances. The box office number is (707) 664-4246.