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This original oil painting on canvas measures 25 by 32 inches and sits in an outstanding carved gilt period frame measuring 28 by 35 inches.
The subject is a extensive mountain landscape with towering cliffs and a lake in the foreground. It appears to be located in one of the US National Parks.
It is signed, somewhat illegibly, Browning or A.Browning, in the lower left corner (see closeup photos).
It is in excellent condition with so apparent damage or repairs. There is one small area of the sky where the varnish was applied thickly and has darkened with age (see photo). Not really worth mentioning, but I try to be as accurate as possible.
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Alvah Lincoln Browning commonly known as A. L. Browning was born December 4, 1864 in Atwood, Illinois. His parents were farmers but farming did not appeal to him. So at age sixteen, he became a painter. He was self taught.. Sometimes, he said, he'd get hold of paint left in a bucket or swipe dyes from his mother and try his hand at color. He tried to capture frost on the maples and colored rocks in the stream.
Around 1899 Browning was living in Sioux City, Iowa. Shortly after his first son George was born, he divorced his first wife, Dilly. He then travelled west with his nephew, Franklyn Browning. To pay their way, they painted barns. In his spare time Alvah painted and sold landscapes. After some time, Franklyn settled near Witchita, Kansas while Browning continued traveling west.
By 1914 he remarried, and was livoing with his wife and daughter in Denver, Colorado. The McMurtry Paint and Varnish Company of Denver was expanding and was building a new plant. The building boasted two large display windows. It was in one of these windows A. L. Browning would set up his artist studio. Here onlookers could stand outside watching him paint landscapes using McMurtry housepaints. The scenes were numbered with twenty six available titles available for sale to the public. They included Colorado scenes as Seven Falls, Estes Park, Lake Eldora, Big Thompson, and more. There were also scenes from other places he had traveled to through the USA and Europe.
By 1916 he had moved his family to Colorado Springs where his second son, Robert was born. City directories listed his occupation as an artist. Although they first misspelled his name as Alvin. He set up a shop offering paintings for sale and continued working for the McMurtry Paint Company. From spring through summer he painted in Colorado. Then in the fall he traveled by train to Little Rock, Arkansas where he painted landscapes for the Sherwin Williams Paint Company. A small flyer published by Sherwin Williams in 1944 related he had painted for them for over fifty years. While traveling between Colorado and Arkansas he would get out at he train stations. Here he would paint and sell his landscapes. Some who bought his painings remarked on how quickly he could create these paintings. Many paintings have been found at antique shops and second hand stores along this train route.
Browning traveled throughout the United States. He defied anyone to mention a sizable town in America in which he does not know someone. He had traveled in Mexico and Canada. He made three trips to Europe. On one trip he spent two years there painting. "The prettiest scenery you ever saw is the Baverian Alps," he said. One of the scenes listed on his label is titled "Alps in Switzerland."
When he wasn't traveling or painting landscapes Browning taught art classes. One Sherwin Williams ad pointed out that he had given over three thousand instructions.
In 1923 Browning moved his family to Long Beach, California. He continued painting, teaching and travelling. The Treais Hardware Company in San Diego advertised that he would be demonstating the use of Sherwin Williams paints in the store front window. The ad said he would paint any scene from a photograph and that all of his paintings are of a scenic nature only. It went on to say that his young son Robert who is an achieving artist would accompany him.
Around 1930 the Brownings spent a year in Mineral Wells, Texas. Before returning to Long Beach, A. L. Browning advertised an auction of his paintings. The auction was held at the Crazy Hotel Pavillion where he had his studio. About 250 paintings, most on canvas were auctioned.
After returning to Long Beach he continued painting as well as opening an artist's supply store. Sometime after this, his wife Helena passed away. Alvah L. Browning died December 7, 1947 at the St. Ernie Sanitarium in Inglewood, California.
He is listed on Askart.com: http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/Search_Repeat.aspx?searchtype=AUCTION_RECORDS&&artist=116890 .


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Mendocino Brewing Company celebrates their 30th Anniversary with the first of their anniversary ales: a Cascade single hop (double) pale ale.
When I saw this on the shelves of the San Francisco Costco, I couldn't pass it up and it didn't disappoint. At 7%, I was expecting something more like an IPA but the bitterness was mellow and the malt complemented the hops well. I'll be keeping an eye out for their next two anniversary beers throughout the year.
Date Tasted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:16:14 PM (PDT)
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- Appearance: creamy head, glowing orange
- Smell: remarkably floral, a touch of caramel, malt syrup, grapefruit, a touch of pine
- Taste: remarkably malty, adequately bitter, spicy
- Overall: a well crafted pale #!
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Style: American Pale Ale
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Urban Farming and the Future of Food Production: Interview with Curtis StoneAgriculture, Food, Interviews — By Luke Miller Callahan on 03/08/2011 14:52
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Urban Agriculture is one of the only sectors that will see growth in the upcoming years. Because rising oil prices are making Industrial large scale agricultural methods too expensive, there will be a move towards organic urban farming practices in your yards.
This is an integral part of the future of our food.
Curtis Stone is an Urban Farmer, more specifically he is the owner of Green City Acres, a Sustainable Commercial Urban Farm, in Kelowna British Columbia. He farms ¾ of an acre as a full time job and is showing others that eating locally, organically, and fossil-fuel free is not only fun, but an integral part of our future.
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A musician turned urban farmer, Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, a pedal powered multi locational urban farm. Before launching his urban farm in the spring of 2010, he had no previous experience farming, let alone gardening, but had spent two years prior independently studying and immersing himself in organic growing methods and food politics. After a very successful first season of farming, he has shown that growing food is something that with a little hard work, anybody can do, and can also be a great source of income. In September 2010, he was awarded the 'Gardener of the Year' from the city of Kelowna's Communities in Bloom. Between operating the farm and being involved in various community projects, Curtis spends much of his off season speaking at conferences on food issues and urban agriculture, as well as teaching intensive SPIN farming workshops abroad.
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Erie County accepting applications for Greenways Program grants
The Erie County Department of Planning is now accepting applications for its Greenways Program, which makes money available to fund recreation and conservation projects.
Eligible applicants include state agencies, local governments and authorities, schools and universities, and nonprofits. The application deadline is Feb. 24, and funding requests must not exceed $50,000.
Funding for the program comes from the Act 13 Marcellus Legacy Fund. Pennsylvania's Act 13, which became law in 2012, created impact fees related to natural gas drilling in the state.
That money is passed on to counties and it funds conservation and recreation projects statewide.
The recipients of a collective $243,000 in county Greenways Program grants in 2013 included the Erie County Convention Center Authority, which received $40,000 to create public green space at the former GAF property on the city's west bayfront; and the Union City Community House Association, awarded $25,000 for that city's Downtown Development Project.
Anyone interested in obtaining copies of the program's guidelines and application can contact the Department of Planning, which is located in Room 111 at the Erie County Courthouse, 140 W. Sixth St., at 451-6018. Information can also be obtained by sending e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or at Erie County's website, www.eriecountygov.org.


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Thank you. I just love trying anything just that little but quirky. Guess that's my English streak?
Realy cute wonky squares. Great color combo.
Thank you. Let's hope the recipient likes them as much. Almost finished the picnic mats
Wow. You achieved real wonkiness, I found it really hard to do,Congratulations on a completed project.
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Artisan - I'm English too, Dad born there. Me? in USA. I guess I missed the "quirky streak". More like my Mom, traditional, conservative Yankee. That's why ice cream comes in chocolate and vanilla.....and a million others (Thanks Ben and Jerry's). Keep on posting pictures. I love your style
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I would like (Manny) to finish with beating Mayweather," Roach said in an interview in Baguio City, where Team Pacquiao is encamped for the Pacmans training for his upcoming fight with Miguel Cotto.
Pacquiao reasserted his decision to vie for a congressional seat next year, a sign that he was ready to call it a day insofar as his illustrious boxing career is concerned.
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"Always take an emergency leisurely." - Chinese Proverb
Mike Lichty proved that proverb true, surviving accidents, multiple restarts, including critical double-sided ones on the last laps, to win the three-quarter midet race in Charm City.
He drove and lucked his way out of trouble to win the Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Three-Quarter Midget Inaugural at the 1st Mariner Arena. The long drive down from Ontario, Canada proved to be worthwhile for Lichty.
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He was in heady competition throughout, as the cream of 57 racers came to the top A-Main field. The field included perennial winner in three-quarter midget indoor racing, Ted Christopher, who drives the NASCAR Whelen Tour Modifieds in the northeast, Modified and Late Model Driver Tim Buckwalter, Liquid Lou Cicconi, an international super modified stalwart, and Rowan Pinnick, another NASCAR modified driver.
The sound of the 1000-cc motors inside the arena is just addictive and adds a real 3-D component that you don't get at an outdoor race unless you're lucky enough to get strapped to the hood of a 410 Sprinter. Normally you have to pay big bucks at theme parks for this. Here it was an easy $25.
If it sounds like something you'd like to see more of, you can go to Providence, RI, for the Coffee Cup at the Dunkin Donuts Center on News Year's Eve. If you need recommendations for fantastic Italian food up on Federal Hill, the erstwhile mafia neighborhood, or great seafood and other places to go in Providence, this is my old stomping grounds, so send me an e-mail.
Remember, this is New England, and if you order a coffee regular it will come with cream and sugar. Also, steamers are great clams served with clam juice and butter, not Sloppy Joes. You'll also find a paucity of the letter "R" being used. So drive someplace in your 'caah' and get yourself a bowl of 'steameahs' down by the 'shooahh.' Whatever you do, don't do anything to get called a 'chowdahhead.'
You can follow that over in Atlantic City Feb. 1-2. A nice way to save some money on a trip like this is to look for special bus deals going to the New Jersey coast gambling resort. And don't worry about Hurricane Sandy. The city is up and running full tilt.
If you go to National Speed Sport News, always a website to set on favorites, and go the NASCAR pulldown and follow it to the Camping World Truck Series, there's a video of Tony Stewart and Austin Dillon taking full speed laps around Eldora Speedway in dirt prepared trucks. The track was pretty heavy as you see them consistently running high. I am not kidding - buy your tickets now.
World of Outlaws Sprints, URC, USAC, World of Outlaws Late Models, Lucas Oil Late Models and DIRT Late Models are some of the major divisions adding more races next year. NASCAR goes back to dirt and other exciting changes as well in 2013. Meanwhile, the Irrelevant Racing League may have added two races, and may race in Providence, RI, andNew Orleans. Sixteen years later the only people who have ever won in the split in this racing division and bruising reconstruction have been the lawyers. Of the many racers and race fans that I have met over the years, I have yet to meet one who said, 'You know, this racing would be a lot better with a whole bunch of lawyers messing up the works.'
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Coming off of a 1-8 season in 2011, the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic football team was looking to open the season well against Bedford on Saturday night at a balmy Mansion Park.
The Marauders did more than that. They dominated in all phases of the game.
BG avenged last season's 31-0 loss to the Bisons thanks to sophomore quarterback Brandon Chadbourn running for 166 yards, including an 83-yard touchdown run, throwing for another TD, tailback Cody Rossman scoring three times and the defense earning a 42-0 mercy-rule win.
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BG's Sam McCloskey is upended by Bedford's Isaac Kline near the 10-yard line on Saturday at Mansion Park.
"Little different than last year," BG coach Justin Wheeler said. "Bedford is a tough team. They had some injuries, and their kids battled to the end. For us, we wanted to come out and play hard, wanted to play fast and wanted to finish. We did all three things tonight."
"It certainly was not a good start," Bedford coach Kevin Steele said. "It wasn't what we anticipated. They have a nice team. They're much improved from last year. They were the more aggressive team. They were the more physical. They made made more plays and took care of the football."
BG began its offensive onslaught by getting the ball at the Bedford 28 after a 24-yard punt. Two plays later, Rossman scored on a 4-yard run.
The Marauders, who amassed 388 yards and used 10 players to run the ball, scored on all but three of its possessions and only punted once. Rossman scored the second TD on a 1-yard run on a series in which Bedford suffered back-to-back penalties (pass interference and offsides).
It was the first of three second-quarter touchdowns. The second came when Chadbourn raced 83 yards for a score with 6:57 left in the half. Chadbourn had 160 yards in the first half.
"He showed great vision," Wheeler said, "and more than anything, I think he was surprised at how open the field was. Our offensive line really got into their blocks and stayed on their guys."
Chadbourn, who threw for 70 yards, showed he could pass to when he found converted QB Pat Irwin for a 24-yard scoring strike with 1:37 left in the half.
"He's had a great camp," Wheeler said of Chadbourn. "He's our starting quarterback just because of the big-play possibilities he gives us. We think that makes us a better football team. You could see what Pat Irwin can do at wide receiver."
"We knew he was a good athlete coming in," Steele said. "Certainly that was a concern we tried to emphasize during the week, but there are certain things you can't mimick in practice because he's such a good athlete."
Rossman scored from a yard out on the first series of the second half, and Jared Verba's PAT made it a mercy-rule game. Ian Luther added a 2-yard run in the fourth.
The BG defense, meanwhile, never allowed the Bisons to get closer than the Marauder 42, limited them to 103 yards and recovered two fumbles.
"Defensively, we did a great job," Wheeler said. "The defensive coaches really had a great gameplan."
Steele had converted split end Isaac Kline starting at QB in place of Aaron Henry, who was in street clothes with his left arm in a sling.
"I'm not making excuses," Steele said. "We have to go back to work on Monday and work a lot harder. We did not have a good week of practice, and there's an obvious correlation between practice and what happens here on Friday and Saturday night."
Notes: BG's Father Crossman was knocked down on the sideline on a running play in the third quarter, but he was back on his feet after a short time on the bench. ... BG led in first downs, 19-6. ... BG's only punt was a 42-yard boot by Dan Baughman on its last series.
Bedford0 0 0 0 - 0
Bishop Guilfoyle7 21 7 7 - 42
First quarter
BG-Rossman 4 run (Verba kick), 9:58.
Second quarter
BG-Rossman 1 run (Verba kick), 10:51.
BG-Chadbourn 83 run (Verba kick), 6:57.
BG-Irwin 24 pass from Chadbourn (Verba kick), 1:37.
Third quarter
BG-Rossman 1 run (Verba kick), 7:39.
Fourth quarter
BG-Luther 2 run (Verba kick), 9:34.
RUSHING: Bedford-Koontz 4-22, Collins 2-20, Demoss 3-20, Wirick 6-12, Blevins 1-7, Montgomery 2-5, Kline 6-3, Bingham 1-2, Clark 3-2. Bishop Guilfoyle-Chadbourn 10-166, Luther 6-38, McCloskey 7-34, Kitt 4-27, Rossman 9-24, Little 2-18, Yasiliutis 3-6, Irwin 1-4, Young 1-1, Leamer 1-0.
PASSING: Bedford-Kline 2-5-0-10. Bishop Guilfoyle-Chadbourn 4-11-0-70.
RECEIVING: Bedford-Blevins 1-11, Koontz 1-(-1). Bishop Guilfoyle-Gormley 3-46, Irwin 1-24.
INTERCEPTIONS: Bedford-none. Bishop Guilfoyle-none.
First downs619
Passing (comp.-att.-int.)2-5-04-11-0
Yards passing1070
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Howard Stern Finds a Wry Soulmate in Movie Wife Mary McCormack
"It was her first day on the set," says Stern. "One of the other actresses was piling food on her plate. I said to Mary, 'Look at how gorgeous she is, and she's eating all that. How does she do it?' Mary takes her finger and puts it down her throat, like the girl was going to vomit later. I started laughing hysterically. She won me over. I had to do a make-out scene with her."
Only a month earlier, McCormack had almost gagged after her agent sent her the script for Private Parts. "I was so angry," she says. "I had the racist-sexist-homophobic Howard Stern stereotype going, and they wanted me to play his wife." But after reading the script one afternoon in her shabby-chic one-bedroom L.A. apartment, McCormack liked it enough to agree to do a screen test with Stern. In preparation she turned on Stern's syndicated radio show for the first time. "He was painting some woman's breast like an Easter egg," she recalls, "and I just kept laughing." Meeting Stern, though, proved to be key. "He's tongue-in-cheek, self-effacing and sweet," she says. "Once I figured out his act, it became very appealing."
The attraction was mutual. "I watched Mary's tape and said, 'This is Alison,' " says Stern. "There were times when I felt like I was married to Mary." The real Alison insists she wasn't bothered by their rapport. "I felt a part of it all," she says. "[Mary] captured the spirit of our relationship, the friendship and humor we share."
Perhaps that's because those are also McCormack family values. Growing up in suburban Plainfield, N.J., Mary would entertain her parents—William, 57, an ice-cream store owner, and Norah, 55, a clinical therapist (they divorced in 1990)—sister Bridget, 30, a Yale Law School professor, and brother Will, 23, an actor, by telling jokes at the dinner table. "It was Mary's job to make everybody laugh, and she was good at it," says Bridget. "She always said, 'I'm going to be a movie star.' "
In 1991, after graduating from Trinity College, in Hartford, Conn., with a degree in Comparative Arts (painting and creative writing), McCormack, a veteran of regional theater, headed for New York City. "I wasn't ready to audition. I knew nothing," says McCormack. "I just bought a book, How to Be a Working Actor, and underlined it."
That, plus acting classes at the William Esper Studio, eventually paid off. In 1994 she landed a small role in a remake of Miracle on 34th Street and a guest shot on NBC's Law & Order. Then in early '95, McCormack got the part of Justine Appleton, the starchy attorney on Murder One. She had brought to the tryout what she admits I was "a pretentious" photo of herself—unsmiling, in a ruffled collar. When executive producer Steven Bochco wouldn't stop teasing her about it, she says, "I said to him, 'Shut up, fathead! I still have to audition!' I think calling him fathead made him realize I should play Appleton."
To shoot the series, McCormack moved to L.A., leaving behind her boyfriend of three years Barnaby Harris, a stage manager. The two have maintained a commuter romance. Meanwhile her Murder One castmates keep her company. At a local pub where they gather for Friday-night postmortems, "Mary holds court," says J.C. MacKenzie (who plays lawyer Arnold Spivak). "They love her."
Last year, McCormack was one of the few to survive a cast shake-up after Murder's rocky first season, and though the series' future looks gloomy (it has been on hiatus since Jan. 23), McCormack remains busy. Back in New York, she's doing an Off-Broadway dark comedy, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, in which she plays, she says, "a crazy, blind 9-year-old."
It's only slightly more challenging than her appearance at Private Parts' New York premiere in February. "Howard invited me up onstage and in front of, like, 30,000 people asked me how it was to kiss him in the movie," she recalls. "I stood there for three minutes waving my arms and saying, 'Uhhhh...ahhhh.' " In short, she choked. But at least she didn't gag.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Beginning this fall Berkeley Stags football will be back on the air on Friday nights.
After eight seasons of broadcasting Timberland Wolves football, WTUA 106.1 FM has made the switch to the Stags Nation.
"We've had a great deal of success broadcasting Timberland Wolves football," said station manager and program director Lula Greene. "We've been a part of the Timberland family for eight seasons. We were there when we went to Williams-Brice for the first time and came away empty, and we were there when they won it all."
The St. Stephen urban inspirational format radio station is eyeing an eventual move to Moncks Corner, and sees switching to Berkeley Stags football as the next logical step in the station's sports programming lineup.
"We're very excited to become a part of the Berkeley Stags family and be able to broadcast Berkeley Stags football," Greene said. "Berkeley has great tradition and a very rich program, and we're excited to be a part of that."
The broadcast team of Tim Atkins and Wayne White will remain the same with the addition of longtime Berkeley radio announcer Craig Mims to the mix. Atkins will provide the play-by-play with Mims and White teaming up on color commentary. The specific logistics of the broadcast booth have yet to be ironed out, but the radio team will be ready for the BHS season opener against Stratford on Aug. 30.
"We're very excited to be back on the radio again this fall with WTUA," said Berkeley athletic director and coach Jeff Cruce. "With its rich and storied tradition, Berkeley football is the premier football program in Berkeley County and we're excited about teaming up with 106.1 FM this fall."
Atkins, who trades his Timberland orange for Berkeley blue this fall, said being a Stag is about tradition.
"To have the opportunity to be a part of the broadcast team for Berkeley High football is just such an incredible honor," he said. "Berkeley's tradition speaks for itself. My mother, Elma Atkins, was a majorette and my Uncle Buddy played football at Berkeley back in the '50's.
"I have strong family ties in Moncks Corner, so it is very familiar territory to me."
The move to Berkeley though does come with regret. Atkins said he is leaving good friends behind at Timberland.
"We had such a blast covering Timberland the last eight years," he said. "We got to broadcast some incredible games, including two state championships."
Atkins can't wait for Sept. 6 when Berkeley will play host to Summerville. Included in the night's festivities will be the induction of the 2013 Class of the Berkeley Athletics Hall of Fame.
"I am really looking forward to covering my first Berkeley/Summerville game this season," he said. "When you think of high school rivalries in South Carolina this has to be one of the oldest and most intense."
The Stags open on Aug. 30 on the road against Stratford. Berkeley and Timberland go head-to-head in their annual rivalry game on Sept. 27 in Moncks Corner.
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DOHA: HE Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani and visiting Prime Minister of the Italian Republic Enrico Letta, held a round of official talks at the Emiri Diwan Premises here before noon Monday.
Over the talks, the two sides reviewed scopes of ties of existing cooperation between the two countries and means of enhancing them in all areas.
They also discussed a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern.
The session was attended by a number of Their Excellencies the ministers whereas it was attended on the Italian side by their excellencies the members of the delegation accompanying premir Enrico Letta.
Then HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Italian Prime Minister and the accompanying delegation.
The Italian Premier and the accompanying delegation arrived at Doha International Airport earlier Sunday evening on a visit to Qatar. (QNA)


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In a deal meant to be private, the military is giving NASA two spy satellites, both better than Hubble, that have a moveable secondary mirror adding clarity and capabilities never used in Astronomy to date.
The two satellites have very clear optical sensors capable of maneuvering their field of vision, as well as additional sensors who's exact capabilities have not been revealed yet. They were designed for the National Reconnaissance Office who have said they no longer need them because they have superior replacements and alternatives now in place.
It is believed that the new satellites are capable of taking a picture on Mars of an object as small as a car, or if pointed towards earth, can clearly see the writing on a dime.
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I've eventually come to believe that the best indicator of a great game is that you want to keep playing it. With that I think it's reasonable to assume that a game is even greater if you love playing it even if you're not very good at it.
I mean, you usually play to win right? I'm not even talking about games that are just really hard or have a high learning curve but are still fun, just games that you in particular might never really get good at, but still love to play. If even losing a lot doesn't take the fun out of the game, then there's probably very little that will.
I think this happens when the actual playing of the game is the most fun part, or just fun enough to keep most people coming back. For me that's probably the case with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. I will probably never play that game at a competitive level. I have never once pulled off a deliberate parry against a human or CPU opponent. In fact, most of my time playing I'm stuck playing the CPU on three stars - with great difficulty.
Despite that, 3rd Strike manages to be such a fast game while also being so precise and responsive that nearly every match is fun despite the result. Whether I'm just instinctively stringing moves together or engaging in the strategy play, 3rd Strike is almost the only video game that gets my palms sweaty without fail.
In fact, Yun is probably my worst character but also my favorite. I could probably just throw moves around with Ryu and win more matches, but just being forced to use a bit more technique with Yun makes the game that much more dynamic, even if I don't totally grasp it. My favorite opponents in the game are also the ones that beat me the most. Online Edition was one of my top games at E3 and August 26th is too long to wait for it.
Sadly, the other game that does just this for me is pretty much every 2D Mario game. I haven't beaten any of them - rarely even got close really, but I still enjoy playing them as much as anyone else.
Actually, I do get mad whenever I die in Mario - more mad than in most games actually, and I have ragequit before, but I've never ultimately stopped playing Mario. It's just too well-made a game to get mad at when you lose.
Understandably, old-school Mario is about as simple as a platformer can get from a control standpoint, but it still feels more responsive than most games today. Nintendo made sure that the playing of the game - just running and jumping around, was the fun part of it. Part of that might also be due to the sound, but that could also just be the cultural indoctrination of a generation.
The last and oddest example I wanna bring up here that still manages to have the same heart is StarCraft. Like Nintendo and Capcom (at its best), Blizzard is one of those companies in whose games you can see real craft. I'm talking games that you can play and tell that every tiny piece is perfectly placed and polished.
I will likely never understand everything that's going on in a game of StarCraft, even in singleplayer, but it continues to be one of the only real-time strategy games that I enjoy playing. I'll probably never even set foot in multiplayer, much less grasp things like build order and other tactics. I don't feel like I have to in order to enjoy the game though because it's just as fun at lower levels. That's probably why StarCraft is one of the most accessible RTS's.
- Another great PC game sale this week that'll run on anything is Machinarium, which today is on sale for $5 at Impulse: http://flpbd.it/c1ao
- For PSP owners, Power Stone Collection and that Darkstalkers game are currently $5 each on PSN.
- I hammered out most of this post on an iPhone actually.
- I think we've finally reached the point where PC graphics are starting to hopelessly outrun console graphics again. This is what GTA IV looks like on PC with a few tweeks to the lighting and shadows: http://t.co/nNZ37A3 The sad part is that GTA V probably won't look this good if it's released on current generation consoles.


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CLEVELAND (AP) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is honoring a rock music pioneer.
Chuck Berry, who recently turned 86, will be the rock hall's guest at the State Theater tonight in Cleveland. He will receive its American Music Masters award and perform.
To mark the occasion, the rock hall has mounted a special exhibition with Berry's stage clothes, a guitar and his 1958 Chess Records recording contract.
And the rock hall's new library and archives has a separate exhibit with items including Berry's 1964 British tour program and a handbill promoting his appearance with the Grateful Dead in 1968.


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South Carolina's beach waters are among the nation's least clean, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council's annual report on beach water quality.
Do you think the water at Charleston-area beaches is cleaner than in Myrtle Beach? Find this story at postandcourier.com/South to vote.
The Palmetto State ranks 24th among the 30 coastal and Great Lakes states. Delaware has the cleanest beach water, according to the study, and Ohio comes in last place.
Explore the Natural Resource defense Council's interactive guide to water quality at vacation beaches below:
- Beaches nationwide http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/default.asp
- South Carolina beaches: http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/sc.asp?loc=SC
The advisory measure used to evaluate beaches' water quality is the Beach Action Value (BAV), which measures the number of enterococcus bacteria colony forming units per 100 mL of water in a sample. The maximum number per 100 mL is 60; if a sample exceeds that, officials may consider issuing a health warning to beachgoers. In total, 15 percent of samples taken from all South Carolina beaches in 2013 exceeded the maximum level of bacteria.
People can risk infection by swimming in waters with high levels of bacteria, especially children and the elderly. Those infected by bacterial beach water can contract infections as minor as pink eye or as serious as meningitis, according to Jon Devine, a senior attorney for the NRDC.
The BAV measure has been proposed, but not approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Using this measure may mislead the public, according to Jim Beasley, a spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
"Use of a proposed EPA value, rather than the EPA-approved state standard that is in regulation, gives the wrong impression that our beaches got worse in 2013. This is not the case," Beasley said.
Many beach water monitoring stations along South Carolina's coast are placed at points where water quality is a concern. Sampling is also often conducted when water quality may be questionable, like after a heavy rain.
"They'll deliberately sample near outfalls and where water quality is expected to be poorest," Devine said. "It's a protective practice, and we encourage folks to do so. While that ultimate number may be higher as a result, they're protective of the public to do that."
This practice is not uniform from state to state, which may lead to results that are not comparable in the NRDC report, Beasley said.
The beaches with the most samples exceeding the BAV safety threshold in 2013 were all located in Horry County. Briarcliffe Acres Beach, just south of North Myrtle Beach, had the largest amount, with 45 percent of samples exceeding the federal safety threshold. For beaches between Little River and Georgetown, the average percentage of samples exceeding the threshold was 16.31 percent.
Between Isle of Palms and Hilton Head Island, the average was 3.8 percent. The beach with the highest percentage of samples exceeding the threshold was Sullivan's Island with 11 percent. Three beaches - Fripp Island, Hunting Island and Seabrook Island - had no samples exceed the safety threshold.
The difference between Grand Strand and Lowcountry beaches can be accounted for by the difference in development, according to Nancy Cave, director of the Coastal Conservation League's North Coast office. The major beachfront development in the Myrtle Beach area leads to increased stormwater runoff, which is the major source of beach water pollution, she said.
"When you think of the coastline of Charleston County, you're looking at an enormous length of coastline with little development. Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms are certainly developed islands, but it's not a continuous strip of impervious surface as you have in Horry County," Cave said. "From Murrells Inlet to Little River is a continuous strip of pavement."
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Bible Christian Church
The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O'Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall, with the first society, just 22 members, meeting at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon.[1]
Early history[edit]
Primarily concentrated in Cornwall and Devon, the church sent missionaries all over England. By 1820, missions had been established in the Channel Islands and in Kent. They were also strong in the Isle of Wight amongst farm labourers, largely due to the inspirational teachings of Mary Toms of Tintagel, Cornwall. The vicar of Brighstone, Samuel Wilberforce, urged that their influence be countered by having their adherents sacked from their jobs and turned out from their cottages, resulting in their sometimes meeting in a chalk pit. There are several chapels in rural areas of the Island which have the title "Bible Christian Chapel" over the doorway (e.g. Apse Heath, Arreton).
By 1831, ministers were being sent to Prince Edward Island and Ontario, and a mission was established in Canada in 1845. Many of the emigrants from Devon and Cornwall to Canada and the United States in the 1830s were 'Bible Christians', further encouraging the spread of the church in those countries. Other missions were later established in other countries: in Australia in 1850,[1][2] with meetings being held before 1844[3] in New Zealand in 1878, and in China in 1885. In Australia, a large Bible Christian Church was built in Melbourne c.1860 at 278 Gore St. Fitzroy; it still stands but has been converted into a home.
Members of the Bible Christian Church were sometimes known as Bryanites after their founder. The church made extensive use of female preachers.
Later history[edit]
While being only a small denomination the Bible Christians grew faster than the British population throughout their existence.
The Bible Christians recognised the ministry of women, calling then 'Female Special Agents'. A number of women appear on the stations – the places ministers were appointed to by the Bible Christian Conference. There were less than five of these women ministers in 1907 when the separate existence of the Bible Christians came to an end.
In 1907, the Bible Christian Church in England was amalgamated with the United Methodist Free Churches and the Methodist New Connexion, to form the United Methodist Church. In Canada, the Bible Christian Church had already been amalgamated, in 1884, into the Methodist Church of Canada, which later became part of the United Church of Canada.[4] In Australia, it merged into the Methodist Church of Australasia on 1 January 1902.[5]
See also[edit]
- Sam Pollard — Bible Christian missionary to China
- Paul Robins — Bible Christian missionary to Canada
- John Hicks Eynon — Bible Christian missionary to Canada
- Billy Bray
- James Way – Bible Christian missionary to Australia
- Serena Lake – Bible Christian missionary to Australia
- Bible Christian Mission
- Penrose Methodist Chapel
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bible Christians". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Hunt, Arnold D. (Arnold Dudley) (1985), This side of Heaven : a history of Methodism in South Australia, Lutheran Publishing House, ISBN 978-0-85910-346-6 p. 63
- ^ "PROGRESS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ The Bible Christian Project
- ^ "METHODIST CHURCH OF AUSTRALASIA.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 1 January 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
See also Lloyd (2010) Women and the shaping of British Methodism
Further reading[edit]
|Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Bible Christians.


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This morning at the Woodbury Public Library was another good example. Dozens of people showed up for a "Coffee Clatch" and were hosted in the neat facility on Delaware Street.
All chambers struggle to attract new members and they always are eager for active members. This group seems to have some good things going for it. And as a newcomer to the business community, I can say it has helped me get to know some folks.
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Major General Robert C. Dickerson, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East at Camp Lejeune, N.C., gave Campbell business students a few lessons in leadership, Marine Corps style, at the spring convocation ceremony for the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business. Dickerson instructed the students to be less concerned with the bottom line and more concerned with people. "You have to be involved with the people you work with, know each other and care about each other," Dickerson said. "You have to be willing to make the same sacrifices they're willing to make." In short, Dickerson was explaining the basic Marine Corps philosophy of teamwork. "When you think of the Navy, you think of Admiral Nimitz," he said. "When you think of the Army, it's General Patton, but when you think of the Marine Corps there is a void because we take the team approach to the job. No single soldier is more important than anyone else." Dickerson's appearance and message culminated a week's worth of activities called "Business Week," sponsored by RBC Centura Bank, in which students investigated how integrity makes a difference in the corporate world. One of the events featured a panel discussion with outstanding business leaders Oscar Harris, Oscar Harris and Associates, P.A., C.P.A.; Jim Brown, director of Public and Institutional Banking RBC Centura; CPA Brad Newkirk of Dixon Hughes; Don and Evon Morrison of Ridco, Inc.; Fred Taylor, president of Troy Lumber Company; and Paul Clark, senior vice president of Wachovia Bank. Charles Frederick, regional president Personal and Business Banking for RBC Centura Western North Carolina, presented the business school with a check in the amount of $9,500 at the convocation ceremony. Major General Robert C. Dickerson graduated from Bryant College and holds a Masters Degree from Central Michigan University and the College of Naval Warfare. He participated in operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Eastern Exit. His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal among others. He is the commander of seven Marine installations on the East Coast.
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- How did your parents meet?
- Who used to comfort you when you were a child? Who used to punish you when you did something wrong?
- ho is the most successful person in your family? How did they become successful?
- What's the secret of a happy family life?
- "You can't choose your family. Thank God you can choose your friends." Do you agree?
- Who are your favourite cousins? Why do you feel close to them?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an only child?
- "I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich." What do you think this quote means? Do you agree with it?
- Would you like to have a big family?
- What did your family and you like to do
together when you were a child?
- What was your favourite family game?
- If you had to name your first-born child after a member of your family, who would you choose? Why?
Listening: Online Videos
- A Typical Conversation with my Mom
- The World's Strictest Parents: Ghana (Pt.1 of 6)
- Harrow – School on the Hill
Seemingly universal tale from Levni Yilmaz:
First part of a British reality show following two unruly teenagers sent to live with strict parents abroad for a week. Note: I have an intermediate+ lesson plan based around this video here.
First part of a 2001 documentary about a famous English public school.
Reading: Online Texts
Here are some interesting (and, hopefully, semi-permanent!) online articles and websites I've found. Have a look through and see if there's one that might interest your class. If you have any other suggestions about more sites or articles I could include here, please let me know.
- How to read a (British) family tree
- Spain's stolen babies and the families who lived a lie
Family History
Short article from the BBC, which might be of use to lower-level ELLs.
Longer article from the BBC on the apparent theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors in Spain – originally in collusion with the fascist government, but continuing up until the 1990s. The article contains a shorter video report as well.


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Years ago, on our excursions to choose our Christmas trees, my Aunt Gloria would strategically place my cousins next to "possible" evergreens while she kept looking. Meanwhile, my mom would pick the first, gangliest tree she found.
While I don't recall every decorated tree, memories of the "cousin car ride," tackling the Santa question, slogging through snow and giggling at our dads struggling (swearing) while maneuvering the trees are what truly remain in our hearts.
Here are two Christmas tree journeys that just might become a new tradition for you. One is with children, the other without, but nothing says you can't mix and match a little of each in your weekend outing.
>Family felling
Stokoe Farms, 656 County Road 141, Scottsville, is exactly what its motto says: good, old-fashioned fun.
More than 80 acres are covered with beautiful U-cut Christmas trees. A giant tractor-wagon operation takes tree-fellers out, supplying saws and sleds. Once you've cut your tree, the tractor returns you both to home base, where your tree then gets some shaking, bailing and drilling. It couldn't be easier. A handy display (Fraser, Concolor and Douglas firs; Blue and Serbian spruces) takes the guesswork out of what to select. For those unable to trek, a nearby barn has precut trees ready to cart away.
But fun doesn't end once the tree is cut. The silly Hillbilly Hen House serenades guests with holiday song favorites. The kids can climb a huge straw fort, then take a slide down the hay chute on a burlap bag. A real reindeer and bonfire add to the festive atmosphere. Stokoe also serves free hot cocoa and cookies. (A nearby heated restroom also has a changing station for the wee ones.)
For a more substantial meal, the Reindeer Restaurant serves perfect kid food (hot dogs, burgers, chicken fingers, fried dough, etc.). At the gift shop we purchased handmade wooden ornaments (a gingerbread man and star) made from the base of a Christmas tree. The farm also sells lovely wreaths (decorated or plain) and stunning front door and mantel arrangements. And because the holidays are about giving, Stokoe Farms participates in Trees for Troops (www.treesfortroops.org). Ask in the gift shop about donation options.
Stokoe Farms (www.stokoefarms.com; 585-889-0770) is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. From the Batavia Thruway exit, take Route 5 East to Route 36 North to Mumford. Continue on to Route 383. Go right on Union Street (look for a stone antique store) to South Road and turn left. This route cuts through some neat towns like LeRoy, Caledonia and Mumford.
>Along the way
Mumford: Visit Christmas past on a Yuletide tour (reservations required) at Genesee County Village Museum. Children can learn where holiday traditions come from. Dress warmly and wear comfortable walking shoes.
The gift shop is open to everyone. Pick up some unique gift items made in the village (www.gcv.org, 585-538-6822). Genesee Country Village Yuletide in the Country weekends, today, then Dec. 10-12 and 17-19. Tours depart every 15 minutes. Museum Shop open Yuletide weekends 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Also in Mumford is the Primitive Country Gift Store (1014 Main St., 585-538-6560). Holiday hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. Nearby is the Red Cottage Wares antiques store; open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
LeRoy: Stop at the Jell-O Museum and gift shop for funky Jell-O gifts and T-shirts. Take the tour. Open daily through Dec. 31; 23 East Main St. Call or visit www.jellogallery.org or call (585) 768-7433.
>Places to eat
Keep going past the turn-off to Stokoe Farms on Route 383 to Scottsville to the darling Scottsville Diner, open daily from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Or, on the way home, Batavia's legendary Pontillo's Pizza (500 E. Main St.) is a popular stop. Open daily at 11 a.m.
For a sweeter break, you could hit up Oliver's Candies (211 W. Main St., www.oliverscandies.com) for ice cream and candy gifts. Open daily at 9 a.m.
>Grown-up adventure
Christmas isn't just for kids. Near Conesus Lake there are two tree farms where you can cut your own. Both have saws and sleds and provide netting wraps for easy transportation. Both are easily accessed from Route 20A.
*Grzenda Farm, 3222 Poplar Hill Road, Livonia, (585) 346-6356, noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Fraser fir, Douglas fir, Canaan fir (similar to balsam) and other long-needle trees.
*Baughman's Tree Farm, 5048 Lima Road, Geneseo, (585) 243-3663, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Sunday. More than 10 kinds of trees including Douglas and Fraser fir, Scotch and white pine.
Who isn't up for a little holiday cheer after lumberjacking? Along Conesus Lake is Deer Run Winery, where you can stock up on holiday wines and gourmet food items (pineapple reisling jam, strawberries and champagne jam), Luke's Pickled Scapes (garlic stems) and Nunda mustard. And, of course, wine. You can taste Finger Lakes favorites like Runway Red and Max's Black, or Pebble Beach Blush and Cayuga White. Get a six-pack of wine at a 10 percent discount, or 15 percent off cases. Visit Deer Run, 3772 West Lake Road, www.deerrunwinery.com, (585) 346-0850. Open noon to 6 p.m. daily.
Not into wine? About 15 miles away from the winery is Custom BrewCrafters in the darling town of Honeoye Falls. This microbrewery creates custom and seasonal beers. Tastings are $4 to try six kinds. Located at 300 Village Square Blvd. (turn at road near Rite Aid), (www.custombrewcrafters.com; 585-624-4386). Retail hours are noon to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Tours run Saturdays and Sundays.
>Adult eats
Near Deer Run Winery, the North Shore Grill, Routes 20 and 15, (www.northshoregrillny.com, 585-346-2200) is open daily at 11:30 a.m. (Sunday brunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and serves meals with a view of Lake Conesus.
In Honeoye Falls, the Rabbit Room at Lower Mill Restaurant and Galleries looked intriguing (www.thelowermill.com, 585-582-1830). Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
In Geneseo, the Big Tree Inn (46 Main St., www.bigtreeinn.com, 585-243-5220) is a swanky place that has great rooms if you are interested in an overnight trip. The Tavern is perfect for a lunch and drinks. Open Monday-Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Closed Sunday.
Across the street the cozy Muddy Waters Coffee House (www.mwcoffeehouse.com, 585-243-9111) offers light fare and sandwiches. Open daily at 6:30 a.m., Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m.


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BTF, schools display serious lack of ethics
On April 25, The Buffalo News had a front-page article about the aggressive criminal prosecution of local businesses. Will Buffalo Public Schools and Buffalo Teachers Federation officials be next?
New York State did the right thing in voiding the memorandum of understanding between the schools and the BTF. A thorough criminal investigation should now be conducted. A best, their actions were unethical, and may be criminal.
Criminal fraudulent intent is hard to prove. Prosecutors need a badge of fraud. Law.yourdictionary.com defines a badge of fraud as "circumstances surrounding a transaction that indicate that one party is trying to hinder or defraud another party."
The side agreement may be the needed badge of fraud. Honest people place all of the terms in one document! Allegedly, the circumstance that led to the side agreement was a desire to have an agreement that was different than the one that was presented to the state. I believe the purpose was to defraud the state.
I find it troubling that we trust the education of our children to people who so blatantly and overtly carried out this scheme.
The Internal Revenue Service sends taxpayers to jail for hiding significant facts in a side agreement, and keeping that agreement from the IRS during an audit. It is important that our children are properly taught about fraud. School administrators and teachers must understand what fraud is and set a good example. By not demanding the recall of Philip Rumore, the teachers are showing their approval of unethical and possibly criminal practices.
The School Board should resign! Any member who refuses should be a candidate for an indictment. The same is true for the BTF president and the Council of Delegates. If sufficient evidence is uncovered, Rumore and one Buffalo Public Schools administrator or trustee should be criminally charged.
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Al Gore raced between TV interviews Wednesday asking, "Will we count all the votes or not?" while his lawyers urgently sought a high court ruling with the answer he wanted.
Democrat Gore and GOP rival George W. Bush pressed forward with separate blueprints for building a presidency.
"On Jan. 20, a President Bush will be ready to take the reins of the government," said top adviser Andy Card - awarding his boss a title that Gore still hopes will be his.
Bracing the public for more legal wrangling, the vice president said he was prepared to fight until "the middle of December" and suggested the dispute could drag past the Dec. 12 deadline for appointing state electors - to six days later when the Electoral College meets.
With the stakes so high, the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature inched closer to securing Bush a backup plan: House Speaker Tom Feeney said Wednesday he is convinced lawmakers need to go into special session as early as next week to name their own slate of presidential electors. Senate President John McKay agreed that was a "reasonable conclusion."
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the candidate's brother, said he would sign the necessary legislation "if it was the appropriate thing to do."
Still, with the recount case headed to the highest court in the land, Jeb Bush said, "The United States Supreme Court trumps the Legislature."
Gore told CNN that Florida voters would not stand for "the expression of their will taken away by politicians."
Gore is trying to overturn official results of the decisive Florida election before the public's patience runs out on the 22-day ordeal. "I certainly believe that I did" win the White House, Gore told NBC.
Needing a quick court victory, Gore authorized his divided legal team to ask the Florida Supreme Court to recount contested ballots or order a lower court to do it, two Democratic legal sources said.
One million ballots were being hauled 400 miles from southern to northern Florida, where the precedent-making case has been thrust upon a folksy circuit judge in Talla-hassee. "Pack 'em up and bring 'em up," Judge N. Sanders Sauls said.
Bush planned to meet today with retired Gen. Colin Powell, his still-to-be-announced choice as secretary of state. Powell has told associates that if offered the post, he would accept. The Texas governor also called GOP congressional leaders, telephoned one conservative Mississippi Democrat and assigned his staff to call other Democratic lawmakers as Gore struggled to keep his party in line.
After Bush's show of confidence, Gore played president-elect at a business meeting with running mate Joseph Lieberman, transition director Roy Neel, Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and Kathleen McGinty, former head of the White House environment office.
McGinty would be a front-runner to head the Environmental Protection Agency under Gore. Herman would be in line for another Cabinet post, White House counselor or perhaps chief of staff, a job that aides expect would first be offered to campaign manager William Daley.
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a supporter of Bush, has declared him the winner of Florida by 537 votes out of 6 million cast - handing Gore the steep challenge of nullifying a state's presidential election while convincing the public the race is not over.
Thus, the nation has two presidents-in-waiting posturing to be the 43rd man to assume the mantle.
"It's an amazing story, isn't it?" said Gore, a former journalist joining legions of others grasping for the words to describe it.
He was dealt a setback Tuesday when Sauls refused to order immediate manual recounts of disputed ballots in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. Sauls set a hearing Saturday on Gore's petition to include manual recounts in official election totals - a move that Gore thinks would help him overtake Bush.
Democratic lawyers want the votes recounted while the central case is being resolved by Sauls, both to save time and to show voters progress toward overtaking Bush.
Gore's political advisers said privately he needed a court victory in the next 48 hours to prevent a fatal erosion of the public's support. Thus, Gore was forced to appeal Sauls' decision, but his advisers debated for nearly 24 hours about how do it, delaying the actual filing until Thursday.
Some on his political and legal team wanted to ask the court to take over the entire case, throwing Gore's presidential aspirations at the feet of seven justices with Democratic ties. Others thought that was too risky, and urged Gore to take the more cautious approach he eventually approved, according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The debate itself reflected the growing level of concern in Gore's camp that time is running out.
A CBS-New York Times poll shows that a small majority of Americans say they have lost patience with the delay, but half say it is too soon for either candidate to concede. Forty-two percent of those surveyed said Gore should give it up.
In other action:
-Palm Beach County released corrected totals showing that Gore picked up a net gain of 188 votes. Harris didn't accept the numbers because the county didn't complete its recount until two hours after the deadline.
-A Florida judge rejected a conservative law group's bid to keep examining Palm Beach County's presidential ballots, including 3,300 being sought by Gore's legal team.
The Florida court wrangling played out against the anticipation of Friday's hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court took the case after Bush appealed a Florida Supreme Court decision extending a since-expired deadline for hand recounts.
GOP presidential candidate Dick Cheney opened Bush's transition headquarters in suburban Washington and announced its first staff at a news conference.
In the quiet of his Texas ranch, Bush prepared for his meeting with Powell to talk "about how you might put together your national security team for a Bush administration," Cheney said, adding that no Cabinet selections would be announced this week. Bush also was reaching out to Republican lawmakers who narrowly control Congress.
Members of Bush's high command were contacting lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike, to discuss Bush's agenda and to tout what they say is his bipartisan approach to governing, senior Bush advisers involved in the talks said Wednesday. Bush himself on Tuesday called Rep. Gene Taylor, a conservative Democrat from Mississippi who has pledged to vote for Bush should the election be tossed to the House.
The officials said Bush's team does not initiate conversations about the election standoff but most of the lawmakers, including many Democrats, ask about Gore's contest. Bush aides reply with their arguments for why Gore's protest must fail, one official said, denying that Republicans are actively trying to persuade Democrats to abandon Gore.
Some conservative Democrats were worried about Gore's political strength. "I've told his team he ought to be doing a better job on the PR side, let the press know what his options are legally and ask the country to be patient," said Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fla.
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Perhaps the most basic reason to vote is simply because it is important to have an opinion. The United States was developed over the course of more than 200 years by the beliefs of the individuals who formed its body. Voting is, essentially, a part of our history. Without the collection of thoughts and ideas that the citizens put into the system, the United States would not be anywhere near the position that it is in today. Most important however, is that America was founded on freedom, so although it may be your decision not to vote, choosing so would mean that you are forfeiting a part of your right to decide who and what will affect you.
In fact, voting determines who will represent you and your country. One of the main purposes of voting is to elect an official who will fight for your opinions and will try to satisfy the needs of the people. Surely no one wants a president or governor who does not benefit the people they govern. Voting, therefore, helps to elect the appropriate candidate, reassuring the voter that they have performed their duty to help select a well-qualified leader. After all, if you do not vote, how can you be sure that the next leader will be the best one?
Lastly, most everyone in the United States must contribute back to the nation. The most prominent example of this would likely be taxes. In this case, everyone who pays taxes should vote because it helps decide where the money is spent. Many people from other countries do not have this privilege, so we as Americans are fortunate that we have this ability.
Many people believe that one vote does not matter. However, it is the collective power that comes from voting that truly matters. For example, the presidential election in 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore came down to a recount of the popular votes to determine who would be president. This election is the most important example of why it is important to vote, even today. Voting is essential, for without voting, we could not have created a country that thrives on the collective opinion of its people.
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Some changes have been requested for new banners proposed by the nonprofit group Salem Renaissance Inc. to replace the banners currently gracing the light poles downtown.
The Salem Design Review Board and Mayor John Berlin asked for a change in the color scheme and a larger typeface for the words "Historic Downtown" during a meeting Thursday where members gave their opinions on the design presented.
Berlin asked for the special meeting for board members to review the proposed design and give him a recommendation so he could approve it or require changes.
Salem Renaissance paid for the original banners about 12 years ago and members thought it might be time to replace them since they were looking a little faded. David Schwartz of Salem Renaissance said they secured a grant from the Pearce Foundation for $3,000 for 115 banners and contacted a designer to design them.
He questioned why he had to come to the Design Review Board meeting, saying that previous banners weren't reviewed by the board, including ones placed by Salem Rotary during a major anniversary or by Salem Regional Medical Center when it was known as Salem Community Hospital and celebrated its 100th anniversary last year.
"I'm a little bemused that I'm here tonight," he said. "Why am I?"
Board chair Ginger Grilli explained that these banners are for the city of Salem, not some organization, and represent Salem's identity. Since it's the city being represented, she said the city wanted opinions from people and entities who have a vested interest in the city and contribute to the city's image. She noted the mayor had asked for their opinion. She also said she showed the design to others she knew in other organizations such as the Salem Historical Society and the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce to find out what they thought.
Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Audrey Null noted that when the chamber did banners for the city's bicentennial in 2006, they went to the city first, but she couldn't recall if they had to go before the Design Review Board.
Much of the discussion during the review of the proposed banner design centered on the colors and the words "Historic Downtown Salem." The proposed design included three background colors, with red at the top, then white, then green. The word Salem was written in script across the middle, with part of it in the red and part in white, with the outline of a dove holding a branch of leaves underneath.
The design also included the round sun above Salem and trees below. At the top were the words "Historic Downtown Since 1806" and on the bottom were the words "The City of Peace." Below that were individual words for three separate designs: Pride, Culture and Progress. A fourth banner was to say Historic with the words Downtown Salem below.
Board member Meta Cramer questioned whether there was too much going on and expressed concern over legibility, suggesting the sun and trees be removed and the dove centered. Schwartz and Grilli then bantered back and forth over the inclusion of "Historic Downtown Salem," with Schwartz saying the original design just said "Since 1806." Grilli said what she had asked him to do was put Historic Downtown above the script Salem.
"Historic Downtown Salem, that is the brand. Not 1806," she said, adding people she talked to thought those words should be larger.
She said if those words "don't pop out," then it won't help them to brand the downtown. Schwartz said the banners were for the city, not just the downtown.
"We all care about the downtown, but that isn't the thrust of this banner. This is a Salem banner," he said.
Null questioned the colors, saying "this looks like an Italian festival banner."
She also said the banner resembled the ones in Lisbon and it would look like the city was copying them.
"It does not fit Salem. That's just my opinion, take it or leave it," Null said.
Grilli also said, "I think it's very suggestive of the Italian flag," saying the design with the dove was different, but the rest was like the Lisbon banner.
Schwartz said they need to think of the designer here, too, since this was her work. Most of those present, including Grilli, liked the main design with the script Salem, the dove, the trees and the sun. After more discussion about color, including using blue instead of red or using all green or just eliminating the white background color, the general consensus was to keep the green section green and make the white and red sections all red, which the mayor liked.
At the top, they suggested putting the words "Since 1806" then "Historic" and "Downtown" in larger type, all stacked over script Salem. The bottom wording would remain the same, but they didn't feel the need for the fourth banner with the word "Historic" at the bottom.
Schwartz will take the changes back to his committee and then he'll take it back to Berlin. If Berlin likes what he sees, there won't be a need to return to the board, which meets again on May 8 for a regular meeting.
In other business, Grilli gave a brief update on the Certified Local Government grant and some of the changes in the scope of the project, noting more information will be available next month. She also said 63 people attended the Building Doctor clinic last week, with 10 site visits done last Friday at old buildings and more followup expected.


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Jono Zalay grew up in beautiful San Diego, where upon becoming a stand-up comic, he quickly grew tired of good weather and happy times. So he packed all his belongings and boarded a plane to Boston. His belongings boarded a plane to Philadelphia and were never seen again. Once adequately miserable, Jono pursued comedy while earning his PhD in Neuroscience. In 2010-11, he became a staple at comedy festivals around the country, winning all of them in the "most fun" category that he made up. His unique and informed background brings a perspective to stand-up comedy unequaled by almost any PhD in Neuroscience.
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