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This isn't so much a personal finance tip as it is a general tip for all you college kids out there: Use the various facilities at your college or university while you can (for free) because you'll miss it when you're gone. Think about it… you probably have a free gym, free internet, free television, and you'll be close to a library; so take advantage of it! When you leave, you'll pay a minimum of $30 a month for a gym membership (which you'll probably have to drive to), a fat $80+ or so for internet and cable, and you'll probably need to drive to the closest library. All those resources will likely be within walking distance.
Also, make it a habit to go to the library if you want to read a book, magazine, or newspaper instead of buying the book or subscribing to the magazine or newspaper. I almost never read a book cover to cover and I almost never read a book more than once, so why pay for the cow when you can get the milk for free? 🙂
Consider an even more drastic case in the event of magazines or newspapers, you will likely never read a magazine from two months ago or a newspaper from a week ago. I personally never read a newspaper because I get the most up to date information online (you should to if you're concerned about timeliness) and I really don't want to get a subscription because I don't read the whole newspaper anyway. I never read the Style, Classifieds, Automobiles, or Sports (I'm not a fan of any of the local teams) sections so why waste the ink or the trees (or recycled paper) on pages I won't even separate? But, if you are a fan of newspapers, your library will have them and you'll only cut down a couple branches a year instead of a forest. 🙂
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That is the coolest 10/22 I have ever seen. Now where to get the violin case?
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February 12, 2009, 12:59 AM
my sporsman's warehosue has some in stock, man does that kit look tempting.
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The only thing I'd be concerned about is magazines. He doesn't make them. The drums are from Pro-Mag, and the sticks are from another company.
I wouldn't be suprised if neither worked very well, and after a quick check online, I may be right.
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i cant fined the nice mag thats in your tommy gun or did you paint it.? either way it looks very real and i want that type of stick mag. more pics. would be nice to
February 12, 2009, 01:20 AM
Here's the violin case
That is definitely cool!
February 12, 2009, 01:23 AM
did i read it right they want a ffl for a violin case. please tell me im wrong
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The kit is simple to put together. Took me a half an hour with a punch, screw driver, and the supplied hexes. The stick mag is an airsoft mag epoxied to a 10/22 mag. These are pretty cool! As I said, never thought I'd get a 10/22 but...there you go!
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Hey: How well does the butt stock attach? I'm looking at the parts and it looks like its attached at one point. Does it wobble or anything?
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The stock is firmly attached at 2 points.
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Ah, the American pass-time - Baseball, and who better to throw the first pitch for the Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday? A Canadian pop singer! Carly's infamous pitch has now been made viral because of the sheer epic fail, her wind-up wasn't bad, but all in all she still throws like a girl, which for all intesive purposes - is completely okay! Though she's not a first-timer to the inagural pitch at a game, her last stand at the mound she threw a strike! So, let's just chuck this flub up to a bad game - shake it off champ - shake it off.
She was a good sport about the entire ordeal only gasping at her own failure before sending her hands up in defeat, and she joins a long line of celeb's who have shanked the pitch. (Now, I'm mixing sports metaphors) let's just say - unlike the guy in her song...there's very little chance she'll get that call back for the majors anytime soon.
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Angelo's Caffe owner Kathy Collantes admits she may have permanently scared off a few costumers after strongly urging them to use ceramic mugs rather than paper cups while dining in house. But Collantes said she's OK with the loss as long as her message about waste reduction got across.
Collantes calls herself a conservative recycler and said she got hooked on the three Rs after moving to California in 1989 where she and her husband, Al, were presented with their very own recycling containers.
"It became a challenge," Collantes said, "how much could we not throw away."
Collantes brought her environmentally conscious practices with her when she opened Angelo's Caffe in 2005. The restaurant recently became a pilot site for the Green Seal program which will be introduced by the Sustainable Whidbey Coalition later this month.
The Green Seal program stems from the city of Oak Harbor's annual Green Business Award, which Angelo's has won twice. The award was created in 2008 by Environmental Educator Maribeth Crandell who wanted to encourage businesses to go green.
"I wanted to help the business community see the advantages of going green and spotlight the ones that were taking the lead," Crandell said. "Going green cannot only save businesses money by reducing fees for wasted disposal, energy and water among other things, but it will distinguish them as proactive, forward thinking and community minded, which attracts costumers."
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University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban is the only Southeastern Conference coach in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. But increasing the conference schedule by one game seems imminent for the teams in college football's best conference, whether the other 13 coaches like it or not.
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Finding the right words to describe the enormity and downright outrageous "are you taking the piss?" impressiveness of Iguassu Falls is difficult for a man of my, admiteddly, limited intellect, so I've instead come up with some words that DON'T accurately describe them -
Once you get your first glimpse of the star of the show, Garganta del Diablo, or Devil's Throat, all monkey related antics are quickly forgotten. The mouth of the beast that is Iguassu Falls surely belittles all who view it. It�s a mindblowing experience, or almost a mindblowing experience - the hordes of tour groups and Argentine school children prevented my mind from being completely blown. Though it may not appear that way due to my shoddy, hap-hazard writings. Iguassu Falls - magic.
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A toxicology screen is a test used to determine if an individual has been exposed to certain legal or illegal drugs. Toxicology screens are usually ordered to see if a patient has taken drugs that could endanger his or her health. If a patient is suspected of taking illegal drugs, a screen for specific drugs that are commonly abused may be ordered.
Toxicology screens are often ordered by hospital emergency department personnel when a patient appears to be impaired or is unconscious. Testing is also done in patients who have a change in mental status, in cases of seizures, and onset of dementia. Toxicology testing can also be useful in cases of suspected sexual assault.
In some cases, a patient may have been exposed to a prescription drug accidentally or overdose may be suspected. Some employers require random drug screening. Employees who test positive for illegal drug abuse may be suspended or fired.
The test can be performed fairly quickly. Results can help doctors treat the patient effectively and safely.
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There are several types of toxicology screens. Most screening methods use a sample of urine to test for the presence of illegal narcotics or prescription drugs. Some, like the blood alcohol test, can determine the precise concentration of a particular drug. Others, like the urine screen, can indicate if a person has been exposed to drugs or poisons. Drug screens can also be performed on saliva.
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Ramo said heartburn can be a sign that you are having a heart attack or about to have one.
Sudden heartburn especially if you feel short of breath, sweaty or the burning goes into your neck may well indicate that you are having a heart attack. If that burning lasts more than 10 minutes, you should call 911 immediately.
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Last year was marked one of the most devastating droughts the U.S. has seen, and if predictions are correct, the coming year may be just as tough if there is no moisture.
On January 17, the Climate Prediction Center released their U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook. "Since the beginning of 2013, drier and colder weather prevailed over the West after a relatively wet December. In the Great Basin and central Rockies, two-week temperature departures averaged 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit below normal," said David Miskus, Senior Meteorologist for the Climate Prediction Center.
He continued, "Mostly dry weather exacerbated drought conditions in the Southwest, central Plains and western Corn Belt, and eastern Gulf and southern Atlantic Coasts."
Miskus then went on to talk about the future forecast. "During the upcoming three months, a much drier pattern is expected across the southern third of the Nation (from central California to the eastern Gulf Coast). In contrast, enhanced probabilities of surplus precipitation and subnormal temperatures across the northern U.S. (from the northern Rockies eastward to the upper Midwest and into the western Corn Belt) increase the odds for drought improvement," he stated.
According to data from the National Climate Data Center, last year at its peak 61.8 percent of the U.S. experienced moderate to extreme drought, the highest recorded level since 1956. This drought has led nearly 600 counties, roughly 20 percent of those in the country, to be declared drought disaster areas in 2013.
USDA said, "The 597 counties have shown a drought intensity value of at least D2 (Drought Severe) for eight consecutive weeks based on U.S. Drought Monitor measurements, providing for an automatic designation."
The reason for the early declaration is due mainly to the struggling wheat crop, and growers have begun reporting the progress and condition of their crops.
The end of the month crop progress report for Nebraska showed how the state is fairing. "Wheat conditions statewide rated 15 percent very poor, 34 poor, 37 fair, 14 good, and 0 excellent, well below last year when 74 percent of the crop rated good or excellent," according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.
The state did receive some moisture, but not enough to pull them out of the drought. "For the month of December 2012, unseasonably warm and dry weather the first half of the month was followed by rain and snow that brought some much needed moisture to the state. Temperatures averaged above normal but lows fell below zero the last half of the month," the report stated.
It continued, "The majority of the state saw temperatures average 1 to 5 degrees above normal during December. Topsoil temperatures ranged from 21 to 34 degrees during the last week of the month and in general were cooler in the central third of the state. The eastern third and southern tier of counties received from .7 to 2 inches of precipitation, while much of the remainder of the state received a half inch or less."
Nationally, wheat acres planted was up by one percent this year, and in Nebraska, acres planted was up seven percent with 1.48 million acres planted. It is expected that 41.8 million acres were seeded this year.
"Seeding began last August but by the middle of September was behind the 5-year average as producers waited for improved soil moisture levels. However, by the end of October, seeding had progressed ahead of last year and the 5-year average. More acres were seeded this year due to the early row crop harvest and higher prices," the report stated about winter wheat.
It continued with the report on hard red winter wheat. "Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat seeded area is about 29.1 million acres, down 2 percent from 2012. Acreage changes from last year are mixed across the growing region. Growers in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas planted significantly more acres this year while large acreage decreases occurred in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, and the Dakotas. Widespread drought conditions and lack of moisture continues to be a concern across much of the HRW growing area," according to the report.
Although as of Jan. 17 no areas in Nebraska had been designated as drought disaster areas, there is some relief for farmers in 17 Nebraskan counties because they border counties where drought disaster areas have been declared.
The states of Missouri, Kansas and Colorado were included in the declaration, so the counties of Nemaha, Otoe, Richardson, Dundy, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Hitchcock, Nuckolls, Red Willow, Webster, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Keith, Kimball and Perkins are all eligible for drought assistance.
The drought disaster designation, which was made by Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, on January 9, did not include Nebraska because the state's established grazing season has not yet started. This season runs from May 1 through October 27.
"Producers are encouraged to contact their local FSA Service Center for detailed information about available programs and updated Secretarial Disaster Designations," Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Dan Steinkruger, said in a written statement released by the FSA.
The sign up for 2011 crop losses started on October 22, and will run through June 7. Payments for these losses are provided through the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payment Program (SURE). This program gives farmers benefits who had farm revenue losses due to natural disaster that occurred during 2011.
The biggest benefit farmers and ranchers receive is access to low-access disaster loans.
To be eligible, farms must reside in counties that have drought declarations,that have incurred crop production or quality losses, or both, and includes all crops grown by a producer nationwide except grazed crops. Farms can also be eligible if, for that crop year, the actual production on the farm because of disaster-related conditions is 50 percent or less than normal production on the farm.
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Crocs Fall Holiday 2012 Shoes CollectionThursday, September 27th, 2012
This post is a reprint of a post by Hpility that originally appeared at Hpility SG.
Crocs Singapore unveiled their latest Fall Holiday 2012 Shoes collection, the new shoes collection came in various colour and design for men and ladies to suit the new style of you. The crocs event today held at Tampines Mall with the crowds of lifestyle bloggers joining in this fun event contes (Read more...)
Crocs Hover Crocsweld Sneaker Shoes CollectionFriday, August 10th, 2012
This post is a reprint of a post by Hpility that originally appeared at Hpility SG.
Hi Readers! Introduce you guys the latest Hover Crocsweld Sneaker men shoes collection from crocs, an amazing flat and light-weighted comfort causal shoe came with five difference mixed colour on its outer foot layer.
Hence, with the light-weighted and variance mixed colours of Hover Cr (Read more...)
Check out my new CROCS Sneaker!!!Saturday, April 21st, 2012
This post is a reprint of a post by Only William... that originally appeared at Only William.
Hi guys,
Finally today the weather was nice for me to do
some photoshoot of the New CROCS shoes which I got recently!!!
I was inspired to get this pair of shoes after attending
the Crocs VivoCity Fashion Show on 14 April 2012.
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Yes it was this pair of sneaker (Read more...)


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Officers arrested a man who was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Sacramento that left a teenage girl dead, police said Thursday.
Hernando Villa, 23, hit a parked flatbed truck with his vehicle just after 2 a.m. Tuesday near Florin Road and 21st Street, Sacramento police said.
A 17-year-old girl was killed during the crash, officers said.
According to officials, Villa ran from the scene and was found by a police K9 later that day.
Villa was taken to the hospital, but was released.
Officers said Villa was booked on charges of DUI, hit-and-run with injury or death, driving on a suspended license and vehicular manslaughter.


text: Thumping Eurotechno anthem urging all and sundry to 'get your booty on the floor tonight, make my day' – not too difficult to achieve in the face of scary new-fangled non-stop drum machine and subsonic bass chicanery – and more or less single-handedly responsible for ushering in a short-lived new era in which everything went a bit energy drink and Global Hypercolour. Originally lip-synched on TV by blue-lipsticked model 'Felly', before it emerged that her unconvincing miming concealed the fact that it had actually been performed by twangy-voiced rapper Ya Kid K, who in cahoots with her real-life beau MC Eric (whom, lest we forget 'got lyric for ya', and who had 'seen' your 'posse', but now it was him who was 'bossy') became the public face of Technotronic from theron in for a string of singles of ascending aceness – Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over), This Beat Is Technotronic and, best of all, the peerless Rockin' Over The Beat. Or, if you're one of those mentals who hasn't stopped whining in the intervening twenty years, the dawn of 'faceless Italian dance' and therefore ruining things forever.


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Tra'ves Bush (#9) breaks up a pass and ends Texas State's drive early in the 2nd qtr.
Pablo Beltran (#11) punts 52 yards after Navy's second series in the second quarter fails to make a first down.
After 9 plays and 42 yards, Texas State lined up in what looked like a field goal formation, only to have quarterback #17 (Shaun Rutherford) pick up the ball and attempt a pass to save the drive. Navy's safety, Kwazel Bertrand (#17) wasn't fooled and made the sack, allowing Navy to take over on downs.
A Pablo Beltran (#11) punt pushed Texas State back to the 8 yard line as time expired on the first half. Score: Navy 7, Texas State 0.
As the second half begins, Navy's John O'Boyle (#83) forces a fumble by Texas State's #80 (Jafus Gaines) and the ball is recovered by Navy's James Britton (#3) on the Texas State 16 yard line.
Noah Copeland's 16 yard rushing touchdown, and Nick Sloan's successful PAT combine to increase Navy's lead in the first series of the second half. Score: Navy 14, Texas State 0
Cody Peterson (#53) and Jordan Drake (#13) combine to tackle Texas State #19 (Chase Harper) at the Navy 36.
This time its Parrish Gaines (#2) and Matt Warrick (#51) who combine to tackle Texas State's #19 (Chase Harper), this time at the Navy 19.
Gee Gee Greene rushes for 31 yard just before time expires on the 3rd quarter. Gee Gee was stopped by Texas State #27 (Colby Targun) and #40 (Jerrid Jeter-Gilmon).
Darius Staten (#20) pushes to get the first down before bring brought down by Texas State #27 (Colby Targun) and #95 (Jonathan Ward) at the Texas State 14.
Gee Gee Greene scores (and teammate Josh Cabral, #65 congratulates him) on a 10 yard run during this first series of the 4thquarter. With Nick Sloan's successful PAT, the score is now Navy 21, Texas State 3.
Mids find a unique way to commemorate their 21 points.
Texas State #38 (Will Johnson) attempts the on-side kick after their first touchdown of the game brings the score to Navy 21, Texas State 10.
Fans get creative using the thunder sticks handed out by the Mids' Team Awesome Crew.
Pablo Beltran (#11) is able to get the kick off for 45 yards, despite dropping the snap.
Texas State QB #17 (Shaun Rutherford) is stopped at the Navy 49 by Obi Uzoma (#44) and Brye French (#50).
As time expires, Team Awesome shows its game face as they begin to think about their next challenge: Beat Army! Final Score: Navy 21, Texas State 10
The Seniors gather for their traditional pose with Navy photographer, Phil Hoffmann. (Larger photo LINK)
All photos by Alison Althouse for GoMids.com.


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The Crisis in Afghanistan Deepens
Taliban attacks against Afghan, U.S., and coalition forces in Afghanistan surged by 200 percent in December. Insurgent attacks climbed to 600 per month; a 400 percent increase over the number of attacks in 2005.
The House Armed Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold hearings this week to discuss this escalating crisis and hear testimony on current challenges in Afghanistan and strategies for restoring stability.
Afghanistan needs a renewed commitment by the United States and NATO. The Taliban is growing stronger every day, fed by increased cash flows from the opium trade, Arab donors in the Persian Gulf, and a safe harbor in Pakistan. Insurgents have imported tactics from the Iraq war, such as roadside bombings and suicide bombings, into the Afghan theater. Yet with increased troop levels, equipment, and diplomacy, it is possible to bring stability back to the region.
But Afghanistan will likely continue to suffer as long as the United States sticks to its current strategy in Iraq. The United States spends up to $8 billion a month in Iraq and is stretching U.S. ground troops in Iraq to the breaking point. The Bush administration has continuously diverted crucial resources and forces from Afghanistan to Iraq, allowing the Taliban and terrorist groups to recover from the invasion five years ago, regroup, and now go on the attack.
It is not too late for America to respond. Troop levels in Afghanistan should be doubled to 40,000 from the approximately 20,000 U.S. troops deployed there today. These troops should be sent from Iraq to Afghanistan under NATO leadership as reinforcements. The United States must also provide more equipment and training for Afghan security forces.
Many of the problems in Afghanistan, as in Iraq, will not be solved by military means alone. Greater investment in Afghanistan's economy and its reconstruction is also essential to creating a stable state. The United States and the international community need to commit to a well-funded and well-managed long term economic development effort, and the government of Afghanistan should take the lead.
The United States must also increase its diplomatic efforts in Afghanistan and the region, and demand that its neighbors not meddle unproductively in its demise. As a first priority, the U.S. government must increase pressure on Pakistan to crack down on the pro-Taliban tribal militants who harbor global terrorist networks such as al-Qaeda in Pakistan's North Waziristan province.
The mission in Afghanistan is too important to let fail. Getting Afghanistan right is critical to preventing it from once again becoming a safe haven for terrorists. But the United States must increase its own commitment to this troubled mission in order to shore up the strength of the Afghan state.
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BEECH ISLAND---It was a great season for the farm. Those were the words of Grand Prix show jumper Angel Karolyi in describing the success of Hollow Creek Farm at the 2013 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla.
Hollow Creek's team was a consistent force on the WEF circuit, led by junior rider Emmanuelle Andrade, who was an unstoppable force winning 14 championships and 10 reserve championships during the 12 weeks of exhibiting, and the horseman from Venezuela shows great promise, said Karolyi.
"He's been working hard and doing the right things." said Karolyi. "He's really come a long way during the last couple of years."
Andrade is currently competing in Venezuela, but the exhibitor will have a busy itinerary this spring and summer, said Karolyi.
"He's going to jump for two weeks in Kentucky in May," said Karolyi. "His horses will take a couple of weeks off, and then he'll go to Upperville. We'll then take a couple of more weeks off and then go to Lake Placid."
However, Andrade wasn't the only rider on the Hollow Creek Farm roster that enjoyed success, as Karolyi is in the process of producing several young horses, and getting to know a horse he and Hollow Creek Farm's Andrea King purchased last fall, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding named Indiana 127. The rider/horse combination got off to a propitious start by winning the first Grand Prix class they entered, when they earned blue ribbon honors in the $30,000 Raleigh Grand Prix last November.
Karolyi and Indiana 127 recently placed seventh in the Class 3 Live Oak Grand Prix in Ocala, Fla. on March 23, and performed admirably in a competitive field featuring a great amount of depth.
"It was a beautiful show," said Karolyi. "It was very refreshing. There were four classes throughout the weekend, two on Friday, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Indiana was clear. I was last in the jump-off but there were already five clear, and one with the rail down. the last jump down, with a very fast time. I thought I might as well give it a try, to win, knowing that even if I was to have a rail down, I could slow down and settle for seventh."
The chestnut gelding by Indoctro has impressed the rider, jumping unbelievably well, and the scopey horse has demonstrated a tremendous amount of talent and potential.
"I kind of took it easy with him thoroughout the circuit in Wellington," said Karolyi, "He changed after that first Grand Prix in Raleigh. He got stronger. He has greater energy, and is far more difficult to handle. I used the circuit to get to know him. I tried not to get too excited and go in the bigger classes. I took it easy, and in the end, I think he appreciated it."
There are two horses in the Hollow Creek Farm barn that Karolyi is currently producing that bear watching, one is a bay gelding named Amigo, the other is a Zangersheide mare named Armani Z that possesses great promise.
"Armani Z jumped the whole 8-year-old circuit in Wellington," said Karolyi. "She was 8th in the 1.40 meters, and she was clear. She's really a nice young mare."


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Thanks, and yes I'm still around/alive.
I got a new job so have had little time, and both my PS3's are full, along with quite a few other accounts activated (but not on the PS3,) so this place is too tempting to hang out 'cause I'll keep wanting to buy more, lol.
I'm going back to school next month, so I should have more time on my hands. My wife and I are also expecting, so I want to clear as many accounts now, before the baby comes in the summer.
Hopefully in the next couple months I can clear out the bulk of my accounts and snatch up a bunch more new ones.
if u happen to have batman arkham city & sleeping dogs lemme know


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These are Maui Scene Editor Rick Chatenever's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.
New this week
"Apollo 18" PG-13, 1:41, opens Friday at Maui Mall Megaplex, Kukui Mall 4 and Front Street Theaters.
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Ciarán Hinds and Helen Mirren are among the stars of the taut espionage thriller 'The Debt.'
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Not to be confused with Tom Hanks and Ron Howard's Oscar-winning "Apollo 13," this is the sci-fi horror thriller supposedly based on long-buried NASA footage showing the real reason mankind never returned to take any more footsteps or leaps on the moon. Warren Christie and Lloyd Owen star; Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego directs.
"The Debt" R, 1:53, opened Wednesday at Kaahumanu 6.
A remake of the 2007 Israeli original, this taut, brainy thriller jumps back and forth from the present to the 1960s when a group of three Israeli Mossad agents venture to East Berlin to kidnap a former Nazi death doctor and bring him to trial. Under the direction of "Shakespeare in Love's" John Madden, the roles are double-cast to account for the changing times: Helen Mirren and this year's breakout star Jessica Chastain play Rachel and Tom Wilkinson and Sam Worthington play David in a cast also featuring Ciaran Hinds, Jesper Christensen and Martin Csokas.
"Cars 2" G, 2:07, (3-D and 2-D) returns Friday to Maui Mall Megaplex.
When cute, talking cars graduated from commercials to the big screen in 2006, they raked in big bucks for Pixar and Disney with their tales of life in the slow lane off Route 66. Owen Wilson once again returns to the driver's seat (well, actually he is the driver's seat and the rest of the vehicle) as Lightning McQueen, who competes in an international grand prix this time around. Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, John Turturro and Emily Mortimer add their voices and John Lassiter directs, working in a spy spoof and a message about alternative fuel in this hybrid vehicle designed to sell both tickets and toys to its young audience.
"Sex and Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy" NR, 2:19, opens Friday at Kaahumanu 6.
With a title like that, chances are few moviegoers are interested in the Zen part. Updated from the '90s original - a softcore Hong Kong production that reportedly had a healthy sense of humor to go along with its erotic interests -this one adds 3-D and more of a kinky dark side to the adventures of a meek Ming Dynasty scholar who sets off on an odyssey to discover new ways of pleasing his young wife. Hiro Hayama, Leni Lan, Tony Ho, Saori Hara and Yukiko Suo co-star; Christopher Sun Lap Key directs.
"Shark Night" PG-13, 1:46, opens Friday at Kaahumanu 6 and Lahaina Wharf Cinemas.
Yes, you've had this nightmare before -only the bikinis and the particular body of water have changed. In this case it's the Louisiana Gulf where the young cast members see their plans for a girls-gone-wild weekend spoiled by the appearance of fresh-water sharks. Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack and Katharine McPhee head the cast; David R. Ellis directs. (Fresh-water sharks - who knew? One more thing to fear from Mother Nature.)
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"Captain America: The First Avenger" PG-13, 2:06, Kaahumanu 6.
This Marvel Comics adaptation finds Chris Evans starring as the World War II fighting hero. He brings an earnest dignity and intelligence to the role of Steve Rogers, a scrawny kid from Brooklyn with dreams of military glory. But scientist Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) sees something special in him and enlists him for a daring experiment, administering high-tech injections to transform him into a supersoldier. Hugo Weaving plays the foe, former Nazi leader Johann Schmidt, aka Red Skull, who's formed his own splinter group and built some intimidating weapons. Tommy Lee Jones and Dominic Cooper co-star. Joe Johnston directs.
"Colombiana" PG-13, 2:04, Maui Mall Megaplex and Lahaina Wharf Cinemas.
Zoe Saldana stars in this action-thriller co-written and produced by Luc Besson, who pioneered a new film genre - damsels who cause distress -in such films "La Femme Nikita." "Avatar" star Saldana seems the perfect choice to play Cataleya, who launched her quest for revenge after seeing her parents killed when she was a 9-year-old schoolgirl in the slums of Bogota. Now that she's become a crack assassin, watch out! Amandia Stenberg, Cliff Curtis, Jorda Molla and Lennie James co-star; Olivier Megaton directs.
"Conan the Barbarian" R, 1:57, Maui Mall Megaplex, ends tonight at Kukui Mall 4 and Front Street Theaters.
Despite his 6-foot-5 physique, no one is going to mistake the arrival of Jason Momoa with the cultural game-changer represented by someone named Ah-nuld in the 1982 original. Under the direction of Marcus Nispel, this epic relies mostly on sword fights, using the script for little more than filling the space between them. Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang and an over-the-top Rose McGowan co-star.
"Cowboys & Aliens" PG-13, 1:58, Maui Mall Megaplex.
2011 Maui Film Festival honoree Olivia Wilde stars alongside Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford in this sci-fi Western. A stranger (Craig), with no memory of his past and a very strange bracelet attached to his wrist, stumbles into a New Mexico Territory desert town in 1875. He finds that the residents aren't welcoming and the streets are controlled by iron-fisted Col. Dolarhyde (Ford) and his reprobate son (Paul Dano). Under Jon Favreau's direction, it has the making of a "High Noon" kind of saga until the studio marketing department takes over and introduces visitors from outer space. Why? Hard to tell. Wilde is a scene stealer with those big wide eyes in a cast co-starring Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown and Keith Carradine, but in this mismatch of genres, the final score is Cowboys 1, Aliens zero.
"Crazy Stupid Love" PG-13, 1:57, Maui Mall Megaplex.
Straight-laced 40-something Carl Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the American dream: Nice job, house, kids and marriage. But when he discovers that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), cheated on him and is seeking a divorce, his "perfect" life unravels. He started dating Emily in high school, so Carl is more than a little rusty in the single world. Now, he's spending his nights sulking solo at a local bar until he is taken on as the wingman to handsome player Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon co-star. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa direct, concocting impossible twists in the story, but compensating for them with the likability of all the principals in the cast. Between the plotting and the performances, it's a good-hearted winner in a summer that has favored comedies in a more raunchy vein. Recommended.
"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" R, 1:58, Kaahumanu 6 and Lahaina Wharf Cinemas.
Size shouldn't matter when it comes to scary creatures. After all, plenty of people are terrified of rats and spiders. Yet savage and ugly as the tiny monsters are in this remake of a 1973 TV horror movie, they're not as frightening as the filmmakers would have you believe. These wee beasties are not all that interesting, either, and frankly, neither is the movie. Producer and co-writer Guillermo del Toro and director Troy Nixey manage a lot of creepy atmosphere in their story of a couple (Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes) and a young girl (Bailee Madison) menaced by nasty little things that swarm up from beneath the mansion they're restoring. With the girl at the heart of the tale and del Toro's name the big selling point, the filmmakers want you thinking of the movie as a cousin to his masterful "Pan's Labyrinth," but it comes up a distant second in the comparison.
"Fright Night" R, 2:01, Maui Mall Megaplex; ends tonight at Lahaina Wharf Cinemas.
The suburban sprawl of Las Vegas makes the possibility that new next-door neighbor Colin Farrell really is a vampire vaguely plausible in this remake of the 1985 horror comedy. Anton Yelchin is the nerdy teen harboring the suspicion; his even nerdier pal Christopher Mintz-Plasse is the only one who believes him. Toni Collette heads the strong supporting cast that also features David Tennant. Craig Gillespie directs, maintaining his sense of humor amidst the bloody gore.
"Glee:?The 3D Concert Movie" PG, 1:40, ends tonight at Maui Mall Megaplex.
For the Gleeks out there, this big-screen opportunity will be hard to miss. Get an up-close-and-personal experience during a concert with stars from the multigenerational TV phenomenon. Well, sort of. The film - in theaters for two weeks -is being displayed only in 3D, so fans can get a taste of the singing, dancing and sarcasm, just like attending and documenting a real performance. "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" includes the castmates' live concerts, with a few fan testimonials. Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz, Harry Shum Jr., Chord Overstreet and Ashley Fink star. Kevin Tancharoen directs.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" PG-13, 2:10 Maui Mall Megaplex.
Just as Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) grow up, the audience is forced to grow up, too, and say a sobering yet satisfying goodbye to the well-loved stars in the much-anticipated, final adventure of the Harry Potter film series. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith and many more familiar faces co-star, brilliantly as usual. For all the grand-scale destruction, under David Yates' direction, the film is a satisfying yet provocative blend of fine acting, taut screencraft and metaphysical musings that linger after the final frame. Recommended.
"The Help" PG-13, 2:17, Kaahumanu 6 and Kukui Mall 4.
Topping the box-office charts with its old-fashioned blend of unforgettable characters, heart-stirring emotions and a righteous cause, this is the rare case of a quality film hitting mainstream popularity, even while sparking lots of debate about its political correctness. Set in Jackson, Miss., the 1960s, it follows three very different, extraordinary women as they build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From the improbable alliance of Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny, a remarkable sisterhood emerges, igniting the courage to transcend the lines that define the women - and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed. Its dream cast includes Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and many more, ably directed by Tate Taylor. Recommended.
"One Day" PG-13, 1:44, Maui Mall Megaplex.
This romantic drama might have been retitled "When Em Met Dex," or "When Anne Hathaway Met Jim Sturgess," since they're the ones playing the parts. The day, or night, in question was a post-college graduation party in 1988, and the story keeps time traveling back to it through all the actual career and relationship changes occurring in its protagonists' lives en route to the inevitable night when they'll be together again. Lone Scherfig directs.
"One Voice" NR, 1:24, ends tonight at Kaahumanu 6.
Lisette Marie Flanary directs this heartwarming documentary look at the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest through the eyes of the student song directors. Like a Hawaiian answer to "Glee," this Maui Film Festival hit gives a stirring look at contemporary Hawaiian culture through the eyes of its next generation.
"Our Idiot Brother" R, 1:45, Maui Mall Megaplex, Kukui Mall 4 and Front Street Theaters.
Paul Rudd hops from one sofa to another to another as the title character, and that's sort of what the film does, too. Rudd stars as an amiable, ambling dude named Ned who has no real goals in life; what he does have is a guilelessness that consistently gets him into trouble, both with his family and with the law. He has a knack for being way too honest, and a little dim, despite his big trusting, open heart. Director Jesse Peretz, working from a script written by his sister, Evgenia Peretz, and her husband, David Schisgall, follows him as he bumbles his way from one situation to the next with no great momentum or sense of character evolution. Ned grows increasingly irritating to his hippie farmer ex-girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn), the three sisters he mooches off of (Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel) and to us. Trying to blend contemporary hipness with an old-fashioned parable, the film never quite finds its pacing although it does come to life whenever Steve Coogan shows up, playing Mortimer's world-saving, politically correct but oh-so-creepy husband with unctious relish.
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" PG-13, 1:05, Maui Mall Megaplex, Kukui Mall 4 and Front Street Theaters.
Silly humans. We're so arrogant. We see a cute, cuddly baby chimp, assign all kinds of familiar characteristics to it and raise it with the loving playfulness we'd give our own children, only to find that the creature's unpredictable and ferocious animal nature wins out in the end. If the documentary ''Project Nim'' didn't serve as enough of a warning for us earlier this summer, now we have this blockbuster, which is sort of a prequel and sort of a sequel and sort of a reboot. Mainly, it's a spectacle. Sure, it might be trying to teach us a lesson about hubris. But mostly it's about angry, 'roided-up chimps taking over and wreaking havoc. This seventh film in the ''Planet of the Apes'' series rises to such ridiculous heights, it's impossible not to laugh out loud - in a good way, in appreciation. There's big, event-movie fun to be had here, amped up by some impressive special effects and typically immersive performance-capture work by Andy Serkis (Gollum from the ''Lord of the Rings'' films). James Franco stars as the scientist whose drug tests to find a cure for Alzheimer's lead to the birth of the super-smart Caesar. Freida Pinto and John Lithgow co-star; Rupert Wyatt directs.
"The Smurfs" PG, 1:42, Kaahumanu 6 (3-D and 2-D).
Blue is the new black. Pint-sized blue toons are making their 3-D debut when "The Smurfs" hits the big screen. The 1980s NBC cartoon series, affectionately known for its flat animation, simple illustration and good-versus- evil tales, is given 21st century life, thanks to Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village through a portal, they're forced out of their world and into ours - landing in the middle of New York's Central Park. Stuck in the Big Apple, and measuring about three apples high, the Smurfs must get back to their village before Gargamel finds them. Neil Patrick Harris, George Lopez and Katy Perry provide vocals. Raja Gosnell directs, adding the phrase "who smurfed?" to our vocabulary.
"Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" PG, 1:44, Maui Mall Megaplex (3-D and 2-D) and Front Street Theaters.
Being a stepmom is the toughest challenge yet for former spy Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba). To make matters worse, she's married to a famous spy-hunting TV reporter. When Marissa is called back into action, she sees it as an opportunity to bond with her new step-children, Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook). They set out to stop the evil Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) from taking over the world. With a little help from a couple of very familiar Spy Kids, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), they just may be able to save the world and possibly bring their family together while they're at it. Robert Rodriguez once again directs.
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Blockbuster stores will still have a home in El Paso.
Austin-based Border Entertainment, LLC, owner of the El Paso stores, made the announcement after Blockbuster announced that corporately-owned stores would be closing its retail stores by January.
Alan Payne, Owner of Border Entertainment, said, "We have no plans to close our Blockbuster stores and we expect to continue to operate successfully in El Paso and in our other markets."
Border Entertainment owns 26 of the 50 franchise stores open in the U.S. Seven of those 26 stores are in El Paso. The 26 stores employ over 300 people.
"We have succeeded when others have failed by operating conveniently-located stores that are fun to visit," added Payne. "In short, we have acknowledged the changes in the business model as well as changes in customer expectations. We have addressed those changes and successfully transitioned our stores to a profitable operation that still gives customers what they want. Now more than ever, our combination of large movie inventories and the lowest prices on rental and retail movies cannot be matched by anyone."
In the early 2000's, Border Entertainment made a smooth transition of its Blockbuster business from VHS to DVD, while maintaining its extremely large inventory of titles. Payne said, "Today, Blockbuster El Paso offers the lowest prices of any other rental competitor on over 90 percent of its inventory. Most of our movies are priced at $.49 a day or $.99 for five days and new releases are in stock on release date. That's a big advantage for us." Blockbuster rents new releases at a much lower price than all streaming sites. In addition, Blockbuster sells used movies, new Blu-ray movies, and Ultra Violet movies at prices less than half the regular retail price. "This is the model that has allowed us to remain open and serve our customers in El Paso," said Payne.


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Cumulative voting soon will become a reality for Amarillo school district elections. The cumulative voting system, pending clearance from the Department of Justice, will be used to determine four Amarillo Independent School District board of trustees positions in the May 2000 election.
The Amarillo Independent School District has not set the date for the election, but the positions of current board members Sam Lovelady, Bob Sanders, Anette Carlisle and Bill Daniel, who serves as board president, will be decided by voters using the new cumulative voting system.
The current system uses numbered positions, and the winner in each position is elected by voting at-large, or districtwide.
Under the new system, voting still would be at-large, but for unnumbered positions. So if four positions are open, the four people with the most votes would be elected. More importantly, the top vote-getters would be decided on a cumulative basis.
That means if four positions are up for vote, as will be the case next year, each district resident will have four votes. The voter may cast those votes in any combination: one vote for each of four candidates, two votes for one candidate and two for another, three for one candidate and one for another, or all four votes for one candidate.
The new system results from settlement of a May 1998 lawsuit filed by Richard Reynoso, Joe Bosquez, Billy Swain and the League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4427. The Amarillo Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People later joined the suit.
Trustees voted 3-2 in favor of the settlement, and the pre-clearance submission was sent June 14 to the U.S. Department of Justice, which must approve any voting change. The department has 60 days from the day the submission was received to issue a decision.
AISD is the largest jurisdiction in the country to have moved to cumulative voting, said Rob Ritchie, executive director of The Center for Voting and Democracy, based in Washington, D.C.
However, cumulative voting is nothing new in Texas. At least 33 school districts, 16 cities and one hospital district have adopted the election system - far more than in all other states combined.
Outside of Texas, only seven locations use cumulative voting: one each in Peoria, Ill., and Sisseton, S.D., and five locations in Alabama.
Cumulative voting is a popular system in other democratic countries, said Ritchie, but Texas is among the few states where the legislature allow jurisdictions to use the system.
Rolando Rios, a civil rights attorney who represented minority plaintiffs in the voting-rights lawsuit, said in an interview in May that cumulative voting has been successful in electing minorities to school boards in towns such as Poth, Roscoe and Yoakum.
The minority population is more integrated and spread out in Amarillo than in towns that have opted to install single-member voting districts, Rios said.
"Single-member districts were the solution in the old days when minorities were more or less isolated in one area of town," Rios said. "Cumulative voting allows you to pick up all the minority vote from all over Amarillo."
The cumulative voting system is a viable option to increase minority representation, said Fred McBride, southern regional director for The Center for Voting and Democracy.
"If minorities don't represent a significant amount of population, they can't get anyone elected," McBride said. "I think it's important to let voters know that you can get a portion of the seat, based on the electorate."
McBride will be in Amarillo to meet with voters from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1200 S. Washington. He will describe how cumulative voting works and said he hopes to clear up any misconceptions.
The alternative voting system also helps prove that the ballot being cast actually amounts to something, McBride said.
"Under winner takes all, if your candidate doesn't win, your vote is lost," he said.
But not everyone is convinced.
AISD trustees Bob Sanders and Jack Thompson voted against settling the lawsuit. In May, Sanders said, "The only absolute cure for the situation and the issues in the lawsuit is to run strong qualified candidates and to vote."
Sanders said minorities need representation on all public boards, but cumulative voting potentially will open the door for special interest groups that are knowledgeable about the political process to gain a seat on the board they might not get otherwise, which won't help elect a minority. Such groups could have personal motives, such as to replace a superintendent, principal or coach.
Rios, however, said cumulative voting has been used by huge corporations forever to protect their stockholders.
"It's as American as apple pie," he said.
Cumulative voting may be a step toward more minority representation, but it isn't a magical solution, said Daniel, the AISD board president.
"It (cumulative voting) still requires people to register, it still requires people to go vote," Daniel said. "It's not a magic potion that is going to ensure that we are going to elect a Hispanic, or a black, or an Anglo for that matter. It is, however, a more fair way to elect our board of trustees."
Amarillo minority representatives Iris Lawrence, who is Potter County Commissioner for Precinct 4, and Nancy Bosquez, who is Precinct 2 justice of the peace and LULAC member, said voter education also is important to increasing minority voting and representation.
"I feel that if we educate the voters properly, then they would have a better understanding of what is expected of them when they go to the polls," Lawrence said. "It's not an issue of minorities; it's the issue of the public in general."
Bosquez said she believes there is a better possibility of getting a minority in office with the new voting system.
"The way it was set up before, we believe that if every minority voter was to go out and vote, you couldn't get a minority in office," Bosquez said.
Bosquez said one-on-one contact, such as campaigning, will have to be done in the neighborhoods to educate voters.
"We've got a year before the next AISD election," Bosquez said. "We believe it can be done. I think we stand a better chance of getting someone in there now than we ever have before. We believe it is going to work."
Daniel also stressed that for the new system to work, people have to exercise their rights.
"If people don't register to vote and don't go exercise their right to vote, the results may not be what some people would want," he said.
What sometimes drives people to vote is controversy, Daniel said.
"I think that the staff, the administration at the school as well as the school board has done a very good job of doing what we are about," Daniel said, "and that is educating our kids, all of our kids, and keeping controversy out the of classroom and not letting ourselves get involved in things that don't amount to much when it involves the children of the school district," he said.
Former Globe-News education writer Chad Johnson contributed to this report.
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LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III is expected to rule soon over whether Niagara County or the Kiwanis Club of Niagara Falls is entitled to the site of the defunct Oppenheim Zoo.
The sides have been battling for two years over whether the county or the Kiwanis Activities Corp. should take title to the 15.3 acres of land adjoining the county's Oppenheim Park on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Wheatfield.
The zoo went out of business in 1988, and the Oppenheim Zoological Society's attorney, Robert J. O'Toole, said the society will formally disband once Murphy decides who is entitled to the property.
Last month, Murphy denied the county a share of the society's trust fund, and in 2011, State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. ruled the county was not entitled to the land, though litigation over the issue was allowed to proceed.
In 1944, Max M. Oppenheim, a Niagara Falls real estate agent, deeded 80 acres of land on Niagara Falls Boulevard to the newly created zoological society, for use as a zoo bearing his name.
Oppenheim died in 1956, and two years after that, the zoo society agreed to give most of the acreage to the county to be developed into Oppenheim Park, which still operates.
Mary E. Maloney, attorney for Kiwanis, insists that the 1944 deed gives the remaining 15 acres of zoo land to the Kiwanis Club if it's no longer being used as a zoo or a park.
But Assistant County Attorney R. Thomas Burgasser says the deed gives the county the right of first refusal if the zoo is out of business.
He said the 1944 deed was so clumsily drafted that it doesn't say what Maloney believes it says. "It's not things [Kiwanis] didn't do; it's the way it was written," Burgasser said. "Any interest of Kiwanis was so remote into the future that it was void."
"There is no active right of the county. None," Maloney said. "It's a clever argument by Burgasser, but it's absolutely false. … For at least 20 years, [the zoological society] has been in violation of the deed. It's not a zoo. It's not a park."
"We take it without restriction," Burgasser proclaimed on behalf of the county.
But Maloney asserted that Kiwanis owns the land now, not the society.
"We take the position we have owned this land for at least 20 years," she told Murphy. "We had to do nothing. We're vested. It's not a conditional gift to us. … They simply can't transfer the land at this point."
"They certainly haven't acted like it's theirs," said O'Toole, the society's attorney. "They haven't maintained it. They haven't paid property taxes."
Maloney accused O'Toole, who is also attorney for the Town of Wheatfield, of trumping up some building code violations to prevent Kiwanis from exercising its rights.
"I take strong personal and professional exception [to that accusation]," O'Toole told the judge.
Burgasser said the State Court of Appeals has ruled that the right of first refusal is not an option, but a pre-emptive right.
With a purchase option, the county could compel the zoological society to sell it the land, but it doesn't have to bother to do that, Burgasser insisted.
O'Toole has said that if Murphy rules the land is still in the society's control, it will probably just give the property to the county.
Maloney has said Kiwanis intends to sell the property if it wins the case, with the proceeds earmarked for the club's charitable works in Niagara Falls.
Kloch's 2011 ruling was aimed at moving the sides to a negotiated settlement, but that never happened. Two years ago, Burgasser said in Kloch's courtroom that Kiwanis had offered to sell the zoo site to the county for $300,000. Maloney said at the time that the county had counter-offered $20,000, plus an agreement not to press for the trust fund. Burgasser denied that at the time.
Last month, Murphy split up the $229,789 trust fund without a share for the county.
It will pay $5,000 to the zoological society; $7,105 to William D. Broderick, attorney for the trustee, Alliance Bank; and $5,309 to that bank.
Of the remaining amount, Temple Beth El of Niagara Falls, of which Oppenheim was a member, receives 50 percent, or $106,187.
The Kiwanis Club receives 20 percent, or $42,475. Ten percent each, or $21,237, goes to the Salvation Army, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and the United Way of Greater Niagara.
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Hi guys,
I've recently acquired some tangerines/clementines/mandarins
(I use all three names because they're called different things in different countries!)
I'm an Australian living in Paris, here they're called Clémentines, in oz they're called Mandarins and in the U.S you guys call them Tangerines!
Anyway, regardless of what they are exactly, does anyone have any Paleofied dessert recipes that'd be nice to use these in?
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This is a guest post written by Mark Wolfinger of the investing blog Options for Rookies. Mark grew up in Brooklyn and in an earlier life, earned a PhD (chemistry) from Northwestern. After several years as a research chemist, in Dec 1976 he moved to Chicago to trade options. Over the next 23 years, he was primarily a CBOE market maker, but also worked as a risk manager, and coached new traders. He left the CBOE in 2000 and began a career as an educator. He's published three books and numerous magazine articles.
Mark recently authored The Rookie's Guide to Options and he approached me with a novel guest post idea. You don't normally associate options with passive investing but he is going to explain how you can use options, specifically collars, to protect yourself when passive investing.
Let's begin by agreeing:
- a) Passive investing beats active investing – for all but the few talented traders who consistently outperform the markets. Let's also agree that none of us is a member of that elite group.
- b) The rules: allocate assets, diversify, buy and hold, don't panic by selling into market declines etc. These are the most commonly used methods to minimize investment risk. They are constantly repeated by journalists, bloggers, brokers, financial planners and financial advisors.
Should most of us follow this advice with confidence? Do we save a portion of each paycheck, invest passively, and confidently accept whatever happens?
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