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October 11th, 2009, 16:15 Posted By: wraggsterSecret of Evermore is an incredible Action RPG game of the late years of the Super Nintendo. You play with two characters, a boy and his dog, who get trapped themselves in a fantasy world called Evermore. The story is quite original, and, for a change, more funny than serious.
This game had, until today, very few patches to play with. We had the great multiplayer patch and a few known bugs fixes, but nothing more.
Just here we have a fully-featured patch that deal with many internal aspects of the game, with the objective of having a challenging and more enjoyable experience with this already great game.
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October 11th, 2009, 16:17 Posted By: wraggsterOh goodness! The Breath of Fire 2 translation by Watercrown Productions has been updated to version 1.2b! So, unless you enjoy typos and bugs in your translations, you should probably download it and replace any now-outdated BoF2 patches you have.
October 14th, 2009, 16:08 Posted By: wraggster
[thrashbarg] missed the sounds of the Commodore 64 and longed to hear the great masters in 8-bit glory. To get his fix, he created a midi device using the original Sound Interface Device from those long-dead systems. Hes interfaced the MOS6581 SID with an Atmel AVR ATmega8 microcontroller. The receiving pin for the AVRs UART is used as a MIDI-IN connection, with the microcontroller converting midi data into the proper sound generation specs for the SID. The result is the 10 minutes of [Bach]s Brandenburg Concerto heard in the embedded video above.
We have no idea where he picked up this obsolete chip, but if you want to give this a try, perhaps youll have some luck emulating the MOS6581 by using another ATmega8.
October 14th, 2009, 16:09 Posted By: wraggster
We extend our congratulations to [airz] over at the ben heck forums. He put together a mod that fits an emulator into an original NES cartridge and utilizes a butchered original NES controller; and he did an amazing job!
He is using a cheap but full featured emulator board. It comes with 4 gigs of memory but also has an SD card slot. NES, Game Boy, and Game Boy color ROMs can all be played on the 2.8″ color LCD but the system also features a TV out connector for use with a larger screen as well.
The cuts that [airz] made in the case are amazing, easily eclipsing the last cartridge emulator mod we saw. The holes for the controls look as if the plastic was molded that way. For realism he also cut off the PCB interface on the business end of the cartridge and glued it in place. Apparently it took three cartridges, two controllers, and two of the emulators to make it this nice, but if you want to make an omelet
October 14th, 2009, 20:14 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
The longest running zine must surely be Retrogaming Times Monthly, which has now notched up its 65th issue, and with 80 issues of its predecessor, Retrogaming Times, comes to 145 (1997-present). The monthly HTML zine covers all computer and console gaming with articles, reviews, and more. Issue 65 is a special Halloween special with including such highlights as:
High Score Monthly! - Frankenstein's Monster
The International Video Game Museum And Hall Of Fame Launch Party
Movies With A Byte: Mortal Kombat
Modern Retro - Metal Gear Solid
Dual Perspective - Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword Of Chaos
All Eyes On Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Apple II Incider - Uninvited
Vectrexenstein - Armor Attack
The Thrill Of Defeat: Plodding Back To School With The ZX81
RTM Idiocy: A Final Farewell
Video Game Tattler
Weblink: http://www.retrogamingtimes.com/
October 14th, 2009, 20:16 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
GLBasic (which is "an easy to learn, fast to write, and flexible language for programming") has announced the Board Game Competition for 2009. The competition, which officially started on 1 October 2009, will run for three months, ending on 12 January 2010. The rules of the competition state that the game must be a computer version of an existing board game, be freeware, exclusive to the competition (although copyright will remain with the author), programmed with GLBasic and run on Windows at the least. Full competition rules and guidelines can be found at the GLBasic news section.
Weblink: http://www.glbasic.com/main.php?site=boardgames-compo
October 14th, 2009, 20:17 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Retro Gamer is a dedicated retrogaming magazine from the UK, but can also be picked up worldwide. Issue 69 (a.k.a. Load 69) is full of content like the following...
Making of... Syndicate with Sean Cooper (Lead Designer)
Final Fantasy: The Complete Story
Retro Tube
Retroinspection - Sega Nomad
Classic Game - Kung Fu Master
Coin-Op Capers - Space Harrier
Retro Evolution - Alien Vs Predator
Cheap as Chips - Duck Tales
Boss Rush - Wesker
Why you must play - Cabal
From the Archives - First Star Software
Funspot Treasures (rare arcade games)
Making of... Die Hard Trilogy
A Moment with - Harvey Elliott
Geoff Crammond
and more...
Weblink: http://www.retrogamer.net/
October 14th, 2009, 20:18 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Retro is a multi-format retrogaming magazine from Germany, which also comes with coverage of film and music. Launched in 2007, the magazine is available in print form for 6.95 EUR (with free shipping), while back issues are available in PDF format on a CD-ROM, which is also available to purchase. Content in issue 13 includes:
BLEEP BEEP BANG (an in-depth look at computer and video game music)
Emulation the N64
30 Years of Star Wars
In the colorful light the story of Jeff Minters Lichtsysthesisern
In the interview the jeans team
Ralph bear video-game story and the Berliner computer game museum
Hardware Nintendos Gameboy, Interton VC 4000
Software Amiga Forever 2009
Evergreen "To be on Top", "Ghost´'n Goblins"
Film "Saturday Night Fever"
Music music popular electronic "chip deed" out of Soundchips
Play Warhawk (DS), Xyanide Resurrection (PS2), Dux (DC)
Weblink: http://www.retro-magazin.de/
October 14th, 2009, 20:19 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Released on the ZX Spectrum some time ago, iLogicAll has now been released for the Amstrad CPC by ESP Soft. The game's story involves helping a small bee called MariBee become the hive's new queen. To do this the player has to solve Picross-style logic puzzles to reveal the background image. The game can be downloaded in CDT (tape image) or DSK (CPC disk image) format.
Weblink: http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/.../ilogicall.php
October 14th, 2009, 20:20 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Feeling a bit disappointed by the absence of our usual GamesMaster Lookback coverage in the latest issue of Retroaction? Then head over to GamesMaster Live TV where you can watch video clips of any of the seven series' episodes. Also check out the GM Live website where you will find everything you need to about the best video games TV show ever, including background history of the series, guides to each of the seven series, interviews, wallpaper, video/audio clips, forums. There is also the chance to download/view the first two issues of GamesMaster magazine.
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October 14th, 2009, 20:21 Posted By: wraggsterIts been a while since the last Dutch translation release by Ok Impala! Today marks another release however! Xslicer worked hard the last few months on the Dutch translation of Zelda - Links Awakening DX.
Everything in the game is translated, including the graphics! For all Dutch speakers or people willing to learn some Dutch
this translation is for you!
You can check out the results and download the patch at http://www.okimpala.nl!
October 15th, 2009, 20:34 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Another new game release from the Mojon Twins, this time for the Amstrad CPC. Platformer Medley Block #1 is a platform game featuring supermarket cashier girl Mari Stormbringer. After munching on n&n's, which have been polluted due to faulty alcaline batteries nearby, Mari is transported to a strange 2D dimension. Help Mari return back to her own dimension. The game can be downloaded in CPC DSK format from the Mojon Twins website, where you can also find some great behind the scenes articles on the game.
Weblink: http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_moj...edley-block-1/
October 16th, 2009, 23:23 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
NintendoAge, volume 3 issue 10, October 2009 is now available. NintendoAge, which started in 2007, is a free monthly e-zine that focuses on everything Nintendo. Most of its content is produced by the Nintendo community and features articles, interviews, the NintendoAge price guide, and much more. The PDF issue is available to download from their website (requires log-in or a quick registration for new users, which is painless). Content in the October 09 issue includes:
7 Grown Men in a Tub. Rub-a-dub dub!
Tournament Report: Dr Mario!
SNES Repros: a DIY Guide
Erors and Missprints and Flubbs, Oh My!
Stan's latest Faegly: Sooper Spooky Edition!
Weblink: http://www.nintendoage.com/
October 17th, 2009, 18:40 Posted By: wraggsterGanbare Goemon 2 is now completely translated. Certain strings were not found in-game. They were given numbers and if you find any, please let me know. Have some fun playing this awesome game this weekend!
October 21st, 2009, 20:49 Posted By: wraggsternews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Issue 168 (November 1995) is very important in the timeline of Computer & Video Games magazine (a.k.a. CVG) as this was the first time that Paul Davies appeared as Editor, changing the face of the publication into one of the finest ever. Of course, he took over half way through this issue, and the major re-design and new staff members were a few issues off, but this is still an important chapter in CVG history. Additional online articles include Virtua Fighter (32X), Vectorman (Mega Drive/Genesis), Loaded (Psone) and NBA Jam Tournament Edition (Psone). Thanks to meppi (scanning and editing the scans), you can now witness this historic issue. Thanks must also go to Richard, who donated a huge amount of magazines, including many CVGs from the Paul Davies era. So, once again, thank you, Richard.
Weblink: http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...VG/CVG168.html
October 23rd, 2009, 16:34 Posted By: wraggster
These Atari wallets are half awesome, half impractical. I mean, they're retro cool and all, but who wants to sit on a plastic cartridge?
October 23rd, 2009, 22:04 Posted By: wraggsterThe freeware version of Realms of Quest III on the VIC-20 has been released on the Psytronik website. This is a fully working version of the superb RPG game developed by Ghislain and can be played in its entirety. The commercial version of the game is due to be released soon and will feature extra features such as a printed game manual, inlay artwork, an intro (with graphics and music), enhanced graphics, a 16K version called Dunjon Crawler, the complete Realms of Quest trilogy along with a host of bonus games all on one disk.
October 25th, 2009, 20:11 Posted By: wraggsterDue to the Geocities shutdown, Nebelwurfer HQ is moving to a new location. http://www.knology.net/~mackdraper/index.htm
Also Nebelwurfer HQ has started a new translation project. This is Dreamcast Advanced Daisenryaku 2001, playable on NULL DC Emulator on a fast PC. There are some screenshots on my site showing some of the progress, but dont look for a patch before next year.
October 26th, 2009, 20:41 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Zaku is a shoot-'em-up for the Atari Lynx handheld gaming console. Developed by PenguiNet and published by Super Fighter Team, Zaku is the first new Lynx game to be released on the system since the machines demise. The game comes with authentic production values used by Atari themselves, including game card with plastic shell, cardstock box and colour instruction manual. For more info and ordering details, visit the Zaku-lynx.com website.
Weblink: http://www.zaku-lynx.com/
October 28th, 2009, 22:31 Posted By: wraggster
[Gerritt] wanted to give his crippled Atari 1024 STf a new purpose in life. He cracked it open and set to work filling it with some modern components. The keyboard from the nearly 25-year-old dinosaur doesnt have all the keys were used to, nor did they all work, so he replaced the original with a 101 key model. The internal hardware was replaced with a microATX board, a picoPSU, Bluetooth and WiFi transceivers, a hard drive, and a slot-fed DVD drive. He even rebuilt the original mouse to use the circuitry from an optical mouse.
The final product is a 1.6GHz Pentium Mobile with one gig of ram. Now he has no need to pick up an EEE Keyboard PC when they hit the market.
October 29th, 2009, 21:49 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
After a wait of over 20 years, The Wild Bunch finally arrives on the C64. Programmer Jon Wells began the C64 conversion of this Spectrum and Amstrad classic back in 1987, but had to put the project on hold. Thankfully, the old disks were retrieved and the game has finally been completed. The game itself features a plot that wouldn't look amiss in a classic Sergio Leone spaghetti western: a lone cowboy is out to put right what is wrong, involving gunfights, outlaws, jails and saloons. The digital download is available from The Wild Bunch website, while the physical disk and tape versions can be ordered from Psytronik's website.
Weblink: http://www.gamesplaygames.co.uk/thewildbunch/
Weblink: http://www.psytronik.com/main/
October 30th, 2009, 23:56 Posted By: wraggsterNews via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Issue 16 of MEGA (an early 1990s Mega Drive/Mega CD publication from Future Publishing) has been scanned and edited by someone called Nreive. Yes, this author took a couple of weeks away from editing/designing Retroaction to finally complete the arduous task of scanning and editing my first release for Out-of-Print Archive (a magazine preservation project). "Why start with issue 16?" you may well ask. Well, some of you may already know -- or not -- that I started a personal project to scan the full set of MEGA magazines in 2007, and I had scanned about a dozen (some of which can be found elsewhere), so I wanted to work on an issue that I hadn't done before. Full details and contents of MEGA issue 16 can be found at the link below, including online articles: Dr.Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis, Toejam & Earl 2 and The Lost Vikings. Enjoy.
Weblink: http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...ga/MEGA16.html
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Financial intermediaries
Commercial banks, trust companies, credit unions, life insurance companies and pension funds
Pension funds
employees and employers pay into pension plans to be used for retirement benefits (Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, 9.6% return since 1990)
Insuring Bank Deposits - Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation
is a crown corporation providing insurance for the deposits of Canadians up to $100,000
International Banking & Insurance
Many of the Canadian banks and insurance companies have large international operations (e.g. BNS in the Caribbean)
Common shares
ownership of the company, voting at the annual general meeting, electing the Board of Directors
debt obligations of corporations and governments; Regular interest payments and the repayment of principal at maturity
Mutual Funds 2 Types of Coverage
General coverage of the market (Canada, US, Global, Europe) or specialized (growth, value, gold, high tech, healthcare)
Futures contracts
obligations to buy or sell commodities or currencies at a specific price at some point in the future
contracts to buy or sell stocks or other financial instruments at a specific price at some point in the future
Investment banks
help companies raise funds by buying securities and then selling them to the public (underwriting)
What is a strong predictor of both overall market performance and specific company performance?
Insider trading

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John Frazee
|John Frazee
Brooklyn, New York
|Pratt Institute
|Known for
|Painter, Science
John Frazee (born 1949) is an artist from New York City, New York. Frazee's work as a painter and sculptor is displayed around the world. He is also known for a science humor story he wrote in OMNI magazine, the Buttered cat paradox.
Education and career[edit]
Born in New York City, Frazee received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute, having studied previously at the High School of Art & Design in New York City. He has since had over 10 solo exhibitions, and his work has been included in over 100 group exhibitions.
In 1993 John Frazee won a contest for a short story called the buttered cat paradox in OMNI magazine competition.[1]
The paradox arises when one considers what would happen if one attached a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to the back of a cat, then dropped the cat from a large height.
See also[edit]
- ^ Morris, Scot (July 1993). "I have a theory...". Omni. 15 (9): 96.
External links[edit]
- Art and the empire city: New York, 1825-1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Frazee (see index)
- John Frazee's website
|This article about a painter from the United States born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.


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My eye was drawn to red this week, so I decided to run with it.
Top row: Streetstyle Aesthetic, Hel Looks
Middle row: Hel Looks, Vanessa Jackman
Bottom row: The Locals, Facehunter
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Before performing at the annual Ki Ho'alu Guitar Festival outdoors at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Sunday, Dennis Kamakahi has been immersing himself in teaching at George Kahumoku Jr.'s music camp in Napili.
It's a role one of Hawaii's most distinguished musicians relishes.
"At my age now, I just reached 60, this is a time when you start teaching," says Dennis. "This year makes 47 years in entertainment, and I'm not going to stay in music forever. I find it thrilling to see my students excel. I've come across some really talented young boys and girls. I've seen probably three prodigies in my lifetime. I wouldn't be here if the masters hadn't imparted their knowledge before us. In turn you pass the same thing down."
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Dennis Kamakahi
Bring blankets or low-back beach chairs to enjoy the free afternoon show.
Photos courtesy the MACC
One of Hawaii's most prolific composers and accomplished slack-key guitarists, Dennis won the Best Slack Key Album Na Hoku Hanohano Award last year, with fellow musician Steven Inglis, for their extraordinary collaborative recording, "Waimaka Helelei Falling Teardrops."
The project pays tribute to the many Hansen's disease patients who were banished to Molokai's remote Kalaupapa peninsula. The profoundly haunting title track encapsulates some of their suffering.
"Tears fall at Kalaupapa, grieve, grieve; Sad rain in the distant uplands, grieve, grieve; Gone are the ancestors of the land, grieve, grieve; Silent are the voices of the ancestors, grieve, grieve."
"Steven was going to do an album and he asked me to guest on it," Dennis explains the genesis of the project. "The first thing that came to my mind was, 'What is the theme of the album?' When he mentioned Kalaupapa, the light bulb in my mind went on. I said I knew a lot of people from Kalaupapa. When I joined the Sons of Hawaii, we did a concert there in 1975, when there were over 250 people in Kalaupapa. I was thinking this would be a great time to thank some of the kupuna who were alive at that time. So I said, 'Why don't we do an album to honor the people, especially Bernard Punikai'a, the activist from Kalaupapa?' Steven's father was the executor of Bernie's estate. Bernie had written some songs that were never recorded, and Steven came across a song written for Father Damien ("Eia a'e O Damiana Ka Makua O Kakou"). It was perfect, and so we started putting all the material together."
Just one of the highlights on the album, the lyrics of "Eia a'e O Damiana Ka Makua O Kakou" were composed by a young Kalaupapa resident around 130 years ago. Two other songs are by Punikai'a, who spearheaded the long struggle to try and stop the state from demolishing the Hale Mohalu treatment center on Oahu in the 1980s.
"We're proud of the project, we just wanted to thank the people," Dennis continues. "And we actually went down to Kalaupapa to perform a concert. There are only about 15 people left, and the day we went down there, they were celebrating the forthcoming sainthood of Mother Marianne. We got down and there were almost 100 people, it was quite a day. Kalaupapa is one of the most peaceful areas I've ever been in Hawaii. You step off the plane, and it's complete peace and silence."
Talking about the project, Dennis recalls how moved he was on the day when he first visited Kalaupapa with Eddie Kamai. That trip inspired him to compose the song, "Waimaka Helelei."
"The old hospital had a terminal ward, and Eddie Kamai and I started playing for the patients. We came across this one woman who had no hands and no nose. She was about to expire, and she asked us to play her favorite song. When we finished, she clapped with what was left of her hands. It was like an ovation of thunder. It was a moment I will never forget. She smiled and then we went to the community center to play a concert, and we heard after that she passed on. I wanted to honor that woman. When people hear the song, they cry."
Born in 1953, this revered musician began playing ukulele at the age of 3, and slack key guitar at 10, taught by his grandfather. He credits his father, who played trombone with the Royal Hawaiian Band, with being the first to set him on a musical path.
"You could put an instrument in his hand and within a week he mastered it," Dennis notes. "I was the oldest grandchild, so in the Hawaiian tradition, I was hanai'ed (Hawaiian for adopted) to my grandfather. He had graduated from Lahainaluna in 1915, and he worked for the Territorial auditor's office because he had total recall with memory. He was a good mentor for me because he loved music."
The love of Hawaiian slack key guitar comes from how peaceful he feels playing. "It's the peace I get knowing that when I play, I'm not only playing for myself, but for the teachers who came before me," he says. "I remember Manu Kahaiali'i, Willie K's dad, would say, 'Whenever I play, I'm playing for my ancestors, all of those before me who taught my teachers.' It's always a joy to play."
In the 1950s, he recalls being mesmerized by the music of the Sons of Hawaii as was played on Hawaiian radio station KLEI, knowing it was the style of traditional music he wanted to play.
A dream came true in 1974, when the young guitarist was invited to join the group he so revered, replacing Hawaiian music legend Gabby Pahinui.
"I was in total shock," he recalls. "My first thing was, 'I can't be another Gabby.' When you go into a legendary band like the Sons of Hawaii, where everybody knows exactly how the music is going to go just by Eddie's rhythm, it's a whole different experience. We never rehearsed, except for albums when we would spend a week in Hana. No TV, no newspapers, just music. Hana has always been the place to go for the Sons of Hawaii to record albums. We would throw a big party for the community and play the material and it became a tradition. Hana was the magic place."
Under Uncle Eddie Kamai's tutelage, Dennis was encouraged to compose for the Sons. In time, he produced many classics such as "Pua Hone," "Wahine 'Ilikea," "E Hihiwai," "Koke'e," and "Kou Aloha Mau A Mau."
Studying with Hawaiian cultural icon Mary Kawena Pukui helped hone his composing gift.
"She became my teacher, it was a wonderful learning experience," he recalls. "Kawena gave her all to the end. We learned from the source."
Near the end of her life, the celebrated historian suggested that Dennis' talent had a unique source.
"She was in Queen's Hospital, where my mom was a nurse. Tutu (Kawena) told my mother that I lived before, that 100 years ago I was a composer who died young, and I had come back to fulfill a destiny. I thought about it, and I can go to places I've never been, yet I feel like I've been there before. So I feel I have to finish my work and hopefully have a good retirement."
Now that he has completed the homage to Kalaupapa, this Grammy Award and multi-Hoku-winning artist has another major project looming he calls, "The Travels of Grey Wolf."
"As I age, the projects that I do are more meaningful, because they have to do with important stories that need to be brought out," he explains. "For the last 30 years, I've been doing research on Native America tribes along the West Coast. To me, the next story will be the contact between Hawaiians and Native Americans. There are so many historic stories."
One of those fascinating stories involves a Hawaiian man, John Kalama from Kula, who settled in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1830s, working for the Hudson Bay Company. He later married the daughter of a Nisqually Indian chief. The Washington state town of Kalama was later named after him. Dennis attended the 175th anniversary of the town's founding in 2005.
"His oldest son, Peter Kalama, became the first Native Hawaiian/Native American tribal chief," he notes. "He looked like Prince Kuhio."
Maybe the most intriguing discovery relates to the Navajo Nation.
"The Navajo were originally a coastal tribe," Dennis reports. "They had contact with ancient Hawaiians. They have celebrations, where they bring out holy relics, and one is a canoe. Aka Pule (Hawaiian teacher Haleaka Iolani Pule) went there and told me this fantastic story. She was brought by a chief to one of the celebrations, and he asked, 'What kind of wood do you think this is?' Aka looks and says, 'It looks similar to koa.' He said, 'It is koa, the canoe was exchanged as a gift.' I had chicken skin."
Dennis plans to distill these varied stories of native contact into, "The Travels of Grey Wolf" project.
"It's going to be my last project," he says. "Grey Wolf is my Indian name given me by the Yakama Nation. It will cover all my travels from Alaska to California."
* 2013 Ki Ho'alu Guitar Festival is presented by The Maui News at the MACC's outdoor pavilion/ amphitheater from 1 to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Besides Dennis, musicians performing include Kevin and Ikaika Brown, Danny Carvalho, John Cruz, Stephen Inglis, George Kahumoku Jr., Bobby Moderow, Paul Togioka and Japan's foremost Hawaiian slack key guitarist, Yuki Alani Yamauchi. Admission is free.
The 2012 Lanai Slack Key Festival produced this year's Na Hoku Award-winning Compilation Album. Musicians featured on the album included Dennis. Now comes the third annual Lanai Ukulele Festival set for Friday through Sunday at the Four Seasons Resorts Lanai Lodge at Koele.
The free, three-day event includes performances by stellar artists Richard Ho'opi'i, Tony Conjugacion, Sheldon Brown, CJ "Boom" Helekahi, Paula Fuga, Walt Keale, Makana Lopez, the Romero 'Ohana, Hula Honeys, and the Zenshin Daiko Taiko Drummers.
Weekend highlights include performances at The Lodge on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m.
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If you've been making your own handmade paper now, you might want to try making rice paper. Rice paper is a beautiful and elegant creation that has been used in writing and art for centuries in China and Japan. Slightly translucent with a unique texture, it will be a lovely addition to your handmade paper collection.
Though rice paper traditionally means paper made from rice plants, today it can be made from just about any plant source, such as bamboo.
To make your own rice paper, you will need about a pound and a half of bamboo leaves, two and a half pounds of wood ash (such as from a fireplace), a big pot, a basin, water, a couple of towels, some mesh for straining, a mortar and a pestle for grinding, a wooden spoon, the frame you made for paper-making, any decorations you'd like in the paper, and some heavy books for pressing your paper.
To begin, shred your bamboo leaves and set them aside. Prepare your ash by mixing your wood ashes with your water in the pot. Boil the mixture for half an hour and let it sit overnight.
The next day, strain the mixture through your mesh. Mix your bamboo and the ash mix in the pot and cook it together for five hours. When it's finished cooking, strain the whole mixture once again, and wrap the fiber that's left in a towel.
Rinse the towel out with fresh water and squeeze out the excess water. Empty the fibers from the towel into your mortar and grind it into a paper pulp with your pestle. Next, fill your basin up with water and pour in your pulp. You should have about four parts of water to one part pulp. Stir it well with your spoon.
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The lowest price for a gallon of gas reported today to GasBuddy.com, is $3.49 at US Gas at North Sixth and Reilly streets in Harrisburg.
The next lowest price was $3.55 at the Flying J on the Harrisburg Pike in Carlisle and $3.56 at Hess on the Carlisle Pike at Ridge Hill Road.
The Harrisburg average price today is steady at $3.68 - it was $3.73 a week ago. The state average is $3.73 and the national average is $3.68.
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For the next six days, the Amarillo Sox will see what they can do when they have a little momentum.
The Sox begin a six-game road trip at 7:05 p.m. today at Sioux Falls having won two straight against Wichita, the team with the best record in the American Association. Amarillo (11-18), which had lost eight straight home games before last weekend, won the last two against Wichita at Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium, becoming the first team to win a series against the Wingnuts this season.
"I think baseball's all about confidence and that filters down from all the players and coaches," Sox manager Bobby Brown said. "We had a good series against a real good club in Wichita."
Right-hander Joe Zeller (2-1, 4.88 ERA) is scheduled to throw tonight for the Sox. Wednesday, the Sox will play a rare afternoon game against the Canaries (10-19) with a 12:05 p.m. start.
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Use a lovely autumn fabric to sew up some matching placemats for your table. Three solid fabrics create the complimentary border stripes in this fall sewing pattern.
- 1/2 yd Leaves With Words
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From Flame Red cut:
- Two 12 1/2" x 18 1/2"
- Two 2 1/4" x WOF
From Saffron cut:
- Two 1 1/4" x WOF
From Golden Rod cut:
- Two 3 1/4" x WOF
From Needlepunch fleece cut:
- Two 13" x 19"
- Place Leaves With Words on top of needlepunch fleece and baste.
- Quilt as desired.
- Fold border strips in half and press.
- With raw edges together, layer the three border strips together and baste.
- Stitch strips to top, bottom and sides of placemat.
- Place top and bottom of placemat with right sides together and stitch around all sides leaving an opening for turning.
- Turn and press. Stitch opening closed.
- Topstitch in the ditch around the border.
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Robinson Cano and Yankees Contract Negotiating
Robinson Cano asked theYankees for $300 million in a negotiations within the past couple weeks, and with the Yankees not offering in that ballpark, the sides understand he will test the free-agent market.
Cano's request is said to cover 10 years, meaning he's seeking baseball's first $30-million-a-year deal player.
Cano was believed all along to be seeking a deal in the range of Alex Rodriguez's record $275-million deal, so it isn't a major surprise he'd seek that figure. Rodriguez was looking for something in that range before signing the record deal with the Yankees after the 2007 season.
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Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, first spelled out in 1942, cast a large shadow over all future robot stories. They're so logical, why wouldn't future manufacturers program them into every robot they made? Asimov delighted in bending the laws in a series of stories and novels, but it's fair to say that he influenced an entire generation of science fiction-loving boys to think of robots as beneficent and helpful rather than evil and malignant.
The love affair of boys and their robots may have begun on the printed page, but it quickly spread to movies and television shows. Astro Boy takes that love affair one step further, fusing boy and robot into a singular being, the creation of a scientist in memory of his lost son. The character first appeared in a manga before migrating to TV and film; the latest cinematic version opens tomorrow. In honor of Astro Boy, who surely is the most fitting embodiment of the term, we present the top ten sci-fi movies featuring boys and their robots:
1. The Iron Giant
An easy call. Hogarth is nine years old, a kind-hearted boy who is only too happy to hide his new friend, who just happens to be a 100-foot tall metal man. Hogarth is also wise beyond his years, boldly imploring the Iron Giant: "You don't have to be a gun. You are what you choose to be. You choose. Choose." Brad Bird's film is filled with impish fun and a gentle approach to morality that goes down easy and hits every target.
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
I suppose Luke Skywalker is a little too old to be considered a "boy," but he sure acts like a boy and is (mostly) treated as one, so his endearing relationship with the lovable little mug R2-D2 counts as one of the more memorable, long-lasting encounters between a sci-fi boy and his robot.
3. Gigantor
My personal introduction to giant robots came every weekday afternoon in glorious black and white. Up to this day, I have been known to break out singing the theme song at inappropriate times -- "bigger than big, tougher than tough" -- and smiling at the recollection. Unfortunately, a recent viewing convinces me that I was much more patient as a little boy, but Gigantor will always be my unflappable, implacable hero. I was insanely jealous of young hero Billy Sparks, who got to control the giant flying robot.
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Like Hogarth in The Iron Giant, young John Connor (Edward Furlong) doesn't want his new metallic pal to inflict any lasting harm: "You just can't go around killing people." "Why?" "Because you just can't, OK? Trust me on this." With a voice that still breaks in the higher registers, John sits at the cusp of adulthood, smart but still vulnerable, young enough to fall for the huggable lug with a heart of transistors.
5. Lost in Space
Nostalgia ain't all it's cracked up to be. I'm referring to the 60s TV show rather than the lame remake, though, to be frank, the original series was lame, too. Except for Robot B9, that is, who had a strong attachment to young Will Robinson. The Robot bore a strong resemblance to Robby the Robot from the classic Forbidden Planet, which isn't surprising, since Robert Kinoshita designed both mechanical creatures. When I was young, I wanted to be Will Robinson; as I got older, I wanted to spend time with Alta (Anne Francis) from Forbidden Planet. Go figure.
6. The Jetsons
Rosie only made a couple of fleeting appearances in the original run of episodes, but she always seemed to be around, maybe because she shows up in the end credits. Balanced atop a single leg, rolling around the home of the Jetsons, adorned with a throwback frilly apron, she demonstrated the limitations of imagination. We could think up gadgets galore, yet at heart we wanted a traditional maid to come clean up after ourselves. And she got along really well with Elroy, who always treated her right.
7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Astro Boy in domestic garb, courtesy of Steven Spielberg channeling Stanley Kubrick. Of course, it would be more accurate to credit Pinocchio as one of the inspirations for this odd, awkward, stiffly haunting picture, which features a robot (Haley Joel Osment) who wants to be a boy to earn the love of his mother.
Quietly endearing, the little boy doesn't exactly know who he is, but he's a young man in trouble, so naturally Michael McKean and Mary Beth Hurt are happy to take him into their home. Little do they know that "Daryl" is an acronym, not a name, and that the ordinary looking boy has extraordinary abilities.
9. Spaceballs
If Luke Skywalker can be considered a boy, then so can Lone Starr (Bill Pullman), though his relationship with Dot Matrix (voiced by Joan Rivers) is not quite as endearing as Luke's with either R2-D2 or C-3PO. On the other hand, it's much, much funnier.
10. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Another personal, nostalgic favorite, and another category-buster. Still I have a lot of affection for Twiki, mostly because someone I loved gifted me with a plastic, life-sized version of the little guy, and for boys, robots are all about love.


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Gary Hortons humorous column Wednesday, about highway rest stops ("No Rest for the Weary") used all the usual Democrat/liberal talking points to promote the idea of again raising taxes here in California, claiming that Jerry Browns proposed cuts have paired everything to the bone.
As always when Democrats say that, there are a couple of budget-busting areas that somehow seem sacrosanct, and are always missing from their discussions.
The first, of course, is the outrageous benefits paid to state workers. Early retirement followed by lifetime benefits, including essentially free healthcare until death.
I dont know of anyone in the private sector who gets such a golden retirement. Browns latest effort to address the problem? A new contract for prison guards significantly upping their golden parachute.
The other budget-buster is the cost to this state of a massive population of illegal aliens. Apologists claim that its a federal problem the state cant address, but thats just a subterfuge.
In reality, the state could, indeed, take steps to address the problem as weve seen Arizona and several other states do.
Illegal aliens in this state cost us tens of billions of dollars in misdirected revenues, infrastructure costs, healthcare expenditures, on and on and on. Eliminating these costs alone would cure any current budget shortfall.
The latest effort by the Sacramento Democrats? Passage of the California DREAM Act, which will grant illegal aliens reduced tuition and preferential treatment at state colleges and universities, costing the taxpayers of the state even more money during this time of economic distress.
Then they turn around and ask the voters the very people stuck with the bills for these harebrained policies to vote to tax ourselves even more than we now pay in this state with tax rates that are already among the highest in the nation.
They must really think were either blind or incredibly stupid.
Brian Baker is a Saugus resident.


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Exelixis is initially receiving $15 million from Boehringer Ingelheim under a newly inked deal focused on an autoimmune disease target. Exelixis could earn up to $339 million dependent on achieving development, regulatory, and commercial goals.
The exclusive, worldwide collaboration aims to discover, develop, and commercialize agonists of sphingosine-1-phosphate type 1 receptor (S1P1). This receptor is a central mediator of multiple pathways implicated in a variety of autoimmune diseases, according to the companies.
Exelixis and Boehringer Ingelheim will share responsibility for discovery activities. Boehringer Ingelheim will then take over preclinical, clinical, regulatory, commercial, and manufacturing activities. Exelixis is entitled to royalties on sales of all products.
"Our S1P1 agonist program has identified multiple analogs with potent in vivo activity," says George A. Scangos, Ph.D., president and CEO of Exelixis. "With this collaboration, we have the opportunity to transition the program to a partner with a track record of success in developing and commercializing autoimmune disease therapies while strengthening our financial position."
S1P1 is one of five known GPCRs that are activated by the phospholipid Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). S1P1 agonists reportedly cause a reduction in circulating lymphocytes by disrupting the normal migration of lymphocytes from the lymphoid organs into the blood. These compounds have shown encouraging activity in preclinical models of transplant rejection and autoimmune disease as well as clinical benefit in ongoing trials in multiple sclerosis patients, according to the firms.
Selective targeting of S1P1 is expected to avoid some of the cardiovascular side effects that are evident with S1P1 agonists in advanced clinical trials that interact with multiple members of the S1P receptor family.
♦♦♦Past News from ExelixisBristol-Myers Squibb Exercises Option to Develop Another Exelixis Drug Candidate (Nov. 24, 2008)Bristol-Myers Squibb Extends Research Collaboration with Exelixis (Nov. 6, 2008)GSK Ends Alliance with Exelixis with Decision Not to Select Another Compound (Oct. 23, 2008)Exelixis Secures $150M Commitment (June 5, 2008)Genentech's Option to Pursue Exelixis' Oncology Candidate Triggers $3M Fee (Mar. 14, 2008)
Past News from Boehringer IngelheimCenix to Conduct RNAi-Based Target Discovery for Boehringer Ingelheim (Feb. 2, 2009)Boehringer Ingelheim to Acquire Actimis Pharmaceuticals for $515M (June 17, 2008)Rentschler and Boehringer Ingelheim Offer Combined Production Services (May 21, 2008)Boehringer Ingelheim and Vitae Partner on Compounds to Treat Metabolic Diseases (Oct. 15, 2007)Ablynx and Boehringer Ingelheim Sign EUR 200M Nanobody Alliance (Sep. 7, 2007)
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No, the blue light only stays on to turn on.
Or to show you that you have a message or that someone has sent you a Mii.
does anyone know if you can get the blue light on the disc drive to stay on all the time if so could anyone please tell me thanks from ash
No, the blue light only stays on to turn on.
Or to show you that you have a message or that someone has sent you a Mii.
Well do you?
Ok [Already posted but I'll post it again because im kind]
- Add your E-Mail address to your Contacts list
- Go into your E-Mail Inbox and you'll have a E-Mail from your Wii asking you to Reply to that E-Mail
- Reply to the E-Mail and then you'll have a new Message on your Wii
- DON'T Open that Message [Keep it safe in your Message board] And your Wii will always be blue aslong as you don't open that message
No Longer Have A Wii
so where abouts is the contact list?
ok i found the contact list but i cant seem to manage to send messages between the two adresses like my email and the wii
I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this...i click on the little letter looking thing in the lower right...go to adress book...go to register...put my email in...then what?
Currently own:Wii,wii sports,Legend of Zelda,
wii play,2 nunchucks,2 wiimotes
Wii username:Gary Wii friend code:3762-5070-6059-6438 PM if you add me and i'll add you
After you add your Address [E-Mail] That E-Mail address will get an E-Mail, You have to sign on Hotmail or whatever you use and Reply to that E-Mail.
The reply will go to your Wii xD
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the problem i'm having is i never got the email for my Wii...how would i know its from my wii?
I know i put my email adress in right just don't know why its not sending me a message
i never got the email either its just not coming through and ive sent it to 3 separate email addresses


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An Alternative to the Constitutional Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
Vincent Martin Bonventre
Albany Law School
Brooklyn Law Review ,Vol. 49, No. 1, 1982
This article proposes that the 5th Amendment self-incrimination privilege, as it is presently understood, be overruled or repealed, and it proposes a substitute. After exploring the genesis of the privilege and its historical purposes, the article examines problems with the current privilege, as well as the values that it serves. Professor Bonventre contends that there is little independent justification for protecting the withholding of evidence by individuals reasonably suspected of criminality. The proffered reasons for such protection are typically circular arguments favoring the adversarial system and disfavoring incrimination by the suspect himself. On the other hand, Bonventre finds compelling reasons for a free society to guard against certain evils which are, at least partially, thwarted by the privilege: the inhumane extraction of confessions, government fishing expeditions, and unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. Professor Bonventre outlines a proposed alternative to the privilege which might avoid the present problems and more effectively promote the values it serves.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48
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Date posted: July 17, 2008
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Jon Jickling
As director of the Rainforest Alliance's RA-Cert Division, Jickling manages the worldwide forest management, agriculture, climate and other Rainforest Alliance auditing services. Based in Vermont, Jickling joined the Rainforest Alliance in 1995. He is a forester and forest economist, and has worked as a private forestry consultant in Vermont and as an international natural resource management specialist in Haiti, Ecuador, Bolivia and five other countries.
Jickling is a lead auditor for the Rainforest Alliance and has conducted numerous forest management and chain-of-custody audits to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council, the global standard setter in responsible forest management. His work for the Rainforest Alliance also includes the development of certification systems and quality control.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree in forest management from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in Forest Economics from the University of Minnesota.


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Fun Creative Inspiration
We all have the power to create! Today's first creative prompt is: follow a child's example. Invent a new world using markers and colored paper. Turn your handprint into a work of art. Make a book out of pictures you've torn out of magazines. Transform trash into a treasure. Take your imagination out for a 'play date.' Invent something fun and functional (like lizard sandals – my newest fashion statement!) The only limits are in your mind…and I invite you to practice ignoring them;)
"When we live our life as art we make room for creativity, flow, connection, synchronicity, and magic."
Heather Ash Amara
The 2011 International Children's Art Festival held June 17-19th on The National Mall in Washington D.C. brought together children, parents, teachers and performers from around the globe to join in a transformational celebration of creativity. I was there presenting along with 9 other students from the International Center for Studies in Creativity - under the guidance of Dr. Cyndi Burnett. Together we created opportunities for children to exercise their creative spirits and play with possibilities.
"Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth."
Abraham Maslow
Witnessing spontaneous bursts of creative inspiration can be contageous! A young girl named Dilnoza came half way around the world (look up Tajikistan on the map and you'll see just how far she traveled to get to Washington DC) to share her talents at my table by creating the flower-filled lizard land shown above. It was fun watching many new worlds being created out of the fertile imaginations of children from 2 to 12 who spoke different languages, yet shared a universal appreciation for different forms of creative expression. I noticed adults looking longingly at the art supplies – and in some cases – taking the markers out of their children's hands and taking over the creative process. This is a big 'creativity craving' clue. Adults: if you get the urge to take over/improve(?)/direct/guide a child's art, it's time to give yourself free access to the same supplies, as well as your own 'creative play time.' When children visited my presentation table, they were invited to select and 'adopt' a (rubber) lizard. Their creative 'task' was to create a 'world' the lizard would love to live in. It could take any form – from something on the moon or in the desert or anywhere in a child's imagination. The most wonderful part was hearing the children's 'lizard land' stories! Magical! You ARE encouraged to try this at home!
"Moment after moment we are creating something, and this is the joy of our life."
Shunryu Suzuki
When was the last time you gave yourself permission to play with your creativity? 'Everyday creativity' researcher, Dr. Ruth Richards reminds us this type of creating is , "…one of the most powerful capacities we have, bringing us alive in each moment, affecting our health and well being, offering richness and alternatives in what we do, and helping us move further in our creative and personal development." (From Everyday Creativity and New Views of Human Nature , 2007, page 25).
"The creative process includes exploring, experimenting, messing around with materials, being playful, entering into the unknown."
Natalie Rogers
Currently, my favorite forms of creative self-expression are collage, photography, and Latin dancing. I also have a dream to create an Art Play House in Sarasota, Florida, based on the work of Shona Hammond Boys, an art educator/advocate extraordinaire who lives in New Zealand. We connected at the International Children's Art Festival and discovered we share a passion for promoting creativity worldwide. She showed an amazing video which I highly recommend viewing, which tells the story of the Opotiki, New Zealand Children's Mural Project (and the coolest view of a whale tail as well as children catching big fish with their bare hands). When you have a half hour to get inspired, click the link above. About 15 minutes into the movie, Shona speaks to the dramatic, positive outcomes of this project. It is nothing less than transformational. To learn more about Shona's Art Houses in New Zealand, visit: www.arthouse.org.nz . I love the simple truth of this child's view of creativity. View the video by clicking here.
"One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories."
Rebecca Falls
Fun creative inspiration comes from trying new things, playing with materials,being around children creating, and sharing stories. Creativity lessons are all round us. Listen for laughter. Follow your joy. Be curious and take some risks. It's the recipe for making magical moments. The photo of my friend Carol (in blue) and I in front of a wrought iron re-creation of Cinderella's carriage demonstrates the creative result of acting on inspiration. I saw the carriage and, like a couple of kids, we decided to sneak over and capture the moment, just for the fun of it! Creativity prompt #2 is to do something just a little bit daring (or 'out of character')…and take a picture! I recruited a 'partner in crime' to catch me in a few fun poses and discovered I enjoy being a 'creative director' in photo sessions! Both photos were taken at The Art Center in Sarasota, Florida. They have a great exhibit of scanned objects from nature which is jaw-droppingly beautiful which will be showing until the end of July. It's a great place to visit!
I hope you enjoyed this 'fun creative inspiration' blog. As always, you're invited to visit www.JoyofQuotes.com daily for positive, encouraging quotes and inspiration. We've added some new subject categories – including a page of quotes to use on Twitter. I'll be adding 'tweetable' quotes weekly, so keep stopping by. You can also help support our website by clicking on the ads posted by our advertisers. Even if you don't make a purchase, your click helps offset the costs of keeping our site up and growing. Thanks, in advance, for your help! I also love hearing from visitors to this blog and hope you will feel inspired to share your comments.
July is 'birthday month' for three of my very dear friends: Tamara on the 22nd, Carol on the 25th, and Janus on the 26th. I hope this is the year each of your happiest dreams come true!
Thank you for all the ways you bless my life! And if your birthday is in July, too, I wish you nothing but wonderfulness;)
With peace, joy and smiles….Marta Davidovich Ockuly
Photo Credit: A special thank you to Tamara Williams who treated me to a fabulous photo session which resulted in many new 'favorite photos' – including this professional 'head shot.'
She made it fun being photographed. If you are ever in Sarasota and need a wonderful photographer, Tamara comes highly recommended! E-mail: email@example.com for details.


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Crestview focuses on freshmen
Incoming Crestview freshmen and their parents are invited to attend the school's Freshman Focus orientation on Aug. 18 in the Performing Arts Center. Students and their parents can attend one of two sessions, 10 a.m.-noon or 4:40-6:30 p.m. Freshman Focus is designed to ease the transition to high school, by providing a building tour and meetings with upperclassmen. Information on student activities, expectations, the credit process, assignment and grade accessibility will also be provided. Registration is required and students need only attend one session. To register call the high school at 330-482-4744.
Salem fun day in the works
Clubs, organizations, churches and businesses are asked to participate in Salem's Family Fall Fun Day on Sept. 13. Locations in McCulloch Park, the Grand Theater lot and nearby sidewalks will be assigned and given out on a first com,e first serve basis. Applications are being mailed to former participants. Any group or business interested can contact the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce at 330-336-3473 or email@example.com.
St. Al's to exchange uniforms
St. Aloysius School will hold a clothing/uniform exchange for students from 9 a.m. today through Aug. 19 in the school gym.
Bus registration slated in ELO
East Liverpool City Schools will hold bus pass registration from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday and Aug. 18-19 at Westgate Middle School. Free/reduced lunch applications will also be available during registration. St. Aloysius students can register from 9 a.m.-noon Thursday at St. Aloysius School. American Spirit Academy will also have bus registration from 1-3 p.m. Thursday at the school campus in Glenmoor.
Car cruise benefits Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots and the East Palestine Chamber of Commerce will hold a car cruise from 2-6 p.m. Saturday along North Market Street. There will also be Chinese auction, 50/50 raffle, DJ and a Sponsor Choice Awards. Pre-registration is available at email@example.com or by mail to Toys for Tots, C/O East Palestine Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 239, East Palestine, Ohio 44413. Cost of registration is a new toy or monetary donation.
Fun day planned at Lisbon pool
Lisbon's ADAPT (Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention Team) Leadership Team will host the fourth annual Family Fun Day from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the Sadie Van Fossan Pool. Free back to school supplies will be distributed to Lisbon students at 2:30 p.m. by the Lisbon Ministerial Association, while the DARE Program will distribute free hygiene bags. There will also be free food, games, a bounce house, clothes and swimming until 6 p.m. In the event of rain, activities will take place at McKinley Elementary. For more information, contact Brenda Foor at 330-424-0531 or Missy Kemats at 330-424-9869.


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Armed robbery in Monona
On 11-04-2013, at 5:22 pm, Officers from the Monona Police Department responded to the 5700 Block of Monona Drive for a reported robbery.
A female subject had just parked her car in a lot behind a building in the 5700 Block of Monona Drive when she was robbed of her purse by a subject armed with a handgun.
After pulling the victim down to the ground, the subject fled with the victim's purse towards the area of the Village Lanes bowling alley. A perimeter was established and a K-9 was quickly on scene, however the track ended unsuccessfully.
Offender described as a black male, mid-20's, 5'9" tall, 175 lbs., last seen wearing dark clothing with a red t-shirt under his coat and a black baseball style cap.
If anyone has information on this incident please contact the Monona Police at (608) 222-0463, Crime Stoppers at (608) 266-6014, or you can text your information to "MONONA" and TIP411 (847411).


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El Conclusión: Houston Rockets 105, San Antonio Spurs 102
|Richard Jefferson, SF 25 MIN | 2-11 FG | 1-2 FT | 5 REB | 1 AST | 7 PTS | -1
Struggling with his shot, but more concerning is recently he's been passing up shots and it's been easier to chase him off the three-point line.
|Matt Bonner, PF 33 MIN | 5-12 FG | 2-2 FT | 5 REB | 1 AST | 16 PTS | -6
Got the start and finally hit some shots. Hopefully a performance he builds on, the Spurs could really use some front court depth that Bonner isn't providing right now.
|DeJuan Blair, F 18 MIN | 4-10 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 0 AST | 8 PTS | -12
Forced the action far too much. And the -12 in the plus-minus category was validated by the Spurs getting torched in the fourth quarter when Popovich had to give Splitter a breather.
|Tony Parker, PG 34 MIN | 10-23 FG | 4-5 FT | 4 REB | 13 AST | 24 PTS | -4
Took an ill-advised three-pointer in the closing minutes. But I'm not going to kill him for his inability to be Manu. Torched one of the better defensive point guards (if not the best) in the league. Is carrying the Spurs offense as the lone playmaker.
|Kawhi Leonard, SF 39 MIN | 4-13 FG | 0-0 FT | 11 REB | 0 AST | 8 PTS | -9
Kevin Martin isn't the best matchup for Kawhi. He looked like a rookie tonight. Still, admirable job on the boards. Needs to develop an offensive skill to play key minutes down the stretch.
|Daniel Green, G 21 MIN | 1-5 FG | 1-1 FT | 2 REB | 2 AST | 3 PTS | +7
Struggling the past couple games. Something tells me teams have started factoring him into their game plans a little bit. He'll have to adjust to that.
|Gary Neal, PG 25 MIN | 5-7 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 1 AST | 11 PTS | 0
Miscast as a point guard, but continuing to show that he's more than just a spot-up shooter.
|Tiago Splitter, C 32 MIN | 11-13 FG | 3-5 FT | 10 REB | 4 AST | 25 PTS | +9
Put up a Tim Duncan-like box score, minus the ability to completely destroy the opposing team's pick and roll attacks. That's okay, Duncan can't anymore either.
|Cory Joseph, G 14 MIN | 0-0 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 2 AST | 0 PTS | +1
Still trying to find a glimpse of what Joseph's calling card in the NBA might be. Right now he's just in because he's the only other player besides Parker with PG next to his name in the lineup.
Five Things We Saw
- Tiago Splitter deserves more minutes. The Rockets never really had an answer for him and his assortment of ball fakes and up and under moves. I actually like him better from the mid post right now, where he can get the defender moving and show a fake, as opposed to just straight up backing someone down.
- If you want to know why Tiago Splitter doesn't start all you need to do is look at the 4th quarter when Popovich had to give him a breather. Matt Bonner and DeJuan Blair need to play alongside either Tim or Tiago at all times to be effective. The Spurs took a beating during that brief stretch.
- Matt Bonner is not really spacing the floor at the moment. Even when he doesn't get any three-point shots, he normally contributes by keeping one big out of the paint. But right now teams are not afraid to help off him. He needs to get his reputation back, and to do so he'll need better nights than even tonight.
- Tony Parker can still get it done. I know many will bash his ill-advised three-pointer, or that late drive with something cliche like "He's a point guard! Pass!". But I'm not going to criticize him for not being Manu. He carried the offense for stretches against one of the best defensive point guards in the NBA.
- The defense is not great with Tim Duncan, and continues to be downright atrocious without him. Hopefully the situation remedies itself in the playoffs when the Spurs worry less about conserving minutes and can pair Duncan and Splitter more.


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ONSCREEN OR OFF, PAM GRIER knows how to clean up the 'hood. As the fierce, sexy star of 70s blaxploitation films like Coffy and Foxy Brown, her weapon of choice against drug pushers was a shotgun. In real life, on the mountainside ranch near Denver where Grier lives today, she favors a chain saw and hammer. "My life is hard work," she says. "I'm into cutting trees and putting up roofs and fences."
Still, you can't take the city out of the actress. In the new urban action movie Original Gangstas, opening May 10, Grier, 46, stars as an avenging mother with a blaxploitation Who's Who, including Fred Williamson {Hell Up in Harlem) and Jim Brown (Riot). Costars say Grier still has her intensity. "I loved playing off Pam," says Brown. "Shegoes for it!"
And has all her working life. Grier, born in Winston-Salem, N.C., came to Hollywood at age 19 from Denver, where dad Clarence's career as a U.S. Air Force mechanic had taken him, his wife, Gwendolyn, and their three kids. In L.A., Grier studied acting and worked the switchboard for B-movie king Samuel Z. Arkoff, whom she persuaded to cast her in the title role of 1973's Coffy as a nurse turned vigilante. Such films may seem campy today, but Grier is philosophical. "Those parts," she says, "broadened the spectrum of roles for women being demonstrative."
If Grier herself got only small parts through the '80s, lately things are looking up on all fronts. She has never wed but is now "involved with someone I care for very much." While she won't identify the person, the stars of her upcoming Z movies need no introduction. Grier will appear with Kurt Russell in Escape from L.A. and is now filming the sci-fi thriller Mars Attacks, starring Jack Nicholson. To Grier, such high-profile gigs are just desserts. "I've honed my skills," says Grier, looking for a moment like Foxy Brown. "I bust my butt."
Still Foxy After All These Years
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One of the most pressing questions many people ask is this: How much do I need to retire? This questions haunts many people. Trying to decide how much you need to retire isn't particularly easy, since it depends on how long you will live — and no one knows the answer to that question.
The common rule of thumb is that you can withdraw 4% from your account each year if you expect the money to last indefinitely. This amount is used because it assumes that your investment portfolio will beat inflation and keep growing, and it is considered a conservative estimate. If your investment portfolio manages to return 7% annually, you are "safe" if the inflation rate is 3% annually and you are withdrawing 4%. It's supposed to even out. (Of course, if your portfolio doesn't return that each year, then you end up dipping into your capital.)
However, deciding how much you need annually — whether you use the 4% rule of thumb or not — depends on your individual needs. Here are two ways to look at it:
Building a Nest Egg
One of the most popular options is to build a nest egg that is large enough that you can live off the interest. In order to do this, you first need to figure out how much you expect to need during the year. Many people like to say that you are likely to only need 75% to 80% of what you spend now. This assumes that your home is paid off, along with other debt. Personally, I think you should plan for needing at least 100% of what you need now, in order to counter rising health care costs, and the possible expenses associated with travel and hobbies.
Look at your current expenses, including housing, utilities, food, entertainment, and other items. If you want to maintain the same quality of life, it's a good idea to just assume you'll spend at the same level (although what you spend your money on [3]could change). If your expenses amount to $45,000 a year, you will need a nest egg that allows you to withdraw at 4% (earning at least 4% interest). You can find that as follows: 45,000 / 0.04 = $1.125 million.
Of course, that doesn't include the cost of inflation. But, as long as you keep your costs to $45,000 a year, and your portfolio is earning 4% interest, then the money should last indefinitely. If you want to just make sure the money lasts 20 years, and you don't care about what's left over, you only need $900,000. Any extra you end up because of interest is just a bonus.
Creating Monthly Cash Flow
Another method is to create monthly income to help pay for your retirement. You still figure up how much you will spend, but you look at it on a monthly basis. In our example, you need $3,750 each month. You can work on building a nest egg that provides part of that, but you can also look for other ways to get that $3,750. Estimate your likely Social Security benefits. You can also build up passive sources of income, such as dividend stocks [4], web earnings, or some other business, to help you create cash flow. You can still use your nest egg for monthly income, too, but the need for a huge nest egg is smaller if you have cultivated income diversity.
Ultimately, what you need to retire depends on the lifestyle you want to lead, and how long you want to be able to lead it. The more you want to do, and the longer you expect to do it, the more money you need to retire.
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An effort to seed a decimated reef off Boracay Island in the Philippines is apparently paying dividends as reef fish have returned to the area and corals are attaching to the devices designed to enhance coral growth. Through the Boracay Foundation, officials last year deployed reef domes called reef buds in an effort to give reef species a place to take shelter while the foundation attempts to restore the island's coral reefs via coral frags that have been placed in areas where once pristine reefs were located.
The reef buds appear to be working as designed. The dome shaped devices help encourage algae growth and serve as a spawning bed for reef fishes. Each reef bud measures 1.2 meters by 1.2 meters and are comprised of a mixture of organic and inorganic materials and weigh between 450 and 600 kilograms. More than 5,000 reef buds were placed in the water around Boracay Island last year. It is hoped that the domes will help the reefs to recover 20 to 30 percent in 10 years. The reef buds are apparently having a positive effect. The foundation reported this month that the 32 reef buds located in the vicinity of the Boracay Regency are now housing 13 species of fish compared to zero species when the reef buds were placed 18 months ago. The area off the Boracay Regency is now dominated by the striped eel cat (Plotosus lineatus) and various butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) species. The foundation also reported that corals have begun to attach to the reef buds as well.
Coral Reef Restoration Urged in the Philippines
Boracay Island to Re-establish Its Coral Reefs
U.S. Navy Minesweeper Hits Coral Reef in Philippine Marine Protected Area
According to the report, the degree of coral cover in 1990 off the island's White Beach was 75 percent. This was when tourism was pegged at less than 100,000 visitors a year. Today that coral cover is now pegged at between 5 and 15 percent, all largely due to overdevelopment of the island. More than 1 million tourists visited the island in 2012. The island's main beach is just four kilometers long. The coral off White Beach has weakened, according to the report, and has led to a reduction of the reefs that protect the beach from incoming waves. These waves have become stronger in the past several years, and are now removing sand from the beach, which clouds the water and starves the coral of algae and sunlight that is necessary for their survival.
Because the administrators of the island realize that without the white sand beach and without the coral reef, tourists will no longer come to the island, a seemingly concerted effort is taking place to restore what the island had and to preserve what it still has.
The Philippines is home to 7,107 islands, and has one of the largest and most diverse populations of marine fish and corals. Boracay Island is one of the most popular beach destinations in the Philippines due in part to its fine white sand beach. More than 908,000 tourists visited the island last year and 1 million are expected to visit in 2012, according to the Inquirer report. It was named as the top beach destination in Asia by TripAdvisor.com and the second ranked island destination in the world by Travel+Leisure magazine.
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It is so exciting to see that they have realized what a treasure they have, and are now willing to take care of it. It's true, the tourists won't come if it all washes away. I hope they get the results they are trying to achieve. I have plans to go to the Philippines one day, mostly to see the reefs. Hope they are still there!
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