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Ethiopia sees Muslim anti-government violence during holy period; threats of protests on Eid
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Anti-government Muslims in Ethiopia on Monday called for mass demonstrations to be held on the religious day of Eid al-Fitr later this week to protest the arrests of 28 people on terror charges.
The calls followed a weekend of violence in which three people were killed after security forces clashed with what police labeled Muslim "extremists."
Hundreds of people held rallies near mosques in the capital, Addis Ababa, and some regional towns on Friday and Saturday.
Police in the Oromia region said some protesters fired guns at police. The state news agency said all three killed were police officers and that 11 people were injured during the hours-long unrest. Muslim leaders, however, said that police stormed a peaceful protest and killed about a dozen people.
Some in Ethiopia's Muslim community — about one-third of the predominantly Christian nation — have been protesting alleged government interference in religious affairs for about two years.
The Muslim protesters accuse the government of unconstitutionally encouraging a moderate teaching of Islam called Al-Ahbash. Other protests have also turned violence in the past.
Rights groups and the U.S. Commission on Intentional Religious Freedom blame the government for the ongoing tensions with Muslims.
Most of the protest leaders are now behind bars and face terrorism charges. In December, 28 activists pleaded not guilty to the terror charges. The trial has since then continued behind closed doors with the press and family members denied access to the proceedings. Defense lawyers say the court is yet to deliver a verdict.
During the latest protests at the Grand Anwar mosque in the capital, some shouted slogans demanding the release of the activists.
"The illegal activities are being spearheaded by few Salafists who have been plotting terror attacks including the killings of religious scholars," the country's federal police said in a statement. "The Ethiopian government and Ethiopian people will continue to work together to protect the peace and stability of the nation that enjoyed religious tolerance during its long history."
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It is a serious issue of extermism. Islam has evolved in many part of the world including and specially in the moslim dominated countries to be a serious security problem.If a religious teachings has such flaws which is a threat for a peaceful coexistance of a society, it must be reformed or abolished.The saddest thing about this is that muslim extermism is specially attacking pockets of societies which are known for the peaceful version of Islam,with probably the most authetic form of islam like that of Mali. As of Ethiopia, I am sure Ethiopia can contain these threats, not through "democracy" or special laws but through Ethiopian common sense and centuries old experience and confindence in Ethiopian way.
Muslim extremism is not only ethiopia's problem.
As we've seen, the US has to close a number of embassies through out the middle east and Africa, because of security threat by alqaida lead terrorists, the same as the Muslim extremists in Ethiopia who are trying to start a copy cat chaos and unrest seen in Egypt and Syria.
Our govt will do whatever it takes to stop these fanatics and vagabond losers from dstabilizing our country.
It is the people's demand. And the authorities and the law enforcement agencies have the people of Ethiopia behind them.
I would`n surprised if the so-called habesha opposition groups, intellectuals and philosophers, who were cursing, fainting and wailing for regime change day and night in the last two decades either condemn and side with woyane killing machine or withhold their moral from such noble and peaceful demo against the ruling Tigrian Mafiosi. I`m not talking about the usual suspects of religio-ethnic fascist of cadres like Addis Zemen and foul mouth Ass Goittu the bi..chy debtra.
The million dollar question now is if that happens, and it will happen soon, what it tells you about the sincerity of the much-vaunted equality of various nationalities and future pluralistic democratic aspirations of country. Now, let the Nazret unleash the mad dogs and see what happens.
the Ethiopian Muslim never have problem with hailesselasie or mengestu here we are we Christian and Muslim suffer we will fight side by side together un till there is justice for all
free all political prisoners Christian Muslim all un till this happen and our question is respected we never stop we die together
"Ali Roble"…
you must be one of those who are suffering from deep ignorance and blind hate, like Teddy and gragn ahmed. you are going to die while you keep thinking wishfully.
How long will the marriage of convenience between the Amhara extremist, spearheaded by G7+despotic diaspora web pages masters and Islamic extremism lasts.Who exactly is the number one enemy of political islam in Ethiopia?
Mark my word,the first MENCHA will surely cut the neck of Amhara extremist.
Ethiopian Muslims are not extremists our WOYYANE is extremist they are Disciplined at all their rally but our Junta can not reply the necessary answer rather killing innocent farmers
Here is a statement from Oban Metho (Directory of SMNE) on the killing of innocent civilians by the brutal regime in Ethiopia.
According to eyewitnesses, the TPLF Special Forces called AGAZI murdered innocent peaceful Muslim protesters today in Ethiopia and arrest many more. We in the SMNE are very concerned and are watching the situation very closely.
Are these all signs of desperation on the part of the TPLF/EPRDF as they try to crackdown more harshly on the people who are being pushed to their limit? Are they losing their grip on the people as people begin to feel they cannot take it anymore? It is not only in Addis Ababa, but we are seeing similar protests in the North, with Muslims demanding religious freedom for all in the South, in Afar where the people are experiencing much the same of what is going on in Gembella, in Benishangul-Gumuz and in the Ogaden.
We in the SMNE strongly urge human rights organizations and especially donor countries, who are keeping this regime in power with aid money – hoping to prevent the disintegration of a country by doing so – to now act. It is the time to personally call on Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to tell him to stop killing the innocent people of Ethiopia. We doubt he will listen closely until the people of Ethiopia make sure he has no option!
May the God of justice defend the people and the precious land of Ethiopia as Ethiopian stretch out their hands tom Him!
Obang Metho
Director of Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE)
salh mohamed, there is no use fighting against EPRDF who has already convinced most Ethiopian by working hard to eliminate poverty and proved it by handing its power to any Ethiopian who believes in Ethiopia's development. Our problem is some people who are using their power for their own benefit. Such people were during King Hailesilasse, President Mangiest and at present with EPRDF.
EPRDF has to be supported in order to control such people, who are members of the party but who practically works agents it. Such people are the enemy of the people. Such people are the one who are chasing us out of our country. In addition there is no need of organizing people by religion. Religion is belief, and it needs to remain like that in order to be respected by any religious person. Using religion for political power brings disaster to everybody. If you are politician bring your relevant, convincing aide to the table for discussion. Personally, I think it is better to modify the rules that are not liked by the majority, and to work towards our unity by eliminating ideas that encourage ethnic based conflicts. Some ideas from the United Ethiopian Democratic Party should be encouraged to modify ethnic based politics. I think what we need is the development plan of EPRDF and the unifying idea of UEDP.
Ethiopia Tikdem.
THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE AS ONE ETHIOPIANS . WE FIGHT FOR ALL CRISTIAN AND MUSLIM VICTEMS . UNDER THIS BRUTAL WOYANE ADMINSTRATION THEY Thrown in jail coz of they believe
well we don't care what is going on in the country regardless construction or progress we rather our freedom as abebe gelaw say freedom freedom freedom now un till then there will be NO peace
TPLF Thugs ,if your bandit masters ,as you are supposing to say ,have the supports of the majority of the peoples .So what's the hell they are unable to resolve the crisis since last year .Than throwing religious leaders in Jail .And barking daily Jihadists ,Wahabist ,Alqaida .Or sending their Agazi Death Squadrons
and committing mass murdering as the
ones committed Sunday in Arsi .By the way where are then ,the Saudis Barbudos ,the Arab Jihadists ,the Alshebab Terrorists the Egyptian Spys and Talbans captured betwen them .Than the usual Ethiopiafirst.com so called Editor
childish propagandas and "BADDO FUKERRA"…LOL !!!! Abolbai for your information it's not from Adgiforum ,BandalandOnline , Alahmoudifirst.com and Weslatta News agency that you can stop the wills of the majority of the Ethiopian Peoples ,both Christians or Muslims .BOZENE DEDEB BANDA !!!!
i agree with OROMIA POLICE adminstration .extremist should be remove from the land of Ethiopia.it is too late to take action ,but Ethiopian govt should be fight extremist.Ethiopia is not the land of extremist .
peace for peace full Ethiopian Muslim and christian.
It is not a coincidence that these demonstrations has intensified since Ethiopia announced that it is building the Renaissance dam. They are planned and coordinated in Arab countries. As usual they provoked the authorities and some were arrested and uses this apparent excuse to demonstrate weekly. If the government releases these Jihadists they will find other reasons for their intifadas. In the end muslims will lose. The highland Ethiopians are warriors and devout Christians and provoking them is futile attempt at suicide. Islamic fundamentalism flourishes under democratic guise while their aim is to install Islamic republic under sharia law. They don't care if we are majority Christian country, they always believe that they will outbreed us or convert us or kill us. So, don't tell me about democracy you aspire of, I only wish the government was harsh enough on you spies of foreign governments.
I urge the Ethiopian government to free all jihadists and deport them to their home nation; a sharia compliant nation or fried them like Kentucky Fried Chicken.Keeping them in prison longer create more problem to the country.
Ethiopian muslim demand need to answer, or the country will destabilize our leader very intelligent.
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They shoot workers, don't they?
November 4, 2011 - Harry Eagar
From time to time, RtO links to someone writing about what I wanted to write about because that someone else said it better than I could. Today, for the first time, RtO is linking to a piece that reaches the same conclusion I do, but says it half as well – and gets the reasons all wrong, to boot.
Someone is Megan McArdle, an Atlantic magazine writer I seldom bother with. In a piece called "What's the Matter with Oakland?" she recommends to the Occupy protesters that they cool it on the violence. I completely agree.
McArdle says, "The correct response to overly enthusiastic crowd control is not 'using homemade bomb launchers to fire M80s at the police' who are trying to stop you from blockading the port, seizing city-owned buildings, and setting fire to things in the downtown Oakland area."
"Overly enthusiastic crowd control" is rightwing, fascist-speak for "shooting unarmed workers in the head."
And that's why Occupy protesters should not slingshot firecrackers at the police, or set fires in trash barrels (like construction workers on a cold day), because the police or the soldiers will shoot them in the head. (Shooting unarmed workers in the head with "non-lethal" projectiles is an old California cop trick. If you are too young to remember Ruben Salazar, look him up. And this would be the time to recall Henry Vestine's stirring recruiting call for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department: "If you're big, strong and stupid . . . ")
Since the beginning of the Republic, the police, the militia and the Army have killed thousands of workers, and their families, usually by shooting. To this date, they have never shot a boss.
There's a lesson in there for workers, or would-be workers, or friends of workers.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Oakland cops were still shooting unarmed, nonviolent protesters with "non-lethal" projectiles as of today.
So, listen up, Occupy sympathizers. Megan McArdle says you are in danger of losing her. And when you've lost Megan McArdle, you've lost the rightwing apologists for inept economic policies that cost you your jobs, homes and future.
For pete's sake, don't give them an excuse to take your lives, too.
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1919 Cincinnati Reds Team-Signed Advertising Display
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Presented is an extraordinary item signed by the 1919 Cincinnati Reds team: a regional advertising piece, produced specifically for the 1919 World Series, printed on cardboard, signed by sixteen members of the 1919 World Champion Cincinnati Reds. This remarkable piece, issued by The Atlas Rubber & Belting Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, was distributed to fans as a special 1919 world series souvenir. One side of the cardboard display (10.75 x 7.25 inches) features a team photo of the Reds, while the reverse provides preprinted scoring grids for all nine World Series games. Pictured above the scoring grids is a photo of a game in progress at Redland Field. The team photo side of the display has been signed in black fountain pen by the following sixteen team members: Pat Moran (Mgr.), Ed Roush, Jake Daubert, Larry Kopf, Greasy Neale, Ivy Wingo, Nick Allen, Bill Rariden, Hod Eller, Rube Bressler, Ray Fisher, Heinie Groh, Morrie Rath, Dutch Ruether, Jimmy Ring, and Dolf Luque. The signatures range in grade from "4" to "8," averaging "6." The signed advertising piece was apparently presented as a gift from the club to the Reverend E. C. Boggess, as it has been personalized to him along the top border: "To Rev. Boggess from the Cincinnati Nationals." Scripted along the base of the photo is the notation "Cincinnati Base Ball Club - Worlds Champions." The reverse also bears the scripted name "Rev. E. C. Bogg" (the remainder of the name is cut off) along the top. Each of the scoring grids has been filled in to record the details of every World Series game, including the names of each team's pitcher and catcher. Also scripted below the scoring grid for Game 8 is the notation "Joe Jackson Home Run." The inscription "Cincinnati World's Champions 1919" appears above the blank scoring grid for Game 9 (the Series was won by Cincinnati five games to three). This piece is accompanied by a 1920 Cincinnati Reds season pass. The pass, numbered "587" is made out to "Rev. E. C. Boggess" and grants him free admission to the grandstand for each and every Reds home game. The display, printed on thick cardboard stock, has been clipped along all four corners and appears to have a slight trim. Additional minor imperfections include a few very light creases and a few tiny abrasions along the edges. A prepunched hole, for hanging, appears at the top border. While technically in Good to Very Good condition, all of the flaws are minor in nature and do not significantly detract from its apparent Excellent overall appearance. The season pass (4.5 x 2.5 inches) is in Excellent condition. 1919 Cincinnati Reds team-signed items are rare. That fact, combined with the exceptional display value and the rarity of the advertising piece itself, makes this a particularly extraordinary signed 1919 Reds item and a very significant (and very likely unique unique) souvenir relating to the infamous 1919 World Series. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $400. Estimate $800/$1,200. SOLD FOR $10,575.00
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|Tue Feb 13, 2007 - 10:48 AM EST - By Jennifer Chappell
Access has been busy lately. Yesterday they announced that the Product Development Kit (PDK) for ACCESS Linux Platform™ v1.0 is now available to licensees. The Company has also begun distributing a pre-release version of the Software Development Kit (SDK) and Garnet™ VM Compatibility Kit to a number of developers.
The ACCESS Linux Platform v 1.0 PDK is now available to licensees. The PDK includes all the necessary components, tools, samples and documentation to develop customized mobile devices based on the ACCESS Linux Platform software including:
Access also announced that ACCESS Linux Platform is the official name of its next-generation Linux®-based software platform optimized for mobile phones and other converged mobile devices. In addition, the Access Garnet™ OS (also known as Palm OS® Garnet™) compatibility layer included with Access Linux Platform, has been named ACCESS Garnet™ VM*.Access Linux Platform for mobile devices goes gold
According to LinuxDevices.com, the Access Linux Platform has "gone gold" and Access is finally shipping its next-generation Linux-based operating system and development kit for mobile devices.
The company is showing off version 1.0 of Access Linux Platform (ALP), and various tools and high-end mobile applications processor support packages, at the 3GSM World Congress this week in Barcelona. LinuxDevices.com says that Access and its silicon partners are showing off ALP 1.0 running on two interesting next-generation mobile application processors. One is Marvell's PXA3xx (Monahans-P) family of ARM11-based application processors for GPS devices, mobile phones, and media players. The other is the Texas Instrument (TI) OMAP3430, based on ARM's Cortex-A8 architecture, and said to offer three times more performance than ARM11 processors, within the same power envelope.
Here is a photo of a device running ALP courtesy of Engadget.
According to Access, the ACCESS Linux Platform sets a new standard for mobile Linux device platforms. The flexibility of the ACCESS Linux Platform means customization is possible as it hasn't been possible before, giving handset and converged device providers and mobile operators the ability to create unique, branded mobile phone solutions for their customers. That does sound pretty good!
Here are some ACCESS Linux Platform Screens:
Palm also has a booth at 3GSM and they're expected to make an announcement about WM6. Well, well, just as I was writing this, Palm has put up an announcement on their website. At 3GSM in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft announced Windows Mobile 6, the newest version of their mobile phone software platform. As a strong Microsoft partner, Palm plans to offer Treo™ smartphones with Windows Mobile 6 later this year.
"Our continued collaboration with Microsoft gives our customers a powerful combination—Palm's hallmark ease of use with the power and security of Windows Mobile favored by many businesses. We look forward to integrating Microsoft's new operating system as we continue to help people around the world stay connected with Palm's unequaled mobile-computing experience." said Stephane Maes, Senior Director, Smartphones, at Palm.
So there you have it. Some big news in the ACCESS Linux Platform arena and in the Palm and Windows Mobile 6 arena. Now let's see if Palm announces anything regarding ALP.
Update: Here are some exclusive photos (click photo for larger pic) from PDA Expertos that they took at the Access Booth at 3GSM in Barcelona. This hardware emulates a real device, in this case a smartphone with touch screen:
PDA Expertos also has a video showing the Access Linux Platform running on a developer phone.
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Photos: How to Make a Great Room Great
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Divide the space into distinct sitting areas. For example, tuck two wheeled benches that can be easily moved around under the sofa table. Fill out the secondary seating area with a settee, which offers a relaxing, alternative place to read or seating for two or three during a party.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Will ArtPrize 2012 be as big as it once was?
It's looking doubtful.
ArtPrize 2012 on Monday reached the milestone of 1,000 artists and venues paired on the ArtPrize website for the fourth exhibition coming in September.
But more than 1,000 more artists still are unmatched, and just three days remain until the close of Connections between artists and venues at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Artist registration closed on June 7 with more than 2,000 entries signed up to participate in the radically open competition created by social media entrepreneur Rick DeVos.
This week will see a flurry of activity as artists try to find a home to show their stuff to audiences that topped an estimated 300,000 visitors last fall for the third ArtPrize.
Even with the promise of additional prize money and juried awards -- totaling $560,000 altogether, the number of participants connected with venues appears to be dropping.
It's a long way from 1,000 connected entries so far, to the total of matched entries in the past two events.
ArtPrize 2011 had works by 1,582 artists on display in 164 venues. The year before, ArtPrize 2010 had 1,713 entries in 192 locales including restaurants, banks and museums.
Though there may be fewer art entries for ArtPrize 2012, it still is possible for more venues than last year to be part of the 19-day event opening Sept. 19.
ArtPrize 2012 venue registration closed in April with a total of 192 offices, schools, pubs and public parks ready to participate in the exhibition and competition created by Rick DeVos.
ArtPrize's downtown boundaries remain the same as in the first four events. But two years ago, ArtPrize introduced Exhibition Centers, and this year added Showcase Venues as part of the mix of opportunities to display work.
For now, the clock is ticking.
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'The Dark Knight Rises', 'Hunger Games' Win Big At Golden Trailer Awards
The first official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises snared the top prize of Best In Show at the 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards tonight at a mansion in Bel-Air. TDKR's trailer also took the trophy for Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster. It was a good year for women, organizers noted, with trailers and print promotions successfully promoting female protagonists in typically male-led genres. Snow White And The Huntsman took the prize for Best Action. The Bridesmaids red-band trailer (R-rated) earned Best Comedy and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo took Best Drama. Those two as well as all the other winning trailers are available to watch here. A print promotion displayed a similar pattern. The Hunger Games nabbed five Golden Trailers: Best Teaser Poster, Action Poster, Animation/Family Poster, Best Standee for Feature Film and Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product.
Full list of winners for 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards:
(Film Title, Studio, Trailer House)
Theatrical Trailers
Best Action
Snow White and the Huntsman "Forever", Universal Pictures, Wild Card
Best Animation/Family
The Muppets "Their Movie", Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Buddha Jones
Best Comedy
Bridesmaids (Red Band Trailer), Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative
Best Documentary
George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Grove St. Prod., The Ant Farm
Best Drama
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Sony Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates
Best Horror
The Devil Inside "Who", Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones
Best Independent
Take Shelter, Sony Pictures Classics, The Grossmyth Company
Best Music
Another Earth, Fox Searchlight, Ignition Creative
Best Romance
Like Crazy, Paramount Pictures, Ignition Creative
Best Thriller
The Grey "Teeth Redband", Open Road Films, Buddha Jones
Best Video Game Trailer
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Atari, Platige Image
The Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over
Arrietty "UK Trailer", Studio Canal, The Editpool
Golden Fleece
Apollo 18 "Classified", Dimension Films, Aspect Ratio
Most Original Trailer
Chronicle "Camera", 20th Century Fox, Buddha Jones
Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer
The Dark Knight Rises "Chant", Warner Bros., Open Road Entertainment
Trashiest Trailer
Piranha 3DD, Dimension, AV Squad
Technical Categories
Best Motion/Title Graphics
Anonymous "Domestic Trailer 2", Columbia Pictures for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Greenhaus GFX
Best Sound Editing
The Woman in Black "Darkness", CBS Films, Buddha Jones
Best Trailer – No Movie
Babylon, The Solid State
Foreign Theatrical Trailer Categories
Best Anime
The Secret World of Arrietty, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture, Trailer Park
Best Foreign Action Trailer
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, Flatiron, Red Circle, Inc.
Best Foreign Animation/Family Trailer
Arrietty "UK Trailer", Studio Canal, The Editpool
Best Foreign Comedy Trailer
The Intouchables, Senator, TRAILERHAUS GmbH
Best Foreign Documentary Trailer
Anton Corbijn Inside Out, HanWay Films, Zealot
Best Foreign Drama Trailer
Sarah's Key, The Weinstein Company, AV Squad
Best Foreign Graphics in a Trailer
Coriolanus, LIONSGATE, Create Advertising London
Best Foreign Horror/Thriller Trailer
The Hunter, Magnolia, Zealot Productions Inc.
Best Foreign Romance Trailer
Delicacy, StudioCanal/Cohen Media Group, Wink Creative
Most Original Foreign Trailer
The Sleeping Beauty, Strand Releasing, Big Science Film Inc.
TV Spots
Best Action TV Spot
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows "Beat", Warner Bros., AV Squad
Best Animation/Family TV Spot
Puss in Boots "Curiosity", Paramount Pictures, Aspect Ratio
Best Comedy TV Spot
21 Jump Street "Arrest", Columbia Pictures, Workshop Creative
Best Drama TV Spot
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close "Messages", Warner Bros. Wild Card
Best Foreign TV Spot
Africa First, Focus Features, Big Science Film Inc.
Best Graphics in a TV Spot
Martha Marcy May Marlene "MReview", Fox Searchlight, Acme Trailer Company
Best Horror TV Spot
Cabin in the Woods "Secret" LIONSGATE, AV Squad
Best Independent TV Spot
The Artist ":60 Spotlight", The Weinstein Company, AV Squad
Best Music TV Spot
Moneyball "Academy Song", Columbia Pictures, Workshop Creative
Best Romance TV Spot
The Vow "Forever", Screen Gems, mOcean
Best Summer Blockbuster 2012 TV Spot
Snow White and the Huntsman "Ravenna", Universal Pictures, Vibe Creative Inc.
Best Thriller TV Spot
Contagion, Warner Bros., Seismic Productions
Best Video Game TV Spot
Need for Speed: The Run, Electronic Arts, Industry Creative
Best Voice Over TV Spot
Final Destination 5 "Die Again", Warner Bros., TRANSIT
Most Original TV Spot
The Descendants "Paradise", Fox Searchlight, Motive Creative
Poster Categories
Best Action Poster
The Hunger Games "Teaser Poster", LIONSGATE, Ignition
Best Animation/Family Poster
The Hunger Games "Final Poster", LIONSGATE, Ignition
Best Comedy Poster
The Hangover Part II "One Sheet B", Warner Bros., WORKS ADV
Best Documentary Poster
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, Indomina Films, Cold Open
Best Drama Poster
The Ides of March "One Sheet", Sony Pictures, Ignition Print
Best Foreign Poster
Avgust Vosmogo, Glavkino, AV Squad Print / Blood & Chocolate
Best Horror Poster
Scream 4, The Weinstein Company, Tarhan Creative Inc.
Best Independent Poster
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy "One Sheet", Focus Features, Ignition Print
Best International Poster
The Dark Knight Rises "UK Quad", Warner Bros., Ignition Print
Best Romance Poster
The Lucky One "One Sheet", Warner Bros., WORKS ADV
Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster Poster
The Dark Knight Rises "Teaser One Sheet – City", Warner Bros., Ignition Print
Best Teaser Poster
The Hunger Games "Teaser Poster", LIONSGATE, Ignition
Best Thriller Poster
The Ides of March "One Sheet", Sony Pictures, Ignition Print
Best Video Game Poster
Hawken "One Sheet", Meteor Entertainment, Ignition Print
Best Wildposts
Drive "Vertical Campaign", theweekend.biz/FilmDistrict, The Refinery
Most Original Poster
The Ides of March "One Sheet", Sony Pictures, Ignition Print
Trashiest Poster
Piranha 3DD, Dimension Films, AV Squad Print / Blood & Chocolate
Best Standee for Feature Film
The Hunger Games "Standee", LIONSGATE, Ignition
Advertising In Theater & On Screen
Best Pre-show Theatrical Advertising
21 Jump Street "In Theater NCM", Sony Pictures, Mob Scene
Original/Experiential Cinematic/Movie Advertising
Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film
Shame "Alternative Newspaper Ad", Fox Searchlight
Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product
The Hunger Games "Faux Motion Ad – Smile Away", LIONSGATE, Ignition
Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game
Prototype 2 "Timeline", Activision/Radical Entertainment, Buddha Jones
Film Festival Category
Best Film Festival Trailer
New York Film Festival 2011, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Kinetic Trailers
Members of the Golden Trailer Awards jury were: Amy Baer, former president/CEO of CBS Films, now president of film production and media consulting firm Gidden Media; Dana Brunetti, president of Trigger Street Productions; Randall Emmett and George Furla of production and finance house Emmett/Furla Films; director Jon Favreau, Jessica Hall, director of development at Blumhouse Productions; Alix Madigan, head of feature films for Anonymous Content; actor-comedian Patton Oswalt, producer-director Ivan Reitman, Nancy Utley, co-president of Fox Searchlight Pictures; Faye Ward, head of physical production at the UK's Ruby Films; director Mark Waters; and production designer Stuart Wurtzel.
I have always like that these type of awards exist. I love watching trailers and tv spots and have to see what posters studios come up with. And congrats to The Dark Knight Rises winning for the trailer! TDK won the same award I believe. And congrats to the Scream 4 poster! I loved it and have one hanging on my wall. A nice call back to the first Halloween artwork!
Richly deserved – both The Dark Knight Rises theatrical trailers have been outstanding.
The Golden Trailer Awards always do a great job in recognizing the many Talented Artists who create these "Marketing Mini Masterpieces"…
I wonder if the mailed the trophy to the editor of the Dark Knight trailer before they even shot it? It was a decent trailer, but best of the year? Come on… Not sure if it was released in time, but what about Prometheus? And I also think the trailer for The Hunger Games drew the male audience into the theaters. Congrats to them.
Wow this list is a lot of fail. No Prometheus? No Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2? No Super 8? No X-Men First Class? No Rise of the Planet of the Apes? These movies had much better trailers, posters and marketing than 90% of the winners of these Golden Trailer Awards.
The TDKR trailer and poster are just AWESOME! Congrats.
…channeling my inner Kanye … The Dark Knight Rises trailer was good, BUT Prometheus had one of the best trailers of ALL TIME!!
Kanyesque Rant done – qualifier: unless it missed the cut off date for eligibility or something
I'm not going to see the film because it's too scary for my sensibilities (and I haven't seen the originals either for the same reason), but I must say that as a trailer Prometheus was fantastic. The lighting, editing, mini story composition – it's quite well done.
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Rebounding New Rochelle Adds to Appeal
The 1990s brought hard times for businesses in New Rochelle, a bedroom community in Westchester County. Retailers fled the area and the yacht and beach clubs on the Long Island Sound were struggling.
Things started to turn around for New Rochelle in 1999 when New Roc City, a shopping and entertainment center with a hotel and residential units, made its debut in downtown.
"There were no stores here," Mary Ann Giacobbe of Houlihan Lawrence, who has lived in New Rochelle for 40 years. "Now all of sudden the stores are coming back."
New Rochelle, a city of 77,000 about 15 miles north of Manhattan, has long been a destination for workers in the city looking for quiet suburban homes. The commute to Grand Central Terminal is about 30 minutes on Metro-North. Easy access to the water was also a draw for boaters and fishing fans.
"It's better than sitting in traffic when you go to the Hamptons," Ms. Giacobbe said.
In recent years, condos and rental apartments were constructed near the train station that offered urban-style living options for new residents. AvalonBay Communities, one of the nation's largest apartment companies, built more than a 1,000 rental units in the city. Slowly, shops and restaurants returned to downtown to be near those new developments.
The biggest addition to New Rochelle's skyline has been the 39-story Trump Plaza condominium, which opened in downtown in 2007.
The Manhattan-style condo has a gym, rooftop terrace and an indoor pool. About 65% of the units in that tower have been sold. New units on the market in the building range in price between $300,000 and just under $1 million.
The Lofts at New Roc was another significant addition for downtown. The five-story co-op building opened in 2001 with 98 units. The building has a rooftop terrace with views of Manhattan, a gym and access to the pool at the nearby Marriott Residence Inn. Prices start at $200,000.
The economic downturn slowed much of the construction that was taking place in New Rochelle.
The city has long planned to build a multimillion-dollar waterfront development near Echo Bay, but has been delayed by the weak economy. City officials recently signed a 60-day extension to an agreement with the project's developer as the city considers a new scaled-down proposal for the project.
While the developments in downtown New Rochelle have made the biggest visible impact on the community and its local economy, the city remains primarily a quite residential neighborhood filled with single-family homes.
The northern section of New Rochelle near the White Plains boarder has lots of older colonial and Tudor homes. And there have been pockets of new homes built in the northern section of New Rochelle and near the Long Island Sound.
The average asking price for New Rochelle homes is $491,700, according to real-estate site Trulia. In Larchmont to the north, it is $1.129 million, and in Pelham to the south, it is $807,000, according to Trulia.
In the northern section of the city, a gated community of 52 homes called Kensington Woods was built around 2005. The homes range in size from about 2,900 square feet to 3,400 square feet. There is a four-bedroom home current on the market in Kensington Woods for $1.695 million.
"The newer homes are probably the most desirable," said Gayle Bronstein of Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty. "People want homes that are updated. They want to buy a home that doesn't require work because they don't to spend the time doing the work."
Parks: New Rochelle has several parks near the water. Davenport Park is a 20-acre space that overlooks the Long Island Sound. Hudson Park and Beach is near Echo Bay and features a playground and a bandshell. Also near Echo Bay is Five Islands Park with a beach, picnic areas and barbecue pits
Schools: The schools in the area belong to the New Rochelle School District. They include New Rochelle High School, Albert Leonard Middle School and Jefferson Elementary.
In 2011, 73.8% of elementary-school students in the district received proficient score on the math exam, and 67% of students received a proficient score on the English exam. In 2007, the results were 89.7% for math and 79.3% for English.
Private schools in the area include the Salesian High School, Iona Preparatory and the Ursuline School.
Restaurants: Several restaurants have opened up near New Rochelle's downtown. Posto 22 Restaurant and Wine Bar serves classic Italian food and offers a wide range of cocktails. There is also Cholo's Kitchen, a Peruvian restaurant, and A.J.'s Burgers
Shopping: Some big-box retailers are in the city like Costco and Home Depot. There is also a Marshall's, Modell's Sporting Goods and a Stop & Shop. Nearby White Plains and Yonkers also have shopping centers.
Entertainment: New Roc City in downtown is New Rochelle's biggest entertainment center and has a large movie theater, mini golf and a bowling alley. There is a private golf course at the Wykagyl Country Club. There are also yacht clubs for boating fans.
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What was the type of government that allowed Maurya to easily conquer kingdoms?
He established a strong, centralized government.
Who was the adviser that Maurya relied heavily on?
Kautilya. Under his guidance, Chandragupta divided his empire and appointed rulers to them.
Who became emperor after Chandragupta?
His grandon, Ashoka. Considered one of India's greatest rulers, the Mauryan Empire reached its height.
What changed Ashoka's initial vision for the Mauryan Empire?
Initially, Ashoka continued the expansion of the empire, but a violent campaign against a region in the East appalled Ashoka. He became a Buddhist and began to lead a policy of right conduct.
What initially caused the decline of the Mauryan Empire?
Ashoka's sons battle for power and central control weakened. The distant regions began to slip from the empire. The empire collapsed when the last Mauryan emperor was killed.
Where did the Gupta Empire rise to power?
Like the Mauryan Empire, it rose in the region of Magadha.
What was the rule of the Gupta Empire like, compared to Mauryan rule?
It was less centralized. It divided the main part of the empire into units, and royal officials governed each unit. More distant areas were ruled locally.
Under which leader did the Gupta Empire reach its height?
Under Chandra Gupta II. He expanded the empire and strengthened its economy. His reign was a period of prosperity and cultural acheivement in India.
What religion did the Gupta Empire support?
Hinduism. Its popularity was initially lost during the period between the empires. At the same time, it also supported Buddhism, but not as much.


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I got the standard edition as well, plus it was reshrink-wrapped.
did anyone else's come in shady looking shrinkwrap? Mine looks different than my other ps3 games.
Mine too.
Did it come in the stretchy type of Reynolds plastic wrap? Not the manufacturer's wrap with the Y-folds on the top and bottom of the case?
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JOHNSTOWN - As state politicians and titans from the Marcellus Shale industry gathered in Philadelphia for a two-day industry conference, a considerably smaller group met in a park along the banks of the Conemaugh and Little Conemaugh rivers in Johnstown.
Despite the lack of fanfare, those gathered shared their experiences with the Marcellus industry and discussed the "Dollars and Cents Costs of Drilling," warning of the potential fallout across the commonwealth.
"Drilling waste water, often laced with toxic and radioactive materials, has contaminated drinking water from here in Pennsylvania all the way through New Mexico," said Mary Kate Ranii, PennEnvironment Western Pennsylvania field associate. "Additional damage includes spills of frack fluid chemicals, methane in residential wells, nearby families getting sick after shale gas extraction begins, air pollution, landscapes turned into industrial zones and even earthquakes."
David Yoxtheimer, extension associate at the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, said industry standards contradict the group's findings, noting gas companies have invested heavily in the state and are responsible for fixing water quality issues surrounding well sites in addition to frequently testing water supplies before drilling.
Any water quality issues in public streams fall under the Department of Environmental Protection's jurisdiction. If a violation occurs, he said, DEP ensures the gas companies are responsible for restoring the quality of water to pre-drilling standards.
PennEnvironment's Dollars and Cents report, released on Thursday, highlights what the group has determined to be the negative economic impact of the drilling industry in Pennsylvania.
Speakers compared potential fallout of the natural gas industry as larger in scale than the downfall of the coal industry in Pennsylvania. Environmental degradation and the welfare of Pennsylvania's residents were key components of the report, Ranii said.
"Fracking environmental damage is bad enough, but it turns out that this dirty drilling imposes heavy dollars and cents costs as well," Ranii said.
Carl Whipkey of Ligonier signed a lease to allow drilling on his property. But shortly after drilling commenced, Whipkey said he began to exhibit signs of vertigo and sickness.
Other side effects of the nearby gas rig included disgusting smells and constant noise, he said.
"There was a roar like I thought I was on a B-17 bomber back in World War II," Whipkey said, describing a particular incident at the well site. "It was that bad."
Kurt Limbach spoke of the pollution to a stream near his home in Bolivar, which was once stocked with trout. Marcellus drilling upstream from his home has left a noticeable impact on the water quality, he said.
Limbach said Act 13 - signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett in February - allows the industry to side-step past previous environmental regulations.
"We need our state to protect our resources," Limbach said. "Any other industry would have proper environmental controls."
Yoxtheimer, however, noted that Act 13 imposed stringent setback distances from watersheds and increased industry standards on well construction.
"The [gas] well must be 500 feet away from a dwelling or a private well," Yoxtheimer said, adding that the previous distance was 300 feet. "By polluting a stream, you're in violation of the Clean Streams Law. There's definitely penalties to be paid."
Any water used during the hydraulic fracking process must be treated and brought up to drinking water standards before it can be discharged back into the environment, he added.
For residents living in the shadow of gas wells, the industry's impact on the environment and lives of residents outweigh the short-term gains touted by the industry, PennEnvironment members said.
The Rev. William Thwing, pastor of the United Church of Christ in Moxham, said his congregation and other area churches have banded together to call for a moratorium on drilling.
"In Luke's gospel, Jesus says, 'You don't go out and build a tower unless you first count all the costs,'" Thwing said. "And there are many costs which the drilling industry and our present government have not included in the Marcellus Shale plan in Pennsylvania."
The announcement of PennEnvironment's report came on the same day the gas industry and key political figures from across the state met in Philadelphia for the start of the Shale Gas Insight conference.
The two-day conference includes exhibitors and Marcellus industry executives, according to the Marcellus Shale Coalition. Corbett and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter are among the political figures expected to speak at the conference.
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Spanish colloquialism. ''To piss''.
''Me fui a buscar a mi perro donde el veterinario después de operarle pero aún está dopado y no deja de mear por todos lados''
''I went to get my dog at the vet after getting fixed but he's still drugged up and he won't stop pissing everywhere''
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A response to a question that you do not wish to answer, do not know the answer, or are too lazy to respond.
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short for Man Tears
After his football team lost, he shred some mears and got on with drinking. He woke up in a dumbster with two girls and it was a good night.
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Internet acronym for my eyes are rolling. Used to display disapproval or condescension.
Peter: zOMG I just got bare points on bejeweled!!
Paul: mear
Paul: mear
автор: RandomRob 8 августа 2010
When a grown man sheds a tear over an event that others would consider to be extraneous or down right ridiculous.
If I have to sit next to him again during lunch, I may shed a mear.
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The village idiot
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pooping quickly.
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Spherion Staffing Services recently received top honors for its sales performance and its Willamsport office had a lot to do with helping it earn that distinction.
Each year, the company recognizes select offices nationwide for top revenue performance. In 2013, the Williamsport branch at 459 River Ave., was among nine offices honored, according to Don Ruggery Jr., owner and executive vice president of operations.
In addition to Williamsport, Ruggery operates Spherion offices out of Altoona, Bedford, Johnstown, Connellsville, Canonsburg, Greensburg, State College, and York.
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Christina Gresko, staffing specialist; Denise Hurne, staffing specialist; and Amanda Wright, regional manager; from left to right, of Spherion of Williamsport, which recently received the Performance Forum Award.
"The Williamsport office is obviously one of our nine offices, but it's one of our top three offices," he said.
The Performance Forum Award recognizes consistent outstanding revenue growth and performance.
Ruggery made it clear that the award isn't something that just came about through luck or chance.
"What it (award) consists of is being a unit that increases sales each year and maintains a certain level of sales," he said. "Finally, you have to have business plans that track that growth."
He said the Willamsport branch has been a good fit for Spherion since it's been here. Spherion matches prospective employees with employers.
"We have a very nice mix of business in Williamsport," he said. "Logistics transportation and warehousing are big with us. There's consumer retail product manufacturing and call center work."
Work related to the natural gas industry has brought Spherion clients as well. That doesn't mean Spherion doesn't face its share of challenges locally.
"We exist in a market that is not exactly screaming with new companies coming to town," he explained. "For us to grow in Williamsport and State College is definitely a testament to our internal staff. It means knowing the customers' needs and customizing recruiting to our customers' needs."
Spherion Regional Manager Amanda Wright said she expects a good year in 2014 for the Williamsport office.
"There is so much happening in this region," she said. "I am very optimistic. Last week, we placed 37 people, and it's only getting busier."
The office is looking to place personnel in manufacturing and skilled positions. And with summer coming, many college students will be looking for seasonal employment.


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NHS reforms: Moving care to the community | Healthcare Professionals Network | Guardian Professional:
Expanding community services does not simply mean moving care out of hospital – it means developing a whole new way of caring.
"This is not a like-for-like shift," says Nick Goodwin, senior research fellow at the King's Fund. "We're not taking current activities in hospital and placing them into the community. We're creating a capability in the community [to remove some of the demand for] a range of different activities in hospital."
Goodwin predicts that groups of general practices will increasingly work in federations or networks. He sees a "fairly limited" role for the private sector but a significant increase in not-for-profit partnerships with the public sector. Goodwin believes telehealth, whereby health-related services are delivered over the internet, will be "as common as internet banking and hole in the wall cash machines".
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is a very interesting article I saw in the Washington
post. Like many Black people I have been long
annoyed by the way non white people are used in
a movie industry dominated by White supremacy.
One of the main pathologies is commonly referred
to as "the magic Negro syndrome". That's
where Black characters are brought in to serve
as noble, wise, many times suffering, "guides"
to specifically help the main White character
understand or transcend some deep metaphysical
concept, trauma or life challenge.
Think The Green Mile or even The Matrix. The reverse
of this genre is the Black male who is leading
and making decisions without serving/helping some
White person; he is often portrayed as a monster
like Denzel Washington in Training day. Or Dr
Richard Daystrom in the Star Trek episode M5.
article does a pretty good job of identifying
the phenomenon. But that's not why I'm doing this
analysis on it. What I found most interesting
about this article is not the content, but who
wrote it. Usually the White supremacist assign
Black writers to report on these Black pathologies,
since they lack critical information regarding
the mechanics of how White supremacy works. But
this article appears to have been written by a
White female; Rita Kempley.
is this significant?
this is a classic case of two common White supremacy
tactics often seen when discussing mistreatment
based on color:
Keep the focus on non white people.
"Drunken clown" strategy.
you have an article written by a White person
concerning how Black people are mistreated in
the area of activity known as entertainment and
she spends most of the time quoting Black people.
This keeps the focus off the perpetrators (White
as a White person, Rita Kempley has access to
more information about the way White people think
than any Black person, yet most of her quotes
are from Black people. I call this the "drunken
clown syndrome"; I've got over sized shoes,
a big red nose, a painted on smile and a polka
dot jump suit...but I'm here asking you HOW TO
often see this routine on TV when a White person
will ask a Black person questions about racism,
with full knowledge that victims of racism don't
know enough about White supremacy to stop the
again, this tactic keeps the focus of the investigation
to stop racism White supremacy off White people
and on to anything else including "truck
drivers", "tulips" "ham sandwiches...;
and I suspect this is why White people use it.
James Baldwin once said: If a White person knows
they don't wanna be Black, they know everything
there is to know about you.


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This stunning large panorama (43.5 x 8.75 inches) captures twenty-eight members of the Cleveland Naps posing shoulder to shoulder in front of the grandstand on opening day of the 1912 season. Among the players pictured here are Joe Jackson (in just his second full season in the Majors), Nap Lajoie, Roger Peckinpaugh, Neal Ball, Terry Turner, Steve O'Neill, Vean Gregg, Ivy Olson, and Fred Blanding. Each player has been neatly identified in black fountain pen directly below his respective image, with the name corresponding to a handwritten number on each player's uniform. The handwritten notation, "Opening day. Taken at Cleveland Ohio - Attendance 25000 - April 12th 1912," appears in black fountain pen in the lower right. The photographer's credit, "Margerm & Adams - Copyright," is scripted in white in the lower left. The photo has benefited from professional restoration, mainly with regard to a vertical center tear; there is a small area of surface paper loss in the center of the photo which is quite unobtrusive due to the fact that blends into the white of a player's jersey. Without reference to the restoration, the photograph is in Excellent condition, with perfect contrast. This is a museum-caliber piece of the highest quality. Rarely does any panoramic team photograph display so majestically. These were obviously very expensive to produce, and it is very likely that these panoramic photographs were produced only for team officials and players. We have never seen another example of this display photograph. The fact that this team includes Joe Jackson gives it all the more appeal for many different types of collections. Matted and framed to total dimensions of 49 x 14.25 inches. Please Note: Due to the size and/or weight of this lot, shipping costs (depending on where it is sent and its method of shipping) may be substantial. Reserve $2,500. Estimate $5,000+. SOLD FOR $5,287.50
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Julia and Gracie and Marin Honda.
I don't think Sotnikova will dominate. She'll win some titles, but Gracie Gold and Julia will catch up to or surpass her. If Kanako stays she'll be a contender, but I heard she was retiring. Others to watch - Radionova, Satoko Miyahara, Polina Edmunds, Zijun Li. I'm not sure about the Canadian ladies. I think Daleman may eventually overtake Osmond.
Meaningless . It depends on where it is held not on who is capable .Or on who the judges are.
In Russia no lady can expect consistent "pushes" from the federations. There will be always ups and downs. Quite impressive to see the change in just one SP. If Sotnikova does poorly at worlds, she can lose her position easily. In this sense, Gold is more advantageous because no other US ladies would challenge her in near future.
I see Julia losing her jumps in the next year or two. Even if she doesn't grow much more in height her body will continue to change and she won't be as petite. Remember how petite and thin Mirai was at 16 but her body kept changing over the next year or two.
Adelina Sotnikova and Gracie Gold.
We have US junior wondergirls reaching seniors in a few years. Hopefully they'll maintain health and steadily improve skills.
i hope karen chen and elena radionova with dominate, they have lots of potential
For my money, Yulia/Polina could be the next great rivalry unless Yulia gets thrown under the bus (even more) by the Russian TPTB.
^I highly doubt Sotnikova will be winning another gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang. I see Gracie Gold giving her a serious run for her money. Plus, I've already seen Gold give her an epic b*tchface backstage in Sochi so that's already some good rivalry brewing there.
What? The US Skating Federation isn't a strong one? Besides Russia, which Federation is? Japan?
I will dominate this following quad. I mean if Adelina can get Gold, everyone else can too


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Tiger Seeks Fifth Green Jacket
Tiger Woods has always had great success at Augusta National. Indeed, his overpowering performances over the years in the Masters - four victories and 12 top-10 finishes - led club officials to "Tiger-proof" the course, adding yardage, planting trees and generally toughening up the layout.
Now 36 and with a retooled golf swing overseen by instructor Sean Foley, Woods has managed to overcome personal demons and physical problems the past few years. Despite those issues, since his fourth green jacket in 2005 he's managed six top-six finishes at Augusta every year, including two runner-ups in 2007 and '08 and fourth place in both '10 and '11.
Quite simply, Augusta National is a place Woods knows well. And he gives credit for that insider's knowledge to tips gleaned from former champions and other veterans. "It's understanding how to play this golf course, where to miss it," he told reporters Tuesday, two days before the start of the 2012 Masters. "I've gotten just umpteen amount of advice from guys who've played here, way more than I have, and that's really helped.
"Over the years of playing with Raymond (Floyd) and Freddie (Couples) and Ollie (Jose Maria Olazabal) and Nick Price, you name it . . . just understanding how to play this golf course. Granted, it's changed over the years, but you still miss in the same spots. And understanding how to do that has really helped me over the years, and I think that's one of the reasons why you see so many guys here, the older players, are in contention a lot because they just know how to play it."
With a better handle on his personal life and a fully heeled left leg, Woods finally broke a 30-month victory drought two weeks ago at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, closing with a 2-under 70 at Bay Hill for his first win - and the 72nd of his illustrious career - since the 2009 BMW Championship.
If Woods wins this week at Augusta National, he will have reached 15 major titles, only three behind the record of Jack Nicklaus, who also happens to be the all-time Masters winner with six green jackets.
On Tuesday, Woods met with the media to discuss his resurgent golf game and the chances to move one Masters' title from golf's "Golden Bear." Here's what Tiger had to say during that Q&A.
MODERATOR: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is always a great pleasure to welcome back to Augusta our four time Masters champion, Mr. Tiger Woods. And this marks Tiger's 18th Masters appearance. Tiger, you're coming into Augusta with your game apparently hitting on all cylinders, and your decisive win at Bay Hill was most impressive. If you could comment, please, sir, on how your preparations going so far this week, and in particular, have your swing revisions altered or modified the way you attack or approach Augusta National.
TIGER WOODS: The golf course is a little bit wet out there. Obviously we got some pretty good rains here. Today I played nine holes with Freddie and Sean, and seven drives and had seven mud balls. So hopefully it will dry out, but I think the forecast is for more rain. But the greens are absolutely perfect. They are quick, there's no doubt, but they are pretty soft and pretty receptive. So far as my swing goes, I think that it will be interesting to see how they set up the golf course, and that kind of depends - well, actually it will dictate whether I hit some of the clubs I'm in between on. And we'll see how it goes. It looks like it's going to be a great week, got a great field, and really looking forward to it. I came up here the Sunday before Bay Hill, and it was playing just about like how it is right now. And hopefully it will dry out a little bit so we can get after some of these pins.
Q. Did it feel like old times a little bit at Bay Hill, just getting back in the win column a little bit, and just what did that do for your confidence?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, felt just like it did in December. (Laughter.) It felt good.
Q. You love hearing that.
TIGER WOODS: Absolutely. But it felt good to go out there and play as well as I did and under those conditions. It wasn't like it was easy that Sunday. The scores were pretty high. To go out there with the lead and increase the lead was a good feeling. The way I hit the golf ball and putted all day, I felt like I went out there and earned the win. It wasn't given to me. I had to go out there and shoot a really good number under really tough conditions. That felt really good to do.
Q. If I could follow, as part of that, people just kind of assume because of what you've accomplished that confidence is never an issue, you know what I mean. Did that do something to your confidence with doing what you just said you did on Sunday?
TIGER WOODS: Well, I think it was just a process. I've been putting together two good rounds, eventually three, and now four; so just had to keep sticking with it and getting more experience working with Sean. You know, this year you can see the numbers. End of last year and most of this year, I've been in contention. I'm just continuing the process. I got there with the lead, and as I said, under tough conditions. I handled it well.
Q. What's the best way to handle the greens here at Augusta, and is the best putter usually the winner?
TIGER WOODS: Generally if you hit it really close all the time you're okay (grinning). I think that you try and avoid three putts obviously. I think it's a product of good ball striking if you're able to putt well, because you can hit the ball decent around here and catch the wrong sides of slopes, miss them by a yard, and next thing you know, you're 40, 50, 60 feet away and it wasn't that bad of a shot.
But if you miss it in the correct spot, it's an easy chip, easy putt. I think it requires good ball striking, but generally the guys that have won here have really putted well, avoided 3 putts, and have made the correct - the big putt from ten feet or so for par. Those are huge around here. No matter what you do, you're going to have those kind of putts, and you're going to have to bury them. That's the only way you can stay in there. They are going to be tricky. Some are going to be really quick and breaky. And other ones, you're going to have to be pretty aggressive. There's so much slope out here, and as we all know, if they get dry conditions, as the week goes on, it's going to get awfully quick and those putts become even more difficult.
Q. Last two years, tied for fourth, probably you admit not at your best in either tournament. First, how did you do that, not at your best; and second, does that help you this year knowing that you're playing so much better than you were then?
TIGER WOODS: Well, Bob, I think it's understanding how to play this golf course. As Rob was saying, this is my 18th year, so I've spent just about half my life playing this tournament. It's understanding how to play this golf course, where to miss it. I've gotten just umpteen amount of advice from guys who have played here way more than I have. That's really helped. Over the years of playing with Raymond and Freddie and Ollie and Nick Price, you name it, right on down the list, of just understanding how to play this golf course.
Granted, it's changed over the years, but still, you still miss it in the same spots. Just understanding how to do that has really helped me over the years, and I think that's one of the reasons why you see so many guys here. The older players are in contention a lot, but they just know how to play it.
Q. Has it helped you this year, though, knowing that you're playing better with all that knowledge?
TIGER WOODS: I certainly am excited about playing and really looking forward to getting out there and playing. I feel like I'm driving the ball much better than I have. I've got some heat behind it, and it's very straight. You know, my iron game is improving. So everything is headed in the right direction at the right time.
Q. Two things about the greens again. First of all, I think there's an assumption that if it rains more, it may or may not, but the golf course might be easier. But with the SubAir system, would it play harder, it will play longer and yet the greens could still be firm?
TIGER WOODS: One, the greens are cut into the grain off the tees, so you're not going to get any chase. And the potential of getting mud balls further back, and with the SubAir, as you said, these greens can dry out very quickly. As I said, they are receptive, but they are quick. It's an interesting combo, because we don't face that very often.
The only golf courses that have true SubAir, we are able to kind of deal with that, but not too many golf courses we play are like that. They turn it on here - as we all know, playing here over the years, you can play practice rounds, you know, however many you want, you can play a hundred practice rounds. But Wednesday to Thursday, it's just a totally different golf course. You've just got to make that adjustment.
Q. Secondly, about the greens, do you notice any subtle changes from last year? I think Phil mentioned it might be a couple; have you noticed any, any adjustments you need to make how you strategically approach a shot?
TIGER WOODS: Eight and 16 have been redone. But the things I've noticed is that there are different breaks on those greens than there are in the past. And they are subtle. As Phil says, they are significance on these greens because a subtle change is pretty significant at this speed. I've had to redo some of my charting on those greens, because the old breaks are out the window.
Q. You have a pretty good record here on the par-5s. How critical is it to score well on those, and also, what's the most strategic par-5 in your mind here?
TIGER WOODS: Well, as far as the par-5s, Zach proved you don't have to always go for them. But you still have to play them well. You have to play them at least half under par for the week. I mean, you just have to take care of those par-5s, because there are so many pin locations on the par-4s and the par-3s, that it just gets very difficult to make easy birdies. Good drives on the four par-5s, for the longer hitters, we can all get there.
Eight, questionable sometimes. But the other three we know we can get there. As far as the most strategic, certainly 13. I think 13, TV doesn't do justice to how hooked that lie is on that second shot, and the green is set up for a fade for a righty. And it's a hard shot (chuckling) to try and cut one off that lie or trust that you've got to start it right at Rae's Creek or at Rae's Creek and draw it in there. Sometimes the wind tends to swirl down in there a little bit. There's a pretty dicey second shot from that kind of hanging lie.
Q. So what is the main advantage to going for it in two? Obviously you're up near the green. What's the main advantage at Augusta National in going for it in two?
TIGER WOODS: Well, I think if you can't get there in two, you obviously lay up to a specific number that you've practiced and you can hit that number with your eyes closed. I mean, the perfect example of that is what Zach did. He laid up to all specific numbers and played them great. If you can get there, you can get in the bunkers, get around the green, short game can take over. There are so many different angles that you can play. For instance, No.2, depends on the flag, you can play right or left. On 8, you have seen guys blow it over to 9 to give themselves an angle in there.
13 is a tough up and down from the left side, but it's doable. Then 15 is really not that tough a pitch unless the pin is down on the left and you've got to come down a slope. But pin high there, you've got a pretty decent shot of making birdie.
Q. Rory McIlroy last year - you've seen a lot of Rory firsthand and on TV. How impressed were you by his recovery at the U.S. Open after what happened on the final round?
TIGER WOODS: Very, very. Because I had not met Rory at that time and I didn't really know much about him. I had not played golf with him yet, so I had not seen it. The first time I got a chance to really sit down and talk to him was this year at Abu Dhabi when we played nine holes together. Then we ended up being paired together. That was fun I think for both of us. But as far as his recovery, it was cool to see someone learn from their mistakes like that and apply it. You know, he was playing so well, and so be it. He just had one bad round. It happens to everybody, and we have all been in those situations where we've had one bad round. He learned from it, applied it, and ran away with it. That was some pretty impressive playing at the Open.
Q. I was going to ask you about Rory. When you see the amount of success that he's had at a young age, particularly in this past year, is there anything that reminds him of you? We have fun casting him as the new next guy that can challenge. Does anything remind him of you at all?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, obviously he can move the out there. I used to move it like that back in yesteryear. At the time, averaging 295 was big at the time. Now you're not even in the top 50. But the way he plays, and I think the way he handles himself out there on the golf course, how competitive he is, he's very feisty. It's what you have to be out here. You know, he has all of the makings of being a great champion for a long period of time. We have seen him obviously what he did last year at the Masters and how he came back at the Open. He led, what, seven out of eight rounds in major championships last year, which is pretty impressive, right in a row. So he just needs to get more experienced. That's just from playing. He's put himself there. Seems like every single tournament he plays in, he's in the top 10, and that's great to see.
Q. You talk about playing with some of the veterans when you were a kid. What do you remember about playing with Nicklaus in those early days, and is there anything at age 36 you still use, some piece of advice he maybe gave you 10, 15, or 20 years ago?
TIGER WOODS: I played with Jack and Arnold on Wednesday in '95. You know, I was an amateur, so Arnold comes up to me and says, "How about a little skins game today." I said, "Well, I don't have any cash." (Laughter).
He says, "Don't worry about it. Just play hard." I said, all right, here we go.
We go and play. We have a great time. I'm pretty chatty out there. I'm trying to gain as much intel as I possibly can, and I'm asking them on every hole, what do you do here, what do you do here, what do you do here, and I'm pretty sure they got sick and tired of me. We get to 18, and Arnold makes a nice putt for birdie on 18 for all the skins, basically. And I could see Jack is over there, a little ticked about it. He says, "Enough of this. Why don't we go get him on the par-3 course."
I said, "Well, Jack, I don't have - my tee time is much later." "Just come with me." "Yes sir. How are we going to get on there?"
He says, "Don't worry about it." We walk over there, we are on deck, just out of the blue. Okay, this is nice. (Laughter.) We get around and play the par-3 course, and probably the most nervous I think I had ever been was the last hole on the par-3 course.
You think it's just a simple 9-iron shot, no big deal. Arnold almost holed it, Jack almost holed it, and now it's my turn. I was just trying to go for dry land, and somehow I was able to hit on dry land and I was pretty stoked about it. But Jack that year told me some of the putts he's hit over the years, some of the things that has changed about the golf course and strategy on how to play certain flags. I thought, you know, I never looked at it that way on some of the holes.
He says, "With your length, just go ahead and just beat it down there." Because obviously at the time, there was no rough, and it was all about angles. So you need that angle on nine, you need to get it down that side, you need to fire at the green. Things like that. We can't do that now because the golf course is so much longer. But at the time, it was all about the different angles.
Q. How far back do we have to go to where you controlled your ball as well as you are now, and how does the control of today feel like, say, to 2000 when you dominated?
TIGER WOODS: Consistently, with this type of control, it's been a few years. But as far as having the speed and the pop in my game, it's been a very long time. You know, I think I have more shots than I did in 2000. I had, I guess relatively - I guess I'm not driving the ball as far, but I'm longer than I was in 2000. So it's a different game. The guys are much taller, much bigger, much more athletic. There weren't that many guys over six foot, and now it seems like everybody is 6'3" and above. The game has become bigger and stronger.
The new carry - before, when I played back in 2000, the big carry was 280. That was a big carry over a corner. Now that's been moved out to 315, 320. It's just a different number now. But as far as controlling my game, yeah, I feel like I'm hitting the ball just as consistently day in and day out as I did then.
Q. Obviously a lot has been made about your quest to pass Jack's 18 majors. Obviously you have many, many good years of golf left and hopefully your health keeps up. What would it mean to tie 73 if you put on a green jacket on Sunday? How would that make you feel?
TIGER WOODS: I'd like the green jacket more. I know the 73 would be a byproduct of it, but I'm here for the green jacket.
Q. What, if anything, should we take from the fact that three of Sean's golfers have won in the last month?
TIGER WOODS: Well, he's good at what he does. You know, I think if you look at the guys he works with, and we are all pretty good ball strikers, that's basically what Sean focuses on. That's basically what he focuses on, on ball striking. I think Ames y was the first one that brought him out here, and he was a pretty good ball striker for a number of years. Sean was there for a while, and obviously they have moved on, but a pretty good ball striker. And now obviously Hunter, Rosey, and myself. Day in, day out, we hit it pretty good.
Q. What is different about Hunter that you see this year?
TIGER WOODS: He's putting well. He's always hit it good. But switching up putters there at the Match Play really helped him a lot. Once you see a few putts go in, the momentum just carries. He's always driven it well. He's always hit his irons well. He's always given himself a lot of opportunities, but now he's cashing in on those opportunities, and obviously they are starting to roll.
Q. Last year you had a really good run on the front nine on Sunday, and got up in the lead, and were not able to sustain it on the back. How hard is it under the conditions of a Sunday at Augusta with a green jacket on the line to sustain that kind of momentum for 18 holes, because you were with Phil I think a couple of years before, when he had a similar run on the front and then was not able to hold it.
TIGER WOODS: One, it's not easy, because there are not a whole lot of 63s out here on this golf course. I mean, you would think that somebody over the years would have gone lower than 63, but no one has. It's just tough out there. You get on a roll here, but you've still got some tough holes to play and you've got to take care of them. It seems like most of the guys have a run of, let's say, four to eight holes where they really do some damage. You know, Jack had his back nine, but his back nine didn't start till 11, right. My run here in 2005, I think I made seven in a row in one stretch, and obviously wasn't on a Sunday. But you can have that type of run over this golf course, but it's hard to sustain over an entire round for some reason. I think the golf course, just it's so difficult, so subtle, that it's just hard to do.
Q. How often do players now ask you advice about this place, and do you help them?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, I do, I do help them. Today I played with Sean and we were talking about the golf course and what flag you fire at and where do you want to miss it to this flag; where do you hit over the green to this; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And yeah, I help him as much as I possibly can and playing together tomorrow. He wants some more advice on the other nine holes. (Laughter) Obviously I had something good to say I guess. I think it's just the role of being here, one, as a champion and being here a number of years is that you pass knowledge on. It's not something that we hold and are going to keep sacred. We pass it on from one generation to the next. That's what we do.
Q. Can you talk about where you feel you are now compared to where you were in 2010, two years ago?
TIGER WOODS: Say again?
Q. Can you compare where you are now to where you were two years ago?
TIGER WOODS: Well, I wasn't hitting the ball very good. It was just having an understanding of how to play around this golf course, and that's certainly, as I was explaining earlier, is that coming to a golf course that we play each and every year certainly helps. And playing here for so many years now; this is, as I said, my 18th year, so understanding how to play this golf course has really helped me over the years.
Q. Personally, as well, because obviously two years -
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, but it's also coming here to a golf course that I know. As I said, knowing how to play it, and just the history behind this tournament just makes it so special.
MODERATOR: We thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Tiger, so much for being with us and good luck this week.
The transcript for the above interview is courtesy of ASAP Sports.
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Down a dirt road off Old Highway 52 in the rural community of Strawberry, Jack Lynes of Aiken and Johnny Dangerfield of Moncks Corner compare great-greats and great-great-greats.
History of the land
1715: The site of a battle during the Yemassee War.1725: The Rev. Richard Ludlam led an initiation mass at the Chapel of Ease for St. James Goose Creek Church Parish.1780: The chapel was destroyed.1812: The Rev. Matthew Mccullers and eight brethren organized the Bethlehem Baptist Church.1860s: The church was disassembled and moved 4.5 miles, where it was reassembled as Groomsville Baptist Church.
Thats where we connect right there, Lynes said, pointing to the nearby gravestone of his great-great-great-grandfather, Samuel Lynes.
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To learn more or to make a donation, go to chapelofease.org.
The distant cousins are part of a family with history that goes back many generations in Berkeley County, and with other family members who have been visiting the site for years to care for the markers at the resting place of many of their ancestors.
Many of the stones have fallen, cracked or sunk into the ground.
Now the 22-acre historic property in the woods between Goose Creek and Moncks Corner, known as the St. James Goose Creek Chapel of Ease Historical Site, will be protected permanently.
With fundraisers and bolstered by a $104,000 donation from the State Ports Authority, the nonprofit acquired the land from the Synovus Trust in December.
What we wanted to do was preserve this marvelous piece of ground, said Goose Creek Mayor Mike Heitzler, chairman of the group. We would like to pass it on to future generations of caretakers and open it up for public viewing, making it a stop on historical trips for people coming through Berkeley County.
The site defines how this community came to be as it is today, and now it will be protected forever and never lost again, said Barry Jurs, executive director of the Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust. Thats a big deal.
The known history of the site dates to the 1700s, when it was owned by Col. George Chicken and was the site of a battle in the Yemassee War.
In the 1720s, a cross-shaped brick Anglican chapel of ease was built so worshippers wouldnt have to make the six-mile trek to St. James Goose Creek Church. It was destroyed during the Revolutionary War, but the foundation remains.
The land later served as a camp and home to Bethlehem Baptist Church, where blacks and whites worshipped together.
Today it has the tombstones of at least four American Revolution patriots and a Confederate soldier among more than 30 marked graves, archaeological ruins from the battle and churches, remnants of inland rice fields, and 16 acres of freshwater wetlands.
The site had fallen into years of neglect, with descendants visiting periodically, until Charla Springer, organizer of the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, led clean-ups there and asked for help.
Soon the project, under the leadership of the Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce, involved several conservation and historical-preservation groups in addition to family members.
Recent digs have turned up pottery, wrought nails, pipe bowls, arrowheads, bullets, glass and charred bone. Also discovered were a grave shaft in the altar area of the church; trunks and gates for an inland rice field; a possible field kitchen that slaves used; a possible site where rice was dried; and brickwork for a trunk to the canal.
Now Lynes said he is concerned about treasure hunters desecrating the site.
Thats really contrary to historic preservation, he said. We want people to treat it with respect and consider it a holy place. There is nothing here worth money. Its just a little cemetery, and thats the most important thing.
Reach Brenda Rindge at 937-5713 or www.facebook.com/brindge.


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Corbetts - Corbetts - Scottish hills between 2500 and 2999 feet high with a drop of at least 500 feet (152.4m) on all sides.
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