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By JULI GOETZ MORSER
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When the staged reading of the play "Billyboy" hits the boards as the next performance in Vashon Allied Arts New Works Series, audience members will have a chance to give direct feedback not only to a former Hollywood screenwriter but also a current Hollywood star.
Adapted from his novel by the same name, "Billyboy" is the brainchild of Bill Wood, known to islanders as The Jazz Guy on Voice of Vashon and a former member of the Church of Great Rain. What many residents may not know about Wood in his former life as a distinguished Hollywood screenwriter.
While living in the Hollywood hills, Wood wrote the story of Billyboy about down-and-out cowboy Gil Werby and his best friend Brownie who make a mad-capped trek from Las Vegas to the Chicago stockyards on a mission to rescue the beloved horse named Billyboy, which Werby rode to fame in the 1947 rodeo.
Wood, who wrote many TV episodes for "The Fugitive," admitted this drama is "an anomaly in my work. It's mostly funny, really quite funny," he said.
Fans of TV's "Deadwood," "Supernatural" and "Breaking Bad" will recognize Los Angeles actor Jim Beaver reading the role of Brownie, the character who narrates the wild odyssey he makes with Werby, played by local actor Paul Shapiro.
Along the way, the two best friends meet a variety of quirky folks, read by many well-known Vashon performers, including Jeff and Cindy Hoyt, Susan McCabe, Jeanne Dougherty, Marshall Murray, Jon Whalen, Chaim Rosemarin, Michael Barker and Bill West, with music by Luke McQuillin.
Islander Charlotte Tiencken, a longtime friend of Wood and the managing director of Book-It Repertory Theater in Seattle, directs the reading and said she sees great potential for bringing "Billyboy" to full production. The process to get there, according to Tiencken, begins with the public reading.
"New pieces often are presented as a kind of workshop production that leads to various rewrites," she said. "The audience's response is part of the process. We want to hear what the audience thinks."
"Billyboy" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23, at the Blue Heron. Tickets, $12 and $16, are available at www.vashonalliedarts.org and the Heron's Nest.
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While many brides-to-be can easily locate the right gifts for their bridesmaids, grooms always seem to have trouble doing the same thing for their guys. My friend Matt had the hardest time picking out groomsmen gifts when he got married. He didn't allow himself enough time to order his gifts online before the wedding, so he ended up running all over San Francisco trying to find something appropriate. Exhausting!
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If you don't feel like any of the more typical items will suit your groomsmen, why not plan an event that gives you and your friends a little more "guy time"? Get tickets to a sporting event, host a poker night at your house, or put together a camping trip and provide all of the food and beverages. Above all, remember that these are your go-to guys; they deserve a memorable "thank you" for being there for you on the most important day of your life.
Click here for another great groom's gift guide. If you've found groomsmen gifts at another site not listed here, let us know!
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December 29, 2012
To the editor: It has been reported that when John Dillinger was asked why he robbed banks, he replied, "that's where the money is....
So true, soundco; all cost of production must be reflected in prices if a business is to prosper. Problem is that the US is no longer a closed economy and US producers must compete with foreign producers. But try explaining that to trade union leaders (I tried all my life) or such economic simpletons (ideologues?) as Obama, Reid, Pelosi et al.
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Our trouble is all the Americans - and their political champions - who want a European-style welfare state but not the taxes Europeans pay to support same. In Sweden it got so bad that some would have had to borrow to pay their income tax since it was higher than their total income, e.g. the gal who wrote "Pipi Longstockings," and that on top of sales, or VAT, taxes that average close to 20% (100% on some items when I lived there). Northern European workers were smart enough to understand they had to share with others to have their welfare systems, and not so stupid as to believe they could just tap the rich or endlessly borrow from other countries, a la Greece, Italy, Spain and guess who else: America's Democrats and one Barrack Hussein Obama.
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havent we heard this were aLL GOING TO DIE BS BEFORE AND THEN OOPS IT DIDNT HAPPEN LET TAXES RISE IT WORKED FOR CLINTON SO I DONTTHINK THE WORLD WILL END FROM THIS EITHET ....HANG ON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS MAYBE THE DEBIT WILL BE SMALLER ????
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HOLYOKE – This is the time in the New England College Baseball League season where a lineup can look one way one day and quite different the next.
The roster for the Holyoke Blue Sox has already had its share of comings and goings early in the 2010 NECBL season, and it will be another week or two before things settle down.
"The first two or three weeks, between having guys at regionals and tournaments, and there are pitchers who pitch well all season and their college coaches shut them down, it's a revolving door the first two or three weeks," said Chad Levesque, who serves as director of operations for the Blue Sox.
Holyoke, which lost 8-6 to Keene Tuesday night, has welcomed three players from St. John's University and two more from UCLA within the last few days, but also saw one of its best players leave the team after signing a professional contract.
Levesque is very high on UCLA first baseman Matt Mosher, who appeared in just two games while serving as a back-up.
"He's hungry," Levesque said. "What we've heard on this kid is he's a big kid – probably 6-5 and 240 pounds – and he mashes the ball. We're looking forward to seeing him open it up, especially at Mackenzie. We're looking forward to seeing him swing the bat."
Pitcher Ryan Deeter is the other player from UCLA, which will play in the 2010 College World Series.
"Neither one of these guys got much time this year, which is why the coach released them (early from the tournament)," Levesque said. "Mosher is behind an All-American first baseman, and the UCLA pitching is probably by far the top in the country so Deeter didn't get a lot of innings. You see a lot of that with big schools."
Making the trip from New York City's St. John's are pitchers Brendan Lobban and Anthony Cervone, as well as infielder Sean O'Hare, who was drafted in 2008 by the Cincinnati Reds.
"They didn't pitch a lot," Levesque said. "Lobban started and developed some control issues midway through the season, but came back toward the end of the season. Cervone is a bullpen guy. But they had their fair share of time."
As a freshman, O'Hare batted .347 and hit in the top of St. John's lineup.
"He's going to be useful to us," Levesque said.
Holyoke has already lost outfielder Derrick Shaw, who has signed with Milwaukee after being taken in the 41st round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The Blue Sox also had to let go pitcher Alex Curry, who was battling arm problems.
The Blue Sox are home to North Adams Wednesday, North Shore Thursday and Danbury Friday. All games start at 6:30 at Mackenzie Stadium.


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Kahaani's controversial push scene remains unresolved
By: Nabanita
Though reports suggested that the issue has been resolved and the authorities have finally given a go-ahead to the film, now the story seems something else as the issue is still unresolved. Apparently, the scene was shot without the metro authorities' permission and now they demand its deletion before the movie's release.
As per reports, initially director Sujoy Ghosh didn't mention about the scene when they submitted the film's script to the Kolkata Railway Authority. But now, when the latter has uncovered the truth, they expect an immediate action from the makers of the film.
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There will come a time when you want to copy files from iPhone after you buy another phone or tablet, unfortunately, you just don't have a good idea. So, it seems to you that moving files including contacts, text messages and photos off iPhone is a burdensome job.
Now, the good news is that you don't need to bother about it. Here I'm pretty happy to recommend you a useful and efficient one-click phone transfer tool, Wondershare MobileTrans or Wondershare MobileTrans for Mac. It is specially designed to help you transfer data, namely music, photos, videos, contacts, calendar and messages including the group ones from the iPhone to Android. If you have contacts in your accounts, like iCloud, Exchange, MobileTrans will also transfer them to your Android phone.
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Download MobileTrans and follow the next steps. here, I would like to take the Windows version as an example. The Mac version doesn't let you transfer any file to or from Nokia (Symbian) phone.
Step 1. Install MobileTrans and run it
The first thing you should do is to install and run this phone transfer tool on your computer. Then, the primary window appears. Select the Phone to phone transfer mode and click Start.
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John Edwin Erickson, formerly of Poulsbo, died July 16 in Lee's Summit, Mo. He was 61.
He was born in Preston, Minn., on Dec. 25, 1951 to Donald and Helen Kimball Erickson. He graduated from Mabel-Canton High School and attended college in Winona, Minn.
John married Cheryl Larson and served in the U.S. Air Force as a maintenance NCO on C-130s. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from Winona State University, then entered the U.S. Navy as a maintenance officer.
He served aboard the USS Coral Sea, receiving the Navy Achievement Medal; and aboard the USS Nimitz, retiring as a lieutenant in 1994 in Poulsbo.
John divorced and returned to Mabel to assist with his mother's care. In 1997, he and Mary Garrett married and they made their home in Lee's Summit for the past 16 years. He was a talented craftsman.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; children, Jonathan Erickson and Lindsey Erickson of Poulsbo, and Kristopher (Queen) Erickson of Bellingham; stepsons, Josh Bruce of Lee's Summit and Robbie (Jennifer) Patterson of Lenexa, Kan; grandchildren, Madelyn and Garrett Patterson; siblings, Mary Jo (Mike) Brewster of Lee's Summit, Bob (Darcy) Erickson of Mabel, and Kathy (Mike) Brandt of Peshtigo, Wis.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Mike and Stevie Erickson.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Shea Lutheran Church at a later date in Mabel. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the National Kidney Foundation in John's name.
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E&EM Graduate Student Scott Christian on his Internship Experience: "Networking Works"
While it may seem that that the importance of networking is often overstated it does work very well. Last Semester (Fall 2003), I, a full time graduate student in the program, was searching for some volunteer opportunities within the program. Based on my past experiences Professor Deason suggested I try and help the National Parks Initiative. I met with the two doctoral students (Nick Martin and Mark Andress) working on the Initiative, and discussed my knowledge and where I felt I could be a help in their research. At the time they did not need my help, but we discussed where I might be helpful in the future. About a week later, Nick Martin remembering my interest in getting some "hands on" experience, emailed informing me of an internship position at the Global Environmental and Technology Foundation where he worked. I applied and consequently received the internship. This internship was not only paid, but I heard about it because I had networked with a fellow student in the program. I have been told that this is not the first time this has happened in our program and likely will not be the last.
The Global Environmental and Technology Foundation (GETF) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development. One way GETF achieves sustainable development is through aiding organizations in their implementations of Environmental Management Systems (Some of these organizations are now also ISO 14001 certified). The reason that the internship position was created, was due to a partnership between GETF, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the American Association of Port Authorities, to provide EMS training to nine select ports, the Portland District Corps of Engineers, and the Maritime Administration.
The internship has been an excellent learning experience, and way for me to build off my classroom learning. My duties are split between helping GETF with this EMS project and AAPA with creating an online "Ports Environmental Clearinghouse" to provide the ports of the western hemisphere and the public, information on environmental projects and technologies that can and are being used and implemented at our ports.
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Who: Minnesota Twins (11-12) at Detroit Tigers (15-10).
Where: Comerica Park in Detroit, Mich.
First pitch: 1:08 p.m.
Television: Live on Fox Sports Detroit.
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket and the Detroit Tigers radio network.
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Coverage: Live blog hosted by James Schmehl at 1 p.m. Click here to follow.
Detroit Tigers
Anibal Sanchez, RHP (3-1, 1.34)
Lifetime vs. Twins: 0-1, 3.24 ERA.
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Scott Diamond, LHP (1-2, 4.32)
Lifetime vs. Tigers: 1-2, 2.67 ERA.
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1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Torii Hunter, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Victor Martinez, DH
6. Matt Tuiasosopo, LF
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Brayan Pena, C
9. Ramon Santiago, 2B
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1. Brian Dozier, 2B
2. Jamey Carroll, 3B
3. Josh Willingham, DH
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Ryan Doumit, C
6. Chris Parmelee, RF
7. Oswaldo Arcia, LF
8. Aaron Hicks, CF
9. Pedro Florimon, SS
-- Omar Infante will get the day off today because his knee is "a little sore," according to manager Jim Leyland. Ramon Santiago will spell him at second base.
-- Matt Tuiasosopo and switch-hitter Brayan Pena will start in left field and behind the plate, respectively, with left-hander Scott Diamond set to start for Minnesota.
-- Left-handed reliever Phil Coke has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left groin strain and recalled right-hander Jose Ortega. The move is retroactive to April 26 and leaves the Tigers with two left-handers in the bullpen.
-- The Tigers also activated Avisail Garcia (heel contusion) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo.
-- Anibal Sanchez is coming off a record-breaking start after setting a franchise record with 17 strikeouts in eight innings in a 10-0 win over Atlanta last Friday.
-- Sanchez has limited opponents to two or fewer earned runs in each of his five starts, pitching at least 6 2/3 innings in his last four outings.
-- Detroit has outscored its opponents, 35-11, during a five-game win streak and has recorded 11 home runs, 10 doubles and a triple during that stretch.
-- Miguel Cabrera is 7-for-15 with a pair of doubles off Twins starter Scott Diamond. Cabrera, who is batting .420 at home, finished April with 28 RBIs -- a Tigers' record.
-- Due to the Detroit Red Wings' playoff schedule, the Tigers' game on Thursday in Houston will be broadcast on television on FSD Plus and on radio on AM 1270. First pitch is set for 8:10 p.m. Same broadcast schedule for Saturday's game at 7:10 p.m.
-- Today's weather forecast calls for mostly clear and sunny skies with temperatures reaching the low 70s. Game time temperature of 72 degrees.
Looking for some light reading between now and first pitch? Check out these stories from the past day or so on MLive.com:
-- Three stars: Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder each hit two-run homers
-- Fine outing by Justin Verlander help Tigers extend winning streak
-- Drew Smyly has pitched very well in multiple roles out of bullpen
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On the corner of Liffey Street and Middle Abbey Street, The Epicurean Food Hall brought great excitement to this area of the city when it opened in1999 and is still a buzzy place. It's a collection of small units/dublin restaurants with a common seating area where you will find a wide range of international foods, mainly cooked to order and sold at very reasonable prices.
One of the longest established is La Corte (01 873 4200), one of the north river outposts of Stefano Crescenzi and David Izzo's smart Italian café (see entry), and traditionalists will be pleased to find a branch of Leo Burdock's, famous for their fish & chips.
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PRINCETON — Princeton Council President Bernie Miller's term is set to expire at the end of this year, but he doesn't plan to run for re-election without another former Princeton Township official on board with him, he said.
Miller and former Princeton Township Deputy Mayor Susan Nemeth announced yesterday they will run a joint campaign in the June Democratic primary, seeking to oust Councilwoman Jo Butler, they said.
Miller and Butler each pulled two-year terms out of a hat during last year's consolidation ceremony.
"Sue and I have run together twice before. We run a good campaign and we work well together," Miller said yesterday. "Basically, Sue and I are on the same page when it comes to making government work. I'm looking forward to running and serving with her."
The duo formerly served on the Princeton Township Committee together with Mayor Liz Lempert and Councilman Lance Liverman, Miller said.
Nemeth, 52, was elected Princeton Township's deputy mayor in January 2011 but she did not seek re-election to the governing body after Princeton's consolidation because she ran against Marie Corfield for Assembly in 2012, she said. After losing in the 16th Legislative District's Democratic primary, 2014 seemed like her year to "jump back in," she said.
"Bernie and I have complementary talents and similar values. It's a natural sort of alliance," Nemeth said. "We want to do innovative things and really make Princeton shine while keeping a close eye on the bottom line."
Nemeth works as a development director and public relations specialist at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, where she's been for more than two decades, she said.
Miller and Nemeth will seek the formal endorsement of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization and support of the Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee in March, they said.
Lempert and Liverman, along with Councilwoman Heather Howard, are backing the Miller-Nemeth slate, Liverman said.
"This is not an anti-Jo Butler campaign on my side. I've worked with Bernie for years and I've worked with Sue before Bernie," Liverman said. "For me, the cohesiveness of them working together as a team to strive to make a decision that benefits entire community are their strong points. I love that."
Lempert said both Miller and Nemeth are "can-do people" who know how to work together as a team to get results.
"We have a full agenda ahead of us, and I'm confident they will work together with council to achieve our goals," she said. "They both worked on consolidation issues and many others over the past several years."
Butler, 60, who formerly served for two years on the Princeton Borough council before consolidation, said she was disappointed by the backing, but it won't upset her plan.
"We've got a lot on the agenda for the next few months, and I plan to continue to focus on that and run the same campaign I was going to run," she said. "I don't intend for it to get in the way of the work we have to do. The citizens are free to do whatever they want and clever enough to do what they want."
Butler works for independent school consulting firm Wickenden Associates, she said.
Miller, 84, is a 10-year veteran of the township committee and a former Princeton Township mayor. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1957 and was a corporate business executive for until he retired in 1998, he said.
Miller was the first council president of consolidated Princeton. At its reorganization meeting last week, council unanimously voted to have him reinstated as council president for 2014.
He said he hopes running with Nemeth will bring a sense of "collegiality" to the council.
"I hope that we can bring a sense of stability and work together on council to make the council work for the betterment of all people in Princeton," Miller said.
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Verlander delivers laughs on Conan
Justin Verlander has talked many times about his pregame routine of listening to music blaring through his headphones as he enters a ballpark on days he starts. He saved the story about his pre-gameday meal for the late-night talk show circuit.
When host Conan O'Brien asked Verlander about his pregame rituals during Wednesday night's show, Verlander talked about his meals the night before he starts.
"The night before, as you can tell by my amazing physique, I eat Taco Bell," Verlander said. "Every night."
"You're welcome, Taco Bell," Verlander said as he turned to the camera.
(Link is here, since I can't seem to embed the video on my blog. Also, according to Front Row Analytics and CNBC's Darren Rovell on Twitter, that Verlander plug was worth $133,000. You're welcome, indeed, Taco Bell.)
It was a rare relief appearance for Verlander, the Tigers ace who won American League MVP honors to go with the AL Cy Young award. But it was also a rare venue for him to try his hand at comedy. He retold the story of his hotfoot prank on teammate Don Kelly, which they replayed.
"The cup of water is really not enough if things get out of hand," O'Brien joked.
While Verlander usually begins his mound outings by throwing his fastball at less than full velocity, he came to the set firing as soon as he sat down. He told O'Brien about seeing the giant orange Conan Blimp advertising his show flying over Yankee Stadium during their American League Division Series last fall.
"Here we are in the postseason in New York," Verlander begins, "and you've got your blimp flying up there. It's supposed to be a night game, and this thing looks like the sun. It's huge!
"That's what I had to stare at the whole game, because I'm a pitcher, so when I'm not pitching, I just sit around in the dugout and look around, because we don't really do much. So every time I look up, I see this thing, and I can't help it. I'm envisioning your face on the side of this blimp, and it's just like haunting me the whole series."
The show was taped in Los Angeles, where Verlander has been spending the week doing a shoot for the upcoming MLB 2K12 video game. Verlander was on Conan to promote the game, which features him on the cover pitching with special effects all around him.
"Do you like how you're depicted on the cover? You look kind of like a superhero here," O'Brien asked as he showed off the cover.
"I mean, it's me. I look great," Verlander said with a laugh.
Now, to be fair, Verlander isn't the first Tiger to plug one of his favorite places to eat. Remember Chipotle's Master Burrito Ambassador, Will Rhymes, last spring? Is there an equivalent title Taco Bell can give Verlander? Maybe an endorsement deal pairing Verlander with Giants closer Brian Wilson?
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Oh, my goodness. He looked so handsome and dressed to the nines in casual sportcoat with some sharp shoes. I kept looking at them (maybe because I love shoes). Justin's sense of humor and likeability in '11 has changed my perception of him. The hot-foot was the first time I've ever seen one and still makes me laugh hysterically. So corny, but so much fun. I'll never forget it.
He did a nice job. He shouldn't quite his day job and go into tv or anything, but was fun to see him especially gussied up. The taco bell bit was funny and just all around cool to see him get some recognition that typically is reserved for the Derek Jeter's of the world – not sure how many Tiger players get asked for the late night talk show circuit!
Wow–Bud Selig extends for 2 years at 22 mil per year. just for being a DH (and that does not mean Designated Hitter in this case).
Didn't notice the shoes matching the desk, but I'll check it out tonight when my wife gets to see the DVR recording. I was anticipating them showing the hot foot video, but I wish they'd also have shown the pregame interview a few days later when Kelly and Verlander talked about it. Verlander tried to deny doing it, but Kelly tricked him into admitting it. That was the punch line to the entire affair.
MVP, video game cover, promotion tour. That's how you end up on the talk show circuit.
Regarding Bud Selig's extension, I guess we get to keep Mr. Dave for a couple of extra years.


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PATERSON — One of three men charged in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old Paterson girl had his bail reduced Monday despite the objections of prosecutors.
Jhymier Moore, 19, had his bail reduced from $3 million to $2 million by Passaic County Superior Court Judge Greta Gooden-Brown.
Prosecutors claim Moore fatally shot Genesis Rincon in the head as she rode her scooter with friends near her home on Rosa Parks Boulevard on the night of July 5.
Rincon's death sparked outcry in Paterson's Fourth Ward –– a hardscrabble neighborhood plagued by shootings and drug activity. Law enforcement officials believe Rincon was not the intended target of the shooting. Her death marked the fifth homicide in the Fourth Ward this year.
Moore voluntarily turned himself in after learning he was the target of the police investigation, his attorney Harley Breite said. He maintains Moore, who has pleaded not guilty, was wrongfully arrested and says his client has no idea who shot Rincon.
The bail reduction makes little difference –– because Moore is now in violation of his three-year probation stemming from a drug charge, he would not be released even if he were to make bail, according to Passaic Co. Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik.
Moore also does not have a passport and cannot pay $2 million bail, Breite argued in court on Monday, The Record reported.
Though his defense attorney steadfastly maintains prosecutors arrested the wrong man, two separate eyewitnesses identified Moore in a photo lineup as the shooter, assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Jason Statuto told NJ.com.
Despite his young age, Moore has a lengthy history of crime, prosecutors said in court on Monday.
Moore has five juvenile complaints, three juvenile violations of probation, and the drug charge as an adult, Statuto argued, according to The Record.
Two other men have been charged in Rincon's murder. Jeffrey Ellerbee, 21, is also facing first degree murder charges while 19-year-old Marshae Anthony was charged with weapons offenses. Both have pleaded not guilty.
Authorities have not yet revealed the alleged roles of each of the men charged in the shooting.


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Pioneer Spirit
SEPTEMBER 11, better known as 9/11, is a day that lives in history as a result of the cowardly attacks by terrorists in 2001 in the United States and the tragic deaths of nearly 3,000 people, and it also is connected with another historic event more than 200 years earlier in the Ohio Valley.
It was Sept. 11, 1782, when American Indians and some British soldiers attempted to overcome the settlers living in the area of Fort Henry. Unlike the 2001 attacks, there was a warning about the approach of the enemy force, and on their arrival, according to Ebenezer Zane, the enemies "formed their lines around the garrison, paraded British colors and demanded the fort to be surrendered, which was refused."
The siege of the fort by the enemy forces, which included 260 American Indians along with a British captain and 40 regular soldiers, however, lasted until the morning of Sept. 13, and it resulted in a victory for the pioneers at Fort Henry.
SEVERAL individuals, such as Betty Zane, are known for their heroic actions during the siege, and those three days in 1782 will be recalled at the upcoming 15th installment of Fort Henry Days set for Labor Day weekend at Site One in Oglebay Park, with its encampments open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Saturday and Sunday.
It will be an event dramatically different from any of the previously offered annual living history battle reenactments shared here, with expansions and additions to the popular offerings enjoyed free of charge by the public via the grand encampment and the always expanding community celebration component of the event.
Emphasis is placed on being historically correct, both in costumes and activities.
As Martins Ferry resident and reenactor Sue Weigand noted, "Walking through this area (of the Fort Henry encampment), people have opportunities to talk with these people about what it is they are doing, and why they are doing something a particular way – a way that is historically correct – rather than using modern day technology and resources to achieve a certain goal."
FORT HENRY Days participants and reenactors cooperate in presenting the observance, and that cooperation is indicative of how the spirit of the pioneers lives on in our area.


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Hurricane Irene may or may not give Syracuse a wide berth, but it still promised to make travel harder into and out of Central New York this weekend.
Syracuse Hancock International Airport officials Friday were preparing for two scenarios, Syracuse Aviation Commissioner Christina Reale said.
One was that Hancock becomes the airport that airliners get diverted to because they can't land in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other East Coast cities in Irene's path.
Officials were working with the Transportation Security Administration, the Border Patrol and the airlines to make sure the airport could process stranded international passengers and that its has sufficient fuel to service jets forced to land here, Reale said. The airlines themselves will look after booking new flights for diverted passengers and making them comfortable if they have to stay long, she said.
The other scenario was that Hancock will wind up in the hurricane's path. Reale said officials were working with the airport's tenants and the Federal Aviation Administration, which operates the airport's control tower, to make sure emergency generators are available and to assure them that the Department of Aviation was staying on top of the weather.
No flights to and from Hancock had been affected by early Friday afternoon, but people who had booked flights out of the airport this weekend should check with their airlines frequently before they set out, she said. Links to airlines serving Hancock are on the airport's website, www.syrairport.org.
Other modes of transportation also were affected as Irene aimed for the coast:
--Amtrak had canceled most weekend train runs south of Washington, D.C., by Thursday afternoon. Most trains in the Northeast Corridor had not been affected by midday Friday, but Amtrak officials expected to make an updated announcement later in the afternoon.
--Greyhound Lines canceled or delayed until further notice bus service in both directions between Atlantic City, N.J., and New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, and downtown Baltimore. Service also was canceled or delayed between New York City and Norfolk, Va. and to Ocean City, Md.; Washington to Ocean City; Richmond, Va., to Norfolk; and Raleigh, N.C., to Norfolk, Jacksonville, N.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C. Passengers could call (800) 231-2222 for information.
--The AAA motor club began reaching out early this week to travel service clients whose plans include transit through hurricane-threatened areas, spokeswoman Diana Dibble said. To help them. AAA is adding staff and extending the hours of its Travel Service Call Center this weekend to 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; the number is (888) 320-4863. The center normally is open 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturday and closed Sunday.
AAA emergency road service will remain available around the clock for AAA members at (800) AAA-HELP, she said.
Those who must drive through the storm zone should take emergency kits including water, food for people and pets, extra clothes and blankets, fully charged cell phones, a battery-operated NOAA weather radio, extra batteries and extra medications, AAA said on its website. Make sure the gas tank is full and never drive through high water, AAA said.


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Fulbright Students
This year the Office of Graduate Programs received an all-time high number of applications. The result was that MassArt welcomed 64 new graduate students.
Of them, 25 percent are international students, representing twelve countries.
Three of the first-year students received Fulbright Scholarships. They are: Fabiola Menchelli (Mexico), Yael Alkalay (Israel), and Unum Babar (Pakistan). They join an additional Fulbright Scholar at MassArt, Maria Stangel (Poland), who is in her second year.
The Fulbright International Exchange Program provides grants for study, teaching, and research, and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
We asked the Fulbright students at MassArt to tell us a little about themselves and their work here.


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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – DECEMBER 17, 2012 – Bryan Abanilla, Pricilla Guerra and Roberto Arroyo, all students in the School of Business at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, each felt proud – and a little richer – on the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 30.
Among the seven teams that had presented new business ideas that morning to judges in Salón Cassia of the Education and Business Complex, Abanilla, Guerra and Arroyo each received $1,500 when declared the first prize winners for their proposal, Solar Solutions.
"I think we were all a little nervous to face the judges, trying to put forth our best presentation skills to convince them our solar energy service company was the best idea," said Abanilla, a 2007 Hanna High School alumnae who will graduate from UTB and TSC with a Bachelor of Business Administration at Winter Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The competition was a semester-long project in the entrepreneurship class of Dr. Hans van Doesburg, Lecturer in the Department of Marketing, Management, International Business and Entrepreneurship
"Real, hands-on experience like this gives our students a taste of the many steps that must be taken before a business proposal can be presented," said van Doesburg. "Taking an idea from concept through the research phase, creating and presenting a business plan, convincing a bank or investors that an idea has a good chance of success – these are all learned skills that can be honed with experience. This project was an invaluable exercise that will serve these students well, whether or not they choose to open their own businesses."
Tropical Texas Regional Commission for Innovation and Commercialization (TTRCIC) partnered with the School of Business on the project, providing $8,250 in cash prizes for the top three teams and honorable mention. Laurie Simmons, Executive Director of the TTRCIC, and Carlos Marin, TTRCIC Board Chair and CEO of Ambiotec Engineering, served as two of the three judges. They were joined on the panel by Dr. John Sargent, Professor of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration at The University of Texas Pan American.
"Participating as a judge in this competition allowed us to see what students are coming up with these days," Simmons said. "These were all good start-up business ideas and we were quite impressed. Also, presenting to an audience can be a big hurdle, and most of the students had good presentation skills."
The second-place winners were the creators of Sizzle Restaurant, a theme restaurant that would employ eye-catching, muscular male servers as well as attractive female servers.
"Working on this business idea was a great learning experience," said Ernesto Molina Jr., a 2006 graduate of Los Fresnos High School who will graduate with his B.B.A. from UTB and TSC at Winter Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 15. "I learned that it takes a lot of passion and dedication to open any new venture. It was absolutely worth my time, and I am looking forward to finding investors to make Sizzle Restaurant become a reality."
Carmen Gutierrez echoed Molina's comments about passion and dedication. Gutierrez and her teammate, Dominique Doucet, presented their idea, third-place winner Eco-Friendly Mattress Recycling Center.
"Among many lessons, I learned that you have to be very clear and precise about your goals with regard to the business you are pursuing," said Gutierrez, a 1991 graduate of Harlingen High School who will graduate from UTB and TSC in December 2015.
The Eco-Friendly Mattress Recycling Center plan called to divert unwanted mattresses from local transfer stations and surrounding landfills. Gutierrez said the proposed center would provide valuable business, education, training and life skills to individuals who currently have minimal job skills.
Terra Consulting, the honorable mention winner, is a business idea offering a service to commercial clients assisting in redesign and reconstruction of the way their business operates while keeping sustainability, energy efficiency and the bottom line in mind.
"Keeping our customers' business objectives and lifestyle in mind, we would strive to find the perfect harmony between sustainability and efficiency," said Terra Consulting team member Aurora Larrazolo.
Larrazolo was among the few non-business school students who participated in the competition. Working on her Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies with a concentration in communications, this 2007 graduate of Saint Joseph Academy is scheduled to graduate from UTB and TSC in May 2014. Larrazolo said the class project was a positive experience, and she feels certain she will be able to use what she has learned when she finds her marketing and public relations "dream job" in Houston or Austin.
"One of the mandates of the School of Business is to prepare our students for the challenges of the business and commerce world tomorrow," said Dr. Mark Kroll, Dean of the School of Business. "Along with our partners in the private business sector, we are responsible for training the next generation of entrepreneurs in the Valley. Projects such as this will help equip students with the necessary skills for success."


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Talented Teen Competition
The Caribbean Commercial Bank Talented Teen Pageant is one of the Bank's community projects. Each year we sponsor and produce the event for the Anguilla Festival.
Kafi Gumbs, Ms CCB 2003
Aspiring Marine Biologist - Kafi Gumbs wins from a field of 7
The Landsome Bowl Cultural Centre came alive last evening with beauty, pageantry and talented. As 7 beautiful Anguillian teenagers used the stage to showcase their talents.
The contestants competed in the following areas:
Career Speech
Evening Wear
Question & Answer
Cherise Gumbs Miss CCB Talented Teen 2002 was on hand to give her final walk and speech. In her speech Cherise thanked everyone who had made her year special especially her parents and CCB for sponsoring the talent showcase for your girls allowing them to dream a dream.
Ms Kafi Gumbs - 18 of Sachasses is the new Miss CCB Talented Teen. Kafi won with a total of 657 points, she also won Best Career Speech and Best Evening Wear
1st Runner-up - Miss Garesa Harrigan gained a total of 639 points.
2nd Runner-up - Miss Cleone Romney gained a total of 161 points and also won best onstage Interview and Ms Photogenic
3rd Runner-Up - Miss Shirlin Fleming gaiend a total of 587 points and won the Miss Puntcuality prize.
Best performing talent went to Miss Kathleon Smith and
Miss Congeniality went to Miss Nikisha Davis
The other contestant was Miss Kendesha Hall
The Teen Pageant Committee wishes to thank the Caribbean Commercial Bank for sponsoring the event for the past 9 consecutive years. The Committee also wishes to thank the parents and chaperones of the contestants and the general public for their continuous support.
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Both gold and its mining namesake began this week by strutting their stuff.
Gold rocketed to yet another all-time high (nominal) price above $1,140 per ounce Monday, while the U.S. dollar flirted dangerously beneath the 75-handle on the U.S. Dollar Index (USDX).
Meanwhile, the aptly named Goldcorp (NYSE: GG ) continues to frame a future that is far more certain than that of the besieged and fundamentally impaired dollar. For starters, Goldcorp announced Monday an all-stock offer for junior exploration company Canplats Resources. The roughly $225 million transaction targets the explorer's Camino Rojo project in the vicinity of Goldcorp's world class Penasquito mine. Goldcorp CEO Chuck Jeannes places the addition of this acreage -- with 3.4 million ounces of measured and indicated gold -- within a broader vision for the Penasquito district: "Along with the steady advancement of our Noche Buena project located north of Penasquito, we can envision a potential network of low-cost satellite operations that would contribute significantly to Penasquito production over the long term."
As Jeannes points out, focusing pipeline development efforts in proximity to existing operations can offer important synergies to miners, and an operation of Penasquito's scale accrues no shortage of equipment, local expertise, and skilled workers that can significantly enhance the efficiency of development efforts. Fools will recall that Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX ) is pursuing a 70% stake in the El Morro project near its huge Pascua Lama development project, and will recognize the pattern in Kinross Gold's (NYSE: KGC ) offer for a stake in exploration property adjacent to its Fort Knox mine in Alaska. Pan American Silver (Nasdaq: PAAS ) , for its part, is leveraging its experience in Argentina by targeting Aquiline Resources' sizeable Navidad project.
Sweetening the 41% premium offered to Canplats shareholders, Goldcorp will also toss 10 million Canadian dollars and some additional Canplats properties into a new exploration company that it will spin off from the deal. The progenitor of Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW ) is hardly a stranger to successful spinoffs, and Goldcorp will keep a 10% slice in case the explorer finds gold.
Finally, Goldcorp moved one step closer to the 22.4 million ounces of gold buried beneath its Pueblo Viejo joint venture with Barrick Gold, as the president of the Dominican Republic issued a resounding statement of support for the project. Although "peak gold" strains the growth prospects for major miners as a group, prompting Foolish interest in the new Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDXJ ) , I believe that Goldcorp possesses the necessary riches to reward shareholders handsomely.


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Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) --- The University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) volleyball team moved down two spots to fourth in this week's American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) Division II poll, which was released on Monday.
The Bulldogs dropped a home match against Northern State this past Saturday, marking just the team's second loss of the year. UMD is now (19-2) thus far in the 2013 season.
For full results of this week's AVCA Division II poll, click here.


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MINNEAPOLIS -- Detroit hasn't gotten many big hits in the late innings or clutch relief pitching of late.
They got both Saturday in a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Curtis Granderson and Magglio Ordonez hit two-run homers in the eighth inning for the tying and go-ahead runs that held up because Clay Rapada, Kyle Farnsworth and Fernando Rodney shut the door.
Oh, not that Rodney didn't take the Tigers for a wild ride first. He recorded his second consecutive bases-loaded save.
Rodney is becoming reminiscent of Todd "Rollercoaster" Jones, the all-time Tigers saves leader. Pitching coach Chuck Hernandez was asked for the Spanish translation of Jones' nickname. Infield coach Rafael Belliard overheard and supplied the answer: "Core Camino."
Saturday's game: Two-run homers by Curtis Granderson and Magglio Ordonez in the seventh inning sparked a 6-4 win over the Twins. Fernando Rodney got the save the hard way.
Record: 68-74
Rare comeback: Detroit trailed entering the eighth inning, and had been 6-60 in such situations this season.
Next game: 2:10 p.m. Sunday at Minnesota Twins (Chris Lambert vs. Glen Perkins), FSN.
Hernandez chuckled, saying he'll have to talk to Rodney about there being no need for high drama.
"Relievers are special cats," Hernandez said. "I've had Bryan Harvey, Troy Percival, Lee Smith, Todd Jones and Danys Baez. So, I've been spoiled.
"And the one thing Rodney has in common with those guys is that he's got it right here."
And he tapped his heart.
Rodney loaded the bases with one out, and then had to face Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, who have 184 RBIs between them.
Mauer struck out swinging, and catcher Brandon Inge said he got him on "an inside corner fastball on the black with juice on it." And then Morneau, second in the league with 113 RBIs and a grand-slam hero Friday night, hit a liner to second baseman Placido Polanco to end the game.
Hernandez shook his head, saying, "Morneau just kills him. He's 6-for-10 against Rodney with two homers (and three doubles), but he got him this time."
It was his ninth save in 13 opportunities, but his eighth straight converted save. Rodney might be scaring everybody in doing so, but he's getting the job done.
"If Rodney makes his pitches," said Inge, "I don't care who you are."
Rapada (3-0) came on in relief of starter Justin Verlander and didn't give up a run in 1 1/3 innings to get the win. Kyle Farnsworth had a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
Verlander was coming off the shortest outing of his big league career. He gave up eight runs (five earned) Monday in 1 2/3 innings against the New York Yankees, who took what amounted to batting practice against him.
He was much better in this game, giving up four runs in 5 2/3 innings.
"Justin was throwing downhill better and was much better," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "He's going to be a blue-chip pitcher for a long time."
Verlander said the game was a step in the right direction.
"Me and Chuck (Hernandez) worked really hard between starts and I feel I made some progress," Verlander said. "I can take some positives forward, and we still ended up getting the win."


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Upstate woman tops competition at Miss America pageant
Ali Rogers wins lifestyle and physical fitness preliminary
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An Upstate woman who is a Clemson student won the first night of preliminary competition at the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas Tuesday night.
Ali Rogers, Miss South Carolina 2012, won the Lifestyle and Physical Fitness preliminary and will take home a $1,000 Amway scholarship.
The 20-year-old won over 17 other competitors in her preliminary group.
Rogers competed as Miss Laurens County to win the state title. She also served as Miss South Carolina Teen 2009.
Rogers will play the piano during Wednesday's preliminary competition and will compete in the on-stage question category on Thursday.
The Miss America Pageant will be televised on Saturday.


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Charlottetown police cruiser
Charlottetown police are investigating the theft of a vehicle from a residence on Allen Street.
Police describe the vehicle as a black 1997 Dodge Dakota bearing Alberta licence plate HVU-298.
Charlotttetown police are also investigating the theft of two mountain bikes from a locked shed on Braemore Avenue.
The bicycles are described as a ladies' grey Opus mountain bike with foot straps and a man's grey Scott mountain bike with a white seat and foot straps.
Anyone with information regarding these crimes is asked to contact Charlottetown police at 629-4172 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.


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The public is invited to a lively Texas Hold'em Tournament on Sunday, May 18 at Congregation Ohr Shalom – SJCC, 67 Kent Place Blvd., Summit.
Included in the initial $70 "buy in" will be a kosher deli lunch with beverages from 1-1:50 p.m. Also included are 2000 tournament chips. Card games start at 2 p.m. sharp. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. For more details and to register, email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
A professional operator, Events Plus (eventsplus.com), will provide licensed dealers, game tables and equipment and will ensure a fun-filled afternoon for all participants.
Prizes, based on full participation of 60 players, will be:
First Place: $1000 Visa Gift Card
Second Place: $500 Visa gift card
Third Place: $300 Visa gift card
Expenses for this event are underwritten by Commercial Mortgage Capital. Proceeds will support on-going activities and programs at Congregation Ohr Shalom – SJCC.
Congregation Ohr Shalom-SJCC is an egalitarian synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
For information on membership, call the synagogue office at 908-273-8130 or visit ohrshalom-sjcc.org.


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"The timing of water stress on corn is extremely critical for corn productivity," says Erick Larson, associate Extension professor of plant and soil sciences at Mississippi State University. Yield potential has been reduced in Mississippi the past couple of years because of "serious environmental limitations," he says.
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BUBBA TOLLISON, from left, Tollison Ag Serice, Ruleville, Miss.; Billy Bryant, Bryant Consulting Service, Greenwood, Miss.; and Jeff North, North Ag Consultants, Madison, Miss., were among those attending the annual meeting of the Mississippi Agricultural Consultants Association.
Corn yield potential has been reduced in Mississippi the past couple of years because of "serious environmental limitations," says Erick Larson, associate Extension and research professor of plant and soil sciences at Mississippi State University.
That has been the case not only for dryland corn, but irrigated acreage as well, he said at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Agricultural Consultants Association. The main culprits have been drought stress from lower than normal rainfall and heat stress during the critical reproductive stage.
"The timing of water stress on corn is extremely critical for corn productivity," he says, "with early reproductive stages, including tasseling and silking the most critical. The last couple of years, we've also had more early season stress and wilting than normal.
"We typically have a full profile of soil moisture early in the season, but we also tend to produce higher irrigated corn yields when it's somewhat dry early in the season.
"I think the rapid temperature changes we had during May 2011, particularly the first 20 days of the month, played a significant role in the wilting symptoms we saw. We had some days with highs in the low 50s, followed by days in the high 80s and 90-degree range, and corn plants had a difficult time dealing with those rapid changes."
It's important, Larson says, to "probe the soil and evaluate the moisture content, and make sure you don't initiate irrigation until the corn actually needs it. With our predominant furrow irrigation systems, we're saturating the soil every time we irrigate — and that's not necessarily a good thing for corn plants in the short term, particularly for root development." Corn doesn't like wet feet, he says, noting that the nation's highest corn yields have been in northwest Texas, Colorado, and western Kansas, areas with only 14 inches to 18 inches of annual rainfall.
"We're creating some negative situations with our furrow irrigation systems over the course of the season —particularly in the early and late periods — by overwatering our fields," Larson says.
"We need to try to manage irrigation so the supplemental water we provide during the season follows a bell-shaped curve, rather than just a routine every-Monday watering program during the entire growing season, which will provide more than the crop needs at certain times and limit plant productivity."
In that bell-shaped curve, he notes, water demand reaches maximum during corn's early reproductive stage, then falls off substantially as it reaches physiological maturity.
"The mid-vegetative growth stages determine the number of kernel rows on the ear, whether there are 14, 16, or 18 rows, and environmental stress can affect that."
While "it's very infrequent" that this happens, Larson says, "in 2009, when it stayed wet and some areas of the state got 15 inches to 20 inches of rainfall during the first 20 days of May, we saw an adverse impact on the number of kernel rows.
"As a general rule, I think wet conditions at this time of year can play a larger role in reducing overall yield potential than dry conditions. Corn can tolerate a bit more stress during the early and later parts of the season than we typically think. During my tenure at Mississippi State University, the years when we've produced the highest irrigated corn yields generally have been when we had a dry May."


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Good story. Thanks Blaze.
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Prime Minista :)
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It would take a plethora of "Blame Obama's" to catch up with the Liberal Socialist Democrats and their MSM brethren regarding their daily manifesto of "Blame Bush."
Back to topic- Good bye Alice. You were a real entertainer after school back in the day.
In reply to Heisendude's comment on the story Ann B. Davis — Played Housekeeper Alice on 'The Brady Bunch' — Dies at 88
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Its about the Vii
Hey everyone. =) I don't really know anything about this forum. I just joined because of the Nsiders closure back in September... I put off finding a new one for a while. lawl. =) I had about 1500 posts on NSiders, which I found myself getting pretty dedicated to towards the end. Then I logged on on my birthday and got that notice on the home page...
So heres to another member. =)
Its about the Vii
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I was into weird games before people knew what they where
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Yes I came here for the same exact reason, I had a few hundred posts in the Nsiders and they also erased all my registered systems and games!!
Anyway this site is pretty cool, not nearly as many flamers as Nsiders and not as strict, So post intelligently have fun and ttyl!
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"I didn't get any Valentine's cards," pouted the Kooks singer Luke Pritchard on Tuesday night, surveying a crowd heavy on screaming young girls, two of whom were holding heart-shaped helium balloons. Not for the first time, the mop-topped 20-year-old was unconvincing. Cute as a button and skinny as a rake, the former Brits school pupil Pritchard is perfect frontman fodder for today's teenagers.
Having pin-up appeal and playing up to it wouldn't matter if Brighton-based quartet the Kooks didn't take their songs so seriously. After starting the show with the strummed ditty Seaside that opens their debut album Inside In/Inside


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The Summer Intensive Experience: Week 6
Week 6 is quickly coming to a close and the students have officially reached the midpoint of Summer Intensive. This is the point where they are critiqued one-on-one for the first time on their first major photographic project of the summer: their individual slideshows. This weeks culminates in a full-scale presentation of their unique vision in front of each other and the staff. This slideshow requires that they compile all of their technical learning, life-long experience and creativity into a simple slideshow of 20 to 30 images set to any piece music or song of their choice. Imagine a comprehensive mid-term exam in college, only in visual and auditory format. Simple, yet powerful, this project tends to bring out a story inside each photographer that otherwise may have never been told. Bravo to these brave folks for opening up, pushing through and getting it done!
This week also included a great deal more studio lighting instruction in which the students learned the finer points and technical aspects of both artificial and ambient light, and how to the balance the two. The students were able to experiment with this knowledge during assisted lab time in and out of the studio. Week 6 also involved further learning of Adobe Photoshop in their Edit series of classes. They had lab time to work on their newly created images, and even more exploration of their artistic vision in Visual Studies classes too. With a huge amount of the technical instruction already under their belts, the students are now blossoming into their creative selves which helps them inform their individual expression and style – critical for any working photographer.
This is one heck of ride, and our students are rising to the challenge each day as it is presented to them. Week 7 will lead to more comprehensive instruction, application of their skills and further photographic magic. Stay tuned!
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Major first-person shooter coming from Splash Damage
Bethesda and Splash Damage's new first-person shooter is shaping up to something of a 'big deal', word in from big boss Sean Brennan reveals this week.
"We're not announcing the name yet, but it's a first-person shooter. That's a product that we believe is a genre-breaker, it's a real killer app," the executive enthused, talking to GI.biz.
"From a quality perspective we're pitching that along the same lines as Fallout 3. We've kept it under lock and key, there are so many innovative features in there we don't want to reveal them too soon. We've spent significant resources developing the title. And that's a great example of our European work."
We're expecting to see more on this new opus at E3 2009, which kicks off in LA in a couple of weeks time.
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- Call of Duty: Black Ops III is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 after all
- Tomonobu Itagaki's Devil's Third gets a release date
- Adr1ft is coming to PC and consoles at the end of the summer
- EA gives the new Mirror's Edge a name – Mirror's Edge Catalyst
- ZombiU PS4 and Xbox One port reportedly in the works
- Mike Bithell's Volume to be released this August
- Gearbox's new shooter Battleborn gets a pre-E3 trailer
- Steam Controller launches in October, Steam Machines arrive in November
- Gears Of War devs Black Tusk change their name to The Coalition ahead of E3


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La Quinta Inn & Suites Santa Rosa
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It's funny how we hear stories of trouble with health care, especially hospital wait times but unless we go through it we don't realize the extent of it.
I took my son to the ER of St. Clare's Hospital on a Tuesday evening after he hurt his foot at work. We arrived around 6:30 and were told that it might be seven hours. Over the course of being there, I thought it might be best to take him home, elevate the foot and put ice on it ... but hey, I'm a mother, not a health-care professional, so figured we'd wait in case he needed an X-ray.
At one point, he asked the triage nurse if she knew how much longer and was told, "This is an emergency room, anything can happen."
No kidding. We left at 2:30 a.m. because he couldn't wait any longer with the foot swollen and aching more than when we arrived ... obviously.
I think based on what his issue was, a quick look from the doctor might have concluded that he would be better off going home. I don't know how it works but I do know that our health-care system is really in hard shape ... and that's only based on one story of a squat foot.
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Campaign contributions heat up as elections near
WASHINGTON-The Credit Union Legislative Action Council of CUNA (CULAC) is turning up the heat as election time nears. NAFCU PAC is also adding its two cents to the races. The August recess, traditionally used for district work, began this week for the House and starts next week for the Senate. CULAC took in more than $207,000 during the month of June, according to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) data. This is nearly $60,000 more than the previous month and almost twice last June's $105,676. The political action committee (PAC) also made more contributions, totaling $181,561 for June 2002, compared to half that in April and last year's $148,173. The bulk of the larger donations went to Republican candidates last month. Congressman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is running for the seat of the retiring Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), received $5,000 from CULAC in June. Also getting $5,000 from CUNA's political arm were Representatives Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), who introduced the regulatory relief bill; Chris Cannon (R-Utah); and Mike Pence (R-Ind.), a member of both the Judiciary and Small Business Committees, as well as Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine). Newcomers receiving $5,000 include Jon Porter (R-Nevada) in the new District 3 and Mike Feeley (D-Colo.) in the newly created seventh district, in addition to Mike Michaud (D), running for Maine's second district, and Mike Turner (R) for Ohio's District 3. NAFCU PAC, considerably smaller than CULAC, received $3,404 over the last quarter. It paid out $8,820 in disbursements. Top contributions went to House Financial Institutions Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Alabama) and Financial Services Committee Chairman Paul Kanjorski (D.-Pa.) at $2,500 each. NAFCU also showed its support for Congresswoman Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.) last quarter with a $1,000 donation. In May, CULAC made a $10,000 contribution to her opponent Congressman Jim Talent (R-Mo.) NAFCU PAC also donated $1,000 each to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Banking Committee Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.). -email@example.com


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After finishing second in the O-K White Conference, Forest Hills Central baseball team regrouped for a solid postseason showing.
The Rangers won a competitive Division 1 district, and were rewarded for it with a game against traditional statewide power and O-K Red Conference champion Rockford in Saturday's regional opener. Rockford won the 2011 Division 1 state championship, and defeated 2012 state champion Hudsonville 7-0 in Saturday's regional championship game.
FHC started out well enough in the regional opener before Rockford regrouped, reloaded and went on to defeat the Rangers by a score of 6-1 in the regional played at Hudsonville High School.
"It's always disappointing to lose, especially when the loss means that your season is over," FHC coach Thad Abel said. "Even though we were underdogs against Rockford, we were confident that we could win.
"It didn't work out, but we had a good year and I enjoyed coaching this team."
Jackson Overlund led off the game with a single and Derek Smith had a double.
"We had an opportunity to have a big inning in the first, but we let them off the hook," Abel said. "We didn't get much going from that point on.
"The difference was that Rockford had the big extra base hits with players on base, which is something we needed in the first inning.
"Derek has been hitting well all year and doesn't let many fastballs get past him. Defensively, we played well and Aaron Schwark did a wonderful job in relief, pitching four innings and giving up only three hits while striking out four."
The Rangers ended the season with a record of 17-13, including 8-6 in the O-K White Conference.
"Our guys came together well," Abel said. "They are a good bunch of guys. I will miss the seniors and am looking forward to next year's team."
Injuries to seniors Schwark and Connor Carmody midway through the season disrupted an outstanding start by the Rangers.
"At one point in the season, we won nine games in a row and then we had two key injuries that slowed us down," Abel said. "We regrouped and won five games in a row going into the regional.
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WINDSOR, Ontario -- Megann VanderVliet was one of Canada's leading hammer throwers entering Saturday's Olympic trials, but her best was not good enough to make the final cut.
The former Calvin College standout, who trained in Kamloops, British Columbia, prior to coming to Windsor for the trials, threw 190 feet, 11 inches to place fourth overall in the hammer throw.
Even if VanderVliet had made the cut by finishing third, she still would not have had enough of a throw to qualify. Canadian rules specify an athlete must finish in the top three and meet the Olympic "A" standard for qualifying.
The "A" standard for the hammer throw is 228 feet.
Only one finisher, Sultana Frizell, made the cut with a throw of 232-9.
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Most of us, even if we enjoy large parts of our lives, see the world around us and see that there is much that causes pain, both to others and ourselves. There are warped political and financial structures, a plethora of individual pains and dysfunctions, family and relationship issues, addictions, and on and on. Sometimes the thought of how much it would take to fix even half of these issues seems like too much, and we to just accept the world as it is, do some small personal improvements, and live with the pain.
However there is a path that leads to a different and better world. It requires a holistic approach, addressing both the individual and the community, both the deeply internal and the physical and practical. But it does not require us to fix 1000's of issues. By addressing a few root ideas and structures that ripple out into all of our lives, it creates a real path for different experience, and a different vibrant community, now. And although we need to make changes on multiple levels, this path does not need the government or even the greater financial system to change at all. We can do this change with what is in front of us right now.
In this series I will lay out my ideas for one of the paths we can take. And in this article I will begin by addressing the problems, what are we really facing?
As I mentioned above, many of us see and are touched by the problems in living in world and culture we live in. Some may seem totally lost in these problems. Many of us have recognized these issues and have been working to our lives, and in some cases the structures around us, but with very mixed results, and maybe in a way that we feel like a bee-bee fighting the ocean.
I know that most of us have read laundry lists of all the reasons the world is going to hell in a hand-basket. And if you're like me, you're pretty tired of it. All that seems to lead to is a state of overwhelm and depression, and rarely any useful action. What has been useful to me is to look at the patterns underneath all the individual and community wide problems. I have a noticed that a few structures and ideas are at the bottom of most of the problems we face. If we change those, positive results will naturally ripple into our lives and our community. Often these roots are things that are so much a part of our consciousness, of the world around us, that we never even see them, much less question them, they are simply the way life is. Here are some of the key roots that I see:
I see people around me, and sometimes myself, experiencing a sense of lack, sometimes it is a lack of connection, a lack of meaning, or even just a core sense that something is missing. And then acting to try to alleviate this pain in ways that just cause more pain and disconnection. Maybe by trying to soothe the pain without addressing the root causes (cocaine, alcohol, anti anxiety and depressions drugs, addictive overeating, overwork, etc.) . And maybe by trying to replace our needs with symbols or poor replacements, chocolate for love, money for a feeling of accomplishment, porn for intimacy, etc.
I think the root of the unaddressed need is a belief and an experience of separation. We feel separate from our each other, from the earth and nature around us, from our own minds and especially our bodies, and from the very flow of life itself.
This creates a hunger within us that almost all of us avoid, in may different ways, We we may want to become complete, by owning enough pieces of a world we feel disconnected from. We may want to control others to make sure they won't go away, We may join an extreme cause, because it gives us a sense of being something larger. This starts with a belief that we are ares separate beings, that are often in competition with each other, with nature, maybe even with life itself. And that belief is reinforced by so many life experiences.
One way I see this played out in our psyches is judgment. We all carry this experience that something isn't right, and in a culture of separation, we want to find out whose fault this is. Some of us torture ourselves with hateful self judgements. Other spend much of our life energy judging each others. Most of us do both. And what this does is make our sense of separation even more painful.
And this belief in separation is invisible to most of us, we don't even realize there is an alternative. Many non-Western cultures do not see the self, as ending at the edge of the skin. They perceived us a part. as one with nature, they were individuals, but also they WERE the tribe, they were the land they lived on, They were a part of great spirit.
This belief, and the experience of it really fills that hole. In part 2 we will talk about this more.
This culture of separation has spawned the culture of finance and interest. We have been told that our economic system will meet human needs through following self-interest, and yet it is not just OK, not bad, but a spectacular failure. We have time of recession where there are people who have great skills and extra goods, and people who need those very things, but we can not make the exchange because we do not have money to give us permission to make the exchange. We have an efficient system of production that should provide us all the opportunity of working 20 hours a week, and yet it seems that we have work harder than ever before. It regularly seems that things that are destructive and life sucking pay the most.
Without going to all the economic details, ( I recommend Charles Eisenstein's Sacred Economics for those who are interested) Money has become anything but a neutral means of exchange, because of interest, which literally means we keep needing more and more; because of money not decaying like most parts of the physical world, but gaining interest, which encourages hoarding; and because the true costs of things, like destruction to the environment, are not included in monetary costs, the current monetary system encourages us to the worst angels of our nature, to manipulate, to compromise our deepest ideals, and to be practical rather than follow our dreams. In another system, following our dreams WOULD be practical.
The third core idea/system I will mention is a the economic separation of individuals/nuclear families. We believe and we act as though we are supposed to be individual, and meet all our needs alone or with our little unit. This is wildly inefficient. Four families on one block have a parent staying home with one or two children, each struggling with the loss of income, overwhelmed by the lack of adult contact, when they could be sharing this task.
Each house needs 2-3 cars, TV's, tools, lawn mowers, etc. etc. when these things could be shared.
Instead we do it all ourselves or feel we have to pay others for the smallest things. No wonder it hard to find money/work balance in our lives, it is hard to be an individual, and maybe even harder to be a family with children. And yet people just suffer with this. Some just fall a part, others just rationalize their sacrifices as part of being an adult.
If we learned how to connect and share, we could cut the amount of physical objects we need by 2/3, and the amount of work and services we need by 1/2 without giving up one shred of prosperity.
And these are the roots. If we learn to remember, and feel our connection with the earth, our bodies, nature, and life; if we create structures so we can give and receive from one another without money, if we begin living as real communities, instead of separate economic entities. We will truly live in a new world


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Various Artists Series 2
- Artists Mihai Popoviciu, Okain, Markus Homm, Philipp Gonzales, Leix, Benja (CH), Reto Ardour, Arash
- Release Date 2011-08-09
- Labels Kiara Records
- Catalog KR009
Support By: Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Karotte, Matthias Tanzmann, Nick Curly, Steve Lawler, Joris Voorn, tINI, Reboot, Oxia, Stacey Pullen, Gorge, Lauhaus, Martin Eyerer, Thomas Schumacher, X-Press 2, Silicone Soul, Kabale und Liebe, Julien Chaptal, &ME, Marco Effe, David K, Edu Imbernon, Coyu, AFFKT, Alex Neri, Gel Abril, Riva Star, Danny Howells, Matteo Spedicatti, And.id, Alexx Dee, Wally Lopez, Andrew Grant, Martinez Brothers, William Kouam Djoko, Pirupa, Sasch BBC, Jairo Catelo, Hector Romero, Darren Emerson, Chris Tietjen, Feygin, Ralf, Horatio, Edgar de Ramon, Kareem, Jose Maria Ramon (Ibiza Global Radio), Andrew Soul, Anthea, Behrouz, Andy Baxter, Samu, Jönas Snauffer, Isaac Fabregat, Piok and more...
Kiara Records kicked of 2011 in the finest of fashions, with the launch of their new 'Various Artists Series'. As we have come to expect, the quality of the music is always high, and the first instalment impressed with its tracks from Feygin and Darlyn Vlys & Oscar Sala, backed by a remix from Marco Effe. As we enter into the summer season, Kiara return with Part 2 and things just got hotter....Our Kiara feast begins with a starter from Romania. Now residing in Nurenberg, Markus Homm has, over the past few years, steadily built a reputation for his slick grooves a funk laden house cuts released on labels such a Diynamic, Highgrade, All Inn and Ostwind. Fresh his recent debut on Kiara, the "Summit" Ep, Markus teams up with Philipp Gonzales and drops "Cubic Sounds". Yet more brilliantly funky tech-house, with a horn line that adds a slice of suspense. Keeping the Romania connection, we have Mihai Popoviciu on board to work that mysterious air and take the original on a deeper path. Next up is one of Spain's brightest new talents, Leix. Already building a following from his work for Climatic Sound, Fumakilla and Monza, Leix releases his debut track for Kiara, "Chants." Laidback, rolling and with a weighty bass-push, "Chants" is made for those lazy summer beach parties. On the remix and adding some French muscle is, Okain. Keeping the vibe on a chilled tip, yet driving us through with his huge bassline, Okain's 'Steakhouse' remix is a pure, prime fillet of musical goodness. Swiss artists Benja & Reto Ardour continue where their work for Baalsal and Recycled left of, and drop a bass-heavy twisted number in the form of "Jasco". Keeping with the bass theme, Arash ramps it up on his new cut, "Del Canto" and Dubee turns in rolling rework of Leix's "Chants."