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Reading fullback Nicky Shorey has reacted favourably to interest from West Ham United in his signature.The left-back who recently earnt his first England cap had a brilliant season at Reading as the promoted side took the Premiership by storm in a way reminicent of West Ham's return to the top tier.
Since the departure of Paul Konchesky to Fulham, West Ham are stretched in the left-back position. There is the versatile Spector, but Curbishley would probably prefer to keep the young American as cover. George McCartney had an impressive end to the season and Curbishley wants to add competition for the left side.
A deal would likely be done around the £5mil mark. Shorey himself told the Daily Mail that despite the interest and a hands off warning being made, he was yet to be offered an improved contract to tie down his future.
"It's flattering to hear they [West Ham] might be interested, we'll just have to see what happens," said the 26 year old defender.
"My agent has been dealing with my contract, but, so far, I haven't received an offer [from Reading]
"I don't know what's going to happen, I want to see where Reading see me in their plans and also where the club is going."
Whilst Shorey had an excellent first term, Hammers fans will be worried that history could repeat itself as many of the team of 05/06 followed up excellent Premiership debuts with poor second seasons; Konchesky and Etherington to name just two.


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Goaltender Martin Brodeur will make what might be his final start as a Devil -- and possibly his career -- tonight when the team hosts the Islanders at Prudential Center.
This will be the Devils' second to last game of the 2013-14 season. They play their season finale Sunday afternoon against Boston at Prudential Center.
Devils coach Pete DeBoer called it a "pretty easy decision" to start Brodeur tonight.
"We've done this all year where both guys have played and I think it's appropriate Marty plays here at home at the end of the season," DeBoer said.
DeBoer wasn't ready, however, to say if Brodeur or Cory Schneider will start Sunday, though.
"Marty's starting tonight just like all year and we'll talk about Sunday (on) Sunday," DeBoer said.
DeBoer wasn't ready to talk about any sentimental feelings that this might be the end for Brodeur, the NHL's all-time leader in wins and shutouts.
"We'll talk about that at the end of the season," he said. "Those are all hypotheticals. I'm not prematurely going to talk about the end of anybody's career right now. We're worried about a game tonight and winning a game tonight."
DeBoer said he still had some decisions to make about the rest of tonight's lineup. They will dress the same 12 forwards -- they have no extra healthy ones -- and might dress some extra defensemen for warm-ups.
"We're going to dress a few different guys for warm-up. I haven't decided on lines, so you guys will see when we get out there."

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Pennsylvania's primary election on April 24 will act as a "soft rollout" for the new voter identification bill signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett.
Residents who want to vote in the primary and who are not able to provide photographic identification can still vote, but they will be leaving with a slip of paper reminding them of what identification is acceptable and how it can be obtained for the general election in November, courtesy of the Department of State.
Warren County Director of Elections Lisa Zuck said the same notification will be posted at polling sites throughout the county and has already been distributed to voters registering at the courthouse.
The message is clear - all voters will be required to show identification in November.
Zuck is moving ahead with a completed ballot and hopes to have absentee ballots mailed out by the end of the week.
Voters in November who don't bring ID to the polls can vote on a provisional paper ballot and will have to return a copy of their identification with an affirmation to the courthouse within six days for their ballots to count. The affirmation and copy of the ID may be returned in person, mail, fax or email.
As noted in the voter identification bill fiscal note, the Department of State is required to conduct a voter education or outreach campaign. Zuck said that may consist of robo calls and mass mailings over the summer.
Absentee ballots will not change for the primary, but for the general election in November, absentee ballot voters will have to include a driver's license number, the last four digits of their Social Security number, or a copy of a photo ID when applying for an absentee ballot. Voters may provide identifying number to the county over the phone, by email or mail.
Identification must be verified by the county before the ballot is counted and voters will have six days following the election to provide identification as well.
Zuck recommends voters come to the polls in November prepared, with their identification ready.
"Everybody's has to show it," she said. "No exceptions."
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Identification accepted at polling places for the Nov. 6 general election will have to contain the voter's name, photograph and expiration date.
Types of ID that meets the requirements, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State include:
Pennsylvania driver's license, if expired, not by more than 12 months.
PennDOT photo ID card, if expired, not by more than 12 months.
U.S. passport/card or Department of Homeland Security "Trusted Traveler" card (NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST).
U.S. military ID including active duty, retired military and their dependents and DoD civilians.
ID card from an accredited public or private college or university.
ID card issued by a Pennsylvania care facility, including long-term care facilities, assisted living residences or personal care homes.
Employee photo ID issued by federal, state, county or municipal government bodies.
How to obtain an acceptable ID
As long as you don't have one of the acceptable forms of ID, PennDOT will provide the $13.50 ID card for free if you provide the required documentation.
In order to receive the free voter ID card, residents will have to visit a PennDOT Driver License Center with a completed application for an Initial Photo Identification Card; form DL-54A, a Social Security card and either a certificate of U.S. citizenship, certification of naturalization, a valid U.S. passport or a birth certificate with a raised seal.
Applicants will also have to provide in addition, two proofs of "residency such as lease agreements, current utility bills, mortgage documents, W-2 form, or tax records," according to PennDOT.
Students who are at least 18 years old may provide accepted proofs of residency in the form of room assignment paperwork, which is considered a lease, and one bill with their dorm room address on it, including bank statements, paystubs and credit card bills.
"Other individuals who may not have any bills, leases or mortgage documents in their name may bring the person with whom they are living along with their Driver's License or Photo ID to a driver license center as one proof of residence," according to PennDOT.
At PennDOT, voters will have to sign an affirmation or oath that they don't possess proof of identification that is punishable by a $1,000 fine and or two years of imprisonment.
For more information, call Department of State's voter ID hotline at 1-877-VotesPA (1-877-868-3772) or visit www.votespa.com.


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TrackMan collects some of the most fascinating data in baseball. Founded in Denmark in 2003 to evaluate golf swings, the company has a U.S. subsidiary that began measuring baseball attributes five years later. Using a 3D radar system, TrackMan monitors traditional variables such as fastball velocity and non-traditionals ones such as the RPM on pitches.
During the Arizona Fall League's regular season, TrackMan was on hand for all of the action in Surprise and most of it in Glendale, giving it data for a little less than half of the games. Here's a quick review of the top performances that TrackMan recorded in the AFL this fall:
Fastball Velocity: Ken Giles (Phillies) had the quickest single pitch at 101.0 mph, while Juan Jaime (Braves) had the best average at 98.6 mph. Among starting pitchers, Kyle Crick (Giants) had the highest peak velocity at 99.2 mph, with Alex Meyer (Twins) recording the top average at 96.5 mph.
Crick and Meyer were two of the three best starting pitching prospects in the AFL. I was on hand for their final regular-season starts, and made some observations here and here.
Fastball Extension: This measures how far in front of the rubber a pitcher release his fastball, with Major Leaguers averaging 6 feet, 1 inch. The closer a pitcher unleashes his fastball to the plate, the quicker it gets there and the more likely he is to get swings and misses.
Michael Roth (Angels) is the leader here at a phenomenal 7 feet, 5 inches. That gives his typical fastball, which averages 85.7 mph, an effective velocity of 87.9 mph. This helps explain Roth's success despite mediocre pure stuff. He won two College World Series at South Carolina, nearly won a third and reached the big leaguers after just 27 innings in the Minors.
Fastball Spin: Fastballs with more spin generates more swinging strikes, while those with less spin yield more groundballs. The harder the fastball, the more spin it generates. The typical big league fastball is clocked at 92 mph and has 2,210 RPM, while a 95-mph fastball averages 2,263 RPM.
Jason Adam (Royals) had the most fastball spin in the AFL, averaging 2,611 RPM and 93 mph. Among the league's hardest throwers, Giles had the most spin with 2,553 RPM (fourth overall) on his 98-mph heater.
Breaking Ball Spin: Curveballs and sliders with more spin feature more break and are harder to hit. The typical Major League curveball is 76 mph with 2,400 RPM. In the AFL, Brandon Maurer (Mariners) had the highest average spin on his curve, 3,142 RPM on a 75-mph breaker.
Among power curves, Aaron Sanchez (Blue Jays) stood out the most with 2,912 RPM (third overall) on an 81-mph bender. Sanchez was the best starting pitching prospect in the AFL, and I have some observations from his final outing here.
As for sliders, the Major League averages are 84 mph and 2,300 RPM. Jonas Dufek (Astros) had the highest AFL average with 2,997 RPM on an 81-mph slider. Among those with above-average velocity, Carson Smith (Mariners) led the way with 2,801 RPM (third overall) on an 85-mph slider.
Hardest Hits: TrackMan measures not just the velocity of each pitch, but also the velocity at which it comes off a player's bat. More exit velocity means a greater likelihood for a hit. In the big leagues, an exit velocity of 80 mph yields a .242 batting average, compared to a .369 average at 95 mph and a .751 average at 110 mph or more.
The hardest-hit ball in the AFL belonged to Steven Souza (Nationals), who smoked a double at 115 mph. Of the top 25 exit velocities, only one player showed up three times. Travis Shaw (Red Sox) had a 114.8 mph double (second overall), a 109.5 mph single and a 109.4 mph double.
Scouts consider Kris Bryant (Cubs), the No. 2 overall pick in the 2013 Draft, the best college power hitter to come along in years. It's no surprise then that he had the highest percentage of hard contact (hits leaving the bat at 95 mph or faster). Bryant made hard contact in 68% of his 19 at-bats — and he also topped the AFL with six homers and a .727 slugging percentage.
Power Contacts: In addition to exit velocity, TrackMan also monitors the angle at which the ball leaves the bat, combining the two to determine which drives are most likely to be home runs. They've found that 93 percent of all fair balls hit at 105-110 mph at an angle of 25-35 degrees become homers.
The best power contact belonged to Stefen Romero (Mariners), who blasted a ball 110 mph at 32 degrees that indeed went over the fence. Only two hitters made the top 20 list more than once: Bryant at 109 mph/30 degrees (second overall, a homer) and 107 mph/37 degree (the highest-ranking out) and Shaw at 108 mph/28 degrees and 106 mph/34 degrees (both homers).
Home Run Distance: Peter O'Brien (Yankees) smashed the longest home run recorded by TrackMan, a 455-foot blast that left his bat at 109 mph. He also hit a 429-foot longball, making him one of two players to top 420 feet multiple times.
Ryan Rua (Rangers) accomplished that feat three times, with drives of 432, 427 and 426 feet. He also showed off his power during the regular season, smoking 32 homers in his first shot at full-season ball.


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The article by Marci Miller in the News-Times on Jan. 22 pointed out what I believe to be a glaring flaw in the way the Oak Harbor School Board and its superintendent plan to finance the high school renovation.
As the chart in her article shows, most of the bonds will not be paid off until after 2013. As most of us should know, the longer we wait to pay off a debt the more total interest we will pay. According to the district's own figures this bond issue, structured as proposed, will cost the tax payers over $77 million. Anyone with a financial calculator can figure that a $45 million dollar loan at 5 percent (about an average of the district's figures) paid off at an even rate for 16 years would cost a little over $66 million. This is more than a $10 million difference. This represents about $1,000 for a home valued at $200,000.
I believe the board and the superintendent are being irresponsible in proposing such a plan. We could finance this project with a larger mil levy now (maybe 1.8 mils) then after 2013, when other bonds are paid off, our overall tax levy would decrease. This would decrease the overall tax burden and perhaps have leeway for future projects. Or, is the board going to tell us that no new tax levy projects will be needed until 2019.
I support education and the renovation of the high school (although, I question subsidizing sports and entertainment projects). But, I will not support a plan that would waste $10 million dollars of the taxpayers' money. I suggest the board and superintendent act responsibly and set up a financing plan that would be less expensive in the long run even though the cost may seem greater now. Perhaps with a savings of $10 million in interest we could actually afford a new sports and entertainment complex.
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MORRISTOWN — The would-be operator of an adult business on Route 10 in East Hanover has lost the latest round in his three-year legal battle to open his store.
Superior Court Assignment Judge Thomas Weisenbeck in Morristown ruled today that the township's requirement of a 50-foot buffer around sexually oriented businesses is constitutional, rejecting the company's challenge to the ordinance.
Judge Theodore Bozonelis, Weisenbeck's predecessor as assignment judge, in 2011 threw out a 1,000-foot buffer shielding churches and schools as unconstitutional, saying that effectively barred adult stores in the township. Bozonelis said free-speech considerations dictated that the township find a way to allow at least a limited number of adult stores.
A company known as GED, which operates the Essex Adult Emporium in Fairfield, had been seeking to open the store at 64 State Highway 10, where it signed a 15-year lease in 2009.
The company sought a permit for "retail sales of adult videos, DVDs, clothing, lingerie and accessories."
Richard Cushing, the attorney for East Hanover, said township officials are "delighted" with the judge's decision.
With the legal fight dragging on, GED recently gave up its lease and "abandoned this particular location" in East Hanover, but was continuing to seek damages and attorneys' fees in its lawsuit, Cushing said. The company still operates the Fairfield store, he said.
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Theater Instructor Sues University For Making Her Attend Gay Theater Shows
Though the "theater gay" is a well-known stereotype, it seems that a Christian instructor at a Texas university isn't so okay with gay theater.
According to the Southeast Texas Record, Linda Ozmun has filed suit against Lamar University and Judith Sebesta, chair of the Department of Theater and Dance.
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According to the lawsuit, Ozmun is a faculty member of the theater department. In 2010, the department sought to bring in Tim Miller, an artist who advocates for homosexual marriage, to perform a show centered on homosexuality. However, his show was cancelled when the community complained.
In response to the cancellation, several students organized a show called "Coming Out Collective," which Ozmun refused to attend.
When Ozmun received her annual review in March 2011, Sebesta included her failure to attend the event as part of her evaluation and gave her a grade of "unacceptable," the suit states.
She filed a grievance, which was returned and noted "unheard," the suit states.
In the fall 2011 semester, Lamar brought Miller back to perform his show "Glory Box" and conduct a workshop. According to her suit, Ozmun asked to be excused from attending the show but was threatened with disciplinary action if she failed to attend.
Now, while it is delicious to think about the irony of a teacher in such a typically gay department being so unsettled by the gays, Queerty believes that teachers have the right to be as prudish as their students, should they choose to be. But it is kind of annoying when an academic type, who's supposed to be open-minded, refuses to go see a show like Miller's?
Miller already gets enough flack from conservatives and government bureaucrats—shouldn't fellow theater academics have his back?
She teaches theater. She no more has a right to refuse to see a play, based upon her personal moral beliefs, than she would have a right, as a student, to refuse to read a novel. The university is not asking her to view pornography, nor is it asking her to participate in homosexual activities. As an academic, it is her job to understand her field and to educate herself in it in order to present a thorough and professional critique. To do otherwise would be to teach her students that it is okay to remain in ignorance even in ones chosen field of study.Apr 2, 2012 at 2:22 pm · @Reply ·
As above. In every job I've ever had, your contract clearly states a number of duties you're expected to perform in return for your salary. You can't just pick and choose to opt out of them.
The teacher is being asked to stay updated on what is current in theater not to eat pussy. Of course she should be disciplined. Just as a gay person in a religious studies curriculum would have to read offensive religious texts.
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Lamar is also a public university, so no claim that a private college/university can conduct its policies in their own determination.
Knowledge is POWER; failing to educate oneself in the breadth of their field of study diminishes the ability to be a free thinker and to give guidance to their students.
Perhaps she would be happier teaching at a school where the only productions are "Godspell," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and, just to be daring and avant-garde, "The Sound of Music" …
This is very simple but somehow Evan Mulvihill missed the mark. Ms. Ozmun is a director of theater. It is her job, and her responsibility, to represent ALL of her students, not just those who happen to hold her narrow opinions. If she refuses to do her job then steps need to be taken to either correct her behavior or to create a situation in which a new director is needed.
Freedom of speech is important but Ms. Ozmun isn't expressing her beliefs, she's trying to keep others from expressing theirs. That is the antithesis of her job.
LOL people really will sue for anything in the states. what a waste of time and money
I love the responses. Certainly if this woman was an anti-Semite and she refused to see Fiddler on the Roof, nobody would say, "It's her moral beliefs!" I love the step n' fetch it gay men though. I love them. I would love to meet them and hang out.
she can be as prudish as she wishes, but it's part of a theatre professor's JOB TO SEE student performances. she then has every right to say what didn't work for her — esthetically — not personally, but esthetically. that's what she's getting paid for.
She sounds like a typical Christian! Oh, how I hate them!
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America's idiotic Christians are having a nationwide Pity Party, perpetually claiming to be a persecuted religious minority when they are asked to not discriminate against gays. They are truly the stupidest humans walking this planet.
Well she probably shouldn't have been disciplined.. But hopefully she doesn't turn into a professional, animus spewing victim, because that would be obnoxious for her gay students and probably a lot of straight ones too. Guess we'll see.
Why shouldn't she be disciplined? Does homophobia not rise to the level of what you would discipline. What if she wouldn't see a play with Black characters or Jewish characters or themes, does that rise to the proper level for discipline?
This incident isn't free speech, and it's getting tiresome for people to imply that certain forms of "speech" or "activism"–be they the making of or the recusal from other incidents of–are protected and thus above contract law. If I decide to take a job as a gay porn performer, can I then refuse to engage in gay porn because it violates my beliefs? Certain jobs come with certain responsibilities–the first amendment doesn't promise we won't be fired for our beliefs–that's a choice many of us make every day–it merely promises that the government won't use militant coercion to force us to subscribe to them.
@SFHarry: She would be on ABC World News, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, Good Morning America, etc. etc. etc. People would go insane over her. But, because this deals with homosexuals, it's her right. It's her "Freedom of Speech"-(which is wrong).
Here's the deal. Ms. Ozmun refuses to participate in these gay-themed activities so as not to betray her "moral principles." Taking part would apparently imply some sort of approval on her part. Sort of like the pharmacist who refuses to dispense birth control or morning after pills. Sort of.
Here, if Ozmun's principles are as principled as she thinks they are, what she should do is attend the gay acting workshop and speak up during it. No ranting, no raving, just express a viewpoint. That would at least be courageous of her, but asking to be excused from such an event, slithering off into the grass–what kind of protest is that?
This is a university setting, where intellectual excellence and honesty are prized, and Ozmun is a TEACHER, responsible for educating her STUDENTS. She is not entitled to simply disengage from a topic that makes her unmentionables pucker.
Sort of like the history teacher who hates Hitler so much she cuts that chapter out of the textbook and won't discuss it in class. Sort of like "Don't say gay" at the college level. Sort of.
Sounds like she needs to find a different job (or just wake up to reality). If you can't perform the duties required to hold a certain occupation, you should be fired. She could have attended any of these performances, and simply noted her objections on her own time, under the context of her beliefs if need be. You don't need to agree, I'm guessing, to fulfill the required attendance mandate. Sounds like an exercise in stupidity to me.
She was a tenure track professor that HAD to attend and critique a specified MINIMUM number of performances, which she did not fulfill. Her reason was to not attend was that the performance used vulgar language, which the university said was not a valid reason.


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The purpose of the milestone release is to stabilze the specification set so we can move to the next phase of development. The focus of the next phase will be specifically on documentation and developer tools. This includes "non-normative" tutorials, use cases, and recipes as well as the development of open-source libraries for the most popular platforms.
There might also be some edits to the specifications, but any changes from this point will be backwards-compatible changes. These kinds of changes include any textual errors or clarifications, but we are also open to adding any new properties that we might have missed, as long as the improvements don't require any semantic or syntactic adjustments.
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Pineapple Coconut Surprise Cake
Meryl Hausner
When I was a school teacher, one of my fellow teachers made this cake and everybody asked her for the recipe. Now I am passing the recipe along to my online friends.
*This cake tastes better made day ahead.
*This cake tastes better made day ahead.
- 1 box
- yellow cake mix
- 1
- large can of crushed pineapple
- 1 pkg
- coconut, flaked
- 1 pkg
- cream cheese
- 1 1/4 c
- milk
- 1 pkg
- vanilla pudding, instant
- 1 large
- cool whip
Directions Step-By-Step
1Bake cake mix in a 15 1/2 X 10 1/2 X 1 inch pan, according to box directions.
2While cake is baking, drain pineapple. Let cream cheese stand at room temperature for 1 hour.
3In a bowl place cream cheese, gradually add a little milk at a time beating at medium speed to blend mixure smoothly.
4Then add pudding and beat at low speed for 12 minutes. Spread mixture over cake.
5Top with crushed pineapple, sprinkled evenly.
6On top of this spread cool whip.
7Sprinkle coconut over everything.
About this Recipe
Course/Dish: Cakes
Other Tag: Quick & Easy


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'Sex' Adds Sheiks, Loses Chic
In 'Children,' producer's woes provide a French feast; action overdose fells 'Prince of Persia'
Previous installments of "Sex and the City" have settled the ancient question of what women want—love, sex and designer clothes, though not necessarily in that order. Now "Sex and the City 2" reveals what Islamic women want. Call this sequel callow, garish, ghastly, grisly or grotesque—and it is all of those things, plus borderline-interminable at 146 minutes. During a visit to Abu Dhabi, though, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte discover that the chadors worn by their Muslim sisters conceal—you guessed it—the glories of this year's fashion collection. So much for a clash of civilizations.
This dismal comedy provokes a crash of expectations, however modest they may have been after the first theatrical version of the HBO series. It's a silly symphony of big, anxious smiles and big, nervous laughs. (In a film for the cognitively challenged, everything but the tacky wardrobe is several sizes too big.) It's a cinematic dairy farm, milking every close-up and every gag, whether about menopause (the four friends are forever young only in reruns) or about a glamorous Irish nanny's bouncy breasts. It's an almost avant-garde adventure in aimlessness. Apart from an elaborately cloying gay wedding, nothing happens until somewhere near the half-hour mark, when Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her beloved Mr. Big (Chris Noth) come up against a certifiable conflict—he wants to stay home and she doesn't. That's when "Sex and the City 2" also becomes a triumph of product placement, the product being Abu Dhabi (though what we see is actually Morocco). "Dubai is over," a dubious sheik declares. "Abu Dhabi is the future."
Maybe so, but it looks like the past—specifically, a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby road movie with Kim Cattrall's Samantha as a nymphomaniacal (and, she never lets us forget, menopausal) stand-in for Dorothy Lamour. Samantha manages to scandalize her Muslim hosts with carnality in public places, while Carrie has a flirtation with having a flirtation after an encounter with an old flame that plays—and looks—like a potboiler produced by Ross Hunter. The production as a whole, which was perpetrated, as before, by Michael Patrick King, turns on a strategy of avoidance. Real feelings lurk just below the surface—Samantha's terror of growing old, Carrie's fear of eventual tedium in a childless marriage. Yet the surface is where the movie stays, like an old submarine with dead batteries.
'Father of My Children'
I'm reluctant to tell you too much about "Father of My Children." Surprises abound, and one of the events in its narrative flow left me so stunned that I wished the flow would stop until I could pull myself together. It isn't saying too much, though, to call Mia Hansen-Løve's French-language drama beautiful, profound and, given the gathering tensions of its story, phenomenally full of life.
The father of the title, Grégoire Canvel, is an idealistic movie producer under siege. (Let me stop my own account long enough to note that this is more than a movie about making movies, even though the details of Grégoire's working life are rendered with precision and delightful verve.) One of his self-styled auteurs is out of control, along with the movie's budget, and someone on the set has recently committed suicide. Grégoire's credit line is frayed to the point of unraveling. He fields cell phone calls like a goalie fending off swarms of free kicks. And his little indie operation is about to be invaded by a small army of Korean filmmakers who'll need logistical support that the office staff can't provide.
In the midst of this steady-state chaos, Grégoire manages to stay cool, radiate charm and keep his wry sense of humor. He's also wise enough to set aside precious time for his Italian-born wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli), and their three lovely daughters, one of whom is on the cusp of young womanhood. Still, watching Grégoire in action starts you wondering how long he can survive, both financially and emotionally, and how much of his devotion to the cause of his independent films is sustained by denial or self-delusion.
Such questions arise without any prompting from Ms. Hansen-Løve, who writes and directs with flawless finesse, or from the casual virtuoso who plays Grégoire. Louis-Do de Lencquesaing gives a performance of understated brilliance, one that keeps our feelings about his character in constant flux. That's a quietly daring approach to acting. Sometimes we can see Grégoire as the ardent young man he once was. At other times it's easy to imagine the stressed-out ruin he could become. Occasionally both men seem to exist simultaneously.
The filmmaker's quiet daring suffuses her view of the whole family. Instead of sticking to predictable drama—the sweet-and-sour smell of success—she turns her attention halfway through to the hero's wife and daughters. (I kept hoping we'd see more of their oldest girl, Clémence, who's played exquisitely by Mr. de Lencquesaing's own daughter, Alice, and those hopes were amply rewarded; watch what she does, for example, with a simple scene about deciding which coffee to order in a café.) The film's focus comes to be not only the price Grégoire's loving family pays for his principled obsession, but how they cope with the realization that their life has been built on quicksand. The choice of a closing song is deliciously daring, and the cinematography, by Pascal Auffray, is sharp-eyed and radiant, as befits a movie concerned with the movie business.
'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'
For those of you—of us—who've been rooting for Jake Gyllenhaal to prevail as a romantic hunk in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," the news is pretty good. He may not be another Douglas Fairbanks or Burt Lancaster, but his dashing Dastan drives this action adventure, which was directed by Mike Newell, with a sense of fun that was missing from "Robin Hood," and a winning demeanor that encompasses light irony and poetic melancholy, not to mention an earnest but slightly bizarre English accent. What's more, he finds a princess worthy of him in Gemma Arterton, who comes by her accent honestly. She's as English as, say, Vivien Leigh, on whose Cleopatra her fiery character may have been modeled, and she complements him perfectly in a succession of scorpions-in-a-bottle scenes that have been written, and are performed, with genuine elegance. (The princess, Tamina, goes through almost the whole film in a single, and elegant, white gown.)
The film looks impressive, thanks to the burnished gold tones of John Seale's cinematography, and to the artful employment of digital technology that yields dreamlike evocations of medieval desert vistas. And there's much to enjoy in the flash and clash of some early battles, as well as the comical counterpoint of an ostrich race staged by a scruffy hustler who calls himself Sheik Amar; he's played with engaging gusto by Alfred Molina.
Yet "Prince of Persia," a movie born of a video game, is at war with itself, and the bad guys win. They're the ones responsible for the plot, which is a junkyard of Arabian Nights clichés; for the numbing action sequences that feel like identical segments of an endless loop; and for a climax of boundless absurdity. The lesson here is simple: In the digital realm, the bigger the worse. What looks distinctive and believable in short takes and small doses can turn blatantly phony and deadly familiar when the scale is pumped up. "Prince of Persia" pumps itself up to the bursting point, and bursts.
'Road to Morocco' (1942)
The film wasn't shot in Abu Dhabi, but then it wasn't shot in Morocco either. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are Orville "Turkey" Jackson and Jeff Peters, stowaways who find themselves castaways following a shipwreck off Paramount's version of the Moroccan coast. When Jeff sells Orville into slavery, the slave owner turns out to be a nubile princess played by Dorothy Lamour. As scholarly depictions of Arab culture go, "Road to Morocco" is on a par with "Sex and the City 2." But it's a lot more fun, and won an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay.
'Summer Hours' (2008)
Mia Hansen-Løve's previous film isn't available in a DVD format that will play on American players. Instead, I've chosen this fine French-language drama by Olivier Assayas because it offers the chance to see Alice de Lencquesaing in another small but important role. She plays the dying matriarch's teenage granddaughter, Sylvie, who remembers her grandma's history of love and grand passion, and may be destined to repeat it. The film is ostensibly about material things, but the filmmaker's concern is what the matriarch's objects of art are really worth—their emotional content rather than their market value.
'Brokeback Mountain' (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger play American cowboys. Mr. Gyllenhaal's Jack is a mercurial mix of plain, poetic and practical. Mr. Ledger's Ennis is touchingly bleak, and self-contained, except when rages sweep him. Although the two men love each other passionately, they can't live together in the Marlboro Country of the 1960s and '70s, so they try to hide their love behind shaky facades of heterosexual domesticity. Ang Lee directed from a superb adaptation of an Annie Proulx short story by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. With Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams as, respectively, Jack's and Ennis's uncomprehending wives.
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Johnson pushed through the historic Civil Rights Act, which banned racial discrimination in public places.
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Patricia C. Pritz
Mrs. Patricia C. Pritz, 82, of Muncy Valley, Pa., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, with her loving family at her side.
Pat was born Feb. 22, 1930, in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late William A. and Bertha Flynn McMahon. She graduated from Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, a member of the class of 1948. She married Thomas J. Pritz of Philadelphia on Oct. 1, 1955. Tom predeceased her on July 20, 2003. She and Tom resided in Philadelphia where Tom operated Trico Metal Products of Willow Grove and were summer residents of Muncy Valley since they were married and retired here in 1995.
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Surviving are four children, Catherine (Chris) Fagan of Copley, Pa., Terry (Don) Markee of Muncy Valley, Thomas John Pritz Jr. of Roslyn, Pa., William (Kathleen) Pritz of Roslyn, Pa.; five grandchildren, Michael (Ann) Markee, Brian Markee, Amy (Dan) Eberlin, William Pritz and Casey Ann Pritz; four great-grandchildren, Brandon Markee, Paige Markee, Christopher Eberlin and Mariah Eberlin; two sisters, Joan (Jerry) McCausland of Marlton, N.J., and Kathleen (Tom) Hodgins of Secane; a brother, Michael McMahon of Quakertown; and an aunt, Mary (Flynn) Quigley of Roslyn; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by a great-grandson, Austin Bailey Markee and a brother, William McMahon.
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I was trapped in total darkness, with no line to the outside world and nothing to write about.
The great snowstorm knocked the power from my apartment and my phone can't pick up a signal. The pressure of not having a column to write is starting to bear down on me, but not knowing what is going on in the world of sports is what really has me feeling jumpy.
Has Kobe Bryant finally hired a hit man to take out Dwight Howard? Did Curt Schilling reveal who told him to take PEDs? What do the latest mock drafts say about the Patriots?
I decide I have to head out, to find the glow of a TV and an area with some cell reception, if not an Internet connection. I counter my wife's objections by explaining it's for work and kiss her on the forehead on my way out the door.
My car is covered in several feet of snow when I reach the parking lot. After quickly weighing the costs and benefits of my two options, I head off on foot toward a bar I heard may be open a few blocks away.
In between high-stepping through snow higher than my knees and thoughts of how insane my actions are, I begin to wonder how people used to consume sports before every game was on TV and before we carried all the information available to mankind in our front pockets.
How did they keep up with everything? How could they manage to wait a week until the Sporting News arrived or the local paper ran the league-wide stats?
I cant even wait until the next morning to see the stats, and struggle to remember what life was like before the Red Zone Channel or DirecTV.
I imagine my future children teasing me about having to actually change the channel myself and wait for highlights to come on at halftime, the same way I joke with my dad about having to listen to Cardinals games on the radio when he was a kid.
But I also wonder if being a sports fan was in some ways better back then.
Was it better we didn't know Mickey Mantle's every misstep and the depths of his alcohol consumption? His exploits away from the field didn't matter as long as the words passing through the speakers continued to paint the picture of a hero.
Would it be better if we could look at Rob Gronkowski the same way and see nothing of him dancing topless on stage or body slamming his friends while a cast protects his broken left forearm? All those things do is take away from the picture of the conquering hero we see each Sunday.
There's something to be said for that kind of innocence, back when you could just enjoy the games and leave the gossip to the tabloids.
I see nothing but darkness as I near what was billed as my promised land. The bar is closed, but my phone finally finds a few bars as I turn to head home. I put my numb fingers on the screen and begin to scroll through box scores and headlines.
I speed past the gossip and scandalous stories about steroids and attempt to pull up a few highlights. I need the hard stuff.
The connection fails.
My mind drifts once again on the journey home as I try to envision the box scores I managed to digest come to life.
There is no obnoxious music playing in the background of my mind. No silly catchphrases, talking heads arguing about what it all means or loud graphics taking away from the product.
The lights may have been dim and plenty of LeBron James' shots probably hit rim that night, but I see only lights glimmering against the freshly waxed hardwood and hear only the sound of the ball cleanly passing through the net.
I don't know if I could live like this every day, but for one night, everything was perfect.


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City to drop rabies certification requirement to obtain pet license
Soon, Auburn residents won't need a rabies certification to obtain a pet license.
That requirement, said City Councilman Bill Peloza, had been a downward drag on pet license sales, which are vital to keeping the Auburn Valley Humane Society's Animal Shelter on A Street Southeast in operation.
"We did it to help increase pet license sales," Peloza, chairman of the Municipal Services Committee, said Monday.
While state law requires that pets be vaccinated for rabies every three years, the new rules will eliminate the necessity of documenting the shots with King County and then providing paperwork proof to get the license.
The AVHS needs healthy pet licensing revenues to repay a $250,000 loan the City of Auburn made it in 2010 to build the shelter.
"Our pet licensing in Auburn has been slow because we had that rabies requirement. Pet licensing is the life blood of the shelter," Peloza said.
The City and the AVHS sell pet licenses.
Through November, City Finance Director Shelley Coleman said recently, pet licensing revenues were about $150,000.
"We're not doing as well as the County did," Coleman said.
Because King County Animal Control does not require the rabies certification, Municipal Services Committee members studied the county's comparatively fatter pet license sales revenues, comparing them with what the City had achieved to date.
Committee members recently talked to veterinarians and shelter director Phil Morgan, who maintained that eliminating the rabies certification requirement would pose a low risk to public safety.
The real rabies danger, veterinarian Don Edwards, a founding member of the AVHS, told the committee is infected bats.
"Your best way to ensure humans aren't exposed to rabies is to vaccinate your pets, because pets come into contact with bats more than people do," Edwards said. "All rabies for Washington in at least the last 100 years have come from bats."
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Their next-best pitcher, one with a career record of 50 games above .500, has just one win in 12 starts and a 4.58 ERA. Their best hitter, perhaps the best hitter in all of baseball, one with a career average of .331, is hitting only .257 and homered just twice in the month of May.
Their shortstop has a league-leading 10 errors.
And just this week, they placed the league's leading hitter and the pitcher with the second-most wins on the staff on the disabled list.
Yet when you picked up the paper today and looked at the standings, somehow the St. Louis Cardinals are in first place in the National League Central Division.
It's a long way to Tipperary, but right now manager Tony La Russa is doing one of the best jobs in a Hall of Fame career.
Adam Wainwright, who won 39 games over the last two seasons while posting ERAs of 2.63 and 2.42, respectively, blew out his elbow in one of his first spring-training bullpen sessions and underwent Tommy John surgery.
That looked like a death knell for a staff that was considered questionable to begin with, and when you consider that Chris Carpenter, with a career mark of 133-83 entering the season, is just 1-5, the doomsayers would appear to be on the mark.
But a pair of Kyles – Lohse and McClellan – have ably filled the void. Lohse has rebounded from two years of arm miseries to post a 7-2 record with an NL-low 2.13 ERA.
And McClellan, whom pitching coach Dave Duncan elevated from last year's long-relief role to become Wainwright's replacement, is 6-2 with a 3.86 ERA, although he is now on the DL with a hip-flexor strain.
Then there is left-handed Jaime Garcia, who won 13 games as a rookie last season but has shown no signs of a sophomore slump. Garcia is 5-1 with a 3.28 ERA.
Things are going so well on the mound that even La Russa sees the silver lining in McClellan's injury.
"Maybe there's a positive there," he said of McClellan, whose 67⅓ innings pitched thus far are just eight frames short of his career high. "Give him a June break. It's money in the bank for later in the season."
Things have broken right for St. Louis in the bullpen as well. Incumbent closer Ryan Franklin struggled early and was moved to a set-up role.
His replacements, Mitchell Boggs and Trevor Miller, were found wanting before La Russa and Duncan turned to rookie Fernando Salas, who entered the weekend 10-for-10 in save opportunities and had an ERA of 1.82.
The conventional wisdom preseason was that the Cardinals would be defensively challenged, and they are in the middle of the NL pack in fielding. Shortstop Ryan Theriot has 10 errors, although he is hitting .302, confirming his reputation as a good-hit, no-field player.
Hitting hasn't been a problem for the Cards, who lead the NL in runs, batting average, slugging and on-base percentage.
The big surprise is that they're doing it with minimal contributions from Albert Pujols, who is batting .265/.335/.412 (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) and suffered the worst power drought of his career last month with just two homers in 126 plate appearances.
That slack – if you can call it that because Pujols still has nine homers and 31 RBIs – has been picked up outfielders Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman. Holliday, who went on the DL earlier in the week with a quadriceps injury, is hitting .342/.433/.542 with six homers and 31 RBIs, while Berkman is at .329/.449/.595 with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs.
Perhaps the biggest indication of their impact in the lineup is that Pujols has been walked just once intentionally after leading the league in that category with 38 last season.
For Berkman, who split his time between Houston and the Yankees last season after spending the first 11 years of his career with the Astros, the move to St. Louis has been a godsend. He gushes about La Russa and the feeling from the Cardinals about him is mutual.
"Love him," Berkman says about the manager. "He's great. He's such a players' guy. When you think of Tony La Russa, being a players' manager is not the first thing that jumps through your head. At least, not from watching him from the other side. But he's got a bunch of guys here who will run through a wall for him."
"He's unbelievable," St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak says of Berkman. "He's a gentleman and a class act. I've really enjoyed getting to know him."
QUICK STARTERS: Despite their troubles with the designated-hitter slot in the lineup, the Yankees are outscoring their opposition 43-16 in the first inning and 83-44 over the first two innings.
Those early leads help a still pretty thin rotation keep its footing.
While many people think the Yanks will have to add an arm or two to fend off Boston and Tampa Bay in the American League East, they also might have to swing a deal for a DH.
Entering the weekend, Yankees DH's were hitting .185, slugging just .350 and had scored just 21 runs, the least productive in the AL. Compare that with Boston, whose DH's are the most productive, batting .315 with a .565 slugging percentage and 34 runs scored.
OZZIE AND THE FANS: White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen blasted the home fans this week for forgetting that the Sox brought a World Series title to Chicago in 2005.
"The monuments, the statues they have for you, they pee on it when they drunk," he said.
Guillen then ripped the media, saying he wasn't misquoted but that his words were twisted around.
Only in Ozzieland, folks.
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Wastemobile: Weekly household hazardous waste service coming to the Auburn SuperMall
South King County residents have more opportunities to dispose of their household hazardous waste at no cost, with new weekend service now available from the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program's Wastemobile service at the Auburn SuperMall.
"We heard from visitors that they wanted the Auburn SuperMall Wastemobile to have a predictable, easy to remember schedule, so we are making the service available every weekend," said Jay Watson, program administrator.
Beginning Feb. 4, and continuing every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the King County Wastemobile will offer residents a convenient place to safely drop off oil-based paint, propane tanks, motor oil and other hazardous household wastes.
By properly disposing of these wastes and keeping them out of the trash, sewers and storm drains, King County residents are helping safeguard the environment and reducing hazardous materials in their homes.
The Wastemobile service is located in the northwest corner of the Auburn SuperMall (next to Sports Authority), 1101 Supermall Way. This collection location began service in July 2009 on a two-weekend-per-month schedule, and is increasing to weekly service for the convenience of residents and businesses.
"Residents rely on our collection facilities in north and south Seattle, and Factoria, as well as our mobile Wastemobile service for disposing of unwanted household hazardous waste. It is safe, convenient and there is no charge because County residents are already paying for this service through their garbage and sewer utility bills."
In addition to the weekly South King County service, the mobile Wastemobile service will continue in other locations throughout King County in the summer and fall, such as Covington, Snoqualmie and Bothell/Kenmore.
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EAST LANSING -- Preliminary data indicates that Michigan State University's 2011 freshman class is one of the largest in its history.
MSU sports 7,800 freshmen this fall, according to preliminary data reported to the Board of Trustees Friday by Provost Kim Wilcox. Actual enrollment numbers won't be available until late October once classes have been finalized after adding and dropping.
Counting new graduate students, there are about 10,000 new faces on MSU's campus this fall.
"It's really an exciting time to welcome almost 10,000 new people to our community," President Lou Anna K. Simon said.
MSU's total enrollment is up approximately 2 percent to 47,800 students, Wilcox said, falling in line with the university's long-term parameters of 46,000 to 48,000 students. Last year's official enrollment was 47,131.
This year's class of freshman comprise 5 percent of Michigan's 12th grade enrollment from a year ago, Wilcox reported to the board. That figure has been consistent since 2007.
"The first word in our name is Michigan. We're not going to walk away from what is really our core value," Wilcox said.
Students now graduate from MSU in 4.2 years, on average, Wilcox said, adding that the university's goal is not to be the state's largest high school.
"It's incumbent upon us to have the kind of environment that enriches students' lives," he said. "Students are now moving through the university at an ever-faster rate."
MSU's average ACT score among current freshmen stands at 25.4. That's an improvement over the average score of 24 among freshmen in 2001.
The average grade point average among freshmen this year is 3.61, up from 3.52 in 2001.
That data is indicative of "the appeal of the institution to the very good students of the state and across the nation," Wilcox said.
One in four MSU undergraduate students iseligible for pell grants, federal need-based grants awarded to low-income students.
The university's campus houses 15,023 students in its residence halls, making Michigan State's the largest campus residence system in the nation.
Other enrollment data presented Friday included the following:
- MSU received a record 28,547 applications this year. The number of first-year students is about 7,775.
- Total undergraduate enrollment is estimated to be about 36,580, an increase of about 500 students.
- First-time Honors College enrollment is estimated at 485 students. The Academic Scholars Program is enrolling about 160 new students this year. The ASP is designed for high-achieving incoming freshmen who are interested in enhancing their academic program during their first two years of college. Together the two programs comprise about 8.3 percent of the entering class.
- The entering class is composed of about 76 percent Michigan residents, preliminary data suggests.
- The College of Social Science, the Eli Broad College of Business and the College of Natural Science will have the largest enrollments as of the official enrollment count date, preliminary data suggests.


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'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Season 2 On The Way — Will You Watch?5 years ago 4
Sarah Palin passed on running for President but she'll reportedly be back on your TV screen if new negotiations to bring her top rated show prove… Read Article ▶
Sarah Palin's Son Track Ties The Knot With High School Sweetheart Britta Hanson!5 years ago 1
'Mama Grizzly' officially has a new cub-in-law -- her eldest son Track married his girlfriend Britta in a very intimate and laid back ceremony in… Read Article ▶
Bonnie Says: Michelle Obama, Thank The Lord You Ignored Sarah Palin's Eat S'Mores Campaign- Your Body Is Amazing!5 years ago 9
Not only did Michelle Obama just prove once and for all in this new photo that she has the best toned First Lady arms EVER, but she has now shown us… Read Article ▶
Bonnie Says: Sarah Palin Must Think Osama Bin Laden Is The Same As A Caribou She's Killed! She Wants His Head!5 years ago 60
Sarah -- your tweet accusing President Obama of pussy-footing because he hasn't shown Osama's dead head, shows you think the terrorist IS just a… Read Article ▶
EXCLUSIVE: The Two Men Who Could Make Palin's Presidential Run Official, and the Shocking Truth about Todd Palin!6 years ago 2
[caption id="attachment_278673" align="alignnone" width="544" caption="AP"][/caption] Sarah revealed on last night's episode of Alaska that she'll… Read Article ▶
Sarah Palin Battles With Her Family In The Last Ever Episode Of 'Sarah Palin's Alaska!' Watch!6 years ago 0
For more Sarah Palin's Alaska videos, visit TLC.com. Now we know how Sarah Palin is raising money for her campaign! Sarah Palin and her brood go… Read Article ▶
'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Not Renewed For Second Season — Will You Miss It?6 years ago 8
It looks like Americans will have to look elsewhere for their weekly dose of hunting, boating and fish bashing! She's been a mayor, governor, vice… Read Article ▶
Is Sarah Palin Apologizing For Daughter Willow's Anti-Gay Comments On Twitter?6 years ago 4
The conservative pundit retweets a statement in support of gay rights -- is the radical republican actually supporting the cause or just making… Read Article ▶
Get A Tour Of Bristol Palin's New Arizona Neighborhood! WATCH!6 years ago 1
[flv width="544" height="400"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIVDjnwXfzs&feature=player_embedded[/flv] Bristol's new digs boast a neighborhood… Read Article ▶
Oprah Winfrey Disses Sarah Palin's Run For President — The American Public Is Too Intelligent!6 years ago 14
In a new interview, Oprah compliments Sarah and her new show before coming down on her political ambitions! Oprah Winfrey may be a fan of Sarah… Read Article ▶
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Real Alaskans Can't Relate To Sarah Palin's Super-Expensive Adventures on Her Show! Insider Reveals! Exclusive!6 years ago 23
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WOODBURY HEIGHTS — With unemployment still hovering at about 9 percent in New Jersey, many people in the area don't know where their next meal will come from.
The Cathedral Kitchen in Camden serves the city's hungry and poor daily, and Gateway Regional High School's Builder's Club is helping them feed their clients.
Last week, about 15 people from the 45-member club made 300 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to donate.
"They need it more than we do," said Nikki Taylor, 12.
Students supplied the bread this year, and on Thursday they gathered in club supervisor and seventh-grade English teacher Liz Buehler's classroom to work on their culinary creations.
There, they pushed some desks together, grabbed jars of grape and strawberry jelly and began creating some delicious smelling PB & J's.
"I'm always looking for something middle school kids can get involved in," Buehler said of sometimes age-restricted volunteer activities. "This is something they can actually do."
The Builder's Club has donated sandwiches to the Cathedral Kitchen for about five years, Buehler said.
They also head over to Greenwich's Repauno Preschool and spruce up their yard for their annual graduation, and write cards to a hospice in the area.
"We do a lot of cool things to help the community," said Johnny Reilly, 12. He said he likes donating the food because not everyone is so generous. "They don't really have anyone to turn to because a lot of people don't want to help them," he said of the Cathedral Kitchen's clients.
After the sandwiches were made, the students put them in several boxes so Buehler could deliver the sandwiches later that day.
"They're gonna eat well tonight," said Ryan Hudson, 12.


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Maryland Schoolkids Now Free to Roam the World Wide Gay Web
It's not just deciding who gets to go to prom that make some schools terrible places for LGBT kids. Harford County Public Schools, in Maryland, was blocking access to gay sites (some of which are not about porn!), even those belonging to GLSEN. The scarier trend: sites arguing for equality were blocked, while those advocating against it were not. Then the ACLU got involved, and the district caved, opening up the filter to students looking to access the websites homosexual activists, whose agenda strikes once again!
There can be two reasons for this:
#1 Many IT people are too lazy to go down a few layers in the filtering software. The software gives you a menu of catagories to block. The broad catagories like "Sex", "Gore" "Violence" are usually automaticaly checked for schools. If you simply click "Gay and Lesbian Interest" in an effort to block Gay porn you will block site that is Gay related. If you select the sub headings you can block Gay sex stuff but allow other catagories. It is a simple fix……..
Or what I am ascared that happens too many times is that it is a deliberate attempt to give any Gay kids the access to any Gay content simply based on hating on the Gays. This includes info on preventing Gay teen suicide, support groups, info on comming out and the like. Based on the current Derrick Martin Drama, which has been repeated countless times, one can pretty much figger out why these filters are configured as they are………
growing up and living in harford county my whole life, i'm not surprised. I was the first to come out in 2006 when I went to north harford high, and later tried to start a QSA which got shut down by one of the teachers. while effed up, its still my hometown and you just have to laugh at the ignorance.


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Q. When my husband and I get together with his family, he ignores me. He isn't mean or degrading; he just focuses on his family. On the drive home from his parent's house the last time this happened, I brought it up and he didn't know what I was talking about. How can I get him to pay attention to me?
A. We've struggled with this same problem! In the past whenever we'd go to Les's house, he'd shift into premarriage mode and forget I was his wife. Rarely checking in with me, he'd visit his buddies or take off with his dad—leaving me to fend for myself. He didn't mean to do it, but it felt as if I was invisible, a mere tag-along. And it was terribly lonely.
Finally, in private I asked Les if he realized what he was doing and, like your husband, he didn't. He was having a good time and assumed I was too. I was careful not to blame him or lash out because I felt wounded. But I did tell him how I was feeling and he began to see the situation from my perspective. This would have never happened if I'd accused him of deliberately ignoring me (that's guaranteed to put him on the defensive and solve nothing). But focusing on what was going on inside me when he took off without my input or didn't include me in discussions helped him realize what he was doing. And I realized I couldn't take his behavior personally, as I was tempted to do.
As we talked more, we devised a simple action-plan. Les would include me in discussions and keep me informed of what he was up to. I suggested I'd bring a book for times when he wanted to go off with somebody. Then we devised secret signals only the two of us would know as a way of staying in touch, such as making eye contact for "rescue me." I've used this one on several occasions—such as when I'm on my third round of Monopoly with his nephews.
Another thing that helped was that Les would make a conscious effort to touch me more often. A gentle squeeze on the shoulder as he was walking by, holding my hand every so often, or touching my elbow let me know I mattered and that I wasn't being ignored.
Try this yourselves and see if it works. Have a frank but gentle discussion about how you're feeling, invite him to discuss his experience, and then devise a plan of action to correct the problem.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Wright Waters, the Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference since December 1998, has announced he will retire effective July 1, 2012.
"It has been a great honor to serve the Sun Belt Conference membership during my time as commissioner," Waters said in a release from the conference. "After spending over a decade with the conference it will be hard to move on, but the league-wide leadership is as strong as it has ever been. We have an eight-year national television deal with ESPN as well as multi-year agreements with our regional network television partners and our two primary bowl sponsors.
"I would like to thank the presidents of our institutions and all of the athletic administrators on our campuses for this wonderful opportunity that I was provided."
A national search will begin immediately to find the Sun Belt Conference's fifth commissioner. The search will be led by Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., the current Sun Belt Conference president and chancellor of Troy University along with members of the current Sun Belt Conference Executive Committee.
Waters, a Montgomery native who also worked as general manager of Crimson Tide Sports Marketing in Tuscaloosa and was Southern Conference commissioner for seven years, has 40 years of experience in collegiate athletics. He was named the Sun Belt Conference's fourth commissioner on December 15, 1998. His tenure ranks second in longevity among the four men who have steered the conference during its 35-year history.
"There is never a perfect time to make such an important decision, but it is important to note that there are no sinister reasons for this announcement," said Waters. "There are still things that I would like to do with life that I would like to accomplish and after serving 40 years as an athletic administrator. I will have more time to accomplish those things and spend more time with my wife of 36 years."
Under Waters, the Sun Belt Conference became one of 11 Bowl Championship Series conferences, achieved success both on the field and in the classroom, expanded to sponsor 19 sports, shifted geographically to become a more regional conference and build stronger rivalries, gained a permanent seat on the NCAA Board of Directors and achieved its most expansive television agreements in league history.
The league began sponsoring football under Waters' leadership in 2001. He also helped found the New Orleans Bowl, where the Sun Belt champion plays a Conference USA team each year. The Sun Belt Conference also signed a four-year agreement with the GoDaddy.com Bowl that guarantees a spot for a Sun Belt Conference school in the Mobile-based bowl game through the 2013 season.
During Waters' tenure, the Sun Belt has added Troy, Middle Tennessee State, the University of Louisiana-Monroe, the University of North Texas and Florida Atlantic University to the league. The conference has also increased its sponsored sports in addition to football by adding three women's sports (softball, soccer, swimming and diving) and men's swimming and diving.
Waters graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., in 1967. He attended Alabama and received a bachelor's degree in physical education from Livingston State University (now West Alabama) in 1974 and a master's degree in secondary education from Livingston in 1975. He is married to the former Sara Anderson of York, Ala. They have one daughter, Ashley.


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Women can learn the basics of outdoor skills at a weekend workshop at Carnation's Camp River Ranch taught by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife experts and certified instructors.
The annual workshop, which runs Sept. 18 to 20, is being organized by Washington Outdoor Women (WOW), a non-profit program for teaching women outdoor skills and natural resource stewardship.
Classes will cover skills such as archery, basic fishing, fly fishing, kayaking, cooking wild game, big-game hunting, map and compass reading, wilderness first aid, wildlife awareness and outdoor photography.
Workshop participants must be at least 18 years old. A current Washington recreational fishing license is required for the fishing and fly-fishing sessions.
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Everything came so easily for Caroline Wozniacki. In the 2006 Wimbledon girls final, Caro used the first set to figure out Magdalena Rybarikova's likes and dislikes, and then spent the rest of the match making the Slovak hit every shot she didn't want to hit. After forcing yet another error to go up a break in the deciding third set, she watched Rybarikova smash her racket into the turf. Wozniacki strode to the sideline with a delighted, I-did-that smile on her face. She was 15 years old.
The Dane soon left the juniors behind and took over the main tour. In 2008, she was named the WTA's newcomer of the year. The following year, at 19, she reached the final at the U.S. Open, falling to a resurgent Kim Clijsters. She went on to win the Canadian Open and Dubai and Indian Wells, finishing 2010 and 2011 as the number-one player in the world.
It's been downhill ever since.
Veteran champions Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova got healthy and refocused their priorities. Wozniacki's bigger, more offensive-minded contemporaries -- Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka -- matured into their games. Slowly but surely, Wozniacki tumbled down the rankings (she's now 16th in the world), and that elusive Grand Slam title stretched further and further from her grasp. She cycled through coaches and, last month, lost in the first round at the French Open. Which just means that, if the 23-year-old were a stock, this would be a good time to buy. She's a quality player who's undervalued. Last year, second-tier heavy-hitter Marion Bartoli shocked tennis fans by plowing through the Wimbledon field to score her first Grand Slam title. Here are three reasons Caro could be the second straight surprise women's champion at SW19:
3. She's unhappy, thanks to golfer Rory McIllroy publicly jilting her just days after they sent out invitations to their wedding. Happiness is overrated for elite athletes. It makes them content, and contentment can lead to a lack of motivation. Roger Federer is the exception to the rule. John McEnroe, who met first wife Tatum O'Neal shortly after winning his third (and last) Wimbledon title in 1984, is the rule. As far back as 2012, Tennis writer Peter Bodo chalked up Wozzie's problems to self-satisfaction, an unwillingness to "look in the mirror and say, I ... am ... better ... than ... this ... and actually do something about it." Caro surely is willing to do something about it now. She needs tennis like never before, to divert her attention from lingering thoughts of the marriage that didn't happen and to direct some much-deserved rage.
2. She's finally ready to go for it, as she showed in a muscular, gutsy first match this week at Eastbourne, where she erased two early-set deficits in defeating Samantha Stosur. Wozniacki's predilection for defensive tennis always has been troubling, especially seeing as she has the heft to hit through the court. She finally appears to be ready to embrace a wilder existence on court. "Right now I'm physically in good shape and I feel like I'm moving around the court well," she said after the match with Stosur. "I feel like I have the power behind the shots that I want." She also said this: "I'm so happy to be on the grass."
1. She's become best buds with 5-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams. She recently hung out on the beach with Serena wearing little more than a "Hello, Lover" T-shirt and a big smile. "Miami was a lot of fun," Wozniacki said. "Serena and I had a good time with some of our other friends. It was nice to get away a little bit and then come back and feel recharged." The beach romp appeared to be just what she needed -- and it also could give her an edge if she faces the World No. 1 at SW19 later this month. Last year Serena told Sports Illustrated that she avoided socializing with fellow players because "I get too emotionally involved. I start liking people too much and it gets too hard to beat them. I feel sorry for them and then when I play them, I get depressed."
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PAW PAW, MI -- The sister of a Paw Paw woman victimized in what police called a "vicious" beating last week has begun an online fundraiser to help defray costs of reconstructive facial surgery.
Kane D. Reeves, 22, the former boyfriend accused in the assault, is being held without bond on charges of attempted murder, according to the Van Buren County Prosecutor's Office.
Reeves was arraigned Oct. 11 and is scheduled to appear before Van Buren County District Court Judge Robert Hentschel for preliminary examination on evidence against him on Oct. 23.
Jessie Teske, the alleged victim's sister, said on the YouCaring site she has created that she hopes to raise $10,000 to help her sister, the mother of three young children, pay for medical expenses of reconstructive surgery and loss of income during her recovery. Photographs of her sister's face, before and after the injuries, are on the website.
Reeves is the father of her sister's three children, according to Teske, who said the couple had separated and that her sister was staying with friends and only returning home for clean clothes. On the morning of Oct. 10, she stopped by the house to pick up some clean clothes and was was confronted by Reeves, who began to beat her, authorities allege.
She managed to break free and ran from the house screaming for help. A passer-by called the sheriff's office reporting that they saw Reeves chasing his girlfriend, whose face was covered in blood. The caller reported that they saw Reeves pull his girlfriend back into the house, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
Deputies arrived quickly, and Teske credits them with saving her sister's life. The sheriff's office called it a "vicious" beating in the news release.
She writes on the fundraising site that her sister suffered a severe concussion and several broken bones in her face, including eye sockets, nose, and sinus cavities. The broken bones in her face will require costly reconstructive surgery to put them back where they belong and her nose will have to be entirely rebuilt with support pieces, a process expected to require multiple surgeries, it says.
As a single working mother of three, and a new homeowner, her sister "could not afford medical insurance for herself," Teske wrote.
"She will be off work for many weeks, and has a very long road to recovery ahead of her. She is in dire need of funds for the costly surgeries to repair her face and nose," she said.


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Mundorf Among Talent Show Winners
June 26, 2014 by lmorgan
A cornucopia of talent took the stage Sunday afternoon for the Q125 Talent Show hosted by EPS Music Boosters.
Stealing the show was a piano performance by Millie Mundorf. Twenty-five years earlier, she won the talent contest for Elgin's Centennial celebration. On Sunday, she returned to the stage and wowed the audience when she played the American classics "Roll Out The Barrel" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
All who participated in the talent contest received cash prizes.
Winners were:
9-12 Years of Age
1st — Tayce Bleich - solo
2nd — Linus Borer - piano
3rd — Marissa Preister, Ally Selting, Faith Kinney, Claire Kerkman, Skylar Reestman, Kayce Kalhoff - dancers
4th — Natalie Reicks, Emily Mlnarik, Jeslynn Beckman, Brenna Martinsen - dancers
5th — Violet Schwager - solo
13-17 Years of Age
1st — Jordan Mescher and Liz Selting - duet
2nd — Lisa Dohmen and Zoey Bergman -duet
3rd — Lisa Dohmen - solo
4th — Emma Kerkman and Araceli Palmer - dancers
1st — Millie Mundorf - piano
2nd — Brooke Amidon - line dance
3rd — Lindy Borer - piano
4th — Roger Fraunendorfer - lip synch
5th — Priscilla Vinson - acapella singer
6th — Roger Fraunendorfer with nieces Tayce and Teela Bleich - lip sync


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Cocktail archive featuring your favorite bars and video tutorials by Chris McMillian of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel's Library Lounge.
If it's summer in New Orleans, it must be time to enjoy a nice cold drink. And as sure as the sun will rise, watering holes from the Marigny to Uptown and from Downtown to Mid-City are ready to lend a helping hand.
But what makes one bar or bartender better than another? The quality of drinks they pour is as good a place as any to start.
Each week we pick a popular local beverage and ask you to lend a hand by telling us who makes the hands-down, bottoms-up best.
Week nine: The Cosmopolitan
As it seems with just about every drink in this series, the origins of the Cosmopolitan are also somewhat disputed.
The Cosmopolitan gained popularity fairly quickly, traveling from Miami to San Francisco, to New York. It really gained in popularity in the 1990s, and was further popularized among young women by its frequent mention on the television program Sex and the City.
1 ½ ounces citrus vodka (Absolut Citron preferred)
¾ ounce fresh lime juice
¾ ounce triple sec
Large splash of cranberry juice
Pour vodka, lime juice, triple sec, and cranberry juice into a pint glass. Fill the glass with ice and use a shaker to mix it. Using a strainer, pour the liquid into a martini glass.
So now it's your turn, speak out and tell us who you think makes the best Comso in town.
Be sure to check back in Friday afternoon as the Ritz-Carlton's master mixologist Chris McMillian lends a hand and walks us through the history and proper preparation of these classic cocktails.
For a recap of previous week's cocktails, visit our dining section.