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The president and the Supreme Court have too much power
To the Editor:
The current government shutdown is a disgrace. It's time we returned to the Constitution and let it govern our lives, like it was meant to. The current president is stretching his presidential powers way beyond what the Constitution intended. Our Supreme Court has overstepped its bounds, too. It can interpret the law, but it had no business redefining an over 3,000-year-old concept of marriage. You can create something new to make sure committed couples have legal rights to their partner's affairs, but they had no right to redefine a time-honored institution. And now this nonsense: each bill that makes it to the floor for a vote should be voted on.
"Riders" have always been a way to push things through, but that was not the intent of the founding fathers. Each bill should be voted in or out by its own merits. The dilemma we're in right now is due to yet another chink in the armor. Attaching another bill to the one being voted on is just not right, and never had been. Please, let all three branches of government function as they were intended to function. Right now, we have a president and the Supreme Court who are both doing things they were not intended to do. Whatever happened to the "balance of powers"? And whatever happened to the idea of statesmen working for the good of the country instead of the good of the party? Wake up, America. It's only going to get worse.
Anne Richter
Tea Party leaders are bringing down the government
To the Editor:
Tea Party leaders in the House of Representatives are acting as domestic terrorists. They represent a small but radical right-wing that hates our government and are doing all they can to bring it down. That faction, although a minority in the House, have intimidated a gutless John Boehner into refusing to allow a clean vote to end their government shutdown. They are holding out for concessions by Democrats to a long laundry list of demands and they threaten to bring down our entire economy if their demands are not met. The GOP's demands are basically a wish list of all the things it has been unable to pass through legislators elected by the people and actual votes in Congress.
This is a perversion of our entire democratic system. President Obama has wisely stated that he will not negotiate with these terrorists, as it would set a precedent that would allow any future Congress to hold our nation hostage in order to get what they cannot get through the electoral process. In the meantime, the House GOP continues to subvert our democracy by trying to reinvent our government by putting forward spending bills for only the spending with which they agree thus allowing them to eliminate any agency they wish such as the Environmental Protection Agency. No foreign terrorist organization could hurt the democratic style of government as much as the Republican Party has and if it lets our nation default in mid-October by not raising the debt ceiling, it will also destroy our economy as well as our nation's standing in the world.
Thomas Hanley
Republican lawmakers just want attention
To the Editor:
The Republican Party has shown themselves to be the party that cares ... about themselves. The government shutdown is not so bad (for them). They are still getting paid. They can pay their bills and feed their children. They do not empathize with their fellow Americans, who can't pay their bills or feed their families. It is about stomping their top feet and acting like children. Saying they did something, even though it is horrible for the country as a whole. Their antics are an embarrassment and a detriment. They have succeeded in making the U.S. a laughingstock, but it doesn't matter: They did something to attract attention to themselves and that is all they care about.
Maggie Meier
Lawmakers should serve the people, not their party
To the Editor:
Sen. Gillibrand, Sen. Schumer, Rep. Maffei:
I want you to explain to me why my tax dollars are being used to place barricades, traffic cones, pay for nylon ties and signs around the country to deny vets and American citizens access to our properties? It seems the Obama administration is being very selective in where to cut the spending.
And stop the blame game of blaming the Republicans in Congress. You, your counterparts and President Obama are headed for a fall. More and more people are waking up after five years to the lack of leadership and the refusal of the White House to take responsibility for anything in the time they have been in power. You should wake up to the fact you work for us; you work for neither Mr. Obama nor the Democrats who think they run the country.
Willard L. Adams
Extremists have overwhelmed power and policy
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The current political standoff has brought our government to a standstill and threatens our fragile economic recovery. The situation is not simply disappointing. It is beyond disgraceful. It is a blatant power grab -- an opportunistic attempt to use the threat of catastrophe to compel elected government to bow to the will of a disciplined cadre of elitists determined to advance the interests of the favored few at the expense of the many. Such a strategy has no place in truly representative government. Extremists who refuse to permit the considered deliberation of the majority have hijacked power and policy. This is not just an unseemly parliamentary trick: it is an exercise in tyranny that makes a sham of what our government is supposed to be.
Several generally reliable news sources have reported that a straight up-or-down vote in the House would end this stalemate, but maybe not. "Moderate" Republicans are said by knowledgeable observers to be all but silent in party caucuses, fearful of being targeted for replacement by the wealthy PACs that seek to control elections and Republican primaries. Would they really vote in the public interest? In any case, John Boehner will not permit the issue to be considered in that form.
Boehner has often been cast by the media as a moderate caught between his own good sense and a majority of ultraconservative zealots in his party. This view is far too kind to Mr. Boehner. Any leader worthy of his role must make hard choices, even in the face of personal sacrifice. Boehner values his position as Speaker far too highly. He is willing to sell the interests of the nation to keep it. The man is a disgrace, unworthy of anyone's sympathy. Let us recognize him for the quisling that he is.
David Brower
Honor Flight Veterans visit Washington memorials despite shutdown
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"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" may be 40 years old this year, but the idea of a welcoming yellow ribbon has brought lots of warm wonderful greetings through many generations. Last night, as Honor Flight Syracuse Mission 2 was saluted on their return to Syracuse Hancock Airport, the leader of the group held up a piece of ripped and torn yellow caution ribbon that hours before had been blocking Honor Flight Veterans and ordinary citizens from paying their respects to the heart-stopping memorials in Washington, D.C. It was a fantastic moment for yet another yellow ribbon. The cheering was deafening throughout the Welcome Hall, as our soldiers, their trip guardians, volunteers who made all this possible, families and guests hooped and hollered that at least that piece of yellow ribbon would not be keeping citizens away. Long live the Honor Flights! Congratulations on accomplishing this incredible day for our veterans. And may all yellow ribbons going forth continue the spirit of welcome and honor that custom has demonstrated!
Mary Pat Cox
In the end, Obamacare will fail
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What does one do when one finds himself alone on the political issue of Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act? Yes, they are one and the same! Just air it out, I guess, with the hope one gets to feel better. So, here goes:
Presently, all debates are about whether to delay it, defund it, or bi-partisanly modify it so that it somehow works. Personally, I believe this government-instituted health care plan could never work, no matter what direction it takes. And for three very good reasons.
Reason No. 1: Historically, government-run programs have a success rating of zero. Witness the huge failures of our railroads and postal service. It is apparent only competitively-run private sector programs have a chance of success.
Reason No. 2: Health care is not a function of government according to the U.S. Constitution. That is because it is not a human right -- it is a benefit. And the quality of that care is dependent upon one's ability to pay for it. When that becomes very difficult at times, help is best gotten from family, friends, church, or even local governments -- those that best show genuine caring.
Reason No. 3: The Obamacare/Affordable Care Act is a liberal socialistic program that gets its support from those who want their government to be compassionate. hat so-called compassion is totally a sham because funding for it comes from hard-working taxpayers--not from the politicians who choose only to take credit for it for the purpose of empowering themselves.
Personally, I hope the Obamacare/Affordable Care Act is implemented exactly the way it was passed into law by a liberal Congress with approval of a liberal Supreme Court. All Americans should see the results of actions taken by those whom they elected to lead our country.
There! It has been said and I feel better.
Charles Mirucki
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The Tenafly Nature Center, founded in 1961, manages a 52-acre parcel of land as well as the adjacent 330-acre Lost Brook Preserve. The preserve includes second-growth woodland and wetlands, with the attractive three-acre Pfister's Pond in the northwest corner near the visitor center.
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There are ten blazed trails totaling about seven miles. Near the southern boundary of the nature center property, a huge glacial erratic may be seen east of the trail. This is Haring Rock, after which the trail is named [orange blaze]. Other landmarks are pointed out on the trail map, accessible on the park's web site [see Contact Information].
From US 9W in Tenafly, proceed west on East Clinton Avenue. In 1.7 miles, turn right at the traffic light onto Engle Street, then turn right at the next "T" intersection and follow Hudson Avenue uphill to its end at the nature center. [Google Maps: "313 Hudson Ave., Tenafly, NJ 07670" Satellite view will show park outline.]
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Who are the folks maintaining trails at the nature center?
On June 25th, 2010 Phil McLewin says:
Following is an excerpt from the Trail Conference's "Trail Walker," newsletter, July/August 2010:
"Like the cavalry, New Jersey residents Jack Driller of Ridgewood and Mark Liss of Fairlawn came to the rescue at the Tenafly Nature Center/Lost Brook Preserve (TNC), where trail maintainers faced 6 miles of devastated trails after a hurricane-like windstorm ripped through the area in early March. Jack and Mark came armed with their chain saws (and chain saw certification) and put their skills to work helping maintainers Pete Tilgner, Suzan Gordon, and Janet Albrecht clear 133 blow-downs at the Bergen County preserve."
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PASADENA, CALIF.: Portland's own Gus Van Sant is among the directors who will be filming episodes of "The Ten Commandments," a new 10-part (obviously) miniseries coming from WGN.
During a presentation today at the Television Critics Association, Matt Cherniss, WGN president and general manager, announced that the channel is rebranding from its regional cable channel roots to WGN America, with the goal of becoming a national source of programs that tell "big, operatic stories."
Among them, "The Ten Commandments," in which 10 directors will each make a contemporary tale inspired by a commandment. In addition to Van Sant, directors announced for the project are Lee Daniels, Jim Sheridan, Wes Craven and Michael Cera.
Van Sant is best known for directing such films as "Promised Land," "Milk" and "Good Will Hunting." But this isn't Van Sant's first foray into cable TV; he was an executive producer of "Boss," the Starz drama about Chicago politics that starred Kelsey Grammer.
No word yet on when the miniseries will air.
In other news, WGN presented a panel for a new drama called "Salem," which is not about Oregon's state capital city, but is set in the time of the Salem Witch Trials.
The panelists spent considerable time describing what the show will be, but rest assured there will be a lot of witches. The cast includes Janet Montgomery ("Made in Jersey"), Seth Gabel ("Fringe") and Shane West ("Nikita.")
"Salem" premieres April 20 on WGN.
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NEW YORK — Because of the late end to Tuesday night's game, Yankees manager Joe Girardi knew exactly what he needed to do when he arrived at the ballpark today. With the rosters expanded from September call-ups, the regulars would get a breather and the reserves would get the start.
Eduardo Nunez was a beneficiary of the move, starting at shortstop for Derek Jeter. That was about the only bright spot in his two-error day.
"I don't want to make any excuses," a remorseful Nunez said at his locker afterward. "I just have to work hard and keep trying to improve my defense."
Nunez's miscues were among four Yankees errors in the sloppy 5-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in 11 innings today. Whether it was the muddy conditions from the on-and-off showers that pelted Yankee Stadium all morning and afternoon, or the move from his usual backup spot at third base, Nunez was off.
"I feel good at both shortstop and third," he said. "More comfortable at short, but I feel good at both positions. I just had a bad day."
So far this season, Nunez has played 31 games at third base and 35 at shortstop. At third, he has committed only six errors, compared to 12 at shortstop. And while Girardi would like for that to not be the case, it's not something he's not overly concerned about.
"He just had a tough day," the Yankees manager said. "His defense overall has been pretty good, minus today. Today he had a tough day. He's cut down on his errors recently — they've gone down. But for whatever reason, today he did not have a good game."
That's a sentiment that Alex Rodriguez concurred with. Afterward, Rodriguez said he told Nunez to brush today's game off.
"Literally, you take today and you put an 'X' on it and you throw it away," Rodriguez said. "You don't worry about it one bit. Because — I don't care if it was Ozzie Smith in his prime — today, he didn't have a chance. If I was Nunez, I wouldn't worry about it too much."
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ROSELLE PARK — Antrell Allen, 40, was charged with two counts of burglary, robbery, aggravated assault and resisting arrest on Jan. 22.
According to police, officers responding to a report of a burglary in progress in the Sunrise Village apartment complex saw two men struggling in a driveway on the 100 block of Jerome Street.
One of the men, an off-duty corrections officer, allegedly found two men in his apartment at approximately 4:30 p.m. after returning from a trip to the grocery store. The intruders allegedly struck him before fleeing the apartment.
The resident identified himself as a law enforcement officer before pursuing the suspects, tackling one of them in the parking lot, police said, adding that the other suspect ran to a waiting silver Chrysler Town and Country minivan and fled the area.
The responding officers took Allen, a resident of Passaic, into custody and found jewelry in his possession belonging to another resident of Jerome Street, police said. Officers said they canvassed the building and found another apartment had been forcibly entered.
Allen was taken to Union County Jail and bail was set at $150,000. Detectives are attempting to identify and locate two additional suspects with the help of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Little Ferry Police Department. Anyone with information about the burglaries is urged to call the Roselle Park Police Department at 908-245-2300.
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Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom, shopped for a dinosaur, or conversed with a Bupple, a Wosstrus, a Violinnet, or a Celloon? You will have, once you've read this exuberant collaboration from Jack Prelutsky and his "partner in crime"* James Stevenson.
The "reigning czars of silliness"* have once again teamed up to bring readers an irresistible collection of poems that will have tongues twisting, imaginations soaring, and sides aching with laughter. The result is genius, indeed.
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Audience: Children
For Ages: 7 - 10 years old
For Grades: 2 - 5
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Language: English
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Published: 26th February 2008
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS
Country of Publication: US
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How to add ModMyi Repo in Cydia
ModMyi repo is one of the largest repository in Cydia like BigBoss repo and best known for its iOS 7 themes, wallpapers, soundtracks and many other features that comes with its packages.
Actually after downloading cydia and jailbreaking your Smartphone or iDevices like iPhone, iPad, iPdo, ModMyi repo comes by default but many newbies don't know where does it located and they just worry that their device isn't jailbreak properly.
If you face the error like "Could not find repository", You should check Modmyi in available by default or not. You can add it by going to "More Package Sources" option at homepage of Cydia and browse for Modmyi at the top of that.
How to add ModMyi Repo in iOS 7 from Cydia ?
Step 1 :- Make sure you've jailbreak device with cydia installed on that and now open the cydia and goto Manage tab.
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The 24-year-old actress was charged Wednesday and is due to be arraigned later in the day.
Lohan's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, has denied the necklace was stolen.
Prosecutors are asking that bail be set at $20,000.
The charge is the latest legal problem for the starlet, who remains on probation for a 2007 drunken driving case.
Police began investigating Lohan for the theft after a store in the beachside community of Venice reported it missing on Jan. 22.


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TUSCALOOSA -- Big Terrence Cody has a vision of himself on the football field that he wants everyone else to see.
With each healthy meal, early morning workout or additional drop of sweat, Alabama's All-American nose tackle knows he's getting closer to shedding the label that comes with a mere one-trick act. He can become known more as a legitimate player and less of a phenomenon simply because of his size.
"I just want to show the coaches that I'm not just a big guy in the middle," Cody said. "I can do a lot more things than just stuff the run and be a space-eater."
For anyone wondering why Cody shrugged off genuine NFL interest and never seriously considered foregoing his final year of collegiate eligibility, the reason became clear as Alabama opened preseason practice Thursday morning.
While obviously still an imposing figure, Cody appeared noticeably slimmer from the player who bounded into the picture from Gulf Coast Community College in Mississippi and seized national attention a year ago.
For a guy who once played at a weight well past 400 pounds, Cody is listed on Alabama's current roster at 354 pounds, down from the 370-mark he hovered around last year. Above all, it's clear that his first and only turn through the Crimson Tide's offseason conditioning program has done wonders for the big man.
Muscle has appeared on his 6-foot-5 frame where fat used to be, and he can tell a difference in all areas.
He said he wasn't as fatigued after practice Thursday. The knee that he injured last season feels better, since it isn't carrying as much weight.
"I've actually gotten stronger since I've been losing weight," Cody said, "but you can't tell because we're not in pads and haven't played a game yet."
It didn't come easy. Workouts have been tough, and there have been changes off the field. Cody eats less during the day now. He also insists that he doesn't mind vegetables, so long as it isn't broccoli or asparagus.
"It will help me, being healthy, in the future," Cody said, "and not catching a heart attack or something like that."
Cody said goal is to get to the 340-345 range, which was something he heard last year from those who run in NFL circles.
That group includes Alabama coach Nick Saban, who was one of the biggest advocates toward Cody staying with the Crimson Tide for one more season. Unlike many college players in his position, Cody listened and never waivered.
"He felt it was best for me to come back anyway, because of my weight and condition-wise," Cody said. "I knew that from the get-go, that I needed to come back and get another year and go through the offseason program, get better in shape and lose weight."
By staying, the nose tackle retained his throne as "Big Cody," a loveable giant who is arguably the most recognized Crimson Tide player around town this side of Julio Jones.
He didn't expect the fame, and it's both his favorite and sometimes least favorite part of the role.
Said Cody, "There's no way I can hide myself. I stick out."
That, however, continues to change.
"He weighs less than he ever did last year," Saban said, "and he's probably in better shape than he ever was last year.
"Has he reached all the goals that we established for him? He has come close and we want to continue to help him work through camp so that he has an opportunity to maybe achieve those goals."
Saban praises. But he also carefully leaves a carrot dangling out there for a few more weeks, avoiding any final slips in Cody's diet before the Sept. 5 opener against Virginia Tech. The reward is important to Cody. It's the primary goal he been campaigning for since last season: He doesn't want to leave games in passing situations.
If a team was in a long-yardage situation on third down last season, Saban usually pulled Cody in favor of quicker pass-rush specialist such as sophomore Marcel Dareus. Saban said Wednesday that if the season started now, Cody would still not be in on third-down passing situations.
Cody's motivation thus remains the same, as he continues to try to prove to Saban that he is in good enough shape to do it.
"It will help me out in my stock in the draft," Cody said, "showing I can rush the passer and stay in all three downs."
A sophomore slump is a concern for players who attain one-year-wonder status. But Cody is a senior. He now hopes that by no longer being the physical wonder he once was, it will translate into success and another memorable season.
"When I got here," Cody said, "I didn't know I was going to blow up like this and get a status like this on campus. It was a big, big step for me. ... I'm having a lot of fun. I'll miss Alabama a lot when I leave here."


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The Union County Summer Arts Festival concert series continues its 54th season of music on Wednesday, Aug. 6, featuring American Rapture. The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders invites the public to attend this free concert that begins at 7:30 p.m., in Oak Ridge Park, located in Clark.
American Rapture, a 17-member Rock and Soul Revue, comes complete with marvelous singers and plenty of brass. Formed in 1999, American Rapture started as an annual musical theatre production for Mystic Vision Players in Linden. After a 10-year run, the group was transformed into a concert band, featuring popular music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
In addition to the great music all summer long, residents are invited to come out early and participate in Union County's Summer of Fitness, part of Chairman Hudak's Union County Get Fit initiative. Free community yoga classes will be held prior to the musical entertainment. This week's class will be conducted by Alluem Yoga of Cranford, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The Summer Arts Festival continues in August on Wednesday evenings at Oak Ridge Park in Clark beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Oak Ridge Park dates are Aug. 20 – Bernard Purdie All-Stars featuring America's most recorded drummer and Aug. 27 – The Nerds, New Jersey's hardest working, hardest rocking party band.
The Summer Arts Festival will make one stop in Plainfield at Cedar Brook Park, on Wednesday, Aug. 13 when the Sensational Soul Cruisers will perform timeless soul.
For more information, call the Union County Department of Parks and Recreation at 908-527-4900 or visit the Union County website: ucnj.org/summer.
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We are having unseasonably amazing weather in Seattle this week. Strange too, since I know the (usually warm) south east has been bundled up on the beach, meanwhile we are digging out our dusty sunscreens and floppy hats. Friday was our first day of nice weather, and I was determined to spend as much of it outside as possible. See the thing is, the weather is wonderful, but I wasn't quite ready for it. Our temps are usually much milder this time of year, so I hadn't picked up any fun backyard toys or baby pools to splash around in this summer, since I figured I had a few more weeks to browse.
But I will happily take this wonderful weather, even if it means I needed to get a little more creative. We went to a friend's house the other day and Cullen played at her water/sand table for hours. I think he would have been happy to stay all day. We know from vacations, as well as his epic nightly baths, that he's a little fish. The boy LOVES water. So I figured there had to be a way to have some wet and wild backyard fun despite any proper tables or pools.
I peeked into the garage at our storage tubs, but figured they were all either too deep or too full of my old work clothes I can't seem to part with. I needed something that could hold a good amount of water, but short enough for Cullen to bend over and splash in.
Enter the infant bath tub.
It's been sitting under our bathroom counter for many long months. We kept it around for any future sibs, but I never really considered that it might have life beyond the baby baths. I brought it out into the backyard and Cullen gave me a questioning look. Really Mom?
Then I turned on the faucet and his eyes lit up. I filled it up with a few buckets full of water and tossed in a bunch of measuring cups from the kitchen. For the next two and a half hours, he splashed, poured, and dunked while I relaxed in the sunshine soaking up the gorgeous weather with my awesome little sidekick. Of course, by the end of it he was completely soaked from head to toe, but that's what summer is all about – right? Between water, sand, and sunscreen, I'm expecting him to wear no less than three outfits a day.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The Transplant Games of America, which celebrates the second chances for organ transplant recipients throughout the U.S., got a new lease on life when the West Michigan Sports Commission and local organizers teamed up to rescue the the Olympic-style sports festival.
It now appears there'll be an encore performance in 2014.
The closing ceremonies of the 2012 Transplant Games of America on Tuesday night at DeVos Performance Hall included numerous references to the festival returning in two years after a stunning leadership effort in putting on a five-day event the National Kidney Foundation abandoned after last year.
"I just didn't want it to end," said T.J. Maciak, a kidney transplant recipient from Hudsonville, whose passion for the Transplant Games inspired a warp-speed local effort to adopt and organize the festival held primarily on the Grand Valley State University campus. "The legacy lives on in a lot of ways. It's the gift of life for a lot of people and I'm confident the games are going to continue in the future."
The local organizing effort began last August.
The NKF cited economic factors in canceling the U.S. Transplant Games, but the tireless passion of local sports marketing executive Bill Ryan, the Sports Commission and hundreds of volunteers made it possible for 1,000 transplant recipients to compete in sports from basketball to volleyball.
In all, there were nearly 1,000 athletes, 1,500 donor families, sponsorship from Spectrum Health and Saint Mary's Health Care and 700 volunteers who helped turn the rebranded games into a smashing success.
The local economic impact could reach as high as $2 million.
"I thought it was phenomenal," said Ryan, who served as chairman of the Transplant Games of America and master of ceremonies for both the opening and closing ceremonies. "It far exceeded our expectations in terms of the results and the feedback we got from the sponsors and participants.
"The team of people we had who put this together was spectacular."
GVSU athletic director Tim Selgo, who attended the closing ceremonies, said he couldn't have been prouder to open up the school's campus for such an inspiring and heartwarming festival.
"It's one of the coolest events we've ever had in Grand Rapids," he said. "It's an honor for Grand Valley to host all of these inspirational people. We were honored to partner with the West Michigan Sports Commission to help make this happen. We would love to be able to host it again."
The closing ceremonies featured a repeat performance from country music artist Hunter Brooks, who sang "Second Chance," written specifically for transplant recipients. He also performed it during the opening ceremonies.
Utah-Idaho was honored as the top-scoring team of the Transplant Games.
Diane Miller, a liver transplant recipient from Team Arizona, was named the top female athlete while Don Enhot, a 75-year-old heart transplant recipient from Team Philly, was named the top male athlete.
Joe Eitzel of Team Virginia was named the top youth participant and received a standing ovation for his special display of compassion and sportsmanship in his age group in the 50-meter sprint. He stopped short of the finish line and surrendered his medal position to another runner who was using a walker.
"It's been an incredible weekend," Ryan told the audience.
Maciak, 36, said he was thrilled with the way his hometown embraced the Transplant Games, whose goal is to spread awareness and find donors for 114,000 people in the U.S. still on transplant waiting lists.
He won four medals, including a pair of golds, competing in five different events.
"I've heard nothing but good things," he said of the reaction to Grand Rapids as a host site. "The impact in the transplant community has been great, but it's also been great for West Michigan and showing how great our area is.
"It's kind of contagious. We just need to keep getting the word out."


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Exhibits Opening & Welcome Reception
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Colorado Convention Center
Enjoy a beverage, view the exhibits, and network with colleagues and friends at the 2007 Welcome Reception. The Exhibit Hall opens at 5:30, immediately following the technical sessions.
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wario ware: unlock all the microgames and the mini game "Pyoro Trip" or something will be unlocked
Well done, awsome info, thanx for sharing dude
Dunno if anyone has noticed this one but i found it really funny. On the Mii channel if you press a and b together on a Mii you can pick it up. The hand on the screen grabs the Mii by the forehead and the Mii swings its arms and legs about. It looks really funny!!!!
Wii SPORTS
In the photo channel, if you want your eraser to be bigger, move your Wiimote closer to the screen and it'll get huge, and vice versa.
(I searched 'eraser' in 'search this thread' and got no matches -- sorry if this was posted) :3
Successfully modded my Wii with CycloWiz! :] Works great.
My signature picture exploded.
obvious ones
The highest peak of your serve in tennis is when you should hit for a power serve
Already said, but on the 91 pin throw, throw at the bumper and keep it balanced, then all the pins will explode for a auto-strike.
In baseball, if your winning by a huge amount you win by mercy.
hey Turles, remember me?MaXSiM?
In NFS carbon, don't fly into a tizz and run to the store screaming abuse because it implies there is multiplayer mode and there isn't (which I came within inches of doing). What many people miss, including a large number of game reviewers, is that there IS split screen two player - just so well hidden as to be a total pain in the proverbial. (I have seen several respected reviewers bemoaning the 'fact'that carbon has no multi player) These instructions are painfully lacking from all the (terribly poor) documentation for the game.
When you first load the game, and go to quick race, you will notice it has Game type solo. And you can NOT change this, no matter what button you press. So go and start another new career. Once you have at least 2 alias's registered in the career section of the game (which should be UNRELATED to quick race!), arrows mysteriously appear on either side of the "solo"game type listing and scrolling left or right will give you your two player split screen race. works very well once you have it!
EA really dropped the ball there - but why am I not surpirsed? what with all the ball dropping going on at EA in the last few years, you'd think maybe the games had matured a tad...
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i just turned on my wii and noticed that when theres a new poll on it, it has the poll come across the little box everybody votes channel is in.
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Ever Tried, Ever Failed, Fail again until your 36th time comes
Stan Wawrinka reached his 1st grand slam final in his 36th grand slam as he defeated Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6(3), 7-6 (4) in 3 hours & 31 minutes to secure his place in the Sunday's final where he will meet the winner of the second semi-final to be played on Friday between Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal.
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This win ensures that Stan Wawrinka has assured himself of a career high ranking of at least No. 6 (No. 3 if he wins Australian Open title) & unless Roger Federer wins Australian Open, for the first time in his career, he will be ranked Swiss No. 1, read more about the ATP Ranking scenarios post Australian Open, 2014 right here.
Stan Wawrinka had two heart-breaking losses last year. First one was against Novak Djokovic in the 4th Round of Australian Open, 2013 & the 2nd loss came in the Davis Cup just 12 days after that, where in the 1st Round doubles tie vs Team Czech Republic, he & Marco Chiudinelli lost 24-22 in the 5th set vs Tomas Berdych & Lukas Rosol in what was the longest ever doubles match in the open era history.
Ironically, Wawrinka got the revenge of both those defeats by defeating Djokovic & Berdych in successive matches enroute to his first ever final of a grand slam.
Today, it was the turn of Team Berdych to put a towel on the camera in the players box & the entire team of Tomas Berdych including his girlfriend Ester Satarova (in picture) was spotted wearing the same shirt as his shirt.
This trend of covering the camera in the players box was started by Severin Luthi & Mirka Federer at US Open, 2012.
Wawrinka started the set with extreme confidence & was looking completely relaxed & at ease while playing in his second successive semi-final at a grand slam event.
The Swiss got the 1st break in the eight game as he wrapped up the first set in the 9th game 6-3 in just 31 minutes.
Here are the first set stats -----
Though, Wawrinka's 1st set % was only 62, but, still he didn't face any break point & he capitalized on the only break point that he got in the set
There was no break of serve in the 2nd set as the second set went to a tie-breaker. Tomas Berdych served magnificently in the 2nd set & got off to an early lead in the tie-breaker & from there on, there was no stopping for Berdych as he wrapped up the tie-breaker 7-1.
The 2nd set lasted 56 minutes.
Here are the second set stats ---------
Third set
The third set also went almost in the identical fashion as the 2nd set. Berdych got the only break point of the set in the 9th game but how ever Wawrinka saved the break point and held on to make it 5-4.
Also, it needs to be added here that the majority of the crowd looked pro Wawrinka than Berdych.
Picture of Stan Wawrinka's box with Magnus Norman, Severin Luthi, Stan's dad Wolfram Wawrinka, Stan's mom Isabelle Wawrinka & the Swiss man's supporter cheering him on.
The third set also went to a Tie-Breaker.
The third set tie-breaker was opposite to the 2nd set tie-breaker. Wawrinka got the first mini break. How ever, two double faults by Berdych costed him dearly as Wawrinka won the 3rd set tie-breaker 7-3. The set lasted 55 minutes.
Here are the third set stats ------
First reaction of Wawrinka after winning the 3rd set --------
4th Set
The first service game of the 4th set was the longest game of the match. Wawrinka had a break point & the game saw six deuces & last 10 minutes as Berdych held on to make it 1-0.
There were no break of serves again in the 4th set as the fourth set again went to a tie-breaker.
Wawrinka got the mini break on the first service of Berdych & then Wawrinka, won his next two service points to get to a 3-0 lead. Yet another double fault by Berdych made it 4-1 in favor of the Swiss.
Berdych managed to win the next point when he forcesdWawrinka to overhit a backhand to trail 4-2 but Wawrinka fired an ace down the T to move to within two points of the final.
The Swiss then gently tapped his racket against his head to remind himself to remain focussed. And after Berdych overhit a forehand return, Wawrinka brought up three match points. Wawrinka double faulted to let the first one slide. But Wawrinka managed to win the tie-breaker 7-4 after Berdych overhit a ball.
Stan Wawrinka's first reaction after winning the match
Here's the video of the match point -------
Stan Wawrinka in his post match on-court interview to Jim Courier stated that, "Federer texted me last night and told me he was so happy to have two Swiss guys in the semifinals," Wawrinka said. "I told him for you it's normal. For me, it's not normal. I will watch the [Federer-Nadal] match on my TV, maybe with some popcorn."
Stan Wawrinka's career prize money after this win crosses 10 Million USD
Before the start of Australian Open, Stan Wawrinka's career prize money was 8.83 million, but as a result of reaching finals of Australian Open, 2014, he is guaranteed of 1.3 million, which will take his career prize money over 10 million USD.
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For the most part, Wednesday post-election day is one we can celebrate and release a long-held sigh. It allows us a look back from the standpoint of knowing, finally, how the votes settled out. This was no doubt a vibrant presidential election year. On a state level, the dialogue was robust with 59 legislators up for re-election.
It is now safe to turn your television on without a barrage of commercials relating to the Tuesday General Election. Some of it provided enjoyable entertainment. Facebook is a safer location to visit now, as well, without feeling frustrated at friends and relatives who poked fun of your candidate or just didn't get it.
The debates were strident, loud and ultimately, informative. With much at stake in the U.S. economy, federal trillion-dollar deficits and exiting two wars, the talks cast an urgency on leaders who need solid plans and brilliant ideas. Whoever wins the presidency will need the support of Congress to carve out solutions. So, on this Wednesday, let's pray that at least that much optimism isn't too much to ask.
Elections aren't always difficult to predict, but this year's is a case in point. Who will occupy the White House was anyone's guess in a close call by pollsters Tuesday. CNN and Huffington Post gave a narrow spread between President Barack Obama, 48 percent approval, and Gov. Mitt Romney, 46.8 percent. With a margin of error at plus or minus two points, they might as well share a single number.
On the state front, of interest, might be a look at how voters chose on the Ballot Measure 1, asking if the state should call a new Constitutional Convention. The prevailing wisdom seems to be this would open a big can of worms and loosen special interests who would shape discussions along their own agenda's lines. It will be interesting to see how Alaskans chose.
And it's always fascinating to see whether this is the year U.S. Rep. Don Young is going to lose his House seat, after nearly 40 years and his 20th term in Congress. We don't need a pollster to tell us Young's significant advantages amassing power during his decades in office. But Democrat Sharon Cissna has run a strong campaign generating significant interest among voters. You have to cheer in the face of the kind of optimism that beat cancer in this Alaska legislator and the strength to face off against Young. If this is the year someone beats Young, it's going to be an historic year indeed.
Local elections on the Kenai Peninsula didn't have that many contested seats. Peter Micciche walks into his Senate seat, as does Mike Chenault in the House. Rep. Paul Seaton, a member of the bipartisan coalition, faced off with Democrat Liz Diament.
Of more interest in this race, is whether big money managed to convince voters that the bipartisan coalitions weren't, well, politically loyal in their clear-party distinctions. That was a discussion it was no doubt good to get off the chest – how much should we expect Republicans to vote with Republicans and Dems with Democrats? It would have suited Gov. Parnell better to have those party distinctions, when it came to getting his $2 billion oil tax rebate program going. That didn't happen, in a show of bipartisan strength that kept asking for answers in the fine print.
Let's hope there is much to celebrate as the numbers keep coming in. Let's also remember, that without our brave American Veterans, we might not have the right to vote.
Don't forget to turn out for the parade and show your appreciation to their service and sacrifices at 11 a.m. Sunday beginning on Lake Street and Pioneer.
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In the second quarter of 2009, DirecTV saw sales soar to $5.22 billion, 9% above the comparable 2008 period. Earnings stayed flat at $0.40 per share, but free cash flow exploded to $550 million -- 47% higher than last year. Subscriber growth is accelerating, and DirecTV added 224,000 fresh U.S. customers in the quarter, net of churn.
DirecTV has more than 24 million customers across North, Central, and South America. The company likes to target high-quality subscribers who choose services based on quality rather than price, leaving lower-margin business largely to rival DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH ) and to cable companies like Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWX ) or Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA ) .
The satellite guys are always at each others' throats, and the barbs they sling at each other paint a clear picture of their respective goals:
- DirecTV claims to be No. 1 in customer satisfaction, with the most full-time high-definition channels and the juiciest sports packages available. Some DirecTV customers have true-blue TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO ) DVR boxes rather than some plain-Jane Motorola (NYSE: MOT ) job. Motto: "Good TV. Better TV. DIRECTV."
- Dish fights back from a lowest-price position, pointing out that Dish offered full-HD 1080p programming before DirecTV did, and that even DirecTV's introductory offers will cost you in the long run. Dish is fighting TiVo to the pain in court over the right to sell non-TiVo digital video recorders. Battle cry: "Same TV. Lower Price. Better Value."
Judging by DirecTV's results, the quality-over-value strategy is paying dividends even while consumers are pinching their pennies. Really good entertainment providers do seem to make it through recessions OK -- just watch Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX ) floating through this one unscathed.
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The search for a 50-year-old man who went missing while swimming in Lake Pontchartrain Sunday afternoon continued through the night and into Monday morning, according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard.
New Orleans police and the Coast Guard began search and rescue operations about 4 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Beauregard
Avenue and Lakeshore Drive where Telesford Chavez-Lopez had been swimming with family members.
According to police spokesperson Garry Flot, family members had called the man to shore when he encountered rough waters. As he attempted to return to shore, he began to have difficulty swimming and went underwater and never resurfaced.
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Published by Nintendo, Developed by Nintendo
Genres: Platformer
US release date: Nov 18th, 2012 | EU release date: -
Very good
There was an arcade quite a while back in the mall near my house. This was of course before they were put on the endangered species list. A 3-year-old blonde haired boy pulled up a crate to stand on just so he could reach the buttons to his favorite arcade game in the world. The...read full review
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The Serious Problem Brewing for Pokemon GO!
A day with Pokemon GO Down Under
Adventure awaits.
Splatoon's Last Ever Splatfest is Coming
And It's Sister vs. Sister
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away at 55
Rest In Peace
Nintendo has detailed the return of its World Championship
Do you have what it takes?
Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Officially Revealed
The Force is strong with this one...
Rumor: Disney Infinity 3.0 Leaked Early
Straight from a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2...OH YEAAAAH!
Nintendo should do this more.
The Nintendo GameCube: An Interesting Legacy
Will The Wii U Have a Similar Fate?
Project Ukulele - Possible Hint at Characters
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January 6 practice quotes: Dustin Brown
On what changed in the team's overall game against Vancouver:
Overall, probably our entire game, it looked like a typical – we gave up a PK goal early on which has been a trend we need to kind of get rid of. I think the key to Vancouver is we just stuck with it. The guys in here have played together, been through it all, and when we stick to the game plan – and that's top to bottom really, all the players and all the coaches stick with it – over time we're going to wear teams down and that's what I think happened against Vancouver.
On what he needs to improve on:
I think my physical play has probably been just about the same as it is every year, but it's holding onto pucks offensively. Making it harder on the defensemen, driving on the outside, getting to the net more and like I said, holding onto the puck. I haven't been holding onto the puck maybe nearly as much as I normally do. The longer I can kind of hold on to it – I mean that's the type of team we are too. You look at Kopitar our best player, he probably has the puck more than anyone on the ice every game. I think the more I hold onto it, the better I can be.
On his offensive production:
It's one of those things – part of being a pro is trying to figure it out. It's just been one of those years where my attention to detail and focus probably hasn't been there for whatever reason. That's just one of those things that I need to key in on is just the details of it.
On the fine margin between winning and losing:
I think, especially in the west, the teams are pretty close regardless of record. I thought we played a pretty good game in Chicago and we didn't find a way to score a goal. And that's against the defending Stanley Cup champions. It's a matter of finding it and that's what good teams do. That's what happened when we won all those games or didn't lose in regulation or whatever it was, we found ways to get timely goals or big goals. Sometimes that's the difference.
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Booh - Studio Edition
Booh is Clementine's younger brother. Booh gets nervous around breakable objects. He's had some bad experiences.
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Booh is the sweetest little soul! He loves sunny days, tea parties and frolicking through enchanted forests! His smile can warm even the coldest of hearts, and he really loves holding hands when crossing the street, or out on a stroll, or well… all of the time! But please note, he WILL break all your breakables… even when he's trying his hardest not too. He just will. You have been warned!
Booh is the tornado of mess in the Clementine and Booh series. Meet the rest of the crew here!
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Two points do not come easily in the NHL, and sometimes it takes a bit of trickery to ensure the outcome.
That's where Kyle Turris came in Saturday night. His shootout goal - after he bounced the puck off his skate and froze a rookie goaltender - locked up the 4-3 win over the New York Islanders.
The smile on Turris' face was a direct contrast to Nathan Lawson's reaction -slamming his stick against the net.
"It (the win) means a lot," said Turris. "We found a way, you always got to try find a way to win. It was great for our group; we really needed it."
The Coyotes were desperate for a win after dropping the first two games of a six-game road trip. The journey continues Monday night when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins, led by scoring machine Sidney Crosby, who has 28 goals and 54 points.
The Coyotes had to scramble to get three points in the first three games but now have a good chance for a better than break-even trip.
Goaltender Jason LaBarbera came up big against the Islanders with 41 saves and will be back in net against the Penguins while Ilya Bryzgalov continues his rehab in Phoenix from an upper-body injury.
The slick move by Turris in the shootout was one he began using in juniors, and he was successful with it in San Antonio last season. It's a maneuver he uses in practice, and while the shootout was in progress he decided to give it a whirl after a brief chat with Shane Doan.
Doan had just scored, and as Radim Vrbata was getting road to score what would prove to be the winning goal, Turris asked Doan if he should use the move.
"I'm like, 'Doaner, should I do my move?' and he was like, 'If you're comfortable with it, then do it. Just be confident and maybe you can pull that off.' That's why I did it."
Coyotes enforcer Paul Bissonnette informed people after the game that he was the one who taught Turris the move.
Turris laughed and said, "Biss can take all the credit he wants."
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Tea, Milk, Honey – three pass watercolor
I went into figure drawing today, with the goal of focusing on painting in three passes. I'm trying to be a bit more systematic, as I'm teaching some workshops later this summer.
(I'll be at the Urban Sketchers Santo Domingo workshop in July. Registration and info Santo Domingo Workshop).
Today's stuff is an extension of the 'draw the shadow shapes' idea from last post (two down).
The idea is to mass-in a pale transparent wash filling the whole figure. As it dries, (ideally waiting until it's completely dry, but that's impossible with short poses), return with a stronger pigment mix for the shadow mass, and then stronger again for the contact shadows. (Contact shadows are the little ones where forms touch – like under the thigh touching a chair).
The mental guide I use is "Tea, Milk, Honey" – describing the viscosity of the pigment for each pass.
It's a bit of a lie, as I never get quite as dense as honey, but I need some matching words. You could say Tea, Coffee, Cream, but it doesn't make a proper set of words. In any case, the concept is you move up a grade of pigment viscosity as you go darker. When the shadow shapes are dry-ish, you can make the final touches of darkest dark and lightest light with thick creamy honey-like mixes. Almost, but not quite, opaque. I often use 60/40 gouache/watercolor at this stage.
April 2, 2012 5:20 am
I was wondering: Is this done at the UQAM figure drawing classes?
And… well… wherever you did that, it's beautiful. Really.
April 4, 2012 1:10 am
I've been reading your blog for a while, and I love the watercolour posts. I'm starting to make a few faltering steps with watercolour life drawings myself, and I find the explanations you give for what you're doing and why are very helpful in figuring this medium out (it has a mind of its own!).
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AT&T regularly adds close to a million connected devices per quarter to its mobile network and exceeded that number by some margin in a particularly strong Q4, the company told Total Telecom this week, shortly after making an announcement that will enable it to extend its reach in certain industry verticals.
The U.S. telco recorded 1.5 million net additions in the fourth quarter, including both consumer devices and enterprise machine-to-machine (M2M) connections, according to Eric Krauss, director of M2M product management at AT&T Business Solutions. "A great majority of them were consumer products," due to the holiday season falling during the quarter, Krauss explained. During the rest of 2010, the telco added around 900,000 connected devices per quarter, split roughly equally between business and consumer connections.
M2M is a growing market. According to ABI Research, M2M connections will reach in excess of 297 million in 2015, up from 232.5 million the previous year. Europe will lead the way with 110 million connections, followed by North America with 79 million and Asia-Pacific with close to 66 million.
Krauss declined to share AT&T's own forecasts for M2M connections, but described ABI's numbers as "pretty darn accurate".
Earlier this week AT&T revealed four partnerships in the M2M space, "each in a certain vertical we're going after," Krauss said. The company is working with cloud-based M2M platform provider Axeda, which has traction in the industrial, medical, IT, banking, retail and government sectors; ILS Technology, which provides monitoring and predictive maintenance applications in the building automation, data centre, energy management, and industrial markets; SensorLogic, which specialises in fleet management; and Sierra Wireless, developer of the AirVantage cloud-based service and development platform.
"Our customers are asking us to be more end-to-end," Krauss said. They want us to do more, "and we'll charge for that".
AT&T's target market is U.S. companies with a global presence. For example, it is currently running a multi-country trial with a heavy-lifting vehicle maker that wants to capture engine data to gain a better understanding of how a new engine is performing.
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UNION —State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), once considered a leading candidate to chair the Union County Democratic Party, said today he will not seek the job now that party leaders across the state suggest he should be state party chairman.
"I'm not running for the county chair," Lesniak said.
His comment came one day after he acknowledged there was an effort afoot to draft him for the statewide position. Lesniak said he is not discouraging those efforts.
Rahway Councilman Robert Bresenhan had called for Lesniak to be state chair, joining many other Democrats, including Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester)
"This is a crucial year and a critical election cycle and the New Jersey Democratic State Party needs a leader who will unify and lead Democrats to victory in November, from the top of the slate all the way down to the bottom," Bresenhan said in a statement.
State Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), the Democratic nominee for governor, wants Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (D-Hudson) for the job.
Lesniak had been mentioned as a possible successor to county Chairwoman Charlotte DeFilippo, who last month announced she was stepping down and resigning as chair of the Union County Improvement Authority.
Her announcement came days after she came under attack from Tom Neff, chairman of the state Local Finance Board, for the salary and benefits she receives as authority executive director.
DeFilippo said "unwarranted" attacks could impact county projects.
Among others mentioned as the next county chair were Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage and Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Union).
Green today said he had been meeting with local Democratic leaders seeking support of his bid for county chair. While saying DeFilippo "has done a great job," Green stressed that he is Assembly speaker pro-tem, served two terms as county freeholder and has been Plainfield Democratic chairman for 25 years.
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As dramatized in writer/director Stefan Ruzowitsky's "The Counterfeiters," that was the case with a small band of Jewish concentration camp prisoners who, near the end of World War II, undermined the Nazis' attempts to ruin the British and American economies by flooding them with fake currency.
This year's Academy Award winner (from Austria) as best foreign-language film, "The Counterfeiters" focuses on Salomon Sorowitsch (played by Karl Markovics), a Jewish artist and forger known as Sally. Sally is pressed into German service after being arrested for his civilian crimes. He's a fictional character, but based on a real person.
The cop (David Striesow) who nails Sally in 1936 turns out to be the commandant of the Sachsenhausen camp, and thus head of the counterfeiting scam there, Operation Bernhard.
Sally, who has saved himself by painting portraits of Nazis and their families, is ordered to resume what he does best, make funny money. He's at odds with Adolph Burger (August Diehl), a
Communist who sabotages the printing efforts because he refuses to cooperate with the German war effort.
If the Germans find out, it could get Sally and all the other forgers killed. That prospect does not sit well with them. Some considering ratting out Burger to save themselves. Sally himself is infuriated with Burger, but defends him from a sense of criminal honor in which you don't inform on your own, no matter what. Sally promises he'll kill anyone who harms Burger. He means it.
Opening today at the Harbor theater, "The Counterfeiters" is taken from a memoir by the real Burger, who is now in his 90s.
This impressive drama is reminiscent of Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," with a twist based in fact. The forgers are given such privileges as good food when the rest of the camp's prisoners are starving to death, and warm clothing from prisoners who have been executed, most likely in gas chambers.
Spoken in German with English subtitles, "The Counterfeiters" opens and closes after the fact, when the war is over and Sally is a rich gambler betting with money he's continued to manufacture. A final gesture cleans him out, though probably not for long.
Ruzowitzsky pulls at least three great performances from Markovics, Striesow and Diehl in "The Counterfeiters."
Markovics, to put it mildly, is not a standard leading man. Gaunt, long of face and thin of hair, he makes an impassive protagonist whose deeds extend not from conviction but rather a sense of pragmatism. As far as Sally is concerned, dying doesn't get you anywhere but dead.


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By PAUL CLARKE
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Created in the New World and ardently embraced by the Old, the cocktail has nevertheless remained a traditionally Western affair.
Constructed from American whiskey or English gin, and modified with vermouth from Italy or liqueurs from France, cocktails have an international aspect -- but for much of mixology's history, large swaths of the planet have been mostly overlooked.
Not that this is entirely new. Sake-spiked martinis and bloody marys laced with wasabi have become standards at restaurant-bars looking for simple cross-cultural liquid connections. But only recently have bartenders become more adventurous with the ingredients and flavors found in restaurant kitchens serving Thai, Vietnamese or Japanese cuisine. Today a thirsty customer is likely to find drinks that match the juniper bite of gin with the aromatic heat of ginger, or pair the vegetal sweetness of tequila with the crisp tang of tamarind.
Pok Pok and the affiliated Whiskey Soda Lounge have been among the early adapters and most visible purveyors of Asian-influenced drinks in Portland. In addition to the line of Som drinking vinegars -- which Pok Pok began serving in 2005 and entered national distribution last summer -- Andy Ricker and his staff regularly tweak classic-cocktail recipes using ingredients from their Southeast Asian-focused kitchen. Menu stalwarts include the tamarind whiskey sour and a vodka Collins made with the fragrant funkiness of salted plum.
"I have a background in bartending as well as cooking, and I wanted to use the products we have on hand to match the flavors in the food we're making," Ricker says. "There are a lot of Asian ingredients that work well with drinks because they're bright, clean flavors, and that's what you want with cocktails."
At Biwa, bartenders use salted plum in the Yoyogi, a vodka-based drink also flavored with ginger syrup. As with most of these other bars and restaurants, Biwa bartenders focus on simple preparations -- many of them basic twists on classic cocktails -- that use ingredients from the restaurant kitchen. The result is drinks such as the Milwaukee, a basic Manhattan prepared with ginseng-infused bourbon, and a Collins made with cucumber and soju. "It's helpful in terms of having drinks that harmonize with the food," says co-owner Gabe Rosen. "We take the same approach as in the kitchen: We're serving Japanese food using U.S. ingredients, and we're very methodical in the way we put the flavors together."
Adam Ho took a similar approach for the drinks at Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen. Ho's menu features standard Vietnamese drinks with a nudge of alcohol -- such as an iced coffee with the minty herbaceousness of Branca Menta, and an avocado smoothie spiked with rum and served with tapioca bubbles. But it also includes ambitious originals such as the Team Dac Biet, made with bourbon, pear cider and pho syrup, a sweetener flavored with signature pho spices including cinnamon, star anise and coriander.
Ho says that when Luc Lac opened, he was concerned that the public might not be ready for such cross-cultural cocktails, only to discover his clientele was thirsty for this kind of option. "I was really worried at first -- I'm going against the grain where we're located, but when we opened, people came to see what we offered," he says. "Now they make many different visits to try each of the drinks out, and our customers know these cocktails now."
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CALEDONIA – Jared Timmer will never forget his first varsity game as a member of the Unity Christian boys basketball team.
It was a debut like no other.
The 5-foot-11 sophomore guard knocked down the game-winning shot with 5.1 seconds remaining to propel the Crusaders to an improbable 45-44 road win Tuesday night against Caledonia.
Timmer's shot capped a wild final 40 seconds that saw Unity erase an eight-point deficit and score seven unanswered points to close the game.
"Coming in and making the shot was unreal for my first time on varsity," said Timmer, who also made a pair of timely free throws in the rally.
"I knew we had to get an open shot, and the ball was passed to me, and I took the shot. It felt good when it went in and it was great. It's something I will remember for the rest of my life."
Timmer was moved up from junior varsity during Christmas break, and despite only playing 10 minutes off the bench and scoring four points, he stepped up in the clutch.
"It was his first game, and I'm sure he is pretty excited," Crusaders coach Scott Soodsma said. "It was a good start for him, and he likes those kind of moments. He showed up tonight."
It appeared as if Unity was headed for the loss after Caledonia went on a 7-0 run late in the fourth quarter to snap a 33-33 tie.
The Crusaders (6-1) trailed 43-35 with 39 seconds left, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Mitch Tolman and Nick DeVries cut the gap to three points.
Timmer made two free throws with 20 second left, and then missed free throws by Caledonia gave Unity hope.
"I give the kids a lot of credit because they played hard at the end," Soodsma said. "We got some breaks, and all of those shots we missed all game long started to fall. We got a little lucky, but at least we didn't give up and we gave it a shot."
Caledonia (4-4) missed 3 of 4 free throws and committed a pair of turnovers down the stretch.
It had a chance to win in the final four seconds, but Unity's Ryan Wassink intercepted a long pass to secure the comeback.
"You can't turn the ball over and miss free throws and expect to beat good teams that are well-coached like Unity Christian," a dejected Fighting Scots coach Todd Bloemers said. "Credit their kids for never stopping fighting, and maybe we relaxed a little bit and that's on me.
"We've experienced success and defeat, and been on both ends of it, but it's as tough a loss as I've had to swallow as a head coach. Hopefully we will learn from this and it will bring us together."
Unity, playing its first game since Dec. 21, overcame a dismal shooting performance.
The Crusaders shot 19 percent (5-26) in the first half and scored only four points in the second quarter.
Wassink led Unity with 17 points, but was four of 22 from the field.
"We struggled tonight, and we couldn't buy a basket or throw it in the ocean," Soodsma said. "Fortunately, we were good enough defensively to hang in there and not get too far behind."
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Syracuse long snapper Sam Rodgers is one of 151 nominees for the 2013 Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team, an award that recognizes players for "enriching the lives of others while contributing to the greater good of their communities."
Rodgers' nomination, announced Tuesday, stems from his one-week mission trip to Haiti this spring, his time spent speaking with local middle schoolers about nutrition and his creation of a Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Cazenovia Middle School.
He is also a leader of Syracuse's Uplifting Athletes chapter and helped organize the school's first "Lift for Life" event, a fundraiser for cancer research.
The official Good Works Teams is comprised of 11 members and will be unveiled in September.
While many recipients are, like Rodgers, relative unknowns to college football fans, noted "good guys" like Peyton and Eli Manning, Tim Tebow and Robert Griffin III have been named to the team previously.


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Erika Borslien of West Fargo is a member of the University Symphonic Band at Concordia University, Nebraska for its 2013-2014 academic year. Erika, a freshman, plays Clarinet and is working towards a degree in B.Mus. Music Education, Church Music.
The University Symphonic Band is Concordia University's premiere concert band and is deeply rooted in the more than one hundred year history of instrumental musical ensembles at Concordia. Andrew Schultz is the band's conductor.
Along with several concert performances throughout the school year, the Symphonic Band is one of several ensembles that perform at the popular Christmas at Concordia concert series, which draws an audience of approximately 2,000 people to each of its four concerts each December.
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As a producer, Judd Apatow rarely triumphs. The American Jewish filmmaker finds funny ideas and the right people to make them work, but the strong moralism of the movies he directs himself—40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, especially—doesn't translate, usually resulting in off-color junk. The Five-Year Engagement, the latest from Apatow Productions, almost proves to be an exception. The new romantic comedy by director Nicholas Stoller not only plays for genuine laughs, but it also makes pertinent points about our culture's struggle with commitment, specifically in marriage. It gets things mostly right—and, of course, a few things wrong.
Written by Stoller and Jason Segel (who last co-wrote and starred in the wholesom The Muppets), the story details the five-year engagement of Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt) and Tom Solomon (Segel). They're clearly in love, but the problem—the prolonged engagement—turns out to be themselves. Before settling down, Violet wants to pursue a career in academia as a psychology professor, while Tom wants to be a successful chef. Their separate paths don't sync, leading to a difficult transition from San Francisco to Michigan, causing contempt and discontent. They put their marriage, and their relationship, on hold.
This plot alone doesn't stand out as smart or funny; it's mostly contrived and predictable and, at times, divergent. In the disconnected moments, like Tom growing a beard and becoming a deer hunter to deal with his unhappiness, Stoller doesn't trust his story, his characters, or his audience. Instead, he goes on random tangents, trying to sustain our interest. These deviations make the comedic style uneven—sometimes leaving its rom-com roots for a more ridiculous, idiosyncratic aesthetic in the vein of Napoleon Dynamite and Hot Rod. It also slows the pace and keeps the central narrative from moving forward, resulting in a longer movie than it should have been.
Thankfully, the characters transcend these missteps. From the opening sequence, the silly and sincere initial proposal, we immediately fall in love. Tom is a typical Segel persona—a kind, apathetic goofball … and hilarious. Segel has yet to wear out this typecast, continuing to draw laughs with sound comedic timing—particularly in his deadpan delivery. Then there's his awkward physical humor, including a scene where he fails miserably in chasing down Violet's insolent boss. Violet, played delightfully by Blunt, couldn't be more sharp and charming. In a performance perhaps too good for a film of this genre, Blunt uses her eyes so precisely to convince us of Violet's love for Tom, from mere reactions to his dumb remarks to moments of high drama. Together, she and Segel are a blend of energy and chemistry, inviting us to just hang out and watch them be sweet and funny.
A slew of other characters bring additional laughs, including Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling, and Randall Park, who play Violet's geeky colleagues. Chris Pratt also stands out in the part of Alex, Tom's tactless best friend who knocks up Violet's sister, Suzie, played by Alison Brie (Mad Men, Community), the brightest of the supporting cast. In full-on British accent, her Suzie actually ventures from the proper schoolgirl character that Brie is known for, showing her range in a slyer, livelier role. In a hilarious scene where she and Blunt hash out an argument about commitment in Elmo and Cookie Monster voices, Brie confirms her comedic genius while making the film's moral undertones all the more effective.


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- 1 can (14.5 ounces) low sodium chicken broth OR 2 cups homemade chicken broth
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast
- Optional ingredients: baked tortilla chips, chopped cilantro, sliced or chopped avocado, light sour cream, shredded cheese
- Add tomatoes, beans, corn, broth, garlic, chili powder, cumin (if desired), and pepper in large saucepan.
- Remove and discard any visible fat from chicken. Cut chicken into large chunks and add to the saucepan. Heat to boiling, reduce heat, and simmer (covered) for 20 minutes, or until chicken is tender.
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The Celtics suffered another humiliating loss on their home court, 111-91 to the Memphis Grizzlies. It was an epic fail on both sides of the ball.
This one was over after the first 12 minutes. The Celtics mustered only 12 points (29% FG) in the 1st quarter. Hopes that the Celtics reserves would take advantage of a weak Grizzlies bench faded quickly. The lead swelled to 22 (55-33) at the half. Kudos to the Garden crowd for booing the crap out of the Celtics as they headed to the locker room. They must have heard the boos, but I'm not sure they care.
The rebounding stats are horrific: 48 – 29.
The offense perked up in the 3rd quarter. The Celtics put 30 on the board in the quarter, but every time they put some buckets together, Memphis answered. Defense was no where to be found tonight.
The lead reached a high of 29 points (107-78).
Rajon Rondo had 17 points, 8 assists and -21 +/-. Hasheem Thabeet had a +25 +/-.
Rajon Rondo had 17 points, 8 assists and -21 +/-. Hasheem Thabeet had a +25 +/-.Is there anything left to say?
We were all hoping this team would be capable of flipping the switch, but they're more likely to lose in the 1st round than advance to the conference finals.
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M.C. Escher was a Dutch artist known for creating prints that were optical illusions. What you first see in an Escher print is seldom all there is to see.
The parables in todays Gospel reading are like that. By themselves, they describe the profound growth of the kingdom of God. From a seed the size of a period on this page, a mustard tree can grow to be thirteen feet tall. The large amount of flour in the second parable probably weighed around six hundred pounds. And yet just a bit of yeast was all that was needed to turn that flour into bread!
These two parables, though, are part of a series of stories Jesus told about the kingdom of God. All are familiar: A sower went out to sow, A man sowed good seed in his field (Matthew 13:3, 24). Separately, each relates a unique truth about the kingdom. But taken together, they point out another truth: the kingdom of God may not look like what you imagine.
Jesus wanted his followers to avoid idealizing the kingdom. He wanted to spare them from being disillusioned when the reality they saw did not match up to their expectation of a perfect, flawless, and problem-free church.
Yes, many seeds will be sown, but not every one will reach maturity. Good seed will be planted, but weeds will contaminate the field. Birds of all feathers will perch in the branches of the kingdom, and some will squawk or fight or make a mess. The yeast of worldly philosophies may even contaminate the flour of Christianity. But through it all, God is in control. His kingdom may not look as we think it ought to, but neither is his plan thwarted!
Dont worry, Jesus says. Ive got things under control. Despite every unpleasant appearance, growth will continue. My Father can deal with everything that shouldnt be there. Dont become disillusioned when things start looking different from the way you think they should. Trust in me. Trust in my Father. The kingdom will grow and endure until I come again.
Jesus, let your kingdom grow and flourish in me today. I trust you to take care of my messes and keep your word pure and true in my heart.
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