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Helicopter Rescue on Mount Cranberry in Maine
Boston.com reports Steven Mazerolle, 52, of China, broke his leg while climbing a steep snow and ice covered portion of the Appalachian Trail on Mount Cranberry in was with two others on Saturday when he fell on ice- and snow-covered rocks along a steep section of the Appalachian Trail on Maine's Mount Cranberry.
Posted in Accidents, Helicopter Rescues, Maine by roger with comments disabled.
Battered Prayer Card Leads to Rescue on Hauula Trail in Hawaii
A battered prayer card led rescuers to find a woman who fell into a ravine on the Hauula hiking trail in Hawaii and was lost five days according to the Hawaii Channel.
Posted in Accidents, Hawaii by roger with comments disabled.
O'Neill Europe Solar Backpack Powers Ipod and Bluetooth Cell Phones
O'Neill Europe is marketing a solar backpack that will power your Ipod and Bluetooth wireless headset.
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French Spiderman Busted in Houston Tower Climb
Robert Alain Philippe, 43, the French Spiderman who climbs world tall towers was arrested begin climbing the 678-foot-tall One Houston Center building for illegal trespassing and having a controlled substance (two tablets of the sedative Xanax).
Posted in Adventures, Tallest Buildings by roger with comments disabled.
Never Turn Your Back on A Turkey (and Other Bird Woes)
The Chicago Tribune has an amazing list of stories of tom turkeys defending the roost.
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Is This Picture of Denali (227 Miles Away) the Furtherest Photo From The Ground?
This photo of Denali from Mount Sanford may not look like much but a website is claiming it is the "longest ground to ground view ever captured by camera" (227 miles).
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Clergyman Accused in Washington Rape in 400 Foot Fatal Plunge at Sequoia National Park
SeattlePI reports Rev. Santos Teixeira fell 400 feet from Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park.
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Forest Service Wants Folks To Quit Putting Christmas Decorations on Trees Leading to Sedona
AZCentral reports Coconino National Forest officials are urging people to quit putting up Christmas decorations on the trees on Arizona 179 between Oak Creek and Sedona and on Arizona 89A between Sedona and Cottonwood.
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Fatal Bouldering Accident at Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania
WNEP reports Sarae Rinker, 18, was killed when a boulder she was climbing shifted at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Rinker was pinned for more than three hours.
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Artist Sells $215 Sneakers With Map and Compass Built In for Aliens
The BBC and other sources report a New York artist is selling sneakers for illegal aliens for $215 that include a built in map and compass.
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Rob the Rubbish Says Snowden is Clean
Robin Kevan, 60, of Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys, reached Snowdon's 3,560ft summit armed with bin liners and a litter stick because he feared it might have a similar problem to Ben Nevis, Scotland's 4,406ft peak, where he recently collected six heavy bags of litter, ICWales reports.
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Alaska Unveils Plan for Northern Route Into Denali National Park
The Anchorage News reports Alaska plans a northern Healy to Wonder Lake road into Denali National Park despite opposition from the park.
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Climb 50 States on June 24, 2006, in Cancer Fund Drive
The Climb for Cancer Foundation is seeking people to climb all 50 states on June 24, 2006 as part of its 50-50-1 project – ("50 States – 50 Peaks – 1 Goal").
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Helicopter Rescue Following 25 Foot Fall on Mount Lemmon
KVOA reports Walthand Mooseman fell 25 feet while climbing Mount Lemmon near Windy Point in Arizona.
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Authorities Debate Fine Following Search for Unregistered Mount Hood Climber
The Mail Tribune reports authorities are debating whether to fine Brian Lester Thibeault, 19, of Medford $150 for not filling out the Mount Hood permit and then having to be rescued.
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As the summer tourist season approaches, Italians have a message for their rich Russian visitors - you may have money, but you have no manners.
Big-spending Russians have proved a lifeline for the Italian tourist sector during the past few years of economic recession but they are often perceived as brash, boorish and rude.
Now a hotel owner in Tuscany - the Russians' favourite destination - has produced a television commercial that aims to educate wealthy Muscovites and other Russian visitors about the finer points of Italian etiquette.
Salvatore Madonna runs hotels in Forte dei Marmi, an upmarket resort on the Tuscan coast that caters to Russians with menus written in Cyrillic and plentiful designer outlets, and has been nicknamed "Moscow-on-Sea".
The three-minute advertisement advises Russians to "smile more", to say thank you more often and to be more pleasant in their dealings with waiters and hotel staff.
They are told that ordering a cappuccino after lunch is an unforgivable faux pas - in Italy the frothy coffee is seen as an exclusively morning drink. Italians instead would order an espresso or a caffe macchiato - an espresso with a dash of milk.
Nor should red wine be ordered with fish - for seafood, it has to be white wine every time. Wealthy Russians are also warned that it is vulgar to choose the most expensive wine on the list. The advertisement, which will be shown on television in Russia and on Russian social media networks, features Ljudmila Radcenko, a Russian model who lives in Italy.
"The first rule when you enter a hotel is to say hello, smile, and to look the person in the eye. In Russia we're maybe not really used to doing that," she says, speaking in Italian but with Russian subtitles on the screen.
Even showy Italians balk at Russian women wearing barely-there, sequinned bikinis and swimming costumes.
"Russian women who love to wear high heels and tiny bikinis should perhaps avoid those," she says.
"When you leave the hotel, it's nice to be communicative, to express your satisfaction for the service, to smile and say thank you," Ms Radcenko concludes in her advice to her compatriots. Mr Madonna, the head of a luxury hotel group called Soft Living Places, said he hoped the short film would help "better integrate" Russian tourists to Italy.
Teaching uncouth Russians how to behave in a more civil way should not be construed as Italian arrogance, he said, but a way of gently shepherding tourists towards more culturally acceptable behaviour.
"It is mortifying for the people who dedicate so much time and attention to preparing dishes when they are asked to serve them all at the same time, as the Russians often do," Mr Madonna said.
"But we don't want to give them instruction, just to offer advice on some of the peculiarities of the Italian way of life."
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We did it! More than $7000 raised for the ACS.
SUCCESS! We raised over $7000 for the American Cancer Society in just two days with a new event, Foto/Fiber 2012.
My sincere thanks to the patrons who were so very generous. As always, our Honorary Chairperson, Karey Bresenhan, celebrating twenty-one years as a cancer survivor, was a steadfast support to me and the fundraising effort.
Of course, Foto/Fiber 2012 could not have happened without the donation of photos by Karen Stiehl Osborn and Cynthia Wenslow. The BONUSES were provided by this all-star team of artists who also excelled in p.r. for the event:
Natalya Aikens
Frances Holliday Alford
Pamela Allen
Liz Berg
Sue Bleiweiss
Nancy G. Cook
Jane Davila
Vivika DeNegre
Diane Rusin Doran
Jane Dunnewold
Jamie Fingal
Leonie Hartley Hoover
Leslie Tucker Jenison
Lyric Kinard
Susan Brubaker Knapp
Lynn Krawzcyk
Jane LaFazio
Susan Lenz
Jeanelle McCall
Linda Teddlie Minton
Karen Musgrave
Gail Myrhorodsky
Karen Stiehl Osborn
BJ Parady
Cate Coulacos Prato
Yvonne Porcella
Wen Redmond
Sue Reno
Lesley Riley
Cynthia St. Charles
Susan Schrott
Suzanne Silk
Lura Schwarz Smith (with Kerby C. Smith)
Sarah Ann Smith
Terri Stegmiller
Mary Ann Van Soest
We have raised and donated over $220,000 to the American Cancer Society. I hope you are as proud of our success as I am.
P.S. It will take a bit to sort everything out, but the winners of the p.r. drawings as well as the drawings of fiber art will be announced no later than Monday, February 27.


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The Supervisor of Elections office recently mailed 5,000 new voter information cards to Independent voters, indicating that their party affiliation has been changed from Independent Party of Florida (INT) to No Party Affiliation (NPA). The change comes after counties were notified by the Florida Division of Elections, that Independent Party of Florida was cancelled for failure to comply with Sec 103.095(5), Fla. Stat., effective November 29, 2016. This effects state-wide 258,914 registered voters.
If a voter would like to choose another party, they must complete and sign the form enclosed with the voter information card and return it to the Supervisor of Elections office within 30 days to receive their new voter information card, otherwise they will remain registered as NPA.
Click here to watch a video demonstration of the Dominion ImageCast Evolution Voting machine.
8th Annual PSL Festival Italiano
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Board of County Commissioners proclaims January 24, 2017, Poll Worker Appreciation Day by resolution, 9:00 a.m.
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New York Times Bestselling Author Breaks Comic Strip World Record
Since the series launch, BIG NATE has more than 6 million books in print, over 10 million visits to bignatebooks.com, more than 90 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and 25 foreign language licenses. Now, the series continues with BIG NATE: IN THE ZONE, and so far, things aren't going well for Nate. Gina is being her usual know-it-all self, Arthur and Jenny are going overboard with PDOs* (Public Displays of Obnoxiousness); worst of all, report cards were sent home. Then, miraculously, Nate's luck takes a turn for the better, and he's in the zone - his band gets to play in the school assembly, and he gets out of detention. He's never had a hot streak like this before. The question is: How long will it last?
In celebration of the sixth novel in the BIG NATE series, BIG NATE: IN THE ZONE, New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Peirce embarked on a six-city national tour that culminated in an event breaking the world record for the longest comic strip by a team.
Over the past 12 months, students from 100 schools in 30 states and 7 countries around the world have joined teachers, librarians and booksellers to help contribute to this record. The completed strip will span more than 1,000 panels. It was unveiled today on Today.
Lincoln Peirce (pronounced purse) is a cartoonist/writer and New York Times bestselling author of the hilarious Big Nate book series. Peirce is also the creator of the comic strip Big Nate, which debuted in 1991 and appears in more than 300 newspapers worldwide and online daily at www.gocomics.com. Big Nate is featured on the phenomenally popular website www.poptropica.com, where kids have logged onto the Big Nate Island 44.2 million times since Big Nate appeared on the Poptropica map in 2009. Lincolns boyhood idol was Charles Schulz of Peanuts fame, but his main inspiration for Big Nate has always been his own experience as a sixth grader. Just like Nate, Lincoln loves comics, ice hockey, and Cheez Doodles (and dislikes cats, figure skating, and egg salad). His Big Nate books have been featured on Good Morning America and in the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Washington Post. He has written for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and enjoys visiting schools and speaking to students about cartooning and storytelling. Lincoln Peirce grew up in Durham, New Hampshire and attended Colby College in Maine before moving to New York City to study at Brooklyn College. After three years spent as a high school art teacher, he became a full-time cartoonist. He and his wife live in Portland, Maine, and have two children. You can visit him online at www.bignatebooks.com, where Lincoln blogs twice a week.
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Players Win Top Honors At Hurricanes Awards Banquet
The Brooklyn Hurricanes closed a terrific 2009 football season with their annual Pee Wee Division Awards Banquet at Buckley's Restaurant in Marine Park. Two hundred players, parents and coaches enjoyed a great day as the league celebrated another exciting and successful season of youth football. All the Hurricane players were recognized for their hard work in practice and for giving their best effort on Sunday mornings this past fall.
The Legionnaires were honored as Division Champions after defeating the Huskies in the Championship Game, finishing the season with an 8-1 record. Billy Murdoch, the team's quarterback, was named team MVP while OG/LB Brian Donohue won the league's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award.
Rockaway was well represented with many awards going to players from the Rockaway peninsula, including two of the top honors. The Huskies' Chris Ray, of Belle Harbor, captured the League Most Outstanding Offensive Back Award. The Legionnaires' Max Frankel, of Neponsit, walked away with the "Danny Suhr Award," given to the league's Most Valuable Player. Other players from the peninsula who received awards included Garrett Murnan (Legionnaires), Sean Petronis (Huskies) and Austin Sullivan (Giants).
The event may have marked the end of the 2009 campaign but the Brooklyn Hurricanes Football Conference is looking forward to another fantastic season in 2010. Anyone interested in becoming a Hurricane should visit their website at brooklynhurricanes. com or stop by the clubhouse on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at 3411 Avenue S in Mar-ine Park.


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Since 2009, Fully Fringed has been offering well-written, independent reviews of each and every one of the productions in the Ottawa International Fringe Festival! We'll be posting all our reviews for the 2014 Ottawa Fringe on this page as they come in. Check out fullyfringed.ca for reviews of Ottawa Fringe plays from 2010, 2011 and 2012.
This year we sent a couple of reviewers to the Montreal Fringe to scope out some of the action. Check out their review of Weaksauce, Jem Rolls attacks the Silence and their thoughts on the Montreal festival.
|6 Guitars
Review by Jason Yung
Solo, Storytelling, Musical, Arts Court Library. Towards the end of the play, Padgett cycles through each character faster and faster, to the point where they finish each other's sentences and the meaning of the play becomes clear: while all musics, all musicians, all music lovers may be different chords, they are bound to the same song of life.
|Around Miss Julie
Review by Brian Carroll and Barbara Popel, seen at Fringe de Montreal
Dramedy, BYOV H – T.A.N. CAFÉ. This madcap comedy will appeal to theatre students and young theatre professionals. They dominated the packed opening night house, laughing heartily at every in-joke. They clearly appreciated Standjofski's plot twists. We recommend this play to that audience.
|Ask Aggie – The Advice Diva
Review by Andrea Flewelling
Bouffon, Comedy, Venue 2 – Arts court Library. Performer and writer Christine Lesiak provides hilariously candid and refreshingly honest advice on sex, relationships and life in general through a blend of improv, clown, bouffon, musical theatre and monologues. Ask Aggie – The Advice Diva is a show unlike anything you've ever seen before.
|Assassinating Thomson
Review by Amanda Dookie
Solo, Storytelling, Venue 1 – Arts Court. The subject matter was informative, helping to educate the audience on the history of the Group of Seven and Thomson's involvement, as well as mature, touching on sensitive topics such as disease, death, and family. These themes, coupled with the fact that Horak interacted with the audience added an element of improvisation and gave the performance a special feeling of authenticity.
|Barely Even There
Review by Trish Chang
Dramedy, Musical, Academic Hall. The problem isn't so much the music itself, however: it's how the show uses that music. Barely Even There aims for the emotional impact of the musical Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, achieving the depth of the Gray's Anatomy musical instead. The music feels artificially inserted, rather than natural. The story serves the music, rather than the other way around.
|The Bureau of Bat Shit Crazy
Review by Trish Chang, dawghaus.ca
Comedy, Studio Léonard-Beaulne. The Bureau of Bat Shit Crazy is a funny, madcap piece, that is everything the Fringe Festival is about. This comedy tells the story of two agents who, on a last case together, go universe-hopping to find the Prime Minister's daughter's missing cat. Sound crazy? Bat shit crazy, perhaps? Well, it is.
|Be A Man
Review by Jennifer Miller
ALL REMAINING RUNS OF THIS SHOW HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. The show had lots of stand-out moments, from Babes in Trucks to a lightning-fast recitation of daily restaurant specials to an extended, wrenching description of one couple's pregnancy story, but the best compliment I can pay it is to say that Be A Man is actually the show most Fringe shows wish they were. Check it out.
|The Bike Trip
Review by Erin Murray
Comedy, Storytelling, BYOV G – The Courtroom. This play made me want to do drugs – am I allowed to say that? – well, whatever, it did. And understand that I mean that in the best way possible. This play made me want to be overwhelmed by the very experience of being human, travel to previously unplumbed depths of my own consciousness, face down my ghosts, laugh at the absurdity of the world, and become way too emotionally invested in a sandwich.
Review by Èva Morin
Comedy, Storytelling, Studio Léonard-Beaulne. The play had its lighter and even funny moments despite the heavy subject matter, but the short monologues performed by Alex Vincent in the role of Julie were, in my opinion, the standouts of the piece and definitely made me tear up a few times. Botched's three actresses — Vincent, Caroline Millen, and Olivia Lloyd — all gave stellar performances, especially as they were each required to embody multiple personalities within the play.
|Cabaret Terrarium
Review Brian M. Carroll
Comedy, Arts Courtyard.
The Cabaret refers to one of the characters, Gustave. He's lost his memory, but slowly remembers that he is a cabaret singer, from Belgium. As cabaret fare, Gustave is pretty tame, appropriate to the general rating. Gustave is a stone-faced, physically awkward, heavily accented cabaret performer whose stiff performances of popular songs like Hotel California had most of the audience (including me) guffawing.
|Cathedral City
Review Barbara Popel
Solo Comedy, Studio Léonard-Beaulne. The trouble with Cathedral City is that the short vignettes seem to be more interesting to the performer – and perhaps to his fans who are familiar with all of his previous plays and movie references – than they are to the average audience member. It's rather like being asked to appreciate a string of in jokes when you aren't "in" on all the references. They can be mildly amusing, but that's all.
Review by Devan Marr
Dramedy, Physical, Academic Hall. Chesterfield is a great show that you should definitely go see. Not because it is an exceptional piece of high art performed by the best actors, but because it involves an anthropomorphized couch. Yes, the star of this show is a full sized talking couch puppet with an agenda. Oh and there's a live rabbit, so that's a nice touch.
|The Day we Grew WingsReview by Dev Marr
Physical, Storytelling, Academic Hall. What particularly struck me about TDWGW was the range of physical movements, singing, and general energy that came with the play. There are leaps from a tree, dances, and songs as Clara Jenkins hears(and lives) the tales her friends spin for her.
|Die Zombie Die
Review by Dev Marr
Comedy, Academic Hall. So in the end, Die, Zombie. Die! is a fun, silly, adventure into a parallel world where we try to get along with our zombie brethren. As a large cast show it's a nice change of pace from your usually two handers, and it is worth a watch. I just wouldn't say it needs to make it onto your 'must see' list.
Review by Lily Pepper
Drama, Studio Léonard-Beaulne. I appreciate what Disillusion is trying to do. But I think it goes to extremes to present a morally simple story, when it could have dug its teeth into something messier and more complex. The play doesn't pull us in differrent directions, it leads us by the hand to a foregone conclusion.
Review by Francois Levesque
Drame, BYOV I St Paul's Eastern United Church. La pièce se déroule dans la cuisine de l'église St Paul, où il y a de la place pour environ 15 spectateurs, qui sont littéralement à quelques pieds des comédiennes. La cuisine, située au sous-sol de l'église n'a probablement pas été rénovée depuis bien des années et est le cadre idéal pour cette pièce. Chapeau à Kenny pour une pièce qui ne semble pas traduite, tant elle est fluide. J'ai apprécié l'ancrage de la pièce en milieu acadien, dans les années 80, choses qui la différencient de d'autres récits de quartiers ouvriers.
|Emissions: A Climate Comedy
Review by Andrea Flewelling
Comedy, Arts Court Theatre. The musical interludes are highly entertaining, particularly the enthusiastic finale which leaves the audience laughing while simultaneously contemplating our collective responsibility for effecting change to achieve sustainability for the health of our planet.
|The Fight
Review Barbara Popel
Drama, Studio Léonard-Beaulne. I went into this play thinking "OK, they've probably stolen ideas from The Hunger Games and from innumerable gladiator flicks and video games." And yes, they probably have. But the extremely well done fight scenes and some of the script make this a play worth seeing. On the whole the actors did a good job delineating their characters, and an absolutely terrific job at the fight scenes. I don't believe I've ever seen better stage fighting.
|The Frenzy of Queen Maeve
Review by Jennifer Miller
Dramedy, Venue 3 – Academic Hall. A torn-between-two-lovers story is difficult to tell well, particularly when you throw guns and bombs into the mix, but Queen Maeve really nails it. While there are certain plot points that you might expect, the script lets them play out naturally. The show is really well-paced, alternating nicely between monologues and two-handers, and the soundtrack enhances rather than distracts. You're left with the feeling that you've been told a really good story, the kind that really deserves some time and a couple of pints.
Review by Èva Morin
Comedy, Improv, BYOV B – Lunenberg Pub.For its Fringe premiere, improvisational comedic troupe GRIMprov presented BONDprov, creating a personalized James Bond production based off the audience's suggestions. The result made for hilarious, sometimes nonsensical, plots and developments, and the roaring applause and laughter from the audience left no doubts about the show's success.
|The Greatest Guitarist in the World
Review by Brian Carroll
Musical, Venue 2 – Arts Court Library. Reviews of Colin Godbout's previous shows at the Ottawa Fringe: Transcanada '69 and Last Gig of Lenny Breau have been very complimentary about Godbout's guitar playing. The reviewers have been less enthusiastic about his ability to write and perform a story around the music. His latest show is a significant step up in Godbout's showmanship. He does play the music of these six musicians very very well; he also takes on their stage personae and some of their showmanship.
Review by Liz Martin
Comedy, BYOV H – T.A.N. Cafe. Happiness™ has the sense of being an experiment still in its early stages. The show wavers from loosely-scripted, pseudo-confident sequences to adeptly rehearsed play-within-a-play bits, and tightly choreographed physical numbers. This change in tempo is jarring, but the "sales pitch" sketches have a charmingly inane spoof/commercial quality (à la Saturday Night Live) that makes these highly watchable.
|The Hatter
Review by Allison Vanek
Solo Storytelling, BYOV-I St. Paul's Eastern United Church. WadHowever, even Wade's considerable talents as a performer couldn't save what is otherwise for the most part a confusing, jumbled, and chaotic production. He embodies the character of the Mad Hatter perfectly. However, even Wade's considerable talents as a performer couldn't save what is otherwise for the most part a confusing, jumbled, and chaotic production.
Review by Brian Carrol
Drama, Academic Hall. I knew this formula. I've seen Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Only a few minutes have passed. The detective will apply the various tricks of his trade, solve the crime, get a conviction. All in less than an hour. Allie Bell twists that formula. This is some of the most powerful theatre I have ever seen. It's unrelenting.
|Innocent When you Dream
Review by Jennifer Miller
Comedy Solo, Studio Leonard-Beaulne. In Zeb L. West's Innocent When You Dream, we meet up with a modern-day Jonah (played by West) in the belly of a modern-day whale. Jonah's just your average, heartbroken guy: working through his pain, looking for his car keys and trying to avoid the whale's rectum. He's got the audience and two books for company, and he spends the show telling his story alongside those of Don Quixote and Captain Ahab.
|In The First Place
Review by Ryan Saxby Hill
Storytelling, Bytown Museum. This show is extremely accessible and I think that both adult and youth audiences will take a lot away. I would caution audiences that there is some discussion of sexual assault and some complicated sexual themes that may be difficult for some people. This isn't a preachy show about sex. It's a talented group of young people treating a complicated topic with the respect and intelligence (and humour) it deserves.
Review by Devan Marr
Physical, Solo – BYOV E – Studio 311. Ms. Zabloski brings a happy energy to the stage that is just infectious. As the quirky 'Keeper' of Emma Zabloski's memory, we watch as she balances telling us about Emma's life dealing with the day to day demands of the job. Of course, like all jobs there are the bad days. So while the show is mostly fun and fancy free, it has a nice human touch to it. After all, we all want to be appreciated for the work we do, and the roll of Keeper is no different.
Review by Trish Chang
Dramedy, Musical, Academic Hall. While this reviewer loves musicals, I'm sure that the non-musical lovers will enjoy this show. If you find yourself regularly at the Blacksheep, eagerly awaiting the Folk Festival or listening to CBC Radio Three, you'll get along just fine with this musical. The masterful use of a minimal set, charming performances by the two actors, and some really great music make this show worth catching.
|Moby Dick, A Storytelling Adaption
Review by Erin Murray
Storytelling, Arts Court Library. When it comes to a story as immense as Moby Dick, I am not sure it is wise, or even possible, to fixate on one aspect of the narrative. By trying to force out the humour, Verger left many facets of the story unexamined – the intoxicating lure of the ocean, the many faces of the whale, both beautiful and horrifying, the impossibility of examining anything in its entirety, and the elusive nature of fate – without which the story is incomplete.
|Morning Star
Review by Lily Pepper
Solo, Storytelling, BYOV D-Avant Garde. As I nursed my ginger ale at the bar, Lucifer made his case, and it was convincing. The show is called Morning Star, and it is written, produced, and performed by Caitlin Corbett. As the Prince of Darkness, she looks lean, hungry, and bruised. Corbett plays Lucifer, and plays him as the original tortured soul, undone not by a desire to usurp God's powers, but by his overwhelming compassion for suffering humanity.
|My Second Smile
Review by Jennifer Miller
Solo, Physical. Arts Court Theatre. In My Second Smile, Noah Spitzer does his best to change our minds. This one-hour, one-man show tells the (mostly) true story of a young man recovering from thyroid cancer. Quarantined in his room after a therapeutic dose of radioactive iodine, Spitzer describes his diagnosis, surgery and treatment through a mixture of dance, impressions and straight-up storytelling.
|Nebraska (Youth Infringement Festival winner)
Review byAmanda Dookie
Dramedy, Academic Hall. Nebraska is a good example of a play that is short and sweet. It uses dramatic elements wisely, has the right structure, and doesn't try too hard to be pretentiously artistic or thematically convoluted and that makes it effective.
|Nhar Moves
Review by Gabrielle Tieman
Dramedy, BYOV G – The Courtroom. Although audience interaction is at a high, with Nhar continually searching the audience for easy contact connection, the plot remains slow and lack-luster. If you wish to give Nhar Moves (Super Bad Moves) a shot, please do! The character is loveable and repetition is some people's cup of tea – but make sure to grab a seat with a full view.
|Occupy Me
Review by Katie Marsh
Physical, Solo, BYOV E – Studio 311. It's a masterful physical performance by Steinberg, who channels the cheerful yet slightly flaky vibe of the stereotypical yoga instructor all while bending her body into improbably shapes. As her monologue proceeds, we get a glimpse into the character's problems, which are mostly of the 'how do I find meaning in my life' variety. It's a credit to Steinberg's performance that Sarah Lotus Flower remains likeable despite the somewhat navel-gazing nature of her dilemmas.
Review by Brian Carroll
Dance, Drama, Arts Court Theatre. As a company, the dancers are strong and disciplined in both traditional and contemporary dance. The choreography gave new meaning to traditional Celtic dance and used modern dance effectively, with two exceptions. I believe that the contemporary choreography that accompanied the results of the clearances could have been tightened up with no loss of impact on the audience. Similarly I thought that the seasickness and illness scenes on the ship could have been tightened up for more impact.
Review by Brian Carroll
Comedy, Venue 2 – Arts Court Library. In Pilot?, airline passengers waiting for a flight from a Japanese airport are recruited for a television contest. I won't tell you the name of the contest as that would give away one of the punchlines. (No spoilers from me, fellah!) They have to compete in physically, mentally and spiritually challenging tasks to earn clues so they can find the plain-clothed pilot of their airplane for their return flight home.
|The Pit
Review by Erin Murray
Comedy, Academic Hall. A charming and engaging play, it will make you laugh while at the same reminding you how important it is to keep focus on what matters most in your life. You will want to go home and hug your partner/roommate/cat, curl up with a bottle of wine, and talk about the good old days and how you first met, chasing down the past before it disappears.
|Prince of Denmark
Review by Barbara Popel
Comedy, Drama, Venue 3 – Academic Hall. Prince of Denmark presents the lives of the teenage Hamlet, Laertes, Ophelia, Osric, Horatio and the Rosengrantz/Guildenstern duo, plus a servant named Reynalda, a little while before Shakespeare's Hamlet begins. The 8 teenagers who assay these roles vary widely in talent.
|Prognosis Justice
Review by Anne-Marie Cenaiko
Improv, Tabareth Hall. Capitalizing on the popularity of shows like Grey's Anatomy and CSI, Prognosis Justice offers a silly, fun and at times nonsensical improvised hospital drama turned suspense thriller. The show began a bit slowly, with the actors gathering audience suggestions and setting the scene at the hospital where the drama begins. The actors quickly settled into their roles, playing with the common character stereotypes of the genres—a sassy nurse desperate for love and a devil-may-care detective, for example.
|Red Bastard
Review by Barbara Popel
Ordinarily I'm not a fan of audience participation performances. I like that fourth wall to be there between me and the performers on stage. But Davis (whoops! I mean Red Bastard) has a gift for getting people to play along with him, even if it causes them some embarrassment. Or in a few cases, a lot of embarrassment. Sometimes the audience I was in even interacted with him spontaneously without any prompting. I can't remember seeing that happen, other than in children's shows. Hmm, maybe that's a clue…
|Sappho…in 9 Fragments
Review by Erin Murray
Solo, Physical, Arts Court Library. Seriously, whatever you are doing right now, stop doing it, and go see this play. It is incredible. Go see it. The aerial choreography alone makes Sappho…in 9 Fragments stunning and the lush voice of Victoria Groves as Sappho is captivating beyond measure. The set design is simple, but highly effective, and the whole show is a visual delight.
|The Show Must Go On
Review by Allison Vanek
Comedy, Storytelling, Venue 2 – Arts Court Library. The Show Must Go On is a one-man show about the adventures and misadventures that can happen while touring as a member of a travelling children's theatre troupe. Like any one-man show, this one depended on the talents of its star, and Jeff Leard was more than up for the task. The Show Must Go On is not just a piece of theatre. It is a piece of theatre that makes you believe in the power of theatre.
|Slut Revolution
Reviewed by Gabrielle Tieman
Solo, Arts Court Theatre. It is emotionally entrancing and powerful at every corner – whether you are straight, bi-sexual, gay, transgender, you name it – she will hatch into every inarticulate desire in the room and hold you riveted to the end. Added into the personal equation is a nice twist on the look of how society sometimes depicts how each sex reacts to sex – you will agree so many times that your head might spin from all of the clarity.
|St Nicolas.
Review by Lily Pepper
Solo Storytelling, BYOV-I St Paul's Eastern United Church. St. Nicholas is a thoughtful, amusing, slow burner of a production. Welch is convincingly cynical and louche as a dissolute critic looking back on his failures with wry bitterness. In the world of the play, things are both more and less than they seem. Supernatural creatures are real, but their faults and foibles are no more epic and magical than our own.
|Superhero Showdown
Review by Barbara Popel
Storytelling, Arts Court Theatre. Superhero Showdown started fairly promisingly – the theatre was about three-quarters full, and most were parents with children ranging from babes in arms to pre-teens. The majority seemed to be preschoolers. They were excited to be there, and when the lights went down, they behaved admirably.
Review by Lily Pepper
Comedy, Mature, Studio Léonard-Beaulne. The show starts off with some standard improv-style pieces, where the actors reprise the same scene in different styles. Soon, though, it became weirder and more frenetic, with brief lewd, impressionistic sketches. The performers keep up a frantic level of energy throughout the show.
|The Tragicall Historie Of Nick Wade (And Other Fuck-ups)
Review by Dev Marr
Drama, Comedy, T.A.N. Coffee. The interplay between the actors clearly stems from a history of working together and it showed. There were sly grins, snarky comments, and general shenanigans. But I just found I couldn't get locked into the story. It was very Fight Club meets The Clash, in Kanata. Entertaining, but not enthralling.
|Tinfoil Satellite
Review by Allison Vanek
Comedy, BYOV-C Royal Oak. While the concept of movie-riffing is interesting, and I really loved Community's take on the genre, it's a comedic schtick that can get old really fast. For me, only about one joke in five in Tinfoil Satellite even made me chuckle, and there were no more than three or four times where I genuinely laughed out loud. Sometimes, it even felt like those of us in the audience were the unwanted guests on the outside of a really long inside joke.
|Under The Mango Tree
Reviewed by Jason Yung
Drama, Dance, Solo, Storytelling, Studio Leonard-Beaulne. I don't like tragedies, but Under the Mango Tree is a widely acclaimed and exuberantly acted one-woman-show by the beautiful Ms. Veenesh Dubois. Dubois, who is a delightful thunder-ball of energy, passionately and masterfully acts the three main characters of the story: the grandmother, the father, and the young girl through her transformation into a woman.
|The Vanity Project
Review by Anne-Marie Cenaiko
Drama, Musical, Venue 1 – Arts Court Theatre. In The Vanity Project, Tim Oblerholzer reimagines the story of Narcissus and Echo in musical form, pulling from a variety of musical stylings, including jazz, doo-wop, with some beach boy harmonies and even a little background beat boxing.
|La voix humaine
Review by Èva Morin
Dramedy, Opera, Arts Court Theatre. Opera 5's General Director Rachel Krehm plays the tragic "Elle", a lovesick woman desperately clinging to a telephone conversation with her former lover. Since the audience can only hear Krehm's side of the conversation, they are left guessing what "Monsieur" is saying to make her so agitated and frantic.
|We Glow
Review by Allison Vanek
Comedy, Tabaret Hall. The story is set predominantly in a boardroom, and thus the Tabaret Hall Senate Chambers is an absolutely perfect fit. The boardroom set is already there without the company having to do anything, complete with an excellent use of video projection and a very long wooden table that doubles as a raised stage. The production even creatively made use of the audience, seating 16 audience members around the long table, dressing them in suit jackets, and having them read scripted lines at certain points during the show as the board to whom the actors are presenting.
|Windfall Jelly
Review by Amanda Dookie
Solo Dramedy, Arts Court Theatre. When life gives you lemons, you make jelly in Eleanor Crowder's Windfall Jelly. Jam-packed with dramatic rhetorical devices such as epizeuxes and metaphors about life lessons, Windfall Jelly is a performance that tells the story of a husband and wife whose marriage has hit a turbulent storm.


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Funeral Notices for August 11, 2014
Betty L. Roszell — 11 a.m., Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.
Anna Jane Jansen — 11 a.m., Brigham Funeral Chapel, Lakeview.
Ethel May (Hinkle) Steakley — 2 p.m., Daggett-Gilbert Funeral Home, Big Rapids.
Alice Finkbeiner — 1 p.m., 6727 N. Crystal Road, Vestaburg. (Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville)
Eddy J. Cruz, 51
GREENVILLE — Eddy J. Cruz, 51, of Greenville, formerly of Arizona, died Thursday. Family memorial services will be held later. Arrangements are by Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.
Anna Jane Jansen, 100
LAKEVIEW — Mrs. Anna Jane Jansen, 100, of Stanton, died Saturday. A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Brigham Funeral Chapel, Lakeview. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday morning at the funeral home. Interment will be in Hinton Township Cemetery.
Dale Petersen, 81
GREENVILLE — Dale Petersen, 81, of Greenville, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.
Betty L. Roszell, 74
GREENVILLE — Betty L. Roszell, 74, of Tamarack Pines, Howard City, died Friday. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the services on Tuesday. Burial will take place later at Trufant Cemetery. Arrangements are by Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.
Ethel May (Hinkle) Steakley, 91
BIG RAPIDS — Ethel May (Hinkle) Steakley, 91, of Morley, died Sunday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday at Daggett-Gilbert Funeral Home in Big Rapids. Interment will be at Aetna Township Cemetery in Morley.
The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.


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North American gardeners love their hummingbirds. We hang our feeders early in the spring and anxiously await their arrival from Central America. Along with the feeders filled with sugar water, come the ants. We battle them throughout the season and gardeners world-wide battle them as well if they feed birds or wildlife any sort of nectar or fruit. This Frugal Gardener installment instructs readers on how to build an ant moat from everyday materials. Ants can't swim, so a water barrier is quite effective to control them.
You will need:
The cap from an aerosol can, like paint or hairspray comes in.
An old coat hanger. I chose one that had seen better days and was of no use for hanging clothes.
Wire cutters, hot glue gun (or silicone sealant) and a drill for making the hole.
This is an easy project and you can construct several moats in a short amount of time.
Gather your materials. Any sort of caps with a good depth will work. The coat hanger is strong, but easy to work with. If you don't have a hot glue gun, then any waterproof glue will work, but you'll have to wait until it is dry to use your ant moat.
Drill a small hole in the center of your lid. I used a narrow bit, close to the same size as my coat hanger. If you don't have a drill, then you can heat the end of your wire until it glows hot and melt a hole. Be careful if you go that route...the wire will remain hot for awhile and can cause injury or burn.
Cut a length of wire at least twice the length of your lid. I liked the coat hanger with the cardboard tube because I had a ready-made hook at one end to start with.
My Frugal Ant Moat didn't cost me anything. I used materials that were destined for the trash, so it was the ultimate in recycling/upcycling. Stay tuned for another installment next month! Check out other frugal crafts and ideas at this link.


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Anne Frank diaries to be moved to Anne Frank House
By Ben Berkowitz
AMSTERDAM (Reuters Life!) - Anne Frank's diaries are coming home for what would have been her 80th birthday had she survived the Nazis.
The Dutch government, the institute to which Otto Frank left his daughter's famed diaries and the foundation that runs the Anne Frank House said on Thursday that all of her writings will go on display at the house from November.
"Anne is coming home, her work will return here," Dutch Culture Minister Ronald Plasterk said at a press conference before the signing of the permanent loan agreement.
Anne Frank became famous posthumously for the diaries she kept while in hiding from the Nazis with her family in Amsterdam during World War Two. First published in 1947 and now translated into more than 70 languages, her diary remains one of the world's best-selling books.
The Jewish teenager and her relatives hid in a warehouse annex until they were betrayed and arrested in August 1944. Anne Frank, who died the following year in a concentration camp, would have been 80 years old on Friday.
When he died in 1980, Otto Frank left her papers to what is now the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
The institute has regularly loaned parts of the diaries to the house for display, but the full collection -- including the original chequered diary in which she began to record her thoughts - has been elsewhere.
The collection will be displayed in a new exhibit hall at the house, which is one of the major tourist draws in the city. Continued...


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"Oct. 22, 2012 -- One in three kids in America is overweight or obese, and having stressed-out parents may be contributing to these rates, a new study suggests.
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text: Just a reminder for those of you who would write someone off when he or she still has the ability, physical condition, and wherewithal to keep skating and to do well: Konstantin Menshov won his first Russian National Championship this season at the age of 28. He had never finished higher than fourth at Russian Nationals. Sarah Meier just won her first European Championship at the age of 26. She finished in 26th place at Worlds last season. Ryan Bradley just won his first United States National Championship at the age of 27. He had not finished in the Top Three since 2007, when he won the silver medal. Alissa Czisny just won United States Nationals at the age of 23. She finished tenth last season. Shawn Sawyer won his first silver medal at Canadian Nationals this season at the age of 26. He had not finished in the Top Three since 2008.


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Dr Sylvester Maunganidze, a former permanent secretary in the tourism ministry after being fired last year, has allegedly 'slept' his way into another controversy after a group of women started a public campaign to name and shame him for infecting them with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Last year Maunganidze was sacked from his job after claiming Zimbabwe had exaggerated pictorial evidence to persuade judges to grant the country the right to host the prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO) conference alongside Zambia.
This time however he has a more personal battle to fight.
The Zanu PF losing candidate for Chivi South is being accused of deliberately infecting young girls while claiming that he is HIV negative. A spokeswoman for the campaign said "this man has infected many innocent young women with HIV. At events he is known to hang around young secondary school children."
"I can tell you that he infected my friend with HIV. He was dismissed for mishandling the UNTWO preparations because he focused on taking to bed unsuspecting beautiful women. He is a womanizer and when amongst his friends he boasts that he is the best Sugar Daddy in Masvingo."
Asked why they thought going public and exposing someone's HIV status was fair she told Nehanda Radio "This man is HIV positive and should be stopped from spreading the deadly disease to innocent girls. He thinks because he is a doctor he should have everything for himself. He is an evil man."
The group has already produced posters denouncing Maunganidze. One banner read "Women beware this HIV spreader Bradah Sylvester Maunganidze" and another says "Parents Protect Your Children". The group has also sent out letters to international organisations that deal with HIV and AIDS issues.
"I think people have let these criminals off the hook so readily and because of this they continue spreading this deadly disease. Naming and shaming them on an international stage and informing the international companies they deal with is one way of trying to deal with the problem," she told Nehanda Radio.
"When we got to know this man well, we realized that he despises women. He always referred to the mother of his kids as "that woman", that he was with her for the sake of the kids because she was from a poor family etc.
"He would say things like "Mzembi's wife is a prostitute"… "Grace Mugabe is not intelligent enough to build a school. That is Bob trying to validate his wife". Connecting the dots looking backwards, this man is the definition of a chauvinist who despises women," the spokeswoman for the group said.
Efforts to contact Dr Maunganidze were futile as he was said to have taken two months leave but he defended himself against the accusations in one e-mail sent to one of his alleged victims and seen by Nehanda Radio. In an email dated Friday 3 May 2013 Maunganidze who is married tells his lover:
"No one has ever alleged what you allege of me. One day you shall know who I am. You can have a family. YOU can have kids. Don't blame yourself. I know how we started. You had a past. I had a past. I have never infected anyone before. The very week we started you fell ill or so you told me.
"I am not going into the merits of your argument but I will not accept blame. I loved you and never wanted to spoil your life. One day I will go to your doctors. I am tired of your accusations. You can do anything with your life. You may be ill but you can live for decades to come.
"I thought you were working towards recovery. Please stop your insinuations. It doesn't help. A lot of people who thought they were infected have come out in the open to declare THE DOCTORS GOT IT WRONG."
The woman told Nehanda Radio "I was speechless. Not that I expected him to admit. How can a person in a position of power and most importantly a father do this to other people's children? He deserves to be named and shamed for showing no respect and deliberately inflicting pain on other families."
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by Ravi Ubriani, Cutaneous Oncology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a complex disorder which often takes a significant amount of time to diagnose. Various studies indicate that the average time from first appearance of symptoms to confirmed diagnosis of the disease range from two to seven years. This delay can lead to frustration for both a patient suspected of having CTCL and his or her physician.
There are two main reasons why the diagnosis of CTCL can take time to confirm. The first is that the disease can take many different forms in the skin. Lesions can be flat spots, raised areas, or large lumps. The disease can appear differently in people with different levels of pigmentation. CTCL is often initially misdiagnosed as a much less rare condition such as eczema, psoriasis, or an allergic reaction. It is only after patients do not respond to appropriate treatments that alternative diagnoses are considered.
Even once CTCL is suspected by a physician, the diagnosis can be difficult to make definitively. There is no single test that will be positive for CTCL every time. The most useful test that can be performed is a skin biopsy, in which a small piece of skin is examined under a microscope by a pathologist. This trained specialist can look for features consistent with CTCL. However, lesions that appear very similar on the skin can appear very different microscopically. Many patients require multiple biopsies at three month intervals before a diagnosis is made. Each biopsy provides a limited view of the processes that are occurring in the skin.
The need for multiple sequential biopsies can be very exasperating and difficult to understand for patients. Some pathologists have compared making the diagnosis from a single biopsy to glancing at a party through a keyhole. While one glance might give you some sense of what kind of party it was and who was in attendance, the more times you could look, the more accurate your estimate would become. In the same way, the more times a pathologist can microscopically examine the skin, the higher the chance of making the diagnosis of CTCL.
Besides the skin biopsy, there are other tests that your physician can perform. A type of DNA test can be performed to look for a population of immune cells dividing too often in the skin or blood. This test is called a T-cell gene rearrangement study. Another test, called flow cytometry, looks for patterns in immune cells typical of CTCL. A Sézary prep examines the white blood cells to look directly for malignant cells. Testing for a virus called HTLV is sometimes performed based on a patient's history. A lymph node biopsy can sometimes aid in the diagnosis.
The diagnosis and care of CTCL often involves internists, dermatologists, and oncologists. For this reason, it is often necessary to see a clinic specialized in the care of CTCL. At such a center, there are often pathologists specially trained to examine skin. Certain tests may also only be available at such specialized clinics. Today there are many effective treatments for CTCL, and it is important to stay positive and remain patient, even when multiple and repeated tests are required.
Glossary of terms:
skin biopsy: a procedure in which a small piece of skin (about the size of a pencil eraser) is removed with a circular blade and examined under a microscope. This is done in the office by a dermatologist. It takes about five minutes and usually requires one to two stitches.
T-cell gene rearrangement study: a DNA-based test that looks for the presence of a larger than usual population of one type of immune cell. This can be done on either a skin biopsy or a blood sample.
flow cytometry: a blood test that looks for molecules on the surface of white cells that CTCL cells usually express.
Sézary prep: a blood test that directly looks for the CTCL cells
HTLV: a virus endemic to the Middle East and Japan that can cause a variant form of T-cell lymphoma. The blood can be tested for this infection.
lymph node biopsy: a procedure in which a small piece of lymphatic tissue is removed and examined under the microscope. A lymph node is part of the immune system. There are different ways this test can be performed, spanning a range of intensity. Your doctor can discuss the various options with you
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A 4'x8' sheet of sintra was more than enough
for all my Jango armor pieces...including my
gauntlets. I didn't make my arena jet pack from
sintra so I'm not sure how much you would need
if you are going to make one that way. I only
used a little over half the sheet though for all
the armor.
As far as the amount you want to use...if you make
no mistakes, and space the cut-outs close together,
you should be fine. I, however, always like to have
extra on hand in case of mishaps (which happen more
often than not in my case!).


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Sanding Discs- Scratch the metal?
So I am in the process of prepping my under hood area for a fresh coat of paint. Here's my question- do the abrasive sanding discs that go on the angle grinders work well and if so, I am concerned that they may scratch the bare metal. Has anyone used these with success? Should I worry about taking off all the paint or does it provide better coating on bare metal. I will be using the eastwood under hood ceramic paint. Thanks!
just make sure to clean and dull any shiny paint with 400 grit and or a red scotchbrite pad and paint right on that ...less is more..leave solid paint there...
sanding discs.
Hi,if youre talking about the flat,flap type sanding discs for 4 inch angle grinders,from HARBOR FREIGHT,i love them,they will remove grinder marks from steel plate in a flash,they are also very good for sheet metal,(the secret) is,,,KEEP THEM MOVING. clean the metal GOOD ,then epoxy prime.
Yes they will scratch and/or remove metal depending on the grit, the amount of wear and how you use them. They are fantastic for certain things and way too aggressive for other things. If all you are trying to do is rough up the existing paint then I vote you not use flapper disks. If you are trying to take off all the paint down to bare metal then they are one way to do it but practice on something else first. An alternative that I like is the "Surface Conditioning Disks" by 3M and others that look kind of like plastic coral. These things are designed to remove paint but not take off metal. They come in different styles and there are ones made to mount to an angle grinder.
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I think that's what i'm using. It's black and kind of looks like hard spagetti. It seems to work great so far.
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hey guys, im quite new to hunting. i want to get into deer hunting and would like some advice on a rifle i should get. i dont want a 30-06 though. im looking either 270 or 308. which would you guys prefer? whats better and stuff? and what kind of model/brand? thanks a lot
Here are the short magnum stats as listed in the Barnes Reloading Manual and how they compare to the standard caliber stats in the same manual.
Caliber Bullet Weight Fastest Velocity Shown
.270 Win. 130 grains 3211 f/s (59.5 gr. powder)
.270 WSM 130 3260 f/s (74.0 gr. powder)
7mm Rem. Magnum 140 3152 f/s (73.5 gr. powder)
7mm WSM 140 3171 f/s (68.5 gr. powder)
.300 Win. Magnum 150 3345 f/s(79.0 gr. powder)
.300 WSM 150 3321 f/s (70.5 gr. powder)
.300 Win. Magnum 180 3036 f/s (72.5 gr. powder)
.300 WSM 180 3036 f/s (69.5 gr. powder)
As can be seen, the 270 WSM delivers only 49 more f/s but it needs 14.5 more grains of powder to achieve this.
The 7mm WSM actually beats the 7mm Rem. magnum by 19 f/s and needs 5 grains LESS powder to do so.
The .300 Win. Magnum 150 gr. bullet beats the .300 WSM 150 grainer by only 23 f/s, but requires 8.5 gr. more powder to do that.
The .300 Win. Magnum and .300 WSM tie at 3036 f/s with 180 gr. bullets, but the shorty use 3 grains less powder.
To my way of thinking, the 270 WSM (and I own one) is nowhere near as efficient as the .270 Win.
The .300 shorty, (and I own one of these) because it uses less powder than the .300 and almost matches (150 gr.) and matches (180 gr.) the bigger case .300 in velocity, is a pretty efficient round.
The 7mm WSM seems to be the most efficient, beating it's big brother in velocity and using less powder to do it. (I WISH I owned one of these!)
I own several short mags, including the .270 WSM, and handload all of them as well as my other calibers. The short mag factory ammo is terribly expense, and I wouldn't own one if I didn't handload. It seems that the larger caliber short mags are more efficient than the smaller ones. If you check the handloading books, you will find that the 270WSM, for all it's great reputation, is not one of the more efficient shorties. In fact, for the ten grains or more of powder that it takes to load the 270 WSM, the return in gained velocity over the standard, good old 270 Win is very minimal. If you like the .277 class bullets, buy a 270Win. - it does evertything that the 270WSM mag does, but a whole lot cheaper and with less recoil, and you can find ammo everywhere.
The .308 Win. is also a great round. Perhaps a little more recoil than the standard .270 Win, but every bit as accurate, and delivers a little more punch down range. Any deer-size animal, hit in the same place with either of these bullets would be just as dead just as fast!
Anything bolt action for me. Those are very good calibers you've listed. Cannot go wrong with any one.
270 win, 280 rem, 308 win, 7mm-08 may be the hottest bullet out there right now. All will do everything you need it to do. Pick a brand in your price range and top it with quality glass!
the best rifle to hunt deer with is the kind that will put them down. If you dont want a 30/06 and or looking at a 270 or a 308 dont really matter not much differance in them and they both will do the job just fine. Check out and hold in hand severial brands and models and find the one that fits you the best.As for ammo thats a whole nother story.You will have to find what the rifle you get likes to eat.Nobody can tell you what ammo will shoot the best only your rifle can do that.2 rifles of the same brand, model,barrel length,twist rate may not like the same ammo.Theres alot more to it than buying a rifle and a box of 150g ammo and hit the woods
If recoil is the issue for not wanting the 30-06 I would say the .308 is a good choice.. The Weatherby Vanguard is a great Model. Mount a quality scope and get some range time. Sooner rather than later. Practice creates confidence.
If recoil is your issue consider this..
The faster your rifle pushes the bullet the more it will recoil, simple physics. Going to a heavier bullet will usually kick harder. That is why alot of new shooters are steered to the 7mm-08 shooting a 140gr load. The bullet isn't fast around 2600fps and a 140gr is not heavy for that caliber. Also if you don't like a rifle that kicks steer clear of anything with the term magnum in it. One last thought, the recommendation of the Weatherby Vangard is a good one. It is a nice rifle and heavier than most. Weight in your rifle helps absorb recoil and makes it more tollerable.
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How ND Created a Partner, Not a Burden, with Ellie in TLOU
Just thought this was an interesting read and figured I'd share it with you peeps. Since mostly everyone thinks Ellie is the star of the game.
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Ellie, the spirited and foul-mouthed heroine of post-apocalyptic action adventure game The Last of Us, was designed to echo the player's experience in the game's world while acting as a useful partner, Naughty Dog's Max Dyckhoff said at Game Developers Conference 2014.
The gameplay engineer explained the character's design choices in the GDC panel "Ellie: Buddy AI in The Last of Us." The first step, Dyckhoff said, was to treat the character as a person.
"To me, Ellie is my second child, and everything I did about her, I was thinking about what she was going through as a character and a human being as well," Dyckhoff said. "I tried to think what her relationship with Joel and the enemies would be, and if I was a person in this world what I would be doing."
Naughty Dog wanted Ellie to remain close to the player in any given scenario without being annoying and without "cheating " — teleporting or causing too much chaos. To that end, the character needed to be helpful in battle and not blow cover during moments of stealth.
"If she's just staying close to you, she's just going to be an escort quest," Dyckhoff said. "... If she does stuff, you're going to care about her even more."
Ellie's tendency to stick with Joel was influenced by developer's desire to keep players from blaming Ellie at any point. If she's always with Joel, Dyckhoff said, then her actions are no more stupid than the player's. Part of Naughty Dog's original design for the game included having to save Ellie even if she was far off-screen, but the mechanic was drastically scaled back to keep her from being a burden. The character will also occasionally offer support in the form of items — another element reduced to keep her from being an "ammo dispenser" — or even take down an enemy to save the player.
During stealth sections of the game, Ellie was designed to hurry to Joel for cover, while Joel will naturally put his arm over her as a way of protection. This animation helps build the relationship between the two characters.
"This is a father-daughter relationship you're looking at," he said.
Other small animations or actions that took place during non-cutscenes helped build Ellie's character as well. Ellie will explore different areas in the game on her own. She'll whistle, fidget and make off-handed comments as players wander. She is, in some ways, a representation of the player, Dyckhoff said.
"Ellie is, in my opinion, the star of The Last of Us," Dyckhoff said. "She's not world weary like Joel, the protagonist. She's seeing everything outside of the city for her own for the first time like the player is. She's afraid of scary things, much like we as players are too. We see violence and she's disgusted by it.
"To this end, she's a very important character. She is, to me, the real character in the game you should be thinking about."
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L_A_White_Boy wrote:
Since mostly everyone thinks Ellie is the star of the game.
Calm down AK. For once, David wasn't the main character...
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Since mostly everyone thinks Ellie is the star of the game.
That's why I said MOSTLY.
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I agree that Ellie is the star of the game. But Joel also deserves to be there as well. Maybe not as high..... but still high


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Im slightly overweight after spending the summer recovering from a knee op. Ive had meniscectomy on both my right and left knees. I am really enjoying my running since beig able to doso again but about a week and a half ago I pulled my calf, not too badly but will probably take another week or so to be OK to start again.
I have been looking at minimalist shoes and was wodnering if they are a good idea? I have a fairly neutral gait and run in Pegasus 28's. I am 'heavier' being about 87kg just now but once I lose my injury weight I will be about 84ish.
Question I have is whether minimalist shoes would be a good idea? I have been looking at kinvara as they seem to have a good write up and there are some decent deals on them. I have read about using them sparingly at first and building up but with my knees and weight are they a good idea?
Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated, thanks.
What are you hoping to achieve from running minimalist shoes?
The main thing that I am hoping to achieve is a better/more efficient running technique and stronger calfs etc.
I will hopefully be playing football again in the next couple of months so I normally run to and from and have recovery runs in betweeen training and games. Havent given up on football just yet so it is the main focus but was thinking something minimalist would give me a bit more from my recovery runs etc.
If you have any respect for your knees, you'll give up football. They've given you one warning already which is why you needed surgery on them.
The common mistake many people make when transitioning to a more minimalist shoe/ style is that they don't give themselves enough time to allow the body to adapt to the change.
Often less heel-toe drop in a shoe coincides with a move forward of where the foot strikes the ground, a more foreward strike will put more pressure on your calves and that's why you'll find plenty of people with PF, achillies tendonitis or shin splints after trying a more minimal shoe.
Basicly if you want to give it a go I'd say be prepared to drop your milage back by quite a bit at first and then gradually bring it back to where it was before. It may feel frustrating or like a step back, but give up a few months to getting that transition right and you will reap the benefit of years of running with a more efficient, more joint friendly style.
Agree with all that's been send however, would like to add to the question...
I'm currently transitioning to VFF Bikilas - up to 5 miles today In 3 weeks I'll be starting Marathon training in 'proper' running shoes.
My 'plan' is to do my recovery runs in the VFF's and build up my MLR in them as well leaving my speedwork, LSR in 'proper' shoes - is this liable to cause more issues?
Depends on you fella, VFFs are a whole different kettle of fish. I would just go with maximum caution.
Slowly slowly cathie monkey!
I have been told I need some support and have run in brooks adrenaline and adidas supernova. Always had problems with my hip/ glute medius. About a year ago I bought a pair of cheap kinvaras to try. I really liked them and didn't find i needed much of a transition period - have now run up to marathon distance and don't use anything else unless doing xc. I also have very few problems with my hip now.
I am a fairly light runner but not natural midfoot striker, find I run a bit more mid foot in the kinvaras without trying
RicF I know what you are saying, Ive had that thought already and if it means that playing football means that I will not be able to run/keep fit I will be giving it up. I do however love football and played for 12 years on the other knee with a similar op without any bother. I am going to take it easy though, starting off with a few light games of 7s and then consider going back to my amateur team.
Im thinking the Kinvaras, not really wanting to go as far as VFFs unless anyone has any other suggestions?
DT17 -- I get where you are coming from in terms of your decision to try out minimalist shoes... I think it's important for you to understand what a "better/more efficient running technique" actually is, as theoretically you could achieve that In structured shoes.
I wasn't aware that a mid/fore foot strike would equal more pressure on the calfs but I could be wrong on that... I thought it was the smaller heel-to-toe drop, that allows the calf to elongate more when the heel hits the ground, that causes more pressure on the calfs.
Totally agree though that you should at least cut right back on the training, or possibly even start from scratch and build back up again. Good luck all the same... Do come back at some point and let us know how you get on
Thanks Taxi, I have read that due to the lack of cusioning you change your technique to more forefoot strick and with the heeldrop means the calf is under more pressure. I know that this can probably be done in normal trainers (which is how I managed to injure my calf a couple of weeks ago).
Now, which trainers to go for???
I know nothing about minimalist shoes but....
Why don't you try transitioning to a mid/forefoot strike before you buy new shoes; then, if you find the change in style comfortable and it's not causing you any problems, buy some new shoes.
Lou, I see where your coming from however, I'm currently transitioning to running in bikilas and find downhill tough, I imagine it would be even tougher mid/forefoot striking downhill in 'normal' shoes with built up heels? I'm sure peeps manage it though?


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(Sept. 2, 2008)--Barbara Millis started Aug. 1 at UTSA as director of the Teaching, Excellence, Advancement and Mentoring (TEAM) Center. Before coming to UTSA, she was director of the Excellence in Teaching program at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
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Millis earned a Ph.D. in English from Florida State University. She is a frequent presenter at conferences including the Lilly Teaching Conference, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU), the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Teaching Professor Conference.
Her experience includes faculty development work, which she began in 1982. Millis served at the University of Maryland, University College (UMUC), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), before moving to UNR. She has taught numerous classes in English literature and composition including WebCT online classes for graduate students. At USAFA, she won both research and teaching awards.
Millis is the only person to have won more than once the teaching innovation award from the POD national faculty development network. She won the award three times for different ideas at three institutions where she served.
She has co-authored three books -- "Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty" (1998), "Simulations in Higher Education" (2004) and "The Course Syllabus: A Centered Approach" (2008). She has published more than 40 articles in refereed journals on various aspects of teaching and learning including teaching portfolios, classroom observations, microteaching, academic games, syllabus construction and classroom assessment.
Each summer, Millis plans to take UTSA faculty to a weeklong teaching retreat in Leadville, Colo., "Boot Camp for Profs," where she is a featured presenter. She serves as a reviewer for College Teaching and the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and is a consultant for the IDEA Center, Merlot, and the Teaching, Learning, Technology Group. She has given invited workshops at more than 300 hundred colleges and universities around the world including New Zealand, Spain and Qatar.
In August, Millis began at UTSA's TEAM Center helping the provost's office to organize two days of new faculty orientation. She presented a three-hour interactive session on course design and redesign, emphasizing interactive group work and conducted a group-oriented case study discussion, "Bill Jasper's First Day of Class."
The TEAM Center also offered this summer for the first time two days of teaching assistant (TA) training. The modules offered Aug. 23 were divided into two tracks to meet the needs of diverse TAs with Millis offering presentations in the humanities, social sciences and professional disciplines. She teamed with Keith Whittington, a tenured computer science professor from the Rochester Institute of Technology, to provide modules targeting TAs in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics -- the STEM disciplines.
"Making training relevant is critically important," Millis added. "The topics included active learning, grading and teaching labs or course and lesson planning."
The second day of TA training on Sept. 6 will feature a panel of experienced TAs who will provide advice and respond to questions -- and a unique microteaching opportunity allowing TAs to offer 10-minute presentations and then receive feedback from their peers in small groups and from a mentor TA, one of the new master teaching fellows.
"The Master Teaching Fellows program, funded by the provost's office, is a tremendous asset to the university as a whole," said Millis. The nine fellows, their chairs and invited guests will be honored at a Sept. 16 reception attended by John Frederick, UTSA provost and vice president for academic affairs, and David Johnson, UTSA vice provost for academic affairs and faculty support.
Nine specially selected graduate students will receive a certificate in college teaching after enhancing their professional skills under the tutelage of the TEAM Center, but they also will be available to mentor other TAs, particularly through confidential classroom observations, and to offer universitywide focus groups for course and program assessment.
According to Millis, the focus group model is unique because it combines the usual qualitative open-ended questions with quantitative measures focusing on strengths and weaknesses. The model has been adopted worldwide and featured at numerous assessment conferences. The focus groups and resulting detailed reports will be provided at no charge to all UTSA departments or units.
Other initiatives for the TEAM Center include a fall workshop series with two nationally recognized presenters, Linda Nilson, author of "Teaching at Its Best," from Clemson, and Bob Noyd, a USAFA botanist.
"I want to offer faculty and in some cases, TAs, the opportunity to receive funding to strengthen their teaching," added Millis. "So with UTSA partners, I hope to form committees to select recipients for grants in five areas -- Teaching Enhancement, The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Writing Across the Curriculum and Service Learning."
Faculty interest groups also will be supported by the TEAM Center. Two are already in the works -- a writing support group and a technology interest group -- will be supported by new interactive Web sites.
"I am very loyal to the institutions I serve," Millis said. "As a result, I try to bring recognition to them and to their faculty and staff." For example, as a result of Millis' application, USAFA was selected by the Association of American Colleges and Universities as one of 16 leadership institutions in undergraduate education.
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