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Man found fatally shot
Deputies investigating a report of gunfire Monday night discovered the body of a 22-year-old man.
The man had been shot several times in the upper torso, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht. She said he is a known gang member.
Authorities had not identified the victim as of Tuesday.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said they're waiting for fingerprint results. In addition, he said the man's next of kin hasn't been notified.
The sheriff's Industry station got a call at 10:30 p.m. Monday about shots being fired in the 18600 block of Villa Park Street which is in the unincorporated community of East Valinda.
Hecht said arriving deputies saw a man lying in the street with gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
"Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots and then saw a dark-colored, compact vehicle speed away from the scene," Hecht said.
Deputies also said a man described only as a Latino was spotted running from the area.
What led to the shooting is still unknown.
Sheriff's homicide detectives didn't return calls for comment on Tuesday.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or by texting the letters "TIPLA" plus the tip to 274637, or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
Two hikers injured in Eaton Canyon
A sheriff's volunteer rescue team helped an Alhambra woman who fell 30 feet while hiking Monday in Eaton Canyon.
She suffered head injuries and two possible broken femurs, according to Sheriff's Lt. Brian Fitch.
He said a second hiker, also from Alhambra, sustained minor injuries during the hike.
Both women are expected to make a full recovery.
The Altadena Search and Rescue Team were sent to the Eaton Canyon falls about 5:45 p.m. to look for the two injured hikers.
Fitch said the woman who fell was taken by a Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter to a hospital.
Paramedics treated the other hiker at the scene, he added.
Missing Covina hiker found
A Covina man who didn't return from a weekend hike near the Palm Springs Tramway was found Monday, authorities said.
Louis E. Perez wasn't injured and appeared to be in good spirits, Riverside County Sheriff's Sgt. Anthony Williams said in a statement.
On Sunday night, Williams said deputies were called to the Cactus to Clouds trailhead near the Palm Springs Tram about a hiker who needed to be rescued. A relative reported Perez missing when he didn't return in time.
Williams said the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit used Perez's cell phone to find his location.
A helicopter from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department spotted the missing hiker at 9:40 a.m. Monday near the Black Mountain campgrounds.
Williams said deputies escorted Perez back to his vehicle at the Cactus to Clouds trailhead.
Driver in fatal crash named
Coroner's officials on Tuesday identified the driver killed in a weekend solo crash on the 605 Freeway as a 22-year-old Whittier man.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said Erik Espinoza died of multiple traumatic injuries and the death was ruled as an accident.
The fatal crash happened about 7:15 p.m. Sunday on the southbound 605 Freeway, just south of Peck Road.
California Highway Patrol officers said a Saturn sedan in the right lane went over the right shoulder and overturned. The driver died at the scene.
Trash truck driver killed in fiery collision identified
Authorities on Tuesday released the name of the second man killed in a Nov. 21 crash involving a trash truck and a minivan.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner identified the driver of the Waste Management trash truck as Renato Quiroz Rivas, 48, of Paramount.
The autopsy on Rivas was done Tuesday.
Corral said the cause of death was thermal burns and the death was deemed as an accident.
The other man killed in the collision at Fairplex Drive and McKinley Avenue was identified earlier as Paul Potter, 67, of San Dimas. Potter was a longtime El Monte National Little League coach.
Pomona police said the minivan was traveling north on Fairplex Drive and the trash truck was heading south. For some reason, the truck veered to the right. The two vehicles crashed head-on.
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WASHINGTON, DC. -- The Department of Justice has initiated proceedings to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a Brooklyn, Ohio, man on the basis of his service during World War II as an armed guard at a Nazi slave labor camp and at a subcamp of the infamous Mauthausen Concentration Camp.
The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court in Cleveland by the Criminal Division's Office of Special Investigations (OSI) and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, alleges that Wasyl Krysa, 74, served as an armed guard of civilian prisoners at SS Labor Camp Poniatowa in Nazi-occupied Poland from approximately July to November, 1943. The complaint asserts that Krysa's unit guarded Jewish slave laborers at Poniatowa and prevented them from escaping. The complaint further states that on November 4, 1943, all of the prisoners -- some 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children -- were killed at Poniatowa by German SS and police forces as part of the Nazis' so-called "final solution to the Jewish question," the genocidal killing of Jews in Europe.
The complaint alleges that Krysa was later transferred to serve as an SS concentration camp guard, and that by April 1944 he was guarding prisoners at the Gusen subcamp of Mauthausen Concentration Camp, as part of Mauthausen's SS Death's Head Battalion (SS-Totenkopfsturmbann). Mauthausen Concentration Camp, located near Linz in German-annexed Austria, was one of the most brutal of the Nazi concentration camps. OSI Director Eli M. Rosenbaum said that nearly half of the 68,000 persons imprisoned at Gusen perished there. U.S. Attorney Emily M. Sweeney noted that Gusen was notorious for the cruel and sadistic way in which inmates died. "Prisoners were deliberately worked to death in stone quarries, or murdered by beatings, phenol injection, and firing squad," said Sweeney.
Krysa obtained a U.S. immigration visa in 1951 and entered the United States in December of that year. According to the complaint, Krysa lied when he applied for his visa by telling U.S. officials that he had worked as a farmer until July 1944, thereby concealing the fact that he served as an armed guard at Poniatowa and Gusen. The Government's suit seeks a ruling that Krsya obtained his U.S. citizenship illegally and a judgment revoking that citizenship.
Rosenbaum emphasized that the guards at Poniatowa and Gusen played an integral role in the Nazi plan to persecute and murder Jews and others deemed undesirable. "The public's attention has lately been focused on gold, art, and other property looted from Holocaust victims, and on reparations for surviving slave laborers," said Rosenbaum. "These are certainly important matters, but it must be stressed that many of the SS guards who supervised the slave laborers and prevented them from escaping are still alive and have succeeded in eluding detection and prosecution," said Rosenbaum.
The complaint against Krysa is the result of OSI's ongoing efforts to identify and take legal action against former participants in Nazi persecution who still reside in this country. Since OSI began operations 20 years ago, 63 Nazi persecutors have been stripped of their citizenship. Fifty-two such persons have been removed from the United States, including three in the past six months. An additional 150 Nazi persecutors have been blocked from entering the country in recent years as a result of OSI's "Watchlist" program. Some 250 persons are currently under investigation by the Justice Department unit.

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COLIN Munro helped New Zealand 'A' clinch a seven-wicket win over England Lions to claim the Royal London One-Day Triangular Series at Worcester's New Road.
Munro, who was part of Worcestershire's NatWest T20 Blast squad, finished on 18 not out from 15 balls as the Black Caps chased down a revised target of 220 in 36 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method due to rain.
He returns home tomorrow in time for the birth of his first baby.
Jonny Bairstow (77) and Tom Smith (71 not out) enabled the Lions to recover from 43-4, after they had been put into bat, to reach 255-8 in 50 overs.
But an opening stand of 109 runs in 15.3 overs between Hamish Rutherford (95) and Anton Devcich (49) after a lengthy break for rain set New Zealand on the path to a comfortable victory with 3.3 overs left.
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Jun 6, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff WriterSHOSHONI -- Teresa Taylor is dissatisfied with how Fremont County School District 24 officials have handled the new Shoshoni school project.
"This school is the heart of the town," said Taylor, a resident of the small town.
During a meeting Monday at the Shoshoni Senior Citizens Center, Taylor told the board of trustees and other district personnel that the only reason the meeting was happening was because residents wanted it. Once citizens got it organized, she said the district "jumped on the band wagon."
"I would disagree," superintendent Tammy Cox said.
Taylor said there hasn't been enough
co-munication between the district and the community about the future school.
"The school is our main thing here. I can understand some of the reasons (for a new school). I'm not against a new school, but I feel there is no trust, and we are being left out," she said. "I'm just upset that there's not a lot of communication."
Roughly 50 people attended the 90-minute meeting, where Cox, trustees and other key players involved in the future construction project outlined facts about the plan and fielded questions from the audience.
The new school, which will not open for at least three years, will be built to accommodate 500 K-12 students in kindergarten. Currently, about 330 students are enrolled at Shoshoni School.
At the beginning of the meeting, Cox told the group that a core advisory committee thought a fact sheet would be a good way to help clear up misconceptions about the project. Copies of the fact sheet were handed out, and residents were encouraged to share the information with others.
Cox said there are many problems with the current facility, including handicapped accessibility because there are 13 different elevations in the building. Bringing the facility up to code would cost around $19 million. Renovation could cost $23 million. With those figures combined with a growing student enrollment, the state has determined a new school would be the most appropriate route.
The Shoshoni school board is pursuing a 71-acre property near the airport to build the new facility. It's also near 29 acres that the district already owns.
Rich Hardt of the Wyoming School Facilities Department said there are many benefits to the property.
"There are no water issues, the soils have never been disturbed," he said. "It offers expansion in the future."
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|Antarbedi, Antarvedi, Bijbhasha, Braj, Braj Bhakha, Bri, Brij Bhasha, Briju, Bruj
|Braj Bhasha, Antarbedi, Bhuksa, Sikarwari, Jadobafi, Dangi. Bhuksa is sometimes mentioned as a dialect of Kanauji [bjj]. Braj Bhasha is usually considered to be a dialect of Hindi, and was the predominant literary language before the switch to Hindi in the 19th century.
|Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Unclassified
|Language development
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|Writing system
|Devanagari script.
|Mostly Hindu, some Muslim.
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Helen Beetham, of the Digital Literacies theme, recently presented her work on 'Learning Literacies for a Digital Age' at the SEDA Spring conference held at the University of Leeds.
"Despite their pervasive use of social technologies, few learners make effective use of digital technology to support their learning, or graduate with the skills necessary for lifelong learning in a digital age, without targeted support.
Our recent digital literacies audit of UK HEIs (JISC 2009) revealed that few institutions are addressing these issues in a joined-up way. We argue that institutions have a responsibility to develop digitally literate learners, and that this extends beyond what is usually understood by information literacy to a wider set of critical practices and attitudes. In our report we summarise evidence that learners can only develop these practices in relation to authentic tasks, whose meaning is negotiated in communities of learning both small (e.g. cohorts, groupwork situations) and large (e.g. disciplinary and professional communities)."


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have the paint and everything ready to go. just gotta figure out those darn curtains. as always, i'm up for suggestions! something funky, fun! would love small vertical colorful stripes. oh ki, why don't you make curtains!
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Bismarck, N.D., Mar 30, 2014 / 04:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two groups of religious sisters new to North Dakota's Diocese of Bismarck bring the blessings of prayer and their examples of faith and service to the area, an official with the local Church said. "One of the things you see about both of these groups of sisters is that they live lives of joy," Matthew Kurtz, communications director for the Bismarck diocese, told CNA March 28. "They exude joy; that will be one … [Read more...]
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Rome, Italy, Mar 30, 2014 / 07:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Legal counsel Paul Coleman has spoken of the increasing persecution of Christians in Europe, identifying the main groups driving ideological agendas counter to Church teaching. Anti-Christian ideologies at the U.N. are "being advanced by three different groups," Coleman told CNA in a March 23 interview, the first being "activist organizations, the primary drivers behind the movement." "Then you have … [Read more...]
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This article originally appeared in the Bentley Magazine.
Financial planning is critical, no matter when you graduated. Many people conduct an annual review of their financial affairs, and this year, investment market conditions and other economic factors make it especially important to explore all financial planning options. Bentley has much to offer.
We understand that many considerations go into planning for a charitable gift: what to give, when to give, how to give, and how much to give. The Office of Gift Planning can provide information and suggestions for making the most of your charitable dollars, while helping your alma mater continue its tradition of excellence.
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Beryl (Hardacker) Bunker '58, a former senior vice president at John Hancock and longtime advocate for women's education, has also led by example as a philanthropist.
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I have been gainfully employed at University of the Fraser Valley since 1979 when it was Fraser Valley College. I was originally a faculty member in Communications, where I taught work place writing, research and report writing, and public speaking. In 1984 I became the coordinator of the College Achievement Program, a transition program for aboriginal adult learners. In 1993 I became department head of Communications Department, a position I held until 1999.
I became a member of the B.A. Adult Education in 1995 as a sessional instructor. In 1999, my duties were split between managing UFV Online, our online campus, and teaching in Adult Education. I have taught Honouring Diversity in Adult Education Settings, Educational Technology, Program Planning, Assessing Adult Learning, and History of Aboriginal Adult Education as well as the introductory courses and directed independent studies.
In 2009, I accepted the inaugural position as Director, Teaching and Learning. This term appointment has provided opportunities to work with faculty engaged in the pursuit of teaching excellence. I continue to be engaged in developing services for faculty and students in all learning environments, including fully online and hybrid. I have been interested in and committed to educational technology since I met my first main frame at Queen's University in 1976.
I have been involved in community service since 1979. I am one of the founding members of the Ann Davis Transition House and the Upper Fraser Valley Transition Society; a founding member of Intervention, a program for inmates at Mountain Institution; a member of Alliance for the Safety of Prostitutes; a board member of BC/Yukon Society of Transition Societies; and inaugural member International Advisory Committee Instructional Skills Workshop. I have held several executive positions in the UFV Faculty and Staff Association between 1980 and 2010. I am currently working with street-involved youth in the sex trade.
My focus in my professional life is social justice. As a feminist, I bring this critical analysis to all I do. My particular focus is the education of aboriginal adults.
My academic background began with an honours degree in English Literature from University of Victoria and a M.A. in English Literature from Queen's University. I completed my Ed.D. in the department of history and philosophy of education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto. My dissertation – the View from Within – examines story-telling and aboriginal adult education through the lens of feminist epistemology.


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The Sexual Assault Prevention Committee (SAPC) of Humboldt State has received a $250,000 Department of Justice grant to fund programs that prevent and respond to sexualized violence, domestic and dating violence, and stalking. Research shows that at least half of all violent crimes involve alcohol consumption. The grant will fund a campus prevention educator, a comprehensive prevention program for incoming students, and training for university police, faculty, and staff. The grant will also help develop bystander intervention strategies and build upon the work of campus peer educators to create a safer and more accountable community. Central to the implementation of the grant will be ensuring that campus efforts are survivor-centered.
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A Camillus man is in serious but stable condition after he was stabbed following an aggressive driving incident.
Syracuse police say the man, whose name has not been released, was cut off by another vehicle on Grand Avenue and crashed into a snow bank. While he was trying to dig his car out, the occupants of the car who cut him off attacked him, stabbing him multiple times. He was picked up by an off-duty fireman and taken to Upstate University Hospital. Police say the suspects are both Hispanic males, one in his 40's in a black hooded sweatshirt and black jeans, and a younger man in an orange hoodie and dark jeans. Both fled the scene of the attack on foot.


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A 46-year-old woman will face criminal charges next month for allegedly trying to burn a poster created by her husband which got out of control and destroyed the couple's Halawa Heights home in March. Loraine Casanova entered a plea of not guilty Monday on charges of second-degree arson and harassment of a police officer. Second-degree arson is a Class B felony with a maximum jail term of 20 years. Trial begins the week of June 16th.


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I want to talk about disability. What is disability and what does it mean to have one?
Not so many years ago, it was discovered that my feet sustained fractures, several in each one. They weren't healing, so I was sent to a wheel chair. For one month, I went out only for doctor appointments. I didn't consider myself disabled, just lonely.
My doctor must have sensed this because he prescribed CRO boots, a kind of cement shoe that held my feet in one position and alleviated any pressure from walking. Each weighed about 5, maybe 8 lbs. and, because I couldn't bend my feet, I walked like a penguin. It was hard to keep my balance, so I had to get a cane. It was hard to walk up and down curbs. We had to move from our upstairs apartment to one downstairs. It was hard to reach the bottom row of the bulk items in the supermarket. I learned to ask for help. I thought that was what it meant to be disabled.
Flash forward a few years. I no longer wear the CRO boots and I exchanged my blue walking cane for a white one. After I graduated from the White Cane Academy, aka, mobility training, I wanted to take the bus somewhere. I got my $2 ready but the driver said it was only $1. I didn't remember any spare the air day holiday so I thought maybe it was my lucky day or the fare machine was broken. I took the bus a few days later with the same driver and again, I only had to pay $1. The third time, I asked why. I knew what was coming, something that I didn't think of the other two times, but I wanted him to say it: "Because you are disabled."
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:07 PM
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tired of media pushing rare EV tie
Rachel Maddow just now , and a host of other media pundits are peddling the rare and extremely unlikely scenario that there could be a 269-269 electoral college tie. In my opinion this just foster more fear and uncertainty. I like Rachel but think other aspects of the election could have been covered instead. President Obama will win and win decisively. 310-330 EVs. I am tired of the media pushing this it is a close race fantasy.
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:17 PM
oswaldactedalone (1,833 posts)
1. I enjoyed the discussion
because, as slim as the odds might be, I now see that Robme has a path to 270 which I hadn't considered and that's the Maine 2nd district.
Work hard folks. Obama should win but I want him to kick serious ass and have long coattails down ballot.
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:45 PM
Jennicut (25,415 posts)
2. Maine's second district was like over 11 points for Obama in '08.
It is like Romney trying to win Minnesota or something. It just is very, very unlikely. Obama won Maine by 17 points in 2008. The polls show he is ahead there by at least 12 points per the average. Even if Romney gained 5 points in the second district the lead would still be Obama by 5 or 6%. I am not seeing it.
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:45 PM
naturallyselected (82 posts)
3. Won't happen
As I posted in another thread, Maine's 2nd District won't be going to Romney. That district elected a Democratic Representative to Congress. Michaud, while hardly among the more Progressive of Democrats, has a big lead in the polls, his seat is safe, and those same voters aren't going to go Romney.
I know, from afar, it's hard to understand how our sane state elected Penguin LePage for governor, but it was a fluke result of a strong Independent candidate who almost won. Maine likes Independent candidates. King is going to win (marginal improvement over Snowe - he will side with the Democrats far more often) the Senate easily. I remember even Ross Perot doing very well in this state way back when.
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:47 PM
DemocratSinceBirth (82,200 posts)
4. We Have An Election To Win. What Is The Efficacy Of Advancing A Scenario That Just Will Not Happen?
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:15 PM
Third Doctor (1,574 posts)
5. The last time this happened was in the 19th century wasn't it?
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:17 PM
doc03 (19,236 posts)
6. I certainly am, it's just something else they have dreamed up for ratings and
to drive us nuts.
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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:33 PM
RomneyLies (3,333 posts)
7. I've seen this nonsense trotted out every election since 2000
They bring it up every election as filler, mostly after they've sold the typical horse race narrative and have not much else to talk about.
Yeah, it's definitely possible. It's also damned unlikely regardless of how divided the nation is. there's a reason why the House has determined the outcome of an election only one time (John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson 1824).
It's such a politically toxic outcome the House would do ANYTHING to insure it does not happen, which is the real reason for the Bush v. Gore decision.
Speculation is fun, but it's damned near impossible.


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The 2013 NFL Season is going to be a special one for the Baltimore Ravens as they will be the defending Super Bowl Champions for just the second time in franchise history, but there are going to be several reunion types of matchups throughout the season.
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It will not take long for Baltimore to face a former Raven on the other side as week two brings such a matchup. The Ravens will play host to AFC North division foe Cleveland and will be facing Paul Kruger for the first time since he signed with the Browns this offseason. Both Kruger and Baltimore will find out quickly if Paul was a success because of the system or himself.
The reunion parade continues at M&T Bank Stadium in week three with perhaps the biggest of them all. When quarterback Joe Flacco lines up for the first offensive play of the game against the visiting Houston Texans, he will have to account for someone who he used to account for on the practice field, future Hall of Famer Ed Reed. Undoubtedly Baltimore will give Reed a warm welcome in his return to Charm City, but Flacco and the Ravens offense will have no intention of doing so once the game begins.
Week five will once again put a former Ravens defender up against his former team, this time while Baltimore is on the road visiting the Miami Dolphins. Dannell Ellerbe will be lining up against Flacco's offense in week five, and we will once again get a chance to see if a player was a success due to Baltimore's defensive scheme or the player himself.
Current Ravens:
Baltimore signed several key players this offseason that is going to help out the team's 17th ranked defense from a year ago, but the headliner is Elvis Dumervil. In a rematch of the AFC Divisional round from a year ago, where we saw the "mile high miracle," Dumervil will get the chance to rush his former team in the Denver Broncos in the NFL's Opening Night game in Denver. Baltimore will hope for the same result and Dumervil will be looking to be on the winning side of the matchup.
There are several other reunions that will take place this season including yet another matchup between the Ravens and former Defensive Coordinator Rex Ryan when Baltimore hosts the New York Jets in week 12, but we have highlighted the key matchups to watch for this season.
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Heavy Metal
Collector's Series
- 1981 (1999) - Columbia TriStar
review by Todd Doogan, special to
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: C+
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A-/A/A+
Specs and Features
90 mins, R, letterboxed widescreen (1.85:1), 16x9 enhanced, single-sided, dual-layered (no layer switch - movie on one layer, special edition material on the other), Amaray keep case packaging, audio commentary (with Carl Macek reading from his book
Heavy Metal: The Movie
), feature-length rough cut (with optional commentary track with Carl Macek), documentary:
Imagining Heavy Metal
, deleted scenes including
Neverwhere Land
and an alternate "framing story" (with optional commentary by Macek), production photo gallery, pencil and conceptual art, single and layered cel gallery, production notes,
Heavy Metal
magazine cover gallery, film-themed menu screens, scene access (24 chapters), language: English (DD 5.1 & 2.0), subtitles: English, Spanish and Portuguese, Close Captioned
This doesn't have to be a very long review. If you're a fan of
Heavy Metal
-- run out and get this disc. Now. Don't wait in line, don't work for your allowance, don't even wait for the store clerk to give you a bag. Just hand over whatever amount they're asking, get your receipt, rip off the cellophane wrap, and get your ass home to pop this disc in your DVD player. There is so much stuff on this disc, it'll blow your mind. Wait, wait, wait. I'm getting ahead of myself.
For those of you who don't know what
Heavy Metal
is, let me break it down light and easy for you.
Heavy Metal
is one of those phenomena films. Sure, after you see it the first time, you'll no doubt wonder what all the fuss is about. The animation is not very good (or at least, not very consistent, although a few parts shine like in the Harry Canyon part, or Captain Sternn). The writing isn't of the type that'll win any awards. In fact, unless you're a guy who hardly dated in high school (read: a geek, a freak or a nerd) you'll simply not get it. Even the stories themselves are lacking (especially when you hold them up to the originals in
Heavy Metal
magazine). It's even a bit sexist. I mean how many women really have 80-DDD breasts, walk around half-naked, and freak out at the drop of a hat?
So why am I sending you all out for this disc in a rabid fury? Well, even if you aren't impressed the first time,
Heavy Metal
will grow on you. It gets stuck in your head and digs in. You'll think about it and begin to wonder. You'll see something in a movie and wonder where you first saw it, knowing it must have been a comic, and find out later it was
Heavy Metal
. In the end, you'll be curious as to whether what you saw, was really what you saw.
Heavy Metal
is so much a part of the pop culture universe, that just for that very fact,
Heavy Metal
is a DVD that everyone with a player should have in their collection. And that's not hyperbole -- that's the God's honest truth.
Heavy Metal
is a group of short stories, presented inside a framing story that ties it all together. The framing story is about a green orb (the Loc-Nar), that is basically everything Evil can be. Each of the stories has a reference to the green orb, and the orb is telling each story to a young girl. I really could go on and on about each story, but I feel that if you saw the film, you really don't need to hear what I think. If you haven't seen it, then you really need to experience the it on your own.
As a DVD, this thing rocks. Everything short of giving you the original "making-of" book is included on this thing. And in a way, that's included too. The extras are an art fan's dream. There's a gallery of gorgeous cover art from
Heavy Metal
magazine, a whopping pile of pencil art, cel art, backgrounds and concepts, and deleted scenes. The major scene that was deleted,
Neverwhere Land
, is a pretty emotional telling of the history of the world (with a focus on the violent acts of man), done in a swirl that is more beautiful than anything left in the film. It's incredible really. There's also an alternate-framing story about a carousel, that echoes the stories in the film. It's a work print, and you have the pleasure of viewing it with or without commentary by animation authority Carl Macek. Macek also reads from his book
Heavy Metal: The Movie
on a commentary for the film, but it gets annoying (even if it is informative) because it's not sequenced like the movie, so you're hearing stuff about the B-17 short while watching Den.
The best thing on this disc, is the ability to watch the film in its work print stage. It's primarily pencil sketches superimposed over rough backgrounds, with different film elements (like the live action model shots used to roto Taarna) edited in. There's some rough dialogue as well, without any music score. It's incredibly cool, and I am only hoping Disney does the same thing with their
Beauty And The Beast
disc when it comes out, using the early pencil print that came out on laserdisc a few years back. Macek provides a good commentary here, thankfully not reading from his book. He knows his animation, and provides a lot of useful information for animation enthusiasts. Included on top of everything else, is a documentary that will inform as well as entertain. The guys behind this movie probably never got laid in high school, and after hearing them talk about the film (especially the bits on why the naked chicks are so prominent) you won't wonder why.
The DVD's picture and sound quality are both stellar. There are a few moments of artifacting, and some edge enhancement, but for the most part it's a pristine picture. Keep in mind that the animation isn't state-of-the-art, and the print itself isn't in perfect condition, but the transfer is excellent - this is as good as you'll ever see this film look. The hard rock soundtrack shines through, in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and the original 2.0 tracks. The dialogue is well centered, and the effects are strong. It's a good disc to run your system on.
I'm serious when I say that you need this disc. I am not the biggest
Heavy Metal
fan, but I plan on getting a copy for several animation enthusiasts I know. It's something you need to see, and is definitely fun to play with. Go get it now.
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Our Meatloaf Recipe with Oatmeal replaces the traditional bread crumbs with uncooked oats, giving the final product a firmer body and a great taste. This is a great alternative if you normally have oats in the house for breakfast, and you do not want to buy a whole bag of bread crumbs to get a small amount to use in your meatloaf.
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The two half-fictions were collections of short narratives. One was a cute little book of anecdotes about famous and once-famous musicians, composers and conductors. I picked it up years ago in a junk shop in Denmark and only got around to reading recently. The other was the sometimes funny and always amusing Sleeping at the Starlite Motel, a perfect example of the storyteller's craft.
I call them half-fiction because anecdotes are often completely made-up and even when they are true they are more often than not impossible to corroborate, even if they are based on real people and ring true, while some may be true but have had the not-famous people they happened to replaced by famous ones because it makes the story more interesting.
Starlite Motel is supposedly about real people, but one can tell it has lots of lovely little embroideries of the kind that make true ordinary stories into good ones and good ones into great ones.
The month's highlights were Sleeping at the Starlite Motel, The Road to McCarthy and His Name is John. The romances ranged from clumsy to pretty good, but none made it into stand-out territory. The anecdote book contained just too many stories about people who were famous when it was published (1948) but I had never heard of, besides which I found the writer's style a tad annoying.
The first is, as I mentioned before, a collection of narratives, some of which I would call anecdotes and others I would call essays. White writes skilfully and with humour and insight about herself, friends, relatives and neighbours, places and events, drawing out the extra-ordinary in ordinary people and the quirkiness in everyday things and making insightful observations on human nature.
The Road to McCarthy the second book I read by Pete McCarthy. In the first, McCarthy's Bar, he drove around Ireland and stopped at every bar that had his name on it, and visited various interesting places and met all sorts of people. In this one, he chases the Irish heritage all over the world, from Australia to Alaska, with various stops in between.
The third favourite of the month is His Name is John, an interesting take on the paranormal mystery genre, with an engaging lead and an intriguing story-line, even though I quickly figured out some of the mystery. This is one of those "the less said, the better" stories, so I will not mention what it's about, except that there are three mysteries involved, two murders separated by decades and whether or not "John" is real and if he is, who he was in life.
The Books:
- Mary Calmes: Tooth & Nail. Urban fantasy romance, M/M.
- Anah Crow & Dianne Fox: Driven to Distraction. Contemporary romance, M/M.
- Diana DeRicci: A Fated Love. Contemporary romance, M/M.
- Cat Grant: The First Real Thing. Contemporary romance, M/M.
- Dorien Grey: His Name is John. Murder mystery, paranormal.
- Helen L. Kaufman: The Little Book of Music Anecdotes. Non-fiction, Anecdotes.
- Josh Lanyon: Icecapade. Contemporary romance, M/M.
- Pete McCarthy: The Road to McCarthy. Travelogue.
- Various : Reflections of Love. Romantic short stories, M/M.
- Bailey White: Sleeping at the Starlite Motel, and other adventures on the way back home. Vignettes/Essays.


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Date: Thu Oct 21 20:32:37 EDT 2004
I just read the "Cleaning up the tower: Numbers in Scheme" from Scheme WorkShop 2004. Although I do not agree with some of the points from the paper, the current number system of Scheme implements is not so satisfying. Will PLT scheme support arbitrary big real number (and more)? Would it be a better solution to add a better number system into SRFI?
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im moving to kansas city pretty soon, comin from nyc. can i get some words on whats good there? whats it like, hows the weather year round, etc. . . thanks
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
there is so many parts of kc ...
where in kc.. kcmo or kc... just
pm me and tell me.. i will ell ya
im from KC.
fuck Skribe, he doesn't do shit but legal pieces.
y'all need to check out 10,000 (tenLRG), Moses, Stoic. those cats are the real deal.
ieatrobot... really.. why do you talk for??
you cant talk shit if you havnt post anything
i mean really.. not even 1 thing from you
post something of yours.. ok brah.. and he can
belive whoever he want to belive is the shit
his choose... talk all the shit yu want.... but its
means nothing.. becuz right now.. you aint shit
becuz no one seen anything of yours.. i was rised
in kc.. and onmly real person that stand out.. was
tues.. frost.. loser.. impulse... and femme
and you know the whole DF ATT peeps
i missed this expo.. i was to busy working in springfield
really, thats was gay... just post pics
really brah.. look at this.. talking no pics
just do soemtinhg and put it here ight?
and spell check.. sorry im not a good typer.
deal with it
this is 2 i like from quisp they is clean
brah... can we not have beef in here? its
making the kc tread look shitty ight... really
post pic and shut your month ight.. let the
art say somthing.. i dont paint.. just a paper
boy... even if i do paint.. its 2 letter bombs...
now you can be quiet now.. and lok at the BB tread
still havnt told me what you write
brah.... and i cant go outside there
i moved to texas... a few months back
I put that up there so bacon wont be on my dick.
I eat robots.
I'm a toy,so I don't need to post flix.
But stop telling everyone that they should post a flic when you still haven't posted one. Your jockin on everyones balls in here and think your the shit and you keep making excuses.
damn,your ignorant.
went out flicking a couple of weeks ago and never got around to posting em' up, so here they are... a couple repeats but some fresh stuff too.
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I was born and raised in WA state and moved here in '99. I enjoy the outdoors when I can. I like to day hike, bike ride, kayak, or just go for a relaxing walk. I have a good sense of humor. I work out at the gym 3-4 days a week. I am a morning person. I like to cook. I enjoy board games, and video games.
I love cars and cats ! I volunteer at a cat shelter. I have some cats as well. so I guess if you dont like cats then that helps you with the filter search..ha
shows: big bang theory, family guy, hells kitchen, master chef, shark tank, anything automotive
movies: Harry potter, transformers, green mile, 28 days later, most pixars, lots, I like a lot of comedies, horror ( zombie movies) , action and some drama.
my cats
my family
note: these aren't in order of importance
My 3rd grade teacher called me the absent minded professor.
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President Obama largely cooled the partisan rhetoric this morning while speaking to a military audience in Virgina about plans to help veterans find jobs -- but not totally.
Tax breaks for employers willing to hire veterans are part of Obama's $447 billion jobs plan, and the president did cite the political impasse in Congress over the proposal -- the main focus of his North Carolina-Virginia bus trip that wraps up today.
"I want you know them a little bit -- I'm going to keep pushing them a little bit," Obama told troops at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va.
While he did not single out Republicans who all oppose the jobs plan, Obama noted that both the GOP and Democrats have applauded his past proposals to help veterans.
"Don't just applaud about it," Obama said. "Vote for it."
Obama told the troops: "The last thing you should should do is fight for a job when you come here."
Expect a little harsher rhetoric later today when Obama speaks at a fire station in North Chesterfield, Va.
The president also talked about his new GI Bill of Rights and his challenge to U.S. businesses to hire 100,000 veterans or their spouses by the end of 2013.
"We're already a quarter of the way there," Obama said.
Many of the businesses that have made commitments to veterans attended the ceremony, and Obama thanked them.
The president also saluted a prominent volunteer on behalf of military families: First lady Michelle Obama.
"She does all this and she still looks cute," he said.
In introducing the commander-in-chief, Mrs. Obama joked that she's all too often separated from her husband, and had not seen him in three days.
"This is like a nice date," she told Obama. "You're looking good."
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Father's Day is a day to pay homage to the many Dad's out there who put everything they have into raising their children and providing for their family. They're often the overlooked glue that holds everything together — the glue that doesn't get recognized until the children grow up and realize just how far Dad had gone to ensure the best possible life for everyone under his roof.
But for Archie Manning, Father's Day is more than that. It's about enjoying the success of his sons: Eli Manning, Peyton Manning and Cooper Manning.
"They make us so proud the way they handle things," Manning said of his sons Eli, Peyton and Cooper. "They have good instincts, and it inspires us as parents to make the same good decisions they are [making]."
Success isn't easy on ole Dad, however. As proud as Olivia and Archie are of their children, having two sons playing quarterback in the NFL is quite nerve-wracking — even for a former NFL QB.
"I've had Sunday Ticket on DirecTV ever since Peyton got into the league," Manning says. "So I am able to watch all of Peyton's and Eli's games, but I suffer through them. A couple of times when I was caught on a flight, I want to know what's the score, but when I land and find out I can sometimes be a little relieved that I didn't go through the tension of watching it."
Two games a week might be a bit rough on Archie, but it was close to being three games a week. Unfortunately, spinal and neck injuries ended the career of Cooper, who was an All-State High School wide receiver and once considered a hot prospect by the University of Mississippi.
"Three games were a little too much," Manning says, with a chuckle.
That didn't stop Cooper's success, however. And while he may not have brought home Super Bowl rings like Peyton and Eli have, he's made quite a life for himself as a partner at a New Orleans Real Estate firm and as a member of the Dan Patrick Show, where he has his own segment entitled "Manning of the Street."
All in all, there are plenty of reasons for Archie to be proud on this Father's day … and all other days as well.
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Thus ran his thoughts as the woman alighted from the gharry and crossed the compound.
The door of the gharry was narrow, and they could only come at me one at a time.
He was a short distance beyond the mouth of the alleyway when a gharry rolled by.
Whenever the gharry thrashed over the tram-lines, she closed her eyes.
For an hour over a road beside which the Corniche is commonplace indeed, the gharry rolled on.
He made no other movement, no gesture, no sign, and remained facing in the new direction after the gharry had swung out of sight.
"I can't ever thank you enough," she told him as they left the gharry and entered the hotel.
At last I managed to pick up a gharry and here I am, full of contrition for my bad behaviour.
In the street he found a gharry after a while and drove to his hotel.
We got out of the gharry and clambered into dwellings airy like packing crates, or descended into places sinister like cellars.


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SARASOTA, Fla. - A Suncoast restaurant that has recently had problems with the county and nearby residents was hit with graffiti over the weekend.
Someone wrote the words "pay us" on the sign for Bob's Boathouse restaurant on South Tamiami Trail.
Recently Bob's Boathouse was granted a 30-day temporary certificate of occupancy after paying $77,000 in utility fees it owed the county. Prior to that, residents living near the restaurant complained the live music being played there, was too loud.
Also former employees have complained they are owed money they were never paid by the owner.


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LORRY restrictions will be enforced on a Lechlade Road to combat HGVs which use it as an illegal short cut and help contribute to it having the worst air quality in the Cotswolds.
Residents in Thames Street have had to suffer for years from lorries using Lechlade as a rat run, despite signs warning them that there are length restrictions in place.
At a recent meeting of Cotswold District Council it was reported that the area has the worst air quality in the district, with lorries queuing at the traffic lights on Thames Street and leaving their engines running being a major factor.
Lechlade Town Council has been in talks with the Highways Agency and Gloucestershire Police about how to tackle it.
Town and district councillor Sue Coakley said previously lorries had said by the time they saw the signs it was too late as Thames Street is too narrow to turn around in.
Now signs have been put up in Highworth and Faringdon warning HGV drivers that Lechlade is now closed to them.
A spokesman for the police said: "These new signs provide us with more power to take action against drivers of vehicles that exceed the length restriction."
Lorry drivers breaking the regulation will now face a fine of £50 or a court summons if caught by the police.
Cllr Coakley welcomed the move.
"Once enforcement action is taken, word will spread between drivers and lorries will hopefully stop coming through the town.
"If we get this right, it could have a positive effect on the air quality."


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Subject: Re: [DNA] H Haplo?
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:36:30 +0000
Thanks everyone for taking the time to help me :)
I did consult Bennett Greenspan on this and he said H was rare in England, but that they were there. My Haplo does show strong matches to India and that is a hard thing to explain to the cousins as we are no doubt English and appear English in looks. But, the colonial family living in India may sort of explain it maybe.
I know haplo origin goes way farther back then what I have traced, but I have traced back to the late 1600's in Maryland USA and 2 books make reference saying my immigrant ancestor was of English Parentage. So I know as of the 1600's we were English lol, long before that it appears we were in or around India I guess.
Anyway, thank you all, I will hit the books and watch this list and LEARN!
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> > In Europe perhaps this means "gypsy". Just perhaps. Or of
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I had a feeling I was in trouble when I got her. Standing in line for over an hour at the San Diego Airport en route to South Africa this past weekend, I saw my baggage-handling future narrow down to two agents: a pretty Asian lady with a genuine smile and a stout, stone-faced German woman who clearly didn't see a good fireworks show the night before. Please get the friendly lady, please get the friendly lady, I begged.
"Next in line," said the German woman while the other lady got stuck answering a last-minute question. Damn. I tried my best to crack jokes and stay upbeat, but she wasn't having it. "Any other bags to check in?" she said.
"Um, yeah, just my surfboard over there," I said, pointing to my 8-foot boardbag off to the side (usually a good strategy).
Suddenly, she perked up. "Surfboard?" she said. "How many boards?"
"It's just one surfboard bag," I said.
"Yes, but how many boards?"
"It's one bag."
"Then let us go see," she insisted, walking over to my board bag and zipping it open. "Ah, ha!" she said, pawing over my paper-thin, 4-pound 6'1"s. "One, two, sree, four!"
Without saying another word, she marched straight over to the counter and started writing things down. I sauntered back, dreading the verdict. "OK," she said, showing me her scratch work. "It is {{{90}}} dollars for the first board and 180 dollars for each additional board, which makes…" she did the math in front of me just to rub it in. "Six hundred and sirty dollars!" How will you pay for it.
"There's no way I'm paying that," I said, defeated.
"Well, that is our policy. There is nothing I can do."
At this point, it becomes a little hazy. I do remember losing my temper, telling her how much she must enjoy doing this, getting a lot of stares and the German lady finally walking away to talk to her manager or security – I wasn't sure which. Moments later, a tan, older guy in shirtsleeves walked over. It looked like he might be a surfer, so I pleaded my case. "Hey, I've been traveling with multiple boards internationally for over 20 years and I've never had a situation like this," I said. "Really, is there anything we can do here?"
He looked sympathetic, said he's surfed in Indo and Mauritania (?) before, and admitted the United Airline policy sucked. "I've been begging corporate to do it all by weight," he said, "but policy's policy."
Planning on bringing more than one board? Get ready to pay.
I then tried logic. They don't charge golfers by the club, do they? Or hunters by the gun? This surfboard bag would be exactly the same size whether I had one board or six boards. He acknowledged it all, but still wouldn't budge. Much. Finally, after a minutes-long standoff, he said, "Look, here's what we can do. We'll charge you ${{{200}}} to Washington Dulles, you can pick up your boards there and deal with South African Airways for the other portion of your flight. How much time do you have in between flights? An hour and 40 minutes? Yeah…well, that should give you enough time."
He sounded doubtful. But knowing I had no other option, I took it.
Washington Dulles. Inter-terminal people movers that took way too long. Watching every second tick in front of the Oversize Baggage Claim. Then sprinting down the hall and up several flights of stairs with all my gear. I was the last one to check in at the South African counter, the lady took my board without charging me and I OJ'ed the last half-mile to the gate. Drenched in sweat and 17 more hours of flying ahead of me, I didn't really care because I thought I won the San Diego standoff.
That is, until I arrived in Johannesburg and my boards failed to arrive with me. More delays, more report-filing from a guy who seemed very uninterested and for some reason asked me to repeat every single one of my responses.
And that's where it stands. It's three a.m., I'm wide awake and boardless in South Africa and all my only hope is a claim check and a reference number. "Your boards might come tomorrow, maybe Tuesday, who knows?" said the South African airways representative.
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Are there any pattern types that I can download (like the Java pattern) for VPK4D ?
Or do I need to create my own types using the PDK and upload them ?
What I want to do is create a pattern for a tomcat server (as opposed to WAS) or a pattern that has non IBM components in it.
I know its possible to deploy tomcat using the pattern for java as described here :- https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/cloudjava/?lang=en
Not sure about how I would add other non IBM components though....
If three are no patterns available for direct download, is it possible to export them from the SCE ? (I have not tried doing this yet)
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I know that CloudBees has a similar concept to IBM's patterns (CloudStack) and I am trying to compare the two.
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JERUSALEM (Mar. 29)
Signs in Greek and Hebrew on every house in the Jewish colonies in Sharon greeted King George of Greece, when, as commander-in-chief of the Greek of the came there to review his troops stationed nearby.
The King, who was attired in the uniform of a Greek General, and his party arrived in one of the Jewish colonies "somewhere in Sharon" which was decorated with evergreen to for the Hebrew word "Shalom" and walked to the spot where he was to take the salute of his armed forces. At the stand, not far from the colony, there were, besides King George members of his Cabinet and his leading generals, Greek fighter planes dipped low over the stand in salute as contingents of troops marched past and a military band planed the Greek national anthem.


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So, technically, I should have written a post yesterday about "Top Chef: Just Desserts," when the show premiered. But Bravo plays its shows on repeat ad infinitum, so you'll still be able to catch the premiere. One of the few depressing things about "Top Chef"—besides the fact that you can't reach into the television and pull out the food—is that the chefs generally suck at desserts. And nothing is sadder than seeing a judge take a bite of a beautiful dessert only to have them spit it out in their napkin because it's so salty. So I'm thrilled to watch a show where pastry chefs duke it out in the kitchen.
And the first episode did not disappoint. There was liquid nitrogen and breakdowns. Not to mention deliciousness. I'm adding it to my DVR list.


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Shaynah [shay-nah] as a name for girls is a Yiddish name, and the meaning of the name Shaynah is "beautiful". Shaynah is a variant form of Shayna (Yiddish): form of Shaina.
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There certainly is much more optimism surrounding the 2013 version of the Phillies than there was surrounding last year's team.
The Medical Minute
The biggest news is simply that the team is healthy. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard opened 2012 on the disabled list and neither would return until right around the mid-way point when the team was pretty much already buried. Both are back this season and proved they're healthy during a longer than usual spring training. The jury is still out on Roy Halladay, who never really got cranked up this spring, but insists that he's healthy and that there's no reason to worry; time will tell on that front. The team also opens the year without catcher Carlos Ruiz, who is serving a 25-game suspension for violating the MLB substance abuse policy and new Phillie Delmon Young will start the year on the DL after off-season ankle surgery.
|2012 Opening Day lineup
|2013 Opening Day lineup - likely
|Victorino - CF
|Revere - CF
|Polanco - 3B
|Rollins - SS
|Rollins - SS
|Utley - 2B
|Pence - RF
|Howard - 1B
|Wigginton - 1B
|Young - 3B
|Mayberry Jr. - LF
|Brown - LF
|Ruiz - C
|Nix - RF
|Galvis - 2B
|Kratz - C
|Halladay - P
|Hamels - P
|Phillies beat Pittsburgh 1-0. Ruiz hit a sac fly to drive in Wigginton with the game's only run. Halladay got the win, allowing just two hits over eight innings and Papelbon recorded his first save as a Phillie.
|Cole Hamels will be opposed by Atlanta's Tim Hudson in the season opener.
Let's break out of this place
Domonic Brown could be a top choice to be a breakout type player in 2013. The Phillies turned Brown over to assistant hitting coach Wally Joyner and the two clicked, which resulted in Brown adjusting his grip and where he was holding his hands prior to the pitch. Brown started hitting from the first day of camp and didn't stop, but this being Philadelphia, it's going to take a little regular season convincing to get everybody firmly in the Domonic Brown column.
Freddy Galvis opened some eyes again during spring training. The young infielder is now a young infielder/outfielder, who showed flawless defense no matter where he was on the field and showed decent offensive skills at the plate. Good enough skills that the Phillies decided to keep Galvis as a utility infielder rather than go with veteran Yuniesky Betancourt for the job. It's going to be interesting to see how Charlie Manuel gets Galvis the 200-250 at-bats that he believed he could get him if they kept him on the roster. Utley and Jimmy Rollins may have to get used to more days off than they're used to as Manuel looks to prove he made the right choice in going with Galvis.
Questions? What questions?
The Phillies didn't make major splashes during the off-season and two of the players they acquired come with a bit of a question mark by their names, which are both Young.
Delmon Young being on the DL to open the season opens the first question. Did the Phillies sign damaged goods when they signed Young to a one-year deal. It's not actually all that surprising that Young opened the year on the DL, but let's see how the injury heals long-term. Even when he is healthy, just how good is Young going to be? Well, if having something to play for makes a player better, Young could be pretty good. The Phillies wisely insisted on a weight clause in Young's contract in an attempt to keep him at a healthy playing weight. Plus, since he's on a one-year deal, he's going to need to go all out to show that he deserves more years and money after the season, whether it's in Philadelphia or elsewhere.
The other Young isn't too young and that's the problem. Can Michael Young handle playing third base on an everyday basis? Young, 36, hasn't been an everyday third baseman since 2010, playing just 65 games at the position over the past two seasons. This spring, Young put in a lot of hours working with Ryne Sandberg to improve his defense and proved that there are still some defensive skills left in his bag of tricks. But, can he handle the position over the long haul of a full season? Odds are that he too will be getting days off, with Kevin Frandsen and/or Galvis logging some time at third base. Like his younger name sake, Michael Young is in the final year of his contract, so there's definitely something for him to be playing for this season.
Bullpen blow-up!
The 2012 version of the Phillies bullpen was simply a mess. Jonathan Papelbon signed with the Phillies prior to the season, but the team had trouble getting to him with a lead. The usual script was for the bullpen to blow a lead in the eighth inning, leaving nothing left for Papelbon to save. To start the season, last year's bullpen looked like this: David Herndon, Kyle Kendrick, Chad Qualls, Mike Stutes and Papelbon for right-handers and Antonio Bastardo and Joe Savery for left-handers. Jose Contreras and Justin De Fratus started the year on the DL.
The new, and likely improved version, has a different look: Righties Mike Adams, Phillippe Aumont, Chad Durbin and Papelbon. They're joined by lefties Bastardo, Jeremy Horst and Raul Valdes.
The weakest link is Bastardo, who struggled last season and didn't look any better this spring. The presence of both Horst and Valdes provides some insurance, but it says here that Bastardo will be getting a close-up look at Lehigh Valley's bullpen before too long. There are some young guns looking for work and Horst and Valdes pitched well this spring, so the pressure is on Bastardo.
Ben Revere's ride
The deal between the Phillies and the Minnesota Twins that sent Vance Worley and Trevor May to Minnesota and brought Ben Revere to Philly could work out well for both teams. Worley will be the Twins opening day starter - good luck with that - and Revere is likely to become a fan favorite in Philadelphia thanks to his speed and heads-up style of play. Yes, the Phillies gave up a lot to get Revere, but he'll likely be worth it and is an upgrade in center field over Shane Victorino, who started there last season.
Speaking of former Phillies in weird roles, how about last year's starting third baseman, Placido Polanco, hitting clean-up for the Marlins.
For openers
Cole Hamels steps to the front of the line in the Phillies starting rotation. Everybody is downplaying it, but there really is some significance to it. Remember how Mike Schmidt held Jim Thome's hand high at the opening of Citizens Bank Park? This progression is something like that. Roy Halladay has started ten opening days in a row, but that streak is now in the past. At this point, you're hoping that Halladay can be a competent number two starter. This pitching staff belongs to Cole Hamels now and will for some time to come thanks to his contract extension that he signed last season.
Newcomer John Lannan is interesting. He was once considered a top pitching prospect and was in fact an opening day starter for the Washington Nationals a couple years ago before he fell from grace and found himself at Triple-A last season. If he's anything like the prospect that he was at one time, the Phillies made a wise move in signing him.
Let's bottom line this thing
Are the Phillies any good. On paper, the Phillies aren't as good as Washington or Atlanta, but - say it with me - the game isn't played on paper! The Phillies are healthy with few question marks and the early answers on most of those question marks are encouraging. There's a lot of optimism surrounding this team and for good reason. They could be pretty good. One key is to get off to a good start, because if they can hang with Atlanta and Washington early, they'll get reinforcements in the form of Carlos Ruiz and Delmon Young by late April.
Between now and then, they have three games in Atlanta, three games in Miami, three in Cincinnati and six against the Mets (three home, three road). They also host Kansas City for three, St. Louis for four and Pittsburgh for four. There are a bunch of very winnable games in that string. The NL East likely won't just be decided by how the Nats, Braves and Phillies do against each other, but how those teams beat up on the Mets and Marlins.
From this angle, it looks like the Phillies could make a substantial improvement. The look through rose-colored glasses goes something like this; Utley and Howard are healthy all season, Brown is truly the real deal, Revere rocks in the leadoff spot and Halladay announces that he purposely looked bad in spring training as the lead up to a wild April Fool's joke. In that world, the Phillies can win 94 or 95 games. To the other extreme, Utley and Howard break down again, Halladay joins them on the DL and Brown is back at Triple-A by the all-star break. And oh yeah, Ruben Amaro Jr. conducts a yard sale, with a blueprint provided by the Miami Marlins. At that point, we're looking at 74 or 75 wins.
Now, for the reality check. Utley and Howard figure to see more days off than usual, but both should be able to make it through the season in good shape. Halladay will likely be decent, but not outstanding. Brown truly does look like a better, more confident hitter and should put up some strong numbers. In the real world that is the 2013 Phillies, let's call it 90 wins, which puts them in the discussion for a wild card spot. Of course, with a number of expiring contracts the real work could be coming after the season, but that's a discussion for some other time.


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Supergold Card a Kiwi Success Story
Rt Hon Winston Peters
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5 March 2014
Supergold Card a Kiwi Success Story
New Zealand First is pleased that its 2007 'baby', the SuperGold Card, continues to reach new heights of popularity with both users and participating businesses.
"SuperGold Card has more than 630,000 cardholders and 11,000 businesses offering discounts," says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters.
"The loyalty of businesses to SuperGold Card and the stream of new enterprises backing it with discounts on goods and services is important to New Zealand's seniors.
"While there is an active campaign to promote SuperGold Card the Government must do more work to extend the benefits.
"Challenge Service Stations were a recent major new addition, particularly for regional cardholders, when they came on board offering an 8 cents per litre discount on up to 100 litres petrol for cardholders.
"New Zealand First's SuperGold Health Check Bill proposes three free doctor's visits every year for SuperGold Cardholders.
"We urge the Government to support our SuperGold Health Checks programme.
"It is not costly to the taxpayer if these visits lead to early diagnosis and successful treatment and eliminate the need for hospital care.
"There are also social and mental health benefits if the health checks prevent a senior from going into hospital," says Mr Peters.


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President Barack Obama will be in Boston today to discuss the federal health insurance overhaul. He's expected to draw parallels with Massachusetts' landmark 2006 health law. It provided a blueprint for Obama's law.
A bill that would place electronic cigarettes under the state's existing tobacco control law is making its way through the Massachusetts Statehouse. The Committee on Public Health on Tuesday gave the bill a thumbs-up, shipping it to lawmakers for debate. The bill would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, prohibit their use on school property and regulate their use in the workplace and public spaces. The bill, sponsored by Boston Democratic state Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez, has the backing of Attorney General Martha Coakley.
A 13 year old skateboarder struck by a car in the north end of Springfield last night. Officials say that the boy was wearing earbuds and didn't hear or see the car. Happened at the corner of Dwight and Jefferson Avenue. The woman driver of the car not cited. She had a green light and was obeying all the traffic laws.
In Hadley, Police are looking for your help to find whomever stole a 30 thousand dollar ring from the Hannoush Jewlers at the Hampshire Mall. Police say a man walked into the store saw the ring in the case--asked to see it and then took off. The suspect is tall, thin and probably in his 20s. 4 carat diamond.
The State Fire Marshall says that he is looking for people who may have left clothing inside a dryer at a Route Nine Strip Mall that went up in flames. The fire destroyed several buildings. One firefighter was hurt but there has been no cause announced yet.
In Southampton, the Fire Chief Steven Hyde is under investigation by the state ethics commission for breaking conflict of interest laws. At issue is the alleged falsification of duty records to indicate that his son worked hours that he actually didn't. A decision is expected in 90 days.
It looks like the Goat Guy is giving up his goats for now. Alan Griffin says his wife suffers from a medical condition and that it is helped by the goat's milk. The town wants the goats gone. The goats are now at an undisclosed location at a farm. The goats had to leave after a court order was served on him.