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It must be all that Wagner. Death is on Groucho's mind a lot lately. I'm perfectly well, thank you; it's just that other people haven't been. Mind you, watching A Case for the Coroner with all those blue body-bags and tagged big-toes is not exactly life-affirming stuff. The autopsies don't help much, either, let alone seeing various vital organs plopped into the scale pan like two kilos of liver at the Victoria Market. The matter-of-factness of dealing with daily death makes it curiously commonplace. Who'd be a pathologist these days, I found myself asking, my hands wedged into my eye sockets.
A lot of people still use cute euphemisms for dying: "passed away" is one of the worst, as if the person in question is in abeyance (God's waiting room?). "Gathered" is another good one. An old friend, now alas gone/departed/brown-bread, used to say of the deceased they had "joined the turf club", which gave death a certain equine distinction. Now, I'm not saying one must be abrupt ("He's DEAD!") or uncaring, but why not call a spade a gravedigging implement?
Groucho had a bit of time to reflect on this last Thursday at the memorial service at the State Theatre for Noel Pelly, the former administrator of the Australian Ballet, who died last month. Noel, whom I knew for many years, was an elegant, charming man who, it was remarked at the service, brought diplomacy, tact, quietness, dignity and rationality to a profession not exactly full of it. He was one of those old-fashioned arts people who knew everybody and was in almost every foyer you could think of.
He also, said his successor at the Ballet, Ian McRae, had corporate memory, an essential quality not always appreciated in this age of dispensable arts bosses who sometimes equate the word "tradition" with fustiness.
Noel also had delightful eccentricities. He called his colleagues and friends "doctor", and we called him "doctor" in return. As to how this curious habit originated remains unknown. Noel also hummed and whistled at the same time, at a level just high enough to be audible but too low to recognise the tune. Oh, and he loved chocolates and cakes, especially snowballs, which the Dancers' Deli at the Ballet Centre used to stock for him and his chairman, the late Sir Robert Southey. I once saw Noel in the confectionary department at David Jones, almost leafing through the Lindt as if he were browsing in a bookshop. He wore a cherubic look on his face as he found the right box and tucked it under his arm as he headed for the cash-register.
He was also, undeniably, theatrical. A former colleague described his ability to walk almost as if he were dancing, with a real spring in his step. "He was a full-length ballet," was the memorable phrase. There was more than one reference to the nimbus of cigarette smoke that surrounded Noel like a nicotine halo: he even made tobacco more elegant than it deserves.
The best thing about Thursday's service was it was also a de facto reunion of Australian Ballet and arts folk. Groucho worked for the AB for three years as its spin (pirouette?) doctor, so the chance to catch up with former colleagues was as irresistible as the chance to say goodbye to Noel Pelly. Actually, it was surprising not to see him there. There was a more or less continual series of slides showing Noel with various dance luminaries, including Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Helpmann and Princess Margaret (well, she supported it), and a splendid photographic portrait of him. But not in the flesh, alas. No "Hello, doctor," this time.
The memorial service is a curious event that isn't as solemn as a funeral but not always as celebratory as one would think. In Britain, they are taken much more seriously, and attendees are often listed on the court page of The Times. In Australia, though, the memorial service is a little more relaxed, as was Thursday's. It helped to have a strong dash of theatricality, let alone performances by the State Orchestra of Victoria, Vilja from The Merry Widow, sung by Leanne Kenneally, and three pas de deux: Jessica Thompson and Andrew Wright, final-year students at the Australian Ballet School, in Swan Lake; Rachel Rawlins and Campbell McKenzie in The Three Musketeers; and Kirsty Martin and Tristan Message in Stephen Baynes' Molto Vivace. Really, nothing becomes the arts as much as a good send-off. On Thursday, some of us were talking about John Truscott's funeral in the early '90s, which turned the church into a conservatory, jammed to the clerestory with Kevin O'Neill's finest flowers. As the coffin was carried down the nave, John received a sustained round of applause. Groucho, having had a Methodist education (old joke: Why don't Methodists make love standing up? It could lead to dancing) was always told never, ever clap in church. Well, that rule needn't have existed. It is also permitted to laugh. Last year, at the funeral of Viola Tate - nonagenarian theatrical widow, historian and benefactor - she was carried out to the sounds of hundreds of hands clapping.
Occasionally, there do not have to be any formalities. A few years ago, in Sydney, Groucho went to a dinner for two friends who were leaving an arts company: one was made redundant, the other was leaving from natural causes. It was a memorial service of sorts, except the subjects were, and are, still with us, but their jobs had died. There were about 30 people at the dinner, and happy speeches were made. Then came the blow. Someone rose to her feet and delivered a cadenza of grief against corporate cruelty, the immeasurable differences between bureaucracy and culture, and the damnably wretched state of life in general. It was so persuasive that the mood plummeted to the basement. A couple of people started to cry. The night ended in a shambles, with only one possible remedy for our mass depression. The next morning (was it afternoon?) we all needed a memorial service.
Not so Noel Pelly's ultimate send-off. Afterwards, over the wine and chicken sandwiches (no snowballs, alas), his colleagues and friends livened up and more fascinating Pelly stories started to emerge. I wish the good doctor had been there to hear them.
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New Westminster budgets await final vote
Westminster City Council approaches a final vote tomorrow on the city's spending plans for the next 12 months. And, during tomorrow evening's council meeting, there will be opportunity for the public to comment or ask questions. For all purposes, the six budgets proposed would spend $9.8 million in 2014-15—nearly five percent higher than the current year. According to David Smith, city administrator, the proposed budgets would raise property taxes by 6.6 mills and sewer charges by three percent, as ways to help pay for the increased spending. The mayor and council's meeting begins at 5:30 tomorrow evening at City Hall.


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You've been hearing about the Office Renovation from Hell for a long time. Some of you may even believe it hasn't even begun yet. I assure you, if you could see the trail of extension cords, tools, and furniture strewn from the office door, down the hall, in to Sarahs office and in to the guest room you'd believe that it is, indeed, in progress.
I admit that, for a time, the work languished. Work has been insane. Hunting season began. Cars and bikes needed work. My health has not been the best and it has worn me out. I sat in this room for many weeks without taking a single measurement or lifting a single paint brush. A few weeks ago Sarah decided to encourage me. No, I'm not applying a euphemism for "nag", I really mean encouraged. Sarah doesn't nag. She just convinces me how much happier I'd be if I were finished. She reminds me that I really do enjoy the work. She knows me well enough to understand that regardless of how cerebral I am I still love working with my hands.
A week ago I started driving hard at it again. The walls are no longer blank. The custom built shelves are now up. The deer head (of course there's a deer head!) is proudly mounted. Two thirds of the furniture is back in place. All but one sheet of the tongue and groove AX plywood is up and more than half the chair rail and baseboard are back in. The old filing cabinet and T.V. stand are gone, replaced by a lateral filing cabinet and a fully custom made ceiling suspended television shelf that are an hour from completion. Sarahs super comfortable chair and hassock are right back where they belong. Well, I call it a chair but it's big enough to be a small couch.
At eleven o'clock last night I found myself kneeling on the floor screwing in some of the T&G, sweating, swearing, and sore. One screw was giving me fits and I tossed the drill down and looked behind me at the finished half...and all the frustration faded. I collapsed in to my chair and just...stared. I could remember every screw, every nail, every cut of every board. I could remember every word my wife had used to show me the reasons I need to finish. I realized I'd done something to make my wife proud.
Then I realized the similarity between my office and my marriage.
Building a marriage is a lot like building an office.
Instead of nails and screws substitute decisions and challenges.
Think of those shelves as compromise, where you put both your ideas and come up with one good look.
Think of the deer head as...well, no, that's just a deer head.
Then factor in the new filing cabinet and desk, like the constant learning curve a marriage required to organize work, family, and a healthy home life.
There are times it's difficult. We have the unique pleasure of not only living but working together, so our construction technique must be extremely durable. We work long hours, so sometimes the work grinds to a halt. We just sit back in the chaos, look at each other through the mess, and know we need to just close our eyes and rest. Once we catch our breath we drive forward again.
The only real difference is that a good marriage is the construction job that never ends. The moment you think you're done, it's over. It's why so many marriages fail today. Young people think that once the marriage license is signed and the joint bank accounts are set up the work is over. When they realize it's just beginning, that the work never stops, they quit. We work every day...to learn, to understand, and to grow together. It's the kind of work that pays daily. In a look. In a laugh. In a smile.
Yes, like any home remodel it can be a royal pain in the ass, too, but the end result is always worth the work.
So this Thanksgiving I'll be thankful my office is finished.
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COLUMBUS - The Ohio State Fair starts this Wednesday, July 25, and fair officials have collaborated with staff at the Ohio Department of Aging to offer some tips and tools for individuals, families and groups planning to attend. The advice centers around things all fairgoers should consider for a safe and enjoyable visit, with tips specifically tailored to older adults and groups attending with older adults or people with special needs.
"The Ohio State Fair is wonderful entertainment for families and groups, and a little advance planning will mean you'll spend less time worrying and more time enjoying everything the fair has to offer," said Bonnie Kantor-Burman, director of the department.
"We work to make the Ohio State Fair comfortable and accommodating to visitors of all ages," explained Ohio State Fair General Manager Virgil Strickler. "We have several air-conditioned buildings, a shaded Natural Resources Park and plenty of stages to sit and relax while enjoying a show."
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SBS 2008 comes with a SQL database that has a 4 gig max for that Monitoring database. On some networks with noisy activity or lots of workstations, you'll ultimately hit that 4 gig database. You'll know this in two ways – the bpa will alert you and your event errors will indicate you've hit the 4 gig max.
So one way to fix this is to merely recreate the database from scratch. So how do you do that if you are not a SQL guru?
You thankfully have the SBS support folks that are. Grab that script from the skydrive, and voila, your database issue is fixed.
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Now… if only they could do something for the WSUS database on SBS 2003. I've tried many times to get the cleanup routine to run on unused updates with zero success. My monitoring reports haven't work for quite some time now and it's all due to the mucked up database.
Can you run the clean up one at a time?
And also use the driver decline script from the Wsus codeplex?
Also go into the montoring section/have it repair the monitoring and it does wipe out/recreate it.
I always run the cleanups in WSUS one at a time. They all complete except the 'unused updates' option. It always times out. I've also repaired the monitoring as mentioned above. Still no joy.
Have you done the WSUS clean up scripts from the codeplex site?
What's the specs of the server?
I have not used the scripts from the codeplex site although I have considered trying them. The server is an HP ML350 G4P, 3GB ram, SBS 2003 Prem SP2 R2. SQL is not installed, only the MSDE instances.
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A bit tardy on my reply. Had to deal with the Irene mess over here.
Decide how close this server is to retirement and try the script tools/cleanup stuff on codeplex.
Retirement… yup, we're there. I have it planned for this year. Waiting to get it approved. Thanks, Bill V


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The VBAC Baby Doll – Showing Your Kids How Babies Are Born
Well, now I've pretty much seen it all, I think.
Introducing the VBAC Baby doll. You may be asking yourself what, exactly, that is. Well, let me tell you, it's one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen.
VBAC stands for "vaginal birth after Cesarian", and obviously, that's something very important for pre-schoolers to learn about.
The doll comes with a c-section scar and a tiny baby complete with umbilical cord and placenta! Seriously. Oh, and the baby can be birthed. Via the place that babies are birthed from. It's hand stitched.
The company that produces these things, Mamamor, makes "handcrafted birthing and breastfeeding dolls". Why?!? I have a really hard time understanding these things at all. I get it, they help kids witness and model positive nurturing behaviors. But, couldn't you just use a regular doll for that?
I feel like I'm too young for these dolls!


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How amazing is Lava Man? Absolutely invincible in California over the past two seasons on turf and dirt, the 6-year-old gelding became the third horse in 70 years to win back-to-back runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) Saturday.
Ridden by Corey Nakatani, the California-bred Lava Man, sent off at odds of 3-5, always looked like a winner in the $1 million Big 'Cap, surging past the pacesetters Spring At Last and Ball Four to take the lead into the stretch and finishing gamely to hold the late-running Molengao safe by three-quarters of a length in a time of 2:02 for the 1 1/4-mile event.
The crowd of 43,024 -- largest on Big 'Cap day since 1992 -- cheered heartily as Lava Man made his way to a jammed winner's circle, where dozens of family members and friends of the owners were lined up five rows deep.
The victory was the fourth for trainer Doug O'Neill on the Santa Anita card. Lava Man, a dark bay son of Slew City Slew, joins John Henry (1981-82) and Milwaukee Brew (2002-03) as two-time winners of the Santa Anita.
"These are the moments we all live and work for," O'Neill said. "He's truly a champion."
Lava Man was close to the leaders throughout while racing three wide most of the way as Ball Four, with some pressure from Spring At Last, set slow fractions of :24, :48 1/5 and 1:12 3/5. Lava Man was ready to pounce as the field approached the quarter pole, and although he gave up much ground on the final turn, he opened up an insurmountable advantage late and proved best once again while carrying top weight of 124 pounds. He spotted each of his seven rivals eight to 10 pounds.
"He did get a little tired at the end and the weight didn't do him any good," Nakatani said. "This horse will just do whatever you need him to do."
After winning all seven of his starts in California last year, earning $2.77 million and becoming the first horse to sweep the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup and Del Mar Pacific Classic (all gr. I), Lava Man is on his way to quite an encore in 2007. He opened the year with a two-length win in the 1 1/8-mile Sunshine Millions Turf at Santa Anita Jan. 27. He earned $600,000 for his Big 'Cap win Saturday and has now banked $4,679,706 in his career while winning 16 of 37 races lifetime. Almost all of that has come since Lava Man was claimed for $50,000 by owners S T D Racing Stable and Jason Wood in 2004.
"He's run his last nine or 10 races the same way: he makes his move and kicks clear," O'Neill said. "It was a little scary. They were crawling early and I don't think he's that kind of horse where he can go that slow early and then really accelerate."
In 2003, Lava Man began his career in a lowly $12,500 claiming race at Stockton, Calif., where he finished fourth at 35-1 odds. A year later, he was taken by partners Steve and David Kenly of Phoenix and Jason Wood of Rancho Santa Margarita.
"It's an incredible feeling to be involved with this horse," Steve Kenly said.
The only knock on 6-year-old Lava Man is his 0-for-4 road record. In November, he lost away from home again in the Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
His owners are considering sending Lava Man to this month's $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), the world's richest race.
"Is it the money? Probably a little bit," Wood said. "But I'd say it's more to prove a point."
The taxing Dubai trip is notorious for its toll on U.S. horses, who sometimes need months to recover. That kind of trip could potentially sideline Lava Man for much of the summer.
Noting Lava Man's huge Southern California popularity, O'Neill joked, "We're looking for a Middle Eastern following."
The victory capped a big day for O'Neill, whose 3-year-old colt Great Hunter stayed on course for the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) by winning the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II).
"You feel numb," he said.
The Brazilian-bred Molengao, coming off a head victory over Ball Four in the San Antonio Handicap (gr. II), turned in a strong performance for jockey Victor Espinoza, forced to close in the stretch from sixth against slow fractions.
"I was catching up with Lava Man," Espinoza noted. "I was getting to him. At the half-mile pole, I thought there was way too much to do. But I was coming pretty good at the eighth pole. I just wish the wire was a little bit further. He's getting very good right now, really improving. I can't say for sure, but I don't think the next time Lava Man will beat me."
Boboman, a grade I winner on the turf making his first start on the dirt, closed willingly to gain third, 1 1/2 lengths behind the runner-up with Alex Solis aboard.
"For the first time to run on dirt, he was very impressive," Solis said.
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Two people have been arrested for operating a phone idenfication card mill out of their Sandy-area home.
The 38-year-old man and 41-year old woman were arrested at a residence in White City on Monday by the SECURE Strike Force, which operates out of the Utah Attorney General's Office.
The pair is accused of possessing identifcation cars and checks belonging to other people and using those materials to produce fake ID cards and checks, the Attorney General's Office said in a news release.
The office also filed formal criminal charges of drug distribution, identity fraud and theft against the pair. The charges include two first-degree felonies, one second-degree felony , seven third-degree felonies and one misidemeanor.
Documents filed in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court say agents seized a computer with scanned images of 28 lawfully issued identification cards and a handwritten checklist on forgery. They also found personal information was being use to make fradulent driver's licenses, check stubs and bank checks.


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Posh admits she's not the best singer
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Victoria Beckham at an England/Croatia soccer game in June.
Former Spice Girl Posh Spice has finally come to the conclusion which most of us reached last decade - she is not the best singer in the world.
But you can't say she didn't try.
The 30-year-old expectant mother has announced she is cutting short her ongoing, and often painful, bid to become a pop star. After several ill-fated attempts at launching a solo career, Mrs David Beckham is planning to concentrate her efforts on clothes design.
She told London's Daily Mail: "I think it will be difficult for me to continue with my musical career. The industry is not what it was.
"I know I could never become the best singer in the world. I am conscious of that.
"However, everything to do with fashion comes naturally to me. I live in Spain and have two sons. This takes up most of my time.
"The rest is taken up by design, which is my great passion. I don't think I'll ever feel that passion for music again."
She has launched her own brand, DVB, which stands for David and Victoria Beckham, which make, among other things, bags for carting around baby paraphernalia. She has also designed a pair of £140 jeans for fashion company Rock and Republic - billed as "Wonderbras for bottoms".
Beckham last released a single a year ago but it only reached No3 in the UK charts despite a huge amount of promotion work.
An album worth of songs she recorded with US producer Damon Dash was also axed and she has been ditched by her record label, Telstar.
The Daily Mail claims sources say her manager Simon Fuller has told her that he does not believe the British public want to buy her records.
"She has more or less thrown the towel in because she has come to realise that people do not take her seriously as a musician," said one source.


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(Jonathan Ryan posting for Rogue writer, Jen Schlameuss-Perry.)The first season of Marvel's Agent Carter came to a close last night. I sincerely hope they make a second season—they certainly left the door open to it. Since the first episode aired, I eagerly awaited each new one. I loved the setting (post-WWII), the costumes, the storyline and the cars…so many pretty cars… And I also loved the themes they dealt with; reconciliation, knowing your worth, seeing the worth of others, ambition, hon … [Read more...]
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EFCA: No Time To Lose!
We are only 2 weeks away from what at this point looks like a big win for Barack Obama and a substantial - perhaps filibuster-proof - Democratic majority in the Senate. Many people we've talked to over the last several months about the Free Choice Act have told us they are waiting until after the elections before they do anything. I have a feeling many of those will say that they are going to wait until the legislation passes before they take action after the election.
These "conservative" strategies seem logical. After all, why prepare for a change in the laws when you don't even know what the rules are going to be? But the strategies are not logical. And they're not conservative. They are reckless. Companies who aren't fully engaged in devloping an action plan and educating new and incumbent employees right now about union cards are going to be sorry.
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Daimler Trucks North America has scheduled a closure of a Porland, OR plant. The closure will send 900 machinists looking for jobs, as the production work is be shifted to climates with less union encumbrances in the Carolinas and Mexico. Striking Boeing machinists, represented by the same union representing the Freightliner employees, could drive Boeing to a similar move once production on the 737 comes to an end.
In a related reinforcement of the point, Boeing executive Fred Kiga, speaking at a Washington state aerospace industry conference, warned of the northwest becoming known as a "strike zone." "I don't think anyone would call this region an aerospace rust belt today," he said. "But we cannot afford to become known as the strike zone either. The stakes are much too high."
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The six Wal-Mart employees of a Tire & Lubrication Express department in a Canadian store probably thought they had finally cracked open the "evil empire" when they won a 3-year court battle over representation by the United Food & Commercial Workers union. Business realities soon hit home when the Express was closed due to the unprofitability of the venture adjusted for the new wage hikes. The employees were offered employment – non-union – at other Wal-Mart locations.


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GOODNIGHT MOON - John W. Engeman Theater
Hours: Saturdays 11am; Sundays 10:30am
Ages: TOD,YE
Price: $15
250 Main St. - 631-261-2900
Northport, NY 11768
Description: Goodnight Moon, a book that has lulled children to sleep for over half a century, is celebrating its 66th anniversary. This musical adaptation with book, lyrics and music by Chad Henry was written by Margaret Wise Brown, with illustrations by Clement Hurd. This poem of goodnight wishes will be brought to life with fanciful song, dance and puppetry. Goodnight Moon will feature upbeat and charming songs, utilizing a live pianist and innovative puppetry to give life to the various objects in the bunny's room.


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The money will be used to buy and supply people with things like tents, blankets, fuel, clothing and food.
And it'll be used to reunite kids with their families if they've been separated in the chaos and to protect orphaned children.
The charity has worked in Iraq since 1991.
They say more than a million people could be driven from their homes because of the war.
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South West Nine (98 mins, 18) Directed by Richard Parry; starring Wil Johnson, Orlessa Edwards, Frank Harper, Nicola Stapleton
Peaches (85 mins, 15) Directed by Nick Grosso; starring Matthew Rhys, Kelly Reilly
American Pie 2 (105 mins, 15) Directed by J. B. Rogers; starring Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan
Un Banco En El Parque (82 mins, no cert) Directed by Agustí Vila; starring Alex Brendemühl, Victoria Freire, Mónica López
Youth may indeed be wasted on the young but films aren't. Most films are made for them and most audiences consist of them. As if by way of illustration, the rest of the week's releases focus entirely on youth and what to do with it, a sort of a collection of filmic innocence and experience.
In South West Nine's Brixton, you can organise a rave, scam drugs, smoke crack, sabotage a corporation, live in a squat, fight the police and get wasted on acid. All in the space of 12 hours.
Actually, Richard Parry's directorial debut is a good deal better than it sounds and makes an admirable effort to capture the atmosphere of its eponymous London postal district. It's a colourful and energetic work, imaginatively mixing film stocks and backed by a near-constant soundtrack of reggae and dance music.
It centres on Freddy, a local black man, whose voiceover narrates the story of one south London night and introduces the audience to all the characters in the melting pot. 'Put your hand in the wrong place and it can change your life forever,' intones Freddy as Mark Letheren's Mitch unwittingly absorbs an overdose of LSD. Freddy says 'ting' a lot and churns out patois proverbs but he's played intelligently by Wil Johnson and the character keeps the script's nebulous links in order. These include the entrepreneur Essex boy (Stuart Laing); the middle-class crusty Kat (Amelia Curtis) who returns to Mum for showers ('Some cats have nine lives; this one has two,' raps Freddy); local hardman Douser (Frank Harper); and merchant banker Helen (Orlessa Edwards), one of the first embodiments of the buppy in British film.
Such as it is, the action revolves around Helen's stolen suitcase and a party in a disused church, recalling Doug Liman's Swingers follow-up Go from 1997 or the San Francisco-set Groove from earlier this year.
Against this backdrop, Parry weaves his observations, darting off down narrative sidestreets like Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie quite literally on acid. It's an impressive rather than wholly successful debut, but it has a verve, ambition and humour that put most similar British efforts to shame.
Over the river in north London, Peaches is the story of three moronic blokes trying to out-lay each other over the course of a summer in Kentish Town. Jamie Thraves's The Low Down handled similar themes and locations far better, but then there are few films as unattractive and badly acted as Peaches. It wastes yards of good celluloid and 83 minutes of life that nobody, young or old, can afford. I will stop there for fear of wasting more space on it.
And so to the kids in America, specifically to those of the affluent, small- town first depicted in American Pie, the teen comedy which has become the sort of cult film some odd people quote at each other with sniggering references to 'baked goods'.
The original film earned its notoriety through a scene which somewhat subverted the American teen dream - Jason Biggs got caught by his dad masturbating in one of his mom's pastries after his friends had told him that sex felt like warm apple pie ('McDonald's or homemade?' goes the dialogue.)
The sequel opens on stone steps as girls clutch folders to their chests and boys carry a moose head, signalling what looks like a big step even for a franchise as puerile as this, a move from high-school movie to campus comedy. Oddly, the film then goes back home as the cast of the original reunites for its first summer holiday back from university.
Jim's dad, played by Eugene Levy, is still the best thing around, consoling his desperate son with a paternal pat after again interrupting him in a compromising position: 'Son, these little sexual debacles shouldn't get you down.'
I was enjoying American Pie 2 until someone at Stifler's house party, in a painfully elaborate sight gag, urinates off a balcony all over Stifler trying to get laid below. It's downhill from here into a sort of Carry On Lemon Popsicle blend of American wholesomeness and crass gross-out jokes. When the hapless Biggs sneaks into band camp to meet Vicky to practise sex, he hears a conversation that would have made even Babs and Sid blush. 'Where'd you put my clarinet?' 'Oh I think I shoved it in your box.'
Either you find it funny, or you have taste and decency. American Pie 's defence against its old-fashioned sex'n' vomit rumbunctiousness is that, in a bold post-feminist gesture, the girl characters are all cool and clever and the boys are the idiots. Idiots who, nevertheless, get to look at a lot of breasts.
Interesting to note, too, that the gross-out genre continually humiliates the Jewish members of its cast. Perhaps it's something to do with circumcision, but the theme runs from Ben Stiller's zip episode in There's Something About Mary to Jason Biggs in this film's iconic scene, in which he confuses lubricant with Superglue and ends up in hospital, one hand stuck down his boxer shorts, the other welded to a video of Pussy Palace.
Perhaps we can rely on European cinema to shed more light on the youthful global zeitgeist. Un Banco En El Parque describes itself in the press notes as 'a fresh twist of [sic] the successful Spanish youth comedies', so I was rather looking forward to something like 'Dude, donde esta mi cerveza' or 'Paella Espanola Tres'.
Instead, it's an earnest Catalunyan conversation piece as twentysomething Juan tries to meet the perfect girl by sitting on the same bench in a Barcelona park everyday. Director Agustí Vila, whose work has been described as Rohmeresque, seems more interested in how to film dialogue than how it should be spoken or what it means.
So we watch a series of smart camera moves: circling round dinner tables or switching to and fro across them or travelling along a pavement or a neatly composed longshot. American Pie 2 doesn't have any clever camera angles, but at least it made me laugh.


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This article is actually from a comment I made on seed about a mother that came home to her luxurious apartment in the exclusive Upper West Side of Manhattan and found her two children stabbed and bloodied in the bathtub. Murdered by their Nanny who was laying nearby, critically injured from self inflicted wounds.
Now, people who live in the Upper West Side of Manhattan do not hire Nannies off the street. Nor do they take in their sister-in-laws cousin to watch over their children. They go to a reputable service agency and hire professional Nannies that have been screened. I'm sure this woman felt she was entitled to a reasonable expectation of safety for herself and and especially for her children, a 1 year old boy and a 6 year old girl. I mean, it doesn't get much better than Manhattans' Upper West Side, especially for a city dweller. Read story;
So how safe are we in America, not from foreign terrorist, but from ourselves? This is not an article about guns, that's another story. But the fact is we killed over 10,000 of ourselves by gunfire last year, over 10,000 of us are killed by gunfire every year. That figure, which is 1,000 times higher than any other developed country in the world, should be no surprise to anyone, after all we do have over 300,000,000 (that's 300 MILLION) guns floating around in this country. In 2008 Japan had ...... 11, not 11 thousand, eleven people killed by gunfire, ....a bad year, in 2006 they had 1 that's right one (1). They accomplished that feat by properly controlling the guns in their country.
I know, I know, ...the the Upper West Side children were stabbed! (got a couple of 2nd amend guys, getting' all crazy) As I said I don't want this to be about guns, but when I'm talking about feeling safe in this country, it's hard to keep from thinking about those 300 million guns.
I think the problem is, Americans only want to focus on how good we think we are, and we don't realize all the important things we have neglected, such as education and mental health, which has left us all in position where we can no longer have a reasonable expectation of safety ....... anywhere ...... any time.
We are all endangered at all times, there are dangerous mentally unbalanced people among us ...... everywhere. Working next you at your job, standing behind you at a convince store check out, even police officers have been using their weapons in increasing numbers, shooting and killing innocent drivers and other detainees for ridicules reasons. Go to the Newsvine groups, Official Abuse & Misconduct and Police Brutality & Impropriety you will find so many stories about rogue cops you won't want to leave your house.
Watch this video: An old, partially deaf American Indian woodcarver, crosses the street in front of a police car on a sunny afternoon in Seattle Washington. Twenty seconds later he's dead, shot 5 times by the cop. The cop, seeing the knife open on a public street, exits his car and moves out of view around the corner, ...... you will hear him say, "Hey, hey, put the knife down,..... put the knife down".
The clock on the police dash cam shows the cop yelled his first "Hey" at 1 min 6 seconds, then at 1 min 13 seconds the first of 5 rapid fire shots rings out. SEVEN (7) SECONDS! Seven seconds it took the cop to decide kill an innocent man. The woodcarver was 6 feet from the cop, and he was shot in the side, witnesses say the man was just turning to see who was calling him, when he was murdered by this cop, Ian Birk.
Birk was not prosecuted for this murder, the DA said he did not feel he could get a conviction because the cop showed no "malice" toward the woodcarver. That opinion came in exchange for Birk resigning from the force.
We can no longer enjoy any reasonable expectation of safety in America ..... not even from those that have vowed to keep us safe.
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Through the EU, you fund boycotting groups
A report from watchdog group NGO Monitor makes for more grim reading about the European Union's seriousness in promoting fairness and peaceful outcomes in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The report, presented this month to the European Parliament, accuses Brussels of, at best, failing to perform due diligence and, at worst, turning a blind eye over grants made to groups that seek to boycott the Jewish state.
"Many of the grantees are involved in promoting the Durban strategy of political warfare and demonisation of Israel," the report stated. The 'Durban Strategy' is the campaign led by global NGOs to delegitimise Israel, launched at the 2001 "World Conference Against Racism" in Durban, South Africa. NGO Monitor gave prominence to a group named the Coalition of Women for Peace (CWP) which, along with partners, has been awarded over £500k for the 2011-2014 period.
CWP does not make a secret of what it stands for: it gives prominence to its BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) activities on its website.
While CWP is not hiding anything, the NGO Monitor report indicated that Brussels was anything but forthcoming in responding to requests for explanations about the grant-making process and especially how and to what extent monitoring takes place after monies have been disbursed.
Prof Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor, said: "The facts clearly demonstrate that either the officials involved were unaware of the groups chosen to receive taxpayer funds, or that they chose to promote NGOs that fuel the conflict."
This is a disgrace on several levels. European institutions are funded by European taxpayers, which means that readers of this article are paying for the practices just described. The case for contacting one's MP would seem self-evident.
Equally disturbing is the fact that the EU, after years of criticism on this score, continues to deploy funds and manpower in the cause of harming peace.
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University's golf coach, Mike Hood, announced the recent signing of Stephanie Martin of Enid for the 2009-10 season.
Martin, who will graduate from Pioneer High School in May and will join the Northwestern Oklahoma State women's golf team in the fall of 2009.
"We are very excited to have Stephanie coming to play for the Lady Rangers next season, not only for her ability as a golfer but also for her academic excellence," remarked Hood.
Martin has appeared in the 2008 State Golf Championship and took fifth place at the tournament. She is the Valedictorian of Pioneer High School and honors graduate. Martin has been named to the Superintendent's Honor Roll. The senior has is also involved in FCCLA, student council and is a student officer.
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Long Island Live Steamers Public Run Day - Southaven County Park
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Price: Free, but donations requested.
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Description: Long Island Live Steamers was founded in 1966 to preserve the fine art of precision steam model making. The railroad operates on 8.5 acres of land, and on Public Run Days, children and adults can ride the many trains. Picnic area and snack bar available. You can come early to watch the trains "steaming up."


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Creative Mixer at 92nd Street Y
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
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NY Creative Interns is proud to present our monthly Creative Mixer event. This event will bring together creative interns, recent grads, and professionals for a night of mixing and mingling to foster new relationships and create opportunities.
Program includes a short keynote, 30 Second Opportunity Announcements, and general good times. We make meeting new people and finding professional opportunities and mentors fun, because it should be.
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Bringing together the best and brightest in the business, the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner kicked off in Washington, D.C. earlier this evening (May 3).
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Obama warned the friendly crowd about Republican spending this election season. Though he outspent John McCain four years ago, Obama said, "I've had money thrown at me before."
Obama finished his trip the same day that a new jobs report showed 80,o00 new jobs in June and the unemployment rate staying at 8.2%.
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Republican candidate Mitt Romney and supporters said the bad jobs report reflects bad Obama policies.
Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., who participated in a Republican bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania that shadowed Obama's trip, said, "This president is the most liberal, incompetent president probably since going all the way back to Jimmy Carter."
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wikiHow to Make a Piston in Minecraft
Four Methods:Crafting a normal pistonCrafting a sticky pistonPowering the pistonsBuilding with pistonsCommunity Q&A
A piston is a block that pushes other blocks when a redstone input is pulsed into it. Pistons can push most blocks, depending on how they have been situated, and sticky pistons can also pull. Making pistons is simple, as explained here.
Crafting a normal piston
1Find the materials needed:
- Find four cobblestones. Mine normal stone and it turns to cobblestone, or mine cobblestone.
- Get one redstone. This is found underground when mining.
- Get one iron. This is mined underground, then needs to be smelted.
- Get three wooden planks. Cut down a tree, put a log in your crafting table and you'll get four wooden planks. Three are needed for the Piston Recipe.
2Place all of the materials into the crafting grid in the piston recipe formation:
- Place the three wood across the top three slots of the grid.
- Place the iron in the middle spot of the grid.
- Place the redstone directly under the iron.
- Place the cobblestones in the leftover spots.
3Craft the piston. When done, shift click or drag to your inventory.
Crafting a sticky piston
Sticky pistons are able to push and pull blocks. Normal pistons can only push. This makes sticky pistons more versatile. However, two normal pistons could push back and forth if needed.
1Make a piston as outlined above.
2Find a slimeball. This can be found by killing a slime. You'll find slimes underground in certain chunks, and in swamp Biomes when there is not a new moon. When the slime is killed, it will drop a green slimeball.
3Place the piston and slimeball into the crafting grid as follows:
- Place the slimeball in the center slot.
- Place the piston directly underneath it.
4Craft the sticky piston. When done, shift click or drag into your inventory.
Powering the pistons
1Apply any kind of redstone input (redstone dust) to the piston and it will extend. It will push the blocks that it has been placed next to. If it's a sticky piston, it will pull the block as well.
- The redstone trail must lead directly to the piston. It isn't enough to put the redstone next to a piston, as this won't work. You may even need to curve the redstone trail to activate the piston.
- Redstone inputs include: Redstone torch, a lever, a button, etc.
Building with pistons
1Make a few things with the help of pistons:
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In which version did Pistons come in Minecraft?wikiHow ContributorI believe Pistons came out in Minecraft beta 1.7. Before that, there was a mod in which the Piston actually had an iron texture. When they moved a block affected by gravity, like sand, upwards the sand would jump up about 10 blocks and start to fall back down.
How do I get a piston to extend more than one block?You can''t make a piston extend more than one block, but you could put two pistons together so when one goes off it pushes the other one block away. Then activate the other one.
How can I make secret doors with a piston?Search online for a design of a door called, "Jeb Door". This design uses about ten sticky pistons to create a completely hidden door.
How can I craft an End Crystal?wikiHow ContributorYou are not able to craft an End Crystal. They are available in the creative menu and by using /summon commands to give yourself an End Crystal. Turn on cheats and type "/give EnderCrystal" to spawn one in your location use "/summon EnderCrystal ~ ~ ~ ".
How do I make pistons in the pocket edition?wikiHow ContributorIf you have all the items, then find the piston. Press craft, and it will give you a piston.
- Pistons are not able to push a chain of blocks over 12 blocks. By this point, it's just too long.
- Some blocks cannot be pushed by a piston (or pulled). For example, anvils are simply too heavy. Obsidian, bedrock, end portals and nether portals cannot be pushed. Pistons cannot push lava or water but they can obstruct either type of block.
- Some items will turn into something else if pushed. For example, cactus, pumpkins, dragon eggs, sugar cane and jack-o-lanterns turn into drops when pushed. They are redeemable by walking over them again. Melons will turn into slices, allowing your character to consume them (you cannot eat a melon when it is whole). Cobwebs will turn into string, which can be used for things like fishing rods and bows.
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They have patiently waited all winter, laying perfectly still like the most dedicated of hunters.
And now that not one, but two potential No. 1 quarterback candidates have suddenly appeared in their crosshairs, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are ready to pull the trigger on what will be THE single most-important off-season roster addition.
Not long after the Toronto Argonauts released Zach Collaros on Wednesday -- he had balked at what GM Jim Barker called a lucrative contract extension offer and the club opted to move on -- sources told Free Press columnist Gary Lawless both the Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats immediately pounced and began negotiations with the 25-year-old pivot, who was scheduled to become a free agent on Feb. 15.
At the same time, future Hall of Famer Henry Burris -- the man who led the CFL in passing yardage the last two seasons and helped guide the Ticats to the Grey Cup game and is also headed to free agency -- has yet to hear from Hamilton GM/head coach Kent Austin about a new deal.
All of this means the stars are aligning perfectly for the Bombers as they have both the cash and a clear-cut path to the coveted starting QB gig to wave in front of both candidates as the meat of their sales pitch.
The club issued a carefully worded statement of non-committal Wednesday morning after the Argos announced Collaros had been released -- "We are continuing to evaluate all options at all positions, including the quarterback position, and are always looking to improve our roster in every area" -- but essentially had the doors to CFL free agency swung open for them 18 days before the official signing period.
As was reported last week, the Bombers are taken with the upside of Collaros, who went 5-2 as a starter last year while replacing an injured Ricky Ray in Toronto. But there have apparently also been discussions within the organization about the quick fix Burris could provide -- knowing full well he turns 39 this June -- while new assistant GM Danny McManus would work his connections to find a bona fide prospect to line up behind the vet and Max Hall, who finished 2013 as the club's No. 1 QB.
Saskatchewan Roughriders backup Drew Willy, also a free agent next month, would be Option No. 3 for the Bombers if Burris or Collaros aren't available. The Ottawa Redblacks are said to also be interested in Collaros, but after scooping up Kevin Glenn and Thomas DeMarco in the expansion draft, word around the CFL is they were possibly in this QB bidding game simply to drive up the asking price.
"There have been no negotiations. I hope there is still interest there (from the Ticats) -- I don't know why there wouldn't be," Burris told the Hamilton Spectator's Drew Edwards on Wednesday. "It's disappointing.
"It's hard to say 'Yeah, I'm wanted there.' I know they want to look at the future but I always think it's better to take a sure bet than to roll the dice. Is it a strong want? I can't say I feel that.
"I would definitely go to Winnipeg," added Burris. "I just want to somewhere I'm wanted and right now it's hard to tell where that is. I sacrificed a lot this year in Hamilton in terms of playing time and maybe that was a foreshadow of what was to come."
Feeling unwanted in Hamilton -- and with Glenn and DeMarco in the capital -- Burris' best chance to extend his career with what would likely be his last contract would be with the Bombers.
And while Collaros could benefit from working with a QB guru like Burris in Hamilton and would be joining the East Division champions, the Ticats depth chart also features some juicy prospects, including Dan LeFevour -- who split reps with Burris last year -- along with Jeremiah Masoli, Brian Brohm and Stephen McGee.
In Winnipeg the depth chart features Hall, along with Justin Goltz, Levi Brown and Jason Boltus -- the last three of which the club, right now at least, seems remotely interested in keeping. As well, new head coach Mike O'Shea was part of the Argonaut staff Collaros worked with last year in Toronto.
The QB sweepstakes wasn't the only news that kept the Bombers busy on Wednesday. Sources say the team will soon announce veteran coach Gary Etcheverry as its new defensive co-ordinator with Nelson Martin -- a longtime CFL assistant -- as the new defensive backs coach.
Etcheverry, who has coached with Toronto, Saskatchewan and Ottawa and was most recently the head coach of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees before being fired after an 0-5 start, is known for his 'unorthodox' defensive schemes.
And, oh, there's more, as the Bombers also swung a trade with the Ticats, dealing the rights to Canadian receiver Giovanni Aprile for Canadian defensive back Matt Bucknor.
Aprile was the Bombers' second-round draft pick in 2012 (16th overall) but never played a regular-season game for the club -- which tried to convert him to safety in 2012 -- before returning to school at Queen's where he was an OUA all-star in 2012 and second-team all-star in 2011 and 2013
Bucknor (5-11, 180, Windsor) is an undrafted Hamilton product who emerged to start games at both safety and corner for the Ticats. He started 14 games in 2012, but played in only nine games last year after losing his starting job.
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The NFL is investigating a recruiter who asked a prospective player if they liked girls or had a girlfriend. The reason for the question is an obvious end run around the direct question of "Are you gay"? They assume that a gay man in a locker room full of naked men or showering with them might make for an uncomfortable situation.
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Strong Second Half Leads Lady Flames to Victory
The Liberty field hockey team produced a strong second half of play, Friday, scoring three goals on the way to a 3-0 win over Lindenwood in a neutral site matchup. Six different Lady Flames scored a point the in the contest, with three players tallying a goal and three others pitching in on the assists.
The Lady Flames' third consecutive win improves their record to 3-2, while Lindenwood, who is transitioning into NCAA Division II play, falls to 0-3 with the defeat.
The opening half of play proved to be a defensive battle, as neither team was able to find the back of the cage. However, Liberty controlled a 10-minute period in the middle of the opening half, firing off six shots during the span. While three shots were wide of the target, Lindenwood goalkeeper Julianne Sutton was able to block away the other three Liberty attempts.
Liberty's offense continued the pressure in the second half, posting two more shots within the opening two minutes. Freshman Lindsey Hanks then broke through for the Lady Flames, slipping one by Sutton on a pass from Taylor Swalm at the 39:45 mark in the game. The goal was the first of Hanks' collegiate career, while Swalm tallied her second assist of the year.
Just minutes later, shortly after the 45-minute mark, Abby Batdorf knocked home her second goal in as many games. Jordan Richardson chipped in with the assist on the play for her team-leading third of the season.
While Lindenwood posted nine shots in the next 15 minutes of play, many would not be on target and Liberty goalkeeper Ann Jefferis blocked away two attempts.
With under 14 minutes remaining in the contest, Helen Doolittle extended the Lady Flames' cushion to 3-0, scoring her team-leading fourth goal of the season. Fellow freshman Meghan Johnson set up Doolittle on the play, to tally her first career point.
Lindenwood was able to strike four more shots in the closing minutes of the game, but were not able to capitalize, giving Liberty the win and Jefferis her second shutout of the season.
Each team fired 14 shots apiece in the game, while Lindenwood held the slight advantage in penalty corners, 9-8.
Liberty will remain in Moon Township, Pa., finishing the weekend with a game against host Robert Morris on Sunday. The game is scheduled for a noon start.