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The fine print: This list of upcoming movie releases comes with the usual caveats.
While fairly complete through much of fall, some films were not included for various reasons - such as no firm release date.
Also, you can expect changes in release dates or the addition or disappearance of some movies altogether.
Opening Friday
17 Girls: Delphine and Muriel Coulin's film tells of 17 girls from the same high school in a French coastal town who make a pact to get pregnant at the same time.
About Cherry: A young woman (Ashley Hinshaw) is drawn into the adult entertainment industry. With James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel and Lili Taylor.
Backwards: After failing to make the Olympic team, a rower takes a coaching job at her old high school and mentors two girls. With Sarah Megan Thomas, James Van Der Beek, Margaret Colin and Glenn Morshower.
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel: This documentary profiles influential fashion editor Diana Vreeland of Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Directed by her granddaughter-in-law, Lisa Immordino Vreeland.
Dredd 3D: In a dystopian future (is there any other kind?), a cop empowered to act as judge, jury and executioner and his psychic rookie trainee take on a ruthless drug lord and her clan. With Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey. Directed by Pete Travis.
End of Watch: Two ambitious young Los Angeles police officers patrol a gang-ridden area of South Los Angeles. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena and Anna Kendrick. Written and directed by David Ayer.
Head Games: From Steve James ("Hoop Dreams"), a documentary on the rash of of head traumas affecting American sports.
House at the End of the Street: A recent divorcee (Elisabeth Shue) and her daughter (Jennifer Lawrence) move into a beautiful house in an upscale town, only to find that their new home hides dark secrets. Directed by Mark Tonderai.
How to Survive a Plague: A documentary on the history of anti-AIDS activist groups in the 1980s and '90s. Directed by David France.
My Uncle Rafael: Armenian comic Vahik Pirhamzei plays multiple roles in a comedy about a TV producer who persuades an elderly man to star in a new reality series. With John Michael Higgins and Missi Pyle. Directed by Marc Fusco.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller star in Stephen Chbosky's adaptation of his own novel about a high school freshman with dark secrets who befriends two misfit seniors.
Trouble With the Curve: Clint Eastwood plays an aging baseball scout trying to hide the problems of age who needs the help of a daughter (Amy Adams) he's never been close to. Directed by Eastwood's longtime producing partner Robert Lorenz.
War of the Buttons: The children of two neighboring villages in the French countryside wage a ruthless play war while the real horrors of World War II go on around them in Christophe Barratier's 2011 remake of Yves Robert's 1962 anti-war allegory.
Sept. 28
Hotel Transylvania: In this animated film, an ordinary human stumbles onto a birthday party for Dracula's daughter at a resort for monsters. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. In 3-D.
Looper: From a dystopian future, a low-level hit man (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to kill his younger self (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). With Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels and Paul Dano. The thriller was written and directed by Rian Johnson.
The Other Dream Team: A documentary about the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team, which won the bronze medal as the newly independent country was going through growing pains. Directed by Marius Markevicius.
Solomon Kane: A 16th-century English mercenary (James Purefoy) destined for eternal damnation seeks redemption by defending England against demonic forces. Based on stories by Robert E. Howard ("Conan the Barbarian"). With Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Pete Postlethwaite. Directed by Michael J. Bassett.
Won't Back Down: Inspired by true events, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis portray determined mothers who will stop at nothing to transform their children's failing inner- city school. With Holly Hunter, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lance Reddick, Ving Rhames. Directed by Daniel Barnz.
Oct. 5
Butter: Jennifer Garner stars as the wife of Iowa's longtime butter-carving champion, Bob (Ty Burrell). When Bob is pressured to retire from competition so that someone else has a chance at victory, Laura decides to enter the contest herself, vowing to win at any cost. With Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry. Directed by Jim Field Smith.
Frankenweenie (3D and IMAX): Tim Burton remakes his acclaimed 1984 short about a boy who uses weird science to bring his beloved dog back to life in this animated feature. With the voices of Martin Landau, Christopher Lee, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.
The Oranges: Tension flares between two neighboring suburban families when one of their daughters comes home for Thanksgiving and starts an affair with the other family's middle-aged husband. With Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt. Directed by Julian Farino.
The Paperboy: Set in a steamy Florida backwater, Nicole Kidman plays a sexy death row groupie who tries to have the case of a convicted killer (John Cusack) reopened with the help of two brothers (Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey as a hotshot Miami reporter). Written by Pete Dexter (from his novel) and Lee Daniels, with Daniels directing.
Pitch Perfect: A musical comedy about a disaffected college freshman (Anna Kendrick) who reluctantly joins an all-girls a cappella group only to find herself becoming competitive. With Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and Rebel Wilson. Jason Moore directed.
Sinister: A novelist (Ethan Hawke) discovers a box of mysterious old home movies at his family's new home. Evil ensues. With Vincent D'Onofrio and James Ransone. Directed by Scott Derrickson.
Taken 2: Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent who stopped at nothing to save his abducted daughter in the first film. Now targeted by a crime lord, he has to protect his family again. With Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace. Directed by Luc Besson.
V/H/S: An anthology of horror stories of supposedly found footage from a deserted house. With episodes by directors David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West and Adam Wingard. Oct. 12
3, 2, 1 ... Frankie Go Boom: A young man (Charlie Hunnam) comes home to welcome his prankster brother (Chris O'Dowd) back from rehab only to get caught up once again in his sibling's tricks, this time involving a sex tape. With Lizzy Caplan and Ron Perlman. Written and directed by Jordan Roberts.
Argo: During the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, a CIA agent (Ben Affleck, who also directed) must find a way out of the country for six Americans who have taken refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. With Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman.
The Art of Flight 3D: Documentary about snowboarders as they take on mountains in Chile, Alaska, Wyoming, British Columbia and elsewhere. Directed by Curt Morgan.
The First Time: A couple of high school misfits hook up over a weekend. Written and directed by Jonathan Kasdan. With Dylan O'Brien and Britt Robertson.
Here Comes the Boom: Kevin James plays a high school biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial arts fighter to raise money for his school's extracurricular programs. With Salma Hayek and Henry Winkler. Directed by Frank Coraci.
Least Among Saints: A troubled Iraq war veteran takes a 10-year-old boy on a quest to find the youth's absentee father. Written and directed by Martin Papazian.
Middle of Nowhere: The film from Ava DuVernay, winner of the best director award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, follows Ruby, a bright medical student who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband is incarcerated. With Emayatzy Corinealdi, Omari Hardwick and David Oyelowo.
Sister: A 12-year-old boy (Kacey Mottet Klein) takes care of his jobless older sister (Lea Seydoux) by preying on tourists at an exclusive Swiss ski resort. With Gillian Anderson. Directed by Ursula Meier.
Smashed: The marriage of an alcoholic schoolteacher (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and her hard-drinking husband (Aaron Paul) is tested when she decides to get sober. Directed by James Ponsoldt.
Smiley: A frightened college freshman (Caitlin Gerard) believes she's being targeted by a mysterious serial killer who operates through the Internet. Directed by Michael Gallagher.
Wuthering Heights: A radical take on Emily Bronte's classic novel finds a young black man taken in by a Yorkshire farmer who then develops a passionate relationship with the man's teenage daughter. With Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave and Shannon Beer. Written and directed by Andrea Arnold.
Oct. 19
Alex Cross: Tyler Perry (without a fat suit) plays James Patterson's psychologist-detective who is on the trail of a serial killer (Matthew Fox). With Edward Burns and Rachel Nichols. Directed by Rob Cohen.
Brooklyn Castle: This documentary tells the story of an inner-city public school in Brooklyn struggling with budget cuts. Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore.
Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt plays an enforcer hired to track down three lowlifes who rob a mob-protected card game. With Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins. Written and directed by Andrew Dominik.
Paranormal Activity 4: Katie Featherston is a teenager plagued by weird forces in the latest scare-fest in this found-video horror franchise. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.
Simon and the Oaks: Lisa Ohlin directed this adaptation of Marianne Fredriksson's novel about the friendship of a working-class boy and the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller, who has fled Germany during World War II.
That's What She Said: A hopeless romantic, her cynical friend and a stranger on a day trip in New York City. With Anne Heche, Marcia DeBonis and Alia Shawkat. Directed by Carrie Preston.
Oct. 26
Chasing Mavericks: Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") directs this true story of surfing phenom Jay Moriarity (newcomer Jonny Weston), who discovers one of the biggest waves in the world near his Santa Cruz home and enlists the help of a local surf legend (Gerard Butler) to train him to survive it. With Elisabeth Shue.
Cloud Atlas: David Mitchell's 2004 epic novel of interlocking stories from different time periods is being brought to the screen by Lana and Andy Wachowski ("The Matrix" franchise) and Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run"). With Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Keith David, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant.
Fun Size: A popular teenage girl is forced to spend her Halloween searching for her younger brother instead of going to the best party of the year in this comedy from Nickelodeon Movies. With Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Thomas McDonell, Thomas Middleditch and Chelsea Handler. Directed by Josh Schwartz.
The Sessions: Based on a true story, a 38-year-old man confined to an iron lung asks a therapist and a priest to help him lose his virginity. With John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy. Written and directed by Ben Lewin.
Silent Hill - Revelation 3D: In the third installment of the horror franchise, a young woman troubled by nightmares and the disappearance of her father is transported to a demonic realm. With Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell and Adelaide Clemens. Written and directed by Michael J. Bassett. In 3-D.
Yogawoman: A documentary about how a generation of female teachers has transformed the practice of yoga. Directed by Kate McIntyre.
Nov. 2
The Details: An existential horror story about a suburban couple (Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks) whose efforts to eradicate their pest problem begins a wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder. With Laura Linney. Written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes.
Flight: Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump," "The Polar Express") returns to live action in this story of an airline pilot (Denzel Washington) who is hailed as a hero after miraculously crash-landing a malfunctioning plane, but questions threaten to reveal a dark secret. With Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Don Cheadle and Melissa Leo.
High Ground: Michael Brown's documentary about a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans as they climb Mount Lobuche in the Himalayas as a way of healing the wounds of combat.
Jack and Diane: The romance of two teenage girls unleashes some strange forces. With Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Cara Seymour and Jena Malone. Written and directed by Bradley Rust.
A Late Quartet: Four members of a renowned string quartet struggle to stay together as the adversities of life overtake their art. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Imogen Poots and Catherine Keener. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.
A Liar's Autobiography: A 3-D animated documentary adapted from the autobiography of Monty Python member Graham Chapman about the events leading up to his death in 1989. With the voices of Chapman, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam. Directed by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett.
The Man with the Iron Fists: A tribute to Hong Kong action films by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan (who also directs and stars). With Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and Rick Yune. In 3-D.
This Must Be the Place: A former rock star (Sean Penn), who lives in Dublin off his royalties, returns to New York after the death of his father and decides to carry on his old man's quest to seek revenge on a Nazi tormentor. With Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch and Eve Hewson. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
Vamps: Two vampire party girls struggle with love as one falls for the son of a vampire hunter and the other encounters an old flame. Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, who reunites with her "Clueless" star Alicia Silverstone. With Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver and Richard Lewis.
Wreck-It Ralph (3D): Disney's animated feature is about an old video game villain out to prove he has what it takes to be a hero. With the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. Directed by Rich Moore.
Nov. 9
Chasing Ice: A documentary about acclaimed National Geographic photographer James Balog, who was once a skeptic about climate change but whose time-lapse videos of Arctic ice formations provide graphic evidence of global warming. Directed by Jeff Orlowski.
Lincoln: Steven Spielberg directs two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis in a drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. From a screenplay by Tony Kushner, based in part on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. With Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones.
Luv: A neglected Baltimore boy spends a day with the uncle he idolizes but finds isn't the man he thought. With Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton and Michael Kenneth Williams. Directed by Sheldon Candis.
A Royal Affair: The true story of the love triangle between the mentally unstable Christian VII - an 18th-century king of Denmark - his new English bride and his closest adviser. With Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Boe Folsgaard. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel.
Skyfall: Daniel Craig is back as 007 in the 23rd James Bond film as directed by Sam Mendes ("American Beauty"). The plot has been kept under wraps but Javier Bardem is the villain. Judi Dench is back as "M" with Naomie Harris as a female agent and French actress Berenice Marlohe providing sizzle. Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney also join in.
Nov. 16
Anna Karenina: Joe Wright ("Pride and Prejudice," "Atonement") returns to the classics as he directs Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, with Keira Knightley in the title role and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as her lover, Count Vronsky. With Kelly Macdonald, Jude Law, Emily Watson and Olivia Williams.
Rust and Bone: A single father (Matthias Schoenaerts) living with his sister and her husband in France meets a whale trainer (Marion Cotillard) at a nearby Marineland. A tragic accident brings them closer together. Directed by Jacques Audiard ("A Prophet").
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2: Who says vampires live forever? It's the final installment in the gothic romance franchise. But instead of everyone holding their breath about the movie, fans are wondering if Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson will do publicity together. Directed by Bill Condon.
Nov. 21
Life of Pi: Director Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") tells the story of a shipwrecked Indian boy (Suraj Sharma) adrift on a small lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, a tiger and an orangutan. Based on the novel by Yann Martel. With Gerard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan and Tobey Maguire. In 3-D.
Red Dawn: A remake of John Milius' 1984 film about high school students who form themselves into a guerrilla band they call the Wolverines when the United States is invaded by foreign forces. In this version the baddies are from North Korea rather than Cuba and Russia. With Chris Hemsworth, Adrianne Palicki and Josh Hutcherson. Directed by Dan Bradley.
Rise of the Guardians: In this animated film, an evil spirit named Pitch tries to take over the world; so Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost reinvent themselves as superheroes to stop him. With the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. Directed by Peter Ramsey.
Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell directs this story of a man (Bradley Cooper) who loses everything and after eight months in an institution finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert DeNiro). A mysterious woman (Jennifer Lawrence) offers to help him reconnect with his wife, but only if he'll do something for her in return. From Matthew Quick's novel. With Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, Shea Whigham, John Ortiz and Julia Stiles.
Nov. 30
The Collection: Marcus Dunstan's sequel to his horror film "The Collector" stars Emma Fitzpatrick as a woman held prisoner by a psychopathic killer in a booby-trapped hotel.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning: Jean-Claude Van Damme is back in the fourth installment of a franchise that began two decades ago. Who knew that invincible robo-soldiers could age? Dolph Lundgren is also on hand. Directed by John Hyams.
Dec. 7
Deadfall: Brother-and-sister robbers (Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde) head north after a casino heist goes bad and find themselves stuck in a blizzard. A former boxer (Charlie Hunnam) driving home for Thanksgiving with his parents (Sissy Spacek and Kris Kristofferson) offers help. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.
Hyde Park on Hudson: In June 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the king and queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson. But it's not a simple state function. Eleanor and Franklin's mother (Elizabeth Wilson) are fighting, and the president is having an affair with his distant cousin Daisy (Laura Linney). Directed by Roger Michell.
Playing for Keeps: In this comedy, a fading soccer star (Gerard Butler) tries to kick-start his life. With Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid and Judy Greer. Directed by Gabriele Muccino ("The Pursuit of Happyness").
Dec. 14
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Peter Jackson's screen adaptation of the other great fantasy work by J.R.R. Tolkien ("The Lord of the Rings"). Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins (Frodo's uncle), who leads a company of dwarves in a quest to reclaim a lost kingdom. With Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Stephen Fry and Bret McKenzie.
Les Miserables: Tom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of "The King's Speech," helms the long-awaited film adaptation of the smash musical based on Victor Hugo's novel. With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Dec. 19
Amour: This film by Michael Haneke ("Cache") won top honors this year at the Cannes Film Festival. Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant play an octogenarian couple facing the challenges of age. With Isabelle Huppert.
Monsters, Inc. 3D: The 2001 Pixar animated feature gets a 3-D treatment in advance of a sequel, "Monsters University," set to open next summer. With the voices of John Goodman and Billy Crystal. Pete Docter directed.
Zero Dark Thirty: The story of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden from Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow, director of "The Hurt Locker." With Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Edgar Ramirez and Mark Strong.
Dec. 21
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D: The fanciful world of the famed circus is shown. Directed by Andrew Adamson.
The Impossible: Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor are vacationers in Thailand caught with their family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. With Tom Holland. Directed by J.A. Bayona.
Jack Reacher: In this adaptation of the novels of Lee Child, Tom Cruise stars as a military homicide investigator turned freelance avenger. With Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo and Robert Duvall. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie.
Not Fade Away: The story of three New Jersey kids who are inspired by the appearance of the Rolling Stones on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to form their own rock band. With John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald and James Gandolfini. Written and directed by David Chase ("The Sopranos").
On the Road: The adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel stars Sam Riley as the writer Sal Paradise, who sets out on a cross-country odyssey with his friend Dean Moriarty (Garrett Headlund) and Dean's girlfriend, Marylou (Kristen Stewart). With Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss and Viggo Mortensen. Directed by Walter Salles.
This Is 40: Judd Apatow's new comedy returns to two characters from his 2007 film "Knocked Up" - Paul Rudd's Pete and Leslie Mann's Debbie - as they cope with family life and turning 40. With Jason Segel, Megan Fox, Chris O'Dowd, Lena Dunham, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks.
Dec. 25
Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino's latest is set in the South two years before the Civil War. It stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a freed slave who teams with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to search for the wife (Kerry Washington) he lost to slave traders. All signs point to a notorious plantation, Candyland, owned by Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Guilt Trip: In a return to the screen, Barbra Streisand plays inventor Seth Rogen's mom, whose overbearing ways come to the fore when they end up on a cross-country road trip together. Directed by Anne Fletcher ("The Proposal").
Parental Guidance: Old-school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal) meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife, Diane (Bette Midler), agree to baby-sit their three grandkids when their type-A parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go on a trip for work. Directed by Andy Fickman.
West of Memphis: This documentary continues the story of the West Memphis Three - three teenagers convicted in 1994 of the murder of three 8-year-old boys - who spent 18 years fighting to establish their innocence before being freed. Directed by Amy Berg.
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A SEVEN metre high replica of the Eiffel Tower which formed the centrepiece to Tour de France celebrations in Burley-in-Wharfedale is gone up for sale on auction website eBay.
The tower - currently standing in a resident's garden in the centre of the village - was crafted in wood, with metal supports, by Burley Scouts and Guides.
Now hopeless romantics who "can't be bothered to go to Paris" are being given the chance to bring Paris to their own garden, and help raise money for a new scout and guide hut.
There were already four bids on Friday morning (August 8), and with seven days left until the end of auction, it has already broken the £100 mark.
Bidders are warned they "need a big truck" to move the structure, and those who built it arrange transport and reconstruction of the tower anywhere in the world subject to agreeing a separate fee.
But the buyer will have to arrange for their own scaffolding to form the structural frame for the tower, and may need planning permission to put it back up on their own property.
Burley parish councillor, Mike Wild, who listed the tower on eBay, says the aim is raise awareness of a £400,000 appeal by Burley Scouts and Guides towards building their new headquarters - as well as generate money for the cause.
He said: "Maybe people with a bit of cash to spare who've got fond recollections of going to scouts or guides in Burley will be prepared to help out."
An online account has also been set up to enable people to donate directly to the scouts and guides' appeal.
The Burley Eiffel tower auction can be found at: ebay.co.uk/itm/Eiffel-Tower-/331281539214?#ht_666wt_1277 or to make a donation, visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1009425.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Twenty-five-year-old Navy veteran Tony Centonze was excited to get a look at his new room on his first day at the Allied Veterans Center in Arlington -- his first day not having to sleep on the street.
"The worst part was finding a safe and dry place at least to sleep at night," Centonze said. "Some nights you don't get any sleep at all."
But a lot of people around the center will be losing sleep tonight in the wake of a massive scandal involving the nonprofit Allied Veterans of the World.
That nonprofit provides about 99 percent of the funding that keeps the center open. Without the $50,000 a month the group provides for the operating budget, the doors will close in June.
There are 27 people who call the Arlington center home right now. Some are women, some have post-traumatic stress disorder, others have traumatic brain injury. But what they all have in common is that they're there because they have not place else to go.
Retired Col. Len Loving runs the vet center, and the thought of turning its residents back into the streets is hard for even the stoic Marine to talk about.
"What would be so disappointing to me is the setback that it's going to give these people," Loving said. "It's a shame that it's going to go that way."
"I might have to drop out of school because having a place to stay takes priority over studying," said Iraq war veteran Joshua Walsh, who's homeless.
Walsh has been using the center's computer lab to help him study for his engineering degree. He's just a few months away from being able to get his own place, but now he is facing his worst fear.
"I'm going to be back a failure, being a failure again," Walsh said.
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Zac Efron Gets Shirtless, Rappels Down A Waterfall With Bear Grylls
Not gonna lie, I totally have a thing for Bear Grylls. The adventurer and avid pee drinker (so hydrating!) reminds me of a less angry Christian Bale with a bit of a death wish. NBC agrees with me, which is why they've given him his own primetime TV show, called "Running Wild With Bear Grylls" (premiering July 28), and are bringing in the big guns for the first episode in the form of a shirtless Zac Efron. Zac apparently considers himself a "moderate to advanced outdoorsman," but will he have the guts to rappel down a waterfall? Not sure they prepared him for that on the set of "High School Musical."


text: Each financial statement of a paid semester of tuition for Mimi Guiracocha '13 is a receipt of God's faithfulness. She grew up in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country: Albany Park, on the northwest side of Chicago. The daughter of Hispanic immigrants, Mimi wasn't materially well off. But she seems to have been afforded an extra measure of faith. Though her trust that God will provide has been tested time and time again throughout her three years at Wheaton, each time God has proven mighty. When she graduates in May, she will be the first of her family to complete a college degree. On top of studying biology/pre- nursing, singing in the Gospel Choir, and actively serving with Unidad Cristiana, Mimi worked in the alumni relations office and at The Bank restaurant to earn enough money for tuition. At the beginning of her sophomore year, Mimi attended the HoneyRock leadership retreat one week before school started, not sure where the money for the next semester was going to come from. She contacted the admissions office to explain her need and to ask if there were available scholarships. The last night of the retreat, during a communion service, there was a time of prayer and worship. Mimi asked for prayer about her financial situation. The next week, she received word of a scholarship that brought her within $50 of what she had saved. "Whenever you think you don't have enough, God finds a way. He is an omnipotent God. He exceeded my expectations," she says. Many at Wheaton have drawn encouragement from Mimi's faith, including Dr. Kristin Page, professor of biology, who says, "She just knows when she needs something, God's going to provide. Her testimony is so important for other students who may not yet realize how much they have to depend on faith." Dr. Page first met Mimi at Wheaton's Science Station in the Black Hills and has enjoyed watching her progress. "She works very hard and has become an excellent writer and such a good scientist," she says, noting that Mimi's gracious honesty has also made her an important advocate on campus for diversity and minorities. For her part, Mimi says Dr. Page and others have helped get her through some difficult moments. "When I look back at Wheaton, I will see the amazing mentors who have guided me, and I will also see the faithfulness of God providing the finances." Her favorite Wheaton Gospel Choir song concludes with the words, "No praise is high enough to explain how great you are…Lord, you're almighty." After graduation, Mimi hopes to work among under-served populations. She plans to pursue a career as a nurse practitioner in a pediatric oncology unit. "Later in life I hope to take some of that experience overseas, back to Latin America," she says. Her achievements and trust in God's faithfulness have made her the orgullo (pride) of her family and her school. Wheaton in the World: Hope for Trauma's Children >


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Texas' Oakland woes continue
Rangers take ninth loss in last 11 games at Coliseum
OAKLAND -- The Rangers have been hot, and the Athletics have been struggling. That didn't seem to matter on a cool, crisp night at the O.co Coliseum.
This place has not been kind to the Rangers lately, and that continued on Monday with a 5-1 loss to the Athletics. This was the first meeting between the teams this season, but they'll play five more times in the next nine days. The next two will be at the Coliseum, where the Rangers have lost five straight and nine of their last 11.
"They did a great job tonight," shortstop Elvis Andrus said. "They beat us tonight. They played better than us. We just have to come back ready to go tomorrow."
Rangers starter Justin Grimm, who was the American League Rookie of the Month for April, took his third straight loss in May. Grimm went five-plus innings and allowed five runs on seven hits, two walks and one hit batter while striking out three. He is now 2-3 with a 4.28 ERA after six starts and has a 7.02 ERA in his last three.
"April was a lot more fun, especially between starts," Grimm said. "I just have to keep my head high, show up tomorrow and get my work in and turn the corner. It's a lot more fun when things are going good for you. You've got to stay mentally strong when things aren't going good for you."
Athletics right-hander A.J. Griffin, who was 1-3 with a 5.11 ERA in his last four starts, earned the victory by holding the Rangers to one run over seven innings. He gave up six hits, did not walk a batter and struck out eight. The Rangers struck out 11 times on the night and six were called third strikes.
There were more than a few Rangers hitters who went back to the dugout barking over their shoulder at home-plate umpire Lance Barksdale. Craig Gentry was especially demonstrative, slamming down his helmet and tossing his bat after getting called out on strikes in the eighth.
"It is what it is," second baseman Ian Kinsler said. "The game is over and we lost. ... We're always frustrated when we don't do what we expect to do. Tonight we didn't do what we expect to do."
The loss snapped the first-place Rangers' four-game winning streak and allowed the Athletics -- who had lost 16 of their previous 23 games -- to move within five games.
"More just a good win for us, as opposed to a statement game," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "We just need to get on a roll and start playing a little bit better, and hopefully this is the first sign of that. It was just as much for us just to play a good game. It didn't matter against who, but just the fact that they are the team leading the division and playing well right now and had a nice little winning streak coming into the game, that lends some confidence for us."
The Rangers did strike first, as Mitch Moreland gave them a 1-0 lead with his seventh home run of the season. But that turned out to be the only extra-base hit of the seven knocks the Rangers had off Griffin and relievers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Cook. The Rangers also didn't hold the lead very long.
In the bottom of the inning, Josh Donaldson singled with one out and was forced at second on Daric Barton's weak grounder. Then Grimm extended the inning by walking Derek Norris on four pitches.
"I guarantee you that's the one he would want to take back," manager Ron Washington said.
Perhaps because Eric Sogard, hitting at the bottom of the Oakland order, and leadoff hitter John Jaso followed with a pair of two-out, run-scoring singles to give the Athletics a 2-1 lead. Then in the fourth, Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss hit back-to-back home runs, both clearing the wall in deep center field.
"I left a couple of fastballs over the plate, and those guys hit it well," Grimm said. "They did their job. I was trying to go inside on the fastballs and left it over the plate."
Grimm's outing ended when he hit Barton with a pitch to lead off the sixth. Joseph Ortiz took over and gave up a double to Norris to bring home Barton. By then, the Rangers' offense was shutting down for the night. They had three singles in the last five innings and did not advance a runner past first base.
"We could only score one run," Washington said. "That was it right there."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This article was published 6/12/2012 (1720 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Winnipeg's real estate board chalked up only the second $2-million house sale in its 109-year history last month, but couldn't match November 2011's record-setting overall sales performance .
WinnipegRealtors said 847 properties sold last month through the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). That was 33 fewer than in November of last year, and 32 less than in November 2007, which was the second best November on record for unit sales.
However, thanks to five million-dollar-plus sales, last month was the best November on record in terms of dollar volume of sales, with $215.8 million. That was a seven per cent improvement over the previous record of $202.1 million set in November of last year.
The association said the only time in its history that a home sold for $2 million or more was in 2006, when one of the city's stately mansions sold for $2,025,000.
It said last month's strong showing left year-to-date sales running 25 units ahead of last year's pace — 12,392 versus 12,367— and the dollar volume running six per cent ahead — $3.05 billion versus $2.88 billion.
"We said 2011 would be a hard act to follow and it has been just that," WR president Shirley Przybyl said. "Nevertheless, we have still managed to keep pace on sales and increase our dollar volume due to modest overall price appreciation in our MLS market."


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I got a wordpress plugin lightbox plus that isn't working on my website and i am not sure why. i disabled all other plugins but that didn't resolve anything. any suggestions as to how to find out what is causing the issue?
What is or isn't happening?Can you post a link where we can see the problem?
When you press on any of the features such as "scale communications" there is no inline lightbox that shows up. Here is the link:
Your problem is in the file "custom.js" with the following lines:
$("#navigation > ul").muffingroup_menu({...});
$("#megamenu > ul").muffingroup_menu({...});
This results in the error:
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'muffingroup_menu'
Maybe you forgot to include a dependency?Anyway, if you remove these lines, then things should work as expected.
Also, you're getting a 404 for the following file: http://www.polarpos.com/wp-content/themes/polarpos2/js/posgroup_menu.js?ver=2.1.1
thanks! it is working now.
besides removing them anything else can be done?
Glad to hear it!
I don't quite know what you mean by this.I just had a look at your site and it seems that you are currently working on it (lots of things broken).Nonetheless, if I can help you with anything else related to this topic, just post back here.
I don't think those lines were the issue. While Lightbox Plus works after they are removed, Lightbox Plus works with that theme being used on a clean install. I can post a link if you'd like?
Yeah, go on then.
if you go on there and click on "Hello World" you will see a link "Scale Communications" if you click on that you will see that Lightbox Plus works.
That's cool that Lightbox Plus works, but that's what you want it do do, right?Or did I miss something and there is still an problem with the page?
that is correct but this is the same theme.
I'm sorry, I'm probably just being stupid, but I don't get your point.Are you wondering why this page works and on the other one you had to comment out some code?


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CamWest/Toll Bros., the developers for the Seattle Children's Home site, were approved to move on to next phase of the Master Use Permit application process last Wednesday, March 19.
CamWest's Andrew Miller presented the three new design proposals, which were requested by the Design Review Board (DRB) and the audience at the last meeting. The development would repurpose the site for 62 town- and row houses.
Option Six, the new preferred design, would decrease density on Ninth Avenue West and move it to 10th Avenue West, remove two exceptional trees but have two pocket parks and have 62 units and approximately 122 parking spaces. (View all three proposals at www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/GroupMeetings/DRProposal3015522Agenda ID4813.pdf.)
Suggested changes
During its deliberation, the DRB -- which eventually approved the proposal to go forward -- said it didn't feel like the designs presented were anything new. Audience members echoed that, saying they felt these designs were basically the same as the previous three.
During the deliberation process, the DRB suggested:
-Reducing the amount of pavement on the site;
-More documentation on how the setbacks are relative to adjacent blocks, especially on Ninth Avenue West (this was a contingent change);
-More activation on the streets with stoops or porches on Ninth Avenue West;
-Dedicating more space to pedestrians and less to cars;
-More open space between buildings, especially north to south;
-Keeping the external, but not internal, significant tree; and
-More variety on 10th Avenue West.
Option Six would take density off of Ninth Avenue by moving a few units to 10th Avenue. This creates three large openings on Ninth and nearly doubled the space between buildings, Miller said.
The developers included some of the community's suggestions from the last meeting, including a hill climb on Ninth and moving the driveway access.
The designs presented were a mixture of shingle, brick and urban aesthetics.
The development will continue to keep the McGraw cottage on the corner of 10th and West McGraw Street. The attempt to landmark the building was denied.
With the hill climb and two pocket parks, "we now have connectivity throughout the site," Miller said. Currently, the site is a closed campus, with fences and signs; this will be "much more residential than the institutional use that's here now."
Community concerns
The development requested four design departures (three are the same from the last meeting): increasing structure width from 60 feet to 140, 160 and 200 feet; decreasing front-yard setbacks from 5 feet to 0 feet in some cases; decreasing vehicular-access roadway surface width from 24 to 20 feet; and bay-window projections, which would cut into the easement by 2 feet on each side.
The preferred proposal would remove two of the site's exceptional trees. If they were to leave the trees, it would push density to the outside of the property. "Removing the trees allows us to take density off Ninth," Miller said.
Many of the meeting's attendees said this shouldn't be an either/or situation; instead, they should keep the trees and compromise with fewer units. The developers stressed that they love trees and acknowledged that they want them out of selfish reasons: because trees add value to the property.
Marty Kaplan, chairperson of the Land Use Review Committee (LURC) for the Queen Anne Community Council, stated that LURC was pleased with the project's progress and happy that the developers were working with the community.
LURC still had concerns, however, about parking and the bulk and scale of the proposal. He asked the DRB to consider whether the two significant trees should be sacrificed for more units. He supported the bay windows, saying they add interest.
"This [may be] a project with two too many units," Kaplan said, adding he's still in favor of density.
He also requested the pedestrian areas and parts of the project treated with porous concrete or pervious pavement to reduce runoff and create interest.
Future Queen Anne members spoke, saying they're concerned that CamWest/Toll Bros are "cramming" 62 units on the site, which "won't just impact but alter our neighborhood."
Other members from the community group spoke on behalf of the trees, the impact to nearby pedestrians and kids walking to nearby schools, the density on 10th and the lack of diversity to the plans. Each time, nearly the entire audience raised their hands to show solidarity with the group's complaints.
Other audience members echoed similar complaints and asked for environmentally friendly plans.
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Slowly getting to grips with CSS, and how to manipulate the lay out.
One of the things I have not been able to find much info about in books, tutorials or posts on the forum is what to use when.
Are there any tutorials or threads/stickies/wikis about what is best to use when regardingspandivstyleidclassand whatever other forms of css manipulation
The SitePoint References are good for explaining the uses of various elements, both HTML and CSS.
TechnoBear's link is a good one.
Regarding spans and divs, they are just wrappers for content that allows you to target bits of content for styling. Divs are for blocks of content that have their own space, while spans are mostly for singling out bits of content within a block, like a word in a sentence.
So if, for example, you want some content (like a heading, a form, a paragraph etc.) to form a sidebar, wrap them all in a div, give it a width and float it.
If you want a word within a sentence to be a different color, you can wrap that word in a span and then apply styles to that span.
ids and classes allow you to target elements (like divs and spans) with CSS. So, for example, that span used to make text a different color could have a class applied to it, such as class="highlight", and then in the style sheet you'd set a color for the class "highlight" (e.g. .highlight {color: red}) and then you could reuse that class throughout your site.
The style attribute should be used rarely. It allows you to apply a style on the page itself rather than via the style sheet. It's not good to use, though, as you have to go back into the page to change the style, which gets really inefficient if you have used it in several places.
Thanks folks.I'll sum it up to see if I've got the right end of the stick.Span: essentially meant only for inline; avoid in css where possible.Style: see span.Div relates to span as class relates to idId defines a manipulation of certain amount of text, class applies this manipulation to the amounts of text defined by it.
Am I far off?I have been looking trough bits of Technobear's link (which info I somehow missed searthing Sitepoint ) and it helped understanding.What would be great, is to find some stylesheets with html-pages to see what it actually looks like in real life.
Things that would seem more than obvious to somebody with plenty knowledge and experience, aren't necessarily obvious to newbies like me. For example: Ralph was kind enough to show me the trick for making text adjust to the screen without ever needing to use the horizontal scrollbar, thereby making it possible to read the entire page by simply scrolling up and down, regardless of screensize or zoom setting: the "wrap-trick". Somebody added the (I imagine it is) clever "width-limiter adivice.
What I now need to find out, is how and where to stick something like a bit of wrap code for best result.I am getting close to understanding the individual bits, but am lacking "the big picture". What should I do to increase my insight in how to assemble the individual bits of css into a logical and efficient style sheet?
I am an engineer by trade, and in my line of work there are usually many ways to make things happen. But although they all work (to some degree) I often look at things other people have "designed", and wonder if the looneys were running the asylum. Am I correct to assume a similar thing is true for webdesign?
Those aren't really accurate. The div/span relationship doesn't equate to class/id—they are really completely different things. (It's a bit like comparing male/female with dog/cat.)
What would be great, is to find some stylesheets with html-pages to see what it actually looks like in real life.
You are in luck, as there's about a billion web pages online that illustrate these in real life.
But seriously, a great thing about the web is that you can look 'under the hood' and see the HTML and CSS at work. For example, right click on any part of a web page in a browser like Chrome and choose Inspect Element, and you instantly see the HTML under the hood and the CSS that is styling it.
I am getting close to understanding the individual bits, but am lacking "the big picture". What should I do to increase my insight in how to assemble the individual bits of css into a logical and efficient style sheet?
Honestly, I would recommend you sit down with a good book on HTML and CSS to get the big picture—which is essential, IMHO. In a few days you will have a solid understanding of the subject, rather than sifting around the web picking up random tidbits here and there.
If you use Firefox or Chrome, then I highly recommend installing the Web Developer Toolbar. (I've only ever used the FF version.) It has a CSS menu which, among other things will allow you to view the CSS for a page, or disable certain parts of the CSS, etc. The toolbar has many other useful features, too - I don't know how I'd work without it. :)
Right, I shall avail myself of this tool post haste.Thanks for the tip.
Back to my home work then.
This certainly helps. To make it exactly what I need, is the option to look at the the whole stylesheet instead of the one element; is there such a tool?
Alas, I have borrowed every book from my library on html, xhtml and css that I could lay my hands on (I'm a member of 3 library groups, covering about 20 libraries), plus have some bits myself. Unfortunately, none of them helped much to give me the insight as to how the whole sticks together. If I could find a book that does exactly that, I would buy/order it straight away unless the price went into the ridicuous i.e. 3 figures. What doesn't help, is that I have a bit of a funny learning pattern; if the format (irrespective of subject) suits me, I learn faster than anyone I know. If the format doesn't suit match, I often struggle. As a result, I often spend more time to find the right materials, than on the actual learninig.
Yes - "View CSS", the last option on the CSS menu in the Web Developer Toolbar. :)
Yeeeehaw, I shall be busy today.
Have fun. :D
That should be covered in about the first paragraph or two of any decent book on the subject.
Maybe you need to read them a little more carefully.


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Slowey outdueled by Maholm in Marlins' home opener
Righty hit hard by Upton, but allows just two runs; Miami held to two hits
MIAMI -- If Kevin Slowey can consistently turn in performances like he did on Monday night, the Marlins would certainly take it.
It's the end result that the club would like to change.
Slowey was impressive over seven solid innings, but Justin Upton was downright sensational.
Upton had four hits and was a triple shy of the cycle in the Braves' 2-0 victory over the Marlins in front of 34,439 in the home opener at Marlins Park.
An energized crowd watched a well-pitched game. But the Braves had Upton doing damage at the plate, while lefty Paul Maholm allowed just one hit in seven innings. The Marlins finished with just two hits, and they were shut out for the third time in seven games.
"When we don't score runs, it puts a lot of pressure on the pitching," manager Mike Redmond said. "If Kevin Slowey gives us seven innings, and gives up two runs, I'm pretty happy with that. I like our chances. We're going to win a lot of games with that."
Slowey is the first Miami starting pitcher to go as far as seven innings, but he still couldn't get the team in the win column. In the new season, losing is getting old as the Marlins fell to 1-6.
"We just weren't able to muster any offense and give him any support," Redmond said.
Upton unloaded on a one-out homer to deep left field in the sixth inning, giving the Atlanta slugger six homers in seven games.
"He's a fantastic hitter to start with, and he has a great approach," Slowey said. "Today, he was willing to shorten his swing and go back up the middle. And then he would go the other way for a double. His last at-bat, he got a ball that he could handle, and he handled it.
"For me as a pitcher, I need to try to stay one step ahead of him. There are times you tip your hat and say this guy is hitting really well, and hope you don't have to face him in a key situation. He did a wonderful job tonight."
Placido Polanco's two-out single in the third was the only hit allowed by Maholm. The only other hit was by Rob Brantly off closer Craig Kimbrel in the ninth.
Miami actually had a chance in the ninth, putting runners on the corners, but Kimbrel struck out Adeiny Hechavarria to spoil the home opener.
"I've been on teams where we've been through it," Polanco said of Miami's struggles at the plate. "This is not going to last long. We have a good team and we work hard. Every day is a different day. We show up tomorrow and take tough at-bats."
The atmosphere was energetic in the opener of Miami's second season at Marlins Park. The fourth-largest crowd in the stadium's history remained in the game until Hechavarria swung through Kimbrel's 96-mph fastball.
"The fans were great tonight. The fans were out there in full force," Slowey said. "I went out there to warm up and there was a lot of yelling and cheering and encouragement. I think those are the things, that for me, they are very meaningful."
The Braves snapped a scoreless deadlock in the fourth inning, with Upton getting the threat started. Upton's second hit of the night was a leadoff double, and he moved to third on Evan Gattis' flyout to left field. Upton scored on Dan Uggla's groundout to short.
"It's fun. We're winning," Upton said. "We're winning in different ways and every night is different. We're having fun out there and it's been a good week."
Atlanta's ability to manufacture a run on one hit is something Miami was unable to do early.
In the first inning, Miami had back-to-back, two-out walks by Giancarlo Stanton and Greg Dobbs. But the inning ended on a flyout to right by Justin Ruggiano.
After Polanco singled to center in the third, the Braves weren't giving Stanton much to hit, and he walked for the second time, taking a full-count offspeed pitch. The potential rally was stalled when Maholm struck out Dobbs.
With such an inexperienced team, Redmond is stressing that his squad stays focused on each new day.
"We've got to stick with it. We can't panic," the manager said. "We've got to stay positive with these guys, and when it turns -- it always does. We just had 14 hits the night before last. I still have a lot of confidence in these guys to turn it around."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"The Big Quiet" (season 2, episode 4; originally aired 09/25/1994)
It's hard to know what to say about an episode that's all about, well, not knowing what to say. On its surface, "The Big Quiet" is an episode about the death of Little Pete's lizard and best friend, Gary, as well as Big Pete's complete inability to carry on a conversation with his dad. On a deeper level, though, it's an episode about awkwardness and maybe—as someone with XX chromosomes, I suppose I can't be 100 percent sure—it's about what it's like to change from a boy into a man.
I don't want to blow this episode out as some grand feat of modern fiction, but it's pretty darn deep. Little Pete, shattered by the tragic death of Gary, the Lizard King, is determined to keep his memory alive, not just in his life but in the lives of everyone in Wellsville, if not the world. With the help of Girl Scout of death Monica, Pete pushes people to enjoy Gary-Max, a multimedia extravaganza about the reptile. He goes forward with Hands Across Wellsville in Gary's honor, though only five people show up. He even sets up an eternal flame in the Wrigley's front yard, only to have it inevitably snuffed by Don's automatic sprinklers.
Little Pete wants people to get him. He wants to be sad and he wants everyone else to care just as much as he does, but that's just not how death works most of the time—especially lizard death. In trying to make Gary's life a cause célèbre, he's just channeling his path through the stages of grief toward others. He's, what, nine? Eleven? Kids that age—let alone adults at any age—don't have the vocabulary to really say how they feel when someone dies. It's all a little silly in "The Big Quiet" because it's about a tiny lizard, but how is Gary any less important in Pete's life than someone's great aunt they never talked to? They were best friends. They rode bikes and played Krebtego. Pete told Gary things he'd never told anyone else, admitting a totally mundane fear of circus clowns while they were camped out in the back yard. I'm sure people wanted to tell Pete they were sorry, but when someone dies, no one really knows what to say, other than that, "I'm sorry." After a while, it loses its efficacy or meaning, because to you, to Pete, no one's sorry enough.
Even Pete's own family isn't sorry enough, attempting to replace Gary with another little pal from the Lizard Ranch two hours away. This action puts Big Pete's own crippling fear into play, as he finds himself completely unable to carry on a conversation with his dad. Whereas they were once chat buddies, as Pete's gotten older, it's like he's too worried to open up to Don, too worried that what he's saying sounds embarrassing, and maybe too worried that if he lets Don into his life, he'll be a total weirdo in the eyes of the other kids. Even Ellen had to go through intensive action figure dad training to be able to talk to Phil Hickle. He gets over it eventually, with the help of a traffic jam, total panic, and a WART radio moment of silence, but still, the relationship of Don and Big Pete will never really be the same as it was when he was little.
That's kind of the rub with growing up, though. You can't go emotionally home again. This is especially true for boys, who have to presumably learn to quit nuzzling their moms and start communicating emotions with a series of grunts, if at all. Little Pete, especially, is in the midst of turning from a sensitive little guy into a hopefully at least a little sensitive teenager. Big Pete's crossed that bridge, and now, like in so many other situations in his life, can't quite figure out how to act or react.
Earlier this year I wrote a big feature about Clarissa Explains It All, about how it's this big important show for smart girls, and girls in general, seeing as how it was one of the first to really assume that kids
- would watch a show with a female protagonist and
- were able to make sense of semi-complex topics and emotions beyond a myriad of various fart sounds and parental pratfalls.
I know this not just because I've read the research but because, as a girl that hit that show right at my formative years, I lived that crap. I wore Clarissa-like outfits because she dressed so cool. I dreamt of having weird wallpaper and a boy who would climb in through my window just to hang out. I knew the pain of having a little brother who seemingly existed just to push my buttons.
Now, writing this column and spending far, far more time than 99.999999 percent of the population thinking about Pete And Pete, I want to know if that's how boys felt about this show. My colleague Erik Adams wrote a similar piece to my Clarissa story about Boy Meets World, a show I found to be fairly inane and relatively inconsequential, but which The A.V. Club's male readers liked almost as much as a sexy headline about Alison Brie. That was their show growing up, they wrote in the article's comments. Cory Matthews was them. They were Cory Matthews. After "The Big Quiet," I'm wondering if anyone was one of the Petes. I sure hope so.
Stray observations:
- Things Gary had: lizard-sized sleeping bag, lizard-sized shower massager, lizard-sized foosball table, lizard-sized banana bike seat ("Hold on tight, Gary. I only know one speed: fast."), lizard-sized turquoise coffin, lizard-sized chalk outline of his dead lizard body.
- "Buckle up, Gary. It's not just the law; it feels good."
- I like that Pete's dad conversation topics include grilling and fruit BBQ marinades, cheese fondue, Bob Dylan, a joke about a duck and a peacock, and "what do you know about compound interest?"
- It would be insane of me not to mention that members of the Pete And Pete cast and crew reunited recently at L.A.'s Cinefamily. There was a big chatty panel, and there's video of the whole thing. It's well worth watching for anyone who's made it this far into this review, to say the least.


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My brother wanted shredded Chicken on his deep pan pizza today, so naturally I had to break out the rotisserie and spit. I dusted this bird with seasoned salt and plenty of cayenne pepper. The rotis sure is one way to get quite a moist and tender chicken. Here goes--
Part way through the cook
And here is the deep pan pizza, with pepperoni, olives, and the shredded chicken breast. I always find it amazing what a fantastic taste quality a really good bread can give to a pizza. And nothing like those cast iron pans for such either.


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Almost every year of his reign Charlemagne is forced to go and vanquish the Saxons again and has to re-Christianize them on the spot.
I don`t see any problem in using the present first and then the past, unlike your professor, since the dates (between 1726 and 1815) tell you when the narrated occurrences happen. Besides, he`s free to condemn whatever he pleases in his students`papers, and they have to conform to their teacher`s whims to get a passing grade. In the real world, that`s not how things stand.
Entre 1726 a 1815, los académicos despojan al idioma de muchos colgajos etimológicos y la hacen más sencilla y práctica. Algunos criterios fijados en esa época siguen vigentes hoy, como las reglas de la b y la v y la escritura de c y z. También se cambiaron palabras como dotor, efeto y sinificar por los actuales doctor, efecto y significar.
But I still see a minor mistake in the above paragraph, maybe too a subtle one. Can anybody else spot it?
The verb tense that I found odd, as you guys have pointed out, is the hubiese instead of hubiera. So, here you go, an answer to someone`s question (I can`t remember who now).
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Hello guys,
I'm trying to write function that will display some text and image by changing innerHTML of div element.
The function is:
function showWaitImage(){ document.getElementById('image').innerHTML = "Uploading photo, please wait..."; }
When I run this function, I see message and broken image in FireFox. I checked code and image URL like ten times, it should work, but it doesn't.
How can I fix this?
height is spelled incorrectly.Apart from that, it's hard to tell without more context.
Thanks. I've changed to height. But I used single  tag before (without width and height), then I rewrite whole tag few times. It didn't work and it doesn't work now.
About more context. The div element is in HTML body:

I call showWaitImage() function by this:
<input value="Upload" type="submit" class="style" name="photoSubmit" id="photoSubmit" onClick="showWaitImage();">
showWaitImage() function is in
Your code worked okay for me with a different image. Try changing the image used to another you know exists. If that works then it's the image address that's the problem.
URL is correct. I've tried another image. Still doesn't work.
function showWaitImage() {
var div = document.getElementById("image");
var sp = document.createElement("span");
var im = document.createElement("img");
im.src = "http://...";
Try something like the above.If it still doesn't work, your URL is dodgy.
Please check PM.
I know this is an old post and u must have found ur way out by now, but just updating the post for future followers who,like me ,came upon this post.
I think the problem is that, ur tryin got set the image right before a form submit.The form once submitted doesnt allow new server requests (even an image file).Even though u were settin the innerHTML before the submit,the javascript engine doesnt wait for the image to actually load before going to the submit().And the submit locks the page.So u neither get an image broken error or get to see the image.Solutions:1. Prefetching the image when the page loads.2. set the innerhtml when the page loads and hide the div, and toggle the display/visiblitiy property when u submit.
Hope this helps..
This works, but needs an image at example.com. I have set it to run on page load for this example.

@AllanP,I see your example, i think the original poster had issues because he was trying to load an image right before a form SUBMIT.
Thanks anyways


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DETROIT - Democratic Detroit Mayoral candidate Lisa L. Howze said she will run her first major campaign ad during the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.
Campaign Director Brandon Jessup said that "the ad will focus on a brighter future for Detroit and its people."
"The 30-second ad will air during the Super Bowl in metro Detroit and run during a week-long media campaign," said Jessup.
Howze declared her candidacy in Feb. 2012 and said she has focused her campaign on helping to end crime and fix the city's finances. She said she will focus the first 100 days of her administration on revenue generating activities.
"It will take teamwork and collaboration of concerned residents, churches, business leaders, unions, city employees and government to bring Detroit back to greatness," said Howze. "While one person alone cannot turn the city around, I humbly accept the responsibility to lead this team effort and create the vision for a better Detroit."
Howze will be the first mayoral candidate to run ads this year. She looks to become the first female mayor in Detroit's history.
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The science and application of DNA testing and genomic-enhanced selection in beef cattle continues to advance. Recent changes in the two major companies offering genomics services, however, could create some confusion. During the Cattle Industry Convention in Tampa, we caught up with representatives of Igenity and Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) for an update.
Igenity had been a division of animal-health company Merial, but in 2012 was purchased by Neogen Corporation, which also owns genomics company GeneSeek.
Earlier this month, Zoetis began operations as an independent, publicly traded company after splitting from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Pfizer Animal Health included Pfizer Animal Genetics, which remains as a division of Zoetis.
Now that that's all cleared up, here are a few updates on what's happening at each company.
At Zoetis, technical services specialist Kent Andersen, PhD., says the company has reduced the cost of its HD 50K for Angus cattle to $75, while also "retraining" genetic markers and recalibrating the test, resulting in stronger correlations. For several traits, the test on a yearling bull or heifer provides accuracy equivalent to records on up to 20 progeny. The test covers 18 important traits including measures of heifer pregnancy, calving ease direct and residual average daily gain. Zoetis offers the HD 50K test in partnership with Angus Genetics Inc.
Andersen says demand continues to increase, with growing numbers of seedstock and commercial producers using the tests. Some commercial producers use the full HD 50K test on replacement heifers, but a more typical approach is to purchase tested bulls and test replacement heifers with the $17 GeneMax test. GeneMax, developed in partnership with Certified Angus Beef, is a scaled-down test providing genomic ratings for growth and carcass merit along with sire identity.
Zoetis currently is engaged in a large project with Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, testing 4,000 commercial heifers to determine which go into breeding programs and which go to the feedyard. The company also has reached an agreement with the Red Angus Association to develop genomic-enhanced EPDs specific to Red Angus cattle.
At Igenity, Steward Bauck, PhD., director of beef genomics, says the company's relationship with GeneSeek allows a more streamlined process for analyzing DNA samples. During the convention, the company announced the availability of the new "GeneSeek Genomic Profiler Bovine HD," which features nearly 80,000 SNPs for highly accurate genomic-enhanced EPDs. Earlier this month, Igenity announced its profile for Angus cattle is available to American Angus Association (AAA) members for $47, and members can receive a genomic-based parentage test with the profile for a total of $59 through a partnership with Angus Genetics Inc., a subsidiary of AAA. Igenity and GeneSeek also recently announced they will offer specific profiles enabling genomic-enhanced EPDS for the Simmental and Hereford breeds.
Bauck stresses that as cattle prices rise, genomic testing becomes increasingly valuable as a risk-management tool. Genomic-enhanced EPDs allow greater accuracy in evaluating and purchasing yearling bulls, and the seedstock producers pay for it, making tested bulls a smart buy for commercial producers. Cow-calf producers also have less margin for error in selecting or purchasing replacement heifers, which now have a value of $1,200 or more per head. The company's $20 profile for replacement heifers makes selection more accurate and objective, and producers increasingly test their heifers in the spring and use the information as a selection tool in the fall.


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Gift Gives Equine Students a Leg Up
As an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire, Mark Mullen '79 was a pre-veterinary student with a fondness for horses, and came up from New Jersey to experience the lure of the Granite State. And while his career path diverged, his heart stayed true to horses and his wife Laura '80, a zoology and psychology major, whom he met when she serendipitously answered his ad at the Memorial Union Building for a ride share to upstate New York. They spent three years together studying their respective subjects and, every summer, Mark would return home to groom horses for trainers at Fair Winds Farm, his parents' 600-acre equine boarding and breeding facility in Upper Freehold Township, N.J.
There is a palpable memory in circling a rubber curry into the warmth of a mare's neck to loosen the dirt, flicking it off with the dandy brush, and smoothing her coat down to a glossy shine. Simply being around horses, one is surrounded by sensory impressions: the coarseness of a mane, the smell of sweet meal, warm breath exhaled into the palm of your hand. For Mullen, those summers were a time of hands-on work with athletes: the spritely Standardbred horses, with an inborn competitive nature, which were trained to trot and pace in prestigious races held across the country.
In recalling a horse that would follow him around, Mullen says, "There is an attachment you form. When a big animal recognizes and responds to you, it's not something you easily forget."
These days his work is much less hands-on. As the current owner of Fair Winds Farm, he is responsible for managing the very best broodmares and breeding truly remarkable offspring. One such trotter, a 3-year old colt named Broad Bahn, raced in the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands last August. He was driven by the renowned "Minister of Speed" George Brennan to a $1.5 million win. While Fair Wind Farms continues to breed award-winning offspring from Broad Bahn's mother, there are many other prodigious colts and fillies that have contributed to the collective earnings of the farm, totaling nearly $4 million this year alone.
Despite such successes, the lagging economy has challenged the entire horse industry, with a particular burden on sport horse owners. It has been increasingly challenging for horse lovers to maintain their animals and many have had to make the wrenching decision to sell them. "The cost of grain is up 35 percent," says Mullen. "The economic situation really separates the casual horse lover from those who are deeply committed." In fact, at Fair Winds Farm, the decision was made to eliminate the stallion side of the business and renovate a stud barn into a state-of-the-art medical facility to house the practice of nationally-known equine orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Patricia Hogan.
Mullen has long been impressed by the commitment horse lovers demonstrate in maintaining their connection with the animals. "It's a lot of work to own a horse. There's a love there—a real commitment. This is a live animal that needs daily attention," he says. "It has always been impressive to me that people can work all week long and still find the time to go out and compete in an event. The people who drive for hours and sleep in their vans love their animals. They love the camaraderie of fellow horsemen. They love the competition. I have always been impressed by their effort."
The reverence Mullen has for the commitment of those in the horse industry, along with a strong personal ethic of giving back, fuels both his and Laura's interest in sustaining the Equine Program at UNH. Together they established The Fair Winds Farm Equine Scholarship Fund in 2001 to ensure the support of undergraduates enrolling in the two and four-year equine programs within the Thompson School of Applied Science and the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture. The awards, which are based on financial need and academic merit with preference given to students demonstrating a strong interest in pursuing careers in the Standardbred and Thoroughbred racing industry, have already helped many students obtain the education they need in order to make their dreams for the future a reality today.
For more information, contact Sarah Hamilton, director of equine program, at 603-862-1356 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Teens log the number of hours they spend reading. Read for twelve hours to get a mini-notebook, an eraser and fabulous coupons to local businesses. Read for twenty-four hours to receive a wind-up walking sushi, a paperback book of your choice and a chance in the bonus drawing to win a $50 gift card to Target. Prizes will be awarded starting June 6, and the last day to log hours and earn prizes is July 31.
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text: Russian woman wrestler Julia Rekvava (23), who won her third successive European Championship title among the wrestlers of 59 kg in 2009, converted to Islam. Rekvava told that she was so impressed by the life style of Muslims and said: "Turkey is a Muslim country. My life was empty before I converted to Islam. I believe one Allah (God) only. I have been worshipping in Islamic way for four years." Julia Rekvava is living in Sweden.


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In "How to Grill", the recipe for grilling oysters says to test for freshness by tapping them on the work surface to make sure they close their shells and to discard any that don't.
I recently purchased 6 oysters from my local supermarket which appeared to be closed when I got them. I stored them in the refrigerator for several hours before removing them for grilling. All appeared to be closed when I removed them from the refrigerator. I grilled them as indicated, but after 10 minutes, only one had opened. I did manually open another one, which smelled and looked OK, but was reluctant to eat it. I ended up throwing away 5 of the 6 I purchased and was extremely disappointed.
Any other tips on knowing if purchased oysters are fresh if they appear to be closed from purchase through the start of grilling? I hate to purchase twice as many as I need just to make sure that I get enough of them to open on the grill. Should I trust the supermarket counter person if they tell me the oysters are fresh?
Thanks for any advice you can provide.


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Before claiming the Mr. Olympia title, Scott took Mr. America in 1962, the Mr. Universe title in 1964, and had a minor role in the 1964 movie Muscle Beach Party. Scott is said to have possessed little apparent genetic potential when he started training with weights in 1956, his narrow shoulders having been a particular weak spot. He trained with Vince Gironda, another well-known bodybuilder of the golden age. Scott is best known for his arm development - and perhaps most for his impressive biceps which were unusually long, allowing for good development and shape. Scott attributes his football-shaped biceps to an exercise invented by Gironda, "The Preacher Curl," which became standard repertoire among many bodybuilders, and is often called the Scott Curl due to the association with Scott. He was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999.
Scott was also a popular physique model during the early to mid 1960s, working for such famous photographers as Bruce of LA and Don Whitman, of Western Photography Guild. His "posing strap" material for Pat Milo (known professionally as simply "Milo") is today considered fine art. It was Milo who introduced Scott to a wide, appreciative audience and helped him hone his posing and photographic persona: that of the "boy next door." Larry regularly appeared in all of Joe Weider's bodybuilding magazines, including Mr. America and Muscle Builder, and he also figured prominently in Demi Gods, Muscleboy, and The Young Physique.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 2/5/2014 (1205 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
No one seems to know what the CBC will be in the aftermath of its latest financial implosion.
What's certain, however, is what it won't be: the same old CBC.
Simply put, it can't be. Through years of diminishing budgets, declining financial fortunes and round after round of layoffs and programming cuts, various regimes at the public broadcaster have tried hard to maintain a CBC that was a slimmed-down and tightened-up version of what it has always been.
Those days are gone. With the loss of NHL telecasts as a revenue engine that allowed CBC to meander creatively through other parts of its schedule, combined with ever-dwindling funding support from a federal government that clearly views CBC with scorn, the broadcaster's English TV service finds itself at a moment of crisis unlike any it has experienced in recent years.
CBC will still air Hockey Night in Canada for the next four (or perhaps more) years, but it will derive no revenue from the broadcasts. It will serve only as a lingering connection to CBC's past identity and a promotional platform in which to advertise other shows on its schedule.
So, if it's not going to be the hockey network, what will CBC be? There needs to be something, or things, in its schedule that will make it a channel that interests TV viewers. For most Canadians, the recently cancelled Arctic Air, Cracked and Battle of the Blades were not those things. Nor, for that matter, are such renewed CBC properties as Heartland and Mr. D and Murdoch Mysteries.
During this spring of upheaval and downsizing, CBC brass have trumpeted such new titles as Schitt's Creek, a new comedy starring old SCTVers Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, and Strange Empire, a dark, serialized Old West drama, as the type of programming that will help define a "new" CBC.
Whether one or both will become "tentpole" shows that lure masses of new viewers into the CBC fold remains to be seen. Going two-for-two on hit-series launches is highly unlikely, but it would certainly be a big help. What the CBC needs more than anything else is to have people care about what it's broadcasting on TV.
And to do that, the CBC needs to be something other than what most folks expect the CBC to be.
Here are a few things which, in one observer's opinion, the public broadcaster must and must not be as it moves into its uncertain future:
It must be: A destination for viewers. As the search for a new identity, CBC programmers would be wise to consider the game plans employed by several U.S. cable networks whose fortunes have risen sharply during the past decade. FX network transformed itself from a stale old-movie channel to a creator of noteworthy original programming, starting with The Shield and following with boundary-pushing titles such as Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, Justified and American Horror Story. AMC got into the original-content game with Mad Men, then followed up with Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead and Hell On Wheels. The Starz cable net rebranded itself as an original-content programmer with Spartacus, Magic City, Boss, Da Vinci's Demons and Black Sails.
These days, networks are defined not just by the shows, but by the kinds of shows they carry. CBC needs titles that excite viewers, shows that people talk about as "CBC" shows.
It must not be: Safe. Because of its "all things to all people" mandate, CBC has rarely been inclined to challenge or risk offending its viewers. To be part of the water-cooler conversation these days, however, a "destination" network has to provide boundary-pushing shows that deliver "Did you see that?" moments. Put it this way: while shocked viewers were trying to wrap their heads around Game of Thrones' Red Wedding episode last season, it's unlikely that their TV chatter turned to what happened on that week's Heartland instalment.
It must be: A destination for content creators. By creating one, then two, then an expanding roster of original shows that expand the boundaries of TV drama and comedy, networks like FX, AMC and Starz, along with pay-TV heavy hitters HBO and Showtime, have become outlets with whom the brightest creative minds want to do business. There's really no such safe harbour for big TV ideas in Canada these days; CBC should seek to make itself one.
It must not be: All things to all people. The notion of reflecting Canada to Canadians was a noble goal -- and, perhaps, a necessary mandate -- for the public broadcaster back in the three-channel, over-the-air, pre-cable TV era before digital compression, channel expansion and multi-platform content delivery allowed every Canadian to find his or her individuality reflected in the content sources of their choosing. CBC can't be everything to everyone anymore, because the population is too diverse, the mandate is too broad and the competition is too fierce. It needs to forge a new mission statement and then pursue its amended goals with ferocity and courage.
It must be: Brilliant, frugal and brilliantly frugal. However its future unfolds, CBC is not going to have the budgetary might to create the next Game of Thrones or American Horror Story. But big TV success doesn't necessarily depend on fat budgets; in fact one of Canadian TV's biggest-ever hits, Trailer Park Boys, was created on a shoestring budget, but found a creative way to turn the absurdity of Canadian TV's funding system into the show's central low-budget conceit. TPB looked cheap on purpose, and fans loved it. It isn't a gimmick that could work a second time, but its success shows that unconventional thinking can yield unexpected results.
It must not be: Scared. At least, not outwardly. These are the most uncertain times the public broadcaster has ever faced, so fear is bound to be widespread throughout the organization as budget cuts are finalized, redundancy notices are sent out and those left in the CBC's employ figure out what to do next. But the people setting the new direction must act with purpose and aggression rather than fear and the basic desire to preserve what remains.
It must be: Willing to take BIG chances. In doing so, the CBC is bound to suffer some big failures on the way to achieving the big successes it needs to survive, but a few high-profile programming disasters aren't necessarily a bad thing if they're part of a process. Get Canadians talking about the CBC one way or another. Get them tuning in to see what the fuss is all about. And then -- with one great show, then a few, and then a roster -- give them a reason to stay.
What will the CBC be? In order to survive, something other than what we know as the CBC.
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Nolasco penciled in to rejoin rotation Friday
Veteran right-hander has been out since early July with sore elbow
HOUSTON -- Ricky Nolasco is the probable starter Friday night for the Twins, manager Ron Gardenhire said Tuesday. Minnesota opens a four-game series that night against the Royals, who acquired Josh Willingham from Minnesota in a trade Monday.
In Nolasco's last rehab assignment on Sunday at Class A Cedar Rapids, the right-hander went 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs.
"Hopefully, everything went well so far. A possibility starting Friday," said Gardenhire. "My pitching coach [Rick Anderson] has slotted him in there if everything is good.
"He's got to throw a side [session]. Once he goes through all that, hopefully, that's what we're going to do.
Nolasco will throw the bullpen session in Minnesota. He will be on a pitch count in his next start.
"I would image we would probable keep him to 80, 85 [pitches] his next time out," said Gardenhire. "But his arm feels great, everything's strong. I'm sure he'll probably fight the whole system because I think he feels he's really ready to go.
"We'll look to start at 80 and work our way up from there. Depends on how it goes, if it's hard innings or easy innings."
Gardenhire said the Twins will not go to a six-man rotation.
Nolasco was placed on the disabled list with right elbow soreness July 8, retroactive to July 7. In 18 starts this season, he's 5-7 with a 5.90 ERA.
Richard Dean is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Bronx Bull joins Arclight sales slate for AFM
Arclight Films has taken on sales rights to The Bronx Bull starring William Forsythe, Joe Mantegna, Paul Sorvino, Natasha Henstridge, Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore and Robert Davi.
Martin Guigui directed the film about the life of boxing champion Jake LaMotta. Dahlia Waingort produced.
Sister label Darclight has beefed up its sales slate with genre titles Entity, Grave Encounters 2, which Tribeca Films will release in the US, Inhuman Resources aka Redd Inc, Shadow People, and Hellgate.
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All levels are welcome on the fourth Friday of each month for a one-hour dance lesson. Stay and continue dancing until 10:30 p.m. Latin and swing music. Casual attire; leather/smooth-soled shoes preferred. No partner is required!
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