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The holidays have come and gone, but the figgy pudding and eggnog have elected to stick around (my waist, that is). New Year's resolutions are announced each year with great determination and are usually abandoned soon after, much to one's chagrin. This January, instead of resolving to "lose weight" or "get healthy," resolutions that are much too vague, take pen to paper, decide on a specific weight loss goal, and make it attainable. Here are some diets that can help you achieve your goal this time.
Diet: South Beach
How to follow: It's the "Good versus Bad" diet - eliminate the bad carbohydrates and fats from your daily consumption in three stages, each becoming more liberal. Daily exercise and snacking is encouraged!
Calories per day: No calorie counting here; just be sure to eat the right carbohydrates, right fats, and lean proteins.
Suggested results: Lowers the bad cholesterol (LDLs) and raises the good ones (HDLs) while reducing the amount of triglycerides in your blood, lowering blood pressure and sugar levels.
Good for you if: You want to kick up your metabolism and like to snack.
Diet: The Mediterranean Diet
How to follow: There are a number of variations to the Mediterranean diet (there are 16 countries bordering this body of water) but all have a combination that emphasizes more fruits, veggies, breads and cereals, potatoes, beans, and nuts while limiting consumption of dairy, fish, and poultry. Eggs and wine are consumed in low amounts. Olive oil is the primary source of good fat. Keep portion sizes small and get daily exercise.
Calories per day: To lose one pound per week, reduce caloric intake by 500 calories each day and/or increase physical activity.
Suggested results: Expect to lose five pounds per year and reduce the risk of developing diabetes.
Good for you if: You enjoy eating delicious fresh foods in smaller portions and a nice glass of wine, and can stand to live without red meat.
Diet: Jenny Craig
How to follow: Meet regularly with a weight loss and physical counselor at a local Jenny Craig Centre in order to completely change your lifestyle and eating habits. Not to worry if there isn't a Jenny Craig nearby, you can have phone meetings with your consultant! Initially, members eat the prepackaged and frozen meals created for Jenny Craig, then transition to creating meals on their own following the same principles.
Calories per day: Determined according to your calculated calorie level based on age, gender, height, weight, and activity level.
Suggested results: Loss of about one to two pounds per week can be expected.
Good for you if: You would rather have someone else cook your meals for a while!
Diet: Weight Watchers
How to follow: On the Momentum Plan, members follow the Points System-each food is given a number based on its calorie, fat and fiber content. To get to your weight goal, a total number of points per day will be allotted according to your height, weight, activity level, and age.
Calories per day: Based on the personalized Points System.
Suggested results: Average weight loss of one to two pounds per week.
Good for you if: You can't seem to break ties with your favorite not-so-healthy foods and like having a whole team of support.
Diet: The Zone
How to follow: A ratio of 40:30:30 for carbohydrates, protein, and fats respectively-this encourages your body to operate at a peak metabolic rate. Eating foods in this ratio combined with physical activity is best.
Calories per day: No calorie counting. Think protein the size of your palm and fill the rest of your plate with "favorable" carbs like veggies, fruits, beans, and whole grains, and a small amount of "unfavorable" carbs like brown rice, pastas, and bread.
Suggested results: Lose weight and control hunger pangs.
Good for you if: You like to cook and really enjoy veggies. Great for vegetarians!
Diet: Nutrisystem
How to follow: Eat the meals and get some exercise, but be sure to get on the right system for you. Four categories for men and women include Basic, Silver (older individuals), Diabetic, and Vegetarian and provide portion-controlled meals for all meals and snacks. Meals are mailed to you and should be supplemented with fresh fruits, veggies, and dairy from a grocery.
Calories per day: Calculated according to your age, height, weight, gender, and lifestyle.
Suggested results: Loss of about two pounds per week will average.
Good for you if: You're often on the run-many meals are made to be able to travel with you. Every meal is taken care of when you order food online and you can tailor the menu to fit your specific needs.
Diet: Atkins
How to follow: The Atkins diet is focused on restricting the consumption of bad carbohydrates in four different phases. The first stage, lasting two weeks, restricts the intake of legumes and other starches while allowing a generous ingestion of protein in the form of meat, poultry, fish, eggs and other low fat daily items. Alcohol is verboten.
Calories per day: Based on personal figures, a 500-750 caloric reduction is suggested.
Suggested results: A loss of five to 10 pounds in the first few weeks is not uncommon.
Good for you if: You love meat or want to lose a significant amount of weight in a short amount of time and plan on changing your lifestyle.
Diet: Take Shape for Life
How to follow: The Take Shape for Life diet involves eating five Medifast meals and one "Lean and Green" meal every day. The Medifast meals are quick and offer a number of flavors so you don't get bored. Working with a Health Advisor Coach, the system can help schedule a time frame for the amount of weight loss desired. The "5 & 1 Plan" calls for five nutritionally balanced Medifast meals and one meal that includes a single serving of lean protein and three servings of low starch vegetables or a salad (think one to two cups of lettuce with ¼ cup of toppings and one to two tablespoons of low fat dressing) every day.
Calories per day: 800-1000 calories per day as allotted and supervised by a doctor.
Suggested results: Weight loss averages about two to five pounds per week.
Good for you if: You are willing to say good-bye to carbs and alcohol-but only for a little while! This diet is only to be entered into under close supervision of a health care professional.
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Barring a large snowfall or heavy spring rains, the flood potential in most areas of southern Manitoba is low to moderate this year.
In their first flood briefing of 2014, provincial officials said the outlook looks fairly positive at this point because of a relatively "dry" snow pack and average soil moisture conditions heading into freeze-up.
At this point, the province expects that Highway 75 will remain open throughout the spring and the Shellmouth Reservoir is unlikely to overflow.
The one worry is what could happen if very cold temperatures persist followed by a rapid melt atop frozen soils.
The frost this year extends to between a metre and a metre-and-a-half below the surface of the soil, said Steve Topping, the province's executive director of hydrologic forecasting and water management.
"What's interesting this year is the temperature of the soil is much colder than normal. It's minus-seven degrees Celsius, and generally it tends to be closer to minus-two degrees Celsius," Topping said.
"(With) a fast runoff and strong ice, we could have a predominance of ice-jamming in the province," he said.
Officials warned that the magnitude of a spring flood is still dependent on weather conditions from now until the spring melt. A delayed thaw and the potential for spring rainstorms could result in rapid snow melt, aggravating overland flooding and increasing the flows of tributaries.
On major rivers, including the Red and Souris, flows are generally normal or near normal for this time of year.
Assiniboine River flows are slightly above normal for this time of year due to releases from the Shellmouth Reservoir.
The Amphibex icebreakers and ice cutters will be focusing this year's ice-jam-mitigation program on the north Red, Assiniboine, Icelandic, Brokenhead and Fisher rivers, as well as the Portage Diversion, to reduce the potential of ice jams. The Amphibex fleet has already broken a six-kilometre channel down the centre of the Red River and 12 km of ice has been cut. The chances of minor localized flooding due to snow blockages in drains, ditches and small streams during the early part of the run-off period will depend on the nature of the spring breakup and rate of melt, the province said.
Major Interlake rivers, such as the Waterhen and Fairford, are above normal due to the consistently high water levels of Lake Winnipegosis.
The Red River has thicker-than-normal ice cover due to periods of well-below freezing temperatures this winter. Based on mid-February measurements this year, ice thickness ranged between 36 centimetres (14.2 inches) and 83 cm (32.7 in.). Normal ice thickness varies according to the size and the location of the river and typically ranges between 30 cm (one foot) and 61 cm (two feet).
Most major lakes are higher-than-normal elevations right now.
Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg and Dauphin Lake are listed as slightly above normal. Lake St. Martin is 3.5 feet above normal, while Lake Winnipegosis is two feet above normal and
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It is the latest Stanley Cup blueprint, just recently drawn up by the Los Angeles Kings and authored by GM Dean Lombardi, Darryl Sutter and Co.
And while a championship foundation is almost always built from the net out, one thing is clear when studying the Kings' depth chart:
When it comes to the centre position, bigger is best. Check that... bigger AND SKILLED is best.
The Kings' No. 1 middle man is Anze Kopitar, whose enormous skills seemed unappreciated throughout much of the National Hockey League until a coming-out party on the national stage that is the playoffs. Kopitar, the 24-year-old Slovenian, is 6-foot-3, 227 pounds, finished the regular season with 76 points and was even more dominant in their cup run.
L.A.'s second line is centred by Mike Richards, the Kenora, Ont., product who plays bigger than his 5-foot-11, 195-pound frame and has averaged 65 points over the past five years. The third line has veteran Jarrett Stoll (6-foot-1, 210) in the middle.
It's that size and talent that jumps out as we set up Part 4 of our series analyzing the Winnipeg Jets' organizational depth chart in the days leading up to next week's draft in Pittsburgh. In short, the Kings have in abundance what the Jets desperately crave: star power and size down the middle.
When Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said at the end of the season he wanted his team to improve its overall size, it's no secret he was targeting the team's centre-ice position.
The Jets' top line is centred by Bryan Little, generously listed at 5-foot-11, 185 pounds and coming off a decent season in which he finished with 24 goals and 22 assists. Alex Burmistrov, the flashy 20-year-old Russian is 6-foot-1, 180 pounds with oodles of still-untapped upside, notched 13 goals and added 15 assists in his second season. Jim Slater (6-foot, 200) anchors the third line, and the Jets pay Nik Antropov more than $4 million to centre the fourth unit.
Those four players combined for 65 goals this year -- five more than Tampa's Steven Stamkos, also a centre, scored this season for the Lightning. As well, Little, as the Jets' top-scoring middle man, ranked 41st among players listed as centres by the NHL.
It's no secret the Jets were trying to address those size and skill concerns in last June's draft with the selection of Mark Scheifele, listed at 6-foot-3, 182 pounds and still growing, and will likely continue to address that need next week in Pittsburgh, just like every other organization.
"You're always trying to get skill and you're always trying to improve the top end of your lineup," Cheveldayoff said. "If you can do that, then everybody slots in accordingly. If you have players who can push into your top six of your forward positions, be it at forward or centre, then you're certainly excited about those opportunities.
"You're always hoping players can develop past their ceilings. Here's an example: I remember when Bryan Little turned pro. He played for me with the Chicago Wolves and it took some time, but he's blossomed into a player who can contribute offensively and is good defensively. He's proven he can be a very good National Hockey League player regardless of size.
"Of course, if you have an opportunity to get a guy who has top-six skill AND has some size, then that's a double bonus."
CENTRE: what's in the Jets' system
BRYAN LITTLE: Solid player -- he has averaged more than 20 goals the past four seasons -- who would be an ideal No. 2 centre for most NHL teams. FYI: Age: 24. 2011-12 numbers: 74 GP, 24G, 22A. Contract: One year left on current deal at $2,383,333 before becoming a restricted free agent.
ALEX BURMISTROV: Showed flashes, but that can disappear, and the inconsistency has frustrated Jets brass. He didn't register a point in his last 11 games and scored eight of his 13 goals in a 28-game stretch from Oct. 19-Dec. 23. FYI: Age: 20. 2011-12 numbers: 76 GP, 13G, 15A. Contract: One year remaining on entry-level contract at $1,500,000.
JIM SLATER: Does a lot of unappreciated things for the Jets, such as taking key faceoffs. FYI: Age: 29. 2011-12 numbers: 78 GP, 13G, 8A. Contract: Signed a three-year deal on Wednesday. Earned $1.1 million last year.
NIK ANTROPOV: On those nights when he was emotionally and physically engaged, he was solid. There just weren't enough of those nights. His point totals have dropped in the last three years from 67 to 41 to 35, and that's a lot of dough tied up in a guy who finished the year on the fourth line. FYI: Age: 32. 2011-12 numbers: 69 GP, 15G, 20A. Contract: One year left at $4.75 million (cap hit: $4.06 million).
Top prospect
MARK SCHEIFELE: No prospect is under the microscope more than the likable first-round pick from a year ago. Led the Jets in scoring during the pre-season with 4G, 4A in five games, but was sent back to junior after seven NHL games. Decent numbers in Barrie (63 points in 47 games and played for Canada at the WJHC, but so many, perhaps unfairly, expected more. Developed the defensive side of his game and consistency in the second half, said Colts head coach Dale Hawerchuk. Wants to put on more pounds and improve his skating this summer to give himself a real shot to crack the Jets' opening-day roster and stick.
On the Rock/ In the minors
PATRICE CORMIER: The one piece remaining from the Atlanta Thrashers' trade of Ilya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils had a solid season in St. John's (17G, 14A in 54 games). He's got some size (6-2, 205) and is a solid faceoff man who will push for work in Winnipeg.
AARON GAGNON: He's 26 now and had 14 goals in 60 games on the Rock, but has a lot of bodies ahead of him at centre on the depth chart.
ERIC O'DELL: A point-per-game player in junior, O'Dell had 22 points in 39 games in his first year as a pro in St. John's.
BROCK TROTTER: The Brandon product has been a very productive, opportunistic AHL player.
GARTH MURRAY: Turns 30 in September. Veteran guy who hasn't played an NHL game since 2008-09.
MARCO ROSA: Now 30. Has had injury woes the last two years (playing 82 games combined).
In the system
DAULTAN LEVEILLE, MICHIGAN STATE (NCAA): Not much talk about the Thrashers' first-round pick in 2008. (The Kings' fabulous young D-man Vyacheslav Voynov was taken three picks later and future star Travis Hamonic of St. Malo went 24 picks later to the Islanders.) Had three goals, six assists in 21 games with the Spartans.
TANNER LANE, OMAHA (USHL): Thrashers' sixth-round pick in 2010 had 12G, 20A in 48 games in Omaha.
The NHL'S best
By comparison, a look at some the NHL's top centres (ranked by 2011-12 scoring):
1. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh: 75 GP, 50G, 59A
2. Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay: 82 GP, 60G, 37A
3. Jason Spezza, Ottawa: 80 GP, 34G, 50A
4. John Tavares, New York Islanders: 82 GP, 31G, 50A
5. Henrik Sedin, Vancouver: 82 GP, 14G, 67A
Other notable centres: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh; Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit; Eric Staal, Carolina; Joe Thornton, San Jose; Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles; Brad Richards, New York Rangers
Five centres (not Jets) who become unrestricted free agents on July 1:
1. Olli Jokinen, Calgary: 23G, 38A -- His days as a point-per-game forward are gone, but he can still be effective.
2. Chris Kelly, Boston: A third-/fourth-line guy who has hit double digits in the goal department for seven straight years.
3. Jason Arnott, St. Louis: 17G, 17A. Suitors are buying leadership -- he's 37 now -- and some goals
4. Daymond Langkow, Phoenix: 11G, 19A. Best years in the rear-view mirror; now 35.
5. Paul Gaustad, Nashville: 7G, 14A. A bidding war for a 6-foot-5 defensive centre who is good in the circle?
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This has been passed down from my grandmother to my mother, to me, and now to my children and their families. I never measure ingredients so I will do my best to give you ingredient proportions. Don't rush this one. Let it simmer and cook down for several hours. I use my food processor to do the chopping as there is a lot of it!Freezes great so I double, and sometimes triple, the recipe.
Top Review by Rhonda in Texas
This sauce was delicious! Although there was quite a bit of chopping, it was very easy to make. I am not a hug fan of green peppers, so I only used 3/4 of one. Right now my (Italian) husband is enjoying his third bowl of spaghetti. Two thumbs up from the Lone Star State!!!
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- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided use
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup celery, finely chopped
- 3 onions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- Tabasco sauce, several shakes
- oregano, to taste
- basil, to taste
- salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- water, to make really soupy (it will cook down)
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- Brown meat in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Drain well. (I rinse my meat after browning to get as much grease off as possible.).
- Chop celery, bell pepper, onions and garlic in food processor or by hand.
- Add remaining olive oil and saute vegetables until tender over medium-high heat. Return meat to the pan.
- Add remaining ingredients and add enough water to make really watery or soupy. It will cook down. Add water as needed. Simmer about 4 to 6 hours until cooks down to proper consistency for sauce.


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Multistratum fractional factorial split-plot designs with minimum aberration and maximum estimation capacity
This paper introduces minimum secondary aberration (MSA) and maximum secondary estimation capacity (MSEC) criteria for discriminating among rival nonisomorphic regular multistratum fractional factorial split-plot (FFSP) designs. Some general rules for identifying MSA or MSEC multistratum FFSP designs through their consulting designs are also established. It is an improvement and generalization of the related results in (Statist. Sinica 12 (2002) 885). The comparison between the MSEC criterion and that of Mukerjee and Fang (2002) is briefly given.
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African American soldiers are rarely represented or profiled in any movies or documentaries that talk about the patriotic and/or soldiers of the United States. We have not been privy to the history of black soldiers fighting valiantly for the country…before now. There is a new film, Frank Martin's "For Love of Liberty", that takes us on a journey through American History, all the way to Crispus Atticks (first casualty and black soldier to die in the American Revolution in 1770) to present. Continue reading
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Farrakhan's Security vs. President Obama's
President Obama flew his family home to Chicago for the Memorial day weekend. He obviously wanted to be comfortable and get a little relaxation for the holiday, but of course he keeps a routine. He went for an 80-minute workout first thing in the morning and on to something else. But later on, he was ready for barbecue.
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Glenn Beck Mocks President Obama's Daughter
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American Academy of Pediatrics FINALLY Condemns Female Circumcision
The American Academy of Pediatrics has put its final foot down about the female circumcision surgery that includes young women having the inner or outer labia sewn together and/or "excising the entire clitoris or part of the clitoris. African countries as well as middle eastern cultures are known to practice this unnecessary ritual that is supposed to mark a girl coming into womanhood.
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When people travel, a lot of times, they are so tired they plan on using the train, plane, or bus ride for sleeping. They get in, adjust themselves and its lights out! Well, this woman will probably never do that again. Ginger McGuire was on a United Express flight from D.C. to Philadlephia when she realized she had slept through the flight, drinks, snacks, and it was nearly 4am. Continue reading
A Detroit Blast from the Past…The Scene!
This is a real shout out to Detroit. With all the mayhem, devastation, and death the media claims to be running the city right now, here is something that hollers back to the "olden days" of the city. This was a time when jobs were plentiful and Mayor Coleman Young was still alive to see the city being run with love. The city has its own local television and radio station, channel 62 and 107.5 WGPR. And after you got off at the plant, you could hear MOJO, one of the baddest DJ's ever to spin a record on the radio. But on the TV channel, you were privy to The Scene, the local dance show hosted by none other than the infamous Nat Morris. Young people gathered to show off their best moves, clothes and be entertained by the latest local group or national sensation. Continue reading
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We are a part Section 3 of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), a nationwide non-profit organization, with nearly 600,000 players, ages 4-18.
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Love told Los Angeles Superior Court that she dismissed lawyer William Genego because "he wanted me to plead guilty to something I didn't do".
The lawyer denied this on Tuesday but declined to say why he left the case.
Love denies a charge of being under the influence of a drug in October 2003, when police said she tried to break her boyfriend's windows.
The 39-year-old former Love singer, who recently released her first solo album, briefly attended court on Monday.
New lawyer Michael Rosenstein said he needed to familiarise himself with the case before the trial began on 8 March.
The trial had been due to start on Monday, but Judge Patricia Schnegg reluctantly agreed to delay it for two weeks.
"This case is old, way old," she said. If Ms Love pleads not guilty and is convicted, she could face between three months and one year in jail.
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The USDA has temporarily prohibited the importation of animal and animal products from the European Union. This move broadens the import ban originally imposed on Feb. 21 against the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
The USDA instituted the import ban after the confirmation that the disease had spread to France. Additional measures in place to protect the U.S. from this economically damaging disease include:
- Travelers are prohibited from bringing any agricultural products into the U.S. Travelers are required to identify any farm contact to Customs and USDA officials. And all baggage is subject to inspection. Violations carry a penalty of up to $1,000.
- The USDA has sent a team of 40 experts to the European Union to monitor, evaluate and assist in containment of the disease.
- Heightened alerts at all ports of entry and airports to ensure passengers, luggage and cargo are checked.
- Coordination with state agriculture officials and USDA officials stationed around the world to closely monitor the situation.
- A public education campaign that includes additional signs at airports, public service announcements, an information hotline, a Web site with information for travelers at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/travel/
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Kittanning art show celebrates 20 years
The 20th annual Covenant Center Art Show, sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Kittanning, will open Thursday at the Covenant Center along North Water Street, Kittanning.
The show is held in conjunction with the Fort Armstrong Folk Festival and will run during the festival until 5 p.m. Sunday.
Show winners were named in three art categories of professional, nonprofessional, and student, and in two photography categories of professional and nonprofessional.
Judging the work was Kurt Pitluga, who teaches art history at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Winners in the art-professional categorywere Anna Shriver of Kittanning, first place for "One Week and Five Days, 2013"; Marci Williams of Worthington, second place for, "Hidden"; Penny Ashley of Kittanning, third place for, "Flock."
Honorable mention in the category was Betty Maloney of New Kensington, for "Distant Farm."
Winners in the art-nonprofessional category were Beverly Patton of Ford City, first place for "I'll Love You Forever"; Joan Moineau of Lower Burrell, second place for "Tiki"; Dorcas Deforno of Apollo, third place for "Karissa's Kitten."
Honorable mention in the category was Geraldine Kijowski of Ford City, for "Assortment of Colors."
Winners in the art-student category were Paul Brauer of Rochester Mills, first place for "Guitar Gear"; Kayla Totos of Ford City, second place for "Out of the Book"; Desiree Smith of Worthington, third place for "Funhouse Gang."
Honorable mention in the category was Katarina Storey of Ford City, for "Jesus Loves You."
Winners in the photography-professional category were Jessica Yockey of Manorville, first place for "Chimera"; Katie Smith of Millvale, second place for "Untitled"; Randy Quinn of Kittanning, third place for "Country Christmas."
Honorable mention in the category was Robert Bowser of Kittanning, for "Gettysburg Full Moon."
Winners for the photography-nonprofessional category were Frederick Doerfler of Sarver, first place for "Girl Playing on Sidewalk"; Benton Kaulins of Kittanning, second place for "Stairway to Heaven"; William Chemelli of Kittanning, third place for "New Feathers."
Honorable mention in the category was Richard Beranty of Kittanning, for "Woodrow T. Wannabe."
Other awards:
• The special award from the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Western Pennsylvania, the Joan Tatsak Memorial Award, for the "Best of Show" went to Clayton Smith of Kittanning, for "Sleep Paralysis."
• The special award for the Kittanning Garden Club, the Barb Pryde Memorial Award for the "Best Floral Picture" went to Larry Smail of Kittanning, for "Summertime Splendor."
• The special award from the Jean Elgin Memorial Fund for Best Armstrong County Scene went to Samantha Schall of Marion Center, for "Fence Row."
The People's Choice Award will be given to the piece with the most votes from the public by 2 p.m. Sunday.
Exhibitors are reminded that they may pick up their work between 5 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. The art show is also an art sale.
Art created by children who attended Vacation Bible School at the First United Methodist Church will be displayed in the air-conditioned main dining room at the Covenant Center.


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By JOHN B. BRYANThe Wilson Post
County Sheriff Terry Ashe confirmed a major drug bust occurred Wednesday night involving two law enforcement jurisdictions.
While he could not release details, Ashe did say the bust was part of an ongoing investigation. Information is expected to be released later.
In a related matter, local law enforcement officials will soon meet with Federal authorities to organize and initiate an effort to clean up gangs, drugs and weapons in a 14-county area.
According to Lebanon Commissioner of Public Safety Billy Weeks, Lebanon Police and Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe will meet with FBI officials next week to discuss implementing a "round-up" much like local law enforcement authorities have put in place here over the past several months.
"We are excited about sharing with the Federal officials what our guys have been doing here. A whole lot of work has gone into putting this effort together and it is working," Weeks added.Approximately 25 law enforcement personnel from Lebanon Police, Mt. Juliet Police and Wilson County Sheriff's Departments conducted another criminal warrants sweep of some of Lebanon's high crime areas on Tuesday night.
Officers had warrants for 32 persons who have been charged on a range of offenses from parole violations to harassment. A news release from the Sheriff's Department said 14 of those individuals had been arrested, and 18 arrest warrants had been served. Citations in lieu of arrest were issued in several other cases.
The news release added that the operation began at 6 p.m., Tuesday and lasted about four hours.
The arrests included one parole violation, three probation violations, one violation of conditional release, one harassment, two driving on revoked/suspended driver's license, one possession schedule IV controlled substance, six failure to appear, one simple possession marijuana, one for a warrant from Overton County and one for a warrant from DeKalb County.
"The number of persons arrested is expected to increase as other investigative leads are followed," the release said, adding the operation was "another round in the co-operative effort by law enforcement agencies in Wilson County to proactively attack the gang, drug and violent crime problems in 'high crime areas.'"
Ashe noted, "All of the law enforcement agencies are very serious about this continued effort to regain control of some of our high crime areas."
So far, those arrested in the sweep are:
• Aurelio Rivera Barrera, 26, of 420B Hobbs Ave., Lebanon, violation of probation, bond set at $7,000• Mario Rivera Barrera, 21, of 420 Hobbs Ave. Apt. B, Lebanon, violation of probation, bond set at $9,000• Shada Rena Carter, 21, of 31 Upton Heights, Lebanon, violation of conditional release, hold with no bond set• Lindsey Elizabeth Doak, 24, of 117 Cedar Wood Drive, Lebanon, harassment, bond set at $1,500• Scotty Dale Farmer, 32, of 11 Sykes Road, Hickman, TN, parole violation, hold with no bond set. Original charge was 8 years aggravated assault and reckless aggravated assault.• Kenneth Peter Lewis, 26, of 3078 Big Springs Road, Lebanon, driving on revoked license, bond set at $1,750• Derrick Michael Logue, 26, of 1548 Benley Drive, Murfreesboro, probation violation and failure to appear, no information regarding bond• LaBradford Edward Neal, 19, of 143 Upton Heights, Lebanon, possession of schedule IV and failure to appear, bond set at $2,500 on possession charge, hold with no bond set on failure to appear charge• Anthony Jermaine Odum, 31, of 205 Stroud Drive, Lebanon, failure to appear, bond set at $2,500• Hank Paris Richardson, 35, of 2437 Dickson Lane, Cookeville, warrant from Overton County, no information regarding bond• Randall Wayne Stafford, 44, of 150 Buckingham Lane, Lebanon, four charges of failure to appear, bond set at $6,494• Alfredo Mota Villalobos, 18, of 233 E. Market Street, Lebanon, driving on a revoked license, bond set at $1,000• Eric Drewey White, 26, of 58 Upton Heights, Lebanon, simple possession, bond set at $1,800• Alton Lee Barrett, 29, of 2055 Old Rome Pike, Lebanon, parole violation, no bond set.
In January, about 100 local, state and federal law officers conducted a joint operation to arrest 83 persons suspected of participating in illegal gang activities to include murder. Officials said then that the efforts, including round-ups, would continue as necessary.
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"You know what's strange and almost bizarre?" Uri Geller, Mr Jackson's one-time friend Uri Geller asked at the end of 2003 in light of the then recent allegations.
"His latest single is called One More Chance, and I fear that Michael Jackson has already used up his last chance."
Michael Jackson has been one of the most successful recording artists in history, with some estimates putting his total worldwide album sales at 165 million.
But he has also been the subject of wild rumours about his personal life, innuendos about his relationships with children and the "wacko" tag, which has firmly stuck.
"This is not good for his career, to say the least," said Variety magazine's music writer Phil Gallo said.
Peter Montoya, an author on personal branding, said the latest charges would taint Jackson's image forever - but the die-hard fans would stay loyal
And Gennaro Castaldo, spokesman for music chain HMV, said the headlines could help sales - but the gravity of the charges would make some fans turn away.
The news that Jackson's Neverland Ranch was being searched by police came two days after his latest greatest hits package, Number Ones, hit UK shops.
Mr Castaldo said notoriety and publicity could often prompt more people to buy a CD.
And the public had "learned to distinguish between Michael Jackson the man - and all the weirdness that surrounds him - and Michael Jackson the recording artist, who is an icon," he added.
But Mr Gallo said child abuse allegations would do the worst possible damage to his career.
"Artists can recover from murder allegations, from drug addiction and jails sentences, but the fact is that when you have a stigma of
mistreating children, it sticks with you."
Mr Jackson has some of the most loyal fans of any music star - and they would "rally around him and make charges of racism and persecution", according to Mr Montoya.
"[But ] for most in the mainstream, Michael Jackson's brand will forever be poisoned by his bizarre, reprehensible, and possibly
criminal behaviour," he said.
When similar allegations were made in 1993, Jackson's sales suffered a 10% dip - but there was little permanent damage, according to Billboard magazine's Geoff Mayfield.
And Jackson could still follow the example of R&B star R Kelly, who was charged with child pornography - but topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic while awaiting trial.


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Author: Stacy Schiff
Genre: Biography
First Published: 2010
Page Count: 302
Type: Hardcover
Film/ TV Adaptation: No
Rating: 4/5 Stars
The life of such an infamous queen is told with care, respect, and the intention of dispelling the lies that have attached themselves to a life story where very little is actually known about one of the most important woman in history.
*Detailed representation of historical Rome and Egypt *Life story is well outlined
*Somewhat overlooks her early life *Some of the book is the result of educated guessing
"She convinced her people that a twilight was a dawn and – with all her might – struggled to make it so." Theater, music, poetry, television, and film have all immortalized the life of the famous Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. However, even though we may think we know the story of this powerful ruler because she has been a part of world culture for so long, very little is actually known about the true story of her life. She joins some of the many historical figures whose life stories are mostly bits of truth twisted by myth and legend due to their near absence in recorded history. Stacy Schiff strives to separate fact from fiction in this book in an attempt to bring the real Cleopatra to life.
Going into this read, I knew relatively nothing about Cleopatra's life, but that made me all the more eager to bone up on my Egyptian history. Schiff transports the reader directly to ancient Egypt and Rome with down-to-the-last-detail descriptions of the layouts of great cities like Alexandria, the clothing of citizens great and small, and the lavish lifestyles of the highborn. I had no idea the extremes Cleopatra and other rulers would go to for the sake of a good party, but Schiff shows that their celebrations would have put even Marie Antoinette to shame. The author chronicles Cleopatra's life in a way which not only keeps the book moving but also takes the time to really illustrate what life for a young queen would have been like at that time.
One thing that is difficult to swallow from the beginning, at least for me, was the fact that so little is known about Cleopatra's life. Admittedly, the author reveals that, while many people have spent lifetimes studying Cleopatra, most of her life story is left up to the imagination because the few records we have of her are from the mouths of onlookers, enemies, and gossips. Now, clearly, you can't fault the author for this and clearly she did her research on the topic, but it is something that bugged me a little as I read. This is a biography that is supposed to bring us closer to understanding the real life of a figure who has been raised to such fantastic heights of fame and infamy that she almost seems like a creation of the imagination. However, knowing that the author and biographers before her have had to make educated guesses about how certain events in her life played out, still left me with the image of a mysterious, larger than life queen, instead of a better of understanding of a very real woman. I also felt the book sped through the beginning of her life, which disappointed me because I like to get a real sense of who the person was and how they became the way they are through their upbringing. It seemed like the author did this in favor of skipping ahead to Cleopatra's relationship with Julius Caesar, because that is, after all, when she starts to make her mark in history. The book is very much centered on her relationships with two of the greatest men in history, Mark Antony and Caesar, which makes sense because they were such a big influence on her life. However, I wondered if the book should have been titled Cleopatra, Caesar, and Antony: A Life, instead.
Negatives aside, I can say that after 300 pages I definitely went away from this book knowing infinitely more about Cleopatra's life then I did going into it, which is what you want from a biography, right? As a woman, Cleopatra's story is very inspiring. She is not simply the queen who seduced two of Rome's greatest commanders, she is the queen who ruled her country passionately and lived life with a sparkling smile and a sharp tongue. She was intelligent and ambitious, but always knew how to play the part of the submissive woman when it was in her favor. In a way, Cleopatra is the woman we would all like to be – notoriously beautiful, quick-witted, fearless in the face of diversity, and armed with a perceptive and knowledgable mind. Cleopatra possesses a life story that is not one to be missed.


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The first-generation Nexus 7 has a screen with a resolution of 1280 pixels by 800 pixels at 216 pixels per inch (ppi), which is comparable to other small slates. Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 7" is also 1280 by 800 pixels; Apple's iPad Mini is 1024 by 768 pixels at 163 ppi. The next logical step is for Google to bring full HD glory to the Nexus 7. That's exactly what it plans to do, according to a January report from Digitimes, a Taiwan-based publication which is not always correct on pre-launch gadget details.
We checked with NPD DisplaySearch analyst Paul Semenza, who gave us his take via email: "We are expecting the new Nexus 7 to have a 7-inch, 1920x1200 display (323 pixels per inch); we expect panel production for this to start soon, but no product announcement has been made."
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THERE aren't many world-class athletes who would climb to the top of a hill for an interview with their local paper but Portland 's Niki Birrell is one of them.
"We don't get a signal here," the four time World Champion SKUD-18 keelboat sailor explained, "So I've climbed a hill.
"I can't complain, it's a gorgeous setting here and the sun is shining."
Birrell, 25, and the rest of the Paralympic team, including his helm Alex Rickham , are currently training in Mylor, near Falmouth where they are being treated 'like Royalty' by the locals.
The ParalympicsGB contenders, who are all capable of winning gold this September on home waters, have relocated to make way for the Olympic sailing races in the borough, which begin this Sunday.
Birrell said: "The fact it's the start of the home Games tomorrow and that we have a chance of a medal is pretty exciting.
"We've been training hard, it's all looking good.
"Everything's relaxed, obviously Weymouth and Portland would be a nice place to be with the Games but it's also nice to be able to get away and focus on sailing and what training we need to do."
Rickham and Birrell have dominated the SKUD class since 2008, winning every World Championships since then.
Manchester-born Birrell, who was born with cerebral palsy, previously campaigned the 470 Olympic class with his brother Christian before moving into the Paralympic 2.4-metre one person class for a while.
But in late 2007 he was introduced to Rickham and less than 12 months after pairing up the pair had competed at their first Paralympics.
Although they finished fifth at that event they have proved almost unbeatable in the class ever since.
Their dominance on home waters shone through at last month's Skandia Sail for Gold regatta and last year's Paralympic test event, the IFDS Worlds 2011, which they won with a day to spare.
Birrell said: "We will come back to Weymouth and Portland for sailing when the venue opens on August 22.
"My uncle gets married on August 11 so I'll go home to Manchester for a week and see friends and family, then move down to Portland before the final training begins."
He added: "We're lucky to have a nice set up on Portland and also down at Mylor, here they're treating us like Royalty really, making every effort they can for us.
"It's a lovely holiday place but also a great training venue.
"And the weather's been fantastic, I forgot my waterproofs but I haven't needed them."
Britain's Paralympian's – Rickham and Birrell in the SKUD-18 two-person keelboat, John Robertson , Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas in the Sonar three-person keelboat and Helena Lucas in the 2.4mR single-person keelboat – have a lot of expectation resting on their shoulders as the country has never won a Paralympic sailing medal, since it officially joined the Games in 2000.
Portland's 2.4mR rising star Megan Pascoe , who narrowly missed out on 2012 selection, has been among the training partners working with the team.
Four-time World Champion Rickham, 30, who was recently one of the inspirational Olympic torchbearers carrying the flame through Portsmouth, was first introduced to sailing while rehabbing from the diving accident which left her paralysed and in a wheelchair in 1995.
It wasn't until studying for her Masters in Environmental Technology in London 10 years later that Jamaican-born Alex started taking sailing seriously and in late 2007 she was introduced to Birrell.
Birrell began sailing with his family aged nine. His granddad Ian took his dad Mark out as a child and the family tradition followed for Birrell and his brother Christian.
Birrell said: "I instantly took to it.
"My brother's a really good sailor – he's currently sailing in Roma, Italy.
"We sailed together for a long time, I used to steer and helm for him from the age of nine to 21.
"It was really enjoyable as kids to sail together with our dad every weekend, good fun and it's still good fun."
Birrell's family's motto is 'the harder you try the luckier you are'.
He said: "I think some golfer said it once, my granddad heard it and it stuck."
He intends to try hard to achieve a medal from the Games, even if it means missing out on the festivities.
"From an athlete's point of view we want to win the event and look back later and think that was amazing.
"We feel dead privileged to be on the team, we've trained every day for years and years for this. I hope Britain does as well as the sailing team are expected to do.
"It's going to be a fun event, I hope people come along and support us and we put on a good show.
"It means a lot to have people backing you, sailing is quite a minority sport nationally."
Unlike the Olympics the Paralympics won't have a ticketed spectator area, everyone can just sit out on the Nothe peninsula and watch the races take place from 11am daily in Portland Harbour from Saturday September 1 to Thursday September 6.
Birrell added: "If we win this one, it will be more than a 24 hour celebration."


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Carshalton Athletic are hoping to repeat last year's successes at the FA Community Awards.
The FA are searching for football's unsung heroes, rewarding and recognise grass roots clubs, coaches and volunteers across the country.
For the regionals last year Carshalton Athletic won both coach of the year for Peter Croucher and Community Club of the Year - an award they scooped nationally as well. Nominations close at thefa.com on March 22.


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The colorful Californian, now firmly entrenched in a palatial mansion disguised as a training camp, has been cured of making long distance phone calls, one of his many weaknesses, by Ancil Hoffman, his manager.
All phones have been disconnected at this Jersey palace that the challenger is using as a training base.
Max Baer complained to Manager Hoffman the first day Hoffman ordered the phone wires ripped out.
"Now Max," countered Ancil, "you remember what happened in California. I had a $204.00 phone bill in one week because you kept calling New York almost continuously. I wouldn't mind if you take the trouble to wait fifteen minutes to take advantage of the cut rate, but you never do."
"Aw Awnce," returned the chastened Baer, "don't worry about such things. Take it off the top when I knock out that big wop next month."
When Maxie was introduced to the fans from the ring of Madison Square Garden prior to the Loughran-Neusel scrap, he was booed aplenty. The entire ninth avenue section of the Garden must have been sold out completely to the Nazi boys who make the Yorkville Casino their hangout. At any rate the Baer was not at all disconcerted by the razz reception he received from the Hitler Howlers.
And speaking of Booing, I'll put a finif to a sawbuck that the decision handed down in the Loughran fight is still being given the Bronx cheer wherever sport fans gather-unless it is at the United German Societies on Madison avenue.
The second annual metropolitan intercollegiate track and field championships will be held tomorrow afternoon, May 12, at Ohio Field, the Bronx. Columbia, C. C. N. Y., Fordham, Manhattan, and N. Y. U. will take part in the meet.
The meet was held last spring for the first time at Baker Field, New York, and the Violet track contingent scored seventy-eight points to win the point trophy. The Kelly-Green of Manhattan, the Lion of Columbia, the Lavender standard of the St. Nicks and the Ram of Fordham followed in that order. p>The boys from Spuyten Duyvil, Manhattan College, who won the 1934 indoor I. C. 4-A. championships and The Lions are expected to give the Violet plenty of stiff competition. The Hall of Famer's are the defending champions. All of these teams turned in brilliant performances at the Penn Relays a fortnight ago in Philly and the outdoor combinations are in tip-top shape for their encounter with the Von Ellingmen on N. Y. U.'s new cinder track at University Heights.
Gus Heymann, nineteen-year-old runner from the City College, will be out of the running tomorrow. Gus, while a freshman at the Lavender school, won a place on the American Maccabi Track team and left for Palestine in 1932. At Tel Aviv this sprint sensation took a first in the 100- and 220-yard dashes with record breaking marks.
Last year he was a split second behind George Weinstein, of N. Y. U., when the latter won the title in both of these fast races at the intercollegiates.
Some time ago in the New York Athletic Club meet Gus pulled a tendon and it hasn't responded to treatment since then. In fact only last week Gus suffered another injury at the same sore spot. Coach McKenzie, veteran mentor of the St. Nick runners, had the young track ace running at three quarter speed in preparation for the triangular meet held in Philly this past Saturday. It was in this practice session that the lame tendon caused Gus agonizing pain and may force him to hang up his spikes for at least a year.
George Weinstein, sprinter from N. Y. U. ranks who beat out Heymann by the smallest of margins last year, will once again defend his title in the 100- and 220-yard events. Eddie Shaftel will try and protect his standard in the discus throw while Babe Scheuer will see to it that no invader steps in to take his place as shot-put king of the metropolitan area.
Last week Shaftel set a new Temple Stadium record for this event at the Owl's track carnival in Philly. Also, Scheuer was beaten by Finklestein, one of his teammates in the weight contest.
The smaller schools of the metropolitan area, eighteen in number, will also hold their second annual meet at Victory Field, Queens, tomorrow afternoon. The meet is being sponsored by Brooklyn College under the supervision of Louis R. Oshins. director of the games.
By far the best fighting card of the year which should produce a flock of thrills and produce a new featherweight champion will be staged by Promoter Jimmy Johnston, at Madison Square Garden, Friday night. Two star ten rounders, as many eights and a corking opener will be dished out hot and ready to the paying customers.
In the main events Baby Arizmondi. seen for the first time in this part of the country, a smashing Mexican feather, will make his Garden debut paired with the rough, tough and hard hitting Jewish fighter Al Roth. Mike Belloise, sensational Bronxite, is paired with Patsey Hayes, one of the better Brooklyn boys.
Lou Sallica, popular Italian scrapper from Coney Island, will tackle Julie Katz in an eight round specialty.
Al Roth and Julie Katz, in our estimation, will not win their fights tonight. Arizmondi and Ballica are just a shade too tough for their Jewish rivals.
Abe Coleman must defeat Scotty McDouglas tonight in the feature bout at Stauch's Coney Island Arena to earn his promised bout with Jim Browning at Madison Square Garden the latter part of this month. Coleman was in good shape Wednesday night against Londos and he should take the Scotsman easily.
Four time limit conflicts have also been arranged.


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ALAN THICKE to Star as icon Jack Bailey in Queen for a Day: the Musical
12 Performances - September 26 to Octber 7, 2012
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Toronto, ON - April 30th Entertainment is thrilled to announce that seven-time Emmy nominee and "America's Dad" (Growing Pain's) Alan Thicke will be starring as iconic TV personality Jack Bailey in the world premiere of Queen for a Day: the Musical. The 12-performance run begins September 26, 2012 at the brand new state-of-the-art Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Thicke is scheduled to perform in 10 shows only.
Inspired by the first-ever reality show and number one daytime hit – Queen for a Day – which originated in 1945 and aired on radio and television for 20 years, the Broadway style musical comedy will take audiences back to the fun and glamour of Hollywood in the 1950s. Featuring an all-Canadian cast and creative team, with music and lyrics by Linda Barnett and Book by Chris Earle, Shari Hollett, Paul O'Sullivan with additional dialogue by Timothy French and directed by French, Queen for a Day is packed with sensational songs and lots of laughs.
"I am thrilled to be joining such an amazing all-Canadian cast and creative team for the world premiere of Queen for a Day," said Thicke. "The original series was a smash success during its run and I am looking forward to creating the character Jack Bailey, a man who enriched the lives of so many women throughout the years."
Producer Jeffrey Latimer said "the women of the 50's and 60's loved Jack Bailey and I know that audiences this September will fall in love with Alan Thicke." Thicke's musical theatre credits include; Chicago (Broadway debut), and Promises, Promises, in which he received rave reviews opposite Jason Alexander (Hollywood Bowl) as well as Mame (Hollywood Bowl).
Producers Jeffrey Latimer and Natalie Bartello are excited to showcase the production which has been in development for several years, "With a cast of 22 and a live orchestra, this show has all of the elements for a fantastic night out!" says Bartello. "Queen for a Day is a musical comedy for everyone, it will make you dream, make you dance, and make you feel like you're on top of the world." says Latimer.
Queen for a Day takes place in the Hollywood of 1953, where fortunes can change in a heartbeat. The outgoing and independent Claribel Anderson (Blythe Wilson; Mary Poppins, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music) and her fellow waitress Lana (Marisa McIntyre; Mama Mia!) find themselves at the glitzy Moulin Rouge Theatre, where "Queen for a Day" airs live daily. Claribel's 15 minutes of fame send her down a funny and touching road, forcing her to re-evaluate her dream of being the perfect '50s housewife.
Reliving her glory days, Old Claribel (Stratford Festival veteran Denise Fergusson) reflects on her encounters with people from her past. She amuses Felicia (Camille Eanga-Selenge) with tales of Birdie (Lisa Horner; Wonderful Town), a scheming waitress at Scully's Diner; Esther (Angela Teek; Rock of Ages), a contestant who hopes to win leg braces for her son with polio; her attractive and immature husband Ned (Jay Davis; Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon); up and coming "Queen for a Day" producer Dwight (Cory O'Brien; Mary Poppins, Cabaret); and her chauvinistic boss Scully (Sheldon Bergstrom; The Sound of Music, The Producers, Guys and Dolls).
DATES: September 26th – October 7th, 2012DATES that ALAN THICKE is scheduled to perform; Sept 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, Oct 3,6 &7
VENUE: Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge Street
TIMES: Wed at 2pm, Thurs-Sun at 8pm, Sat & Sun at 2pm
PURCHASE: 905-787-8811 or at www.queenforadaythemusical.com Great discounts for groups of eight or more by calling 416-259-1625 or 1-855-259-1625 .
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Casting Call of Cthulhu has been surfacing in all sorts of places and for this we thank our unlucky stars. But there is one event that takes particular importance in the pantheon of clicks, hits, downloads, and screenings. This be the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhucon. It's the festival CCoC was made for – literally. When we began production in 2007 it was with the intention of completing the film for the October festival and having a damn fine excuse to travel to Portland. Well the festival is here and we will be there. HPLFF&C begins Friday, October 3, at 6 PM and goes until Sunday, October 6, at midnight. Guests include Lovecraft luminaries like S. T. Joshi, Brian Lumley, and Mike Mignola. This truely is the one and only festival for die-hard fans of the Bard from Beyond and we are over what the moon brings to be part of it. CCoC screens Friday, October 3, 10 PM in the Main Theater.
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Pastor challenges St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster
ST. PETERSBURG -- Bill Foster celebrated his third week in office by spending his first paid holiday at the city's Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast at the St. Petersburg Coliseum.
He shared his waking thoughts with the packed room: "My first thought was how excited I am to be employed by the city of St. Petersburg. My second thought was how excited I am to have a day off after two weeks. Not bad."
The joke apparently didn't go over well with the Rev. Louis Murphy of Mount Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, who at one point during the breakfast told the crowd: "You're the mayor on paper, but you will not become the mayor until you become the mayor in all of our hearts."
A gaggle of local politicians attended the breakfast, including Pinellas County Commissioners Neil Brickfield, Ken Welch and Nancy Bostock and state Reps. Rick Kriseman, Bill Heller and Darryl Rouson.
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Monday, January 29, 2007
I was in Jaipur this weekend
Even though it is only end January, Jaipur was quite warm. We had stayed there for two nights and had comfortably covered almost all must see monuments. Honestly speaking, it is not a nice tourist place. Because of the extended weekend, there were large number of tourists, mostly from Delhi and around. We were lucky to arrive early and get hotel at very cheap rates of just Rs.350/-. By 5pm of that day, the same rooms were gone for 500+.
My experiences, advices, etc. are under compilation. So please do come back in a couple of days if you want to know my first hand experiemces.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Ana Ivanovic
The 19 year old Swiss based player of Serbian origin has rapidly risen in the world rankings in last 3 years. She was ranked 705 at the beginning of 2004, but ended at 96. Year 2005 saw her jumped to 16.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Delhi outings: Humayun's Tomb
Waking up very early in the morning at the call of my alarm ring, I looked into the sky and saw no fog around. The 4 km stretch upto the
Humayun's tomb turned out to be a magnificent monument. It is the mausoleum built by Hamida Banu Begum, wife of Humayun around 1572. The entire campus has many buildings and structure. However, the main tomb towering nearly 47 mtr, stands majestically on a platform of 12000 sq mtr. Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal dynasty that had ruled
As we were leaving around , tourists had started trickling in. Most of the tourists are foreign tourist. Ironically, this monument is not covered in the local sight seeing tours. This is such an important monument in the history of Mughals and
We spent about 2 hours clicking around. For the first time I actually felt the need of a DSLR camera. Film is really outdated. I soon will be upgrading, probably to Canon 350D.
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The original Scorpion King, a spin-off from the Mummy movies, was an effective big-budget adventure starring The Rock.
The budget was clearly lower for this follow-up which sees warrior Mathayus without his crown and working as a mercenary with a death wish.
Horus, the King of Egypt's, sends Mathayus to protect his ally King Ramusan and through some overcomplicated plotting our hero has to rescue Ramusan's daughter Silda.
It's part buddy-movie with Mathayus reluctantly bonding with his burping sidekick, part supernatural adventure with some hokum concerning a legendary medallion.
But where the movie really disappoints are in the all-important battle scenes: bloodless, poorly edited and cheap-looking, basically a bunch of sandal-clad extras that could have come straight out of Xena Warrior Princess.
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Three extends unlimited data to all contracts
No, no - no, no, no, no - no, no, no, no - no, no, there's no limit. Ahh, Three Unlimited - one of Pocket-lint's favourite Eurodance/Hi-NRG acts from back in the day, or something like that.
And a perfect intro for a story about Three extending its unlimited mobile data across all of its contracts, meaning that for an extra £3, anyone can tap into the unmetered access that The One Plan customers get.
Starting on 7 October, the extension means that unlimited data bundle contracts are available from just £18. For that you'll get yourself involved in one of the new Talk & Text plans.
Think you don't need all that mobile data? Think again - Three has revealed that the average quantity of data its iPhone 4 customers were using in February was 488MB per month and, by August, that number had risen to almost 1.2GB.
"This is a bold, but clever move by Three - and further evidence of the speed at which the smartphone market is evolving," said Ernest Doku, technology expert at uSwitch.com
"Unlimited data for less than the price of a posh sandwich would have seemed unthinkable just a few months ago.
"By bringing the price of mobile internet down so dramatically, Three aims to give price-savvy shoppers a genuine choice between pay-as-you-go and monthly contracts."
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INTTRA and Craft Group Sign Strategic Agreement
Parsippany, NJ, July 16, 2013 – INTTRA, the world's largest multi-carrier e-commerce network for ocean shipping, announced today that Craft Multimodal has entered into an agreement to join the INTTRA Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) network. Craft, the market-leading cargo consolidator for import and export services in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, offers 180 routes throughout South America.
Under the agreement, Craft will leverage the INTTRA platform to reduce manual shipment processing and improve access to shipment information through a comprehensive e-commerce shipping solution. The agreement includes an accelerated implementation leveraging INTTRA's online shipping capabilities for all of Craft's brands, affiliates and customers. The efficiency benefits from automation and streamlined ocean freight shipment processes across INTTRA's multi-carrier network will enable continued market expansion and improved service delivery to Craft's customers.
"Our market leadership has been achieved through our focus on exceeding our customer expectations with a constant commitment to operational excellence, information accuracy and data confidentiality," said Bruno Crelier, Corporate Director of Craft. "Leveraging the INTTRA platform gives us additional capabilities to execute against these essential elements of our company strategy."
In addition to improving overall operating efficiency, automating business processes with electronic shipping has also been shown to improve shipment data quality overall. By reducing manual data entry, shipping information quality can be significantly improved. Other benefits include faster response times to customer inquiries, increased delivery of container tracking event messages, and less time validating and correcting shipment transactions to ensure proper processing.
"The South American market has traditionally been a strong adopter of e-Commerce technology for ocean shipping",said Ronald DeBlis, INTTRA's Senior Vice President of Global Sales. "We welcome Craft and their affiliates to the INTTRA network and recognize it is a great combination of two market leaders. Building upon the strengths of both of our organizations, we can make dramatic improvements in the efficiency and accuracy of shipments throughout the region."
About INTTRA
INTTRA is the world's largest, multi-carrier e-commerce network for the ocean shipping industry. INTTRA professionals work with 49 leading carriers and NVOCCs, 109 software alliance partners, as well as their customers, to streamline and standardize shipping processes worldwide through a network that connects more than 220,000 shipping professionals. Over 525,000 container orders are initiated on the INTTRA platform each week, representing more than 18 percent of global ocean container trade.
About Craft
Craft is a multi-brand group focused on neutral NVOCC services that provides operational excellence to Craft's brands and affiliates. As the market leader in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile vis-à-vis the niche neutral NVOCC segment, Craft offers operational excellence, information accuracy and transparency as well as data confidentiality to meet our customers expectations. Today, Craft delivers a broad and comprehensive range of direct services, totaling 180 routes: including 124 direct services inbound and 56 direct services outbound from locations throughout South America. In the Brazilian market, with 55% market share outbound and 29% market share inbound, Craft offers 36 direct outbound services and 59 inbound direct services covering all major Brazilian ports.


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Guest Blogger, Theory & Essay
She Just Needs To Kiss More Frogs
[Admin Note: Today I'm handing the dais off to the home, S. Malik Husser. He wrote here once before and was a host with me on the now defunct Blaqout radio show on Blis.fm. Please welcome the homey to the podium. Be kind. Play nice. – PJ]
I write this for the guy who wasn't the star athlete in high school. Who was class president in college, instead of the popular frat guy. This is for the very smart brother who isn't seen as the cool kid, but definitely cool in his own right.
(PJ Edit: I happen to know Mr. Husser really well. He was both the class president and in a frat. I'm not saying, but I'm saying. I'd also wager that the class president is likely a very popular person. That's just me speaking though. Malik, I'm looking at you.)
Just an all around great guy who likes a girl, but she's just not that into you. Matter of fact, she doesn't even know you exist. Why? Because you aren't the shiny new object in the club, spraying champagne, with the latest (place name brand here) belt or hat, which could potentially be fake, because, well, bootlegging is real out here. Or because you choose to invest your money into actual assets instead of financial liabilities, like high-end cars, aimless nights partying, or people that you won't remember next week.
(PJ Edit: I've never attempted to spray champagne on anybody in the club. It seems like a great idea for a video but a terrible idea in practice. Ain't no woman who isn't being paid to be there who is going to take too well to getting sprayed. Plus, there's no coming back from that. You'd have a problem on your hands that even Olivia Pope couldn't fix.More plusses, have you seen champagne prices at clubs? Real talk, in DC at this club called Opera, there is a $75,000 methuselah bottle of Ace of Spades on the menu. NOBODY CAN DRINK THAT. But for $75K, we are gonna try like Frank Ocean does.)
Here's the thing, she's not into you, because she can't see you. And the reason she can't see you is because all she can see is green…frogs that is. (yeah, there was a double meaning there).
However, even though that's the case, she's still beautiful. She's still sexy…and from afar, she's inconceivably witty. She's always laughing, and it seems like she's always having a good time with all the cool kids, at the coolest parties. Crazy thing is, you are there too, at the same events and same places. But like in high school, her clique doesn't recognize you, UNLESS you are IN their clique.
(PJ Edit: The best way to counter this is to walk around singing, "ain't nobody f*cking with my clique, clique, clique, clique, clique…" as this will make people immediately attempt to observe your clique.)
Regardless, she still holds your attention. No matter how many times you see her out with a different man about town, you still see her as YOUR Elizabeth Taylor. Unimagined beauty, that's timeless. You can't take your eyes off of her. You've even made eye contact once…well, you thought you did.
Still you hold on to hope.
(PJ Edit: This is that Obama stuff. Meanwhile, I'm going on three days of being temporarily fired. Hope deez.)
As you should.
Because in truth, this is her journey, and if you really want her to SEE you, she has to have these experiences. However, you too must walk your own road. So what you don't fit into her world. You are building your own universe. So what she isn't paying you any attention, now. It's not until she's kissed enough frogs that she will ever realize it.
If all she knows are frogs, how are you to expect her to recognize a prince? You can't very well walk around wearing a crown and then tell her fix her hair in its reflection. After all, you aren't Jay Z (no hyphen).
Let her continue upon her path. Jumping from lily pad, to lily pad, living the pond life. After a while, she'll be exhausted from all of the aimless jumping. And when she's looking for a reprieve, she'll notice that there's a bridge over her moat that leads to a very immaculate structure.
It is then when you'll find out first hand whether she is your princess. Whether she is actually more than the life of the party….or was she just the party. Her beauty is still inextricably in tact, but come to think of it, Elizabeth Taylor was married 8 times. (Who was number 8?? Geez..)
So, I say to you my fellow unassuming, charming geek that the prom queen never notices. Let time take its course. And allow her frog kissing to commence. In the meantime, walk your journey and watch your path unfold. In the end, if it's time she needs to earn the lenses to see your beauty, than time she should have. It's her decision how she ends up.
(PJ Edit: Let's keep it 100. We outchea kissing frogs too. Some of us are kissing actual frogs. I see WSHH.)
And based on this theory…..Rihanna still has time to finally SEE me one day.
So what say you? Good advice? Bad advice?
-S. Malik Husser


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The final season of Mad Men is under way. Don, Roger, Pete - you guys are great. Really, you are. But the women of Mad Men are kind of a huge deal. As the great Waka Flocka Flame would say if he were tuning in to the AMC show (and we were back in 2010), Peggy, Betty and Joan go ''hard in da paint''. As another great season unfolds for these women, here are a few reasons we're all going to have a difficult time letting go of Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks and January Jones …
We're gonna need more Peggy Olsons
Any conversation about the women of Mad Men has to begin with the incomparable Peggy Olson. She is the answer to everything every feminist with a television set has been asking for since the dawn of feminism and television sets. We don't need more women on television. We need more Peggy Olsons.
To say that Elisabeth Moss' performance has stolen the show would be putting it lightly. Jon Hamm's Don Draper has become iconic but Olson is complex and revolutionary in ways that Draper simply is not. From the moment she handed that ''basket of kisses'' over to Freddy Rumsen, to the time she had way too much fun researching ''The Rejuvenator'', all the way up until she slayed Draper himself when she walked into a boardroom with an enormous Heinz ketchup bottle on a poster, Olson has consistently proven that she goes beyond the scope. She goes hard, and for that we thank her.
We don't need more women taking their clothes off on television, we need more Peggy Olsons.
We need more versions of that scene in ''Waldorf Stories'' where she takes off her clothes to call Stan Rizzo's bluff and then proceeds to discuss the Vicks account. It was one of the only times in the history of women taking off their clothes on television that actually, truly meant something. It meant, I'm calling you out - liberals, nudists, feminists and everyone. You don't really want to be naked and free and, if for a moment someone gave it to you, you wouldn't know what to do with it. Let Peggy speak for herself: ''I can work like this. Let's get liberated.''
We don't need more fearless, strong women on television. We need more versions of that scene where Olson finally quits in ''The Other Woman'' episode, just after Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce lands the coveted Jaguar account. She is simultaneously strong and confident, and terrified. But mainly terrified.
In this moment - and in many others on the show - Peggy is not a fierce, independent woman. There's not a Beyonce song in the world that could explain to us the magnitude of this scene. Peggy has had her fair share of bad ass moments and so has Don, but this isn't it for either of them. This is a moment of weakness.
Even as she's doing the right thing, the adult thing, the feminist thing, it's killing her. And even though it's problematic to say this, watching her become the only woman to truly bring Don Draper to his knees in a real, please-don't-leave, can't-let-go-of-your-hand way is deeply satisfying to at least one feminist in this world. (That would be me.)
We don't agree with her all of the time. Some of us still cannot get over the fact that she's a mother, but her child has no place in her life. There was that time she invited Dawn to her house and they shared that awkward moment, when Peggy - if only for a second - became that young, purse-clutching white woman. She didn't end up taking her purse out of the room, but she damn sure thought about it.
Peggy Olson is not a superhero. She is not a ''god among men'' (though it takes everything in me not to call her that). She's really ''just'' a very well-written television character. But the writers took it upon themselves to turn her into a representation of so many other issues. So Peggy functions as this double signifier of change. As her character represents the changing times for women in the 1960s, Elisabeth Moss represents an evolution of representations of women in contemporary media. She's not the new Don Draper. She's Peggy Olson (and she wants to smoke some marijuana … nope, couldn't resist).
In defence of Betty Draper
Oh, January Jones. Is that you? Or is that Betty Draper/Francis being all vapid and ridiculous? The world may never know.
OK, here is the truth, for me, about the second Mrs Draper. If you pay close attention, she is crazy - in a way that she never would have revealed to her therapist - and it makes her whole existence invaluable.
Or as Buzzfeed once eloquently put it, there have been at least 13 moments when Betty Draper didn't give a f--k.
One of the first times we learned this was during season one. We all remember the pigeon incident.
This is what happens when you live next door to the Drapers and you casually threaten their family dog. Betty Draper will shoot your beloved pigeons down one by one, while Bobby Vinton plays in the background. Betty Draper will also cut off a lock of her hair and give it to your young son, then slap you in the supermarket if you call her on it. (Remember Helen Bishop?) Because Betty Draper is nuts.
Then there was that time when she took her craziness to a whole new level during a conversation with second husband, Henry Francis. The season six premiere ''rape joke'' heard around the world (described by creator Matt Weiner as proof that Betty is not bland, but rather, playfully perverse) had us all wondering if we really just heard what we thought we heard. Did Betty Francis just ''joke'' about helping her husband rape her adolescent daughter's friend, Sandy, the violin prodigy?
You almost wish the writers could have given her more moments like this - but that would have taken away from the genius of it all.
Betty is a fascinating character because she's full of surprises; if she shoots too many pigeons, or makes too many horribly inappropriate jokes, the wholly important surprise factor becomes non-existent.
Like many of the women characters on Mad Men, she's simultaneously unique and a symbol of her time - when she fires Carla, she's dripping with white privilege; when she sleeps with the door-to-door salesman, she is the epitome of the desperate housewife; but when she catches that flight to elope in Reno (baby Gene in tow), and when she teaches those squatters in the city how to make goulash, she's something totally other.
However you read Betty - too cruel, too cold, or too crazy - her significance on the show should never be doubted.
Joan Holloway works a friendship
Joan Holloway makes us uncomfortable. From the very first episode, as she ushers us into the crazy world of Madison Avenue and introduces us to work life at Sterling Cooper, we feel awkward next to her. Admit it - your jaw was on the floor when she looked Peggy Olson right in the eyes and made the following speech with a straight face: ''Go home, take a paper bag, cut some eyeholes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest.''
Instantly we hated her. Or loved her. Or hated her. It was impossible to say for sure.
It's easy to see Joan from the perspective of the men who love, lust and obsess over her. Roger Sterling, Lane Pryce, Greg Harris, Bob Benson, that horror of horrors, Herb Rennet from Jaguar. Hell, even Don Draper broke down and had to get her flowers one day.
We could consider some of the most powerful moments her story brought to the show. Because of Joan's character and ''The Mountain King'' episode, we learned there are still many, many people who believe you cannot really be raped by your fiance (or that if you go out to dinner after being raped, that means it wasn't really rape). Joan's sexual arrangement with Herb has also sparked much dialogue - and rightly so. Is she a prostitute? An entrepreneur? Is she the next Peggy Olson? All valid questions, all open for debate.
But there is one aspect of Joan that should receive as much attention as her waist-to-hip ratio, and her relationships with the men on the series. More than a gorgeous emerald dress, more than a boardroom full of men, Joan Holloway knows how to work the hell out of a relationship. She is - or becomes - an unbelievably amazing friend. Of all the roles we see women play on television, this may be one of the least common. Her interactions with Peggy are the most interesting to watch, as their friendship is one that transforms over the seasons. Joan does not start out as an unbelievably amazing friend, especially as Peggy goes on to gain new responsibilities in the office. She's jealous and simultaneously arrogant, and it was sometimes unpleasant to watch. But eventually she becomes an actual friend, even if we still get the sense that she sees Peggy as a kid sister.
The world of Mad Men feels that much more true to life when we're watching Peggy and Joan lament their work troubles behind closed doors.
In the season six episode, ''To Have and to Hold'', we got a glimpse at another important friendship in Joan's life. Kate, the Mary Kay saleswoman shows up at a crucial point in Joan's life. Because she agreed to sleep with Herb in exchange for a partnership, she's being criticised at work, and her marriage to Greg is a shambles. But Kate shows up and does what best friends from out of town are supposed to do - reminds Joan she is a brilliant, amazing, inspiring human being, and gets her into a little trouble for the night. The two end up making out with a couple of young fellas in a club while Bonnie and Clyde plays. Because, that's what friends are for.
She'll also give you valuable advice, when you haven't quite figured out your upper management position: ''You want to be taken seriously? Stop dressing like a little girl.''