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A GROUP of brave people from Redditch will be hunting for things that go bump in the night in aid of a fantastic cause.
The 10 members of the Macmillan Ghost Hunters will be spending the night at the stunning Warwick Castle on March 7 hunting spooks and spectres in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
The event is being run by Haunted Happenings, a company from Redditch.
The group has all paid their own money to take part in the experience and are seeking sponsorship to raise even more. So far they have raised more than £700 but would like to reach their target of £1,000.
Christina Kings, from Woodrow, one of the group and organiser of the event, said: "I started fundraising, doing collections etc, when my auntie died of breast cancer aged just 46, and after that I took part in other events, including the Race for Life.
"Following this, I began to think about what I could do to raise even more money, and came up with the idea of this ghost hunting night during a visit to Warwick Castle at Halloween.
"We are really looking forward to it, we hope not to be too scared, and we hope to raise as much cash as possible for Macmillan, which is such a fantastic cause."
Anyone who would like to sponsor the team and help them reach their fundraising target can visit www.justgiving.com/Christina-Kings.


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Banana 101.5's 'Bad Golfers League' Starts June 6th — Sign Up Here
Calling all golfers, Banana 101.5 is getting ready to start the "Bad Golfers League." As with any other Banana league, this is designed for players of all skill levels that just want to get out, have some fun, and enjoy a couple cocktails. Sound like the league for you? Details after the jump.
What is the Banana 101.5 "Bad Golfers League" all about?
- When: The league will playing every Wednesday night at 5:30pm for 10 weeks and starts on June 6th.
- Where: Swartz Creek Golf Course on Hammerberg Road in Flint.
- Rules: Two-man scramble format.
- Cost: $15 per person per week — which includes 9 holes and a cart. (no initial start-up fees)
- League Size: The Banana 101.5 "Bad Golfers League" caps out at 16 teams of two.
- Prizes: Weekly contests will include skins, closest to the pin, longest drive, and more.
Leave the competitive nonsense at home and join Chris Monroe for the Banana 101.5 "Bad Golfers League."
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If you would still like to submit your team to the waiting list, please email Chris Monroe at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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The Trump Doctrine Takes Shape
The concept of Presidential Doctrine dates back to when James Monroe adopted a posture of anti-European colonialism in the western hemisphere. Since that time many presidents have come and gone without leaving a signature stamp on the attitude and behavior of our nation vis a vis foreign policy though many have at most sought to merely modify pre-existing positions. Theodore Roosevelt took Monroe's doctrine and mutated it into the Roosevelt Corollary which would later be reversed by his fifth cousin, Franklin Roosevelt who adopted a Good Neighbor policy toward those nations in the Central and South America. In relatively short time, the neocon wing of the Republican Party hijacked our government and set about reinvigorating the interventionist ambitions of Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy. Under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, America ceased speaking softly and carrying a big stick; it raised its voice and started actively using the stick in places like Grenada and Panama and various other Latin countries that failed to fall in line with… Keep Reading


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Katie Holmes' Stylist Shares Celebrity Fashion Tips & Wardrobe Must-Haves (EXCLUSIVE)
Jeanne advises how women with body types like Katie can dress for their body type, and is sure spill some style secrets when it comes to the must-have items every girl should have in her closet. The style guru also dives into her Oscar red carpet fashion predictions and what stand out styles we can expect to see next Sunday, Feb. 26, on the Academy Awards red carpet.
She will take part in the Simply Stylist seminar on Saturday, March 3. Celebuzz readers get a $25 discount by using the coupon code "celebuzz." The event will feature top style experts including Jeanne, Catt Sadler (E! NEWS), Shea Marie and more talking about the seasons trends.
Celebuzz: How should women like Katie Holmes with a tall and slender body type be dressing like?
Jeanne: Taller, slender ladies are really lucky that most anything works for them. Even really wild fashion works when you are blessed with these features.
Jeanne: I tend to think more classic silhouettes are great on everyone. Generally speaking, A-line skirts are the best on the bottom. This is what makes Alaia's skirts and dresses so flattering.
Celebuzz: What are three go-to items every girl should have in their closet?
Jeanne: A beautiful white shirt worn casually with leggings or with a long black skirt for a black tie affair. Also, any sexy simple black dress, accessorized correctly, can make a fantastic frock scandalous and sensual to get a second date or demure and elegant to meet your beau's parents. Nude pumps in suede or leather lengthen the leg with any color dress and add a chic flair to any outfit with jeans.
Jeanne: The idea that things have to be on trend. What works best is whatever looks flattering on the body and what fits your personality. That is what is so great about fashion right now. In the past everything was so homogenized. Its nice that people can wear whatever they want.
Celebuzz: What's a trend that you hope is here to stay?
Jeanne: I love that size, shape, race, age and variety work in all areas of fashion. With the Internet, fashion has never been more democratic. Although some trends are generally accepted as "the look," each season great style is eternal and evergreen.
Celebuzz: What are your Oscar red-carpet fashion predictions?
Jeanne: Oscars will be all about color! Everyone will want to stand out in signature shades that work best for them. Emerald green, azure blues, royal purple shades will reign on the red carpet.
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" Brand: Mothercare / Type: Eating & Drinking - Cutlery Set "
I'm almost certain that if you have children born within the last few years, you're going to know who the Tombliboos are! These colourful characters (unn, ooo and eee - one, two and three!) are happy little people from the world of 'In the Night Garden'. They enjoy running about, and playing in their Tomblioboo house.
I bought a set of this Tomblioboo cutlery from mothercare when my daughter was 12 months old: the RRP was £4.99, but I purchased it on sale at £2.99. I was originally drawn by the theming - my daughter loved Night Garden, and the Tombliboos were her favourite characters. She loved the look of the cutlery in the packet, and as it was on sale, we snapped it up!
First impressions were good: the cutlery was quite lightweight, which was great for someone just starting to use something other than their fingers for eating :) The Tombliboos themselves were nicely smooth, and pleasant to hold - they were big enough to grip well, and no rough edges to hurt little hands. The metal parts of the cutlery was well shaped, and a nice mouthful size. The prongs on the fork were rounded so ensured less chance of hurting mouths; the knife was blunt but good for cutting into soft food; and the spoon wasn't too deep so was easier for little people to scoop up some of their lunch.
Ongoing use: my daughter still likes using this cutlery set, even though she is past the beginner stage with cutlery. She does still especially like the spoon, and it has become her favourite yoghurt spoon :) They have worn well even with repeated washing: they have been through the dishwasher quite a few times, and they are still bright and colourful.
My daughter has a number of toddler friendly cutlery sets, even now at three years old she prefers using these to adult cutlery. She received this In The Night Garden cutlery set as a stocking filler for Christmas 2011 from her nan.
The cutlery comes contained in a transparent plastic pocket that is attached to a bit of cardboard that contains the In The Night Garden branding. Inside the packaging is a knife, fork and spoon. Each of the cutlery pieces contain a different tombliboo character that is used as the handle. The overall look of the pieces is cute and realistic to the characters from the much loved television program.
Where the product looks cute, it definitely lacks on the usability of it and my daughter really struggled when she first received it at 2 years old. The end of the handle that features the tombliboos head and top half of the body is quite shaped, it doesn't have smooth lines and this made it difficult for my daughter to grip hold of them well. The leg end of the handle is nice with only a slight curve to it, but on the whole, the handle end is quite a bit heavier than the actual cutlery end so it does tend to tip if my daughter hasn't got hold of it properly.
The actual ends that get used for the food is small and very toddler friendly. The fork has three prongs, and each of these is slightly rounded so that there are no accidents with stabbing the fork somewhere they shouldn't but at the same time can stab it through food to get it onto the fork. The knife is blunt; it just seems to be an oblong shape of metal that doesn't really have much use other than acting as a barrier to help food onto the fork or spoon. The spoon is very shallow and cannot hold a lot of food, I guess this isn't necessarily a bad thing for small children as they don't have big mouths anyway!
Over a year after my daughter first received this cutlery set, she has got the hang of using it a bit better now and doesn't have any troubles with it. I wash the cutlery up in with my normal washing up and it's still in a perfect condition, the colours are still vibrant and they aren't showing any signs of wear.
I wouldn't recommend this In The Night Garden cutlery set as a beginner set as the handle makes it awkward to hold and it isn't the best thing to use to teach children how to eat with cutlery. However, now my daughter has got the hang of the handles, she does like using this set. So perhaps wait until kids are used to cutlery before buying it.
When Hollie was a baby she was a huge fan of In the Night Garden and I encouraged this as it's such a sweet kids programme, her big sister bought her this set of Tombliboo cutlery for her second birthday and three years later it's still going strong. The Tombliboos, for those of you not in the know, are a set of three In the Night Garden characters who like to (erm) drop their trousers and bang on small drums in the most irritating way possible. I wouldn't say they're the most recognisable of all the ITNG characters, but they are a rather sweet trio.
The business end of the cutlery is metal with the handles being a thick chunky plastic; I personally think they look fantastic but Hollie has never been too keen on then, this is partly because of the bulky design of the handles but now she's older she has been able to explain that the bodies are far too elongated for them to really resemble the rotund little Tombilboos she knows and loves from her ITNG days.
In the set you get a knife, fork and spoon - Hollies originally came in a colourful plasticised box (I know because I still have it and use it to store a couple of Yankee Candle tarts upstairs), but newer versions of the cutlery sets are packaged in that awful thick plastic that sometimes even scissors won't cut through convincingly. Let's immediately forget the knife as it's rubbish - totally blunt (as I suppose it needs to be considering it's designed for toddlers) with the knife edge being too short to even make it practical as a means of pushing mashed potato onto the spoon.
The fork isn't bad, the prongs are reasonably sharp for poking soft foods and they're also slightly curved so little ones can scoop up food such as beans or squishy casseroled vegetables. There are three tiny indentations on the top of the fork which are (bizarrely) 'pea holders' - now, it would take a very dexterous child to manage to direct three peas into these holes so I really can't see the point of it! I actually use the fork even now as it's fabulous for strawberries and raspberries, whereas Mark likes the grippiness of the handle when he's cooking my prawns on the BBQ and always hunts through the drawer until he comes up with this Tombliboos fork.
The spoon is shallow and wide which makes it ideal for little people who are just learning to eat yogurt, soup and ice cream by themselves. Let's face it, the least amount of food that will physically fit on a spoon the better when it comes to avoiding mess - this one is perfect in that despite the width of the spoon it doesn't really hold very much! This obviously makes it pretty slow going at yogurt time, but when mum or dad is around to lend a hand you can get a Little Stars down their neck in no time...
The main problem for us, and Hollie, has been the handles. I'm looking at the fork now and compared to the other sets we have which are designed for young children these are decidedly awkward. The length isn't really the issue, it's more the shaping and heft of the handle - picking it up and laying it across a couple of fingers I can see the fork is definitely not well balanced because it falls sharply to the handle end when I let it go. This might sound silly, but when you're teaching a toddler the science of feeding themselves you want it to be as straightforward as possible. When Hollie was two or three she simply couldn't manage to wrap her (short and stubby) fingers around the handles of this cutlery set, and now at five years she still struggles to get her hand into optimum position for eating because the handle design is so fluid and curvy. It's a shame really as this is such a lovely set, but I realised just how much she hated them when she started to become more independent and would actually go and change her cutlery when I gave her the Tombliboo set!
I'm not actually sure whether to recommend this knife, fork and spoon set. It looks fabulous and the various components do work (apart from the knife. Forget the knife), but the handles are just too awkwardly bulky and that spoils the set for us - I'm trying to think how they could have done it without adding the extra millimetres of plastic that little hands seem to find such hard work and to be fair they couldn't, short of making straight solid handles and decorating them with Unn, Ooo and Eee (the Tombliboo's names, silly!) designs. But that would take away the 3D effect, and considering my daughter paid £10 for them I suspect it's the shaping that allows the manufacturer to charge so much for them.
We often go to my parents house for the day as they don't live too far away and we end up having lunch and sometimes dinner with them too. Most times I forget to bring cutlery for my little boy and girl and they, up until now only had adult cutlery so this made it really hard at meal times trying to feed the kids, especially my little boy who is only ten months old so I tasked my mum and dad with finding some kid cutlery that they could keep at their house and the kids could use when they were there.
They did really well in my opinion as, knowing we really like In the Night Garden in our house they had bought some In the Night Garden cutlery for both my little boy and girl. THis went down really well and my kids were excited when they saw them, especially my little girl as In the Night Garden is her favourite. My kids are ok eaters, sometimes they have a really good appetite, other times they hardly eat anything but show me a kid who is good all the time. Anyway, I think having a special set of cutlery that is just for them and has their favourite characters on them actually really makes them want to eat to be able to use these utensils so I really like the way these are designed and marketed.
The cutlery feature the characters The Tombliboos. The Tombliboos are strange characters, they are described as tumbly, pepper-pot toys - Unn, Ooo and Eee. They totter about as a group, rarely individually, and their trousers tend to fall down at unexpected times! Very strange but fun and cute characters! This set of cutlery includes a knife, fork and spoon and the handles of each utensil is a Tombliboo. They are quite large hadnles but they are in the shape of the Tombliboo so I think it makes them quite easy for little hands to grip and my little girl always seems to get quite a good hold of these. They are brightly coloured like the characters on television and I think this is definitely what attracts my little boy to them. He is not quite ready to use a spoon or other cutlery items yet but I am letting him hold them and get used to them as he is displaying signs of wanting to do it himself. He shakes his head when I try to feed him now so the sooner he learns the better.
The top portions of these utensils are nicely made and solid. The knife is fairly blunt but will cut through quite soft food items which is fine, I don't need my little ones having sharp knives in their hands. THe cutlery is small so its perfect for their smaller mouths and easy to coordinate from the plate to the mouth. All in all a nice set which makes eating fun and easy.
All parents and grandparents soon begin to feel that they must know every cartoon character going. In the Night Garden is one of the children's favourites and we all know Unn, Eee and Ooo those lovely little group of pepper pot toys. If I am out and about in the shops and the money tree bears I enjoy treating the grandchildren to a little gift. One of our grandsons has been feeding himself for a while and the mess that he makes is unbelievable! But true to form he loves to explore the food with his fingers before popping some of it into his mouth.
My daughter has read a lot about baby led weaning, the idea is good but it is slightly harder to implement. I walked past the In the Night Garden cutlery set and dismissed it first time around but I had to go back for that lovely little Tombliboos cutlery set. Rudi has been offered a teaspoon to feed himself with but he was not impressed but there was every chance that he may pick up the Tombliboo teaspoon.
For the princely sum of £4.99 you get a knife, fork and spoon with Tombliboo handles. If nothing else this set of child's cutlery is fun and colourful. Mothercare state that the set of cutlery is suitable for aged 12 months and over. The cutlery is stainless steel and the handles are lightweight plastic. You can see that they will appeal to little ones, even if they only get played with!
The cutlery looks child friendly and the parts have been especially made to size to suit toddlers. The bowl on the spoon is round and it is not too deep. The knife blade is short and wide and above all it is safe for little ones to use under supervision. The handles are easy to grip and the plastic surface is not at all slippery. The fork is slightly different, it has what is classed as a `pea holder` built into it and I can see that this invention could help to hold the unruly peas albeit that it is just a few little holes in the fork.
The new Mothercare cutlery set met with full approval! But it was the Tombliboos that worked their magic, the cutlery was of no real interest at that point. The colourful Tombliboos were played with and eventually they made their way to the high chair. The little fingers went into the food and we placed the spoon into Rudi's hand. He still used his fingers to eat but he enjoyed admiring his new Tombliboo spoon whilst he was munching. The knife and the fork were cast to one side, the pink and brown Tombliboo must be his favourite.
Who knows, maybe the knife and fork will come into play at a later date. If Rudi uses the spoon then at least he is practising his hand to eye co-ordination. In my daughters house everything finds its way into the dishwasher and the pretty Tombliboo cutlery set went through the wash. The knife and fork are redundant in the cutlery drawer but the spoon does come out to play. Maybe Rudi will not use it properly for some time to come but at least it has given him something to think about.
I brought my sister this cutlery set from Mothercare about a year ago and even though she's never got on all that well with them they've still been used loads by the bigger people in the house! For my sister the handles were too long and bulky, she could get her hands round them ok but the balance wasn't right.
That was a shame because the metal ends of the knife, fork and spoon are just the right size for a toddler's mouth but the shape of the Tombliboo on the handle is a bit awkward I think.
The cutlery looks wicked, the colours are just right to make the Tombliboos look lifelike and I love how the faces have been painted onto them because they look so happy and again the detail makes them look just like the characters in the programme. I think the long bodies they've got here are a bit freaky though because on TV the Tombliboos are short fat characters!
I said before that my sister didn't use this cutlery all that much but she will sometimes use the spoon for her yogurts, the knife has only EVER been used by me and that's because it's brill for spreading butter on crackers! I've got it in my bedroom actually because crackers, butter and cheese are a few of the things I keep in my mini fridge up there! To be fair my sister has got shedloads of different sets of cutlery, I don't know where they've all come from but she's got plastic sets, cutlery with rubber ends (no knife in that set!!! lol) and posh metal ones. She's not bothered about what set goes out with her dinner but if you try and give her this Tombliboo set she'll get up and change it for another fork! She really hates them that much!
Now she's 3 she's feeding herself pretty much and we just help her with messy stuff like yogurts and soup, that's when we use the spoon and I think that's very comfortable to hold. The bowl of the spoon is quite flat so little children aren't going to accidentally put too much on and the way it's shaped means it looks comfortable going into my sister's mouth. I use this for my OWN yogurts sometimes and I've got to say it is a lovely spoon to use..... god, how mad does that sound???
This set costs £4.99 at the minute from Mothercare, that's brill value because I'm sure when I brought this one it cost nearly £10.00. It's lasted good though and that's good because even though my sister's not struck on the cutlery, the rest of us do use them for things like yogurts and my mum uses the fork to pick up raspberries when she's munching a bowl of them in front of the TV!
Recommended...... even if your toddler doesn't like this cutlery, it'll probably still come in useful for the adults!
When my daughter was going through her In The Night Garden phase she was coming up to the time in her life where I thought it would be beneficial for her to learn how to use cutlery and feed herself a bit more. The next time I was out and about in town I popped into Mothercare to see what they had for and was really pleased to come across the In The Night Garden cutlery set featuring all three of the Tomliboos as the handles.
The set was £4.99 for 3 pieces of cutlery which were a knife, fork and spoon. The set was recommended for ages 12 months plus.
The set is really bright and colourful and I hoped that by having the Tomliboos on the handles it would encourage my daughter to feed herself. The Tomliboos were really made well and sat sturdly on the end each piece of cutlery. All of the Tomliboos were the right colours and looked right in terms of how they look on the show. The cutlery ends of the cutlery are all specially made and sized stainless steel. Although they look like they will be heavy the cutlery is actually really lightweight.
One of the things I really liked about the cutlery set was that the fork had little in built holes in the actual fork part which turned out to be pea holders so that when your child is eating peas they don't lose loads off of the fork. I really thought this was a great idea and I have never seen it anywhere before.
My daughter was very excited to see these when I dished up her dinner one evening and she seemed more than eager to hold one herself and try and use it. I was pleased to see that the fork was just the right size for my daughter and she held it with ease. She did have peas that night and the pea holder did work occassionally though not all the time but she was very young and it was her first time using the fork.
My daughter found the fork very easy to use and she picked up the hang of using it almost immediately and it was really a proud Mummy moment seeing her stab at her pieces of food and stuff them into her mouth in the manner only a child can perfect.
The cutlery set is easy to wash up to. You just wash them up the same way you would any of your other cutlery and it doesn't damage the Tomliboos. I think my daughter would have been heartbroken if it had!
I was really pleased with this cutlery set. It was well made, good for little hands and I do think they were pretty cheap for what they were too. These are still available from Mothercare and for the same price.
Recommended for all those little In The Night Garden fans.


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Queen Of Hearts Fingerless Gloves by Simone Van Iderstine
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A fun and funky stranded colorwork pattern for the adventurous knitter.
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JENNIFER AKTHAR aged 22 of Amethyst Road, Christchurch. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a Ford car, Reg No R256 NVC, who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Fined £165. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £100. Licence endorsed with six points.
MARTIN LAZENBY aged 47 of no fixed abode. Admitted the theft of two bottles of wine to the value of £9.98 belonging to Co-Operative Store, Christchurch. Also admitted commission of a further offence whilst subject to order of conditional discharge imposed for an offence of theft from a shop. Fined £55. To pay compensation of £4.99. To pay victim surcharge of £35. Costs of £20.


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(Editor's Note: Watertown-Mayer won two more games on Tuesday, after this article was written, to advance the section finals on Thursday, June 6, at Belle Plaine, against St. Peter. The Royals must win twice to advance to state. The first game is at 5 p.m., and if the Royals win, the second game is immediately following the first.)
The Watertown-Mayer baseball team started last week with a 3-0 loss to Holy Family, but as of the start of this week, was still alive in the Section 5AA playoffs.
That's because following the loss to the Fire, the state's third-ranked team in Class AA, the Royals rebounded with a pair of wins in the double-elimination portion of the section tournament, helping them advance to action earlier this week, on Tuesday in Belle Plaine.
Following the loss to Holy Family on Tuesday, May 30, the Royals came back home to beat Belle Plaine on Thursday, May 30, by a score of 5-0. That kept the Royals alive to rout Tri City United, 13-2, on Saturday, June 1, in Belle Plaine.
With those two wins, the Royals advanced to face Holy Family once again on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Belle Plaine. Holy Family was bumped to the loser's bracket after a loss to Glencoe-Silver Lake.
The winner of that game between Holy Family and Watertown-Mayer advanced to play later on Tuesday evening against Glencoe-Silver Lake, which was bounced to the loser's bracket by St. Peter. Whichever team emerged Tuesday from that group of three in Belle Plaine would play for the section title on Thursday, June 6, at 5 p.m. in Belle Plaine, but would need to beat St. Peter twice to win the section.
Holy Family 3, Royals 0
Holy Family got all the runs it needed in a well-played game between the Royals and Fire in a three-run fourth inning. Watertown-Mayer had its chances to put runs on the board, with at least one runner reaching in all seven innings, but couldn't find a way to come up with a big hit.
Andrew Nichols and P.J. Hangartner both went 2-for-2 for Watertown-Mayer, and Brendan Weege was 2-for-4. Nick Tschida had the team's only other hit.
Nichols also pitched a solid game on the mound, allowing only three runs in four innings on seven hits. Weege pitched two perfect innings in relief.
"The energy level has been incredible, and it has led to competitive and fun games to be part of," Watertown-Mayer coach Justin Stohs said. "The guys are tied in and eager to play."
Royals 5, Belle Plaine 0
Michael Herd threw a complete-game, two hit shutout as the Royals staved off elimination with a 5-0 win home win over Belle Plaine.
Herd surrendered a single to the second batter he faced in the first inning, but didn't allow another baserunner until a leadoff single in the fourth. The next hitter reached on an error, but Herd escaped the damage, and allowed only two more baserunners the rest of the way, a two-out, bases-empty walk in the fifth inning and on a leadoff error in the seventh. No Belle Plaine runner even reached third base in the game.
"Michael Herd pitched a tremendous game and really competed on the mound," Stohs said. "He kept the ball down, mixed up speeds and got a lot of ground balls and weak fly ball outs."
The Royals got a run in the first on an RBI from Nichols and another in the third when Matt Elsenpeter led off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch. Watertown-Mayer plated three more insurance runs in the fourth.
The Royals had only six hits of their own in the game, but made them count. Weege was 2-for-3 and was the only Royals player with multiple hits.
"I could not have been more proud of our teams energy through the game," Stohs said. "The guys are playing with a lot of heart and it's exciting to see them compete."
Royals 13, TCU 2
Facing elimination once again on Saturday, the Royals routed Tri City United 13-2 to stay alive. The Royals erased any doubt right from the outset, plating two runs in the first and six more in the second to take a big early lead. After the Royals added five more runs in the fourth, they were able to get out of Belle Plaine early with a five-inning win.
Weege went 2-for-3, drove in three runs and scored another to lead a Watertown-Mayer offense that featured three players with multiple hits. Joe Reinert was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run, and Nick Tschida was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI. Hangartner had a hit and two RBIs, and Jordon Berrios was 1-for-3 with a run and two RBIs.
Nichols picked up the win on the mound, throwing all five innings and allowing two earned runs on seven hits.
"We got a great pitching performance from Andrew Nichols, played solid defense, and got solid hitting," Stohs said. "Nichols was aggressive and made big pitches any time TCU threatened."
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Concert Review: Alt-J with Hundred Waters at Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA, 4/6/13
Published 11:01 am, Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The buzziest of all the buzz bands, British indie-rockers Alt-J packed the sold-out Neptune Theatre Saturday night with an almost comically enthusiastic crowd, the audience fervor easily overshadowing any of the music played by the sleepy quartet. Have you heard the band's sole record, An Awesome Wave? If so, there's little reason to venture out to one of the band's shows, as rote, bloodless recreations are all that await you. I feel bad for anyone who paid the $100+ these tickets were going for on the scalpers' market just to hear "Breezeblocks" warbled live.
At least those who got there early were treated to a fantastic set by Gainesville, Florida's Hundred Waters, a band that possesses all that genre-hopping innovation that's been ascribed somewhat misleadingly to the headliner. An appealing mix of art-rock and freak-folk reminiscent of Calgary's BRAIDS as if fronted by Björk, Hundred Waters' songs are at turns prickly and shimmering, with Nicole Miglis' achingly ethereal vocals acting like a canopy above the band's improvisational tendencies.
Overcoming a problematic sound mix that buried Miglis a little, the band served up an engrossing cross-section of their self-titled debut LP - among the selections, the glitchy, jackknifing "Thistle," the lyrical, flute-buoyed "Sonnet" and the pastoral gorgeousness of "Boreal." Not to be too diagrammatic, but the experimentation and openness in Hundred Waters' live renditions of its album cuts made it that much more obvious how turgid Alt-J's locked-down performances were.
Now, I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Alt-J's debut, but there are interesting musical top-notes scattered throughout - the clackety trip-hop sound of "Fitzpleasure," the bouncy keyboards on "Dissolve Me." Even frontman Joe Newman's polarizing scrunched-up voice works for me for the most part. I just have a hard time feeling like most of the songs really hold together at their core, and the live show does nothing to counteract that feeling.
Working with only an album's worth of songs, I could understand how the highly in-demand Alt-J could be a little sick of running through a setlist with very limited permutations. But that doesn't make indifference interesting, whether it's applied to crowd interaction or a fairly catchy tune like "Taro," to say nothing of a mawkish ballad like "Matilda." Even ideas that sound intriguing on paper - an a cappella cover of College's "A Real Hero" and a Kylie Minogue/Dr. Dre mash-up - were pretty humdrum when experienced in real life.
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I didn't think Google would comment - but they have. Their blog, now back after the Blogger 'maintenance', has noted they've won Fortune's Best Company to Work For.
Google are a great company to work for. In fact, Google is a great company to visit. They always take care of you. I had a long chat with someone who Google was headhunting. He had the audacity to lead a team which beat Google into second place in an academic contest on machine translation. He wouldn't move. Despite all the perks he wouldn't give up his position in the University. Google kept on talking to him and in the end they offered him their equivalent of an "academic secondment" and he moved. He's still there. It's not just the perks. It's the culture.
I've seen this with the various Google teams we get to work with. People who show talent or aptitude in an area are quickly recognised and encouraged to bloom in that area.
Are there any downsides to working in Google? Yes. I work with a few people who have left Google (and a few who left Yahoo - we don't have any ex-Microsofters). The comments are all the same. Google is tribal. Don't expect the Google News team to talk to the Google Analytics team. Don't expect the Google Reader team to talk to the Google Webmaster Console team. To be honest, if that's Google's only growing pains then they've done well.
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Douglas Wilson is a trumpet player who excels in a variety of musical styles, including Classical, Commercial, and Early Music. A frequent guest clinician throughout the United States, he has performed for audiences in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, with numerous performances at the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Music Center at Strathmore, the National Cathedral, and the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
His performing affiliations include the New Haven Symphony, Solisti New York, Yale at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, and seventeen seasons as Principal Trumpet with the Signature Symphony. Early Music performances include Fanfare Barok, Tempesta di Mare, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, Bach Sinfonia, and guest solo artist with Shenandoah Conservatory's Bach-Handel Festival.
A life-long learner, Dr. Wilson received graduate degrees from Yale University and The University of Oklahoma, with continuing studies at Oberlin's early music Baroque Performance Institute. His principal teachers include Barry Bauguess, Robert Nagel, and Jacob Larson.
Wilson's two musical passions are performing and teaching. In an addition to his extensive performing experience, Wilson has enjoyed a long career as a music educator touching the lives of young musicians as past moderator of the global web forum "Ask the Teacher," as past editor and contributor to the "journal jr." of the International Trumpet Guild, and as an adjudicator with the National Trumpet Competition.
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Am I missing something here? I didn't hear a name, not once and the credits only referred to it as "Fiend" which for all we know may have even been for Don Fong's "monster form". --Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 22:26, August 11, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't want to give some made up fan name. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 22:27, August 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. Cartoon Network likes to play commercials during the closing credits, thus preventing me from reading the names. :( I don't remember any name being used during the ep.--Marhawkman (talk) 00:43, August 12, 2012 (UTC)
well on the list of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorperated Episodes it just puts it as Wolf Creature not fiend or Anubis Specter But Anubis Specter sounds cool Raty (talk) 05:31, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
- I guess you're refering to the list from Wikipedia? As I said above I'm not going to go with a made up fan name, regardless of how "cool" it may sound. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 06:38, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
Well i did see it on the page wikiepedia and it states it as Wolf Creature and i know you are not gonna put it as Anubis Specter beacause say it alot :-| I was just saying that it does sound cool ok?!?!?!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raty (talk • contribs)
- I'm not saying it's not cool, but unfortunately it's not its name so we can't call it that. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 18:02, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Well, the Anubis mask thing is a description of the character, it's not used as a name. Also.... I think the wolf creature is just a hallucination induced by the Terrorwood.--Marhawkman (talk) 18:34, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
well i really dont think that it should be noted as just Fiend at least give it a Discription in the name like it says on the Wikiepedia , Wolf-Headed Fiend or you can put it as Anubis-Masked Fiend or Terror Fiend Raty (talk) 05:29, August 14, 2012 (UTC)
- A description is fine... in the text of the page. But the name is the official name of the character. In this case, it's simply Fiend.--Marhawkman (talk) 18:43, August 14, 2012 (UTC)


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Do You Know the Secrets of Happy Clients?
How to battle client retention problems with client satisfaction strategies. How do you dazzle a customer these days?
September 21, 2009
With client retention replacing the staffing shortage as the most troublesome issue facing CPA firms, it may be surprising that that so few firms are taking a high-profile, proactive approach to the problem.
Certainly, many firms are stepping up client service levels. Some are creating specialty practices to handle the critical emergency needs of clients in crisis. For example a number of New York and Palm Beach, Fla., firms have established teams tasked with caring for the needs of clients affected by the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. Many other firms are establishing bankruptcy or restructuring task forces to deal with business clients overwhelmed by the recession.
Still other firms are handling the challenge in everyday ways, with a little more TLC, an extra phone call, a little more analysis into a problem. Yet more are allowing their receivables to age as clients take longer to pay.
How do you dazzle a customer these days?
Nevertheless, many firms either don't see the need to react to the client retention issues other firms face, or are choosing to operate as if it's business as usual.
To be sure, many firms are unfazed. They say they stand to lose clients only to insolvency or dissolution — situations they deem beyond their control. But many might well be advised to worry about client satisfaction because competitive CPA firms are fighting hard for every good, new client they can get.
That's why some may be astonished about how few CPA firms actually have formal systems in place to gauge client satisfaction issues. According to Bay Street Group's latest soundings, six in 10 firms have no formal client satisfaction monitoring program. Even more, seven in 10, rely on "real-time feedback" from clients, which, to me, sounds a little like "we don't ask, they don't tell." But two in 10 firms report to me that they do, indeed, wish they had a better system in place for tracking client satisfaction.
But if you really want to know what clients are thinking, you have to ask them, which is exactly what I've been doing. I've heard from thousands of CPAs and financial managers on the private side of accounting in business and industry. They may be the toughest critics a public accountant, bookkeeper or auditor could ever run up against. But they are also the most understanding and knowledgeable. Their suggestions and guidance on what makes a CPA-client relationship prosper or fail should be heeded.
"We're a small company in terms of our industry," explains a senior finance manager at a mid-sized company. "What we really want is an attentive, service-oriented, reasonably priced firm that appreciates our business. We don't have that because our parent organization has dictated that we must use the same firm that they use."
Clearly, this finance manager would not recommend her current CPA firm. She wants a "better quality product," adding, "At Big Four prices, I shouldn't have to review in detail to find their errors." She's tired of playing second fiddle and wants a firm that "appreciates the business of even the smaller clients and makes sure the smaller clients don't feel they are taking a back seat to the larger clients."
Or listen to this Midwestern CFO whose company is fighting for its life. He wants a CPA who can provide "survival skills for a tough economy and market." This CFO provides only a lukewarm recommendation for his current accounting firm, but he still needs advisers who can "provide objective insights during these tough economic times."
CPA Mike Harnish has been on both sides of the table. Today, he is senior vice president and chief operating officer at Portland, Ore.-based Fios Inc., IT evidence sleuths for lawyers. But I've known him since the 1990s, when he was a partner at what was then Crowe Chizek. In between we've worked together at CPA2Biz.
He says today he's "fairly likely" to recommend the Big Four firm that services his company, but "I think it depends on the people that get assigned and the complexity of one's needs." If you're a CPA firm who wants Mike's business, you're going to have to work for it. For one thing, he says he's not easily swayed by traditional marketing and sales. He wants to see real expertise that's relevant to his business and his challenges. Do your homework and get your "research results published."
In addition, he'll compare your proposition based on "affordability, breadth of capability and service" and you'll need to be ready to point out specific areas in which his company's compliance procedures can be improved, or where you can help him trim costs or save money on taxes. That's a tall order. And Harnish may be an exemplary financial executive.
But he's the type of client every CPA firm should be looking for. You can be sure Harnish's CPA firm is working hard for the business.
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Phuket - Patong Beach
Day 5
Today we had a very busy day. After a quick breakfast we travlled around to all the tour companies and booked ourselves seats at a cabaret for tonight. We had lunch and spent the afternoon exploring by ourselves. I went shopping but held off on buying anything.
After a delicious dinner of Thai fried noodles and gravy we headed of in a bus to the famous Simon Cabaret. Simon Cabaret is a drag show but it is so much more than that. We had VIP seats and were so close to the stage. The show was a fantastic spectacle and parts of it made me burst out laughing. Some of the drag queens were completely feminine - couldn't tell them apart from real women, however some were still quite masculine. The show was great and i'm sure will prove to be a highlight of the trip.
When we got back from the show the festival was still going so we stayed out for a while longer. We were offered a chance to see a 'ping-pong' show but we had to decline! Finally we made our way back to the hotel for a well needed rest.
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The woman's body found last night along Peninsula Expressway in Precinct 12/Northpoint has been identified as Dorothy Iris Grubb, missing since Thursday evening. The investigation into her death continues.
Police have been searching since last weekend for Dorothy Grubb, 60, of the 1700 block of Manor Road in North Point. Grubb was reported missing Saturday evening by her daughter, who expressed concerns for her mother's safety because of a history of domestic violence with Clyde Calvin Campbell, 53. Campbell is Grubb's boyfriend, also of the Manor Road address.
Campbell also was missing over the weekend, but police arrested him Monday morning on Merritt Boulevard on an unrelated weapons charge. He is held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $250,000 bail.
Police found Grubb's body along Peninsula Expressway, about one mile east of Merritt Boulevard. Because of its poor condition, police expected the identification to take several days, but the identification was made more quickly than expected.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Top-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel won her third straight match, beating Italy's Alberta Brianti 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the semifinals of the Citi Open.
In a match that lasted 3 hours, 42 minutes, third-seeded Tamira Paszek of Austria narrowly beat Canada's Stephanie Dubois 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Paszek will play Peer in Saturday's semifinals. Peer won their only meeting, at the 2007 Fed Cup.
American Irina Falconi also advanced to the next round by handling France's Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-3. Falconi will play the winner of the Nadia Petrova and Bojana Jovanovski match.
In doubles play, Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva beat Alberta Brianti and Eleni Daniilidou 7-5, 6-0 to advance to the final.


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BRYONY Haines was one of Kidderminster and Stourport AC's star performer in the final Heart of England Division Two on home soil.
Haines won the under-17s 1,500 metre in four minutes and 54.7 seconds and was also third in the javelin.
In the U11 boys, Alex Cook was second in the long jump with 3.43m,while Ryan Bennett was first in the B long jump with 3.42m and took third in the 75m B.
For the U13 boys Jake Lowe won the 800m in 2.30.1 and he also took fourth in the high jump. Chris Telling sealed third place in the shot B.
Jack Lambert earned second places, in the javelin (21.52m) and shot putt (7.91m), while Sam Landan picked up first in the U13s 1500m B and was second in the javelin B.
James Milburn was first in the U15s high jump (1.66m), third in the long jump (5.10m) and second in the 80m hurdles (13.7s).
Eddie Roberts was third in the 800m in 2.19.5 Tom Palmer won the 800m B (2.23.0) and third in the 400m B, while James Bendall was third in the javelin.
Alex Sparks won the U17 high jump with 1.50m, Justin Lee was third in the long jump B while Tyrique Liburd came seventh in the 200m and second in the 400m B.
Finally, Harvey Goulding won the 100m hurdles and was third in the 400m in 58.3secs.
For the U11 girls, Libby Hawkeswell was second in the 600m (2.03.1), Libby Oliver took third in the long jump (3.20m) and Hannah Telling picked up seventh in both the 600m and 75m B races.
At U13, Deanna Clarke was runner-up in the 70m hurdles (12.5s) and second in the 800m (2.32.0) as well as taking third place in the shot.
Emily Crump was second in the long jump B and fifth in the 100m and Millie Hodges took fourth in the B.
There was a second-place for Olivia Jones in the U15 75m hurdles (14s) and also second in the high jump with 1.35m.
Georgina Knott was second in the shot with 8.33m and third in the long jump B, with Ellie England taking second in the A and victory in the 200m (28.9s).
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Two companies – one of which specializes in hotels, not arts venues – are competing for the contract to manage the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.
VenuWorks – the Iowa-based arena, theater and convention-center firm that has managed the PAC since it opened in January 2009 – is being challenged by St. Paul-based LHR Hospitality Management, whose portfolio runs to hotels, resorts, restaurants and golf courses.
So far, VenuWorks is winning, though the City Council will have the final say.
A committee that evaluated proposals from and interviewed each company is recommending that the contract stay with VenuWorks. The committee consists of five city staffers, including City Manager Craig Ebeling and Chief Financial Officer Heather Johnston, and three members of the PAC's citizen advisory commission.
Officials are revealing little about the recommendation, on which the full commission will vote April 10. Its recommendation will then go to the council.
If LHR gains favor with council members, it could signal a desire to attract more meeting business in the city's ongoing effort to reduce the PAC's annual operating losses.
"I think that one proposer is definitely an entertainment promoter," Council Member Mary Sherry said in an interview, referring to VenuWorks. "And the other group, their focus is on hospitality. They each look at the BPAC through a different lens."
Sherry said she welcomes LHR's ideas: "I think that it is refreshing to see that there is someone who wants to look at this in a different way."
Sherry said she's surprised the company even responded to the city's request for proposals to manage the center. VenuWorks' current contract, its second as the PAC's management firm, expires at the end of this year.
"Right out of the gate, no one ever expected anybody to come in with a proposal other than VenuWorks," Sherry said, adding that arts-facility management is a narrow-niche business.
Two principals in LHR are Burnsville residents: Joel Cairy, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Mike Tozier, chief financial officer.
The company has more than 30 years in the hospitality business and has been affiliated with more than 300 hotels nationally and internationally, according to its website.
In 2011, LHR owned or managed 820 hotel rooms, the company says. It generates nearly $22.7 million in annual revenues.
The two companies are competing for a contract that carried a management fee of $131,000 in 2012.
Mindful of public scrutiny of the PAC, whose construction many citizens opposed as too costly, council members insisted on having a chance to interview the companies, in addition to the interviews already done by the RFP committee.
The council could decide on April 16 to schedule interviews, possibly in a joint session on April 23 with the Performing Arts Center
Advisory Commission.
Council Member Dan Kealey said he wants the benefit of having questioned the applicants before taking a vote he'll have to defend later.
"This is a $20 million facility," Kealey said at the council's March 12 work session, where he raised the interview topic. "This is a major decision in the life of that facility. It was a very controversial facility to build."
"It was controversial," Sherry said at the work session. "We don't want to inflame any more controversy. So I think we want to make it clear we're being very deliberate about this and we're very, very careful about it."
The public won't, however, get to see copies of the companies' submittals before the council votes, City Attorney Joel Jamnik said.
State law classifies them as private, and they can't be released until after the vote, he told the council.
Under the request-for-proposals process, the council isn't obligated to choose the least expensive proposal.
"This is a request for proposals, not a request for bids," Johnston said in an interview. "So there's a fair amount of consideration you can bring into the process."
The PAC suffered steep losses in its first two years but rebounded to hit pre-opening forecasts of annual operating losses of $350,000 or less.
Operating losses totaled $285,747 in 2012, compared with $304,853 in 2011, the city reported.
Total operating expenses were $1.23 million last year, and nonoperating expenses were $699,678, according to the city.


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Our blog reader Luka shared a magnificent kiss with us.
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My name is Luka. This is a photo of my girlfriend, Sanja, and me. It was made kinda spontaneously. She was in a photo studio and I just came to pick her up so we could go out but the photographer insisted to take a picture of us. It's just irreplaceable, so many memories linked to it… I always make that *awww* sound when I see it. It just reminds me how beautiful it is to have her by my side. She is a true God's gift. 🙂
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DETROIT - One woman was killed and another seriously hurt Friday night in a hit-and-run on Detroit's northwest side.
Detroit police office Patricia Crawford said the 53-year-old and 41-year-old women were hit just after 11 p.m. while they were crossing West Seven Mile Road near Prevost Street.
Crawford said the driver never hesitated and made a quick getaway going north on Prevost.
"There was a whole lot of traffic out there. Even if you did not see the accident, you may have seen the vehicle before the accident. Hopefully, someone got a license plate," Crawford said.
She said police were looking for a light colored Buick, possibly a Century, that would have damage to it's driver's side area. The car also had a distinct different, dark colored, from passenger door.
Witness Frank Williams said he saw several people trying to help the women as they lay in the street by stopping traffic around them.
"It was an ugly scene. Whoever hit them will hopefully get caught because that was pretty bad," he said.
The victim's names have not been released.
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Grandview Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser to benefit Indiana family
A daylong fundraiser at Grandview Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday will benefit a family dealing with the death of one child and the hospitalization of another because of a fire.
"Battle of Entertainment" from noon to 9 p.m. will raise money for the family of Michael and Dominic Collier.
Michael, 8, died in a Feb. 15 fire at his family's mobile home in Young Township, Indiana County. His brother, 6-year-old Dominic, was in stable condition earlier this week at UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh.
Vickie Milliron, a Claridge woman whose son is engaged to the boys' mother, Theresa Firek, also died in the fire.
Michael and Dominic's father, Michael Jr., and grandfather, Michael Sr., are members of the Grandview department. Firefighters used a fire engine last month to transport Michael's casket to a Delmont cemetery.
The boys' aunt, Hollie Schreiber, helped to organize the fundraiser, which will include many of the acts that frequently perform at her parents' restaurant, Franko's Sports Bar and Grille in Jeannette. Tickets will cost $10.
"It's absolutely wonderful. I didn't realize how tight the community was," Schreiber said. "It's definitely going to be a big thing."
A table will be set up at the department for donations, including toys for Dominic.
Schreiber said Dominic has burns on 30 percent of his body. He has significant lung damage but recently was taken off a ventilator.
"He's doing better," She said. "We're just keeping our thoughts positive."
Parking at the fire station will be available only for those with physical disabilities. Elliott Group is opening its parking lot on Fourth Street in Jeannette to attendees. First Student will provide a shuttle to the fire station.
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Investigative TV journalism at its best.
News, articles and background resources on the Exclusive Brethren church; plus interview transcripts with ex-members.
Reporter: Quentin McDermott
Date: 25/09/2006
»Ngaire Thomas Interview Transcript
Read the edited transcript of Quentin McDermott's interview with former Exclusive Brethren member, Ngaire Thomas, on the Church as a cult.
"Brethren school kids 'brainwashed'" The Australian, 25 September 2006
Children at taxpayer-funded schools run by the Exclusive Brethren sect are brainwashed and their basic texts are crudely censored, say former teachers. »Read more.
"I was hired by Brethren to dig dirt: detective" AM ABC, 23 September 2006
It sounds a bit like a plot from a Dan Brown thriller; the case of the Prime Minister, the private eyes and the religious sect. But across the Tasman this week, truth has been stranger than fiction. First Helen Clark claimed a smear campaign aimed at her and her husband has been organised and orchestrated by the Exclusive Brethren. Now a private detective has confirmed he was hired by the Brethren to try to dig up dirt on Labour. »Read more.
"Greens urge transparency on Exclusive Brethren's activities" ABC News 19 September 2006
The Greens have called on the Christian religious sect, the Exclusive Brethren, to be open about whether it is getting involved in the Victorian election campaign. Read more.
"Exclusive Brethren not funding us: Ryan" ABC News 19 September 2006
Victorian Nationals leader Peter Ryan says his party has not been offered money by the religious group the Exclusive Brethren, despite the group endorsing his policies. »Read more.
"High price of leaving Brethren" The Mercury 13 August 2006
Mark Humber was a poster boy for the Exclusive Brethren. »Read more.
"Brown plans Exclusive Brethren inquiry motion" 11 August 2006
Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says he will push ahead with a move to establish an inquiry into a reclusive religious group, despite likely opposition from the Federal Government. »Read more.
BBC Religion & Ethics - The Exclusive Brethren
BBC Online present an overview of the Exclusive Brethren, their Church and community life.
Background Briefing - Elusive Exclusive Brethren 30 April 2006
They shun contact with the world. Not just with technology, books, radio and TV, but also other people. They do not vote, because voting interferes with God's right to ordain who rules. But Satan has infiltrated democracy and the Exclusive Brethren have started putting money and time into political campaigns. Read more.
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QUINTON will get improved transport links as part of a massive Government cash boost announced today.
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership is to receive £357.3m from the Local Growth Fund (LGF) to help provide up to 19,000 jobs as part of its Growth Deal.
In total, 34 projects have been approved with £63.4m available for the financial year 2015-16 to get schemes started quickly.
The £12.2million Hagley Road Sprint project will a state-of-the-art bus route installed from Quinton to Birmingham.
A spokesman for GBSLEP said: "This project will deliver a Bus Rapid Transit scheme operating from Birmingham City Centre towards the west of the city along the Hagley Road to Quinton.
"This will provide a major upgrade to public transport in this corridor and link key economic sites with key residential areas and ultimately to HS2."
He added: "The funding is available in 2015/16."
The Growth Deal is a new way of working between the LEP and Central Government to ensure that the area is able to exploit the benefits of HS2 and improive investment, jobs and skills.
Andy Street, GBSLEP chairman, said: "This Growth Deal is a clear vote of confidence in the economic renaissance of Greater Birmingham and a sign that Government has faith in our ability to deliver.
"We have been able to secure funding for much needed projects, a carefully chosen mix of shovel-ready schemes we can kick on with almost immediately and support for longer-term projects.
"Perhaps more importantly we have won support for our long-term vision to secure the position of our city region as the pre-eminent economy outside London.
Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council, said: "This is great news for Birmingham and Quinton.
"The announcements in this Growth Deal will help kick-start a range of major projects that will support the delivery of an improved transport system for the city, particularly with some further Metro extensions, and the creation of new jobs for local people."


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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns - Review
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns is a thriller worth its salt putt off by a few inconsistencies. Don't miss it, especially if you don't mind a good game of political double-crossing.
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What would a king be if it were not for his ego masked under his pride? Even when he shows care and tenderness, there is an air of, "See, I can be nice." The queens are helpless, assured about their helplessness and yet maintain their dignity with elegance and grace. Or at least try to. And they are all hurt, conniving, and devious when they want to be. Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster Returns etches its characters in much more detail than this broad stroke and is a huge step ahead of the first installment.
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns is one of those rare thrillers, with double-crossing at its core, to get the balance right. This once, the motivations are more or less clear and the character transformations are digestible given the context of the film. Yet, the film doesn't lose out on its unpredictability. You know that pretty much each one of the main leads is capable of anything, especially if wronged, yet you are curious about their next move.
At more than two junctures, a character is put in a wonderful dilemma. A dilemma that tests their loyalties and makes them question the loyalty of the person presenting the dilemma too. This is the most significant improvement over Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, aided by the fact that sex isn't the only symbol of being in love. Unfortunately, some of these dilemmas don't see a proper conclusion. They are sort-of left hanging in the air.
Another distraction was the ambiance. Surely, the film had a majestic air about it. But that is only because of the performances, the language used - aristocracy oozing out of words. The rest of the setting, the background music, the production design were far removed from being royal. Yes, the palaces are supposed to be dilapidated. But some inconsistencies throw you off, like a run-down palace has a modern, expensive shower head, in the bathroom.
On the other hand a Polo sequence takes you to an atmosphere far away from where you are, into their world, into poised men and women who'd cross any limits to honor what they believe to be their heritage. But you don't stay their through the film, even for scenes that are set in palaces. For example, a wailing baby in the background seems completely out of place.
Also, out of place are some decisions. Did we really need an item number? Even worse, did we need a Raj Babbar to be comic relief in the said song? And how much of a sore thumb is the 'returns' in the title?!
If you let that be though, the lead characters are lovely shades of grey. Even if Mahie Gill didn't play it out well, her Madhavi wants it all with minimum effort is the most intriguing. Soha Ali Khan's Ranjana might be the lightest shade of grey, but some events in life do bring out the worst in you, don't they? These women are not the strongest ones around, but they somehow manage to stay on top.
Of the cast, Mahie Gill sticks out as over-the-top. Right, she is the sex-deprived unsuccessful seductress, who finds her way out through a drink and another, but she is extremely unconvincing. Especially amidst other wonder lead performances. Both Jimmy Shergill and Soha Ali Khan have a screen presence befitting their characters' ancestry. Jimmy Shergill more than Soha Ali Khan. Irrfan Khan as the only one fighting for his family's honor is as goofy and likable as he always is.
Just for these performances and some sharp dialogue laced around obviously film-y lines, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns is a decent watch. Add to that well-written lead characters and it becomes a must watch that can make you let the follies be.
- meeta, a part of the audience
Parental Guidance:
- Violence: A few gun shots.
- Language: Aristocratic. Though I have a feeling it might be considered pedestrian by real-life royalty, from yesteryears.
- Nudity & Sexual content: A couple of making out scenes. One lip-to-lip kiss.
- Concept: Love, honor, betrayal.
- General Look and Feel: Elegant for most parts.
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Facebook Twitter YouTube Wikipedia IMDB
- Banner: Brandsmith Motion Pictures, Tigmanshu Dhulia Films, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
- Producer: Tigmanshu Dhulia, Rahul Mittra, Rahul Mittra
- Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Lead Cast: Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Soha Ali Khan, Mahi Gill
- Supporting Cast: Raj Babbar, Deep Raja Rana, Parvesh Rana
- Story: Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kamal Pandey
- Screenplay: Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Dialogues: Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Cinematography: Yogesh Jani
- Editor: Rahul Srivastava
- Action Choreography: Kaushal, Moses
- Music Director: Sandeep Chowta
- Lyrics: Kausar Munir, Sandeep Nath
- Costume Designer: Tulika Dhulia
- Art Direction: Dhananjay Mondal
- Facebook Page: Link
- Running time: 140 minutes
- Reviewer: meeta
- Language: Hindi
- Country: India
- Genres: Crime, Politics, Thriller
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I'm looking forward to this one.
@Manik So, how did you like it?
Haven't seen it yet. I just wanted to ask you something..if one has hasn't seen the 1st part, will he still be able to get the 2nd part ? I've seen the 1st but my friends haven't...
@Manik Yeah, they should actually. Except for the equation between Aditya (Jimmy Shergill) and his wife, Madhavi (Mahie Gill), everything is more or less fresh. So, you could give them that background.
Direction: 2
Story: 3.5
Lead Actors: 3
Character Artists: 2
Dialogues: 2
Screenplay: 2.5
Music Director: 0
Lyrics: 0
The ibnlive link redirects to India Today review for 'Saare Jahan se Mehenga'...
Hey Harsh! Thanks for pointing it out, fixed!
A good example of how the different aspects of film-making(eg;acting, dialogue, screenplay and direction etc) can be quite good and still the finished whole may be disappointing.
One observation: the very unpredictability of most of the characters, robs the twists in the plot of its frisson.
I agree, Meetu, the comic relief in the item number was completely out of place and harked back to the 70s and 80s when Prem Chopra or Amrish Puri would play the fool around the cabaret dancer. Also the faux interview with the minister, though entertaining because of 2 good actors(Irrfan & Rajeev Gupta) flirted with the slapstick and did not really belong.
@Samir It is subjective, no? This time the unpredictability of the characters worked for me, in terms of bringing unpredictability within the plot. Agree with you about the interview.


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9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar® Race
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
- Argentina, "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Juan Jose Campanella, director
- Australia, "Samson & Delilah," Warwick Thornton, director
- Bulgaria, "The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner," Stephan Komandarev, director
- France, "Un Prophète," Jacques Audiard, director;
- Germany, "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke, director;
- Israel, "Ajami," Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, directors
- Kazakhstan, "Kelin," Ermek Tursunov, director
- The Netherlands, "Winter in Wartime," Martin Koolhoven, director
- Peru, "The Milk of Sorrow," Claudia Llosa, director
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2009 are again being determined in two phases.
The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 65 eligible films between mid-October and January 16. The group's top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 29, through Sunday, January 31, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, announced ten teams of college journalists as semifinalists in the 2010 Oscar Correspondent Contest, each vying for a coveted position on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood. The semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order by university:
- Chapman University, Orange, CA—Rachel Berry (anchor) and Christian Hartnett (videographer)
- Emerson College, Boston, MA—Terry Stackhouse (anchor) and Zach Cusson (videographer)
- Emerson College—Dean Dimitruk (anchor) and Tyler Weinberger (videographer)
- Florida A&M University, Tallahassee—Brandon McCaskill (anchor) and Kiarra Hart (videographer)
- Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro—Nicki DeCroce (anchor) and Tony Holt (videographer)
- Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ—Kelly Dixon (anchor) and Gina Grosso (videographer)
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY—Eeshé White (anchor) and Patrick House (videographer)
- Texas State University-San Marcos—Amanda Dugan (anchor) and Colby Howell (videographer)
- University of South Dakota, Vermillion—Angie Lacompte (anchor) and Travis Berg (videographer)
- University of Texas at Austin—Loren Grush (anchor) and Xorje Olivares (videographer)
On February 12, the three teams with the most online votes, and as agreed upon by the Academy and mtvU, will advance to the final round of competition. From February 16 to March 2, fans can continue to cast their votes for the teams of finalists as they compete for grand prize.
The grand prize-winning team will be revealed on Saturday, March 6, at an Academy press conference. The anchor and videographer will be awarded a spot on the red carpet for the 82nd Academy Awards arrivals, as well as credentials for access to backstage press rooms. The winning team's coverage will be aired on MTV News and mtvU. The two finalist teams will receive bleacher seats along the red carpet and admission to an Oscar viewing party.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest times for Walt Disney World parks, and the entertainment giant expects hundreds of thousands of guests to walk through the gates to start the monstrous event.
At 6 a.m. Friday, hundreds of people flooded through the gates as the Magic Kingdom opened for the 24-hour all-nighter to kick off the summer.
"I've had a lot of coffee this morning. I have caffeine pills, lattes throughout the park," one energetic guest said.
Local 6 was there as guests started lining up before 5 a.m. for the occasion.
"We are maybe playing hooky from school so we will be here for a while ... riding rides, get some food. I saw they have cupcakes, I'm excited for that," said Elissa Alvey, who was at the park with her 7-year-old daughter.
Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc. were just some of the big names at the morning opening.
From special entertainment to monster-themed merchandise and frightening foods, guests got a special treat for the unique event.
"We've already tried to scout out some locations to take a nap, so we are planning ahead," Matt Sanders said.
The gates at the Magic Kingdom will be open until 6 a.m. Saturday for the first time this year.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Even with a $471 million overhaul, complete with a retractable roof, supersized concourse and upgraded seating, Tropicana Field would remain a subpar facility with substantial design flaws, according to a Tampa Bay Rays' consultant report released Monday.
"When we got done this would be a B-, B+ type of baseball facility as opposed to, obviously, if we do a brand new ballpark, it would be an A+," said Joe Spears, president of Populous, a design firm hired by the Rays.
The Rays' ownership group has long dismissed pleas to renovate and preserve Tropicana Field, citing the cost and difficulty of refurbishing the aging, multiuse stadium into a first-class ballpark. The report supports the team's assertion that a new stadium would compete as an entertainment venue and attract more fans.
"We believe the study leaves little doubt that a renovation of Tropicana Field would not be a prudent course of action going forward," wrote Michael Kalt, Rays vice president of development and business affairs, in a letter to A Baseball Community, the civic group that is studying the possibilities of a new ballpark.
Converting Tropicana Field into a first-class facility would require a sweeping redesign, the report says, so much so that the project would cost more than the Rays' abandoned plan to build a $450 million waterfront stadium.
But that doesn't necessarily mean a major renovation project is off the table.
A revamped Tropicana Field could still be in the community's best interest, said Jeff Lyash, chairman of the ABC coalition and president of Progress Energy Florida.
And the group has discussed hiring an independent consultant to take a second look at how much it would cost to remodel the downtown stadium, although Lyash stressed he did not think the Rays' commissioned report was biased.
So what's wrong with Tropicana Field?
The seats are too narrow, views of the field are obstructed throughout the stadium, and the closed stadium contains no natural light, the study says. The concourse is too narrow and dead-ends, confusing fans and eliminating opportunities for socializing. Some seats are poorly located, so fans must turn to follow action on the field.
There's more.
The press box, nestled between pricey club suites, takes up too much prime real estate, according to the report. There aren't enough bathrooms or storage nooks, and the design makes cleanup too complicated. Roof catwalks obstruct some views of the field.
The report calls for removing several rows of seats in each lower deck section and at least five rows of seats in many upper deck sections to improve field visibility. That would eliminate nearly 2,000 lower deck seats, leaving a higher proportion of seats in the upper decks, where tickets are cheap and fans are far from the field.
Nearly 1,800 seats would also be removed in the outfield to create a continuous view of the field from the concourse.
The suite and club level would be replaced with larger suites. The press box would be relocated to the upper deck.
In all, the seating changes would remove at least 7,000 of Tropicana Field's 43,000 seats.
The costliest change would require removing the dome roof and replacing it with a retractable fabric roof, along with glass or transparent panes in the exterior wall to bring in more natural light. These features add up to at least $221 million, or almost half of the total renovation cost.
The redesign could be completed as soon as 2013, the report states.
Construction would likely force the team to move to a temporary location for some or all of one season.
The renovation estimates do not include the cost of a temporary move, which would likely add to the final price tag.
The report's findings were not unexpected.
Rick Mussett, the city's development administrator, said any comparison between a structure designed in the 1980s and a 21st century facility would favor the latter. The Rays' insistence on a new stadium is still a matter of opinion, he said.
"It's need vs. want."
The stadium has played a significant role in the forthcoming mayoral election, with many candidates calling for the team to keep Tropicana Field or build a new stadium near that site.
Mayoral hopeful Scott Wagman questioned Populous' projected price tag.
"That's a lot of money," he said. "That's more than what they said it would cost to build a waterfront stadium. That makes no sense to me."
The report did little to sway candidates who have rallied to keep the stadium or refurbish it.
"I still believe Tropicana Field is suitable for major league baseball and can make money for the team as long as they have a winning product," said Bill Foster, who supports giving voters the final say on whether a new stadium should be built.
Larry Williams said he was glad the ABC coalition will consider recommending a renovated Tropicana Field.
"It's still my first choice," he said.
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