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Backyard Theatre presents Absurdities by Michael Pohl
Backyard Theatre presents Absurdities by Michael Pohl at the Gryphon Theatre from April 23 to May 3
Following a trial season at the Understudy at Bats, Absurdities takes the Gryphon Theatre on Ghuznee St by storm. This sharp, satircial, hilarious is made of a series of short sketches in the vein of such acts as Monty Python, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and Saturday Night Live.
Join us for an evening where we discover how Napoleon would fare in today's competitive job market, what the Prime Minister is planning to do with those series of blast furnaces down in Southland, what old people get up to when the youngsters aren't looking, and what trees think about people on smartphones.
Avsurdities is author Michael Pohl's first full-length show. "The original idea came from my friend Cordelia. She liked a bunch of the short stuff I'd written, and so I said, yeah, why not?"
About his sketches, Pohl says, "I like things that are short and snappy, that say their piece, and say it efficiently, cleverly, and quickly. Compression is a great challenge; telling a convincing story in the shortest possible timeframe."
Director Shannon Friday, who has worked with Pohl on a number of shorter plays, says the show is a fun challenge. "It's great to work with such diverse bits – there's everything from political satire to crotch jokes. And to be able to play around with so many styles is just really fun.
"I grew up watching Monty Python and Saturday Night Live, and now it's just great to be able to play in that paddling pool. You realize those guys are so sharp and so good at what they do."
The two differ on their favourite bits. Says Pohl, "The Queen and her advisor, definitely. Really short but gets the job done with a minimum of fuss." Friday says, "I like the scene we're just calling 'the crotch scene.' It's great physical comedy that hints at some great stuff around gender and bodies – but mostly it is just pretty funny to see people scratching themselves like that onstage."
For those wondering about the content, Friday says, "I'd say it's rated PG-13 – pretty good if you're 13."
23 April to 3 May
Gryphon Theatre, 22Ghuznee St
7.30PM April 23- 26
6.30PM April 29, 30
7.30PM May 1 – 3
Tickets $20 adult, $18 concession, $15 for
groups of ten or more.
2 tickets for $25 on April 24
Tickets available on www.iticket.co.nz.
Producer: Rodney Bane for Backyard Theatre
Lighting/Sound: Aaron Blackledge
Writer: Michael Pohl
Director: Shannon Friday
Cast: Rose Cann, James Bayliss, Michael Pohl, Tracey Gardiner, and Hugo Randall


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A DRUG with the potential to cause cancer in humans might have entered the food chain through horse meat slaughtered in UK abattoirs, Labour has claimed.
Shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh told the Commons she had evidence that "several" horses slaughtered in the UK last year tested positive for the carcinogen phenylbutazone.
Agriculture minister David Heath told the Commons the Food Standards Agency checks all meat to ensure it is fit for human consumption. "Where positive results of phenylbutazone are found the FSA investigates and takes follow-up action to trace the meat," he told MPs.
Ms Creagh told the minister: "I am in receipt of evidence showing that several horses slaughtered in UK abattoirs last year tested positive for phenylbutazone, or bute, a drug which causes cancer in humans and is banned from the human food chain.
"It is possible that those animals entered the human food chain."
She asked if Mr Heath was aware of the cases and the minister told her: "The Food Standards Agency carry out checks in slaughterhouses to ensure that equine animals presented for slaughter are fit for human consumption in the same way as they do for cattle, sheep and other animals.
"In addition, the FSA carry out subsequent testing for phenylbutazone and other veterinary medicines in meat from horses slaughtered in this country."
The claim that bute could have entered the food chain follows the separate revelation that burgers sold by Tesco and other supermarkets contained traces of horse meat.
Ms Creagh called on the Government to reverse a "reckless" decision to scrap the National Equine Database (NED).
Mr Heath said: "There is no difficulty in tracing the use of a horse passport. To suggest the National Equine Database was required to do that is simply erroneous."
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At the end of 1979 the UK was swept by 2-Tone fever as bands like The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat and more got the country up and dancing to music based around the Ska and Rocksteady sounds of 1960's Jamaican music. Indeed many of theses bands littered their sets with cover versions of hits of that time from artists such as Prince Buster, Toots & The Maytals, The Pioneers and Dandy Livingstone.
Now Sean Flowerdew, the man behind the London International Ska Festival, band Pama International and Cherry Red Records ska imprint Phoenix City has gathered together, with the aid of Lenny Bignell from the Sidewalk Doctors, a host of artists to form the Phoenix City All-stars who are celebrating this most iconic of British labels by taking some of 2-Tone's greatest songs and replanting them firmly in 1960's Jamaica.
The album kicks off with a cover of a cover as 'One Step Beyond' is stolen back from Madness and given a thunderous authentic ska workout in the style of the Skatalites, Lee Thompson's singular wailing sax replaced by a trio of brass riding an encompassing swishing cymbal beat. Then without breaking stride it's into The Specials 'Stereotype' with jazzy guitar and melodica taking turns to replace Terry Hall's acid vocals. Neol Davies' instrumental 'The Selecter', which appeared on the B-side of The Specials 'Gangsters' and was originally titled 'The Kingston Affair', receives similar treatment as does the seminal UK #1 form The Specials 'Ghost Town' as the bpm is upped on both giving them a more vibrant feel, though the subtle guitar work and horns still preserve some of that eerie feel.
The Beat's debut and only 2-Tone released single, a cover of Smokey Robinson's 'Tears of a Clown', is slowed down and stripped back to give it a Rocksteady feel with Dave Barker (the voice of Dave & Ansell Collins) applying sweet and soulful vocals. 'The Prince', Madness' tribute to Prince Buster, sees the jerky edges of the original smoothed out into a more flowing and suitably Jackie Mitto styled, fairground organ led number.
Album closer 'Too Much Too Dub' finds The Specials 'Too Much Too Young', a song loosely based around Lloyd Charmers 'Birth Control' turned into another organ led cut this time with an early reggae vibe that is more in tune with the album version of the track as opposed to the live version that was the bands other UK #1.
Out of all this though the highlight for me is the reworking of Elvis Costello's 'I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down'. Costello was not a "ska artist" per se though he did produce The Specials debut L.P and some of his songs like 'Watching The Detectives' had obvious reggae influences. The song covered here and which was originally done by soul duo Sam and Dave, appeared with the afore mentioned title on an unreleased 2-Tone single that was given away free at gigs and so qualifies to be part this collection. The Allstars take this song and completely make it their own thanks to boss reggae styling and Dave Barker's vocals making this a real heartfelt lament.
This album could so easily have fallen into the chessey trap, like so many other albums that try to take popular music and turn it into something different, but perhaps because this is taking the music back to where it once came and the obvious love and respect that all concerned have for it thankfully never befalls such a fate. The sound of the album is as close to the Studio One / Treasure Isle sounds as you are likely to get and even the simple yet effective battered looking cover smacks of nostalgia. This is not just an album for old 2-Tone "Rude Boys" but one that anyone with a love of early Jamaican music will find a delight as the music that helped spawn a British phenomenon is repatriated to the young sounds of Jamaica
Released on the 3rd September via Phoenix City / Cherry Red Records 'Two Tone Gone Ska' is available as CD, digital download and on strictly limited (only 250 numbered copies) vinyl album.
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LONDON – He is out of form to the extent of becoming a liability, his mistakes are too frequent and costly, while his goal probably seems like the Grand Canyon, but Joe Hart will play for England in the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland that will decide its 2014 fate.
Hart was blamed for two of Bayern Munich's goals in the 3-1 win at Manchester City on Wednesday. It is not just a poor run of form, the dip has been year-long and Hart has been a different goalkeeper to the reliable stopper he was at Euro 2012.
He has too often been unconvincing, particularly on set pieces, raising doubts about the belief England had found its long-term goalkeeper.
Roy Keane was one of the first to question Hart, wondering if he had become too big-headed, believing in his own publicity and a series of commercials for a shampoo manufacturer has given writers scope for follicle fun.
It is a sad commentary on the dearth of English goalkeeping talent that Roy Hodgson must continue to pick the Manchester City player. In any other position England has viable options, but the goalkeeping cupboard is almost bare.
There are only three English goalkeepers who are first choice in the Premier League: Hart, Norwich City's John Ruddy and David Stockdale of Fulham.
Does Hodgson stick or twist?
He will stick.
"Joe Hart is my No. 1 and has never let me down," said Hodgson, turning a blind eye to goals scored by Poland and Scotland in the past 12 months. "I like him to get rave reviews for playing well and I am sure he's not happy with criticism, but this is a fact of life I have to live with . . . that sometimes players are in the squad on the back of displays they have been criticized for. But Joe has earned the right, the other two keepers have not yet."
The other two 'keepers are Ruddy, whose international experience is 45 minutes of a friendly against Italy 14 months ago, and Fraser Forster of Celtic who has no international caps. Hodgson should have given the back-ups more international experience, if only in friendlies, and will need to if England qualifies for the World Cup next year.
Those who believe Hart has become too big a liability should remember how Scott Carson was given his competitive debut by Steve McClaren against Croatia in November 2007 at Wembley.
England lost 3-2, Carson at fault for Niko Kranj's opening goal. McClaren was sacked the following day after England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008.
It is also a risk to play someone whose confidence has been battered and is making elementary mistakes. A goalkeeper's errors are invariably highlighted and more costly than any other players' glitches, but over the past year Hart's have been mounting at a worrying rate. The Montenegro coach, Branko Brnovic, will be planning for a Hart attack as he prepares his team for next Friday's match at Wembley, reminding his players to pressurize the goalkeeper at every opportunity.
How Hodgson must cast an envious eye at Spain, which has Iker Casillas, Pepe Reina, Victor Valdes, David de Gea and Diego Lopez, any one of whom would be a safer option than the current ordinary Joe.
NOT ONLY DOES the Football Association make up its own disciplinary rules, the governing body is also rewriting the English language.
Last July the F.A., under pressure to retrospectively punish violent conduct unseen by match officials, announced: "From the start of the new season, the F.A. will reserve the right to take retrospective action when match officials are not in a position to fully assess a coming together of players."
Now there will be a natural sense of justice for offenders. No more escaping for guilty parties. But we should have known better from an organization whose disciplinary process is so weak it virtually promotes foul play.
The chances of a player being charged and found guilty are minimal under the F.A.'s farcical rules despite the alleged changes to them.
When Tottenham played Chelsea last weekend, Fernando Torres clearly scratched Jan Vertongen, digging his nails into the Belgian's face. Referee Mike Dean was in no position to see this while an assistant referee, according to the F.A.'s coming together of the two players, albeit not in its entirety.
"If you do not see an incident in its entirety you surely cannot be in a position to fully assess what happened?"
So Torres could be charged?
Er, no.
In the F.A.'s view, "not seeing something in its entirety" is not the same as "not in a position to fully assess a coming together of players" so they "could not" charge Torres "in line with the F.A.'s policy on when retrospective action can be taken."
Retrospective action can, presumably, not be taken unless a player thumps an opponent 50 meters away from where the ball is.
Even F.A. chairman Greg Dyke was bemused by his organization's decision.
He said: "I suspect the F.A. needs to up its image. When they didn't charge Torres for scratching there was uproar (around the FA), but it was something that had been decided according to disciplinary rules. My view of the F.A. is that it needs to be more proactive and on the front foot."
Next season, to tighten up their rules, the F.A. will add "in the same year as Halley's comet appears."
Christopher Davies was a longtime Premier League correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph.


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Have even a trace of gunpowder on you from a shooting range? You may be in for a "deep frisking"
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
is tasked with fighting "the war on terror", but of late it has been accused of
creating more terror
than it prevents, with
invasive frisking of childrens' genital areas
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The DHS is eyeing new laser scanners to scan and detain "suspicious individuals" at police checkpoints in public locations. [Image Source: Genia]
that the scanner can "penetrate clothing and many other organic materials and offers spectroscopic information, especially for materials that impact safety such as explosives and pharmacological substances."
Thanks to the speed, the DHS is reportedly looking to deploy the scanners secretly at inter-state borders, international borders, and in airports.
The deployment raises some thorny issues, given the scanner's ability to detect such small traces of compounds. For example, smoke a bit of marijuana in a region where it's decriminalized or legal for medical uses, and you may now be arrested by DHS officers at the state border. Alternatively, you might go shooting at the gun range, but the trace amounts of gunpowder left on your clothing might earn you a date with "Mr. Happy Hands" of the
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In fact, DHS agents are eyeing the possibility of rolling the devices out all across the country, scanning everyone in any public location possible for signs of suspicion.
In-Q-Tel, the DHS contractor
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A scan takes only picoseconds and can be performed at distances of up to 50 meters, making it big brother's dream device.
III. Deployment is on Pace for 2013-2014
The creators are confident they can deliver on their objectives of ubiquitous privacy intrusion. Founded by a group of laser and fiber optic Ph.D specialists, Genia is among
several Universities and firms
worldwide making similar ambitious claims of laser scanners with molecule-level sensitivity.
A trip to the shooting range could soon make you wind up in federal custody.
[Image Source: Flickr]
Congressional testimony
the DHS revealed that deployment was only a year or two away, meaning the devices could start popping up in 2013.
From there, there's no telling how far down the dystopian things could go with molecule scanner. The scanner can sense signs of fear -- such as adrenaline -- even through car windows or in crowded shopping malls. The DHS has already acknowledge publicly experimenting with such
"future crime" profiling efforts
. In those projects the DHS expressed a desire to detain individuals in public locations who fit certain profiles that indicate they might be ready to commit a crime.
Will anxiety about a big deadline at work lead you to be
handcuffed in front of your children
at the shopping mall? There's no official word yet on such uses, but the hints are there, and the possibilities are frightening.
"So if you want to save the planet, feel free to drive your Hummer. Just avoid the drive thru line at McDonalds." -- Michael Asher
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Bipartisan House Group Hopes to Unveil Immigration Reform Plan
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While it has not been made public by the members themselves, a bipartisan group in the House, including Democratic Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez, California Democratic Congressman Xavier Becerra, Republican Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador, and Republican Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart have been meeting to work out a bipartisan proposal on immigration reform.
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Ministry Teams are our basic ministry structure of the church. Working under the guidance of either the Board of Elders or Board of Deacons, each team is formed around a particular ministry of the church. For instance, the Youth Ministry Team is a small group gathered to give leadership and vision to our youth ministries. That being said, each ministry team is much more than a glorified "committee", as each team is really a living and growing small group of believers working out of their passions and spiritual gifts. Such gifts and passions thus feed into and work from our overall vision of all of life to experience God's reconciling love. Deb Swanson gives leadership to the overall ministry team structure.
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Amherst Sweeps NESCAC Basketball Honors
Kelly '01, Sullivan '00 named Players of the Week after Williams sweep
AMHERST, Mass. - Amherst's men's and women's basketball teams swept the NESCAC Player of the Week honors on Monday, as junior Erik Kelly (Staples, MN), a guard on the 8-3 men's basketball team, and senior Co-captain Naomi Sullivan (Hudson, MA), a forward on the 7-4 women's squad, were named the conference's Men's and Women's Basketball Player of the Week, respectively.
Kelly, whose 14.5 points per game is a team
high, led the Jeffs to a pair of Little Three wins last week,
including Saturday night's dominating 72-54 win over arch-rival
Williams College. Against the Ephs, the junior scored all 12 of
his points in a second half which saw host Amherst blow open a
40-40 game with a 15-0 run. Kelly was five of eight from the field
during the second half, and finished the game with career highs
in assists (six) and steals (six) to go along with his 12-point
performance. Earlier in the week, the junior sharp-shooter posted
a game-high 18 points as the Jeffs cruised to an 84-65 win at
Wesleyan University, a game in which Kelly finished six of 14
from the field.
For the season, Kelly has shot 40 percent from behind the three-point arc (30-75), and his 3.2 assists per game is a NESCAC-best, as the Jeffs have collected wins in eight of their first 11 games, with the three losses coming by a combined total of eight points, including a pair of overtime heartbreakers. The win over Williams on Saturday was the Jeffs' third straight over their arch-rivals, the longest streak in over a decade, and their fourth straight home win against the Ephs. The men play their third Little Three game in a row on Tuesday night at home against Weselayn, and can guarantee themselves at least a share of their second straight Little Three title with a win over the Cardinals, who they face for the second time in six days.
Sullivan, whose 17.0 points per game is
good enough for second-best in the NESCAC, led the Jeffs to a
three-win week by averaging 22.0 points per game and just over
seven rebounds per in wins over Smith College, Babson College
and arch-rival Williams. The senior forward followed up her 22-point
performance against Smith on Tuesday night with 12 points in the
first 7:48 of Thursday's non-conference showdown at Babson, finishing
the game with 27 points in only 25 minutes, the second-highest
single-game mark of her career. Against Williams on Saturday,
Sullivan recorded her first double-double of the season, pulling
down 11 rebounds to go along with a team-high 17 points as the
Jeffs defeated the Ephs for the first time in two years, holding
on for a thrilling 53-50 win in front of a capacity LeFrak Gymnasium
For the season, Sullivan has scored in double figures in eight of the Jeffs' 11 games, including a career-high 33-point effort against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on December 7. The 5'11" senior also set an all-time Amherst single game record with nine assists against Mount Holyoke College earlier in the season, and is 15 assists away from 200 for her career, a mark that only four other Amherst women's basketball players have reached.
The Amherst women are also in action Tuesday night, as they head down to Middletown, Conn., to battle Wesleyan, also a 7:30 p.m. start.
Six different Amherst players sit atop various NESCAC leaderboards, including Kelly, junior guard Brian Daoust (Dover, MA), whose 87.5% performance from the foul line is a NESCAC best, and senior Co-captain Chris Smith (Swarthmore, PA), whose 63.2% shooting from the field puts him right behind the NESCAC leader. For the women, Sullivan's 17.0 points per game is number-two in the conference, freshman forward Sarah Walker (West Hartford, CT) sits atop the rebounding leaderboard, averaging 10.8 boards per game, and freshman point guard Sara Bozorg (Amherst, MA) is second in assists, posting 4.0 per game.
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I realized that last week my kid had a minor case of pink eye and I just chocked it up to an eye cold. He had a slightly runny nose so it just made sense to me. His eye wasn't hurting him, although it was goopy. I kept cleaning it for him and now I have pink eye. Yaaaaaaay. I realize it's pink eye now because when I woke up my eye was sealed shut. Wyatt's pink eye went away and he's fine, but now I'm dealing with it. It's not a serious case or anything and I've been doing some homeopathic stuff to see if that'll work. If not then I guess I'll have to head to the doctor. I was surprised that Wyatt's went away on it's own, although I feel like a crappy mom for not even realizing he had pink eye. Oops.
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THE Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police has been quizzed about alleged bribery and misconduct in public office by detectives in Northern Ireland.
Mark Gilmore, who has previously worked for Lancashire Constabulary grew up in Belfast and spent most of his career there.
He has been suspended on full pay by West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson following his former force's probe into the award of police vehicle contracts.
He voluntarily attended a police station in his native city last week for interview and Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) detectives are drawing up a file to be handed to prosecutors who will decide whether to press charges.
A PSNI statement said: "Detectives are also preparing a file on a 49-year-old man following inquiries into bribery and misconduct in public office which were initiated by this investigation."
Seven men have been arrested by detectives working on the case and questioned on suspicion of offences including bribery, misconduct in public office and procuring misconduct in public office.
Mr Gilmore a former commander for the Belfast region tactical support group, which deals with riots. He was further promoted, working in Lisburn, went on secondment with Lancashire Police and in 2008 he was appointed as chief of staff to Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) president Sir Ken Jones.
Five years ago he became assistant chief constable of West Yorkshire Police, then deputy chief of Northumbria Police in 2011.
He was appointed as the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police last year, replacing Sir Norman Bettison.


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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (Mar. 5)
Egypt must not return to Gaza, "in any shape or form," Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's Foreign Minister, declared today. "We must be absolutely certain that Egypt cannot return to Gaza. Egypt has forfeited is rights under the 1949 armistice agreement. Egypt has voided those rights.
"We hope that the United Nations Emergency Force will be able to keep peace on the borders and give sufficient protection to our settlers, but the return of Egypt to Gaza is out of the question."
Mrs. Meir made these statements today at a luncheon where she was the guest of honor of the United Nations Correspondents Association. The Association drew one of the largest audiences in its eight-year history for today's event. The luncheon was tendered to Mrs. Meir prior to her return to Israel tomorrow.
The Israel Foreign Minister warned the world that Israel is ready once more to defend its security if it has to do so. She declared: "We cannot compromise with the security of our people. Without the assurance of security–the alternative is war. We hope, we assume, we expect that after all that has been said and done at the United Nations and elsewhere that the security of Israel now rests not only with Israel. We hope it will not be necessary again for Israel to take up arms. God forbid such an eventuality. But if it will become necessary we shall stand up to our responsibility."


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When New York City architect Curtis B. Wayne first started talking about "The Fourth Architecture," it was clear he was not doing so to make friends. You do not write manifestos to make friends. You write them because of some perceived urgency, because the time is right.
As a long-standing practitioner, radio host, and graduate of Cooper Union and Harvard's Graduate School of Design, he already has a lot of friends. What he's interested in is saving architecture from the current orthodoxy of form-making over substance, or "sculpture you can live in." "We are too wise for this," writes Wayne.
In fact, I can go further. Judging from the little red book that has finally emerged from Wayne's brain, appropriately titled, The Shape of Things that Work: The Fourth Architecture, I'm almost certain he set out to piss people off. But not without a purpose.


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Top Dog: Charles M. Schulz
Charles Schulz's ubiquitous beagle, is the world's preeminent pooch
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Schulz insisted that Charlie Brown remained the star of the strip--which in its Sunday version sometimes carried the title "Peanuts, featuring 'Good ol' Charlie Brown.'" But he somewhat reluctantly acknowledged that Snoopy "rivals and sometimes surpasses Charlie Brown in popularity."
"I have to be careful not to let the ubiquitous beagle run away with the strip," he wrote. The fact is, Snoopy ran, danced and flew away with it in his Sopwith Camel long ago. Paris' Louvre Museum held a "Peanuts" exhibition in 1990 entitled "Snoopy in Fashion" and featured Snoopy dolls decked out in clothes devised for him by top designers. In Rome, "Il Mondo di Snoopy" was showcased in 1992--the same year the Montreal Museum displayed "Snoopy the Masterpiece."
Snoopy even has been the star of his own Ice Follies television show, "Snoopy's International Ice Follies." And when the little red-haired girl finally appeared in the strip, she was shown as a silhouette--dancing with Snoopy.
In her biography, Johnson devoted an entire chapter to "Snoopy's Groupies." These include a woman whose house is stuffed with Snoopy and "Peanuts" memorabilia ("I hope I die first," her indulgent but weary husband sighed); and Judy Sladky, a former skating champion who was selected by Schulz to make public appearances in a Snoopy costume--and now has done so for some 30 years. Sladky proudly recalled being in costume backstage at New York's Carnegie Hall and having the late conductor Leonard Bernstein embrace her huge Snoopy nose and fervently say: "You're a genius."
Among the many "Peanuts"-related Web sites is www.warmpuppy.net, which features a section devoted to the "wonderful sub-culture" of Snoopy tattoos. For all of Schulz's insistence that Charlie Brown remained the star of "Peanuts," the merchandisers of the comic strip and its products declared that Snoopy is the one who will "surpass The Mouse" in popularity worldwide. (And we know which Mouse that is.) "Pound per pound, Snoopy is bigger in Japan than in America. In Japan, Snoopy is God," United Feature marketers told Johnson.
When Schulz announced that ill health compelled him to set aside his pens and brushes after personally writing, drawing, inking and lettering an astounding 18,250-plus strips, the universal reaction was dismay--and admiration. President Clinton declared that Schulz had shown "that a comic strip can transcend its small space on the page. It can uplift, it can challenge, it can educate its readers even as it entertains us." Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced legislation to have Schulz awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
The New York Times, which has never run a regular comic strip, editorialized that Schulz's work had been "an ongoing parable of contemporary American existence," adding that "the generation who grew up reading 'Peanuts' may feel like crying." In The Washington Post, which, in 1950, had been among the first seven papers to run "Peanuts," legendary 90-year-old editorial cartoonist Herblock drew himself being flipped over backwards like Linus as Snoopy snatched away the comic strip, much as he would steal Linus's blanket.
Garry Trudeau of "Doonesbury" called "Peanuts" the "first (and still the best) postmodern comic strip," with "graphically austere but beautifully nuanced" drawing and "complicated, neurotic characters speaking smart, haiku-perfect dialogue." Without "Peanuts," Trudeau wrote, there would have been no "Doonesbury," "Calvin and Hobbes," "Feiffer," "B.C." or "Bloom County." For cartoonists, "Peanuts" has been the "gold standard for work that is both illuminating and aesthetically sublime."
Schulz's cartooning colleagues were hit hard by his retirement--and stunned by his death. He was revered in the profession not only for his extraordinary skill and longevity, but for his remarkable generosity. He was a mentor and friend to many young artists, actively encouraging their ambitions, selflessly supporting their efforts. When he retired, a number of them paid him the ultimate compliment: they put references to "Peanuts" in their own strips. An even greater, industry-wide tribute was planned as a surprise for Schulz, with many more cartoonists--who work weeks or months in advance--agreeing to devote their Sunday, May 27, strips to a "Peanuts" theme.
A genuine genius and true gentleman, Schulz once said that drawing "Peanuts" was "my excuse for existence." By announcing his retirement when he did, he was given a privilege few are granted: to read his own professional "obituaries" and, it is hoped, to be touched by them. By eerily, almost poetically, dying as his last strip was rolling off the presses, he put an eloquent exclamation point (cartoonists' favorite piece of punctuation) on the greatest career in the history of the comics.
As The Washington Post observed in an editorial after Schulz's retirement, recycled "Peanuts" strips will continue to appear "perhaps long enough to capture some of the children of yet another century." And as Schulz observed more than a decade ago, Snoopy is "immortal."
Neil A. Grauer is a Baltimore-based writer, caricaturist and author of Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber.
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Will Peeples fired a final round 2-under par 70 to win the 20011 City Championship by five strokes over runner-up Pep Brown on Sunday at Chattahoochee Golf Course in Gainesville.
Peeples, who also won in 2008, is now a two-time champion.
The Championship A flight was won by Jimbo Wilkins. Wilkins shot a three-round total of 232 to win by three shots over Jackson Bishop, Jeff Waggoner and Nathan Williams.
Gene Weschler was the victor in the first flight with a two-day total of 151. Doug Glidden took second with a total of 155.
Winning the second flight was Clay Hoffman with a 36-hole total of 169, five shots better than second-place finisher Bill Hardman.
In the overall net division, Wilkins was the winner after a two-hole sudden death playoff against Waggoner.


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Hake — bezeichnet: Personen Claes Hake (* 1945), schwedischer Grafiker und Bildhauer Ernst Hake (1844–1925), deutscher Architekt Johannes II. Hake (genannt von Göttingen, auch Johannes Griese van Westerholt; * um 1280; † 1349), Arzt und seit 1331… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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hake — [heık] n plural hake [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded hakefish, from hake hook (15 19 centuries)] a sea fish, used as food … Dictionary of contemporary English
hake — [hāk] n. pl. hake or hakes [ME, prob. < ON haki, a hook (from the shape of the jaw) > Norw hakefisk, trout, salmon, lit., hook fish: for IE base see HOOK] any of various gadoid marine food fishes, as the silver hake … English World dictionary
Hake — (h[=a]k), v. i. To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hake — [ heık ] (plural hake) noun count a type of large fish that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean a. uncount this fish eaten as food … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hake — (n.) type of sea fish, c.1300, probably from O.E. haca a hook, door fastening (Cf. hacod pike the fish), or O.N. haki hook, from the shape of its jaw, both from P.Gmc. *hakan (Cf. Du. hake hook ), from PIE root *keg hook, tooth (see HOOK (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
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hake — /hayk/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) hake, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) hakes. 1. any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, esp. M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast. 2. any of several… … Universalium
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text: Jovita Moore is an Emmy award-winning[1] US news anchor and reporter. She currently anchors the daily newscast of WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and also does news reports during the week. Before moving to Atlanta, she worked as weekend anchor/reporter at WMC-TV in Memphis, Tennessee. She began her career as a reporter at KFSM-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1990. She joined WSB-TV in 1998. She has served as anchor for the weekend evening news, but moved to daily news stories in March, 2005. She earned a Master's Degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and she also received her Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in Literature, from Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Jovita is a past member of the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists. She is currently an active member of the Junior League of Atlanta and a former member of the Board of Directors of the YWCA of greater Atlanta. She is committed to helping communities around the Atlanta area and she donates her time speaking to school groups, hosting events for the community, and mentoring students. Jovita also runs a non-profit youth organization called Live to Prosper.[citation needed] In 2001, she was awarded one of the highest honors in television news when she received an Emmy for her Outstanding Medical Reporting for her two part series, "Women and Fibroids". The series was awarded Best Hard Feature by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists.


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When hardline Islamist rebels took over swaths of Latakia province this week, it provided them with their first outpost on the Mediterranean Sea.
The military offensive was symbolic for several reasons: rebels from al Nusra Front taking over northern parts of Bashar al Assad's hometown province while the Turkish air force shot down a regime war plane trying to bombard the rebel advancement, as it flew near their shared border. Nusra is al Qaeda's sanctioned offshoot in Syria. Read More »


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The Lodi Flames varsity boys water polo team defeated Johansen 10-4 in the championship game of the Central Valley Tournament on Saturday in Atwater.
Joe Vanderlans capped off a brilliant tourney with five goals in the title game to lead the Flames. Nic Carniglia scored twice and C.J. Porter, Dane Dornbush and Kevin den Hartog each scored once. Tim Weisenberg had 11 saves in the cage and Josh Veit added five.


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ephalonia lies at the center of the Ionian Sea and 53 nautical miles from Patras to which is connected by ferry boat, both from the ports of Argostoli and Sami. The island of kefalonia has a surface area of 781 sq. km, with 254 km of coastline and a population of 27,000 inhabitants. The kefalonia island in Greece is connected also to Kyllini in the Peloponnese, from Poros, with Lefkada and with the coast of Aitoloakarnania opposite. During summer, kefalonia island is connected by ferry boat with Zakynthos. Besides the ferry boats the island is also connected by plane to Athens and during the summer to Zakynthos and Corfu.
robably the name Kefalonia comes from a hero from Attica named Kefalos who fought on the island in about 5th century BC. The human presence on the island of kefalonia is dated to the Paleolithic period. During the Mycenaean period kefalonia was flourishing and the island had connections with neighboring Ithaca, Lefkada and even the far-off Cyclades. This communication was abruptly terminated in 1500 BC probably because of the great destruction caused by the eruption of the volcano on Santorini; it was restored two centuries later when the island began to flourish again. From the 11th century BC, until the end of the 7th century BC, there are few facts. In the next century the island became the Ionian Sea center for transit trade.
he 5th century BC Kefalonia was characterized mainly by the development of four important towns on the island: Krane, Pali, Pronoi and Sami. These towns were autonomous, with their own currency, united in the case of a common enemy such as the Persians, but divided during the Peloponnesian War. In 187 BC kefalonia was occupied by the Romans and became subject to Byzantium nearly six centuries later (395 AD).
n 1082 the Norman baron Guiscard tried, without success, to seize the island. The endeavors of the Normans, were taken up by Venetian pirates until the island finally fell into the possession of the Orsinis in 1185. In 1483 Kefalonia was destroyed by the Turks and in 1500 recaptured by the Venetians who held on to it until 1797, when it was occupied by the French under Napoleon. The French occupation was succeeded by a brief Russian and Turkish one, until the British prevailed in 1809. The British rule came to an end in 1864 and the island was united with Greece.
ephalonia is an island of contrasts: it has quiet, windless beaches and verdant slopes, but it also has steep cliffs plunging dizzily into the sea and mountainsides clad in the deep shadow of firm forests. The climate is very mild belonging to the Mediterranean maritime category. The island of kefalonia has an efficient tourist infrastructure and is a famous destination for in the beaten and off the beaten track vacations as well.
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by Cynthia Ruchti
I almost dusted today. Almost vacuumed yesterday. But my deadline for a book releasing next summer is Thursday. So…
I resisted.
Whew. That was a close one.
I've walked past many projects--filing, painting the stool the grandkids use, having lunch with friends, putting clean sheets on the beds in the guest room (they're clean, they just need to be put ON the beds)--because of the deadline. I'm focused. Determined. Researching details. Tweaking. And yes, still writing chapters. Dusting? It's going to have to wait a few more days.
When an acquaintance said "We should meet for coffee" in June, I said, "How about August?" She knew I wasn't kidding. We're only a few days away from that long-awaited get-together. And no, I'm not that much of a slug, avoiding friendships and putting a deadline above relationships. Not always. Travel took me away from home several of the weeks in between. The book I'm working on had a long ways to go in July. My job ramped up in that same time period. And I wanted to use our coffee together as a celebration that I'd made it.
And I have managed to brush my teeth, shower, have the grandkids over, serve at church, make homemade meals more nights than not, encourage others, write blog posts…
But today, I couldn't help but smile…then cringe…over what a deadline can do to a person.
The harsh winter meant that our blueberry crop this summer is suffering. The snow level was so high, the bunnies walked on water--frozen water--to reach the bushes and chewed them down to nubbins. The bushes will bounce back, but the many quarts of blueberries we harvested last summer are small handfuls this year.
In one of my too-rare breaks from the Deadline Computer, I took a short walk outside to see if any blueberries had ripened in the last couple of days. There between scanty bushes, a snake sunned himself. Inches from me.
I checked for ripe blueberries, then turned back toward the house, calling to it over my shoulder. "Yeah, whatever. I'm on deadline."
No time for snake wrangling. No time for caring that a snake was in my garden.
Was Eve on a self-imposed deadline when she sauntered past the blueberries, beets, or beans in Eden, unconcerned that there was a snake in her garden?
I'm willing to bypass dusting and vacuuming and defrosting the freezers when my deadline is so near. But I can't afford to ignore a snake of discontent, or a relationship glitch slithering its way into my home. I don't dare ignore a foul attitude or neglect vital tasks, like filling my soul with God's Word so I can write about God's purposes and with God's passion.
"More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it," Proverbs 4:23 CEB.
Until Thursday, and beyond, I'll remain focused on the goal, but not allow myself to become cavalier toward things that slither into relationships or my spiritual health. Too much at stake.
Anything strike you--pardon the pun--in these ponderings?
Cynthia Ruchti is an award-winning author of nine books, including When the Morning Glory Blooms, All My Belongings, and Ragged Hope: Surviving the Fallout of Other People's Choices. She tells stores of Hope-that-glows-in-the-dark through her novels, novellas, devotions, nonfiction, and through speaking events for women and writers. She and her husband of 42 years live in the heart of Wisconsin. www.cynthiaruchti.com or www.facebook.com/CynthiaRuchtiReaderPage


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$6M New Ken authority project targets leaks
Areas with numerous leaks would be targeted in a roughly $6 million waterline replacement project being considered by New Kensington's water authority.
Nearly 10 miles of waterlines have been identified for replacement in areas of New Kensington, Lower Burrell and Arnold.
That's according to information consulting engineer Ed Schmitt, of Gibson-Thomas Engineering, shared with the authority's board Thursday.
Authority members will be reviewing the list to decide which areas to include in a project and which could be done with its own workers. Schmitt said authority crews could handle some of the smaller ones for less cost than a contractor.
Project areas range from as little as 250 linear feet on York Drive up to 4,650 linear feet on Craigdell Road.
Depending upon when funding is obtained, work could begin this fall and continue into next spring, Schmitt said.
It would take about six to nine months to complete.
Priority is being given to the areas with the highest frequency of leaks.
Schmitt said the authority has had to contend with 45 water main breaks since Jan. 1.
Thirty of those have happened on streets being recommended for replacement.
In the long run, replacing the lines most prone to leaks "will save you money," Schmitt said.
The authority would seek a 20-year loan from the state. Federal grants could be available because of a focus on improving the nation's infrastructure.
In addition to the waterlines, about $500,000 would be spent for filter control upgrades at the water plant.
Refinancing considered
The authority could save about $183,000 by refinancing part of its debt, which is money that could go toward the work, according to a presentation by Joseph Muscatello, managing director with Boenning & Scattergood, a financial services firm.
The authority board voted to get rates and proposals from banks to refinance about $4 million owed to Citizens Bank. That's the amount remaining on a $5.7 million, 15-year loan the authority took out in 2008 to upgrade the meter system, authority General Manager Jim Matta said.
Muscatello said the loan's terms allow it to be refinanced without penalties.
Survey responses sought
The authority will make another attempt to get residents of an Allegheny Township neighborhood to respond to a survey asking if they want the have public water installed.
In response to requests, the authority is considering bringing water service to an area that includes White Cloud, Melwood and Smail roads.
In a survey, 16 said yes, 15 said no, and another 11 did not respond, Matta said.
Matta said the authority wants a response from all of the affected property owners.
The project is estimated at $1.2 million.
If the project proceeds, all those in the area would be required to tap-in. They would pay a $2,350 tap-in fee and a debt service fee that would be added to the quarterly water bill, Matta said. The amount of the debt service charge is not yet known.
In other business
• Authority members approved donating about a dozen old computers to charity.
The computers, more than 6 years old, are considered obsolete. The authority recently had new computers installed.
The hard drives on the computers will be wiped before being donated, Matta said.
Brian C. Rittmeyer is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.


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Nature Coast teacher faces ethics inquiry
A teacher and athletics coach at Nature Coast Technical High School has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an ethics investigation involving a student, the head of the local teachers' union confirmed Tuesday. Ryan Wilson, 29, was suspended last week, said Joe Vitalo, president of the Hernando Classroom Teachers Association. Wilson teaches physical science and personal career development and is assistant coach for the football team and head coach for the girls weight lifting and boys track teams. Vitalo emphasized that the suspension is standard district procedure any time an investigation begins and is not an indication of guilt. He said the inquiry could wrap up this week. The results are made public 10 days after the investigation closes. Heather Martin, the district's executive director for business services, declined to comment Tuesday.
Motor coach rally kicks off at airport
The 29th annual Southeast Area rally of the Family Motor Coach Association kicks off today at the Hernando County Airport, off U.S. 41, south of Brooksville. Public access is 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Day passes are $7 each; three-day passes are $10; children 12 and younger are admitted free. For information, call (352) 796-0154.
RSVP today to attend 'Super Bowl Sundae'
Today is the deadline for red and pink hatters RSVP for the annual "Super Bowl Sundae" Open House hosted by the Scarlet Belles at Tea, which will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Dairy Queen, 370 Suzanne Drive, off Commercial Way. Women who wear their colors will receive 25 percent off their sundaes. Women who are not Red Hatters are also welcome. E-mail sherry at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (727) 863-7724.
Today's meetings
Spring Hill Fire Rescue Commission, 9 a.m., 3445 Bob Hartung Court, Spring Hill.
Hernando County Port Authority Board, 7 p.m., Linda Pedersen Park at Jenkins Creek, recreation building, 6340 Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach.
Today's picks
Art reception for Dee Dee Seruga: 5-7 p.m., Easy Street Home Decor, 100 N Brooksville Ave., Brooksville. (352) 848-0177.
Beginning line dance classes: 1:30 -2:30 p.m., SNPJ/Suncoast Dance and Party Center, 13383 County Line Road, Spring Hill. $3. Eileen, (352) 799-6616.


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Late night last night. Went to see Michael Clayton. Go see it. Want to see the Wahlberg-Phoenix movie next. Don't get many chances to go to the movies during the season.
Then came back to watch Indians-Red Sox. Just reinforced why the Mets bottomed out. All about the bullpen.
I wouldn't expect too much news from your ballclub this week. The free-agent filings don't start until after the World Series. Omar Minaya said they are still in the re-evaluation process and haven't made a decision on any players.
About Tom Glavine, he said it will be a little like last year. Glavine is still thinking about it.


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The B.S. in RPM can prepare you for
A professional career in a wide selection of recreation management agencies. If you are someone who likes to work with people, enjoys hands-on, applied projects, and enjoys the idea of facilitating active, healthy-life styles then this may be the degree for you.
Career Opportunities for each of the four concentrations:
- Community & Non-Profit Recreation–local park and recreation departments, community centers, youth, arts and drama programs, non-profit agencies and youth-serving agencies like the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, after-school programs, Military Welfare and Recreation
- Commercial and Tourism –private sector businesses such as cruise lines, convention and visitors bureaus, health clubs, campgrounds, resorts, spas, timeshares and condominiums, country clubs, corporate recreation facilities, convention center, tourism, event and festival planning, entertainment venues and arenas, marinas, airlines, and passenger transport, theme and water parks, eco-tourism
- Outdoor Recreation– outdoor recreation leadership, adventure guide, organized camps, park managers, park planners, interpretive positions at local, state and national-level agencies, museums, aquariums, zoos, cultural and heritage attractions
- Recreational Sport Leadership – community recreational sport programs, fitness, aquatics, non-profit agency youth sport programs, college and university recreational sports programs, work-place recreation, golf courses, amateur and professional sports agencies
Job Prospects
Many students begin their first job either with the agency where they intern or with an agency they network with during their internship. National data indicates:
Employment in commercial recreation and tourism management is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations
Wages and salaries in amusement and recreation services are projected to increase by 32% by 2008 with rapidly rising demand in fitness, health & recreational opportunities for older adults
Jobs in government agencies will grow about as fast as average and positions are available in a wide variety of agencies
Some sample job titles and salaries include:
Assistant Managers $25-35,000
General Managers $55,000
Recreation Supervisor $29,000
Recreational Sports Director $38,000
Recreation Director $43,000
Entry-level Ranger $23,000
With more experience and education $40,000
RPM Degree Program Highlights
Prime location close to mass tourism destinations, including municipal, state and federal recreation agencies. Graduates obtain employment in recreation-related businesses such as entertainment complexes, resorts, cruise ships, country clubs and golf courses, sports marketing, city recreation departments, student activities, intramurals, employee recreation, youth ministries, parks, and outdoor adventure guiding.
Seven full-time faculty teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the degree. All faculty actively strive for excellence in teaching, research and service.
Nine RCLS courses specific to the Recreation and Park Management degree.
Students can concentrate in Commercial Recreation & Tourism, Community & Non-Profit Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, and Recreational Sport Leadership.
Courses, work experience and internship can be tailored to meet specific career interests. There are many complementary minors and special programs to choose from, including but not limited to, Business Administration, Public Administration, Planning, Coastal and Marine Resources, and an accelerated MBA.
Program of Study & Declaring the Major
In addition to ECU general education requirements a core of RCLS courses, majors complete coursework specific to their area of concentration. Students also receive credit for practicum work and a twelve-week (480 hour) internship with recreation and leisure services agencies.
Any student wishing to major in RPM must, at the time of entrance to the curriculum, possess a minimum of 2.0 GPA; have no more than 10 s.h. of general education remaining; complete a short written application and have a meeting with an RCLS faculty member.
Learning More About the Recreation and Park Management
For more information, contact the National Recreation and Park Association (http://www.nrpa.org/), or the North Carolina Recreation and Park Society (http://www.ncrpa.net/)


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That is one adorable cat!
This behavior is quite common for cats and especially kittens. Cats are very curious by nature so it should come as no surprise that they would be intrigued by mirrors. A cat can become fixated on their reflection and try to interact with this "new" cat. This behavior is normal and should not cause you any alarm , unless of course your cat develops an unhealthy relationship with itself and won't leave the mirror.
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You can bet it won't be sliced like the 2008 Farm Bill pastry if survey results from a recent study by economists from Oklahoma State University and the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank are any indication. The research paper will be presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting next month.
The team asked about 1,200 consumers and taxpayers from across the country where the 2012 Farm Bill priorities should be regarding farm support programs, research and education, food assistance programs, natural resources and environment, food safety and inspection, and rural development.
In case you didn't know, current farm support programs only make up about 20 percent of the USDA budget. That includes all payments and crop insurance. Food assistance programs account for around 60 percent of the department's budget. All other USDA programs and activities make up the remainder of the budget.
Admittedly, most taxpayers don't know much about ag policy, but they do foot the bill for it, and seldom does anyone ask them how they would divvy up ag's budget. Their answers offer an important glimpse into public opinion, and may be an indicator of what to expect as the next Farm Bill takes shape.
On an up note, the American public is generally sympathetic to agriculture (about 80 percent of respondents favored government subsidies for farmers). But don't depend on those warm fuzzy feelings to get your back when it comes to direct farm payments. (Whatever you do, don't rely on professional economists — about 80 percent of them want to eliminate ag subsidies altogether.)
Instead, more than half of survey respondents (50.7 percent) felt the majority of the ag budget should be devoted to food safety and inspection. It should be noted that right now, food safety and inspection gets $3.14 out of every $100 spent by USDA.
Food assistance received second place results, with 20.2 percent of the public thinking it to be the most important. Currently, food assistance programs receive $60.40 out of each $100 spent by USDA.
Farm support programs, which receive $22.03 of each $100 spent by USDA, were in third place of public importance, but the public only wanted $15.82 spent on farm programs if they were uncertain what they were, and $17.94 if it was explained what farm programs did.
Instead, the survey showed that "even if taxpayers are willing to direct their tax dollars to benefit farmers, they might be willing to redistribute money away from farm programs and toward ag research"
But perhaps most telling, study authors note that "looking at an overall distribution of funds, we can see people prefer a more equitable allocation of dollars. On average, respondents would like to see more dollars going to food safety and inspection, natural resources and environment, research and education, and rural development and less dollars going to food assistance and farm support" relative to the 2008 USDA budget.
I strongly encourage you to read the full report. It offers an excellent "heads-up" on what to expect from upcoming Farm Bill debates, as well as some perspective on what to expect as ag policy evolves. Plus, you can glean a little more about what your non-farming neighbors think, and that's always a good thing; even when it makes you uncomfortable.


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Review by Pako Pako
"Rock, Paper, or Yo-Yo? Yo-Yo will -always- win."
Before I begin, let me say that this game is an Adventure, like Zelda. But it will NOT play like Zelda. Exploration is kept to inside dungeons, the pace is slower, and there are more RPG elements outside dungeons. That said, on with the review.
What do adventure/RPG heroes usually carry?
You've got an Energy-Sword, Big Honkin' Gun, some giant 7-story robot, maybe a Bullwhip.. and the Yo-Yo.
Not Mike from Seattle. No. He's a real man's boy. He fights hungry octopii, invading robots, and a Magma God armed with a Yo-Yo and a Baseball Bat. Much like Mother/Earthbound, Star Tropics gives you a plethora of common day-to-day items as weapons. While it may be unconventional, I think of it as a nice touch. In what other game does baseball contribute so much to your offense?
Graphics: 10/10 I was playing one day, and I woke up on the C-shaped Island...
(+) Big, bright, bold colors. The characters, enemies, dungeons, and items are all clear as crystal. Cutscenes are also big and vivid, even if in a Crayola-crayon sense.
(+) No complaints. The sprites, for their size, are detailed and outlined well. (nothing ''blends'' into the background)
Animation: 8/10 Whipping out my Yo-Yo and making ghosts explode is fine.. but what's with your floating hand?
(+) The animation is smooth, fluid, and crisp. Slugs will creep around, Octopii tentacles twitch.
(-) Nothing too special is done for the sprites. The cinematics don't move much. It's almost like you're flipping pages in a book than watching a movie unfold ala Ninja Gaiden.
Sound: 9/10 Nuts to Simon Belmont, the Yo-Yo even sounds cooler!
(+) Everything has a crisp, clear, and DISTINCT sound. Exploding enemies, opening doors, different tones when speaking with men & women, even your Yo-yo whip.
(-) No actual voices, bells/chimes for special events like unlocking a secret ala Zelda (except that annoying low-on-life beep that happens and additional time for each attack)
Music: 10/10 Jammin'... I'm Jammin'..
(+) Distinguishable music, from deep dungeons, to the tropical shores. There's even the American National Anthem!
(+) The songs make you feel like you're in the tropics, underground, searching for something, etc. Nothing wrong here!
Control: 8/10 Turn. Walk. Stop. Turn. Walk...
(+) Control is pretty tight and very precise, like playing LOLO (a puzzle/maze game). You walk across land, and jump across tiles. You cannot control your direction in mid-jump, but you can turn & attack in mid-jump. You can pause and go through your inventory.
(-) Because you MUST jump over tiles, not walk across them, many people I've talked to dislike that ''stop-go-stop-go'' pace. Mike just doesn't move as quick as Link in ZELDA, but the enemies also have this deficit too. Hitting enemies is too easy. Your weapons can hit them before they get too close, and because it's a 2D game, you can hit enemies when you jump too.
Mechanics & Options: 8/10 See Mike walk. Walk Mike, Walk.
(+) There are tons of items (some are even useless) and hidden rooms to find on Mike's journey, like searching for extra Heart Containers, and the occasional secret or two. The control is well laid out and simple.
(-) The RPG element is all linear. You don't get to keep weapons hem inbetween dungeons, unlike in Zelda where you had an arsenal you always carried. If you played Zelda3 a lot, everything will seem sluggish.
Challange: 9/10 Who knew visiting a tropical island meant I had to save the world?
(+) It's a LONG game. The dungeons are long too. There's a variety of puzzles to solve, like how to find a dolphin or put out a fire-beast. There are also plenty of traps to encounter like dark-rooms, sinking-tiles, the Indiana Jones boulder-of-doom.
(-) RPG part is very Linear. Action (even though there's a lot of it) is a bit slow for an adventure game.
Innovation: 10/10 Zelda..! Zelda..! Sorry, but your princess is in another game!''
(+) Zelda's dungeon-romping, Zelda 2's overworld exploration, and an impressive variety of weapons, all in a tropical setting! The plot and writing are also good, even if a bit campy at times.
(+) A breathtaking game that put fresh air into the adventure/RPG genre on the NES when it was released. It continues to be a shining example of a well-made, albeit underrated, game.
Fun: 10/10 Undead Zombies? Invading spaceships? All I have is this yo-yo? What more could I want?!
(+) I couldn't put this one down. When I was finding my long lost Uncle J, to saving the world? I was fighting a variety of enemies, and they all made sense with each chapter/island I traveled to.
(+) Solving puzzles, exploring dungeons, and using various weapons (even though you only have 4 different ones at most) never gets old.
Replay: 10/10 Must.. stop.. eating bananas..
(+) Since it's release, I haven't put this game down.
(+) Much like the original Zelda, it's a pretty big game, and lots of fun to play every now and again.
How My Ratings Work
1.0 (Ow! My Eyes!)
6.0 (Rent it)
8.0 (Keep it around)
9.0 (Still Playing It)
10.0 (Still Playing It While Typing A Review for Another Game)
Average Score: 9.0/10.0
Reviewer's Tilt: +1.0 (a classic hit in my eyes)
Final Score: 10.0/10.0
While some people may be turned off initially by the stop-n-go controls, you have to realize that the enemies have the same issue. Everything in this game is balanced and flows smoothly. The game is a great experience in the entire NES library, and in the adventure/RPG genre.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 07/27/03, Updated 07/27/03
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The 10 Most Influential Women Of 2008: Anne Hathaway
The guys at AskMen.com unveiled their list of the "49 Most Influential Men of 2008″ and the results, voted on by their readers, may surprise you. Check out the full list and then, over the next two weeks, check out our picks for the "10 Most Influential Women of 2008″ — The Frisky picked a female counterpart for each of the men in AskMen's Top Ten. We hope you agree with our choices!#7—Our Pick: Anne Hathaway
AskMen's Pick: Christian Bale
Christian Bale had an exciting year, in positive and negative ways — "The Dark Knight" was a critical and commercial success, but the week of its premiere, Bale was arrested and eventually cleared of domestic violence charges leveled at him by his mom and sister. He's also one sexy piece of hotness.
Likewise, Anne Hathaway has also had an exciting year. While she's had previous success in movies like "The Princess Diaries" and "The Devil Wears Prada", 2008 was the year that Hathaway broke out of her prissy shell, portraying a woman just let out of rehab in "Rachel Getting Married." Her work in that film has critics already buzzing that she could get an Oscar nod.
But, also like Bale, it's been a tough year personally. Her suave Italian boyfriend, Raffaelo Follieri was arrested for fraud this summer, prompting their breakup, and he was just sentenced to over four years in prison. While it was all going down, Hathaway was making the media rounds promoting "Rachel Getting Married" and "Get Smart". That's when she showed that she's no priss in real life as well, bouncing back, looking great, and holding her head up high. She's got a few more films due out this year — "Bride Wars" and "Passengers" — and something tells us she'll never be typecast again.


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Write briefly about secularism as enshrined in the Indian Constitution.
India is country of religions. There exist multifarious religious groups in the country but, in spite of this, the Constitution stands for a secular state of India. There is no official religion in India. 'Secularism' has been inserted in the Preamble after 42nd Amendment. The object of insertion was to spell out expressly the high ideas of secularism and the compulsive need to maintain the integrity of the nation which are subjected to considerable stress and strains, and vested interests have been trying to promote their selfish ends to the great detriment of the public good. Secularism pervades its provisions which give full opportunity to all persons to profess, practice and propagate religion of their choice. The constitution not only guarantees a person's freedom for one who has no religion but it also scrupulously restrains the state from making and discrimination on the ground of religions. In Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala, the Supreme Court held that secularism is one of the basic features of the Indian Constitution. The Court has further declared that secularism is a part of fundamental law and an unalienable segment of the basic structure of the country.


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Tue 28th Jan 2003 | News
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan 27, 2003 -- Caligari Corporation, a pioneer provider of 3D multimedia authoring software, today announced the latest version of its flagship product, trueSpace. Version 6.5 features a new animation engine aimed at meeting the needs of game developers and professional animators.
TrueSpace is an advanced modeling and design environment for projects ranging from print/web design and concept presentation through full character animation. The new animation engine in Version 6.5 enables users to "give life" to 3D objects created in trueSpace using sophisticated animation behaviors and advanced built-in physics.
"trueSpace6.5 will move you,"says Roman Ormandy, president and founder of Caligari. "We've added a powerful suite of animation tools to an already outstanding modeling and design product. The result is extraordinary price/performance and ease of use. Buying trueSpace is like getting an Armani suit at a Men's Wearhouse price."
The most striking new feature in trueSpace6.5 is its non-linear animation capability, allowing users to compose complex animations using clips of motion sequences. Users can define low-level behaviors using the existing Key-Frame view and then edit, combine and blend the created behaviors in trueSpace's new Clip-view editor. This ability to separate low and high level editing enables tremendous flexibility in viewing and experimenting with various animation scenarios, greatly accelerating game action experimentation, for example.
"There is a lot of capability under the hood of trueSpace6.5 that isn't immediately apparent until you use the program," said Nigel Doyle, winner of the Nov. 2002 Caligari animation contest. "The new simulation features were so easy to use that I read the manual after I created a couple of really cool little animations."
Additional animation features in trueSpace6.5 include improved Inverse Kinematics (IK) for better control of bones and joint movement as well as breakable objects that react with the environment. Local physical environments can be assigned to any object in order to create motion causing, for example, leaves to swirl at the passing of a car. Joints can now be assigned physical properties allowing them to react to other objects and these environments.
Significant enhancements have also been made to trueSpace's core modeling environment improving control over object detail and workflow. These include the addition of selective surface subdivision surfaces enabling users to add extra detail, such as wrinkles around a nose, without significantly increasing the polygon count of the model and geometry paint which enables users to place multiple copies of any selected object on the surface of another with a single, smooth brushstroke. A new surface healing tool closes gaps when converting NURBS to polygons, improving the quality of output to 3D printers and other 3D CAD programs. The chamfers and fillets tools have been expanded to handle mixed blends and new global and interactive replace tools enable single-click replacement of multiple objects.
Version 6.5 includes expanded support for the X and DXF formats and now includes the DWG exchange file format for AutoCAD users. Improved Viewpoint export allows a greater degree of interactivity with Adobe Atmospheres.
Pricing and Availability
trueSpace6.5 will be available in February 2003 for $595. For more information about upgrade pricing and ordering trueSpace6.5, contact Caligari by telephone at 800/351-7620 or 650/390-9600, or visit the Caligari Corporation website at www.caligari.com.
About Caligari Corporation
Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide (according to the latest Roncarelli Report, trueSpace was named as #1 in licenses and the world's most widely used 3D application). Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800/351-7620 or 650/390-9600; by fax at 650/390-9755.


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