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QUEANBEYAN City Council has confirmed this week that a containment dam breach that flooded the Queanbeyan River with mud and silt remains under investigation over a year after the incident occurred.
A downpour of 75 millimetres in one hour on the evening of January 26 last year caused a newly-constructed containment dam at the Googong construction site to breach, with muddy water and silt flowing down the creek network into the Queanbeyan River.
Local Landcare volunteers and river-front residents at Wickerslack Lane were furious with the breach, and lodged a complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after water tests revealed a phosphorus spike up to seven times higher than the normal level.
Council, as the regulatory body, has been investigating the matter since, and general manager Gary Chapman told The Queanbeyan Age this week that Council had to "cover all its bases" in investigating the cause of the breach before considering prosecuting the developers of Googong.
"We acknowledge it's been 12 months (since the incident), but our solicitors and barrister have to be absolutely convinced that if we went to court, we would be successful.
"Otherwise not only would we be up for our own legal costs, but possibly those of the other side," Mr Chapman said.
"We have to be able to demonstrate negligence in a matter like this, and if it happened to be that the storm was so intense that it wasn't foreseeable, then negligence cannot be proved.
"And there's no sense in us prosecuting something that might only deliver up a very small fine and it costs us $250,000 to prosecute the matter," he said.
Meanwhile, Googong assistant project director Malcolm Leslie said the developers had increased water management precautions at the site over the last 12 months to prevent any further run-off.
"While the measures that were in place on Australia Day last year were designed and built in accordance with the relevant standards and approvals, the capacity of these was exceeded due to the severity of the storm," Mr Leslie said.
"Googong Township Pty Limited together with its consultants and Council has reviewed the practices on site at Googong and where feasible is endeavouring to implement temporary stormwater controls that exceed the standards so as to reduce the likelihood of their capacity being exceeded in the future."
Some of the measures include construction of major diversion drains to divert clean water from upstream catchments away from the construction zone and responsive management of the major pond in Beltana Park.
Mr Leslie said this would include sealing the low level outlet so that the pond can temporarily flood up to its 1:100 year design level and detain a greater volume of stormwater, as well as ensuring the pond level is kept as low as possible if storms are forecast and appointing a specific contractor to manage the pond levels.
And Council's general manager said the legal team would also have to consider whether the severity of the spill warranted prosecution.
"The Queanbeyan River suffered for some time after that, but whether in fact there was long term environmental damage is part of the consideration as well," Mr Chapman said.
"It was our understanding that after a month or two, the River was back to its normal condition."
The Queanbeyan Age also contacted Council's environment manager regarding any possible long-term effects of the spill on the Queanbeyan River, however no response was provided.


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OWNERS of an elite Winchester kitchen shop have celebrated 10 years in business.
Stewart Carr and his wife Lesley welcomed over 50 people to their store on Broadway last night (April 4) including former and prospective customers as well as the mayor and mayoress of Winchester.
Stewart Carr, owner, said: "I'd like to thank you all for coming. You're all very special people as far as we're concerned. 10 years, 250 beautiful kitchens later, and we're proud of every one of them and we're thankful for your leap of faith; it's not the obvious choice but it's different.
"On behalf of the team I'd like to just say thank you very much."
A special canapé and champagne reception was put on for members of the Bulthaup Kitchen Cub and friends of Mr and Mrs Carr while a pianist played light jazz. The event was just one of several events being held throughout the year to mark the anniversary of the shop opening.
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Interop, which is among the longest running trade shows in IT, kicks off this week in Las Vegas.
The event promises to "give attendees a comprehensive and unbiased understanding of all the latest innovations—including cloud computing, virtualization, security, mobility and data center advances—that help position your company for growth."
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Rackspace will have three speaking sessions and several appearances at Interop Las Vegas this year, including a spot on a keynote panel moderated by tech evangelist Alistair Croll. Rackspace CTO John Engates will join the panel, dubbed "Clouds and the Enterprise: Revolution, Evolution, or More of the Same?" along with Ellen Rubin, vice president of cloud products at Terremark, and Steven Shalita, vice president of marketing at NetScout. The panel takes place at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 9.
In addition to the keynote panel, Rackspace Advisory Services Manager Arrian Mehis will discuss hybrid cloud architectures on Wednesday, May 9 at 2:15 p.m. Mehis also appears on cloud panels on Sunday and Monday during the Enterprise Cloud Summit portion of Interop.
Meanwhile, OpenStack Developer Advocate Wayne Walls discusses open source in the enterprise on Tuesday, May 8 at 12:15 p.m.
As part of expo floor activities, Rackspace will bring the Rackstream out of its secret hiding location so it can dazzle on the Mandalay Bay Convention Center show floor. The inside the Rackstream will be a photobooth so visitors can have their pictures taken with fun signs and take home as a souvenir.
We will also have a lounge for customers and partners to stop by, take a load off and visit with us.
Are you visiting Interop Las Vegas this year? Swing by and say hello to our hard-working booth staff!
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AU Honors MLK with Week of Events
American University is hosting a week of events to honor the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. beginning Monday, January 20, and concluding Tuesday, January 28. Faculty members, students and staff from across the university have organized or will participate in these 13 events.
Theatre professor Caleen Jennings has been involved with Martin Luther King Jr. events at AU for the past 24 years. This year, she is writing an original presentation, called "MLK Unspoken!," based on a survey of more than 100 students that she completed regarding what the observed holiday means to them, if anything. "This college generation grew up with this holiday, and mine didn't," says Jennings. "I was interested in how meaningful it is to them—is it just something that comes up like Presidents Day? Is there any sense of what King stood for, and is it meaningful to them?"
Jennings chose the title to reflect the attitude of many young people toward the holiday. "I chose the word 'unspoken' because young people are sometimes afraid to say, I don't get it, this is boring, we're beyond that," she says. "I wanted to get authentic voices."
While Jennings hopes that people will be energized by what contemporary students are wrestling with when it comes to this holiday, she's also hoping it's a bit lighthearted. "I'm hoping to capture some of the humor along with the controversial aspects," she says.
Literature professors Kyle Dargan and Keith Leonard will host a program called "Art for the People" for the week's celebration, which will examine the role of artists who claimed to be the voice of the Civil Rights Movement. "When you consider the movement, I think you should consider the music that buoyed and drove the hearts in that movement: freedom songs, gospel, soul, even adaptations of the spirituals that enslaved Africans sang," says Dargan. "All that music inspired those who acted."
Dargan chose to participate during this week because of a personal connection to Dr. King. "My grandmother—who was the first African American female detective in Newark, New Jersey—actually guarded Coretta Scott King during her stop in Newark when she was touring after Dr. King's assassination," he says.
Each year, he makes a point to walk to the Lincoln Memorial on the holiday to reflect on history. He's hoping that participating in AU's week of events will spur collective reflection. "We should be thinking about how the work of the civil rights leaders—those lauded and those unsung—informs our purpose of benefiting people's lives," says Dargan.
The gospel concert and candlelight vigil, which is scheduled for the evening of January 22—the same day as "Art for the People"—will bring some of the songs discussed during Dargan's and Leonard's event to life. Professor Sylstea Sledge, a musician in residence, and the AU Gospel Choir will perform songs of the Civil Rights Movement at Kay Spiritual Life Center.
Sociology professor Bette Dickerson, along with Washington College of Law librarian Renee Cuthbert, is organizing the "Women in the Civil Rights Movement" event, where a group of scholarly panelists will discuss these women's accomplishments and their impact then and now. They will also talk about why the Jewish community got involved in the movement. "Women's activism during the Civil Rights Movement is the reason that women today have a voice and are uniquely positioned as phenomenal leaders," says Dickerson. "Pulling together a panel that consists of some women that were engaged in the Civil Rights Movement themselves or that have the same or similar passion that the women of the movement had is important to share with the AU community as it addresses its own issues of diversity and inclusion."
Dickerson believes it's important to examine all aspects of the movement, even those that aren't always at the forefront of discussion. "As educators, it is critical that we revisit the movement for every generation to come, because there are critical lessons to be learned for addressing today's issues," she says.
Clarence Lusane, a professor in the School of International Service, is using another civil rights leader as a lens to examine Martin Luther King Jr. His event, "Mandela, Apartheid and the Civil Rights Movement," will look at the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela to compare the movements in South Africa and the United States. "Mandela and King saw their struggles as united and similar in important ways," he says. "Dr. King called for an end to apartheid and the release of Nelson Mandela. Mandela always acknowledged the inspiration that King and the Civil Rights Movement gave to South African activists and the African National Congress in particular." In addition, both King and Mandela were recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
As an international relations professor, Lusane considers it a goal of his to link issues and concerns in the United States with similar ones around the world. Lusane's research and scholarly focus has been on global human rights and racial and ethnic equality for more than 30 years. "In the more than 60 countries where I have traveled, Dr. King has always had a presence, and I would dare say so has Mandela," he says. "I decided to organize this event last summer when it became clear that President Mandela was in the last period of his life." He also worked with the South African embassy to help organize the memorial held at the National Cathedral in December after Mandela's passing.
He sees the week as a real reflection of what AU is about. "This event is important, in conjunction with the other MLK activities, in continuing to promote the social justice ethos that American University is known for," says Lusane. "It is important that our students want to have a positive impact on the world. Through an examination of King's life as well as participating in activities and events around the city, MLK Week is a unique and invaluable opportunity for AU students to engage and bridge the divide between studying and doing."
For a complete list of 2014 events, please visit the Center for Community Engagement and Service's website.


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Great tribute to your dad and a stunning dinner you all had!!!ReplyDelete
Now I'm so hungry! I love Mexican food and that looks perfect. Have a great celebration Kalyn. Hope you're feeling better.ReplyDelete
Looks great. In Boston there are very few very good Mexican restaurants. I am now very hungry and very envious!ReplyDelete
OMG! It's been so long since I've had that kind of Mexican food....I'm drooling all over my keyboard. Maybe my next trip to the U.S. sigh....a long time to wait....ReplyDelete
Tanna, Sher and b, thanks for the good wishes. I'm feeling better today (Saturday) and am just about to get busy making some clam chowder (my dad's request) for the birthday party we're having tonight.ReplyDelete
Katie, didn't mean to leave you out. I guess we were cross commenting because when I started writing my post your comment wasn't there, and then it popped up when I posted the comment. I agree that this kind of simple Mexican food is hard to beat. There are A LOT of great Mexican places in Utah, one of the nice things about living here.ReplyDelete
How sweet! And Happy Birthday to your Dad. You are blessed.ReplyDelete
Mexican food is a good treat for b'day!
Kalyn, happy belated birthday to your dad!
Oh yum, what a feast! I'm still trying to find a decent Mexican restaurant here that won't charge me through the teeth for a feed - what I wouldn't give for Mexican cuisine of this quality in my neighborhood!ReplyDelete
Hi Kalyn,
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for starting the WHB which is a wonderful event emphasising veggies & herbs
Looking forward to see the other entries.
Your blog looks so professional that it is an inspiration
Hope you are well rested and feeling better
Love the bean border, Kalyn!
I usually crave spicy food when it gets hot outside, for some reason. Maybe it's because I want to wash it down with some sort of citrusy drink (Margerhitas, perhaps). But really, it makes sense to eat hot when the weather gets cold so maybe I'll stock up on Mexican stuff...
I'm so happy you're taking the time to comment on Kalyn's Kitchen! I love hearing from people who stop by, especially if you're sharing feedback or asking questions about a recipe I've posted here.
I've recently changed my comment settings so people can comment without signing in, but you will need to check the box to show you're a live person, and comments on older posts won't show up until I publish them. Thanks for understanding!
And if you really like the recipe, Pins, Shares, Tweets, and Yums are always appreciated!


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Yankees return to Yankee Stadium for six-game homestand
The New York Yankees will return home tonight for the first of six games at Yankee Stadium this week. The stretch of games will feature a three-game series vs. the Houston Astros (Tuesday-Thursday, August 19-21) and a three-game set vs. the Chicago White Sox (Friday-Sunday, August 22-24).
The Yankees will host Joe Torre Day at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, August 23. As part of the ceremonies, Torre will have his uniform No. 6 retired and be honored with a Monument Park plaque. Family members, former players and other guests are expected to take part in the festivities. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and be in their seats by noon.
Torre spent 12 seasons as Manager of the Yankees (1996-2007). He piloted the team to six World Series appearances (1996, '98-2001, '03) and four World Championships (1996, '98-2000). Torre compiled a 1,173-767-2 (.605) regular season record and a 76-47 (.618) postseason mark during his Yankees tenure, leading the club to the playoffs in each year that he managed the team. While with the organization, he went 21-11 in the World Series, 27-14 in the ALCS and 28-22 in the ALDS. His regular season wins total is second in club history to only Joe McCarthy, who went 1,460-867 (.627) over 16 seasons.
Ticket specials will run on Tuesday, August 19 (Military Personnel Game), Wednesday, August 20 (Military Personnel and Student Game), Thursday, August 21 (MasterCard half-price, Military Personnel and Senior Citizen Game) and Saturday, August 23 (Youth Game).
For a complete list of ticket specials, including game dates, seating locations, and terms and conditions, fans should visit www.yankees.com/ticketspecials. Please note that all ticket specials are subject to availability.
The homestand will also feature the following promotional items and dates:
- Tuesday, August 19 - Yankees vs. Astros, 7:05 p.m.
Yankees USB Car Charger Night, presented by Avis, to first 18,000 Guests, 21 and older.
- Wednesday, August 20 - Yankees vs. Astros, 7:05 p.m.
Joe Girardi Bobblehead Night, presented by AT&T, to first 18,000 Guests.
- Thursday, August 21 - Yankees vs. Astros, 1:05 p.m.
Masahiro Tanaka Poster Day, presented by Catch 24 Advertising, to first 18,000 Guests, 14 and younger.
- Friday, August 22 - Yankees vs. White Sox, 7:05 p.m.
Yankees Water Bottle Night, presented by Budweiser, to first 18,000 Guests, 21 and older.
- Sunday, August 24 - Yankees vs. White Sox, 1:05 p.m.
Yankees Hello Kitty Bobblehead Day, presented to first 18,000 Guests, 14 and younger.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.yankees.com, www.yankeesbeisbol.com, at the Yankee Stadium Ticket Office, via Ticketmaster phone at (877) 469-9849, Ticketmaster TTY at (800) 943-4327 and at all Ticket Offices located within Yankees Clubhouse Shops. Tickets may also be purchased on Yankees Ticket Exchange at www.yankees.com/yte, the only official online resale marketplace for Yankees fans to purchase and resell tickets to Yankees games. Fans with questions may call (212) YANKEES [926-5337] or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo electrified the 89th East–West Shrine Game crowd by leading the East Team all-stars on a 66-yard touchdown drive in the final 51 seconds of the first half. Named the 89th game's Offensive MVP, he completed nine of14 passes for 100 yards and one touchdown. NFL scouts were impressed with his performance in the game and during practice.
Through his bowl game and NFL Combine performances Garoppolo made a big impression on some pretty knowledgeable football people. The New England Patriots selected Garoppolo in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. The big question is can he make the jump from a smaller school to the NFL's toughest position?
Garoppolo's NFL Draft Tracker profile describes him as very athletic, with a good arm and quick release. He completed 66 percent of his passes last year for more than 5,000 total yards. Scouts like his lightning quick release and his ability to make decisions under fire. The Patriots are looking for a solid back up and understudy to the master, Tom Brady. Garoppolo will be competing with Ryan Mallett for the number two spot as he develops. Meanwhile, he's all potential.
"To me accuracy is most important in passing, and this kid is amazing," said Jerry Glanville, Garoppolo's (East Team) head coach in the East-West Shrine Game. "To show you how much I trusted him: we had the ball on their one yard line, and everybody knows my tendency is to run it in from the one. But we turned him loose, and Garoppolo gunned a slant pass that could have made it though a car wash and not gotten wet. The scouts were paying attention to that," said Glanville.
"He's built like a linebacker; I don't think you can hurt him," Glanville continued. "When he first came into camp nobody would have chosen him to go as early in the draft as he did. But, it didn't take long in practice before everybody was talking about him. He's in a good position to learn and develop with the Patriots. I'm convinced that before he's done he'll be a starter in the NFL."
If there is one thing everyone seems to agree on about Garoppolo it is his quick release, which helps him avoid sacks and beat the blitz. He's a tough, accurate passer whose stock went up when he played in the 89th East-West Shrine Game.
"I would have been surprised by whoever picked me, to be honest. The excitement of it; it's the draft – you don't know which way any team is going to go. It's a shock and excitement no matter who picks you," Garoppolo said in an interviewed posted on the Patriots website.
"Just the opportunity to play for a successful organization is awesome. It's crazy being able to go to Boston and learn from Tom Brady, and Coach Belichick. It's a great opportunity for a guy like me, a young player. I still have a lot to learn and I know that and I'm excited about it.&rdquo
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text: Show Hide image Politics 2 May 2013 One was a natural conservative with a deep respect for English traditions – the other was Mrs T Ed Smith's "Left Field" column. Sign up for our weekly email * Last week, more than 2,000 people gathered at St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the life of a natural conservative. The service was steeped in the deepest traditions of faith, flag and family. Each reading and every hymn, all the tributes from friends: everything was stamped with the restrained Anglicanism, emotional understatement and lyrical reverence for the English landscape that had sustained the life we came to celebrate. It was, of course, the memorial service for Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket writer and, above all, commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. The following day St Paul's marked the life and achievements of Baroness Thatcher. The two occasions provided an unmistakable metaphor for two different and often contradictory strands of British conservatism: gentlemanly restraint versus animal spirits; the educational establishment versus entrepreneurial vigour; institutional wisdom versus personal liberty; the village green versus the free market. Over two consecutive days in spring, the same cathedral witnessed an accidental debate about the soul and identity of British conservatism. Martin-Jenkins's career had nothing to do with the promotion of the free market. It could be argued that he was the beneficiary of it, at least as a print journalist. But in his opinions and advocacy, he never sided with entrepreneurs against the establishment. Twice in modern history, cricket has experienced commercially driven revolutions that might loosely be termed "Thatcherite". In the 1970s, the Australian tycoon Kerry Packer saw a commercial opportunity in the low morale and poor pay of international cricketers. He used his deep pockets and taste for conflict to entice the game's stars to play in a start-up league, World Series Cricket. Packer's rallying cry was simple: "Come on, we're all whores, name your price!" A schism followed, with Packer's players expelled from the traditional game. It was a horrible, fractious era in cricketing history. But Packer's legacy today looks very different: the commercially successful features of modern cricket (floodlights, coloured clothing) can be traced to his innovations. Whatever his motives, a case could be made that Packer saved cricket. Today, the free market provides an even more ruthless attack on cricket's traditions. The Indian Premier League (IPL) pays higher wages for a few weeks than cricketers once dreamed of making over a whole career. Some top players have given up playing for their countries; they travel the world as mercenaries, revelling in the riches and celebrity of Twenty20, which has undoubtedly inspired new, younger audiences. Martin-Jenkins vigorously opposed both arriviste entrepreneurial interjections. First, he led the establishment attack on Packer and his "circus". "It's every man for himself," he wrote, "and the devil take the hindmost". He despised the idea that cricketers had been lining up an alternative career, while simultaneously playing for their country. Three decades later, he sounded the alarm about the IPL, arguing it had pushed his beloved Test cricket off centre stage. What would Baroness Thatcher have made of the causes that Martin-Jenkins fought to protect and preserve? County cricket was his deepest love. He had an instinctive feel for the rhythms and history of a competition that has roots deep in the 18th century. But county cricket has been losing money for decades and relies substantially on handouts from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Not much imagination is required to know how Thatcher would have advised county chairmen who face declining gate receipts alongside demands for pay increases from South African overseas players. "It's quite simple, dear, you can't spend money you don't have. If you want to sign new players, you'll have to sack old ones." And how would she have responded to the county chairman's rejoinder that the fans would grumble at the loss of popular players? With an icy stare and a call to arms. The whole mood of county cricket would have made Thatcher uncomfortable: shaky business models, burgeoning debts, well-intentioned men in blazers avoiding difficult decisions, club ties, hazy lines of accountability, problems with discerning the bottom line let alone resolving it. I asked one of her former cabinet ministers what she would have made of county cricket. There was a long pause and a slight smile. "More of an IPL person, I think," he replied. The two ceremonies at St Paul's demonstrated that some conservative lives are spent mostly fighting the establishment, others mainly serving it. Thatcher saw belonging to the Conservative Party as the best means to fight what she saw as a sclerotic and ineffectual status quo. Martin-Jenkins's career in cricket, in contrast, was an attempt to apply the brakes; not to reject change entirely but to manage its pace and steer its direction – always towards civility, history and dignity and, just as important, away from vulgarity and the profit motive. Their styles were as different as their visions. Baroness Thatcher thrived on conflict; for Martin-Jenkins, it was a last resort. He attracted few enemies, even among those whom he opposed ideologically. Margaret Thatcher's downfall followed from her own teammates. All of this leads to the uncomfortable question: can two people, so different in character, motives and opinions, belong to the same political movement? What is "conservative" about the free market, with its "creative waves of destruction"? How does saving post offices and village greens, or preserving the green belt, fit alongside economic necessities and social aspiration? For over 30 years that fault line within British conservatism has been left unresolved. "Luck: a Fresh Look at Fortune" (Bloomsbury) is out in paperback this month Ed Smith is a journalist and author, most recently of Luck. He is a former professional cricketer and played for both Middlesex and England. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 29 April 2013 issue of the New Statesman, What makes us human? More


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Nine youth football coaches were arrested for allegedly betting on the same games they coached.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the arrests were the results of an 18-month investigation called "Operation Dirty Play." Investigators said coaches, team affiliates, and the president of the South Florida Youth Football League, which has more than 7,000 players, routinely set point spreads prior to each game.
Below are a list of charges against the nine men:
- Brandon Bivins (Coach/President, Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Darren Brown (Coach, Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Vincent Gray (Coach, Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Brandon Lewis (Affiliate, Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Brad Parker (Affiliate, Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- La Taurus Fort (Coach, NW Broward Raiders) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Willie Tindal (Coach, NW Broward Raiders) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Darron Bostic (Coach, Boca Raton Braves) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
- Dave Small (Coach, Lauderhill Lions) is charged with Felony Bookmaking.
READ: Operation "Dirty Play"
Gray was arrested Tuesday. The other eight were arrested Monday.
Investigators said the coaches organized the bets and made the point spreads on the games.
"They're organized, they banded together, and you know what, they're operating a scheme," said BSO Lt. Frank Ballonte. "That's all it is. It's organized crime at a lower level."
BSO also served search warrants at two businesses that, investigators say, served as gambling houses: Showtime Sports and Apparel in Lauderdale Lakes and Red Carpet Kutz Barbershop in Lauderhill.
According to investigators, Bivins was the ringleader and used his barbershop in Lauderhill as a front for the gambling house.
"But he wasn't in it for the kids -- he was in it for the money. He even went to the length of setting up a fake barber shop in the City of Lauderhill that was really a bookmaking facility," said BSO Sheriff Al Lamberti.
Six of the nine men are ex-convicts with previous felony arrests for drugs, assault, and theft.
According to an ESPN "Outside the Lines" report, up to $20,000 was bet on some games. Video in the report showed men exchanging cash in the stands, on the sidelines, and at the entrance of games.
"From hundreds of dollars, ten dollars, till you hear thousands of dollars -- $10,000, $20,000 -- you may hear on a football game," said Pompano Beach Cowboys Head Coach Ron Thurston told ESPN. Thurston is also a BSO deputy.
"I was a kid. I didn't know what was going on," former player Rob Glover, now 23 years old, who took money while playing youth football, told ESPN. "People who don't know me just want to give me all kinds of cash and stuff. It was good at the time, but now I know it's a bad thing to do."
Glover didn't know it was a payoff from men who won bets on his performance.
"It was a $100 bill. He was like, 'Run it back, I'm going to give you this here. You run it back, I'm going to run down and give it to you,'" said Glover. "So, I ran it back for 99 yards, and, he ran back -- back of the end zone -- I ran by the coolers, he ran back and gave me a $100 bill."
Anyone with information about the gambling on youth sports elsewhere in South Florida is asked to call the Youth Football Hotline at 954-888-5259.
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Note: Most user interface tasks can be performed in Edge Classic or the New Edge experience. For an overview, getting started topics, and release notes specific to the New Edge experience, see the docs.
Expose alternative designs
Mobile Analytics is now App Monitoring and content about Mobile Analytics is deprecated. For documentation related to these features, please see App Monitoring content, such as A/B testing.
For information on migrating to App Monitoring, see Migrating from Mobile Analytics to App Monitoring.
You're adding two new features to your app: a photo feature and a video feature. By clicking a new "Quick Photo" button, users can take a photo. By clicking a new "Quick Video" button, users can shoot a video. However, you're not sure how to best arrange the buttons in the UI. You have two candidate designs. One design looks like this:
The other design places the two new buttons lower down in the UI, like this:
Using Mobile Analytics, you can specify application-specific configurations that choose which mobile design to show the user. You can then leverage analytics to determine which design drives the most engagement with customers.
Step 1: Create the layouts
Create the layouts for each of the two candidate designs and include them in your application. Let's assume that you call one layout 'dashboard" and the other layout 'dashboard_alternate'.
Step 2: Specify app-specific settings
Open the Default Configs page. This will apply the configuration to all devices running your app. Then in the Application Specific Configs section of the page, specify a category, key, and value for the new photo and video features and for one of the layouts , for example:
The category groups together configured features. What you include in each category is also up to you. In this example, FEATURES is a category that includes new features such as the photo and video features. LAYOUT is a category that includes the layouts.
The Key identifies a particular feature. In this case, enableCamera identifies the photo feature, enableVideo identifies the video feature, and dashboard identifies a layout.
The Value controls the handling of the feature. In this example, the value 'true' for enableCamera and enableVideo means that the photo feature and video feature will be turned on in the app, respectively. The 'alternate' value for dashboard means that the 'dashboard_alternate' layout will be turned on in the app.
Step 3: Choose a design based on a configuration
Add code to your app that enables Mobile Analytics to get the configuration so that your app can expose one of the two designs. For example, here's the code you would need to write for the Android version of your app:
protected void toggleLayout() { String layoutToggle = MAConfig.getValue("LAYOUT", "dashboard"); //Toggles layout if (layoutToggle !=null && layoutToggle.equals("alternate")) { setContentView(R.layout.dashboard_alternate); } else { setContentView(R.layout.dashboard); } }
For iOS, you will need to use the iOS application-specific configuration APIs. See the section "Optional: Enable application-specific configuration" in Add monitoring to your iOS application for details.
When the user runs your app, the dashboard_alternate layout is displayed because 'dashboard' is set to 'alternate' in the application-specific configuration.
Step 4: Monitor the impact of the design
Use Mobile analytics to monitor the usage of your app as described in Monitor your app's use. This gives you analytics for the app with one of the competing designs.
You can track the number of users who use your app as well as the number of unique sessions established with your app. You can also look at the metrics summary for the average session length in seconds.
Step 5: Change the layout
Change the layout displayed in your app. You can do this simply by changing the dashboard setting value. Users then see the other layout the next time they start your app.
Again examine the analytics for your app. The better of the competing designs should have a positive impact, such as in increased usage of the app or a longer average session length. You can also instrument the buttons with Google Analytics or Apigee App Services event tracking to see if users are clicking the buttons more often in one design as compared to the other. (See Counters & events for further information about event tracking in App Services.)
You can then factor the analytics into your choice of designs.
Expose alternative designs in a Beta Test or A/B Test
You can also try out alternative designs with a smaller set of users. You can do this using a Beta Test configuration or A/B test configuration, and integrating the configuration into your code. For details, see Configure your app .
Help or comments?
- If something's not working: Ask the Apigee Community or see Apigee Support.
- If something's wrong with the docs: Send Docs Feedback
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star family-friendly hotel near First Direct Arena
Popular property highlights
This family-friendly Leeds hotel is located in the entertainment district, within a 15-minute walk of Holy Trinity Church and First Direct Arena. Royal Armouries and Thackray Medical Museum are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features 2 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an indoor pool. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 244 rooms offer WiFi, 24-hour room service, and TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include wired Internet, Egyptian cotton sheets, and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Leeds Marriott Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Leeds Marriott Hotel features an indoor pool and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 7556 square feet (702 square meters) include conference space. This family-friendly hotel also offers a children's pool, a spa tub, and spa services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Leeds Marriott Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Express check-in
- Total number of rooms - 244
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 6
- ATM/banking
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (meters) - 702
- Number of meeting rooms - 17
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Wedding services
- Health club
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 7556
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access (surcharge)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Midtown Restaurant Grill - This steakhouse specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
AM Kitchen and Bar - This restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
Spa Services
Russell Eaton (Aveda) Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: GBP 17.50 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: GBP 15.00 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: GBP 15.00 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: GBP 15.00 per day
Hotel Name
- Leeds Marriott
- Leeds Marriott Hotel
- Marriott Hotel Leeds
- Marriott Leeds
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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text: Kick off your celebration of St. Patrick's Day a day early in Fortuna and support the Knights of Columbus Redwood Council 3013 annual Shenanigans Celebration. The event will take place Sunday, March 16 at the Fortuna River Lodge. The evening will feature traditional entertainment from the Emerald Coast Irish Dancers, along with a corned beef dinner at 6 p.m. The no-host bar opens at 5 p.m. and the fundraiser will also include a pot-o-gold drawing and a silent auction. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children. Tickets are available at Beverage Plus in Fortuna or at the door until sold out. For more information, call Kevin at 725-9303.


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For three months we'll be doing one competition a month and each contest will have a winner and a runner up who gets some really sweet prizes from our sponsors. And now its time for the last one!
How the contests work
Each contest will have a specific theme that you the designer can interpret however you'd like. It's kinda like a graphic design version of Nick Campbell's awesome 5 second projects.
You can use photography, illustration, typography or whichever design area you're most comfortable with.
Be as creative as you like!
Theme – Competition 3
The last theme is going to be "Hot vs. Cold"!
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Wiltshire pupils will jump on their bikes and scooters on Monday for the two-week Big Pedal, a national competition organised by charity Sustrans which aims to get more children active.
Hundreds of thousands of youngsters are expected to take part in the Big Pedal 2014, an inter-school competition where schools get points for the more pupils who make journeys by bike or scooter.
First launched in 2009, the Big Pedal has gained popularity over the past five years and has become the UK's largest inter-school cycling and scooting competition.
Research shows that nearly half of all children want to be able to get to school by bike but only four per cent actually do. The Big Pedal engages children in cycling and scooting to school in a fun way with the aim that they will continue cycling and scooting after the competition has finished.
Jo Collett, Bike It Plus officer for Wiltshire, said: "I work with a number of primary schools in Wiltshire all year round to encourage a long term culture of active travel to and from school. "The Big Pedal is an exciting national event to inspire pupils to get on their bikes and scooters while competing nationally with other schools."
Malcolm Shepherd, Sustrans chief executive, said: "The average primary school journey is just 1.5 miles – the perfect distance to walk or cycle.
"We hope the Big Pedal will help thousands of families rediscover the fun and freedom of cycling to school, get fit and save money at the same time."
Among the Wiltshire schools taking part in the scheme are Aloeric Primary School, Melksham, The Mead, Hilperton and Walwayne Court from Trowbridge, Holt Primary, Ivy Lane and Queens Crescent from Chippenham, Nursteed and Southbroom of Devizes and St Mary's Broughton Gifford.
Any school can join in between Monday and Friday, March 14, and to find out more about the Big Pedal go to www.bigpedal.org.uk


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The Miami Heat, fresh off their Game 3 blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, have canceled Friday's practice and media session.
The team did not give an immediate decision for the moves, announced on the team's media hotline. However, given the sideline dustup that occurred between guard Dwayne Wade and coach Erik Spoelstra during Thursday's loss, the team may have wanted not to rehash further what happened with the media.
Wade scored just 5 points on 2-of-13 shooting in the game, which the Heat played without Chris Bosh. Bosh, hurt in Game 1 of this series and out indefinitely with an abdominal strain, also missed Game 2.
Wade dismissed the spat, telling reporters "I don't know what y'all are talking about." Spoelstra, meanwhile, said of the incident, "Dwyane and I have been together for a long time. We've been through basically everything—a lot of different roles and a lot of different teams. That really is nothing."
Game 4 of the Heat-Pacers series is Sunday in Indianapolis. The Pacers hold a 2-1 series lead.
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A public conference to discuss a potential settlement on key Monterey Peninsula Water Project issues has been pushed back for a third time.
It's the latest delay for a project that already will miss its December 2016 deadline for providing a new water source for the Peninsula. Its central component, a desalination plant north of Marina, might not be operational until mid-2018 or later, California American Water officials have acknowledged.
More than a dozen parties were set to discuss a settlement at the conference scheduled for Aug. 23 before the state Public Utilities Commission, which is reviewing the project proposal. But this week the PUC announced the conference would be pushed back to Sept. 16, raising questions about the status of confidential settlement negotiations.
Those talks, which have also been extended, are still scheduled to conclude next Wednesday. PUC Judge Gary Weatherford previously indicated he would not likely agree to another extension.
The latest delay followed an announcement from the PUC last week that Judge Angela Minkin was being "co-assigned" to help guide the review of Cal Am's project application. Sources have suggested Weatherford has experienced serious health issues, and this week's announcement indicated Minkin would conduct the Sept. 16 conference.
Minkin oversaw the PUC's review of Cal Am's failed regional desalination project, which began falling apart shortly after the commission approved the proposal amid conflict of interest allegations and legal challenges.
Cal Am's current $400 million proposal includes the desal plant and supplemental aquifer storage and recovery and groundwater replenishment sources.
It is designed as a replacement source of water after the state ordered a cutback in pumping from the Carmel River.


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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Apple Crisp
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The topping of that apple crisp looks perfect!ReplyDelete
Oh, man, does that ever look good! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love crisps. They can be whipped up at the last minute, and they're SO delicious. Love that you're going to have some for breakfast!ReplyDelete
I love the whole family of recipes from Cook's Illustrated. It looks really yummy! Apple crisp is one of my favorite recipe! We mostly got "SLUSH" here in southern lower Mich but heard more actual SNOW is on its way. YEY!!My little guy has his snowboard and sled all rearin' to go!! Your apple crisp filling looks so pretty in those jars mmm mmm! I tried that Chicken Potpie soup and it was a hit!ReplyDelete
Apple Crisp is the best! My husband and I like to top it with ice cream... I like it best with granny smith apples, but not everyone does! This dish is delicious.ReplyDelete
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President Obama had barely concluded his June 29 press conference when my e-mail box began filling up with responses from the general-aviation industry. The NBAA expressed "dismay" and announced that it was sending a "strongly worded" letter to the President about his remarks, which it said "reflect a total lack of understanding" of the field. The National Air Transportation Association, meanwhile, said it was "appalled" by the President's comments. Other groups–including Helicopter Association International, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and the Aircraft Electronics Association–weighed in similarly. So did my colleague Kirby Harrison, who, like NATA, used the word "appalled" to describe his reaction.
When I read the President's speech, I understood why the response had been so strong. No fewer than six times in his brief talk, Obama had singled out "corporate jet owners," suggesting that they need to give up tax breaks to help reduce the national debt. These comments sounded a bit like a replay of what happened after Detroit's auto CEOs flew their business jets to Washington in 2008 and the media jumped on the story. Despite public-relations efforts by NBAA and others, corporate jets clearly remain an easy target for politicians and the mainstream media, which see them as a symbol of excessive spending and ignore their contribution to the bottom line.
I found the President's repeated attacks on "tax breaks" for corporate jet owners perplexing on several counts. For one thing, only about six months have passed since he signed a tax bill that extended "bonus" depreciation for buyers of business jets and other new aircraft. According to Bloomberg News, moreover, ending tax breaks related to corporate jets would achieve less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the President's deficit-reduction goal.
The bizav industry's reaction may have been as overblown as the speech itself was baffling, however. NBAA and other groups seemed to suggest that the elimination of bonus depreciation for purchasers of new business aircraft would seriously harm the industry and the overall economy, but Business Jet Traveler columnist Jeff Wieand painted a different picture in his April/May 2011 column. Wieand pointed out that while bonus depreciation is in theory good medicine for the economy, "it's hard to see how it will have much impact" in the case of business aviation.
For many who signed contracts to buy aircraft in 2010, he said, bonus depreciation "is just a big tax giveaway"–the airplane has already been purchased, so there's no stimulus effect, just a tax break. Moreover, most heavy and long-range aircraft are sold out through 2011, so the break now applies largely to light and medium-sized jets–precisely the ones, said Wieand, bought by companies that aren't making a whole lot of money now and therefore can't benefit from a write-off. Wieand detailed other problems, too: bonus depreciation could have the effect of boosting aircraft prices, for example; and while it's supposed to help the economy by boosting sales, many business jets aren't made by U.S. companies.
My guess is that keeping this tax break isn't quite as important to the business aviation industry or the overall economy as the NBAA and others suggest–and also that eliminating it wouldn't help the country nearly as much as the President suggests. Instead, it's primarily a political football for both sides to throw at the other.
Be that as it may, I want to mention another problem I had with the President's speech: When he repeatedly referred in the same breath to "corporate jet owners" and "millionaire and billionaires [who have] done so well," I got the sense that he was lumping corporate and private jet owners together.
The terms "private jet," "business jet" and "corporate jet" get used rather interchangeably, even in our magazines, but by definition, individuals don't buy corporate jets and corporations aren't millionaires and billionaires. Moreover, there is a big difference between an individual buying a jet for personal travel and a corporation that employs its own flight department to save time and boost productivity.
You may or may not agree that tax cuts for affluent Americans should be allowed to expire, but whatever your position on that, it's a whole separate issue from whether the tax code should encourage or discourage corporate use of business aircraft. You can argue that someone who can afford to buy a private jet to fly to the Caribbean should pay more taxes without believing that a company is acting lavishly when it uses its aircraft to send six service technicians to a city the airlines don't serve or to keep its highly paid CEO from wasting hours in airline terminals. And of course, private jet buyers do not qualify for the bonus depreciation write-off.
If the President wants to talk about higher personal tax rates for individuals who are wealthy enough to buy their own jets, that's one thing–and it is in fact an argument he's been making all along. But corporate jet use is a whole other matter. In the past, President Obama has seemed to appreciate the distinction and I hope he does so in the future.


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The Lovely Bones
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There was a time not so long ago that kids walked home from school alone after dark. And no one panicked if they were a little late for dinner.
But for the Salmons, 14-year-old Susie's savage murder shattered all semblance of serenity.
In life, Susie was a pretty, vibrant teen who dreamed of being a wildlife photographer and bravely saved her little brother, Buckley, from choking to death. In life, Susie was about to have her first date with Ray. In life, Susie had the rest of her life to look forward to.
That was before December 6, 1973.
Susie herself tells us that this was the day she died. She can do so because she's in the "in-between." Not quite heaven and certainly not the morgue, this physically beautiful but emotionally turbulent limbo takes its atmospheric cues from Susie's feelings in the "blue horizon between heaven and earth." And Susie senses that she's come to this middle ground to finish something.
In the in-between, fear and rage invoke coldness and decay. Peace and joy invoke sunshine and warmth. But Susie's feelings also affect her family—and sometimes violently so. Her father, Jack, is particularly influenced and, because of Susie's subconscious thirst for revenge, he becomes consumed with solving his daughter's murder. Through his own intuition and Susie's subtle otherworldly influence, he gradually deduces that the family's regimented neighbor George Harvey is the killer.
[Note: The following sections contain spoilers.]
Positive Elements
The Salmon family is a loving one. And though they struggle—Mom, for example, moves away for a time to distance herself from Jack's grief and compulsion to solve the case—they try their best to grapple realistically with Susie's death and not let it destroy them, too. Before her death, Susie and Jack share a special father-daughter bond. Flamboyant Grandma Lynn, clawing her way out of the wreckage of her own life, even manages to provide a little bit of structure by doing her best to care for the fractured family.
As mentioned, Susie saves her brother's life with quick thinking and some plucky driving (years before she's old enough for a license). Jack proves over and over again just how much he cares for his kids, both before Susie's death and after. Susie's sister, Lindsay, risks her life to try to bring closure to the unsolved murder mystery.
Spiritual Content
The in-between has become a favorite Hollywood location. Movies such as What Dreams May Come and Ghost linger there, as do the spirits in TV shows such as Ghost Whisperer. Almost always people end up there because they have unfinished business to attend to, be it emotional distress, relational calamity … or a mystery.
The Lovely Bones conjures a world that is simultaneously beautiful, frightening, welcoming and fickle. From this place, Susie can begin to deal with her own loss. And she can also make ethereal contact with the people she's left behind. Usually what that looks like is a dim reflection in a pane of glass, a whispering wind or a flickering shadow. But in one case she manages to "possess" a living person, taking her over for just long enough to receive that longed-for first kiss that was wrenched away from her while alive.
Susie's dad and a girl from school (whom we are told can more easily than others accept the dead among the living) both see Susie briefly. Buckley claims she came into his room and kissed him. A withered flower comes back to life in Jack's hand as Susie wills it to blossom.
Susie mentions that another teenage girl who died of leukemia is also in the in-between, but not in Susie's—since each afterlife is tailored for individuals or groups with a common bond. Because of that, Susie meets Harvey's other victims, one of whom tells her not to look back at earth. Instead, she must move beyond the in-between into heaven. Susie resists, wanting both revenge and to help her family make it through.
Juxtaposed against Susie's hatred for Harvey is a poster in her bedroom that reads, "Happiness is loving your enemies." Susie will have none of that. And it's implied that she's able to finally exact her "justice" by mystical means: In the real world, just as we see it happen in the in-between, an icicle snaps and falls, setting off a chain of events that leads to Harvey's death.
Grandma Lynn mentions Buddhist beliefs. Susie, still alive, casually dismisses her.
Sexual Content
Grandma Lynn's advice is rarely worth taking, especially when she asks Susie whether she's kissed Ray yet. Susie's answer is no, and her grandma wonders what the hold up is—telling her to "just have fun" with the boy.
Jack and his wife are seen in bed together kissing. (He's wearing a T-shirt and she's in a modest nightgown.) Ray and Susie finally get their supernatural kiss. Lindsay and her boyfriend kiss, too. A girl is scolded by her art teacher for sketching a nude woman—which he waves around for the camera to see.
Violent Content
After luring Susie into an underground bunker he has built as a trap, Harvey grabs her when she tries to escape. She kicks him, but is no match for his strength. Her murder is implied by images of her being thrown to the ground, a blood-soaked bag getting stuffed into a small safe and a blood-spattered bathroom where a straight razor sits on a sink.
A man is brutally beaten with a baseball bat. And we see his bloodied body afterwards.
The corpses of Harvey's other victims are seen, some partially buried or floating in water. He tries to capture Lindsay, viciously chasing her. She falls from an upstairs window while trying to elude him.
Jack hammers a hole through Harvey's back door while in a rage. He breaks several bottles (the kind that have ships built inside), and when he does, giant representations of them crash into the rocky shoreline of Susie's in-between.
Crude or Profane Language
One f-word. Once each, God's name is mouthed and Jesus' abused. A use each of "b‑‑ch," "h‑‑‑," "p‑‑‑ off" and "jerk-off."
Drug and Alcohol Content
In an apparent stab at providing a little comic relief, Grandma Lynn blows cigarette smoke like an industrial flue and downs enough hard liquor to stock a store. Clearly an alcoholic, she goes so far as snatching up cooking sherry. She even chides Jack for not drinking. And she downs pills of some kind with her booze.
Other Negative Elements
A teenage boy intimidates his girlfriend, bullying her verbally. Harvey's seen naked in a tub of filthy water.
In an interview with MTV, Susan Sarandon describes her impression of The Lovely Bones like this: "I haven't figured out the tone of the movie; I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is. It's going to be a strange jumble of things."
Hmmm. From the mouths of seasoned superstars.
In its own way the film gently honors the memory of murder victims. And it never for a second glamorizes or tries to "get under the skin" of the killer—as so many entertainments do these days. Still, The Lovely Bones doesn't seem to know what its real purpose is. One part spiritual sentimentalism, one part thriller, one part heartbreak hotel and one heaping part cathartic revenge caper, it treats the afterlife as an unpredictable land of whimsy and simultaneous horror. Disregarding God and any sort of biblical view of heaven, it grasps at straws to create its own interpretation of justice and life after death.
Its target audience? Oddly, teen girls.
According to the Los Angeles Times, The Lovely Bones (based on Alice Sebold's best-selling 2002 novel) "tells the tale of a 14-year-old girl who is raped and murdered, then watches over her family and killer from the afterlife. Most people involved in the film originally thought it would primarily appeal to older moviegoers. But after test research on the movie, Paramount found there was a potentially hidden audience of females between 13 and 25."
It's reported that director Peter Jackson (of The Lord of the Rings fame) decided to mitigate some of the novel's violence in order to make the story more palatable for his own 13-year-old daughter.
Maybe this explains why all Susie wants to do when she assumes bodily form again for a moment is … kiss Ray.
That was the moment when I felt suddenly very grateful for the real heaven, where even our greatest earthly pleasures will pale into insignificance when we see the glory of God. Where worldly desires or hurts melt away because our every longing and need are met in Christ. Where, as it says in Isaiah, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."
That heaven is where no one cares about kisses anymore. And, thankfully, that heaven is the one awaiting those who have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior.
The Lovely Bones' heaven offers little more than a great, grassy field, a towering, magical tree, and sweet nothings whispered between two teens who don't even really know each other all that well.
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Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon; Rose McIver as Lindsay Salmon; Mark Wahlberg as Jack Salmon; Rachel Weisz as Abigail Salmon; Susan Sarandon as Grandma Lynn; Stanley Tucci as George Harvey
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Paramount Pictures
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December 11, 2009
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April 20, 2010
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Already a gigantic hit in the UK, the 23rd film in the James Bond franchise, Skyfall, is about to explode onto movie screens in this country. In the series' 50-year history, its suave hero, 007– played by six actors, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig— has encountered scores of devious villains and even more luscious ladies, some originating in the Ian Fleming novels, others created for the screen. The Bond Girls had names ranging from the ridiculous (Pussy, Kissy, Plenty, Trigger) to the sublime. Here are Nameberry's picks for the most sublime.
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Chesapeake Bay - Methods
Ecosystem health report cards are an effective means of tracking and reporting the health of a waterway at both local and regional scales. A report card has being developed within the Chesapeake Bay science and management community in order to provide a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed annual assessment of Chesapeake Bay health.
Calculating the Chesapeake Bay report card scores
This newsletter was produced for the inaugural report card in 2006, but the methods described are the same for all years. Click thumbnail to download.
Development and evaluation of a spatially-explicit index of Chesapeake Bay health
Marine Pollution Bulletin 59(1-3): 14-25
This paper provides a more detailed of the methodology employed in generating the Bay Health Index.
Supporting analysis for the report card scores
This document summarizes additional water quality analysis conducted for some reporting regions. This report was produced for the 2007 report card. Analysis was conducted for the Tidal Monitoring and Anlaysis workgroup by Jeni Keisman. Click thumbnail to download.
Chesapeake Bay health has been affected by elevated nutrient and sediment loads, resulting in water quality and biotic (biological) degradation. For the report card, Chesapeake Bay health is defined as the progress of six indicators towards established ecological thresholds. The three water quality indicators are chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, and water clarity, and the three biotic indicators are aquatic grasses (submerged aquatic vegetation), Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (soft bottom only), and Phytoplankton Index of Biotic Integrity.
Indicators for the Chesapeake Bay Health Index were chosen so that they would relate to the management objectives established in the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement, represent key ecological processes, and fulfill practical requirements such as data availability and geographic coverage. The goal of improved Bay health through nutrient and sediment reductions should result in the indicators meeting established ecological thresholds. Threshold values were established for each indicator based on published scientific literature and technical reports. Measuring progress towards thresholds allows for both combining diverse indicators into indices and comparison between Bay regions. Monitoring data were assessed against the threshold values by determining the percentage of samples passing the thresholds over the period of interest. Aquatic grasses were assessed as the proportion of the restoration goal present. The Bay was divided into 15 reporting regions and the average of the three water quality indicators was used to generate the Water Quality Index, and the average of the three biotic indicators used to generate the Biotic Index. The Chesapeake Bay Health Index was determined by averaging the Water Quality and Biotic Index values for each reporting region.
Reporting Regions
Indicators, Thresholds and Indices
Water quality and biotic indicators combined into indices
Water quality was measured at 144 sites, with a maximum of 13 times per period of interest. Spatial interpolations of average water quality conditions were produced to show spatial variability. The frequency that each water quality parameter exceeded established thresholds at each station was then calculated and mapped. For each sampling station, the frequency that each indicator exceeded the threshold was combined into a single score, the Water Quality Index (WQI), and then mapped. The Water Quality Index was calculated by averaging the area weighted scores for water clarity, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll a for each reporting region.
The distribution of aquatic grasses is estimated each year using aerial surveys. The area (hectares) of aquatic grasses relative to the restoration goal is calculated for each reporting region. Samples for assessing benthic community were collected at approximately 300 sites over the spring and summer. The area of the reporting region exceeding the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) threshold was calculated. Samples for assessing the phytoplankton community were collected at approximately 25 stations, up to 12 times during spring and summer. The frequency that the Phytoplankton Index of Biotic Integrity score exceeded the threshold was calculated for each reporting region. The Biotic Index was calculated by averaging the area weighted scores for aquatic grass, Benthic IBI, and Phytoplankton IBI for each reporting region.
The Bay Health Index (BHI) was calculated by averaging the Water Quality Index and Biotic Index scores for each reporting region.
Testing the sensitivity of the Water Quality Index
The Water Quality Index (WQI) needs to be sensitive to changes in the amount of nutrients delivered to the Bay so that future changes in management actions can be detected. To do this, the Index was tested by comparing a low flow/low nutrient year (2002) with a high flow/high nutrient year (2003). The year 2002 approximated the 175 and 12.8 million pound restoration goals for nitrogen and phosphorus loads, respectively, to the Bay. 2003 is approximately >2.5x and >8x these restoration goals. The methods and thresholds used to calculate WQI scores proved to be sensitive to nutrients. For example, the 2002 score was substantially higher than the 2003 score for the Choptank, James, and Mid Bay regions. However, some regions did not show distinct differences between the two years (e.g., Patapsco and Back, and York Rivers), perhaps illustrating that factors other than flow and nutrients play a larger role in the health of these systems.
Comparing Health Reports
The Chesapeake Bay report card is unique in that it provides a geographically detailed and integrated approach to form numerical rankings of 15 reporting regions on an annual basis. This approach compliments those focusing on Bay-wide assessment over longer time frames. The geographic detail provided in the report card reflects the complexity of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and provides information that can help guide and focus restoration efforts. The report card is a developing product, with a more complete assessment of Bay health expected in the future. Future report cards will aim to include indicators of fish and shellfish status at suitable spatial scales and time frames.
Chesapeake Bay Report Card
- Bay and tributary specific assessment using six indicators
- Integrated into an index
- Provides full assessment since 2006 and trends since 1986
- Numerical rankings of reporting regions
- Continued development and refinement required
Chesapeake Bay health and restoration assessment
- Bay-wide assessment using 13 indicators
- Provides assessment for the past 20 years
- Numerical ranking of Bay-wide indicators
- Continued development and refinement required