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In the Aliens franchise, Xenomorphs have an uncanny knack for going unnoticed. You'll be strolling down a sombre Weyland-Yutani corridor, not a care in the world, and somehow you'll fail to notice that your physical surroundings have started to move. With any luck, you'll have just enough time to shout, "THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE WALLS!" before one of the spiny chaps bites a hole in your stupid careless face. Game over, man. Game over.
You could argue that Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines has pulled off the exact same trick. True, we didn't exactly forget about the game; it just seemed so long since we'd heard anything that some of us thought it might be dead. Then, suddenly, the project reappears out of nowhere, bursting from the chest of E3 to take us all by surprise. We'd had hints (here and here that the game was on its way, of course, but no-one saw that Wii U announcement coming, did they?
The Wii U version wasn't on show at the Gearbox's E3 presentation room, but the game that we did see certainly provided plenty of food for thought. As an Aliens-themed FPS title Colonial Marines instantly recalls over a decade's worth of similar titles from various developers, but it's fair to say that the whiff of authenticity has never been stronger. Every sound effect - from the barking chatter of the pulse rifles to the squealing death-throes of your endless foes - seems to have been culled directly from James Cameron's 1986 epic, and there's a similar level of care on display with the game's appearance. There's something especially satisfying about the movement of the Xenomorphs themselves, crawling along the floors and walls with that hideous sense of something evil and unstoppable.
While this is a direct sequel to the events of Cameron's film, the setup in this demo feels so close to the inspiration that it may as well be an interactive retelling. So, here comes the USS Sulaco, ferrying a new bunch of grunts to the ill-fated colony on LV-426. We start with a quick glimpse of the crew in stasis, the manifest screen showing their names in cold green-on-black text; moments later, after the now-obligatory crash landing, we're among the marines themselves as they bitch and banter with each other. In contrast to the recent trend for giving FPS heroes a voice, it seems that we're playing a silent protagonist here - but there's certainly no shortage of chatter from the rest of the crew.
The E3 demo wastes no time in making direct reference to its inspiration. The marines are on the planet to investigate the events of the movie, and they soon find their way to the atmospheric processing station where things first went wrong for Hicks and co. True to form, there's just enough time for a spot of sightseeing - you can check out the tunnel that Bishop was sealed into - before our Xenomorph friends make their first appearance. The action is swift and brutal, with marines dying violently left, right and centre. It's not clear in the demo who can be saved and who is doomed to scripted death, but supposedly the game will use a mix of both. There'll always be at least one ally to hand, however, as drop in/drop out co-op play is available at all times, for a maximum of four participants. Perhaps this shouldn't be a surprise given the success of Borderlands, but it's certainly excellent news all the same.
If there was one problem with Gearbox's first reveal, it was the sense it had tried to cram too much into a single 15-minute taster. Once the action kicked off there was very little in the way or respite or - more importantly - quieter moments where tension was allowed to build. Still, I guess that's to be expected for an E3 demonstration, and there was certainly a lot to like in the set-pieces we were shown. One particularly good moment found the player deploying sentry turrets at the end of a lengthy corridor, a la the Director's Cut of the film - and then desperately trying to hold back the tide of onrushing Xenos.
This last battle was lost when a creature burst through a vent next to the crucial turret, slaying the marine nearby. Gearbox says that dynamic enemy AI has been a major focus for the development team, and while it's clearly hard to gauge such things during a hands-off demo, there's obvious potential if they've taken the right cues from the likes of Dead Space. Needless to say, you've got the classic motion tracker to alert you to incoming threats, but since you can't use your weapon while you're looking at it, there's only so much help it can provide.
Only one moment in the demo threatened to spoil the fun: the revelation of a new Xenomorph type, a giant version the size of a truck that attacked by charging with its battering ram-like head. While the sequence in which it appeared was handled solidly, the whole thing felt distinctly odd and not at all in keeping with the established lore of the franchise. Indeed, it rather reminded of the toy range that came out in the early 90s, blending Giger's designs with zoo animals to create gimmicky-but-profitable oddities.
Still, there's no doubt that by the time the Queen made a quick cameo, annihilating the player at the end of the demo, Aliens: Colonial Marines had done a convincing job of winning the respect of its audience. The game looks and sounds the part, and as I've already said the attention to detail is spot on. The revelation of four-player co-op is distinctly pleasing, and given Gearbox's track record in the genre, I have faith that the gunplay will be as gratifying as it seems. It's been a while since we've had an Aliens game that's made the most of the license, but as long as this chap doesn't turn up as an unwarranted boss fight, Colonial Marines should prove to be worthy of its mantle.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in spring 2012.


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WILTSHIRE men opened their 2014 campaign in the inter-county championship in fine style with a victory.
They came from behind at halfway in their opening Middleton Cup west group match against Gloucestershire to record a 32 shots success as they ran-out 135-103 victors at home at Wootton Bassett.
Wiltshire took the honours on four of the six rinks to collect 18 of the 22 points on offer and top their group.
"Well that was just the start in this season's MC campaign that we were looking for," said team manager Dave Snell.
"We had a team discussion in the changing rooms prior to the match targeting 18 points from this game and the lads went out and secured exactly that.
"Having said that we knew it would be a tough game against Gloucestershire as it was last year and this proved to be the case."
Wiltshire made a slow start against Gloucestershire and were 41-28 down across the board at six ends, 58-55 at 10 and 72-71 at 13, but then the Moonrakers got a big lift on the 14th end.
Mel Biggs' rink notched a big count of seven and this seemed to finally spark the Wiltshire team who had been subdued into life.
They went 90-80 up at 15 ends, 116-94 clear at 18 and finally won 135-103, a comfortable 32 shots success.
Biggs' rink who were 9-8 down at 13 ends following the seven on the next pulled away to win by 12 shots.
But the biggest winning margin came from Graham Shadwell's four who were 12-11 down at 13 ends. They then roared away to a comfortable 30-14 win.
Other rink wins were recorded by Wootton Bassett skip Neil Smith (four shots) and Holt's Ben Gadd (seven shots).
Wiltshire have named an unchanged team for the next group match at home at Wootton Bassett to Worcestershire on Saturday, June 14.
Meanwhile, five local players have been selected to represent Wiltshire in the opening round of the Balcombe Trophy tomorrow away to Warwickshire.
Westlecot trio Graham Hatherall, Mike Jackson and Mel Biggs, along with Wootton Bassett's Steve Snell and Neil Smith, have been chosen for the top two fours tie.
The Westlecot players all feature in rink two along with Spencer Moulton's Russell Francis.
The Wootton Bassett duo of Snell and Smith are in rink one which will be skipped by former England international Graham Shadwell.
A place in the regional final at Cotswold (Stroud) on June 22 awaits the first round winner.

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Polanco pops out to short. 2 outs.
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Utley flies out to right. Good start to the game. 1-0 Reds after 1.
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Tanner Fellows lost his dinner before the Wolves kicked off on Friday night. Then the running back gained 168 yards and the junior Homecoming prince crown.
Following Woodland's 26-7 romp over Natomas at Community Stadium, Fellows found his way to Denny's. After all, he still had to make up for his pre-game sickness due to nervousness.
Two of the four Wolves scores against the Nighthawks - all of which were on the ground - came from Fellows.
"He can barrel down the field and run you over, or run around you," coach Bert Salinas said of the tailback. "He's not scared to put his head down, he always keeps his feet moving, and he's always moving the pile. That's what we need."
Woodland (1-5, 1-0 Tri-County Conference) probably needed Friday's victory to salvage its season. Salinas said it was "nice to get the W," as the locals won the battle of all-beatens over Natomas (0-6, 0-1 TCC) by scoring 22 points after halftime.
"Us Wolves were hungry," Fellows said. "We just got ourselves a plateful of chicken right there."
Fellows ate up yardage in his 17 carries, going at least 25 yards on three occasions. His best run of the night came on Woodland's first drive of the second half, which he capped with a 27-yard touchdown. A draw play left, a cut toward the middle and then a break back out left took Fellows to paydirt - though the tailback credited his lineman on the play.
"I could drive a semi-truck through those holes if I wanted to," he said. "I had daylight forever."
Throughout the game the Wolves were able to break off solid runs. Alex Preciado, who returned Friday after being out three weeks with an injury, totaled 87 yards and a score of his own on 13 carries. Quarterback Trevor Young, still nursing a broken non-throwing hand, also had a touchdown, while Joseph Duran earned 70 yards on six carries.
Homecoming king Daniel Morales, a special teams standout on the team, credited the return of several players from injury, a sentiment echoed by the coach.
"We're real excited to get a few bodies back on the field and do some damage," Salinas said.
The Wolves wouldn't let Natomas' offense hurt them, allowing just 42 yards before garbage time. Woodland used blitz schemes and disguised coverages to confuse the Nighthawks. Salinas implemented a strategy to stifle quarterback Daniel Guttierrez, who completed only 4 of 18 passes before the final drive.
"He's a shorter quarterback so we (tried to get) pressure on him and make him throw over us," Salinas said. "We have some tall defensive lineman and we still should have gotten our hands up a little bit more."
One such lineman is senior T.J. Molina, who had a sack in the second half.
"We had so much pressure that they didn't know which D-lineman to block, so I was able to get in from behind," he said of reaching Guttierrez. Natomas tailback Tyshun Flynn had similar luck, gaining 14 yards on nine carries before two long runs late. The Wolves will try to do the same to Inderkum next Friday at home.
Woodland had to overcome some issues, fumbling three times in the first half and committing 19 penalties on the night. Salinas also noted three inadvertent whistles by the officlals that were "frustrating" because they were in Natomas' favor. Despite the setbacks, Salinas challenged his team at halftime to execute - and the Wolves responded.
"We came together as a team finally," Molina said. "We put in work tonight and it was great."
Morales, on the other hand, was at a loss for words.
"You don't even... I can't even explain this (feeling)," he said.
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The Texas Longhorns have taken a unique approach to their defensive back recruiting efforts in the 2013 class, taking things at a slower pace than they did with other positions. Texas extended its first DB offer on April 2 after the Longhorns had already garnered commitments from prospects at every other position.
On Friday, UT's patience and thorough evaluations paid off, with the Longhorns securing a commitment from one of the country's best, Bastrop cornerback Antwuan Davis.
The 6-0, 188-pound Davis is one of three defensive back prospects to hold offers from the Texas coaches, and he's been a player that most thought would commit to Texas at some point. Davis has always had the Longhorns at or near the top of his list, and he had commented recently that he'd likely make a commitment sometime this spring. On Friday, he decided to go ahead and make his commitment official during a meeting in Mack Brown's office.
"We had been talking about it. We talked thoroughly last night with his head coach," said Anthony Davis, Antwuan's father. "It's a great place to be, great atmosphere, the DB coaching is the best as far as technique and we like how they take care of the kids.
"We thought it was time to make the decision. Once we got in that office, he was hypnotized. It was basically over after that."
As the nation's No. 14-ranked defensive back prospect, Davis gives Texas defensive backs coach Duane Akina a blue-chip athlete who has tremendous speed to go along with his impressive frame.
Davis had been considered a strong lean to the Longhorns ever since picking up his offer, but he held off on committing in order to help draw attention to his Bastrop teammates as college coaches stopped by the school for spring evaluations. But all along, he had a strong inclination that he'd eventually wind up at Texas.
"He had a pretty strong idea of what he wanted to do. He knew where he wanted to go to school the whole time, but he wanted to wait to help his teammates out," said Anthony Davis. "But it was time for him to get out there and do his thing."
Davis suffered a back injury last season that caused some coaches to delay their evaluations, but he's since returned to full strength and his offer list has grown considerably in the past couple months. He chose Texas over offers from the likes of Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.
In February, Davis took a quick unofficial visit to Texas to get a close look at the UT program and meet with the coaches. After that visit, he mentioned that the Longhorns were one of his top choices and UT has remained in a strong position ever since.
"I really like coach Akina," Davis said after that visit. "I like what he does with his DBs. He has this secret that he does with his DBs to get them in the NFL. I want that secret."
Davis becomes the Longhorns' 14th commitment of the 2013 class. Texas is planning to take two defensive backs in the class. The UT staff has outstanding offers to Maurice Smith and Chevoski Collins.
"We're very excited. My parents can come down and watch him play. It's an overwhelming feeling for it to happen," Anthony Davis said.
Davis will run in the 2012 Texas Track & Field State Meet next Friday as a participant in the 100 meter dash.


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o Fixed the crashes some users were seeing with cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com in 2.5.7.
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o Fixed an issue with file transfers. This may not resolve all issues, but it should resolve at least some of the most common ones.
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Quotables from NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON Week of 12/3
Below, check out some hilarious quotables from NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH Jimmy Fallon for the week of DECEMBER 3 - DECEMBER 7:
After weeks of rumors, today it was confirmed that Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their first baby. You can tell the baby's a member of the royal family, cuz Kate said she can already feel it waving.
Hey, speaking of babies, a new survey found that "Sophia" and "Aiden" were the most popular baby names this year. The least popular baby name was Kim Jong Sandusky. (Only three babies got that name this year.)
I'm so excited, you guys! We have the Dave Matthews Band on the show tonight! Yeah, tonight they're gonna be performing a song from their new album… and then tomorrow, they'll finish performing it.
Here's some political news. While he was in Pennsylvania on Friday, President Obama said that he's been keeping his own "naughty and nice list" of lawmakers. Then Biden was like, "Great – now I gotta worry about his list AND Santa's?"
This isn't good. Friends of Mitt Romney are saying that he's bored now that he's no longer running for president. Though not as bored as the rest of us were when he was running for president.
Oh man, did you guys see the Jets game yesterday? It was going so bad, the Jets replaced Mark Sanchez with third-string quarterback Greg McElroy, who then led the team to its fifth win. It was a little awkward – when Sanchez sat on the bench, Tim Tebow was like, "Uh, that's my seat."
Speaking of sports. Some new pictures of Derek Jeter were taken last week, and it looks like he's gained some weight while recovering from a broken left ankle. It's not a flattering pic – in fact, this weekend female Yankee fans were actually fantasizing about their own husbands.
Hey, today marks the 20th anniversary of the text message. Yeah,it's weird to think that just 21 years ago, I had to CALL my friends to say, "Laughing Out Loud."
And finally, more than a year after calling off their first wedding, Hugh Hefner and his former fiancée Crystal Harris are apparently planning to get married on New Year's Eve. So I guess this year she'll get to see three balls drop.
Welcome to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here's what people are talking about. Pope Benedict officially joined Twitter yesterday, and before sending a single tweet, he already had more than 250,000 followers. Then Jesus was like, "Seriously? I walked on water and I only got 12 followers!"
Here's some political news. Yesterday, President Obama spent an hour on Twitter taking questions about the fiscal cliff from ordinary Americans. Which explains the top question about the fiscal cliff, "Can we eat it?"
Get this. Earlier today, Mitt Romney was spotted on a Costco shopping spree. That's right, Romney ended up buying fourteen Costcos.
Listen to this. Applebee's is opening a "green" restaurant in New York that will have waterless urinals, a wall made of plants, and rooftop rainwater harvesting. All of which will be underneath a giant, million-watt neon sign that says "Applebee's."
Check this out. Jets coach Rex Ryan says he needs more time to decide who his starting quarterback will be next week. You can tell things are bad cuz right now it's between his third string quarterback or whoever wins "The Voice."
Did you see this? At Justin Bieber's concert in New York last week, a fan threw her phone on stage and Bieber took several pictures of himself with it. In a related story, Justin Bieber is in critical condition after getting hit with another six thousand cell phones.
And finally, Facebook has announced that it will not be developing any of its own games and will continue to rely on outside companies. Though Facebook can still take credit for that one popular game: "Guess who got fat since high school."
Welcome to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon! Here's what people are talking about! Big news guys – McDonald's just announced that it's bringing back the McRib later this month! Or as the Mayans put it, "Hey, we tried to warn ya!"
This is exciting. Barbara Walters has released part of her "Most Fascinating People" list, and this year Hillary Clinton and Honey Boo Boo are both on it. That's right, the woman who may soon be president—AND Hillary Clinton.
Here's a local story. Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that New York will hold a contest to redesign the city's payphones. Yeah, the top prize: a brand new Walkman!
This is kinda scary. Anderson Cooper said that while filming a segment for "60 Minutes," he got a sunburn on his eyeballs and was temporarily blind. Either that or Anderson Cooper is terrible at faking a sick day. "Uhh, yeah, I got uh…sunburn…on my eyeballs? Anyway, can't come in."
Last night was the big Victoria's Secret Fashion Show over at CBS. Or as husbands call it "Oh, hey honey! I was just looking for the Lifetime Channel!"
Some more TV news. Disney just lost its case against the company that produces "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Yeah, even more embarrassing, they lost it on the easiest question.
Get this, you guys. In a new interview, Mike Tyson says that in 1988 he found Brad Pitt in bed with his ex-wife, Robin Givens. Of course, Pitt has evidence to refute that: the fact that he still has both ears.
And finally, Pizza Hut in Canada is releasing 100 bottles of a limited edition Pizza Hut perfume. Yeah, it's the perfect way to tell that special someone in your life, (WHISPER) "I'm probably high right now!".
Welcome to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here's what people are talking about. The officiAl White House Christmas Card just went out, and it's signed by all the members of the First Family, and also by Bo the dog. Though I thought it was odd he added the line, "Humps and kisses."
Speaking of Obama. Forbes has just ranked the president as the world's most powerful person. In response, Obama issued this statement: "Suck it, Bieber."
Did you see this? While announcing this year's Grammy Nominees, Taylor Swift actually did a little beat boxing last night. I don't want to say it was awkward, but people were like, "Hey - is Kanye West around??"
Actually, last night, the band "fun" received Grammy nominations in the top three categories. Yeah, but coming up empty again this year: the band "work."
I can't believe this. The New Orleans Hornets are reportedly changing their name to the Pelicans, though they also considered calling themselves "the Brass." Yeah, even celebrity babies are like, "These are AWFUL names."
Speaking of the NBA. As part of the team's rookie hazing, Cleveland Cavaliers coach ByRon Scott recently presented each of his first-year players with a pink stroller and a baby doll. Cuz if there's one thing NBA players love, it's being surprised with a baby.
Listen to this. The Pentagon is preparing for massive budget cuts in the event that the country does go over the fiscal cliff. Yeah, you can tell the Pentagon is scaling back, cuz today it became "the Triangle."
And finally, an entrepreneur in Colorado has created ice cream that's infused with marijuana. Which is why when you go to put in the freezer, it's like, "I'm already chill, man."
Welcome to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon! Hey, here's some good news you guys - the U.S. unemployment rate is now the lowest it's been in four years. Or as makers of sweat pants put it, "Uh-ohh."
I just read that there are now 20 million people in America who do yoga. None of whom ever shut up about the fact that they do yoga.
Here's some news out of Washington. House Speaker John Boehner says that his efforts to work with President Obama on the fiscal cliff have resulted in a lot of talk but "no action." Yeah, a lot of talk but no action - or as I called that in college, "a date."
Here's a crazy story. A man in Los Angeles just found $175,000 worth of marijuana buried in his backyard. Then his dog was like, "Hope he doesn't find my bong!"
Check this out. Several airlines in the U.S. will introduce beds on domestic flights that lie completely flat. Yeah, it'll be weird when flight attendants are like, "Folks, the captain has turned on the BOOM-CHIKA-WOW-WOW sign."
And finally, later this month, a TV show called "The United States of Bacon" is scheduled to premiere. Or as Chris Christie put it, "Do they need a president?"


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COLLEAGUES in Devizes have sent a message of support for solicitor Tim Prees after his ten-year-old daughter Jemima was killed in a skiing accident.
The youngster was killed after losing control at the Mayrhofen resort in Austria, where she was staying with family, who live in Colerne.
Witnesses say the girl was unable to stop after skiing into an off-piste area and hit the tree. She was flown to a hospital in Innsbruck by helicopter within minutes of Sunday's accident, but later died.
Police in Mayrhofen said the family was on the last run of the day when the girl went into woodland and was knocked unconscious at the resort near Tirol, in Austria.
Mr Prees' colleagues at the Devizes office of Wansbroughs were shocked at the news.
Wansbroughs chairmamn Stuart McGregor-Johnson, said: "The news of this terrible tragedy has been received with great sadness by all of Tim's colleagues at Wansbroughs.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Tim, Karen and their family at this time."
Mr Prees, 50, and her brother Barnaby, a university student, both witnessed the accident and attempted to administer first aid on the scene.
Witnesses said Mrs Prees, 46, a GP, had returned to the bottom of the mountain by cable car so was not there to see the horror accident.
It is unknown whether the girl's sisters, Annabel and Olivia were also on the family holiday.
The family were still in Austria yesterday. They are expected to return home before the weekend.
Mr Prees is a lawyer specialising in Personal Dispute Resolution and Employment Law. He qualified in Bath in 1988 and practiced at two large commercial practices in Bristol before joining Wansbroughs in Devizes, Wilts, in 1997 and became a partner in 2006.
Mrs Prees studied medicine at the University of Bristol and has worked as a GP partner for 15 years in Batheaston.
All of the family members are part of the Colerne Amateur Operatic Society who recently put on a pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Jemima went to Calder House School, near Colerne.
A friend of Mr Prees, who did not wish to be named, said the tragedy had hit one of the "loveliest families".
He said: "They were such a lovely family, which makes this tragedy even harder to take."


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Axford teams with rival to battle cancer
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- John Axford has been passing out the shirts to his Indians teammates throughout the spring. One by one, players have begun wearing them in the clubhouse, showing support for an initiative started by Cardinals reliever Jason Motte.
The tops are navy blue with a large backward "K" in red. It is part of Motte's idea to broaden the reach of his strike out cancer program.
"Some of the hitters were like, 'Oh, sure, I'll 'K' backwards for cancer. No problem,'" Axford said with a laugh. "It might be a pitcher's type of motto, but at the same time it's a baseball motto. It is a really cool slogan."
The website 108stitches.com went live on March 17, with 108 Stitches showcasing the "Strike Out Cancer" tees in each team's colors. Each is promoted by a different player who agreed to join Motte in a partnership that will benefit multiple charities. Each participating player has chosen a charity that will benefit from the T-shirts sales, and for each shirt sold, $5 will go to the Jason Motte Foundation and $5 to a charity of that player's choice. A full list of recipient charities will be listed on the 108 Stitches website soon, along with a photo of each player rep in his team-colored shirt.
"At the end of the day, it's about reaching people," Motte said. "Baseball is great and everything, but there are other really important things going on out there that affect a lot of people. Wearing these T-shirts shows people that they're not alone. They're not sitting there doing chemo by themselves where no one cares. People do care, whether it's friends, family or baseball players.
"There are people who this has touched and this has affected. This is something we're trying to do to get the word out there and try to raise money to help."
Axford, who was a teammate of Motte's with the Cardinals last season, did not hesitate to help out.
"I didn't really know Jason before I got to St. Louis," Axford said. "We'd just give the friendly, I guess, closer hello to each other, and that'd really be about it. But I saw it on there and I always kind of wondered what it was. It wasn't until I got to St. Louis that I realized this is what he was doing it for.
"I remember him kind of bringing up the idea of trying to bring it to other people or do different things. He knew that I did 'Movember' every single year, which helps raise awareness for men's health and prostate cancer for the month of November.
"We were talking about that and, somehow in the offseason, it came to, 'Hey, would you want to do this? We could do it in Indians colors.' We're trying to get it all across MLB."
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Earlier this year DeLaval announced its new vision: To make sustainable food production possible. In an effort to support this continuous ambition and recognize American dairy producers and businesses currently making a positive contribution, DeLaval is proud to be a gold-level sponsor of the second annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards.
The awards are organized by the Sustainability Council at the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, which was established under the leadership of dairy farmers. DeLaval has been a member of the Council since 2010.
Christian Poggensee, DeLaval Regional President, North America, said the company's vision recognizes a big challenge within the dairy industry. He continued:
"We are part of a value chain that needs to ensure food safety and security for a growing world population. While food producers are facing demands to increase productivity, they also need to reduce their environmental impact. By teaming up with customers, DeLaval can support them with the technology and knowledge they need to be more efficient to do more with less.
"With the support of DeLaval and other sponsors, the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards will highlight the industry's most innovative management practices and help promote dairying as a responsible player within the agricultural sector."
Sustainable Dairy Farming, as defined by DeLaval, is based on four interlinked pillars: Environment, Animal welfare, Social responsibility and Farm profitability. Today, DeLaval offers numerous solutions to help producers reduce their environmental footprint, while improving milk production, farm profitability and the well-being of the people and animals involved.
Applications for U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards are due Nov. 15, 2012. There is no fee to enter. Awards will be announced in April 2013. For more information, visit DeLaval at World Dairy Expo (stand EH3011-3315), or go to www.usdairy.com/Sustainability/Awards.
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The Frenchman named a weakened team ahead of his side's FA Cup fifth-round meeting with Blackburn and was made to pay as Michael Appleton's men earned a shock 1-0 win
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has defended his decision to rest the likes of Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott ahead of Saturday's 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Blackburn.
The Frenchman opted to name a weakened starting line-up for the game at the Emirates Stadium, with a Champions League last-16 first-leg clash with Bayern Munich approaching on Tuesday.
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We've all heard someone step up to the tee pad and start popping their disc like it's some little heart beat. Why does everyone want this pop sound out of a "good" disc?
I've got discs that make no pop, ones that do pop naturally but softer, and some that definitely qualify as poppy. Sometimes they're even the SAME so called disc (thanks Innova).
Does this pop translate to something else in flight characteristics?
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I think my hands are a probably a pretty average size. I wear medium or large gloves. It seems more like a flexibility issue. I can't get my hand to curl the right way and my fingers to bend the right direction, even when I try to use my other hand to force them. When I do it is extremely uncomfortable, and I still can't quite get there.


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Finding internal harmony with existence itself is the perennial struggle of being human. Mostly, humanity is unaware of the soul's infusion within the bodymind and how this happens. Yet this internal alchemy affects every thought, feeling and emotion each one of us will have.
Free flowing Kundalini is our natural alignment with the universal flow expressed through the bodymind in all our actions and intentions. It's what brings harmony to our choices leading to a successful and fulfilled life. Yet so few are currently experiencing or even know about the liberating freedom of full blown Kundalini Activation.
When unblocked by limiting karma, kundalini infuses and interacts with the bodymind through consciousness exchange points - otherwise known as 'chakras'. So actually the Chakras, Karma and Kundalini are all interlinked and really need to be understood together.
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The thing with the other elite teams is that they are either, Old(Lakers), Injury Prone(Heat) or about to be broken up(Thunder)This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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The only reason why the Heat put Battier at the 4 defensively is West lacked the ability to take advantage of it. Had West abused Battier like he should have, they once again would have been forced to play LBJ at the 4.
Yeah, I really dislike him as a writer. I don't have strong feelings about writers but I think he's pretty terrible. I really can't believe he's writing such high-profile pieces.
West is too strong and too clever for LeBron, who doesn't have much experience defending the post, but its incorrect to say that he doesn't guard other PFs. He definitely does.
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Topic: Can someone help me understand something please? SURGICAL OPTIONS?
Admittedly I have no medical training, so bear with my obvious ignorance, but I can't get an answer to this question anywhere and it's driving me absolutely nuts. Anyone who can explain it in laymans terms PLEASE BY ALL MEANS DO!
I do not understand why cholangiocarcinoma is not able to be surgically removed at stage 3......I'm sure there's a reason, but nobody can explain it to me so far. What I mean is this......understood there is a tumor, got that. Understood there is backup of the bile and jaundice is a byproduct of that........have spent seems like the last month since we found out about my mother in law trying to learn everything I can about cholangiocarcinoma and here's what I've been told by the doctors
I am abbreviating here, so bear with me.....doctors don't seem to like my direct questions so far, so they aren't getting answered and it driving me NUTS!
Doctor " There is no way we can do surgery since we could not control the bleeding"
My Question: In an age where we can remove a human heart, keep blood flowing mechanically while a new donor heart is installed, why is this a problem?
Doctor " If we remove the tumor there is too great a risk"
My Question: " At Stage 3/4 is it not worth a good element of risk in many people's mind"? Is anyone doing late stage portal vein resectioning in the US?
Doctor " If we removed a section there would be nothing to reattach the portal vein to"
My Question: I've found plenty of scientific research studies, especially in Japan that lead me to believe there is both man made portal vein material available and indications of quite a bit of portal vein resection. with, in one case a 5.9% operative dx rate..........compared to the alternative that sounds like PRETTY FREAKIN' GOOD ODDS TO ME!
Guess I'm grasping at straws maybe, but with all of the medical science out there is there not a single facility doing surgery on more advanced stages of CC?
Below is one of several examples I've found from Japan.
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and after you go through the science and methodology, pay particular attention to the last 1 1/2 paragraphs where it says:
"Criticism is that most of surgeries in their series were palliative or R2 resection. However, Todoroki et al27 described that adjuvant radiotherapy for patients with stage IV hilar cholangiocarcinoma who underwent R1 resections significantly prolonged survival compared with resection alone. Thus, adjuvant intraoperative and/or postoperative radiotherapy may have potential survival benefit when macroscopically curative resection is possible. Now we are planning adjuvant radiotherapy for locally advanced disease.
In conclusion, combined portal vein and liver resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma can be performed with acceptable mortality. Approximately one third of the resected portal veins have not been infiltrated microscopically; however, without portal vein resection, the dissection plane will be cancer-positive in most cases. Although portal vein invasion has a negative impact on survival, combined portal vein and liver resection can offer long-term survival to some patients with advanced hilar cholangiocarcinoma who were previously thought to have inoperable disease."


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Toys"R"Us Lets Fans Choose the Characters...
As their Marvel Minimates Series 50 Fan Poll enters its final week at Marvel.com, Diamond Select announces that yet another poll has launched over at Toysrus.com. This fall, the website - as well as Toys"R"Us stores nationwide - will carry a Minimates box set based on AvX: Avengers vs. X-Men, the Marvel Comics crossover event of the year, and theyre letting the fans pick the line-up.
Just as with last years Heralds of Galactus box set, six characters - three Avengers and three X-Men - are up for voting, and only four will make it into this falls box set. Fans can choose their favorite from Scarlet Witch, Protector, Phoenix-Buster Iron Man and Phoenix-powered versions of Cyclops, Emma Frost and Colossus. The poll will be up until July 14, and later this summer DST will reveal the final line-up for the box set, due out this fall.
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As revealed with our San Diego Comic-Con coverage (see our story HERE), Kotobukiya had taken on Namco's popular fighting video game series TEKKEN with a series of Bishoujo and Fine Art Statue releases.
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'Gauthier claims it was incidental contact. According to the replays, he wasn't even looking at Dumont when his stick nestled into the gut of the Sabres player, he argued. And to those that doubt him, Gauthier insists this was not Brain Fart No. 3. "He's a friend," said Gauthier, who has played golf with Dumont in Quebec during the off-season. "If I'm going to do that, I'm going to do that to someone I hate, not my friend.'
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"Beitske Visser first female driver to win a Formel ADAC race. Marvin Kirchhöfer makes it three podiums out of three.
There were two premieres for the price of one, as the ADAC springboard for the future stars made its first visit to the former F1 circuit at Zandvoort, and as 17-year-old local heroine Beitske Visser (17, NL, Lotus) became the first woman to win a race since the series was launched in 2008. 8,500 spectators flocked through the gates of Circuit Park Zandvoort over the three days of the ADAC Masters Weekend to watch the talented youngsters compete in no fewer than three races and to cheer the Lotus driver on to her 'maiden' win."
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National Guard and reserve mobilizations have an uneven impact on employers, schools and businesses, with highly skilled employees or those who depend on personal relationships with clients and customers appearing to be the hardest hit, according to a new Rand Corp. report.
Longer or frequent absences are a cause for greater impact and smaller businesses are more likely to be hurt than larger ones, says the Defense Department-funded report released Aug. 22 that looks at possible changes in employment and reemployment rights for reservists and at expansion of support programs for employers.
The report is based on two surveys, one conducted between 2007 and 2010 of reservists and a second conducted in 2011 of employers.
Basic job protections of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act do not need substantial revision, the report says, because problems arise mostly from high activation rates and utilization polices of reserve components.
Small employers, in particular, said they needed to know more about job protections, but the report says the information they wanted is already available from the Defense Department.
More advance notice of deployment might help plan for absences of employees, the report says. "Employers reported challenges in dealing with the activation of the only employee of a certain type in the organization, whether or not the individual is highly skilled," the report says. "Because it is not possible to shift the work to another employee, more advance planning is needed in these situations."
More notice about when an employee is returning also would help, the report says. "Some employers indicated that planning for the return is inhibited by the lack of information and whether the reserve component members will return to work after duty and when the duty will end," the report says.
USERRA is a one-direction protection, requiring an employer to rehire a returning worker, while the worker is free not to return.
A survey of employers found no consensus on what additional support is needed. However, employers want more advance notice before employees are called up and when they will return to work, as well as "clear and consistent documentation" from the Defense Department.
Defense officials could help by setting standard policies on notification times and using easy-to-read forms for employers providing the start and end dates of mobilization, the report says.


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New York City Lidl, a German deep-discount food retailer comparable to Aldi but a little more upscale and brand-oriented, is making plans to enter the United States.
According to Schwarz Group CEO, Klaus Gehrig, the company plans to enter the U.S. market with its Lidl banner by 2012 at the latest. Gehrig also confirmed that the next foreign market Lidl wants to enter is Switzerland.
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There was a sea change in the political landscape in 2012 when voters handed the DFL Party a majority in both houses of the Legislature to partner with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton.
If there was any doubt that the party in control would retreat from its campaign promises, the legislative session that ended Monday, May 20, put those doubts to rest.
When the session ended at 11:59 p.m. May 20, a $38.8 billion budget for the next two years was passed. It represents an 8.8 percent increase in state spending. The action requires $2.1 billion in new taxes, thanks largely to a 2 percent income tax rate hike on top income earners.
The new budget includes $485 million in new state funding to E-12 education, $441 million in property tax relief, plugs a $627 million state budget hole, provides $250 million in new funding for higher education while freezing tuition costs for two years at the University of Minnesota and the 31 public colleges that represent the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The new budget also increases funding for nursing homes.
Democrats will say the new budget creates a fairer tax climate that requires the wealthy to pay more while easing the burden on the middle class. Property tax relief will end a decade-old trend that witnessed an 86 percent growth in a tax that hits the middle class, small business and senior citizens the hardest. The new budget provides funding for school districts that elect to provide a free all-day, every-day kindergarten program and directs new money to pre-K and special education programs.
This editorial board is on record supporting the all-day-every-day kindergarten program and additional funding for pre-K programs and believes the funding increases to support them are warranted.
Republicans will say the new spending is an overreach, kills job growth in the state and stalls what is a slowly growing economy. They argue that the steps taken last year worked without raising taxes. The new budget is no more than pay-back to labor groups that helped the DFL gain power, Republicans say.
Democrats counter that their plan is far from anti-business as it cuts $346 million in unemployment insurance taxes, pumps $30 million into the Minnesota Investment Fund as a measure to lure new businesses to the state and assist growth of existing businesses and lastly, supports the Mayo Clinic Destination Medical Center project in Rochester. The latter calls for a state investment of up to $400 million that will leverage more than $6 billion in private and public investments tied to the world-famous Mayo Clinic. Other state businesses, including the Mall of America in Bloomington, will see help with expansion efforts.
Some tax concessions were made by the DFL. A sales tax on clothing and a hefty tax on the wholesale prices of beer and liquor both fell by the wayside. There was no such luck for cigarettes, however, as smokers now face a tax increase of $1.60 per pack. Gov. Dayton early in the session abandoned his call for a series of business-to-business taxes that drew heated complaints. Efforts to broaden the sales tax base while lowering the rate failed.
After failing to secure the votes for an $800 million state bonding program, the Legislature regrouped in the final hours to pass a patchwork bill totaling $156 million. It includes $109 million to continue the State Capitol restoration efforts. Lawmakers who voted to delay projects benefiting outstate regions will need to explain their reasons.
Opposition to tax increases may not be the sole rallying cry for Republicans when the full House of Representatives and the governor stand for election next year. We have not heard the last of controversial moves to approve gay marriage and allow some childcare workers and personal care attendants the right to vote on collective bargaining. Both measures define the political and philosophical differences of most Republicans and Democrats.
The DFL spent the political capital won at the ballot box in 2012. It is clear Democrats were aided by the political fallout of a state government shutdown and a pair of constitutional ballot amendments that energized their base in 2012. Now it could well be the Republicans that have found new energy, thanks to gay marriage and union issues. Is the pendulum of power that swung to the left in 2012 about to swing to the right?
When the ballots are counted in 2014, we will know if the DFL overreached or if the public was truly convinced that the Republican way was the wrong way.
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This week in Disney history …
Nov. 25, 1996: The Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade is officially retired after more than 3,500 performances. During a nearly 25-year run, the parade featured more than 2,600 performers and entertained more than 75 million Disneyland guests.
Nov. 26, 2008: The Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough reopens after being closed for seven years. The attraction lets guests into a dark castle with narrow hallways, where they can relive the fairy tale via a series of dioramas that portray passages from the story. The passages themselves can be read on storybook pages painted by artists who duplicated the style of Eyvind Earle, who created the medieval look of the 1959 "Sleeping Beauty" movie.
Nov. 27, 1997: The "it's a small world holiday" ride premieres. The winter, holiday-theme overlay to the classic Disneyland attraction proves so popular that it is extended beyond its planned Jan. 4 closing. The temporarily revised attraction highlights winter holiday festivities around the world and weaves "Deck the Halls" and "Jingle Bells" with the ride's theme song. The overlay is now a holiday tradition.
Nov. 30, 2005: Disneyland's Wally Boag wins a Disney Legend award. Boag performed in the Golden Horseshoe Revue for 27 years before he retired in 1982.
Dec. 1, 1955: The Maxwell House Coffee House opens on Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland. It closed less than two years later. Source: This Day in Disney History website.
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A tough weekend for the Lotus-engined teams in California. Having been sidelined for much of practice and qualifying due to bad weather and a water pump issue, Lotus HVM's Simona di Silvestro suffered an engine failure 11 laps from the end of the 85 lap race, demoting her to 20th. Lotus Team Barracuda BHA's Alex Tagliani, who qualified tenth, struggled during the race and was also hit by EJ Viso, forcing him to pit for a new front wing. Ultimately, he retired and registered 21st place. Lotus Dragon Racing's Sebastien Bourdais finished 17th after hitting a tyre wall and losing two laps. His team-mate, Katherine Legge, also lost her front wing – she crossed the line in 19th. The highest Lotus finisher was DDR's Oriol Servia. He dropped two laps due to a kafuffle in the pits, but passed champion Dario Franchitti on the last lap for 15th. However, a car pile-up bumped him back down to 16th, after he stalled and needed his crew to push him across the finish line.
Oriol Servia, Lotus DDR: "We lost a wheel nut and that's what put us two laps down. Not the best day out there, but I'm really happy with the team, they kept their heads down and in the end that's what will give us the results."
Alex Tagliani, Lotus Team Barracuda BHA: "I think the car was decent in the race. We made some passes and I think the car would have been good to have a decent finish if we ran the whole race."
Simona De Silvestro, Lotus HVM Racing: "We had issues in practice and qualifying and only ran like six laps total going into the race, so we were excited to be running such a great race. We had good pit stops and only 11 laps to go when we lost the engine, so it's really frustrating. Not fun!"
Sebastien Bourdais, Lotus Dragon Racing: "I lost the car on brakes, lost the rear, and went sideways. By then, it was too late, I was in the tyre wall. I thought for sure the car was all broken, but when I checked for damage, there was nothing, When the safety team got me going, I was two laps down, but decided to bring it home."


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It all started with a simple question of how to define a multi-dimensional std::array. It is a great example of deceptively simple things. Are the following the two arrays identical except that one is native and the other one is std::array?
int native[3][4];
std::array<std::array<int, 3>, 4> arr;
No! They are not. In fact, arr is more like an int[4][3]. Note the difference in the array subscripts. The native array is an array of 3 elements where every element is itself an array of 4 integers. 3 rows and 4 columns. If you want a std::array with the same layout, what you really need is:
std::array<std::array<int, 4>, 3> arr;
That's quite annoying for two reasons. First of all, it is quite verbose. Think of three or higher dimensional arrays. It's just ugly. Worse yet, the array bounds must be spelled out in reverse order.
Fear not, help is on its way! Meet template aliases! It is a way of defining synonyms for other types including partially defined templates. With C++03 typedef, you must use a fully specialized template to create an alias. C++11 still has that restriction on typedefs but template aliases will let you create "typedefs" for template partial specializations. It is a C++11 solution for the Templated Typedef idiom. Lets try to write one for a two dimensional std::array.
template <class T, size_t ROW, size_t COL<
using Matrix = std::array<std::array<T, COL>, ROW>;
Matrix<float, 3, 4> mat;
This one is much nicer. Matrix is a template alias for a partial specialization of std::array. With that, defining a two dimensional matrix (mat) is really easy. Note that order of ROW and COL. An alias for two dimensional native array can also be defined similarly.
template <class T, size_t ROW, size_t COL>
using NativeMatrix = T[ROW][COL];
NativeMatrix<float, 3, 4> mat;
So far so good. Lets move on to multi-dimensional arrays. Using template aliases for arbitrary dimension arrays would need variadic templates. Unfortunately, it is not straightforward at all.
template <class T, size_t... DIMS>
using MultiDimArray = std::array<??? ...DIMS... ???>;
MultiDimArray<float, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7> floats;
DIMS parameter pack can be expanded where a comma separated list is expected. However, multi-dimensional std::array definitions are hierarchical, which prevents straight-forward parameter pack expansion.
One way I could make it work was using a little meta-program.
template <class T, size_t I, size_t... J>
struct MultiDimArray
using Nested = typename MultiDimArray<T, J...>::type;
// typedef typename MultiDimArray<T, J...>::type Nested;
using type = std::array<Nested, I>;
// typedef std::array<Nested, I> type;
template <class T, size_t I>
struct MultiDimArray<T, I>
using type = std::array<T, I>;
// typedef std::array<T, I> type;
MultiDimArray<float, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7>::type floats;
MultiDimArray is a pair of meta-functions to compute nested type for multi-dimensional std::array. The most general MultiDimArray is a variadic template of unsigned integers to pass an arbitrary number of dimensions. The terminating MultiDimArray specialization defines the simplest case of single dimensional std::array. I'm using the "using" syntax instead of typedefs. The equivalent typedef are written in comments.
Similarly, MultiDimNative can also defined to create a native array of arbitrary dimensions.
template <class T, size_t I, size_t... J>
struct MultiDimNative
using Nested = typename MultiDimNative<T, J...>::type;
using type = Nested [I];
template <class T, size_t I>
struct MultiDimNative<T, I>
using type = T [I];
MultiDimNative<double, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7>::type doubles;
To make sure that the layout of all the arrays is the same I wrote a small test program.
template <class T, size_t I, size_t J>
union data
T native[I][J];
NativeMatrix<T, I, J> native_matrix;
Matrix<T, I, J> matrix;
typename MultiDimArray<T, I, J>::type multidim_array;
typename MultiDimNative<T, I, J>::type multidim_native;
template <class T>
void print(T & t, size_t rows, size_t columns)
for(size_t i = 0;i < rows; ++i)
for(size_t j = 0;j < columns; ++j)
printf("%d ", t[i][j]);
int main()
constexpr size_t I = 3;
constexpr size_t J = 4;
data<int, I, J> d;
size_t val = 0;
for(size_t i = 0;i < I; ++i)
for(size_t j = 0;j < J; ++j)
d.native[i][j] = val++;
print(d.native, I, J);
print(d.native_matrix, I, J);
print(d.matrix, I, J);
print(d.multidim_array, I, J);
print(d.multidim_native, I, J);
return 0;
This program defines a union of 5 different arrays, all of which have the same dimensions and layout. It populates a native two dimensional array and prints the contents using all other multi-dimensional arrays defined in the same union. As of today, only clang accepts this program.
That's it for now!


text: Dreama's island: Gilligan's legacy is alive By Douglas Imbrogno November 5, 2011 Story Share Douglas Imbrogno Of her late husband, Bob Denver, "I feel a huge responsibility to represent him," Dreama Denver says, standing on the deck of the Mercer County house where they raised their severely disabled child. PRINCETON, W.Va. -- If you live in West Virginia, you likely already knew the curious fact that "Gilligan" had come to live in these hills, moving here in 1990.You may even know that Bob Denver, made world famous by his adventures on "Gilligan's Island," had fallen for a West Virginia woman named Dreama and that they'd moved to a house near her old stomping grounds.But if that's about all you know, read on.Because the full story of how an iconic actor ended up living out his days in West Virginia is not just a true-love romance, although it certainly is that. It's also the drama of a couple faced with life-shaking decisions after the birth of a profoundly disabled boy.And it's a tale that unfolds to this day, six years after Denver's death. Through Little Buddy Radio and the Denver Foundation, Dreama Denver devotes her waking life to her husband's legacy not just as a beloved TV character, but as a parent confronting the difficult hand dealt his family.Kissing GilliganOne day in 1977, the phone rang with a call that would redirect Dreama Peery's life."You should try out for this theater production of 'Play It Again, Sam' in St. Petersburg," a friend told her.Peery, a Bluefield native who then called Florida home, was a busy professional actress at the time. "I think I will," she said.She landed the female lead of Linda, who's in a relationship with a character named Allan, so there'd be some kissing during the show's six-week run."Who's playing Allan?" she asked the director."Bob Denver," replied the director."Gilligan?" she said. "I'm going to have to kiss Gilligan?"Within two years from the time their lips first met onstage, Dreama Peery had become Mrs. Denver.It must have been some kiss. Sitting at her Southern West Virginia home in the Mercer County hills, Dreama Denver picks up the tale of how a small-city girl ended up marrying a cultural touchstone known around the globe."I came to rehearsal the first day and got there first," she recalled. "They had a marquee on the theater that said: 'Bob Denver starring in 'Play it Again, Sam.' Also starring 'Dreamer Peery.'" Bob walked into rehearsal, going kind of at the top of his lungs: 'What the hell is a Dreamer?'"She walked up to introduce herself. They shook hands."The minute we shook hands it was like, 'Ah, there you are!' It was like we'd been looking for each other forever. I was 26. He was 42, but looked 30," she said.Their onstage romance in "Play It Again, Sam" soon led offstage."We got together and kissed personally, not onstage, at the opening-night party. From that moment on we were pretty much together for the next 28 years. We both knew the moment we saw each other we were meant to be together. "Corny as it sounds," she added with a smile, "it was true."They married in Las Vegas, during the filming of one of the several movies spun off from the "Gilligan's Island" TV show, "The Castaways on Gilligan's Island." That was in 1979, yet when asked in interviews in what year he and Dreama were married, Denver would reply '1977,' she said. "Bob always answered '77, since we felt married from the get-go."Someplace peacefulBob Denver was not the first prominent actor with whom Dreama had worked onstage."I'd been on the road for about eight years working with all kinds of celebrities," she said. "Sal Mineo. Gale Gordon from 'The Lucy Show.' Robert Horton from 'The Virginians.' Bob Cummings from 'The Bob Cummings Show.' Al Lewis from 'The Munsters.'"She continued working even as she began to experience her husband's circle of fame. At one point, she even got a small role in one of the "Gilligan" made-for-TV movies. It was a movie with one of the more absurd premises inspired by a show that traded in absurdity: "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island.""I was Mrs. Howell's social secretary in 'Globetrotters.' Kind of a cult fave," she recalled of the 1981 production. "Silly movie. But so much fun!"In 1984, they had a child. It was Dreama's first and would be her only child. Denver already had three children from two previous marriages. They named their newborn son Colin."We were living in Santa Barbara [Calif.] when Colin was born," Dreama recalled. "We moved from there to Las Vegas and lived there for about five years."It soon became apparent that Colin was not passing the usual developmental benchmarks of a growing infant and youth. He was eventually diagnosed as being severely autistic.He would need full-time care, the doctors said, for the rest of his life.The couple had little hesitation about who Colin's full-time caregivers would be. Where that care would take place was the question."When we knew he had problems and the two of us were going to have to give full-time care for him, we decided we wanted to do it someplace quiet and off the beaten path. Bob suggested West Virginia. I said: 'Really? You would want to live in West Virginia?'" "Sure," he answered. "Someplace beautiful, someplace peaceful."All right, then.She was going home."We had a Realtor start looking for a house for us. And we moved here, mainly to take care of Colin."Is Gilligan home?The house sits at the end of a curving road up in the Mercer County hills, with a deck overlooking a small pond.With the couple's move to the state in 1990, both gave up their acting careers, although Denver would continue to do celebrity appearances as Gilligan.It was difficult for Dreama, who still has the Equity card of a professional actress, to walk away from the stage."That was really hard. I mean really, really hard for me to let that go. I liked it more than Bob did. But you do what you have to do."Word got around that Dreama was back in the area and that she'd brought a certain someone with her."I went to some store, and somebody who had known me from the past and that I didn't recognize was like, 'Dreama?!' And I'm like, 'Yeah?' And she goes: 'Oh my god, it's Dreama! She came back and she brought Gilligan with her!'"So, I'm like, 'Yeah.'"Then, the gawkers started driving up their road. They were hunting for Gilligan."One time, an SUV pulled up in the driveway and it was a family -- kids and parents. So I yelled out, 'Can I help you?' The man got out of the car and said, 'We hoped to be able to meet Gilligan.' He caught me in a good mood. Sometimes it was really invasive to have people coming up here all the time."She said she could maybe get them an autographed picture."He was like, 'OK.' And I say, 'How did you find out that this is where Bob lived?'"His family was vacationing at nearby Pipestem State Resort, the man said. He'd asked at the front desk whether it was true the "Gilligan" guy lived in the area. "So they drew us a map," he told her."I'm, like, oh, god! They're drawing maps at Pipestem of how to get to Gilligan's house!"The stargazing never settled down completely until Denver's death six years ago."The first year or so it was really bad because we were here to take care of Colin. You never knew what he'd be doing -- he could be screaming or pitching a fit."One day we watched them put down a blanket and have a picnic on the gravel there, and they were all sitting on the fence with our house behind them. Somebody was taking a picture with everybody -- and Gilligan's house behind them."Little Buddy airsIt's a sunny morning in Southern West Virginia. Coffee cup in hand, Dreama Denver strolls into the studio of Little Buddy Radio, located on the second floor of her house.The studio is outfitted with mics, a console, computers and two swivel chairs, one for her and her co-host, Charlie Thomas. From 6 to 10 a.m. each day, they co-host "Sunny Side Up," a music and talk show, which resolutely stresses positive things going on around the region.On one wall, framed photos trace Bob Denver's acting career. In a corner, stands a fake palm tree decorated with green and gold tube lights, a nod to the palm-filled Pacific isle that made "Gilligan" a household name. (In actuality, the show was shot on an L.A. soundstage, with Coconut Island in Oahu, Hawaii, used in long shots.)"Little Buddy," of course, was what the Skipper, played by Alan Hale Jr., called Gilligan on the sitcom, which debuted in 1964.The nonprofit station can be heard in the Mercer County area at WGAG-FM 93.1. But its varied mix of music and talk streams 24 /7 onto the Web at www.bobdenver.com/radio."It really is, musically, a great station," says Dreama, who makes a point to play not only a broad blend of pop, rock, jazz, blues and classic acts, but also high-profile area performers like Nat Reese and Option 22.The station's Web address is instructive. Its mission is one element of BobDenver.com, a growing website and archive for all things Bob Denver-related, plus the official home of the Denver Foundation.You can learn from the site, for instance that the full name of Gilligan's character was "Willy Gilligan," which was never used on the show.Also, that in an episode featuring a live lion in the hut of Thurston and "Lovey" Howell ("The millionaire and his wife" in the show's famous theme song), the lion lunged at Denver on set. A trainer saved the day, as well as the actor's skin, as Denver recalled once in an interview:"The only thing that saved me was the twin beds splitting apart when he tried to push off. Then I turned to see the trainer in midair as he tackled the lion to keep him away from me."It may also come as a surprise to learn that the show ran only three seasons and for just 98 episodes. It was the constant airing in syndication that burned its characters into the world's collective consciousness.The site also has placeholder links for more to come on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," the 1959-1963 TV show that launched Denver's career before The S.S. Minnow ever was tossed upon that fateful isle.As the bearded, bongo-playing beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, Denver began his rise to fame as another iconic character, a coffeehouse slacker who shrieked every time someone uttered the word "work."Those West Virginia HillsDreama Denver walks over to glass doors that open onto her second-floor deck. Waves of green hills stretch to the horizon. She begins to sing "West Virginia Hills," the state song."Oh, the hills, beautiful hills, how I love those West Virginia Hills ..."She stops, chuckling at her tunelessness."It is pretty and Bob really did love it here. It's nice to be able to tell people that, you know, honestly, he loved it."When they were not taking care of their son in one room, the couple launched a project they could do together in another room. They first founded a nonprofit organization 11 years ago to raise money and awareness for autism. Little Buddy Radio, a low-power FM station, was part of that goal.It hit the local airwaves in 2004. Together, they hosted a syndicated oldies music show, "Weekend with Denver and Denver." Dawn Wells, who played the lithesome, wholesome Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," was their "castaway correspondent" and phoned in weekly reports.Bob and Dreama worked on the station together for only eight months. Then, Denver was diagnosed with throat cancer. Complications related to his treatment would end his life just six months later.Her husband's death in 2005 hit her hard."I always thought I couldn't live without him," she said. "I couldn't imagine how I could go on. My close friends and family were worried about me."Given their circumstances, the couple had been each other's support network."We spent all our time taking care of Colin. There was no social life to speak of. I ended up having a lot of responsibility alone, the biggest of which, of course, was now making all decisions on Colin's behalf. I had no one who cared about him and loved him as I did. I had no one to bounce things off of anymore. It was terribly frightening."She spent long days curled up on a couch. What got her going again was the idea of honoring her husband's life and legacy through the radio station and the Denver Foundation. How might she build them up to help other families who wrestled with caring for their own disabled children?Colin, now 27, lives next door in a small house. Extended care is provided by ResCare, a national human services company she finally hired that helps people with severe challenges live more independently.From ResCare, Dreama got the idea of focusing the Denver Foundation on funding small but significant assistance for special-needs children and their families in Southern West Virginia.The Denver Foundation is not wealthy, despite what people may imagine given her husband's worldwide fame, she said. Denver and other "Gilligan's Island" actors never made any more money than what they earned from the show's original run, so there was no residual check bonanza for them from its syndication and spin-offs, she said."In light of the fact the foundation isn't rich, it's not like I can build an assisted-living home or give a family $100,000. I can't do that," she said.But things that seem small from the outside looking in "are huge if that's what you need and get overlooked. My foundation can do that," she said."Colin was always incontinent. So, I had to have a washer and dryer. If you are taking care of a special-needs person who needs that, and you have an old washer and it breaks down and you can't afford one, that's a very, very, very big deal."So, we started doing that kind of thing. We've supplied wheelchairs. We've supplied a bathtub chair to a little 10-year-old hydrocephalic girl. We've supplied generators to keep respirators going. We're right now getting ready to give an iPad to a young boy. They do therapy with him on an iPad, which is a wonderful, wonderful thing."Hopefully, as the foundation gets richer we can up the price of the things we can do. Either way, it's all good, as far as I'm concerned. As long as we're helping."'Keeper of the flame'When talking of her late husband, Dreama sometimes rolls her eyes up to the sky, as if checking up on him. Or checking in with him."When I need him, it's the oddest thing -- and people, please don't think I'm crazy! But when I need him and call on him, it's almost like I can feel him fill me up and give me the courage to do whatever it is."She laughed, then grew more serious."I feel like I am the keeper of the flame, so to speak. I feel a huge responsibility to represent him. When he was dying, I mean literally taking his last breath, one of the things I told him was I would live my life to make him proud. That I would do everything I could to serve his memory well."She agreed to be a commencement speaker last year, which her famous husband would never do, she said. "Public speaking scared him, which people find odd if you're an actor. But I looked at Bob ..."Her eyes roll heavenward. She points a finger that way."... And I went 'Ha! Look what I'm doing. You wouldn't even do this!'"Her eyes returned to earth."He was such a good man. He was such a good father to our son. There's nothing I wouldn't do to represent him well."Reach Douglas Imbrogno at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-3017. 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Do series EE bonds offer any special advantages if used for college savings?
Yes. Series EE bonds (which may also be called Patriot bonds) are generally inexpensive, low-risk investments whose earnings are exempt from state and local taxes. In addition, in the college savings game, the interest earned by Series EE bonds (and Series I bonds) may be exempt from federal tax if the following requirements are met:
- The bond must be issued in the name of one or both parents (not the child's name), and the owner of the bond must be at least 24 years old
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If you meet these requirements, you'll pay no federal tax on the interest earned by the bond when you cash it in. This saved amount can then be applied to the college bill.
However, despite this potential tax advantage, Series EE bonds have relatively low growth potential in an arena where it's crucial to keep up with annual college cost increases.


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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Starts: 2:00pm / Ends: 5:15pm
Camp Cost: $80.00
Central Michigan University presents a Holiday Hitting/Advanced Skills Clinic in Mt. Pleasant, MI. This exciting session is offered to players in grades 9-12 that want to excel to the next level.
The Hitting/Advanced clinic will prepare you for the spring season and have you ready to roll out a perfect swing for your first game. This camp will be held at the indoor batting facilities on the college campus. You will have the opportunity to meet and learn from the Chippewas college baseball staff.
There is no better time to get ready for the spring season. This is a great opportunity to train at a college baseball facility and to meet and learn from the Central Michigan Coaching staff.
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