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More substance to Jerry Springer than TV persona
Jerry Springer, seen here at this year's Miss USA Official Welcome Event in Las Vegas, was recently in Vancouver to host The Price is Right Live at the River Rock Casino. (WENN.COM)
Soaring to celebrity status with his outrageous self-titled talk show, Jerry Springer was recently in town to host The Price is Right Live at the River Rock and Boulevard Casino as part of the show's 40th anniversary. Joe Leary spent 24 Seconds with the 68-year-old TV host.
24: I remember seeing you in Vancouver some years back when you got up onstage at The Roxy and jammed with the band.
JS: I remember that. It was about 10 years ago and I'll tell you why I was in Vancouver. They used to tape the X-Files there and I was the guest on an episode one week.
24: At the outset of The Jerry Springer Show, did you foresee it would become as popular as it did?
JS: When I was hired to do the show, I was anchoring the 5:30, 6 and 11 o'clock news every night for the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati. I had been doing it for about 10 years and we were pretty dominant in the ratings. The company (Multimedia) that owned the station also owned talk shows like Phil Donahue and Sally Jessy Raphael. One day the CEO took me to lunch and said that Phil was getting close to retirement and they were planning to start a new talk show and wanted me to host it. I was assigned to it and really had no interest. I was enjoying doing the news and they said I could do both. So I would get up in the morning and fly to Chicago to tape the show and then fly back to Cincinnati to do the news every night. I did that for about two years and that got exhausting so I figured since I had done the news, I'd put my energies into the talk show and then it took off.
24: Did the show ever get beyond your realm of control?
JS: It's certainly beyond my control because I don't own the show, and I'm not even allowed to know what the subject matter is. When I go out onstage they hand me a card and all the card has on it are the names of the guests because I haven't met them. My job then is to ask questions that you would ask sitting at home and then make some jokes.
24: When are you most happy?
JS: The greatest job I ever had was being mayor of Cincinnati, so my passion is political. That's what I take seriously. Show business is how I make my living, that's my occupation, but it's not my religion and I always keep it separate. I go to work like everybody else, but my job happens to be an entertainer. On my own time it's not what I think about. If I'm not with my family, I spend most of my time doing political stuff.
24: Do you think there's going to be a shift in the U.S. political landscape in November?
JS: First of all, I should tell you I'm biased and I certainly hope not. I love Obama so I hope not, but it's possible. The country is divided, clearly, and there are two directions the country can choose to go. In a sense, though every candidate doesn't like to say it, it really is a class conflict.


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PBL involves learning through tackling problems. Although the problems, or tasks, may not always have a 'solution', PBL nevertheless provides a rich learning environment in which students identify what needs to be studied and learnt from examining the problems confronted (Gibbs, 1992). The problems are used as a tool to achieve both the required knowledge base and the skills to 'solve' them (Barrows, 1986). The basis of PBL is that students learn by doing. It is a student-centred system whereby students, working within small groups, generate the information necessary to respond to, or solve, a specific problem or task. One attractive feature of PBL in my experience is that it helps develop in students both subject-specific and transferable skills (Figure 1).
Subject-specific skills are developed directly through problem design, while transferable skills are developed indirectly via the PBL process itself.
|PBL helps to develop
|Subject-specific skills in economics
Using diagrams and abstract models, acquiring and using relevant data, assessing government policies, analysis of real-world issues, etc.
|Transferable skills
Time management, teamwork, independent learning, decision taking, problem solving, communicating ideas and results, etc.
A PBL environment will normally incorporate the elements depicted in Figure 2. This cycle is repeated for each task. When implementing a PBL environment, one may adopt a 'partial' or 'full-format' model (see section 5 for further details).[note 4] In a 'partial' PBL environment, formal lectures are retained and PBL is used to organise the weekly tutorial sessions in support of lectures. In a 'full-format' PBL environment, there are no lectures and the learning environment is driven entirely by PBL methodology.
When designing tasks, the aim is to make students primarily responsible for acquiring and assimilating the information necessary to solve them. In a PBL environment the teacher relinquishes the role of 'expert' and assumes the role of facilitator.[note 5] Student learners must adapt to a learning environment in which there is no 'expert' information source. The teacher designs tasks so as to develop the learning outcomes appropriate to the target learner group. I normally design tasks that incorporate data acquisition, model manipulation and evaluative components (the latter may relate to a particular public policy issue, theoretical model or literature review). In this way, the tasks 'drive' students to encounter (and struggle with) subject-specific concepts and issues (Thomas, 2000). The design of PBL tasks for economics students, along with examples, is discussed in section 3.
Students are organised within small groups that work independently from other groups throughout the teaching term. Since I usually design tasks that comprise different components, I use groups comprising 6–8 members. During the first meeting the PBL group discusses the problem for the first time. The meeting is structured to incorporate the following features based upon the 'seven-jump' procedure for handling tasks within PBL groups (Bouhuijs and Gijselaers, 1993; see also the guidelines given to students in relation to the UK housing task illustrated in section 3):
Groups with 6–8 members are easily managed and allow members to work in pairs (if necessary) during the research phase. Groups with fewer members can be successful, particularly with level 2 or 3 students, but the workload on individual members is heavier.
Between the first and feedback meetings associated with a particular problem or task, group members undertake the study task allocated to them at the first meeting. This may entail providing a summary and assessment of relevant journal articles, trawling internet sources, acquiring and tabulating relevant statistical information, etc. Sufficient time must be made available between first and feedback meetings to facilitate research. One-week research periods are used at the University of Ulster (see section 5 for suggestions on designing a PBL environment).
Members report back the results of their allocated research activity to the group (after the task recorder has reminded the group of individual responsibilities). Using this information, the group formulates an agreed response to the problem.
This can take various forms. It may be a formal presentation using OHP facilities or a written report. The facilitator requires some form of response so that formative feedback can be provided. Assessment may also be summative, in that the response is graded and contributes to overall assessment for the module. Issues and suggestions concerning the assessment of student responses to PBL tasks are considered in section 4.


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Posted June 13, 2007 at 9:59 AM
Do the large coasters have test seats or is there any posted maximum weight/size resrictions? I'm concerned about my size and fitting into the seats. Any larger people been here and have any problems?
Adrienne McDonald
Posted June 13, 2007 at 9:19 PM
I haven't been to this particular park but other SF parks tend to have a seat out front by the que line to see if you fit before getting in line. Someone who's familiar w/this park can tell you for sure but generally they do. B&M coasters usually have larger seats. Medusa, you shouldn't have trouble on Medusa. Superman UF might have a weight limit, I don't know since I've never ridden a flying coaster. Nitro I think has a lap restraint like Apollos Chariot from what I've heard. I don't know about the others. I'm sorry I couldn't help more. You might wanna just call the park & find out. Someone who wks in the office, I'm sure, will be happy to let you know.
Dave Chariot
Posted June 14, 2007 at 4:56 PM
El toro might be a problem as well as chiller. Everything has a test seat beside chiller
shannon doyle
Posted June 20, 2007 at 8:46 PM
Today on El Toro they were giving out a flyer stating that very tall or larger people might not be able to fit on the ride and that even if you wait in line they can turn you away. There is a test seat at the entrance though. Superman has a test seat, I believe most of the coasters do and as another poster said chiller does not.
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Stern Declines Comment On Events Leading To Chris Paul Trade, Says Demps Was Kept Informed
NBA Commissioner David Stern yesterday declined to comment "about the assertion that Stern did not tell the truth in describing the events prior to his decision to disallow the three-team trade involving the Rockets, Lakers and Hornets," according to Jonathan Feigen of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. Stern told reporters last week he had only been "generally informed about the discussions with teams" before he was presented with the proposed trade. Stern also said that Hornets GM Dell Demps "never thought the deal was complete." But sources said that Stern "was kept informed throughout the process and that Demps and other Hornets officials believed the deal to have been completed before Stern chose not to allow it to go through" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 12/19). In Boston, Gary Washburn wrote Stern "has never been a commissioner who cares about perception, but his delicate treatment of the situation in New Orleans is definitely worth noting." While some NBA observers "suggested contraction may be the best method for solving the league's financial problems, the commissioner has made it clear he plans to ensure the Hornets thrive, even if that means widespread criticism from other owners" (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/18).
BUYING LOCAL: A New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE editorial stated in return for trading G Chris Paul to the Clippers, the Hornets "are getting great assets to build for the long-term." The editorial: "There's no denying, though, that in Chris Paul the Hornets are losing their biggest fan draw and an electrifying player. ... Hornets fans made a strong commitment to the team this offseason, buying more than 10,000 season tickets. Mr. Stern cited that show of support as he vowed to pursue what's best for the team. The commissioner has proven his commitment to our region. He was instrumental in the Hornets returning after Hurricane Katrina and in bringing the 2008 All-Star Game to New Orleans. Mr. Stern also got the NBA owners to buy the team when then-Hornets owner George Shinn wanted out a year ago" (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 12/16). In N.Y., Mitch Lawrence wrote the NBA "never should have bought the Hornets," it should have "folded the franchise." Stern has said that the Hornets "will be sold in the first half of next year." A source said, "The way they're marketing it, they definitely want to keep the team in New Orleans. But finding a local buyer will be tough. There are not that many people in New Orleans who can afford it. More likely, you'd have to go to Houston to find someone. Maybe there will be someone from overseas" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 12/18).
Outbreak Of Players Suffering Concussions A Problem For NHL
The NHL has a "concussion outbreak on its hands," as the "sheer number of players with concussions is disturbing enough, but what is perhaps equally disturbing is the news that at least three players passed Impact concussion evaluation tests yet were still suffering symptoms," according to Klein & Hackel of the N.Y. TIMES. The NHL "seems to be taking the stance that the current epidemic is an unfortunate statistical coincidence and that no policy changes are warranted" (NYTIMES.com, 12/17). In Boston, Kevin Paul Dupont noted no matter what the statistics "might tell us, the optics are bad and getting worse." The NHL has "something wrong with its head, specifically the concussed brains of its rank-and-file stick carriers, and no one is sure what to do about it." To its credit, the NHL has "paid attention for a while, implementing baseline testing and return-to-work protocols that were ahead of, or at least in lockstep with, other professional leagues." And Dupont noted things are "improving under" NHL VP/Player Safety & Hockey Operations Brendan Shanahan, at least from a "penance-and-pay standpoint." But there are "numerous other ways to dial back on the concussions" (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/18). L.A. Times columnist Bill Plaschke said, "For once the league is finally identifying and treating and enforcing recoveries from concussions, which they have to do" ("Around The Horn," ESPN, 12/16).
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: In N.Y., Pat Leonard wrote it is "difficult to avoid calling it an epidemic." NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman "defended the league on his weekly radio show Thursday, reminding listeners that the NHL is fully aware of how serious the concussion issue is." Bettman: "We're doing our best to be very proactive in terms of diagnosis and treatment." He cited the softer Plexiglass boards, concussion treatment protocols and stricter rules governing hits to the head. Bettman added, "It's important, and people are working on it every day." But Leonard wrote Bettman is "missing the point." No one is "saying the NHL is doing nothing, and if they are, it's not true." What is "clear, however, is that the league's current measures to prevent concussions are not good enough" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 12/18). In DC, Tarik El-Bashir noted when "so many stars are sidelined simultaneously" -- including Penguins C Sidney Crosby, Senators LW Milan Michalek and Flyers D Chris Pronger -- the issues "need to be reexamined and serious questions must be considered" (WASHINGTON POST, 12/16). ESPN's Michael Wilbon said, "This is a huge problem they seem to be dragging their feet on in the NHL." ESPN's Tony Kornheiser said, "In hockey, the speed at which you are hit is amazing at this point. As Ken Dryden suggested today in Grantland, you can't wait for the science on this. Your eyes should tell you that there is a real problem." Wilbon: "You have to treat this like an emergency and it doesn't seem like the league is" ("PTI," ESPN, 12/16). The WATERLOO RECORD editorial stated hockey "can't be played without some risk." Professional players "understand that." But Crosby's concussion, its "lasting effects and the head injuries that continue to be suffered must prompt a more careful review of the game" (WATERLOO RECORD, 12/15). In Pittsburgh, Dejan Kovacevic lists his remedies for concussions in sports (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 12/19).
UFC Chair Fertitta Talks Rise Of MMA, Chances For More Growth
UFC co-Chair Lorenzo Fertitta in a decade has "helped transform the sport of mixed martial arts from a niche contest dismissed as the activities of hooligans to a major television network deal and a monthly flow of millions of dollars with pay-per-view events in usually sold-out arenas," according to Lance Pugmire of the L.A. TIMES. Fertitta sits for a Q&A with Pugmire to discuss MMA and how it can continue to grow.
Q: Your sport has risen to the prominence of mainstream sports attention moreso than any other over the last 10 years. What are your plans to continue to grow MMA?
Fertitta: It all starts with this Fox deal, creating this new layer of fans. We're starting to see that happening and we're just really getting started to expand into international markets like Brazil, Asia, Europe, Mexico. The challenge is what to prioritize. We've added infrastructure -- offices in London, Toronto, Beijing. It's a challenge, but why we're bringing in real smart people to deal with it. Five years ago, we had 25 to 30 employees. Now we have 250.
Q: The most valuable player of baseball is dealing with a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. Your sport has been affected by use. How do you address this in a firm way?
Fertitta: We urge commissions to adopt random testing -- at anytime within 48 hours, they have to provide a sample. If a guy knows he's only getting tested before and after a fight, it's easy to manipulate. To me, that's the weakness of other sports, like with the NFL players running from HGH testing. If you encourage testing, embrace it, there's significantly less perception that you have a safety or credibility issue.
Q: What stands between your sport and full mainstream sports acceptance?
Fertitta: Sports media -- newspapers -- have been late to the party. It's a bit like what happened with NASCAR. This is what people want. So it's just a matter of time before these editors realize we have the attention of Generation X and Generation Y. We are the main sport online. That said, I do believe we're completely accepted as a major sport in the U.S. I still get the past stigmas when I go to other countries, but we're past that here now (L.A. TIMES, 12/19).
League Notes
MLB.com's Richard Justice wrote MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's "most remarkable accomplishment is one almost no one talks about anymore." Selig "got the owners to speak with one voice," and it was Selig who "decided baseball people needed to be doing baseball negotiations." Justice: "Selig's fingerprints were on everything. Baseball's 16-year labor peace has come about, in part, because he insisted the lines of communication remain open" (MLB.com, 12/17). Meanwhile, MLBPA Exec Dir Michael Weiner appeared on SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio Friday and said of Brewers LF Ryan Braun's positive drug test, "Our process contemplates that any appeal that a player [has] will occur before there's a disclosure of the test. In this case that didn't happen and I'm not going to get into why it didn't happen. ... It is unfortunate. It really is a shame for Ryan that he did not get the benefit of the confidentiality agreement or provisions that are in our agreement" (JSONLINE.com, 12/18).
UPHILL BATTLE: In L.A., Jim Peltz writes IndyCar and its CEO Randy Bernard "must overcome several issues still weighing on their effort to boost the sport's popularity." The series "is rolling out a new race car whose ultimate performance is yet unknown," and the job "of series race director remains unfilled." IndyCar is "grappling to find a financially viable balance of races on oval tracks and those on twisty street and road courses." Bernard said, "We need to take a step back and truly understand what our fans want to see on those ovals, because the product we were providing -- besides the Indy 500 and Texas and Iowa -- we've had marginal success at best." IndyCar has not replaced President of Competition & Racing Brian Barnhart, but Bernard said a successor "has to be in place before the first of the year. ... We're very close to selecting one" (L.A. TIMES, 12/19).
HEIR TO THE THRONE: YAHOO SPORTS' Jonathan Wall wrote with each passing event, the LPGA's Lexi Thompson "continues to look more and more like the real deal." Thompson won the European Tour's Dubai Ladies Masters Saturday, and the LPGA "has been waiting [for] a young star to come along and shake up the tour." Wall: "For the longest time everyone thought that was Michelle Wie. But after watching Thompson hoist the trophy on Saturday in Dubai, maybe we were wrong all along. For the moment it looks like a 16-year-old with an extremely bright future is the tour's heir apparent" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 12/17).


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Pastor Sonja Dawson
Rev. Xavier Thompson
By Dawnesha K. Beaver and Dwight Brown
Contributing Religion Writers
The Lord called, the man of God answered, the people of God followed, and for over 49 years, God has blessed the New Mount Calvary Church family, exceedingly and abundantly, and now, with great joy, they are celebrating their 49th Church Anniversary.
On March 18, the season of celebration kicked off with the 49th Pre-Church Anniversary entitled 'The Future of the Mount.' This event featured the dynamic ministerial gifts of the Pastor's Choir, Youth and Young Adult Choir and Ushers, the Children, Youth, and Young Adult Praise Dance Ministry and Children's Church and Sunday School Department.
And, on Sunday, March 25, at 3:30 p.m., the congregation will rejoice in God's grace and faithfulness to the call as they celebrate their history and mission of "reaching persons beyond our walls, nurturing them to mature disciples, equipping them for witnessing and winning the lost through love that we may all be joined together with Christ serving this present age."
The speaker for this historic and momentous occasion is the Rev. Xavier Thompson, pastor of Southern Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
"As we prepare for this day, we solicit your prayers and request the participation of our brothers and sisters in Christ, our church families, and the community at-large in our grand celebration," said Pastor Sonja R. Dawson.
"As a man after God's own heart, the Holy Spirit poured many visions into our founder, the Rev. Dr. Lonnie Dawson, and led him to prepare the foundation on which we now stand. In the beginning, there were six persons, including our First Lady Emeritus Mamie P. Dawson. Since then, our church has grown numerically and spiritually with several facilities for effective ministry, 25 ministries and auxiliaries established, and several international ministries supported," she said.
"Our vision continues, the best is yet to come, and the New Mount Calvary Church family stands ready to go to deeper depths and higher heights as we blend the traditions of the past with the promises of the future."
New Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church is located at 402 East El Segundo Boulevard in Los Angeles. For information, including worship times and directions, call (310) 324-0644 or email email@example.com


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Los Angeles and its freeways are almost inextricably linked, so we can see why it was such a big deal when the city officially opened the Hollywood Freeway's new half-mile link to the civic center in December 1951. As we see in these photos of the event (taken from the North Grand Avenue brid ... Read more
Short one this week, but it's a good one. Before the 1980s, perhaps the most famous TV/film car was the Topper Buick, known both for its appearance in the Cary Grant film as well as for its use by Gilmore as a promotional car. Of course, keeping straight all the various modifications made to ... Read more


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Would anyone be able to make suggestions as to what would be the best I could buy for this amount of money?
A few things:
-I have 5000 plus records of all different styles but currently only use a Technics SL1200.
-I would like the convenience of a turntable that will easily change between 33 and 45 (none of that dismantling the deck and shifting the belt around...)
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What a spring it has been. The kid has lead poisoning (still. STILL. always, with the horrible lead poisoning), nico died, and it has rained buckets to fill up my soul and my garden for the better part of the last thirty-one days. Work is dragging me down too, though I never mention it. Tearing me up and spitting me out. It clouds my outlook when I go home, which I hate more than anything. The unconquerable pile of items I need to do outpaces the ones I have the time to do battle with on a reasonable schedule and the stress ratchets its hold on my psyche tighter and tighter every time I'm greeted with yet another task building up the monstrous pile that will someday destroy me. Really it isn't so bad, but I'm hard on myself about it, probably harder than I should be. I push myself to do better, do more, be faster. Frankly my own expectations are completely unreasonable and I need to cut myself some slack. Work is work. But that's easier said than done and it's hard to remember to put into action. All I can see is that what I do is not enough.
My heart is shell shocked to the point of being numb. Nothing moves to and fro in the stillness of my being, no sparks light up with the promising fire of new discoveries. Not that they won't again, just not right now, not right now. It's not that I'm sad, or overcome with depression. I just feel empty. I want to sit and just be. Watch. Wait. Rest. Meditate on meaning. Maybe this is what peace really feels like. Like a hole that have no desire to fill. Pure existence.
Alternately it sounds appealing to do something nice for myself, a lady-like treat to remember what it feels like to actually care about what's going on with me. Something small and precious that I can nurture and grow in the palm of my hand, something to focus on while I take those haggard grasping breaths and something to bloom when the sun finally starts to shine again. However all the things I would like to do are outside my budget– my budget being $0.00. It sure costs a lot to put a dog to sleep. Isn't that a charming reality to puncture a hole in your love balloon and send it crashing back down to earth? It's a whole other thing to hold a bill like that in your hand. Line item cremation, line item death juice, line item 'our sympathies.' (Don't worry, that one cost a whopping $0.00. Though frankly I would have paid them an extra $20 to do a better job at it.)
And yet, as empty as I am, everything is also alright. The days move on, things get done, the schedule is upheld by the court. Last night I turned to Jon as we were getting ready for bed and said, "This is exactly like Groundhog Day, except we have a really cute kid." And it is, the same repetition of event after event driving us forward towards something, though I don't know what that mysterious end point is. When will it stop so I can be for a few minutes? Instead of striding confidently forward I'm scrambling to catch with the the ghost of where I would be if everything didn't keep knocking me back. I would like to stop and pause in this step for a bit and have a look around instead of straining forward.
Every day after work I drive back down towards the city, towards home and my family. Repeat. Repeat. But each time I set foot in that car at the end of the day there's a renewed burning pushing me to hurry, hurry, go, go so that we can be reunited. It smolders inside me cracking underneath the surface and I drive on, pressing myself forward with inhuman force in a rush for no good reason– I just know that we need to be together again so that I can feel complete. Homeostasis reintroduced to the system.
All is well, in one way or another. And also not.
This is honest enough to make me cringe at writing it, but not scraped raw enough to really do the thing justice. Failure. Ratchet tighter.
May 4, 2011
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A good lens will burn your bank account faster than a real housewife after a bottle of chardonnay — but there's a reason this precious glass costs so much. Dust-free production is an exacting process that requires plenty of human interaction to do correctly. But don't just take our word for it. Watch this brief Nikon film created in celebration of the 80th anniversary of NIKKOR lenses, which highlights how their tubular bundles of photographic joy are brought into this world. You'll see what we mean. And while you're at it, have the missus watch too before showing her your latest receipts. Special thanks to Gizmodo for bringing it to our attention.
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I don't much like Raisinets. In fact, I'm generally disappointed by most movie concessions. I used to sneak food into theaters, but stopped after accidentally stinking up a screening of Spartacus with a garlicky grilled fish sandwich. And so I gave in to the pick-a-mix candy dispensers, but kept dreaming of a better way to eat at the movies. Lucky for me, the new revival house Central Cinema does it all—kids' matinees, nouveau noir, even Ghostbusters, for Christ's sake—and serves you dinner too.
Diners can eat in the theater itself or in its lobby bistro, which, when the husband and I showed up early for a screening of All About Eve, we found a little hushed. The tall brick space could easily be chilly, but is warmed up with all sorts of pettable textural elements: linoleum tile–tabletops, flannel-clad banquettes, and a panel of pewter foiled wallpaper. I'm not sure if there are soundproofing issues, but the room is calling out for music to round out the cozy scene set by the décor. I think it would be swell to amp up for the movies with soundtracks by Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, the RZA, and the like—this cool lobby deserves some such anticipatory underscoring.
Food at the Central Cinema is clearly not an afterthought but part of the gestalt, along with the Dwell-worthy décor, the neighborhood location, and the cool movies. Of course there is popcorn, buttered if you like, with gourmet sprinklings like mustard and dill, or brewers yeast, which gives the corn a meaty, malty taste. The rest of the succinct menu revolves around an axis of pizza, with a few cute detours like a salad-like radish sandwich ($5.50) and custom-made pigs-in-a-blanket ($2.50) supposedly for kids, but sure to please any carnivore with a heartbeat. My spinach salad ($6.50) comes punctuated with real bacon bits and sweet, uncooked corn kernels, and a mustardy vinaigrette dressing strong enough to contend with the metallic bite of uncooked spinach. It's the kind of basic salad that's hard to find done so well at a restaurant, let alone a movie theater.
The individually sized pizzas still need a little polish—but they're on the right path, and the kitchen has the hard part down. Cooked in a stone oven, the pies all have respectably crisp crusts, but call out for more swagger—a little more olive oil, a feistier cheese combo, maybe a marinade for the dryish anchovies (found on the Pescara pizza, $7.50). Most of all, I wish my potato pizza ($7) had the courage to go bianca: getting rid of the tomato layer would clear the way for its really nice olive, rosemary, and potato flavors.
The best thing about Central Cinema is that you can also get full service in the theater itself, including, thank heavens, pints of yummy microbrews like Hale's Cream Ale and Mac and Jack's Amber ($4). If you can, sit in the back. Although the up-front bench seating with built-in counters looks totally fab (throughout the cinema, the upholstery is gorgeous), sitting there gave me a jolt of airline claustrophobia. Better to sprawl, as we did, in the mezzanine seating upstairs, and order dessert before the movie rolls. Then by the time Bette Davis appears, face gleaming with cold cream and flinging bitchy bon mots, you might receive a tall slice of chocolate cake, gleaming with ganache and caramel ($5); or you might get an embarrassment of peaches ($4.50), delicious and barely corralled into a buttery crust. You might also crowd your table, rather dangerously, with a cup and a French press coffee pot ($2), and teeter a bit as you pour the hot liquid in the dark.
This eating in the dark, with forks and real plates, is a little trickier than munching popcorn—I felt a little like a customer in that pitch-black Zurich restaurant run by blind people. But as a movie lover and beer lover and food lover, I was elated to have all three in one room together.


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Two new satellite surveys show that warming air and water are causing Antarctica to lose ice faster than it can be replenished by interior snowfall, and thus are contributing to rising global sea levels.
The studies differed significantly in estimates of how much water was being added to the oceans this way, but their authors both said that the work added credence to recent conclusions that global warming caused by humans was likely to lead to higher sea levels than previous studies had predicted.
The earlier projections presumed that snowfall over Antarctica, as well as Greenland, would increase as warming added moisture to the air, compensating for the losses of ice along coasts.
Several independent experts agreed with the new conclusions, saying they meshed with more localized studies of Antarctica and with evidence from warm spells before the last ice age.
"Snowfall will matter less and less," said Robert Bindschadler, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration expert not involved in either study. "We know that warmer climates eventually lead to less ice."
Most of the ice is being lost in western Antarctica, where warming air and seawater have recently broken up huge floating shelves of ice, resembling the brim of a hat. That, in turn, has allowed ice in the interior to flow more readily to the coast.
"The changes we are seeing are probably a good indicator of the changing climatic conditions there," said Isabella Velicogna, lead author of the gravity-sensing study published online by Science.


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Over the last two weeks there have been a lot of people besides my self that think the Seahawks will go with a young signal caller like Stafford or Sanchez. There have been a lot of people saying that if the Hawks draft Stafford it will be a bad pick. There are many reasons why it's not a bad pick not only for the future but even for next year.
Well let's start with current "starting" quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. The past two out of three seasons Hasselbeck hasn't played all 16 games. Not only that but last year he had a lot of problems. He had a back injury that was the main injury but he also had a knee injury. The bulging disk in his back also creating a weakness in his leg that brought on the knee injury. So he went from bad to worse and he didn't finish the season. He missed nine games in 2008 with the back and knee injury and he missed four games back in 2006. Also he's going into his 12th season in the NFL. He'll be 34 years old. The Seahawks haven't had this high of pick since 1997 and won't have this high of pick for a long long time. This is the time to draft a great young QB for the future and also next season if necessary.
The Seahawks took care of their main needs this off-season by signing WR T.J Houshmandzadeh to a five year 40 million dollar contract. Also they signed DT Colin Cole to fill the void left by Rocky Bernard who went to the Giants. Their most controversial move so far this off-season in terms of how the fans reacted was when they traded pro-bowl LB Julian Peterson to the Detroit lions for DT/DE Cory Redding and a fifth round pick. That shored up there two biggest needs, one at WR and two on the defensive line. Their there is just to stay healthy which some can do and some can't do. Yes they could use a RB to help out in the backfield with Jones and they can draft Donald Brown in the second round, they could also draft a SS in the draft like Michael Hamlin in the fifth round to help out in the secondary.
So that narrows it down to one player and that's Georgia QB Matt Stafford. There are many reasons why a lot of people including my self have the Seahawks taking Stafford. Those reasons are as follows.
One, the Hawks are the only team in the top five or ten that have the luxury of taking a QB with there first round pick and having him learn behind Hasselbeck for a season. They can do this because they have no glaring needs that haven't been filled.
Two, who will be next future starting QB when Hasselbeck is done which will be in 1-2 years. The answer is no one unless they draft Stafford who, by then will know the system and it will be a seamless transition just like how the Seahawks named Mora the next HC last season so that they wouldn't have to go look for a new one this season and have a harder time with the transition. They can't wait till next season because they won't pick high enough to draft a QB like Sam Bradford who will go in the top five, or Jevan Snead and Colt McCoy who will go in the top 15. The Hawks will be back into the playoffs had probably further so they will be drafting between 25-32.
Three, Stafford is the best player that will be available when the Seahawks pick at four. I have Smith going number one, Monroe going number two and Aaron Curry going three. So that leaves Stafford as the best fit for Seattle. Also I have Stafford over Sanchez because I don't like one-year-wonders like Sanchez.
Four, Stafford is a better fit the Sanchez because he fits better in the West Coast offence than Sanchez. If you look at Stafford on tape he looks a lot like Hasselbeck in the he makes smart decisions with the football, unlike Sanchez who usually throws to the first target. Also the strong arm helps him a lot because the Seahawks have Nate Burleson and Deion Branch who can stretch the field and Staffordcan make those throws with ease and then Houshmandzadeh is the kind of WR who goes across the field and can make any catch because he has such great hands.
Fifth and finally the Seahawks don't need Stafford to be NFL ready right now because no one who comes out in the draft is NFL ready. Matt Ryan had a good rookie season but it took him a while to get into a rhythm, Michael Turner did most of the work. Now people around the league have said that Stafford can play this year and do well. So if Hasselbeck went down again they can put in Stafford and still be good. Also he won't have any problems because he has a lot of great targets around him and a great defense.
The only team that COULD draft him is Detroit so that's why I put only one *. I don't think Detroit should draft a QB first overall is because they need someone to block him and then they can draft a QB like Josh Freedman with their other first round pick.


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Many parents are expressing their concern about their teens' exposure to media, which hinders communication. Studies indicate teens spend 53 hours a week immersed in electronic media, and many parents are finding it more difficult to talk with their teens.
The newest research from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows that more than one-third of parents are concerned that TV (38 percent), computers (37 percent) and video games (33 percent) make it harder for them to communicate with their media-engrossed teens about risky behaviors, like drug and alcohol use.
The survey of more than 1,200 parents also confirms that a quarter or more are worried that newer forms of media, including cell phone texting (27 percent) and social networking sites like Facebook (25 percent) and Twitter (19 percent), hinder effective parent/child communication.
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study of 2,000 teens released earlier this year, the average amount of time young people (8-18 year olds) spend consuming entertainment media is up dramatically to almost eight hours per day.
That's at least 53 hours a week of immersion in some form of media. The research also noted that the more media teens consume, the less happy they tend to be and those who are most captivated by media reported their academic performance suffered. About half (47 percent) of heavy media users reported they usually get fair to poor grades, mostly Cs or lower, compared to about a quarter (23 percent) of light media users.
These new findings present a unique opportunity for parents to play a more active role in what their impressionable teens are watching and monitor how they are spending their time online.
We know that kids today are bombarded with pro-drug and drinking messages in the song lyrics they listen to, the movies and video games they watch and play, and the social networking sites they visit. Videos of kids abusing drugs and alcohol to get high are all too accessible online and that's why it's more important than ever for parents to break through the media blitz and make their voices heard.
Many parents are frustrated their teens are constantly glued to their cell phones texting, sending nonstop instant messages or watching endless hours of reality TV shows. However, it is of the utmost importance we understand the role that media and technology plays in the lives of our kids, because it's not going away.
Parents have to meet teens where they are. We have to be willing to listen to their music, watch their movies and know about the latest TV programs our kids are watching if we are going to stay on top of what they are exposed to.
Limiting media use at times is very important, however embracing technology can actually improved your communication with your teens.
Many parents tell me they have had some very meaningful conversations with their teens about the pressures of growing up via text messaging. Not only is that less threatening to them, but they have a written record of your wisdom to refer to again later.
As kids head back to school, take "time to text" your teens
The back-to-school season is a time of new beginnings for many teens, but it's also a time of new challenges for many teens who are dealing with added pressure from peers, especially when it comes to teen drug and alcohol use. Parents need to frequently communicate with their kids about the dangers of drug and alcohol use.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America's TimeToTalk.org program empowers them to recognize the influence they have in their children's lives, while offering easy, online resources to help parents start an ongoing dialogue about avoiding risky behaviors.
Parents can learn about what teens are seeing and learning from their increased exposure to media and use those "teachable moments" as a starting point to supervise their kids' media consumption and talk with them about the importance of making positive, healthy decisions for themselves.
Parents who are waiting for the "right time" to talk with their kids about the dangers of drug and alcohol use may be missing important opportunities to influence their kids' choices.
While nothing can take the place of face-to-face conversations, learning the communicative power of technology including emails, cell phones, and even texting, can help start a conversation with a reluctant teen.
Parents can reinforce these messages at times when teen drinking and drug use is more likely — after school, on weekends and during unsupervised hours.
Free tool at TimeToTalk.org helps parents text their teens
For those parents who are hesitant or don't know how to send text messages, the Partnership for a Drug Free America has created a free, downloadable guide called "Time To Text." The tool is now available at TimeToTalk.org and offers quick tips on how to text, suggests examples of different messages to send to teens and even provides a cheat sheet parents can keep in their wallet.
Some parents may still feel apprehensive about embracing media and technology as a way of communicating with their children, but, in today's world, it is vital that parents connect with their kids in any way possible. It is important we all know how to bridge the technology gap between us and 'Generation Text'.
Cary Quashen is a high-risk teen counselor and a certified addiction specialist. He is the president and founder of the ACTION Parent & Teen Support Group Programs and ACTION Family Counseling. The ACTION Parent & Teen Support Group Program meets every Tuesday evening at Canyon High School in the A Building at 7:00 p.m. Quashen may be reached by calling (661) 713-3006.


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2017-11-20 - Les amis de la montagne welcomes the City of Montrealâs new Executive Committee
Les amis de la montagne commends Mayor Valerie Plante for her choices in putting together the City of Montreal's new Executive Committee.
Mont Royal welcomes you twelve months a year, seven days a week!
Consult the Calendar on the website homepage.
Purchase gifts of an educational nature or unique souvenirs of Mont Royal at this new point of sale operated by Les amis de la montagne.
The new Mont Royal exhibition is displayed throughout historic Maison Smith, inviting visitors to discover the mountain's historic, landscape and built heritage, as well as its flora and fauna. Through dynamic exhibits, historic photos and mural illustrations, artefacts, audio-visual elements, interactive games and touch-screens, "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" offers visitors the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the mountain territory prior to heading outdoors. Free admission.
Les amis de la montagne are pleased to partner with Heritage Montreal to mark the UNESCO International Day for Monuments and Sites, held under the theme "The heritage of sport".
Mount Royalhas always been an inexhaustible playground for Montrealers. Whatever the trends or the seasons, the mountain offers to every generation the opportunity to have fun, to train or to become a top athlete. From the renowned Club sportif MAA to the slopes of Beaver Lake, discover during a walking tour, the rich history of sport on Mount Royal.
Saturday, April 16 from 2 to 4 p.m., in French
Meeting place at the Club sportif MAA Montréal, 2070 rue Peel
By reservation only, 514 843.8240 ext. 0
Free admission, rain or shine
Photo 1 : Sliding and Skiing at Mount Royal Park, Ancient postcard, Les amis de la montagne Collection
Photo 2 : Horse Riding on Mount Royal, 1953, Jocelyne Lavoie Collection
The full programme of activities for the International Day for Monuments and Sites is available on Heritage Montreal's website.


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Two girls playing in the water in Discovery Bay were injured Saturday morning when a hydrofoil broke apart and hit them, a Discovery Bay Yacht harbor master said.
Sometime between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. the watercraft broke apart while a man was riding it and hit one girl in the head and the other in the shoulder in the Fast Water area of Discovery Bay, the harbor master said.
Two helicopters responded to the accident and took the girls from the water. The girls reportedly were not seriously injured, the harbor master said.
He called it a "freak accident." The man riding the hydrofoil was not injured.
Information from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was not immediately available.
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Today's bloom is Lily 'Flaming Giant' (Lilium )Bloom of the Day for March 20th, 2010:
Bloom color: Pink
Bloom time of year: Mid Summer, Late Summer/Early Fall, Mid Fall
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text: (Thaketa) Co. Ltd ("MAXPOWER"), a Myanmar power generating subsidiary of the Navigat Group, today executed a Power Purchase Agreement ("PPA") in relation to the construction and operation of a fifty (50) MW gas-fired power plant located within the Thaketa district of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. The plant will utilise the efficient and advanced technology of sixteen (16) GE's (General Electric) Jenbacher gas engines. MAXPOWER's has invested US$35MM in the plant which is now fully operational.


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$$ - Here is a recap of 2012 from the Fox Business gurus and the market. I'll get to my 2012 and the predictions for 2013 tomorrow. First, the market:
- Dow: 7.3% to 13,104
- SP500: 13.4% to 1426
- Nasdaq: 15.9% to 3019
- VTI: 16.45% (total stock market index)
On to the Fox Business Network gurus:
Bulls and Bears
Gary B. Smith: AMZN up 40% Dow 14,700
Amazon started off 2012 at $173.10, and finished at $250.87. That's a gain of 44.9%! Nice job, Gary! He was a little more optimistic for the Dow, but a lot of the gains were in the SP500.
Jonas Max Ferris: JPM up 30% Dow 13,000
JPM started off 2012 $33.25 and finished at $43.97. That's a gain of 32.2%. Another nice job, and the Dow prediction was almost right on, too.
Tobin Smith: TSM up 100% Dow 12,800
TSM started off 2012 at $12.91 and finished at $17.16, for a gain of 32.9%. A nice gain but well short of Toby's prediction. He was also a little more pessimistic about the Dow returns.
Cavuto on Business
Adam Lashinsky: VTSMX: $31.29
Since the VTSMX is the Vanguard total stock market index, we know it was about the same as Vanguard's VTI exchange traded fund, or about 16.45%. Excluding dividends. Current dividend yield is 1.89% on VTI.
Ben Stein: SPY: $125.50
Same as the SP500 for Mr. Ben Stein, who loves to pick the index ETFs. Current dividend yield is 2.01% on SPY.
Matt McCall: HILO: $18.28
Hilo is the low volatility emerging markets ETF, and started out 2012 at $18.28 and finished at $20.29, for a gain of 10.9%, excluding dividends. Current yield is about 3.05%.
Forbes on Fox
Morgan Brennan: LINE
LINE started at $37.91 and finished at $35.24, so the price was down 7%, but the stock does have a current yield of 8.2%
Bill Baldwin: ZBRA
ZBRA started of 2012 at $35.78 and finished at $39.31, for a return of 9.8%.
Kim McNicholas: CAT: $90.60
Big CAT started of 2012 at $90.60 and finished at $89.61, which is a loss of about 1%. The stock currently yields 2.4%.
Elizabeth MacDonald: PAUCX
PAUCX finished at $11.03, and yields 5.95%.
Cashin' In
Tracy Byrnes: Dow will be flat, $4 gasoline
Tracy was wrong about the market, but the gas prices did spike over $4 for a bit.
Gary Kaltbaum: MA:
Mastercard started out 2012 at $372.82, and finished at $491.28. That's a 31.7% return. It currently yields .20%.
Wayne Rogers: LUK:
LUK started out 2012 at $22.74 and finished at $23.79 for a gain of 4.6%. It currently yields 1.1%.


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Heart failure afflicts nearly 6.5 million people in the United States, with 400,000 to 700,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In fact, heart failure is the only major cardiovascular disease that is increasing in incidence and prevalence.
Successful treatment of heart failure will improve symptoms and quality of life while reducing the likelihood of disease progression, thereby decreasing mortality and the need for hospitalization. With early evaluation and care, many heart failure patients are able to make lifestyle changes that enable them to lead healthy, active lives.
The TriStar Center for Advanced Heart Failure at Centennial Medical Center offers a comprehensive disease management program and individual approach to managing heart failure.
This program includes:
- Customized patient and family education
- Guideline-directed medical therapy
- Treatment of co-morbid conditions, include anemia, sleep apnea, Diabetes Mellitus, COPD
- Care coordination with other medical providers
- Weekly outpatient assessment to determine need for additional IV diuretics or medication titration
- Urgent evaluation for change in clinical status to decrease emergency room visits
- Lab studies to determine treatment needs and to monitor effectiveness of therapies
- Communication of status, including lab values
- Multidisciplinary care including, nutrition, pharmacy, and social services
- 24-hour on-call support
The Heart Failure Clinic is located in the Heart & Vascular Center at TriStar Centennial. To schedule an appointment or learn more, call (615) 342-2256 or toll-free at 1-844-342-7867.


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In Serre Chevalier Vallée, families feel at home
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Caesars Entertainment Down After Earnings
Leading gaming company Caesars Entertainment (NYSE: CZR) released its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings results after the closing bell Monday. The company reported a net loss of $469.7 million in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
On a per share basis, the company lost $3.75 versus a loss of $220.6 million or $1.76 per share, in last year's corresponding quarter. Wall Street analysts had expected the company to report a loss of $1.73 per share.
Revenue for the period was down 4.3 percent to $2.02 billion, which came up short of analysts' consensus revenue estimates of $2.11 billion.
The stock has been surging in recent weeks on the pending introduction of online gaming in both Nevada and New Jersey. Shares climbed around 69 percent as of Monday's close. In the after-hours trading session, however, Caesars has lost almost 9 percent to $10.70.
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Trailblazer CEO of the Year Joe Thomas, Jr. saved a man from his burning HQ, executed and fine tuned his disaster recovery plan and achieved 50% loan growth last year.
Trailblazer CEO of the Year Joe Thomas Jr. saved a man from his burning HQ and achieved 50% loan growth last year.
Freakonomics author Stephen Dubner will provide credit unions with the keys to unlocking member satisfaction at NAFCU's 45th Annual Conference and Exhibition, July 24-28, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
SAN ANTONIO — Be interdependent and learn from your mistakes, engage your customers and innovate but be careful what risks you take.
John McKechnie began his first day on a Delaware beach in the summer of 2008 reading a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal about the serious financial problems facing some of the corporate credit unions.


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The Gardeners
In the spring she
drops the seeds, he
covers them. He
digs up the weeds.
She cuts the flowers.
She takes the blooms
and puts them in
every room. They soar
red from the tables, sprout
yellow from the shelves,
hang purple from
the ceiling, blue
from the edges of
lampshades. Clusters
of flowers sit in
tiny pots on every
windowsill, in open
cupboards, behind
the sink. He stands
beside her as she tosses
all the wilted leaves
into a rusty bucket.
This house is heaven's
door, the air gathering
the bashful smells of
blossoms, roots, cut
stems, wet dirt, new
and rotting leaves.
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It was on this day in 1789 that George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States of America.
The inauguration was held in New York City. Though New York had been the unofficial capital of the United States for some time, many people thought it was the wrong city for the new government, because it was still a very pro-British City. Upper-class New Yorkers imitated the British in their clothing, in their interior decorating, and in their horse-drawn carriages. Many New Yorkers even celebrated the king's birthday.
But if some American patriots were reluctant for Washington to be inaugurated in New York City, Washington was reluctant to be inaugurated at all. He had very little experience as a politician, and he worried that he might be a complete failure as a president. He said, "I feel like a culprit who is going to the place of his execution."
He hoped to make a quiet entry into New York, with little ceremony. Instead, his weeklong journey from Virginia to New York became a giant parade, with crowds of people cheering him as he passed through each town on his route. For the last part of his journey, Washington had to take a barge across the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York. A boat next to his was filled with musicians, but none of the music was audible over the sound of cannons being fired from the shore.
The inauguration ceremony was performed on the balcony of Federal Hall a few days later, on this day in 1789. Thousands of people gathered in the streets to watch Washington take the oath of office. Many people had speculated about what he would wear: a military uniform or the clothes of a king. Instead, Washington wore a plain brown suit made with cloth from a mill in Connecticut. He later said that he hoped it would soon be unfashionable for an American gentleman to appear in any other dress than one of American manufacture. He took the oath, and then Chancellor Robert Livingston shouted, "Long live George Washington, President of the United States!"
It was on this day in 1939 that the New York World's Fair opened to the public. The theme of the fair was The World of Tomorrow. Planners built the fairground on Flushing Meadows, which had been a garbage dump.
It was at that fair that many Americans first saw the products they would enjoy after World War II, including television, long-distance phone service, air conditioners, refrigerators, FM radio, fluorescent lighting, and washing machines. There were prototypes of the early helicopter, called an autogiro, which was basically a plane with a propeller on top. There were dioramas showing model utopian cities of the future, where everyone would soon have fax machines and videophones. The most popular exhibit was General Motors' Futurama, which was a scale model of an American city in 1960, with futuristic homes, cars shaped like flying saucers, and an advanced superhighway system with a speed limit of a hundred miles per hour. The Futurama exhibit popularized the term "aerodynamic." Visitors to the exhibit were given a small blue-and-white pin that said, "I Have Seen the Future."
It's the birthday of singer and songwriter Willie Nelson, born in the small farming community of Abbott, Texas (1933). As a young man, he wrote songs and performed at honky-tonks with names like the County Dump and the Bloody Bucket. Then, in 1959, he wrote "Night Life," a song that was eventually recorded by more than 70 artists and sold over 30 million copies. He only made $150 from the song, because he sold the copyright. But he used that money to buy a second-hand Buick, and he drove in that Buick to Nashville, hoping to become a country music star.
He spent the next decade writing songs for other country singers, but after getting frustrated by Nashville, he went back to Texas and started recording his own albums. In 1975, he recorded Red Headed Stranger, a concept album about a preacher on the run after murdering his wife and her new lover. At the time, many country singers were backed by orchestras and backup singers, but Nelson recorded the album with just his acoustic guitar and a few other instruments. No one thought it would be a hit, but it sold millions of copies, and inspired a traditional country music revival.
It's the birthday of John Crowe Ransom, born in Pulaski, Tennessee (1888). He was a poet and literary critic, and one of the most influential American literature professors of the 20th century. He was one of the first people to argue that American schools should be teaching American literature, not just European, and that students should be reading modern poetry, not just the classics.
It was on this day in 1900 that the legendary train engineer Casey Jones died in a train wreck. He was driving the Cannon Ball express from Memphis, Tennessee, to Canton, Mississippi, trying to make up time because the train was overdue, when his fireman warned him that there was another train up ahead. He ordered his fireman to jump, but he stayed on the train, one hand on the brake and the other on the whistle. Though the Cannon Ball crashed and Jones was killed, the passengers were saved because of his efforts to slow the train down.
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McCOY POTTERY -- CORNUCOPIA HAND VASE (AQUA)
Beautiful color and mold detail on this McCoy hand vase! This is the hand holding a cornucopia vase, is aqua color with semi-matte glaze, and is marked with overlapping NM, USA. Vase appears to have been quite pampered -- it has some crazing and a ¾" slice type chip on bottom dry (setting) ring. It's nice and clean and appears to have only been used as a display piece. However, I purchased it at a moving sale/auction, and it has a ½" glaze chip on base and a couple teeny ones on fingers – these are glaze only, the pottery is not chipped in any way. I've seen glaze flake-offs like this but always on jardinières or flower pots that have been in water for an extended period of time but that is obviously not the case with this hand vase. It's a lovely item, a great addition to a collection, and is priced to reflect imperfection.
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1969: Born on January 3 in Huerth-Hermuelheim, Germany.
1973: Made his racing debut in a kart race.
1987: Won German and European kart championships.
1988: Finished fourth in German Formula Ford championship and second in the European series in first year of car racing.
1990: Won first major single-seater title, clinching the German Formula Three crown. Stepped up to sportscars, driving for Mercedes.
1991: Made Formula One debut for Jordan in Belgium, qualifying seventh before retiring. Poached by Benetton for the rest of the season.
1992: Takes first grand prix win in Belgium on his way to third in the championship.
1994: Wins title, with eight wins to his name, after controversial last-race clash with Damon Hill.
1995: Retains world crown, taking nine victories.
1996: Moves to struggling Ferrari and manages three wins on his way to third in championship.
1997: Wins five races but is stripped of second in the championship for attempting to take out title rival Jacques Villeneuve at Jerez.
1999: Breaks his leg at Silverstone when easily leading the championship.
2000: Finally wins Ferrari's first world title since 1979, amassing nine wins on the way.
2001: Another nine wins and another title, setting a new record for all-time victories on the way.
2002: Wins championship in record time, setting a new mark of 11 victories.
2003: Wins title by a point after six victories, breaking Juan Manuel Fangio's record of five championships.
2004: Breaks his own record for wins in a season to take title number seven.
2006: Sept 10 - Announces his retirement at end of 2006 season after winning Italian Grand Prix.
2009: Denied shock return to Formula One with Ferrari, deputising for the injured Felipe Massa, by neck problem. In November, sounded out by Mercedes for return to the track.


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Baseball: Panthers walk off with win over Prescott
HAGER CITY - With the winning run on second base in the bottom of the seventh inning, Ellsworth head baseball coach Steve Block normally would have given his No. 6 hitter Logan Armstrong the sign to bunt.
Instead, Block trusted the junior's bat against the defending Division 3 champions.
"The conventional wisdom is to bunt the runner over with nobody out, but (Armstrong's) a very good hitter," Block said. "Sometimes with a runner at second, I'd rather take my chances with a good hitter. It was a good chance for him to grow a little confidence and score a winning run."
And with free reign at the plate, Armstrong delivered with a line drive to left field to score James Georgakas and put the Panthers over Prescott 2-1 for a Middle Border Conference win Thursday in a battle of two top-10 Division 2 teams.
"The first pitch was a fastball inside; since (relief pitcher Brady Schommer) is a lefty, it tails," Armstrong said. "Second one was fastball right up the middle, right on top of the bat."
In the top half of the seventh, Armstrong came in as a relief pitcher and preserved the 1-1 tie after accounting for all three outs (two strikeouts and a fly out), sitting the ninth-ranked Cardinals down in order.
"With their 7-8-9 batters coming up, I felt pretty confident because they hadn't done much all day," Armstrong said. "I just had to get my curveball because that's my pitch."
Leading off in the bottom of the seventh, Georgakas laced the ball into deep right-center to get into scoring position.
"Coach just said, 'Wait for your pitch and swing at it,' and I did," said Georgakas, who also drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the fourth. "It was right down the middle."
Georgakas started on the mound for fourth-ranked Ellsworth, striking out 10 despite admitting that he didn't have his best stuff on Thursday. He allowed just two hits but gave up six walks.
"I didn't have any control over any of my pitches today," Georgakas said. "That's just something to work on in practice. I just got to work on throwing more strikes and we'll be good to go."
After leaving two runners stranded in the first, Prescott finally was able to crack the scoreboard when on a 3-2 count with one out, Marty Harris roped a liner into left-center, bringing home Clay Seifert for the 1-0 lead. But the Cardinals were unable to keep the momentum going as Georgakas struck out the next two batters.
Meanwhile, Prescott's starting pitcher, Matt Holman, kept Ellsworth's batters off-balance through the first two innings. Chandler Flynn led the bottom of the third off with a single, and got as far as third base before Holman retired the side.
"The reason I knew they'd be in the ball game, because they are nothing like they were last year, was because their pitcher was going to keep them in the ball game," Block said.
With one out in the fourth, Dennis Schutz got on with a single, and moved to second with a stolen base. Then, with two outs, Georgakas brought Schutz home with a single of his own to tie the game at 1-1.
"(Holman) pitches very well against us," Block said, "and we were hoping we could get him later in the game with a chance to win, and that's the way it worked."
Then in the seventh, Armstrong's base knock completed the early-season comeback.
"We haven't beaten them in a while; they've been pretty good," Armstrong said, "so it's good to beat them finally."
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I never understand people who arrive late and leave early when supposedly enjoying a spa day. Don't get me wrong, I love all spa services wholeheartedly, but my favorite part of the spa experience is fully touring and tasting the facility long before and well after the treatment ends, including the spa pool and Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, and then some. Cleansing, refreshing, inspiring, water is the essence of the health and beauty mentality. And lucky for us, it's no longer just a spa accent.
Aqua-infused spa treatments are taking San Diego spas by storm, ranging from the all powerful Vichy shower to the all encompassing Hydrotherapy tubs and soothing, therapeutic bath soaks. We have Julius Caesar to thank for first discovering the naturally carbonated mineral springs of Vichy, France, and since then spa enthusiasts from around the world have been soaking up the health benefits of these waters. It's natural, it's effective, and it's one of the most pleasurable services on the spa menu.
Discover the best Vichy showers and Hydrotherapy baths at San Diego spas.
Hyde-Edwards Spa & Salon in Little Italy
An industrial-style full-service spa and salon, Hyde-Edwards is a unique urban beauty refuge in downtown San Diego's culturally rich neighborhood of Little Italy that offers a variety of premium spa and salon services. For a rejuvenating aquatic adventure, enjoy Something Else, the spa's signature treatment utilizing the Vichy shower room. Something Else is explained to be an invigorating, exfoliating treatment using finely crushed sugar and essential oils to uncover skin that feels soft and supple, followed by a refreshing Vichy shower treatment and massaged in hydration for an all over glow.
Paradise Point Resort & Spa in Mission Bay
An island-inspired health and beauty haven, this tropical full-service salon and spa offers not only a dedicated Vichy shower wet room, but also rare Ofuro tubs, or Japanese soaking tubs, in two of the eight indoor treatment rooms. There are plenty of aquatic options on the spa menu, including the Madi Susa Soak, during which you sink into a wooden Japanese tub with traditional milk soak and topped with fresh rose petals to soften the skin while infusing it with soothing, floral aromas. Request your Body Treatment of choice to be enhanced with the Vichy shower finishing touch, such as the Green Tea Youth Booster Body Wrap, during which a rich antioxidant body wrap acts as a fountain of youth for skin cells, improving the skin condition and leaving it feeling and looking years younger.
Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe
The Spa at Rancho Valencia is surrounded by natural green landscape, creating a calm and soothing environment that is evident the moment you approach the property. The Spa aims to be a nature-inspired refuge for radiant living, and the organic ingredients, pure essential oils, and healing benefits from the ocean are integrated into the facial and body therapies. In addition to the private spa pool, personal spa suites with outdoor garden soaking tubs, The Spa offers unique aqua-infused treatments. Treat yourself to Water Wellness, also called Vichy Valencia, during which you relax on a massage table in the steam of the Vichy shower wet room and enjoy a full body hydrotherapy shower. You are then cleansed and exfoliated with Fresh Citrus Body Wash.
Catamaran Resort & Spa in Mission Bay
Located on the western tip of Mission Bay, just blocks from the beach, Catamaran is surrounded by water, creating a soothing and serene environment throughout the entire property. The Catamaran Spa is no exception, as it offers one of the best selections of water therapies in the city. Although there is no Vichy shower on property, Catamaran practices Hydrotherapy with underwater hydro jets in soaking tubs. Try the California Grape Seed Tea Bach, Babassu Milk Bath, or Balneotherapy, a seawater bath that soothes muscles and enhances relaxation for your body and spirit.
Mineral Water Spa in Carlsbad
Did you know, the carbonation in mineral water will produce a feeling of warmth and well-being similar to that experienced during vigorous exercise. This increased blood circulation is said to provide natural relief from minor aches and pains, and help ease stiff joints. Offering a truly unique health and beauty experience, the Mineral Water Spa's signature carbonated mineral water comes from an aquifer 1,700 feet deep which is recharged from Cleveland National Forest, about 60 miles east of Carlsbad. Enjoy an aqua-inspired spa treatment like no other with the Carbonated Mineral Water Bath, Roman Mud Facial, or Roman Total Body Facial, a full body facial that uses rich mud to help heal, soothe, and rejuvenate tired muscles. This treatment cleans and moisturizes the skin, and concludes with a mineral bath.
Spa Gregorie's in Del Mar
A Mecca for luxury spa services, Spa Gregorie's takes water-infused relaxation to the next level with a variety of Hydrotherapy treatments, ranging from Herbal Aromatherapy to the Milk and Honey Bath, Express Hydro for health-focused locals on-the-go. My top pick is Detoxifying Thalassotherapy, which is performed in the Hydrotherapy tub, featuring hundreds of air and multi-speed water jets. A spirulina-rich bath is developed from algae harvested off the coast of France and contains essential minerals and nutrients to restore the body's natural balance and well-being. Naturally detoxifying, this bath will cleanse and revive a depleted system. If you prefer the magic of the Vichy shower, choose your body wrap of choice and request for it to be performed in the Vichy wet room, with warm water cascading from the rain bar above.
PLACE 360 Health + Spa in Del Mar
Located just blocks from Del Mar Plaza, PLACE 360 is a boutique health spa that offers everything from Acupuncture and Custom Herbal Remedies, to Outdoor Fitness, Nutrition Coaching, Massage, Skin Care, Waxing, and Semi-Permanent Makeup. This great range of natural and alternative health treatments is balanced with Eastern and Western philosophies, and enhanced by the on-site steam and Swiss shower. A powerful aqua-fueled steam and shower in one with various temperatures and pressure points, this pre or post treatment perk will transform your spa experience. After a cleansing steam shower, enjoy the Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation, which combines traditional Chinese medicine with lymphatic drainage using gentle acupuncture, the Biodrainer facial machine, and Phytobiodermie products. It is a gentle yet effective way to decrease the appearance of wrinkles and blemishes on the skin, increase muscle tone, reduce puffiness and promote circulation and lymphatic drainage while stimulating collagen growth.
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"That's a no-brainier," Yost said. The Royals' big offseason acquisition, Shields has posted a 3.15 ERA and 1.10 WHIP over the last two seasons while topping 220 strikeouts in each campaign. He'll face the White Sox in Chicago on Opening Day.


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In the year since Hurricane Katrina, America's attention has been focused on New Orleans -- on how devastating the flooding was there and how slowly the city is picking up the pieces. But 90 miles east, in the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, a dramatically different story is unfolding.
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Sidney Lumet's film adaptation of Ira Levin's play, Deathtrap, is one of those stage-to-screen things that simply cannot transcend its stage origins. Oh, Lumet tries his darndest to make the material more cinematic — just look at that 360-degree panning shot early in the movie — but to no avail. It's not so much that the movie is largely trapped in one room. It's that everything about Deathtrap feels rehearsed and phony. Unlike the similarly — and similarly gimmick-driven — Sleuth (filmed in 1972 and 2007 — with Michael Caine in different roles in each), I never believe for a minute that the characters in Deathtrap are anything but actors on a set saying things that someone else had written for them. I could try to figure out exactly why — I think it's largely that the film seems consciously gimmicky from the start — but it really doesn't matter. The story of a once successful playwright (Michael Caine) deciding to murder a student of his (Christopher Reeve) in order to steal his play is fine, but it's also so obviously a set-up to something else that you're waiting for that something else. It also gives the film a dynamic opening act that the subsequent acts never get near. (I normally don't like using theater terms with film, but here it seems fitting.) All this — and an irritating Johnny Mandel musical score — to one side, Deathtrap ends up being entertaining for offering the opportunity of seeing its four major players — Caine, Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth — overact, mug and chew every piece of scenery in sight. I'm not entirely convinced that this — nor the film's final thunder-and-lightning act overkill — is intentional, but it does keep things amusing. That alone, makes the film agreeably watchable.
The Hendersonville Film Society will show Deathtrap Sunday, July 21, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.


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アザラタウン Azara Town
Palm Hills
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Palm Hills (Japanese: アザラタウン Azara Town) is an anime-exclusive location found in between New Bark Town and Cherrygrove City.
A wealthy area of Johto, it is home to Madame Muchmoney and her Snubbull. When Ash and his friends visited Palm Hills, they met up with the Pokémon and its owner. They learned that Snubbull frequently ran away from its home, mostly because it was sick of being spoiled by Madame Muchmoney. Finally understanding how her Pokémon felt, she started to have a park area built for Snubbull to play, but it found an excuse to leave when Team Rocket showed up. It enjoyed biting down on Meowth's tail, much to his chagrin.
Although Snubbull ran away, Madame Muchmoney tracked it down after it had evolved into Granbull and convinced it to come back home with her.
Pokémon seen in Palm Hills
Snubbull ♀
Winthrop ♂
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Gillies' lawyer enters 'not guilty' plea
Gillies' lawyer enters 'not guilty' plea
PHILADELPHIA -- The lawyer for Phillies prospect Tyson Gillies entered a written plea of not guilty this week in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
Officers for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office arrested Gillies on Aug. 20 in Clearwater, Fla., on a felony charge of cocaine possession.
He is free on $2,000 bond.
The Phillies previously said in a statement, "Because this is an open case, we will not comment further at this time."
Gillies' lawyer, J. Kevin Hayslett, could not be reached for comment. Hayslett has represented high-profile clients inclding Hulk Hogan's son, Nick Bollela.


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