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Attorney Sonya Miller keeps her professional and personal desires strictly separate - until she meets her devastatingly sexy new client, Dante Ricci. His new business, a Vegas hotel that promises to fulfill clients' ultimate erotic fantasies, is all about pleasure. When he dares Sonya to reveal her secret desires, she confesses she wants to share a night of wild, wicked sex with a taste of dominance. But will she be able to give in when Dante asks her to give up control and put her pleasure in his hands?
©2012 Lisa Renee Jones (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
"Good Story, terrible narrator"
I liked the story, it was cute.
I didn't like the narrators attempt at an Italian accent
I would try another.
"Yummy Quickie"
This is a scorching hot quickie!! Oh good lord things are naughty and delicious! The spice books tend to be light on story and heavy on smexy. That is not to say there isn't a story, it is just super abbreviated to make room for all the sexing!
This is a fun read with sassy heroine and a scrumptious billionaire. Skip the romance, go straight to lust and combustible chemistry. It is well written and enjoyable. One can not help but wonder how it would have been as a full length.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Isabelle Gordon, who has a great voice. Her read is a touch slow for my taste, however speeding things up really helps. She has a delightful rasp to he voice that really works for the males characters. Great energy and emotion throughout made the story flow. Definitely looking for more of her reads!
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The federal government's across-the-board spending cuts could hit soon in western Oregon. Congressman Greg Walden says the feds plan to apply the so called sequester cut this week to a program for timber dependent counties. Amelia Templeton of EarthFix reports.
18 Oregon counties are supposed to receive their last check from the Secure Rural Schools program this month. It's sent millions of dollars to depressed Oregon timber counties.
Congressman Walden says he was shocked to learn the feds are cutting the last payment by ten percent.
Walden: "We're pushing back, and pushing back hard, because the checks are about to be issued. And once they make a decision and issue the checks, the likelihood of getting them to come back and do what's right is pretty thin."
Walden voted for the sequester, a package of across the board spending cuts that take effect in March. But he says it shouldn't apply to the secure rural schools program, because it was part of last year's budget. The Department of Interior runs the program and did not respond to requests for comment.
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Jackie Collins is back in her most deliciously scandalous novel yet. And she's giving her readers a revealing look into the private realms of her fabulously rich and sexy cast of characters.
In Lovers and Players, the Diamond family's power extends from coast to coast. Max, a real estate tycoon; Chris, a Hollywood lawyer; and Jett, a young, handsome ex-druggie, now a successful model in Italy, must finally come face to face with their tyrannical father, Red, who has been controlling their world for as long as they can remember.
Working as Red's housekeeper is Diahann, a beautiful black ex-singer. Her stunning bi-racial 19-year-old daughter, Liberty, a waitress who is a would-be singer herself, does not approve of her mother working as a housekeeper. Liberty has dreams of her own and while she pursues them, Damon P. Donnell, married hip-hop mogul supreme, pursues her.
Amy Scott-Simon, a beguilingly pretty young New York heiress, is engaged to marry Max Diamond. At her bachelorette party she runs into Jett, Max's younger brother. Jet has no idea who Amy is. She also doesn't realize who he is. A one-night fling leads to major complications.
As the lives of these characters intertwine, power, money, fame and love are the ties that bind, emotionally and otherwise, in this highly charged love story about family relationships and deadly choices.
©2006 Chances, Inc.; (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC
"Another page-turning tale packed with intrigue, revenge, and romance." (Publishers Weekly)
"Red Diamond's Dysfunctional Family"
I haven't read many Jackie Collins' books but I may have to go back and listen to a few more as I found this one to be pure entertainment. There are lots of characters to keep track of and somehow they all manage to intertwine in the end. Steamy sex scenes, tabloid scandals, murders, fashion models, business tycoons, Russian mobsters, coffee house waitresses, rap stars, and music business executives are some of the characters who mix it up to create a great time for the listener. I thought this was a good, easy fun listen. Very enjoyable.
"Great 1st Novel"
this is my 1st Jackie Collins book. A friend told me little about it. Once I picked it up, I was a fan. I love Jackie. She doesn't hold back.
"Interesting Characters"
Jackie Collins does an excellent job of making the characters come to life in this story, so much so that I came to intensely dislike Red Diamond and became very frustrated with the actions of his eldest son, Max. The story line is complicated enough to keep your interest, but it was still easy enough to follow with some gaps between listening times. This was my first Jackie Collins read and I was not too sure what to expect. I find myself pleasantly surprised.
"Perfect as usual!"
Jackie Collins is my ALL TIME favorite author! I have read and listened to ALL of her books and they NEVER get boring! I get excited when I see new material from her! Anything from this author is well worth listening to or reading! Enjoy!
"Good story telling at its best!"
Good character development! As I hear the story it literally comes alive for me! I caught myself holding my breath and wondering what would happen next!
Very entertaining!
"good but annoying child character"
overall good but the child character is extremely annoying to listen to and not really how a 5 year old speaks or acts.
"Another Average book by Jackie Collins!"
I have read many of Ms Collins books and as I have stated in other reviews, her books are what I call my "garbage reads" something quick to read, easy to pick up and put down and not lose where you are at, and I really don't gain anything from them! This is just an okay book!
"Pretty good book!"
This book kept me interested and I would have given it 5 stars if not for the horrible narrator. She was HORRIBLE at all of the accents to the point where it was distracting and almost racist. Anyway, the content of the book was good so if you can overlook the bad narration then it is worth it.
"Narration bad"
I could not even get through the first twenty minutes. The narrator does a bad job of representing the character's voices and she is annoying to listen to.
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Scottish novelist Iain (M) Banks is this week's Shelf Life provocateur. He tells us how he likes to test his potential lovers and what extreme punishments he exacts on books he doesn't like.
1) What are you reading at the moment?
The Hell of it All by Charlie Brooker and Anatomy of the Orchestra by Norman del Mar are by the bedside, but the book I've just started is The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer (at only a year old, this is ferociously up-to-date by my standards).
2) As a child, what did you read under the covers?
The Beano
3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?
A few have. Most recently, I got a bit misty-eyed at the end of And The Land Lay Still by James Robertson.
4) You are about to be put into solitary confinement for a year and allowed to take three books. What would you choose?
A la recherche du temps perdu; I have the tri-volume Penguin edition so it fills all three spaces. I got about half-way through the blighter fifteen years ago then threw it across the room in annoyance at Proust's obfuscation but in a cell I suppose it would just bounce back off the wall…
5) Which literary character would you most like to sleep with?
Probably one of my own female characters (this isn't egotism, I just think I'd have a better chance).
6) If you could write a self-help book, what would you call it?
Grow Up, Ya Morons!
7) Michael Gove has asked you to rewrite the GCSE English Literature syllabus. Which book, which play, and which poem would you make compulsory reading?
Don't know; I'd have to find out which three would most annoy the Tory scumbag.
8) Which party from literature would you most like to have attended?
I seem to recall a Tolstoyan one – I think it's in War and Peace – where somebody has a bear with them and they head off to another house with the words 'Let's take the bear!' That sounded like an interesting hoo-ha.
9) What would you title your memoirs?
Surrounded by Idiots (Present Company Excepted. Provisionally.)
10) Which literary character do you dream of playing?
I confess such dreams have yet to trouble my waking or indeed sleeping hours.
11) What book would you give to a lover?
On The Nature of the Universe by Lucretius. Wheat, say good-bye to chaff.
12) Spying Mein Kampf or Dan Brown on someone's bookshelf can spell havoc for a friendship. What's your literary dealbreaker?
The Path To Power by Margaret Thatcher. Though I do own a copy; my late wife gave me it after it was 'mistakenly' sent to her by her book club and they didn't want it back. I drilled a hole through it and inserted a 12mm diameter bolt along with a couple of brace of substantial washers, all secured with copious amounts of superglue. I also have a copy of Dianetics by L Ron Hubbard which has been shot five times with a .303 rifle, and a copy of Beasts of Gor by John Norman which has been set in concrete. These are kept in a cupboard in the garage, well away from the respectable books.
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The Education Specialist degree is specifically designed to certification requirements in the following areas: Elementary Education, School Counseling, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leader, Collaborative Special Education (K-6), Collaborative Special Education (6-12), Early Childhood Education, Secondary Education and Library Media. The Education Specialist degree is also designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to become creative problem solvers, leaders, and instruments of change in the school.
Accreditation:Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097); The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
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Hollywood Now: Chris Pine, Rachel Weisz & Ari Graynor, Plus So Many Babies!By Gerri Miller
New flicks with celebs in interfaith relationships and from interfaith backgrounds, plus their baby news!Go To Pop Culture
Book Review: The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. 391 pages.
Is there anything left to be said about the Holocaust experience? The Plot Against America will convince you that we can still learn more about this inexplicable, horrific era in human history. The Plot Against America is, quite simply, a book that should be read by every American Jew who wants to understand what might have happened to American Jews in the twentieth century if certain things had gone differently.
Based on memories of Roth's own family and his experiences growing up, The Plot Against America portrays a Jewish family named Roth with two sons, Sandy and Philip, who live in a middle-class Jewish neighborhood in Newark in the 1940s. In Roth's imagined history, the American hero and pilot Charles Lindbergh becomes president during a wave of anti-interventionist and anti-Semitic sentiment. Following Lindbergh's successful campaign, the Roths take a trip to Washington D.C. and encounter anti-Semitism at their hotel, a restaurant and at historical sites.
The Roths' older son, Sandy, is enticed into a volunteer program in which he lives with a Kentucky farm family. The program, ostensibly aimed at "introducing city youth to the traditional ways of heartland life," actually is intended to both isolate and reeducate Jews. From an interfaith family's perspective, The Plot Against America is particularly interesting in its portrayal of Sandy's experience on the Kentucky farm. He goes there against his parents' wishes, a shy, bookish young boy with a talent for drawing. He returns a robust and healthy young man with a strong admiration for his Kentucky host family, including their Christianity.
The father, Herman, finds that a supposed job "promotion" is actually a program to "enrich . . . Americanness" by moving Jews out of their Jewish neighborhoods and scattering them throughout the country, where they will be systematically absorbed into mainstream culture. As the situation for Jews deteriorates, the muckraking Jewish columnist Walter Winchell stands up to Lindbergh and announces his own candidacy for president, with disastrous results.
All of these events are viewed through the eyes of the younger son, Philip, and told in his voice both as an adolescent and as an adult looking back on what unfolded. Philip, the narrator, recalls how he came to see his parents as more than parents: in a memorable passage the young Philip's idea of his mother undergoes a "startling change"--he realizes that she is "a fellow creature," and he is "shocked by the revelation . . ." It's these insights, as well as Roth's signature humor, that particularly carry the story.
Other characters are believable and richly imagined as well--Aunt Evelyn, who falls under the spell of a Jewish rabbi co-opted by the Lindbergh administration; Alvin, the cousin who goes to Canada so he can fight the Nazis and returns home with part of his leg missing; Seldon Wishnow, a neighbor's child whose vulnerability and hero-worship of Philip leads to unfortunate consequences; and Mr. Mawhinney, the Kentucky farmer who hosted Sandy and who goes to Seldon's aid when his mother is killed in an anti-Semitic riot.
The book isn't perfect; at times it suffers from structural choppiness as Roth switches back and forth from pseudo-historical detail to storyline. Other writers, such as E. L. Doctorow, have attempted to blend history and fiction; it's always a challenge. But Roth carries it off convincingly and compellingly, despite the occasional choppiness. The ending is the weakest part of the book--it feels rushed, as if Roth had a page limit and suddenly realized he had to tie up loose ends. As a result, it feels somewhat implausible. But when Roth focuses on the story, he's got a powerful one to tell.
Whether read as a gripping page-turner, an indictment of the current political administration or a reminder that it can happen here, The Plot Against America forces us to consider how easy it is to accept small losses and indignities and become accustomed to curtailments of our freedom until we finally discover that we have lost significant liberties.


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Ikea under fire for selling reindeer salami
Ikea has been accused of condoning cruelty to animals by selling salami made from Santa's four-legged sleigh-pullers, reindeer.
Unlike a traditional reindeer hunt, modern ranchers buzz over the animals in helicopters, herd them with snowmobiles and truck them hundreds of miles, causing them mental and physical stress.
Around 70 per cent of Swedish reindeer slaughtered are calves, which means they die without seeing snow, claims the animal welfare group Viva!.
Ikea sells 130g of reindeer salami for £1.75 and 100g of reindeer slices for £2.25 in its Swedish food hall, which features other national dishes such as rye bread, meatballs, and almond cake.
Viva!, a vegetarian campaign group based in Bristol, said: "We are calling on the company to withdraw sales of the meat, due to the cruel exploitation these wild animals suffer at the hands of hunters."
Viva! has already persuaded supermarkets not to stock kangaroo and other exotic meats which can be reared and killed in ways that would be illegal in the UK.
In a letter to Ikea, it cited evidence from a study by Uppsala University in Sweden in 2005 that found reindeer hunting caused "considerable physical and mental stress".
In a paper, Claes Rehbinder and Jann Hau, of the Department of Neuroscience, wrote: "The increasing stress associated with herding, corralling, and physical restraint of less and less tame animals results in lesions and elevated blood cortisol concentrations."
Viva! campaigns manager, Justin Kerswell, said: "We are very concerned about the exploitation of wild animals for meat. As well as being chased from the land and air, once they are caught, their misery doesn't end there. In Sweden, some reindeer face a gruelling journey of up to 1,000km to the slaughterhouse where they face anything but a humane end.
"More than 70 per cent of reindeer slaughtered for meat are calves that have grazed during the summer, which means they never even get to see snow."
He added: "We urge the company to set an ethical example of goodwill by dropping the sale of reindeer meat, instead of supporting an industry spreading pain and suffering, not happiness this Christmas."
Ikea, which has 17 stores in the UK, denied it was cruel, saying it strove to meet animal welfare standards.
In a statement, it said: "Modern equipment such as snowmobiles, motorcycles and helicopters are used because of the large size of the reindeer herding area (half the size of Sweden), which makes gathering the animals more difficult. The vehicles keep the reindeer safe from predators.
"In terms of transporting reindeer to the abattoir, our supplier follows the same law applying to all other domestic animals in Sweden which sets maximum transport time and breaks, access to water and so on."
The statement said the claim that 70 per cent of the animals were calves was "a national figure for Sweden" and not specific to Ikea.
Reindeer meat is popular in the Scandinavian countries, where favourite dishes include reindeer meatballs and reindeer sausage.
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Help me with this:
Wynona is Naomi's daughter and not her mother?
NOt being critical just trying to figure out who is who.
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Help me with this:
Wynona is Naomi's daughter and not her mother?
NOt being critical just trying to figure out who is who.
Huh? Naomi is Wynnona's mother. She led Wy to believe that the man who raised her was her biological father and he wasn't. She lied to her for 30 years. She got pregnant at 18 and when the guy wouldn't marry her, she tricked another boy into marrying her and let him believe the baby (Wynonna) was his.
I think Wynnona is an excellent singer, but I thought she was way over scored last night. She tried and she gave it all she had, but I thought every move look awkward and stilted. Ashley look liked she was enjoying it.
I figured out why Wynonna looks so large. It's not that she's so big, it's that she doesn't have much of waist. I will say that the dress she had on last night, is the best thing I have ever seen her wear.
I think the important thing is that she is trying. She did better than I thought she would. It takes a lot of couragous for a person in her shape to do such a thing on tv. I think they should get some credit just for trying.
I actually thought Wynonna did very well. She had decent footwork and definite pizzaz.
As respects Naomi not telling her about her "real" dad for 30 years, I'm know that isn't the first first time something of the sort has happened. I'm more surprised that the truth actually came out.
I thought she did fine, she just needs to loosen up. A little stiff.
Its all about the fan base. Wy might have more than Lisa ,DL or Andy Dick. :shrug
Wynonna is a well-known and well-liked country singer. If the country fans get behind her, it won't matter how well or how poorly she dances, she will be around either until her time naturally plays out, or until F3 when the judges actually get the chance to begin exerting a little more control from their positions.


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Twenty years ago the bar was considering its future and engaging the services of management consultants to advise the profession on strategies for the future.
The prime recommendations by the consultants included better business management practices, a more commercial approach to practice and extensive marketing to promote the business. It was suggested by the consultants that it would be appropriate for a set of chambers to spend 1 per cent of its annual turnover on marketing and promotional activities.
Over the years the marketing activities undertaken by barristers and their chambers have increased substantially and have also become more creative as competitors strive to find new ways to promote the business of their chambers. However, from a straw poll, we cannot find any chambers that are spending 0.5 per cent, let alone 1 per cent, of their turnovers on these activities.
Inducement worries
The increase in the use of entertainment by barristers as a means of promoting their business has raised concerns in some quarters as to whether the extent of the entertainment breaches the existing bar rules against the giving of gifts as an inducement to clients to send work. It is said that public perception would frown upon such activity and undermine the bar, which is not in the public interest.
The consultation paper issued by the Bar Standards Board sets out opposing views both for and against a more restricted rule on the provision of hospitality by barristers to solicitors and other professionals who might instruct them. In our view it would be a great mistake if restrictive rules were adopted and imposed upon the bar.
It is also our view that the case for the more restrictive approach is based on a misunderstanding of what is actually happening and what marketing really means when it is used in the context of promoting the practices of barristers and their chambers.
The word 'marketing' is much misused; when talking about the bar what we really mean by marketing is networking and the creation of networking opportunities, where barristers and solicitors can meet socially to talk about matters of mutual interest, which could be points of law or current affairs or sport.
We are often told by senior solicitors that they are losing touch with the junior bar and want to find ways to meet its members so as to maintain relationships. They also want their associates and trainees to meet young barristers so as to foster relationships for the future. This kind of activity is vital for the development of the junior bar. It is also extremely beneficial for the bar at all levels of seniority.
In this day and age networking is an everyday part of business life and the bar should not be immune to it. At a time when the profession is trying to engage with the man in the street and demonstrate that it is a profession without barriers, it would be a retrograde step to retreat to the top of an ivory tower and distance itself from commercial reality. The public perception here is more likely to find the bar strange and elitist than to find it offensive that the profession engages in networking activities.
A question of integrity
The main objection to networking posed by the consultation paper is a public perception that lavish entertainment is an inducement, or indeed a bribe. But this takes no account of the professional obligations that solicitors must comply with.
The ethics and integrity of solicitors are as high as those of the bar and the suggestion that they could be influenced by the quality of champagne and canapés is quite absurd. As any clerk will tell you, the task of introducing barristers to new solicitors is very difficult, with many checks and references being made before a deal is done. It is only when the solicitor is satisfied that the right choice has been made in the client's interest that instructions will be forthcoming.
One specific benefit of developing and cementing professional relationships through hospitality is that the very nature of the social relationship enables solicitors and others to better decide which barrister would be suited to which case and client. It is an important means by which solicitors and barristers develop the ability to work cooperatively to the benefit of their clients. It promotes what might be termed 'beneficial integration'.
If there is a case for saying that entertainment by barristers and their clerks has reached a level that is so lavish as to be perceived as inducing the recipient, then that inducement would be wrong and some form of restrictive measure would be needed to redress the balance. We do not consider that this stage has been reached, but if the Bar Standards Board took the opposite view then we would suggest that guidelines should be issued so as to direct the bar along the right course, rather than instituting a draconian alteration of the rules.
The difficulty that altering the rules raises is that each barrister's interpretation of 'lavish' will be starkly different. The problem the Bar Standards Board faces, like the Bar Council before it, is that it attempts to be all things to all people, whereas the bar is a diverse and segmented profession with competing interests and opinions. One way to solve this problem might be to leave it to the independent professional bar associations to issue guidelines to their members, with the Bar Standards Board having overall authority to approve them. For example, the differing interests of the Commercial Bar Association and the Criminal Bar Association, which are each competing in very different markets, could be taken into account and allowed for.
We feel strongly that, if the lobby for a more restrictive rule controlling the marketing activities of barristers and their chambers were to prevail in a way that stopped all forms of networking, it would be damaging to the long-term interests of the bar, and in turn to the public interest. The bar is a small profession that is totally dependent on referral work. A failure to promote itself, because the rules do not permit it, will undermine seriously the bar's ability to survive in a competitive market. This is a period of change at the bar and the profession is under pressure from a number of sources, and so restrictive and anticompetitive practices could well hasten its demise.
We are strongly of the opinion that, in the current market, the introduction of restrictive rules is madness. We are all familiar with the saying: 'Those the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.' What is it the bar has done to anger the gods so much?
•David Grief, Declan Redmond and Paul Shrubsall are senior clerks at Essex Court Chambers, Wilberforce Chambers and One Essex Court respectively


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Vergne wins second race at Spa-Francorchamps
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1 May 2011 – Jean-Eric Vergne secured victory during the second race of the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday, after the Frenchman won a compelling battle with team mate Robert Wickens. The pair were joined by Chris van der Drift on the podium, with the 25-year-old fully cementing his strong showing this weekend.
Vergne was able to hold his lead off the line, while Wickens made the jump on Daniel Zampieri at the start. The Canadian then went on to attack his team-mate for the lead, but Vergne defended well and managed to keep the lead until the pit stops. Wickens later moved into the lead after a strong run of laps, and the battle heated up.
As the race went on, Wickens was unable to build up enough of a lead and was constantly under pressure from Vergne. On the seventeenth lap, he made a poor exit from La Source, and the Frenchman took the slip stream through Eau Rouge and Kemmel, eventually passing Wickens at Les Combes. The Canadian tried his best to get past once again, but he had to settle for second place.
Behind the top three, Zampieri claimed fourth on the last lap, overtaking Albert Costa on the final lap of the race. Walter Grubmüller ended the race in sixth, with Alexander Rossi, Brendon Hartley and Daniel Ricciardo close behind. Nelson Panciatici completed the top ten, some five seconds clear of Andre Negrao.
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I started Imagine Today to inspire myself. Too often I have let life get in the way of realizing my dreams. I let people tell me all the reasons why I "can't" reach my goal, and I believe them. I let the fact that I have household responsibilities and kids be an excuse to stop working toward my goals. I wanted a way to get out of this rut and interact with others who have struggled with the same things. We have to help each other stand up to these negative comments. We must stop letting our goals be pushed aside. It won't be easy, but nothing worth doing is ever easy.
Imagine what could be accomplished if we trusted our inner selves, took more risks and stopped listening to excuses. I'm starting this journey, not really knowing where it will lead. I'm hoping that in dedicating myself to my passions I will make at least a tiny part of this world a better place. I'd love to hear your comments, goals, accomplishments and struggles.
Help others accomplish their goals.
Get involved and never stop learning!


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Scream Factory promised a huge announcement during HorrorHound Weekend and they did not disappoint. They just revealed that six 80's horror titles that will be making their way to Blu-ray in 2013, including The Fog, The Howling, and Day of the Dead.
You can see the full list below, and you'll notice that most of these titles will be making their first appearance on Blu-ray. The only movie that was previously released on Blu-ray is Day of the Dead, but it will be getting a new set of bonus features this time around and we expect to see a better transfer as well.
Like all Scream Factory titles so far, expect an extensive list of bonus features and new artwork created specifically for this release. This is an early announcement, so more details will become available next year.
For those who want to keep track, here's the current list of Scream Factory titles that have been released and/or announced: Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Funhouse, Terror Train, They Live, Phantasm II, The Video Dead, Death Valley, The Island, Deadly Blessing, Prison, The Nest, The Evictors, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, From Beyond, The Vampire Lovers, The Incredible Melting Man, Scanners II: The New Order, Scanners III: The Takeover, The Horror Show, and The Vagrant.
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You'll find plenty of accessible parking at special rates nearby during the festival.
Paid parking is available throughout Sacramento's Downtown Area and in Old Sacramento. The map in the program shows locations of the parking lots, with easy access to our many venues. The City of Sacramento Lots are the closest to the festival with locations at 2nd and I St and at Neesham Circle.
Additionally, parking is also available at 300 and 400 Capital Mall with Free shuttles to the festival.
View MAP of parking lots and venues.
Avoid the hassles of traffic and parking and take the Capitol Corridor Train directly to the Sacramento Music Festival. The Capitol Corridor train stops at the Sacramento Amtrak station (an easy 5-minute walk to Old Sacramento). All trains feature Wi-Fi, a Café Car, bicycle racks and electrical outlets. Capitol Corridor connects with a number of Northern California and Bay Area transit networks, making it easy to travel car-free. For more information and to book your train travel, click here.
We'll get this party started on Friday night, then start Saturday morning with a colorful parade along the streets of Old Sacramento lined with music fans of all ages. Music will permeate Old Sac and the major downtown hotels. Get an All-Events badge and enjoy all four days at a bargain price. Pre-Jubilee sales Available now!


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Comfort is a curious thing. In the right amounts it's like a miracle drug. Or maybe it's more specific like a panacea or nepenthe for the lovesick hopeless romantic who can't seem to get over the woman he lost. "God, I just want to forget her!" he begs on his knee in his gloomy room. Yes, a spansule of comfort would cure the poor soul—and, in the end, that's all he really wants—comfort, not the girl, but it'll take him time and God-awful angst to figure that out. It always does. Hechetu welo.
And here we go again. I just went on some curious tangent about love, heartache and coping with stomach-hollowing sorrow. And maybe we'll talk more about that in time, but today we're discussing comfort, fear and blundering directors of art museums.
Yes, comfort is good; it's calming, but it's also dangerous and delicate. It must always be respected and handled with care like fire or battery acid or two-decade old dynamite. Once you lose respect for comfort it'll turn on you, beat you into sludge and render you irreversibly indolent.
In many ways comfort is a lot like fire. It'll warm and sustain you, but in large, uncontrolled amounts, it'll also scar and disfigure you. Everything in moderation, right? You bet, and especially when reveling in rivers of comfort.
And since we're discussing moderation here, it would behoove of you not to get wiggy on comfort. I've been around 29 years now and most of the people who I've watched brazenly gaffe are often the drunk and, yes, the comfortable.
"Well, he got too comfortable around his employees and foolishly revealed to everyone in the office that he and his gardener have a thing whenever his wife takes her trips to Montreal."
These things happen, and probably more as result of comfort than booze.
Comfort can also cripple the most eager and ambitious sot. "Last year Jimmy finally sold a single. But now that he's living off the royalties he hasn't gotten off the couch. He ballooned from 130 pounds to 190 in a matter of six months!"
Indeed. Comfort claims oodles of unsuspecting victims. In fact, comfort is what I think happened to Sarah Hunt, daughter of billionaire Phillip Anschutz and the director of the new American Museum of Western Art in Denver, one day in May when the aristocrat declared on Colorado Public Radio that, as a child, she found paintings of both snakes and "Indian dances" most unsettling.
Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner asked Hunt, "I wonder if when you were a kid you were ever perplexed or even creeped out by certain paintings."
"Oh certainly," Hunt responded. "Some of the images, particularly the Santa Fe and Taos paintings, for a child, are a little bit scary. … Snakes, you know, Indian dances. It really fed the imagination."
"You opulent, blundering beast!" I shouted. "How dare you!"
I'd been in my car when I happened upon the program and Hunt, so I pulled over, turned the volume up full-bore and continued to listen as she and Warner praised the millions of seedy encroaching Western settlers and their want of "opportunity, hope, the chance at striking it rich," as Warner so softly romanticized.
Well, we're in August, folks, and for the past two and half months I've been on hold with the museum and its PR reps. At least three times now they've scheduled me to come in and take a tour, maybe even speak directly to Hunt, but every time and at the final hour they've called and canceled, citing an overwhelmed schedule.
I'd wanted to give Hunt an opportunity to explain herself and her foul faux pas. I sought to see if she'd freak out and dive headfirst under a nearby table if I laced on some bells and started to grass dance in her lobby, bowing my head, extending one leg out and bending the other under. Maybe that's too frightening a thought for the art director. "An Indian wants to come talk to you, ma'am," says her PR assistant. "Oh, God, no! Will he have bells!?"
Well the interview, at this point, doesn't look like it'll happen. So what? I've given many people the opportunity to explain themselves and the majority of them have refused to even try. Yes. There's a definite fear factor involved here with Hunt and the museum. I can smell it like sour milk or tainted wasicu tobacco. Don't put that muck in your pipe. It burns like their arrogance. Ho-la!
And here I go, all riled up again, completely stoned on caffeine and chocolate. My energy is too high to handle! Where's that grass dancing regalia? Get Sarah Hunt on the phone! Who the Hell has the audacity to group their fear of snakes with their fear of Indians dancing in a group? Who are these mouths? I pity two groups of people: the willfully ignorant and the many cowards who hide behind their computers and pseudonyms as they criticize scribes with spines and uncovered faces. Tisk, tisk.
Okay. Enough of that. Another Magic Mike commercial just flew across the screen and I suddenly feel the need to hit the gym, strengthen my core like I would every morning 11 years ago when I was in the Marines. My senior D.I. called me "Chief." I told him that was offensive. Moments later I was vomiting and sweating and bleeding from unrelenting exercise. Old habits die hard, so I work out even when I don't want to, and probably way too hard. Oh, well. This time I'll think about arrogance, the museum and why I do this thing that pisses off and pleases, tickles and teases so many. Hoka.
Simon Moya-Smith is a journalist and blogger from Edgewater, Colorado and a registered member of the Oglala Lakota Nation.


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CINCINNATI -- Instead of falling apart on the road, the San Francisco Giants' bullpen fell into place.
Juan Uribe drove in four runs with two singles, providing the Giants' final lead in a back-and-forth game, and a bullpen that has struggled away from home was nearly perfect Monday night, holding on for a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
"It's a hitters' park," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "You're going to give up more runs here. The 'pen -- what a job they did. We had a one-run lead and they came in and did the job."
Uribe had a two-run single in the third and another in the seventh, when the Giants rallied against reliever Daniel Ray Herrera (0-3) and put themselves in position for their ninth win in their last 13 games.
"Our bullpen as a whole has a mentality that we're going to go at you with our best stuff," Wilson said. "We're not going to give in, we're not going to pitch around you. With that mentality, you're going to fail sometimes. Tonight we made the pitches when we needed to."
Barry Zito, winless since May 16, started the game but did not get the decision.
Bochy tweaked his lineup, giving struggling catcher Bengie Molina a day off. Bochy revealed before the game that Molina got an injection for his sore left elbow last week. Catcher Buster Posey, rated the Giants' top prospect, made his first start behind the plate this season and had two singles and threw out a runner attempting to steal 2nd base.
Game notes
A man wearing a Mike Krukow Giants jersey and waving a "Go Buster" sign dived over a row of seats to get a foul ball hit by Posey in the second inning. ... Sanchez extended his hitting streak to 11 games. He's 20 for 40 during the streak. ... Giants INF Emmanuel Burriss (left foot fracture) will begin a rehabilitation stint at Class-A San Jose on Tuesday.


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This time last summer, Spencer Ware was the LSU running back at the center of the preseason hype.
It was certainly justified excitement. Months before his sophomore season, Ware was coming off a 102-yard performance on just 10 carries in LSU's Cotton Bowl thrashing of Texas A&M. He followed that up in April 2011 with a 103-yard, two-touchdown afternoon on just 13 carries in the Tigers' spring game.
Ware seemed certain to deliver on the promise in the early going of the 2011 campaign, when he opened the season with 100-yard efforts in three of LSU's first four games. But LSU redefined the idea of running back by committee last season, as we've since come to learn. Ware's return to the pack was no doubt aided by a one-game suspension for violating team rules when the Tigers faced Auburn.
A quick look at the statistics shows a season-long commitment to spreading the wealth, though. LSU had five ball carriers tally 60 or more attempts in 2011. Of those five, all of them averaged at least 25.8 yards per game and no more than 54.4 -- the very definition of a shared load.
There's no denying that Ware was the bulldozer of the bunch. He led all rushers with 177 attempts, and his 54.4 yards per game was the highest average. But the production dropped off after the Auburn suspension. Ware's 70 yards against Ole Miss were the closest he came to 100 in the second half of the season, and he only scored two of his eight touchdowns in that span.
In his place roared Kenny Hilliard, who announced his presence with 65 yards and two scores against Auburn, and continued to a total of 336 yards and eight touchdowns -- the vast majority of which came between mid-October and December. Fellow junior Michael Ford also took advantage, as he finished as the Tigers' leading rusher with 772 yards on 50 fewer carries than Ware.
Of course, in true LSU style, Hilliard followed up his hot finish to the season with just 16 yards against Alabama in the BCS Championship Game and a mere 40 yards on eight carries in the spring game, while senior Alfred Blue galloped for 93 yards on just seven.
LSU spring games have an illustrious history of being meaningless in determining trends for the coming season. But is it starting to become clear that any one of the Tigers' four backs is capable of shouldering the load. The only one of the foursome who hasn't had his moment in the spotlight is Blue, who, at 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, perhaps possesses the best combination of size and speed.
Of course, none of that includes new arrival Jeremy Hill, an imposing figure at 6-foot-2, 225 pounds -- or Terrence Magee, who rushed for 133 yards last year before missing the spring with an injury. Even with the loss of Jordan Jefferson's running abilities, the Tigers have five or six viable options heading into the fall.
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Mildred, I will look out for references to Wm. Getz. One more item I found on McKEE: On page 329 of "History of Lawrence County": "The New Castle Poorhouse" - "This institution is located in this township, on about forty-four acres of land presented to the city for that purpose by Charles M. Phillips. A special act of legislation in the winter of 1865-66, was passed for the establishment of a poorhouse, and James B. McKEE and William B. Lutton appointed commissioners to attend to the location and erection of buildings."
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'Obamacare' myths
The only thing that seems to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act even more than controversy is confusion.
This federal overhaul of the U.S. health care system - commonly called Obamacare - was written into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010, and has been the subject of debate ever since, with most disagreements falling along party lines.
The House of Representatives has tried to repeal the bill more than 30 times, and numerous states have challenged the legislation in court. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the law, but critics continue to question its cost, scope and consequences.
According to a number of public opinion polls, a slim majority of Americans do not support the bill overall, though certain elements of it are well liked.
For example, the new rule that insurance companies cannot deny people coverage for pre-existing conditions is widely popular.
But the mandate that individuals must have insurance coverage or pay a penalty is not.
Polls also show that political affiliation heavily influences opinion on the matter.
As a recent example, an August 2012 poll by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation showed that only 8 percent of republicans had a favorable view of the law overall, while that number jumps to 64 percent among Democrats.
One thing both parties agree on is the importance of the issue - in that same Kaiser poll, both Democrats and Republicans listed health care and insurance costs, along with Medicare, among their top concerns when deciding which presidential candidate to vote for this fall.
Knowing that, it's no surprise the subject has made itself at home within campaign rhetoric. This being an election year, health care reform is as hot a topic as ever, popping up all over in political ads.
The information that gets out to people sends mixed messages or contains exaggerations, making it hard for people to really know what's what.
Perham Health CEO Chuck Hofius presented some information about the Affordable Care Act to Perham community leaders at a meeting last week.
He said Perham Health, along with the hospital industry as a whole across the nation, is in support of the reform, mainly "because there are just so many people not insured in our country. It's bad for their health, and it's bad for our industry."
When people are uninsured, he explained, they usually skip preventative visits and wait longer to receive care when they know they're sick.
When they do come in, their bill ends up being much bigger than it would have been. Often, they can't afford to pay, so their care ends up as bad debt or "charity care," said Hofius.
The law is expected to provide 32 million more Americans with health insurance, though some 20 million will remain uninsured.
How the reform will specifically impact Perham Health is still not entirely clear. Most of the provisions of the law don't start until 2014, but it'll be a number of years after that before smaller hospitals feel its total effects.
One thing that's certain is the new system increases focus on quality of care and patient satisfaction. In response, Hofius said, Perham Health will continue its own focus on quality.
Eventually, partial Medicare payments will be withheld from lower-performing hospitals.
About half the cost of the health care reform law is paid for by reductions to health care providers and Medicare health plans.
The new rules could eventually benefit health care facilities in Minnesota: Hofius said the state "has always been a low-cost, high-quality state, but yet we get paid less than other high-cost, low-quality states. We're hoping to shift money here. We could see a potential increase in payment in the future."
Cost of care is also a focus of the reform; as such, Hofius said Perham Health will be taking steps to decrease costs.
This is one area where Hofius feels the reform could go even farther, providing more funding for preventative care to help drive down the cost of care overall.
"But," he added, "step No. 1 is to get more people covered, and then you start tweaking the system. You have to get more people covered, you have to start there. And the Affordable Care Act certainly does that."
More information about the Affordable Care Act
Cost: Approximately half the cost of the health reform law is paid for by reductions to hospitals and other health providers and Medicare health plans.
The other half will be paid for by taxes (or fees or penalties) on certain employers and individuals that choose not to purchase insurance, as well as on such things as tanning beds and medical equipment.
The cost of the law is one of the most contentious parts of it. Despite the controversy, nonpartisan economists, as well as the Congressional budget office, project that federal health care spending will actually be less over the next 10 years with the Affordable Care Act than if it had not been passed.
Coverage: The law will provide 32 million more Americans with health insurance.
Coverage excludes undocumented, illegal residents. An estimated 20 million people will remain uninsured.
Young adults under age 26 are allowed to stay on their parent's health insurance, regardless of whether they are students, married, living out of the home or claimed as a dependent on their parents' tax returns.
Exchanges: Starting in 2014, state-based insurance markets will be mandated to offer health insurance plans for individuals and small businesses (larger businesses may be allowed to buy through these Exchanges starting in 2017).
The Exchanges will be run by a nonprofit or government entity. Federal funding for start-up costs of these state Exchanges has been available since 2011, and will continue through 2015.
All Exchanges will offer standard benefit sets, including multiple comprehensive plans with preventive, primary care, ER, mental and chemical health, hospitalization, outpatient and more.
At least two plans in each Exchange must be offered by multi-state insurers with federal employee plan contracts; at least one multi-state insurer must be nonprofit and must be licensed by the state.
Transparency: Under the health reform law, health insurers must be more transparent about medical loss ratios, payment claims and policies, rating practices, clinical services expenses, quality improvement costs, non-claims costs and premium revenues.
Hospitals must be more transparent about charges for services, hospital-acquired infections, measures used for readmissions, measures used for value-based purchasing and inpatient psychiatric unit measures.
(Marie Nitke writes for the East Otter Tail Focus newspaper of Perham)


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Tiger Woods and Chicago used to be a great recipe for winning. He won two PGA Championships at Medinah. He won the Western Open three times and the BMW Championship twice, all at Cog Hill.
But he's played the Windy City just twice since his last win in 2009, and neither time was memorable — a tie for 15th in 2010 that kept him from qualifying for the Tour Championship and an 0-3-1 record at Medinah last year in the Ryder Cup.
His next shot is at Conway Farms, a course in Lake Forest, Ill., that Woods had never seen until the pro-am Wednesday at the BMW Championship.
"I normally don't work this hard in a pro-am, but I had to do a little bit of work because I wasn't out here yesterday," Woods said Wednesday.
Conway Farms becomes the third course in as many years to host the tournament. At a time when 70 players are trying to qualify for the 30-man field at the Tour Championship at East Lake (Ga.), some introductions are in order. A Western Golf Association official said half the field was practicing Monday, a large number compared with other events.
As for Woods?
He sent out caddie Joe LaCava to scout the course ahead of him.
"It helps that Joey has been out here a couple days getting the lines, and we were discussing a lot of it today," Woods said.
Woods has won five times this year, bringing his PGA Tour career total to 79 as he closes in on Sam Snead's record of 82. The BMW Championship is the third FedEx Cup playoff event. Henrik Stenson, coming off a win at the Deutsche Bank Championship, is No. 1 in the standings by a small margin.
He never thought he'd have a chance at the FedEx Cup when he announced his reduced schedule this year but thinks it would be wrong for him to shun the 30-man field in Atlanta.
"It's our marquee event. It's the Super Bowl of our year," said Stricker, who is No. 8 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Web.com Tour: Arron Oberholser withdrew from the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, which begins Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, and hinted his playing career may be coming to an early end.
"My hand just can't go," the former San Jose State star said. "It hurts on every swing."
Oberholser, who won the 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, has been sidelined by myriad wrist problems that put his career on hold for nearly five years.
He returned to the four-event Web.com Tour Finals series two weeks ago and tied for 18th at the Hotel Fitness Championship. But he withdrew before the start of last week's Chiquita Classic.
"I don't know where I'm going to go from here," said the 38-year-old who's done some part-time broadcasting. "Home first of all to talk to the doctor and my wife."
LPGA Tour: Inbee Park wants to achieve two things at the Evian Championship — defend her title and make history.
The South Korean is looking to become the first pro golfer to win four majors in a year. After winning the U.S. Women's Open in June, her bid for a fourth straight major ended at the British Open in August.
"Four out of five majors is an amazing thing to achieve," Park said, a day before the tournament starts in Evian-Les-Bains, France.


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Patric want to gain Japanese citizenship
Gamba Osaka's Brazilian striker Patric is considering applying for Japanese citizenship with an eye on playing for Japan at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, Brazilian media reported Friday.
The 28-year-old Patric joined Gamba in July 2014 and played a pivotal role in helping them win a domestic treble that year in the club's first season back in the top flight.
He scored 12 league goals in 32 appearances last year and bagged a double as Gamba beat Urawa Reds 2-1 to retain the Emperor's Cup on New Year's Day.
"If I stay in Japan for two more years then I can apply for Japanese citizenship," Patric was quoted as saying.
"It is difficult to find a player in my position (as a striker) with the attributes that I have. If I can maintain my form, breaking into the national team would only be a matter of time."
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FACT's Artist in Residence heads to Venice!
26 August 2010
Now well into my residency at FACT I have filmed in two fantastic cinemas, The Woolton Picture House and The Plaza in Stockport. Filming finally went ahead at the Woolton after the first shoot was delayed by a lightning storm that blew the projector at the cinema. Being one of the oldest cinemas in Liverpool, the Woolton also has a projector of a certain age which may be the original projector shipped in when the cinema changed from a silent picture palace to showing "talkies". The Woolton is an intimate, cosy cinema with ashtrays still in the back of the seats.\r\n
The second cinema was The Plaza in Stockport, which is a 1930s deco cinema which has been restored to its former glory, including a café that feels like you are stepping back in time and a spectacular auditorium with a fully functioning Wurlizter organ still in situ.\r\n
Each film in the series is a single 360 degree shot that rotates from the centre of the space where the entire cinema appears animated by the light from the projection. The soundtrack for each of the films relates to the genre of film being shown at the time, along with recordings made in the projection booth being worked and processed to create this.\r\n
This series of films relates to ideas and concerns in my previous films and comes from an interest in the relationship between film and photography, the still and moving image. They use light to animate an environment, to make a portrait of a place. There has been a significant shift in the way we view the moving image, changes taking place in cinema, the struggle independent cinemas face with the advent of digital technologies and the fact that the back catalogue of older films are being digitally re-mastered makes this a timely document of the end of an era of 35mm film in cinema.\r\n
The films, now shot, will be mastered at FACT once the soundtracks are ready to be completed for the AND Festival in Manchester at the beginning of October. The first film in this series, shot in The Futurist cinema in Scarborough will be premiered at the Venice Film Festival
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Yesterday we heard that the Yankees went to UC Irvine to watch Kevin Millwood pitch from Joel Sherman of the NY Post. Sherman didn't have much more information than that and he also made it sound like one of a few teams to watch Millwood.
As it turns out, the Yankees were the only team on hand to watch Millwood yesterday and they clocked him at just 85 mph. That's important because we know that there really isn't a lot of other interested parties for Millwoods services. The velocity is a concern, but it's early and Millwood hasn't been to spring training so that may explain at least some of that.
The thing is though, the two sides may be no closer to a deal than they were before spring training started. Millwood wants a guaranteed major league deal and the Yankees don't want to give it to him. To attach a dollar figure to it, Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated reported that Millwood wants $4 million and that the Yankees were not willing to go that high, but were willing to offer a seven-figure deal.
So essentially nothing has changed. Millwood has always wanted about $4 million on a guaranteed deal and the Yankees would prefer something like they gave to Freddy Garcia, a non-gauranteed minor league deal with incentives that could bring it to about $1-$2 million.
It's hard to say if either side will give in to the other one's demands, but the Yankees do have options. Garcia, Bartolo Colon, Sergio Mitre, and Ivan Nova are battling for two spots. It's possible that all four of those pitchers are at least as good as Millwood although Millwood may be a good bet to reach 200 innings. On the other hand, Millwood doesn't have a lot of options. Right now it seems to be join the Yankees on a minor league deal or retire.
We'll see over the next couple of weeks if one side gives in.


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Crikey readers talk the Liberals' economic policy, who should own our media, and where in the world Malcolm Turnbull might be.
May 28, 2014
Crikey readers talk the Liberals' economic policy, who should own our media, and where in the world Malcolm Turnbull might be.
Trickle-up economics
Roy Ramage writes: Re. "Government's support for FOFA repeal looking thinner than ever" (Monday). The one thing business and status quo (Liberal) politicians constantly chase is growth. Endless growth. If there is low growth or, heaven forbid, no growth, these folks lurch back to what was working (for them) before. The same financial commission structure that so ably assisted the 2009 financial meltdown, from which we have never sufficiently recovered.
Rather than change things or do something different Liberals will do more of the same. That is seek to grow wealth for all those who already have plenty. How do our banks (too big to fail) and financial institutions grow bigger if things are stalling? Repeal the Future of Financial Advice reform package of course!
Never mind Australia's aged, the dire economic straits of our younger generations or the continuing stagnation of Main Street. The Liberals will bleed them more. Never mind that our low growth or no growth was ushered in by financial sleight of hand, outrageous commissions and high frequency insider trading. No, Liberals want more of the same. They want to keep a trickle-up effect as they ensure there will be no more trickle down.
Malcolm …? Malcolm …?
John Richardson writes: Re. "Malcolm, where are you?" (yesterday). Malcolm Turnbull appears to be a man for all seasons. I once copied him on a letter of complaint that I'd sent to a then-Labor minister and was surprised to get a reply from Malcolm asking me if I wanted him to take the matter up on my behalf, even though I didn't live in his electorate.
Fast forward to April 10 this year, when our local residents and ratepayers' association wrote him as Minister from Communications, seeking clarification on plans for the roll-out of the NBN on the south coast of NSW. A reminder was sent on May 10, but still no reply, let alone the courtesy of an acknowledgement.
Said correspondence was also copied to the federal member for Eden-Monaro, one-time Howard acolyte Peter Hendy. Not a peep from him either.
There is a growing sense in our part of the world that the likes of Turnbull, Hendy et al just couldn't give a rat's. If their behaviour is an indication of how responsive government is when "the adults are in charge", then it must surely be time to hand everything over to the kids.
As for perceived fallout from the budget, the truth is that our worm had started to turn well and truly turn before then.
Foreign ownership
Andrew Dempster writes: Re. "Age of empires" (yesterday). Guy Rundle wrote "…is the idea that the Grauniad Australia editor will always be a Brit? That smacks of a paternalism …". Of course Guy is right. What we really need is, say, 70% of our print media owned by a Yank …
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Nobody likes the drive downtown.
But chances are it's worse in some vehicles, better in others. We'll see.
This morning, we're driving a Cadillac ATS into the heart of Toronto's sprawl, a car that in an earlier drive established itself as a rival to the likes of the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
Should we emerge unscathed from this City Drive, we'll sample a range of dissimilar cars and trucks as the weeks go by, always taking copious notes the better to report back to you.
First challenge in the case of the ATS: the controls. Westbound on Highway 401 after starting from Port Union Road, I suddenly realize I'm cold. Twin readouts show 19.5 degrees Celsius on passenger and driver sides. Adjusting the thermostats should be easy.
Dashboards increasingly ape smart phones. You need to have read the driver's manual in order to drive safely: I haven't. My focus on the road ahead wavers as my eyes lock on to the control panel.
The ATS is a post-knob luxury car. It's a tap-the-dash luxury car and you really need to have learned how before trying it at 120 km/h. Pecking at the shiny strip between red and blue markings on the shiny black console has no effect other than taking my eyes off the road. Pecking on the red itself, no change. Pecking on the black plastic screen itself adjacent to the red, finally, success!
Warming up to the car itself comes naturally, from the on-ramp to the 401 beginning this drive to downtown Toronto. Turning the wheel alters direction precisely, no fuss, no lean. Acceleration eases the car forward without the lag and surge associated with small turbocharged engines. I like the car.
If European road manners are to your taste, this American car will impress with its firm ride and slotted feel. If what you're really yearning for is a Cadillac de Ville of old, though, look elsewhere.
The first time the driver's seat bottom buzzes – the bolsters on both sides vibrating, not the centre, thankfully – your eyes open wide.
This nanny feature warns the driver who wanders out of his or her lane. But it's overly vigilant. The ATS's lane-paint sensors react more often than those in cars I've driven in Europe; traversing even broken lines sets aquiver the bum.
Approaching the Don Valley Parkway South, the lanes funnelling together so you keep changing lanes, gives new meaning to the phrase seat-of-the-pants driving.
There needs to be at least one good reason to drive downtown. Picking up opera tickets is one. Beyond that, a 6-foot-5, 300-pound friend has agreed to try on the ATS for size and it, too, like Lucia di Lammermoor, is a spectacle.
The ATS is too tight for comfort. His shoulder is jammed uncomfortably against the pillar between the front and rear doors; he's that far back as a result of adjusting the seat rearward for adequate legroom. Also, the headliner brushes his hair. Getting in and out is difficult because the door is too far forward and too small.
He could drive an ATS, he says, but uncomfortably, just the way he feels in a Mini. For your 5-foot-8, 180-pound reporter, the ATS interior works well (albeit a little shy of toe-room in the rear). Somewhere between 5-8 and 6-5, tailored clothing and large sport utility vehicles fit best.
The close calls on this drive, whew, but then anyone who drives into the city knows close calls. But consider this: not only do the seat bolsters buzz if you change lanes without signalling, on top of that, the heads-up display simultaneously flashes in alarm, if the sensors determine you're about to rear-end the vehicle behind which you've just pulled. Like your first vibrations, it gets your attention.
Opera tickets picked up, time for lunch at Caplansky's Delicatessen, an experience unavailable in Pickering or even Whitby and the third good reason for this drive downtown. Trouble is, looking for parking on College east of Bathurst mid-day is like canoeing the Niagara River and looking to land, fast-moving with few possibilities.
On nearby Major Street, however, a gap appears in the line of parked vehicles that's tight but no challenge in the ATS – the reverse camera and proximity warning system eases the process – and it's free. There is no cash-grabbing machine. None of the other cars display tickets or tags. I love driving downtown at moments like this. Free! The Reuben is the special of the day, the coffee outstanding and freely poured. A piece of sour cherry pie and I'm ready for Scarborough and beyond.
Last time I drove north on Bathurst, the stop-and-go was worse than Queen's Quay this morning. So taking Dupont to Avenue Road becomes our natural mid-afternoon alternative, and mercifully there's more 40 km/h cruising than stuttering along between red lights. At some point nearing Lawrence Avenue I notice that, at 40 km/h, the ATS's engine barely runs faster than idle speed – 1,200 rpm, which is surely a large factor in the car's impressive fuel efficiency.
On Highway 401, the engine is hardly more stressed. Cruising at the speed limit – rare as that may be on the 401 – it's 1,800 rpm; at 110 km/h, it's 2,000 rpm; at 130, 2,500. It's a quiet, comfortable cocoon of a car.
Unstressed is the word for me as well, returning to our starting point at Port Union. Rare as that is after a drive downtown, it's a compliment to the Cadillac. For me, at least, the ATS has proved to be a near-perfect fit.
Tech Specs
2013 Cadillac ATS 2.0L Turbo
Type: Four-door sedan
Base price: $46,660; as tested, $55,865, including destination charge ($1,650), excluding taxes
Engine: 2.0-litre, direct-injection, four-cylinder
Horsepower/torque: 272 hp/260 lb-ft
Transmission: Six-speed automatic
Drive: All-wheel
Fuel economy (litres/100 km): Natural Resources Canada rating, 10.3 city/6.6 highway; in our city area driving, 10.8; premium gasoline recommended
Alternatives: BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-class, Audi A4, Lincoln MKZReport Typo/Error
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Utah gymnastics seniors Kristina Baskett and Nina Kim, and their teammates, are not boastful people.
Just the opposite.
Which is kind of how this T-shirt thing came about. The shirt front says "Utah gymnastics," and the back has the team's 2008-09 slogan, "New Year, Our Year," plus, in small red lettering below, "2009 national champions."
It seems bold, but it's just to remind the Utes of their quest.
At the team's retreat last Labor Day weekend, before fall practice, coach Greg Marsden urged his club — which breaks its own record with its 34th straight berth at nationals when it competes Saturday at the NCAA West Regional in Seattle — to "write things down rather than having just a vague, 'We'd like to win nationals' kind-of-thing," he said. "To make a list of things you want to accomplish and to write it down so that you're in some way held accountable to that. I think that's kind of where that came from."
The goal is to overcome that silver-medal thing, the three straight second-place finishes at the NCAA Championships, and to finally win the gold that has eluded Utah since 1995. That was Utah's 10th national title, ninth since the NCAA took over women's sports.
Baskett and Kim had implemented a number of team-unifying and fortifying ideas through the summer and fall, and they'd been thinking for some time about getting shirts made to bring the team together even more.
"None of us could do it without each other," Kim said. "We all need each other."
After 2008 Beijing Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin — Kim's best friend — visited the Ute gym at Christmastime, the idea to put the ultimate goal in writing on team T-shirts was planted.
Liukin showed the Utes her Olympic ring, which had been engraved with the words "Olympic champion" before Liukin ever went to Beijing.
Kim explains that those heading to the Olympics receive their Olympic apparel, bags and the like, ahead of time. They also have to pre-order the messages they want on their rings.
"She told me that you could pick 'Olympic champion' to put on that ring," said Kim. "She said she was nervous because that's what her goal was, but, like us, she didn't want to seem too conceited. But it was like, 'OK, I'm going to put it on anyway because it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing,' And then she said she was glad she did it because it came true."
Remembers Baskett, "We were like, 'Wow, that's pretty brave — you know, to put 'Olympic champion' on the ring. And she was like, 'I know. I was nervous, but I just went ahead and did it because I believed in it.'"
That struck a chord with Kim and Baskett. They saw themselves in a similar situation.
"Everything is just connected in a weird way that it's supposed to happen — but we're not taking anything for granted," said Kim.
That stayed with Kim and Baskett when they went to the store to get their shirts made. They debated until placing the order, but decided to follow Liukin's lead and proclaim their goal.
"We did it because we all have the same goal of what we want to be," said Baskett, "so we thought we'd put it on the shirt to unify the team and let everybody know that that's what we are working for."
"It all came down to: 'This is the bottom line: We've put in the hard work this year, and we're going to keep putting in the hard work,'" said Kim. "If (a championship) happens, it's going to be awesome, and if it doesn't, we know that we did all we could."
"I don't think we've regretted it since," said Baskett, who will continue to wear the shirt even if Utah doesn't win "and be glad we made them just because it's our goal for the whole year, and it just shows how serious we were in wanting to be national champions. We tried as hard as we could.
"If it happens to not be enough, then it won't be enough, but it still doesn't change our journey and how hard we believed in that goal."
The Utes wear the shirts under their warmup suits when they travel, and they will wear them this weekend at practice in Seattle.
The "New Year, Our Year" slogan on the shirts is in yellow lettering, though Baskett and Kim wanted gold, for obvious reasons. It wasn't available.
They did prevail on Marsden to include gold designs on the new postseason leotards that arrived in the gym Monday, "and we're all wearing gold nail polish," Baskett said. "It just shows that we're really serious.40 comments on this story
"We always have silver on our leos," she said, dismayed that it went so well with the three second-place finishes that are all she's seen in her career so far. "We were like, let's put gold on our leos" to remind themselves of what's important.
"It's just about our goal, and that's what we want to become," said Baskett.
"No, we're not sure that we're going to be national champions," said Kim. "We still have doubts. We work hard, and, I don't know — hopefully it will turn out the best."
NCAA West Regional Championship
No. 2 Utah, No. 11 Auburn, No. 14 Illinois, No. 19 Boise State, Washington and San Jose State
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There's a common term in football recruiting called the 'eye ball test.' The eye ball test is simply when a player just looks like he can do some damage before you even see a second of him on film just by how physically impressive he looks. Now we've seen a ton of players who look like Tarzan but play like Jane, looking good doesn't always mean you can play. One player who really caught our eye recently and will put that theory to the test is Pomona (Calif.) Highland Ranch lineman Charles Brown.
Brown attended the recent Nike combine at L.A Harbor Junior College and was the most impressive looking player we saw that day. He measured in at a rock solid 6-6, 242 pounds and tested very well considering the conditions he was running on were probably the worst we have ever tested on.
Harbor's grass was very thick and looked as if it hadn't been mowed in months. Even worse, there were dirt spots and gopher holes all over and players ran in to swirling winds. To show what a difference the surface can make, several players attended both the combines we held last weekend at Harbor and East LA. (field turf) and there was a minimum .2ths of a second discrepancy in their 40 times.
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Saying all that, Brown clocked a 5.31 in the 40 (likely a 5.1 minimum at East L.A), 4.78 in the shuttle, jumped 33 inches in the vertical (best by any linemen at any of the three combines) and did 14 reps on the bench.
"I thought I might do better but it was all right," Brown said. "This was just kind of a warm up for me for the Nike camp so I could see where I was at and see what I needed to work on."
Brown is a two time All-League selection on the offensive line and also starts at defensive end. He said he'll move to tight end for his senior season but we still feel his best college position is at left tackle where his size, long arms and athleticism make a very good looking prospect.
"I'll play wherever, I don't really have a preference right now," Brown said. "I'm still just waiting for my first offer to come in. USC and UCLA are the two main schools I'm looking at. I want to stay close to home, I'm a California kind of guy and I think there's enough plusses in both to not have to leave the area. With USC, they're on top and have a great coaching staff. With UCLA, I like their coaches too and Osaar (Rasshan) has been recruiting me like crazy to go and play with him there. I just want to play things out and see where the best fit for me is."


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Sunday the weather was cleared and the music likewise clear and strong. Wayman Tisdale, basketball player turned bassist started the action. With his polished bass notes, strong backing band including Michael Phillips on sax, and his usual infectious sheer joy and energy, this set got things off to a sound start. Smooth expressive guitarist Chuck Loeb and diverse pianist Jeff Lorber followed along to set a mellow tone for Sunday afternoon. Both of these artists are better known for the show tunes they have composed and arranged, and it was a treat to see them out on stage performing more of their own music.
The afternoon's talent-meter continued to shoot off the top with Stanley Clarke coaxing sounds from his bass (and that of back-up bassist James Earl) that push the edges of the envelope. The early fusion work could be heard, as well as very contemporary jazz.
Cassandra Wilson provided an eclectic and powerful set of modern jazz vocals, showing that prominent and expressive jazz singers are not from a bygone era they are very much in the here and now and Cassandra Wilson is among the leaders of that pack!
The closing set for Sunday and the weekend was an incredible combination: Dave Koz and Friends brought out a truly all-star set. Ever-popular and personable Dave Koz was joined by Brian Culbertson on keyboards and trombone, Norman Brown on guitar, Michael McDonald on vocals and keyboards, plus the usual top-flight Koz band. This was a high energy non-stop two hour set which included some of the top hits from each artist, plus a show-stopping performance of "The Dance" (from Koz's CD of the same name), with Michael McDonald doing the vocals! (Say, guys, when are we gonna hear that version on a live CD? Hint, hint.)
Another all-around fine weekend of jazz, and the new/old venue puts this event back on our 'regular attendance' list!
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text: Greg and Darla Tamez announce the birth of their daughter, Caydence Ray Tamez, on Dec. 31, 2009, at North Austin Medical in Austin, weighing 5 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 19½ inches long. She is welcomed by sister Camryn. Grandparents are Mike and Barbara Young of Rockdale and Robert Tamez of Hearne. Greatgrandmothers are Miriam Noel of Rockdale and Opal Young of Cameron.