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Needless to say, The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) and The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957) aren't exactly great masterpieces of cinema; it's unlikely anyone would confuse either with Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise. Even by the extremely modest comedy standards set by earlier "Ma and Pa Kettle" entries, these last two are pretty dire. And yet, by B-picture, '50s movie series standards, and despite their mechanical, been-there/done-that execution, both generate a few chuckles. Marjorie Main is still fun to watch as gravelly-voice Ma, and the supporting casts offer up a few surprises. The 16:9 enhanced widescreen transfers are decent, and each title comes with a few modest extra features.
For the uninitiated - And why would you be initiated? - Ma & Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride), along with some other ancillary characters, first appeared in the fairly good screwball comedy The Egg and I (1947), a movie that actually starred Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Based on Betty MacDonald's popular book, that film is almost identical story-wise to what later became the long-running sitcom Green Acres.
The movie was popular enough that Universal spun-off the Ma and Pa Kettle characters into their own modest film series, which became an unexpected success. (Main gratefully acknowledges this in the trailer for Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation, directly addressing the camera and thanking fans.) The film series was rather like what later became The Beverly Hillbillies: laid-back, unassuming "kuntry" folk lacking formal education move into an expensive modern home in the "big city." Jed Clampett found bubblin' crude on his property; in the first series entry Pa Kettle wins a tobacco slogan-writing contest. And, like Beverly Hillbillies, much of the humor is based on the Kettles' good-natured naïveté, their unfamiliarity with urban and ruling class culture, and the conflict that arises when they're put in the same room with pretentious rich folk.
Most of the films were directed by Charles Lamont, a comedy veteran dating back to the silent era, who plied his broad slapstick in a variety of Universal '50s films, including several "Francis the Talking Mule" and Abbott & Costello features. Like those pictures, sight gags that were already pretty wheezy when Lamont was directing Buster Keaton back in the 1930s are recycled for the umpteenth time here. On the other hand, what was funny once is usually funny again and again, and many of these tired old routines still work.
As with Columbia's "Blondie" series, the Kettle films are fairly linear, with a lot of referencing to things that happened in earlier entries. For instance and rather surprisingly, the Kettles decide to stay in the high-tech home they win in the first movie, while maintaining their original, dilapidated farm. (Despite appearances and accents, the Kettles lived outside Cape Flattery, in Washington State, not in the Deep South.) The number of Kettle children steadily rises throughout the series. Though Main was 65 by the time she made The Kettles in the Ozarks, the youngest of their 16 kids (played by Richard Eyer, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad's future genie) is supposed to be just six years old. That Ma sure had stamina.
The most distinctive quality about the series was Percy Kilbride's wonderful performances as Pa Kettle, the laziest man in the movies, a character who by comparison made Willie Best's "Sleep 'n' Eat" persona an industrious go-getter. Pa's also a shameless mooch, coasting through life on the good graces of long-suffering friends and family.
Kilbride left the series following Ma and Pa Kettle in Waikiki (1955), supposedly following an automobile vs. pedestrian accident in which he was the latter. (Kilbride died following yet another road accident a decade later; he and an actor friend were struck when Kilbride, by this time senile, wandered out into the middle of Yucca and Cherokee, in central Hollywood.) In The Kettles in the Ozarks, a never-seen Pa stays at home while Ma and 12 of the kids hightail it to the Ozarks to help Pa's brother, Sedgwick "Sedge" Kettle (Arthur Hunnicutt). Bankers are threatening to take possession of his farm. However, this story facet is completely forgotten after the opening scene.
Like his brother, Sedge is a lazy mooch. So lazy, in fact, that he's been engaged to the same woman for 20 years, luckless Bedelia Baines (Una Merkel). Shortly before Ma and the kids' arrival, Sedge rents out his barn and sells his rather pathetic corn crop to a friendly stranger named Dexter (Jim Hayward), actually the front man of a quartet of moonshiners who look more like Chicago gangsters: the 'Professor' (Ted de Corsia), Benny (Sid Tomack), and Joe (Harry Hines) being the others. They're secretly whipping up hard liquor in the barn, at one point discarding mash in the animals' trough. In the film's funniest scene, all the animals lap it up and get dead drunk. (This is accomplished via slow motion while the animal's bodies are manipulated in all directions by unseen wires. A few of the critters may have been doped up as well.) Mostly though, the gangster-moonshiners are as inept as the Beagle Boys.
The film is harmless and stylistically similar to Disney's slapstick comedies of the late-1950s through mid-'60s. There are, for instance, numerous cutaways to Gertie the galoshes-wearing goose, who is particularly amusing when intoxicated. Hunnicutt was a fine character actor specializing in genial backwoodsmen but so obviously written as a replacement for Kilbride that he doesn't get a chance to exhibit his own particular appeal, though his scenes with Merkel are almost sweet.
One expects lanky hillbilly staple (but Milwaukee-born!) Robert Easton in a film like this, but how about Richard Deacon as an American Indian? One Day at a Time's Bonnie Franklin is in there somewhere, presumably as one of the Kettle kids, but I didn't spot her. (*** out of *****)
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm is something of a misnomer. Old MacDonald doesn't appear, and barely five minutes of the picture's 80-minute running time takes place on his farm. For no clear reason - except maybe that all the standing sets had been torn down - the Kettles have quit both the modern home in the city and their Cape Flattery farm for Old MacDonald's place, but there's nary an E-I-E-I-O within earshot and neither the characters nor the iconic song play any role in the story.
Instead, the film is nearly a remake of The Egg and I. Brad Johnson (John Smith) fell in love with Sally Flemming (Gloria Talbott) while the two were in college, but she's a frivolous rich girl and the boss's daughter. In a clever twist, J.P. Flemming (Roy Barcroft) has no objection to Brad wanting to marry Sally - he thinks Sally's not good enough for Brad. J.P. is concerned that his pampered daughter is much too soft to make a good farm wife. Family friends Ma and Pa Kettle (the latter role now essayed by Parker Fennelly) suggest a 30-day trial period, with Sally doing all the cooking, cleaning, and farmyard chores for her potential husband at the old Kettle farm (recreated entirely on a soundstage) while the Kettles act as 24/7 chaperones. When Sally's rich girlfriends send her a washing machine, a dryer, a sewing machine and other appliances to lighten her workload, Brad orders the conveniences returned. No wife of his is going to lie around the house and make him look bad. As you might already have guessed, Gloria Steinem did not write this screenplay.
The first-half of the film is concerned with Sally's trial-by-fire before it veers off in other nonsensical directions, such as bear named Three Toes causing varied mischief, and a lumberman's rodeo. In one scene Ma sings in the shower, causing all the barnyard animals to act crazy (mostly stock shots from The Kettles in the Ozarks). Late in the film a rumor spreads that Ma is pregnant again. (Main, by this time, was 67 years old.)
Sally and Brad dominate the film over Ma and Pa; it's entirely possible Universal-International was considering shifting the focus away from the Kettles with an eye to make Sally and Brand the new central characters. This was, after all, Main's last film appearance and for the first time she really shows her age. (In both films Main is often doubled in long shots.) While a decidedly lesser "Ma and Pa Kettle" movie, at least it's is a great showcase for the uniquely beautiful and talented Gloria Talbott, here going through the same motions Claudette Colbert went through for The Egg and I.
Talbott must have had a real take-the-money-and-run agent. A prolific presence guest-starring on myriad but mostly low-end '50s TV shows (Adventures of Superman, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), Talbott was poised for stardom after two big films in 1955, playing the ingénue in We're No Angels with Humphrey Bogart, and as Jane Wyman's selfish daughter in Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows. Unaccountably within a year she slipped back into poverty row, doing the cheapest of movies like Daughter of Dr. Jekyll and The Cyclops, though she eventually became a cult favorite among classic horror and sci-fi fans prior to her untimely death in 2000.
Smith was less distinctive but maintained a slightly higher profile. Nevertheless, what appeal the film has lies more in Talbott, Main, and the supporting cast. Fennelly, a fine comedian best known for the radio series "Allen's Alley," is okay as Pa but, as with Hunnicutt, the writing offers little opportunity for the actor to make the role his.
The film has a few good moments, such as when Ma wistfully admires the nightgown Pa bought her when they were married 30 years before; she didn't think he didn't have it in him to buy such a beautiful thing. At the lumberman's rodeo there's a funny bit where Three Toes chases Pa straight into the middle of a log race, which Pa wins hands-down. (** 1/2)
Video & Audio
Despite what it says on the box, The Kettles in the Ozarks is presented in 1.85:1 enhanced widescreen while The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm is 2.00:1 enhanced widescreen, a ratio I suspect may also have been correct for the former title. In any case, both black and white transfers look quite nice, especially the last film of the series. The Dolby Digital mono is fine on Ozarks but I found the dialogue track on MacDonald's Farm a bit too low and the music/effects track mixed too high, and for the first-half especially I found myself frequently adjusting the volume. No subtitles or alternate audio options but at least it's a real dual-layered DVD, not a DVD-R.
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Supplements are modest, limited to a detailed, easy to navigate selection of scene stills, lobbies, publicity stills, and posters. In a smart move, a pressbook is available for standard viewing as a DVD, but also as a separate PDF file
Parting Thoughts
Unless you're a fan of the corniest of cornpone humor, The Further Adventures of the Kettles is likely to appeal exclusively to those wanting to complete their Ma & Pa Kettle series collections. But the series itself is warm and unpretentiously funny, if modestly so, movies to enjoy with the pre-teen kids on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Recommended.
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Many of you are familiar, I'm sure, with the film process called Cinerama. Back in 1952, a film was produced called This Is Cinerama. The process was later used in many films, including How The West Was Won.
This Is Cinerama was really a fore-runner to today's Imax screens and the simulators many of us enjoy at parks. The film is a compilation of sequences shot in Cinerama. Why am I posting this on URC?
One of the POV sequences in the movie features the long-gone (1985) Atom Smasher roller coaster at Rockaway Playland in NY. My friend Ellen, who's not a coaster person, rode it when she was growing up in the area, and told me it was a lot of fun. I remember seeing the film in a Cinema 180 attraction on the Seaside Heights and/or Wildwood Boardwalk in the 1970's. It MIGHT even have been at GAdv once upon a time.
The movie is rarely shown these days, but Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will show it on Thursday, 10/18 at 9:45 Eastern. It'll be preceded by a 2002 documentary called Cinerama Adventure, which is about the process.
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Hey Mike! I happened to see Cinerama Adventure late Thursday night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had not read your post so it was by pure chance that I saw it. I do remember hearing a lot about Cinerama as a kid (yes, I'm that old) but never attended one. I thought it was great for TCM to focus on Cinerama that day, and also watched a few of the Hammer films they showed earlier.
Actually, if you saw it late, you might have seen the actual This Is Cinerama film itself, a trailer for which Chris linked above. Cinerama Adventure was the documentary airing before it, which I'm sure included many clips.
Me? My 48-year old brain forgot all about it. I was looking forward to seeing it. Jen looked it up yesterday..it is available on Blu-Ray.
And Chris, I remember the Atom Smasher POV segment being much longer..don't forget, it was part of a feature-lenghth movie. I had thought it might have been at GAdv in my original post, as I know I saw t at an amusement park But Jen told me yesterday that she saw it at HersheyPark, so that's probably what I was remembering.
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist...
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AMY MILLER/TIMES NEWS Judges of the Pennsylvania Superior Court meet with the judges of the Carbon County Court of Common Pleas prior to the start of a two-day special Superior Court session in Jim Thorpe. Judges from left are, Carbon County Senior Judge Richard Webb; Superior Court Judge Christine Donohue, a native of Carbon County; Superior Court Judge Mary Jane Bowes; Carbon County Judge Steven Serfass; Superior Court Judge Judith Ference Olson; and Carbon County President Judge Roger Nanovic II.
Dozens of Carbon County high school students; as well as area residents had the opportunity to see just what the Pennsylvania Superior Court is all about during a recent special session of the court at the county courthouse in Jim Thorpe.
The two-day session, held Tuesday and Wednesday in courtroom 1, allowed the people in attendance to learn about the process of superior court; as well as see just how each appeal is argued by top attorneys. The panel of judges presiding over the sessions were Judges Mary Jane Bowes, Christine Donohue, and Judith Ference Olson.
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She added that this is a great learning experience for the students in attendance.
"We are happy to have the students here with us. We don't see that often."
The three judges agreed that they were delighted to have the opportunity to hold a special session in one of their own's home counties.
"President Judge Roger Nanovic was kind enough to invite us to be here," Donohue said.
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She noted that Judge Bowes, who has the most seniority of the three judges, has graciously allowed her to preside over the sessions.
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This is only the third time that Carbon County has held a special Superior Court session over the last two decades.
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Here are a few articles leading up to where we are now. As you can see Matthysse is very eager, there's been a little back and fourth between the two as well.
De La Hoya: No Issue Making Garcia-Matthysse Next
Lucas Matthysse Has Not Taken His Eye Off Danny Garcia
Danny Garcia: I'll Fight Matthysse, I Don't Duck Anybody!
Matthysse: I'm Sure That Knockout Scared Danny Garcia
Matthysse: I Hope Danny Garcia Doesn't Avoid Me
Matthysse: If I'm Not Next, Then Danny Garcia is Ducking
Matthysse Wants Danny Garcia, Settles For Everyone Else
WBC: Danny Garcia-Lucas Matthysse To Be Ordered
Matthysse: I Have Requested The Danny Garcia Fight
Danny Garcia: Matthysse is Just a Regular Tough Guy
Schaefer: Garcia vs. Matthysse, Can You Imagine That?
Danny's never called anyone out or said he wanted to fight anyone in public so now that he's the champ I don't think he'll start. As far as this fight is concerned, I think Matthysse may be able to pressure and put away Garcia mid to late rounds.
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Jean Baptiste Poquelin, known to most of the world as Moliere, was born a child of privilege. That he chose to enter the theater and, worse, become an actor as well as a playwright, took his social status down several notches. That loss of standing, however, provided fodder for his work -- satire that was aimed mercilessly at the upper classes. Moliere's The Miser, written in 1668, near the end of his life, centers on the blinding effect greed has on a host of typically unsympathetic characters, among them the miser Harpagon and his family. In a production that celebrates Moliere's language, but at the same time betrays his tight stagecraft, Main Street Theater has created a serviceable, if predictable, version of this classic.
Adapted and directed by MST artistic director Rebecca Udden, the play opens with a view of Harpagon's penthouse. Quickly, the thread of facile slapstick humor and flat stereotype that are key elements in Udden's production become obvious; it's a sensibility that doesn't stray far from Moliere's own view of the theater, one that held to the notion that if the audience's lowest common denominator didn't get the bawdy jokes and general cynicism, the production wasn't working.
The Miser's story begins with Harpagon running about with a bag of money, frantically searching for a place to hide it. As played by Jef Johnson, Harpagon -- hunched over and flailing about in ridiculous fear of being discovered -- is an appropriately horrid figure. While he's concerned only with his fortune, his offspring, daughter Elise and son Cleante, are worried about love. Though a tad more sympathetic than their father, if only because of their pitiable simple-mindedness, Elise and Cleante are still the shallow, pouty products of too much money. It is their thwarted pursuit of love interests that creates much of the play's comedy, especially since Harpagon has unwittingly settled on his son's sweetheart, Marianne, as the woman he wants to be his next wife.
As usual, Udden has chosen actors who are at ease with artful language -- there isn't so much as a dropped consonant among her cast -- but their handling of the production's low humor is less delightful. Shannon Emerick, remembered for her radiant performances in Arcadia and An Ideal Husband, is uninspired here, as is Rob de los Reyes as her suitor, Valere (though his deficiency is considerably less of a surprise). The two seem to be on their own planet -- an appropriate metaphor for love -- but sadly, it's an extremely dull place filled with strictly by-the-book meaningful glances and swoony stolen kisses.
Far better equipped to handle Udden's punchy style is Jeff Lane, who plays Harpagon's arrogant cook and coachman, Maitre Jacques. Lane is comically naughty as Jacques attempts to win his employer's devotion by interfering with a robbery investigation and pointing the finger at a rival. He combines the precision of Moliere's quips with a crisp sense of physical humor.
One of Moliere's few female character types that isn't utterly sliced and diced by the playwright's misogyny is that of the independent businesswoman. The Miser's version is Frosine, who's hired by Harpagon to help him woo Marianne. As played by a tarted-up Anne Quackenbush, Frosine is saucy and determined to get her piece of Harpagon's fortune. Quackenbush struts and coos when necessary, eats a box of Godiva chocolates when no one is looking and provides the production her usual sense of focus and class.
For all of its enjoyably light moments, Udden's adaptation has some weak choices -- especially a joke about a Kathie Lee Gifford sweatshop that's inserted into Marianne's comic family history speech -- that shouldn't serve even a peanut gallery's sense of humor. That an audience will laugh at a reference so uninventive, as they did on opening night, suggests that they might be better entertained staying home to watch The Nanny. There are other minor annoyances -- some unforgivably entry-level acting among them -- that pop up in this Miser, rendering it a far cry from Main Street's most interesting work.
Hey, all you yokels out there. Bet that when you saw those ads for Anna Deavere Smith coming to town, you pulled out your old Playboys so she could sign them, and ... what? You mean you do know the difference between Houston's most famous big-breasted blond and one of contemporary theater's most esteemed playwrights/actresses? Well, excuse me.
Or better yet, excuse the Chronicle's Cynthia Thomas, who was desperately in need of a visit from the Clue Fairy last week. In her January 19 Zest magazine story on Anna Deavere Smith, she lamely compared the auteur of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 to the dream date of geriatric millionaires everywhere. Apparently, Thomas assumed that since both women have tripartite names that begin with Anna and end with Smith, the ignorant masses of Houston couldn't distinguish between the two. In doing so, she insulted a city full of theatergoers as well as Deavere Smith. Worse, she passed up the opportunity to discuss something truly relevant: Anna Deavere Smith's role in the national discussion of the place and purpose of black theater.
Over the past year, Smith, playwright August Wilson (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, etc., etc.) and New Republic theater critic Robert Brustein have engaged in an ongoing debate over where black theater and black theater professionals should focus their attention. The success of Smith's Twilight, which premiered in 1993 and still draws large audiences, was in part responsible for sparking that debate. Her incorporation of black, white, Chicano and Korean characters in her play elucidated the painful depth of social injustices, and her empathy for nearly all sides of an issue -- something that's drawn fire from Wilson.
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Arguing not so much against Smith's Twilight as for more black theater that's written for and directed at black audiences, Wilson denounces both the practice of color-blind casting and the use of all-black casts for productions of white playwrights' works, the latter a practice that's gone in and out of vogue since the beginning of American theater. The springboard for Wilson's argument is one of funding: Out of the 66 theaters that hold membership in the League of Regional Theaters, only one fits his definition of a black theater. Wilson argues that by funding projects such as Smith's Twilight, arts agencies are diluting the strength of black theater, all while claiming to be promoting diversity.
Brustein, who has never been a fan of Wilson's work, has argued that Wilson is dead wrong, that separatism isn't the answer, and that increased funding of minority artists and arts groups has created a crisis of aesthetics, one that can be summed up in the question of just whose standards apply in grant giving. As for Smith, she called for a town hall meeting between the two antagonists -- which happened this Monday in New York -- and has expressed the hope for a new breed of American theater that draws all audiences together.
Often, such esoteric arguments seem far removed from the average person's experience in the theater. But this year the artistic side of the debate, at least, is something Houston audiences can judge for themselves. Twilight, which played at the Wortham, is still etched in memory, and this summer August Wilson's Two Trains Running is scheduled for a run at the Ensemble (see SRO). A mixed play in a predominantly white theatrical setting, or a black play in a predominantly black theatrical setting: You buy your tickets, you make your choices. Or at the very least, see what each choice has to offer.
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The Hayward school district dedicated Schafer Park Elementary School, which was rebuilt with Measure I bond money, this past weekend.
Principal Rafael Flores said the new school has created an excitement among the students, the parents and the staff. "The new technology is amazing. More importantly, it makes the classroom more interactive. It's no longer OK for a teacher to be at the center of a room lecturing.
"The students are getting an education with devices they love to use."
Schafer Park is one of five Hayward schools that have undergone either massive renovations or a complete rebuild through the $205 million bond approved by voters in 2008. East Avenue Elementary was dedicated in July, and the ribbon-cutting for Fairview Elementary was on Sept. 8.
Students moved into Schafer Park in January, and the old building was torn down. The new school has a computer lab with 40 laptops, plus iPads that can be taken into classrooms. Each classroom has a Smart Board, which incorporates a computer, projector and sound system.
Dedications for two more schools are planned: Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School on Oct. 13, and Tyrrell Elementary on Nov. 17. Both dedications will begin at 10 a.m.
Medical internships for San Lorenzo students
As part of a medical internship this past summer, five students from San Lorenzo's Arroyo High School watched a cadaver being dissected, observed a knee-replacement operation and learned how to apply a cast.
Nancy Lee, Serey Nouth, Yelba Ortiz, Margaret Snow and Mykel Vallar took part in the two-month internship at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center Orthopaedic Trauma Institute's 2012 Junior Academy.
"We had more students selected than any other school in the Bay Area," said Jim Clark, program manager at the San Lorenzo school's Academy of Health and Medicine.
The students had to go through a rigorous screening process that included both written papers and oral interviews, Clark said. As part of the program, the students shadowed health professionals and learned about various careers.
Committee to study idea of selling school properties in Union City
The New Haven Unified School District board has appointed a committee to study the feasibility of selling school properties to ease the cash-strapped district's budget woes, a district spokesman said.
The district's financial issues have been caused by continuing state cuts to education, forcing the board to slash its annual budget from $114 million in 2008-09 to $91 million in 2012-13, New Haven spokesman Rick LaPlante said.
The Educational Services Center, which houses the district office at 34200 Alvarado-Niles Road, and the now-closed Cabello Elementary School at 4500 Cabello St., are the sites being considered for sale, LaPlante said.
The nine-member committee includes Union City parents, teachers, residents living near the sites in question, a city employee and a business community representative. The committee is scheduled to meet twice next week, then hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the Educational Services Center. The committee then will meet a fourth time to finalize its report to the five-member district board, which is scheduled to consider the matter at its Oct. 16 meeting.
Niles Elementary School able to avoid class size change
A temporary shortage ofthird- andfourth-grade students at Niles Elementary School nearly forced the Fremont Unified School District to combine grade classes and force some instructors to switch classes after the school year began.
The idea, viewed as a disruption to students, infuriated some teachers and parents. But Niles Principal Jim Hough last week worked the phones and added enough eligible students to the school to allow the idea to be scrapped, said James Morris, Fremont's superintendent of schools.
The classes were going to be combined because once the school year started earlier this month, the district realized the number of Niles'third- andfourth-grade each totaled 75, about half a dozen short of what was needed. However, Hough was able to add sixthird-graders and sevenfourth-graders by reaching out to parents at other schools.
"Starting over after a week, that's what the concern was," Morris said. "But (Hough) found a solution."
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I am so excited to be joining this Due Date club.. This is my 2nd pregnancy but already it is so much different. With my daughter I didnt know until I was already 7 weeks. This time around I found out 4 days before my period was even due..
I went for blood work at 13dpo and my hcg levels were 145 and were low according to the doc, the doc also said I was 4-5 weeks based on my LMP. I told me doctor I didnt feel I was that far along since I have a 32 day cycle and hadnt even had my period yet. Based on any past experience do you think 145 HCG is low for 13dpo. Everything I am reading online says no but would like a second opinion..
Congrats to everyone joining this board. I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy.
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My HCG was 54 or 56 at 13DPO and my doctor was super excited with that number. LOL For only being a couple days pregnant anything over 5 is considered pregnant. You gotta figure you are only about 3-4 days past implant at 13DPO so to say that 145 is low is just silly and I'd actually be kind of concerned about a doctor that would tell you that to be honest!
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Mine was around that this time at 14 dpo. Its more about if its doubling every 48 hrs. Are you getting another beta to check? If it doubles you will know more and feel at ease.
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Yes I am getting another test this monday 7 days after the first and at that point she wants me in the 1000+ range which is reasonable for doubling. I think the reason for them saying it was a low score was because the woman who took my blood just asked my LMP didnt ask how long my cycles were or anything like that. It still made me nervous.
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Because it's becoming meaningless.
The New York Times article yesterday was a real shocker for me, disappointing but not entirely unexpected. So many of the organic brands I usually buy, the ones that I imagine as being run by tree hugging, granola munching, tie-dye wearing pony-tailed hippie environmentalists are actually owned by the likes of some of the largest food compaines around.
And the National Organic Standards Board, the gatekeepers of what counts as organic?
They voted on whether to count an herbicide as an acceptable substance to put into our organic food. Six of the 15 members of the board voted that this was acceptable.
Almost half of these people thought it was okay for food to have actual plant killer in it and still count as organic.
I get that some compounds are natural but not organic, like baking soda, and shouldn't count against organic producers.
I also get that not all natural or organic compounds are good. Poison ivy launches agressive chemical warfare on me every time I get within a 5-foot radius.
Natural, yes.
Organic, even.
Doesn't mean I ever want to eat it. That would be bloody awful.
Right now there are 250 non-organic substances that are approved to be in our organic foods, including docosahexaenoic acid algae oil and arachidonic acid single cell oil.
I can't even spell these, let alone pronounce them. I have no idea what they are, and they sound more than a little scary. And while they may be natural, and even very effective supplements, I want to be the one to choose if I take them or not. Take them - as a drug, or supplement - not eat them. Right now, they may be hanging out in my food, and it's still labelled organic.
Instead of focusing on a word on the label, let's shift our requirements.
Read the ingredients list. It should sound like stuff you want to eat.
Even better, buy food that doesn't have an ingredient list. Or a label.
Fruit doesn't grow with a label. What's in fruit?
I can handle that. Even better, I can spell that.
Buy food from the person who made that food for you.
Shake their hand, look them in they eye and ask them how they did it.
(You can't shake hands with a multi-national corporation.)
It sucks that we have to watch our backs, and our mouths. It sucks that every time I think I've found a target (organic is good!), someone moves it on me (organic can have crazy crap in it and still be organic!).
[Speaking of which, crap is organic, too, actually... Double bleh.]
It sucks that it's complicated. It sucks that it requires work. It sucks that we've got to pay attention all the time. Like we have extra time.
The problem is, unfortunately, no one's going to do the work for me. And frankly, I'd rather not eat all that weird shit if I don't have to. Food should be food, not chemicals from a manufacturing plant.
I grew up in New Jersey, I have enough chemicals already, thanks.


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I'm pulling my hair out here
Looking for an algorithm to output percentage illumination of the moon already in C.
There is already Java code out there for the public,
but my lack of understanding of language specific syntax is biting me!
I don't need decimal digits of precision or anything like that..
nothing fancy, just an integer result would be fine.
I HAVE done the work of porting original BASIC code for moon rise
and set times from Sky & Telescope Magazine (from the '70s) to C,
and have that C port working great...
but that's because I was a BASIC programmer too
I have also ported some simpler moon phase algorithms that only
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I am happy to share the source of my moon times port with anyone
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Zagreb-based Croatian digital artist Paolo Ceric aka Patakk creates incredibly realistic images with a single spiraling line. The long, winding mark manages to simulate the appearance of lifelike figures through the expertly administered boldness and thickness of the line in any given spot. By diluting and condensing the saturation of the sole circling contour, the artist is able to mimic light and shadow, allowing it to reflect a sense of depth and realism.
Not only do these beautiful black and white renderings appear surprisingly realistic, the line spiraling out from the center of each piece stirs the notion that each image was discovered by zooming in on someone's actual fingerprint.


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COCHIN: Koko Sakibu scored a brace as Eagles FC ended their campaign in the 35th Federation Cup with a 2-0 victory over United SC in a Group A League match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cochin on Monday (January 20).
Sakibu scored the first in the 12th minute when he beat the off-side trap and opened the scoring. With his defence caught on the wrong foot United SC Goalkeeper rushed out of the box to intercept. But the shrewd Sakibu evaded him and walked into the net with the ball.
The second goal came in the 86th minute. This time too, Sakibu beat the off-side trap and with Jayanta helplessly out of position, he lobbed it over his head into an empty net.
The victory helped Eagles FC to finish their campaign with 4 points while United SC ended with 3 points from as many matches.
Churchill Brothers had booked their semifinal slot from the Group with two victories in their first two matches.
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text: CunninLynguists are back at it again with a full length album of new material called "Oneirology" that incidentally drops tomorrow. I've heard the album and it's amazing (which if you're familiar with these cats & their back catalog is par for the course for them) and you can hear it for yourself @ UGHH or @ Cunninlynguists.com right now. "Oneirology" will be sold on every digital music marketplace worth it's salt as well as in physical form on March 22nd, 2011. There's a video for the acoustic version of the lead single. It's really fuckin' good! © Barry @ Championship Vinyl. Here's the link.


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Unlike Elvis Presley or John Lennon, whose popularity swelled in the years after their deaths, entertainer Bing Crosby's status seems to have diminished three decades after he died.
However, Pete Cakanic will mourn the passing of the iconic crooner today, the 30th anniversary of his death.
Many recognize Crosby as the voice behind White Christmas, one of the most popular recordings in entertainment history. For Mr. Cakanic, remembering Crosby for one song is like only remembering Frank Sinatra for Fly Me to the Moon.
"I remember a few years back, Billboard (magazine) did a top singers of the century list and Bing wasn't on there," Mr. Cakanic said. "I can't believe that. How can you ignore someone who meant so much to music?"
Crosby's legacy extends beyond the songs he recorded, Mr. Cakanic said.
"He was the first person to truly master the microphone," he said. "He understood how to make it work and how to use it to enhance his voice. Every singer today owes that to him."
Even a former president is indebted to Crosby, Mr. Cakanic said.
"(Franklin D. Roosevelt) liked the way Bing used his voice, and he learned to use his voice the same way for his fireside chats," he said.
A master of many music genres, Crosby helped to mainstream country music and jazz, Mr. Cakanic said.
"He was great at scat," Mr. Cakanic said. "He was probably the first white singer to use it in his songs."
Mr. Cakanic said many forget that Crosby was an Oscar-winning actor for Going My Way and was nominated three other times for an acting Academy Award and four times for Best Song in film.
"He could do it all," Mr. Cakanic said. "Bing was a master of radio, recording and film.
"At that time, you didn't have superstars or divas, but what he was, in the 1930s and 1940s, could definitely be called a superstar."
In a small study of his North Augusta home, Mr. Cakanic maintains his Crosby memorabilia, which includes about 50 books, more than 250 CDs by Crosby, old movie posters and an assortment of vinyl recordings.
"Some of this stuff might be worth something, but I don't think I would ever sell it," he said. "I keep this because I like his music, not to make money."
Mr. Cakanic, 78, was first turned on to Crosby as a boy in the 1940s.
"My sister and I would always fight over what we were going to listen to on the radio," Mr. Cakanic recalled. "I wanted to hear The Lone Ranger, but she always wanted to hear Bing's radio show. "We started taking turns each week, and I grew to like him. What he could do with a song was amazing."
As far as Crosby's legacy is concerned, Mr. Cakanic blames the media for tarnishing his reputation.
Going My Own Way, a biography of Crosby by his son, Gary, and Ross Firestone, painted the singer as an abusive father, which was played up in tabloids, Mr. Cakanic said. Those accusations were denied by other family members of Crosby and later recanted by Gary Crosby, Mr. Cakanic said.
"I don't believe he ever abused his children," Mr. Cakanic said. "I believe he was strict. He didn't want his kids growing up to be Hollywood brats. When you see people like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears today, it seems to me a lot of those Hollywood parents could have learned a thing or two from Bing."
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|Oracle® Java Micro Edition Software Development Kit Release Notes
Release 3.2 for Windows
Release Notes
Release 3.2 for Windows
October 2012
This section summarizes the release highlights.
Implementation and support for the new Oracle® Java Wireless Client 3.2 runtime and the Oracle® Java ME Embedded runtime.
The AMS in the CLDC emulators has a new look and new functionality (Install Application, Manage Certificate Authorities and Output Console).
Support for JSR 228, the Information Module Profile-Next Generation API (IMP-NG).
The IMP-NG platform is implemented as a subset of CLDC. Support includes:
A new emulator for headless devices.
Javadocs for the following Oracle APIs: Device Access API, Logging API, AMS API, and AccessPoint API.
New demos for IMP-NG features can be run on the emulator or on a real device running the Oracle® Java ME Embedded runtime.
New Custom Device Skin Creator.
This tool provides a way to create and manage custom emulator skins. The skin appearance is generic, but the functionality, such as the JSRs supported or the device properties, are up to you. This utility only supported in NetBeans.
Eclipse plugin for CLDC/MIDP.
For the first time Oracle Java ME SDK is available as an Eclipse plugin.
The Eclipse version does not support CDC, the Memory Monitor, and the Custom Device Skin Creator in this release.
All Java ME tools are implemented as NetBeans plugins.
As of the plugin integrates Java ME utilities into the standard NetBeans menus.
Tools > Java ME menu is the place to launch Java ME utilities, including the new Skin Creator.
Profile > Java ME is the place to work with the Network Monitor and the Memory Monitor.
Use the standard NetBeans tools for debugging.
Profiling, Network monitoring, and Memory monitoring are integrated with the NetBeans profiling tools.
New network monitoring protocols are supported in this release: WMA, SIP, Bluetooth and OBEX, SATSA APDU and JCRMI, and server sockets.
Java ME SDK Update Center. Oracle Java ME SDK can be updated or extended by new components. The Update Center can download, install, and uninstall plugins specific to the Java ME SDK. A plugin consists of runtime components and skins.
Bug fixes and enhancements.
The installation has three components: a supported IDE, the Java ME SDK Platform, and a Java ME SDK plugin appropriate to the IDE. The Java ME SDK platform installation includes the runtimes (the virtual machines), emulators, devices, libraries, and more.
The plugin extends the IDE so that it can access the Java ME SDK platform's features and utilities seamlessly from the IDE.A minimal environment system configuration is:
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit or Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit with recent service packs.
Java Platform, Standard Edition Software Development Kit (Java SE SDK) version 1.7 with latest updates, or higher. Java must be on your Windows path.
A supported IDE:
NetBeans version 7.1.2 or NetBeans 7.2.1 and higher, "All" bundle download (contains all components). The Mobility pack must be installed and active.
To download the latest IDE, go to:
NetBeans 7.2 is not supported.
If you are using an earlier version than 7.1.2, upgrading Netbeans will not work. Please install a clean version of 7.1.2 or 7.2.1 or higher.
A recent version of Eclipse Indigo or Eclipse Juno.
Follow these steps to install the Java ME SDK 3.2.
Uninstall the previous standalone version of Java ME SDK platform, if any.
Please ignore the Java ME SDK 3.0.5 installed with the NetBeans Mobility Pack.
If you have Java ME SDK data to save, please copy it to a safe location before continuing.
In the Windows system tray, right click on the emulator icon and choose Exit.
From the Windows Programs menu, select the previous version and choose Uninstall from the submenu. The Installer opens.
On the first page please check the option to remove the user data directory.
Follow the prompts.
Download the SDK from:
Double-click the executable. When the installer starts, follow the prompts.
Plugins make Java ME SDK platform features available to a supported IDE.
Before installing plugins, take note that plugins containing sample code are treated differently:
Some demos use network access for test purposes, however, the sample code does not include protection against malicious intrusion. Before installing and using the demos, please see the "Installation and Runtime Security Guidelines".
Sample code has a different copyright that allows you to redistribute, provided the Oracle copyright is kept.
NetBeans Plugins
NetBeans plugins are grouped in three categories.
Java ME SDK Tools. Required.
LWUIT Resource Editor. Optional.
Java ME SDK Demos. Optional, but useful for getting started quickly.
Once installed in NetBeans, the plugins are in their own category named Java ME SDK Tools in Tools > Plugins.
Eclipse Plugins
For Eclipse the plugins are grouped in two categories:
Java ME SDK Tools. Required.
Java ME SDK Demos. Optional, but useful for getting started quickly.
The initial plugin installation is a manual procedure. Once the plugins are installed, changes are managed by the Java ME SDK Update Center.
Install the SDK as described in "Installing the Java ME SDK Platform".
Download the plugin
.zip file and extract the contents to a directory on your local machine.
If you are installing on 7.2.1 or higher, skip to step 5.
If you are installing on 7.1.2, go to the NetBeans Plugins manager, click the Settings tab and uncheck the standard NetBeans update centers. This prevents the installation of version 3.0 plugins.
If 3.0.5 plugins are installed, uninstall them.
The plugin integration mechanism changed between NetBeans 7.1.2 and 7.2.1. Because the mechanism is different, there is no automated upgrade path from 3.0.5 to 3.2. Version 3.0.5 plugins must be uninstalled before 3.2 plugins are installed.
Restart NetBeans after the 3.0.5 plugins are uninstalled.
Click the Add button and create a new update center that points to the directory containing the plugin files.
Start the Plugins manager (Tools > Plugins).
On the Available Plugins tab, locate the NetBeans plugins.
In the Install column check the desired plugins, then click the Install button.
Restart NetBeans.
In the Installed tab, check Show details (above the plugin list) and sort by category to easily find the Java ME SDK Tools plugins. Make sure the plugins you installed are activated.
The Java ME SDK is ready to use.
The Java Me SDK implementation in Eclipse relies on Mobile Tools for Java (MTJ) technology.
The initial plugin installation is a manual procedure. Once the plugins are installed, changes are managed by the Java ME SDK Update Center.
Follow these steps to install the Java ME SDK on Eclipse Indigo. Indigo includes MTJ so the installation follows standard Eclipse procedures.
Install the Java ME SDK as described in "Installing the Java ME SDK Platform".
Install Indigo. Download and install a recent version of Indigo.
Install the Plugin.
Download the plugin file
eclipse-me-sdk-plugins-uc.zip from
In Eclipse, go to Help > Install New Software... and press the Press the Add button.
In the Add Repository window, press the Archive button and select the plugin .zip file that you downloaded. Press Open to return to the previous dialog, then OK.
The category Java ME SDK Tools appears in the Name area. Check the box in front of Java ME SDK Tools and click Next at the bottom of the page.
After the installation details are displayed, press Next.
Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish.
Check the Java ME SDK Tools Category and its subcategories and press the Next button to start the Add wizard. Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish. The installation process starts. At its conclusion, restart Eclipse.
Configure Eclipse as follows:
Select Window > Open Perspective > Other and choose Java ME, then click OK.
Select Window > Preferences > Java ME and select Device Management, and click Manual Install.
In the "Specify search directory" field, enter the location of the Java ME SDK platform installation. For example:
When the five default devices are detected, make sure all the devices are checked and click Finish. Click OK to close the installation window.
If you don't see the Device Selector on the lower left, select Window > Show View > Device Selector.
The Java ME SDK is ready to use.
Install a recent version of Eclipse. A reasonable version might be Juno Classic 4.2. The Oracle Java ME SDK requires the MTJ toolkit, but it is not bundled with Juno and it must be installed manually.
Install the MTJ toolkit.
Go to Help > Install New Software.
In the "Work with" field, enter this URL:
Click Add.
When the plugins are discovered, open the Mobile and Device Development Tools hierarchy and check Mobile Tools for Java Examples and Mobile Tools for Java SDK. Click Next.
On the installation screen select all plugins and click Finish then click OK.
A Juno plugin named org.eclipse.jetty.server_<version>.jar conflicts with the MTJ libraries when the plugin version is higher than 6.
If it is you must prevent it from loading by changing its name so the Jar file is not parsed. Locate the file in your Juno installation's \plugins directory and change the extension from .jar to something else.
For example, change it to:
Go to the "Indigo" installation procedure above and perform all the installation and configuration steps.
It you cannot watch static variables during an Eclipse debugging session, and sometimes the Variable view cannot show data.
In the source code, move the mouse over the required variable to inspect the variable value.
A real device shown in the Device Selector is deleted from the Device Manager, yet it still appears.
Kill the device manager in the system tray, and relaunch it. Then you will see the device removed from the list.
On-device profiling does not work on a device.
CPU profiling, networking monitoring, and memory monitoring do not work on the device, since the device runtime does not yet support it. Please do the profiling with your emulator first, and then test your application on the device.
In the Device Selector, using Clean Database on real external device causes a null pointer exception.
External devices do not have a database recognized by the SDK, so you can disregard this exception message.
Suspending the Emulator during a Memory Monitor session hangs the emulator.
Do not use the Suspend option (F5) while the Memory Monitor is running. If the emulator is hung, open the Windows task manager and stop the emulator process (javaw).
To switch to another application while the Memory Monitor is running, choose Application > AMS Home (F4), and select a different application.
This release includes PDF documentation in the binary download. For an HTML version of the documentation that is suitable for screen readers, please visit the Java ME Developer Tools documentation page at
http://download.oracle.com/javame/developer.html and choose this version of Oracle Java ME SDK.
When using NetBeans, see the online help topic "About Accessibility" for a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. Java ME SDK online help in keyboard shortcuts are summarized in the online help topic "Help Viewer Shortcuts".
For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at
Access to Oracle Support
Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.
The Oracle Java ME SDK requires an execution model that makes certain networked resources available for emulator execution. These required resources might include, but are not limited to, a variety of communication capabilities between the Java ME SDK components. It is extremely important to note that the Oracle Java ME SDK installation and runtime system is fundamentally a developer system that is not specifically designed to guard against any malicious attacks from outside intruders. Given this, the Oracle Java ME SDK architecture can present an insecure operating environment to the Oracle Java ME SDK installation file system itself, as well as its runtime environment, during execution. For this reason, it is critically important to observe the precautions outlined in the following security guidelines when installing and running the Oracle Java ME SDK.
To maintain optimum network security, Oracle Java ME SDK can be installed and run in a "closed" network operating environment, meaning the Oracle Java ME SDK system is not connected directly to the Internet, or to a company Intranet environment that could introduce unwanted exposure to malicious intrusion. This is the ideal secure operating environment when it is possible. Oracle Java ME SDK does not require an "Intranet" connection that supports network connections to systems outside the Oracle Java ME SDK architecture to intra-company resources.
An example of a requirement for an Internet connection is Oracle Java ME SDK running wireless functionality that requires a connection to the Internet to support the communications with the wireless network infrastructure that is part of the Java ME application execution process. Whether or not an Internet connection is required depends on the particular Java ME application running on Oracle Java ME SDK. For example, some Java ME applications can use an HTTP connection. In any case, if the Oracle Java ME SDK is open to any network access you must observe the following precautions to protect valuable resources from malicious intrusion:
Install the Oracle Java ME SDK behind a secure firewall that strictly limits unauthorized network access to the Oracle Java ME SDK file system and services. Limit access privileges to those that are required for Oracle Java ME SDK usage while allowing all the bidirectional local network communications that are necessary for Oracle Java ME SDK functionality. The firewall configuration must support these requirements to run the Oracle Java ME SDK while also addressing them from a security standpoint.
Follow the principle of "least privilege" by assigning the minimum set of system access permissions required for installation and execution of the Oracle Java ME SDK.
Do not store any data sensitive information on the same file system that is hosting the Oracle Java ME SDK.
To maintain the maximum level of security, make sure the operating system patches are up-to-date on the Oracle Java ME SDK host machine.
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Amazon's Cyber Monday deals are here to scoop up whatever's left of your wallet from this past weekend.
Amazon's Cyber Monday deals are here to scoop up whatever's left of your wallet from this past weekend.
Like its predecessors, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas will soon be ported over to mobile devices. Given Rockstar's past plans with mobile GTAs, this bodes well for fans of the franchise.
Microsoft is tossing its hat into the Black Friday sales ring and offering a whole lot of discounts on many of its games and add-on content on Xbox Live.
Sony's lining up quite a few deals on its products this coming Black Friday, so take a gander and check out these PlayStation offerings.
If you were one of the unlucky Xbox One purchasers to get your hands on a defective console at launch, Microsoft is looking to make it up to you.
GameStop has confirmed some of its Black Friday 2013 deals, ensuring that the gaming masses will have something to look forward to once they've gotten their fill of turkey.
As if we weren't already chomping at the bit to get our hands on Super Smash Bros., a slew of new screenshots for the Wii U version have been released to tease us even more.
Amazon threatens to destroy your wallet before its time with its week-long Black Friday deals event. You're probably not prepared for all of these discounts.
If you're heading out on Black Friday, you might want to hunt down some of the deals available at Kmart.
RadioShack might only have modest video game deals for Black Friday 2013, but they're deals nonetheless.
Walmart's Black Friday 2013 deals have been unveiled, giving us a look at the gaming goodness coming our way.
The best and worst thing about 'The Four Players' is that it feels like the kind of thing Hollywood would actually do. You see, filmmaker Evan Daugherty has taken the bright, cheerful and nonsensical world of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. video game franchise and given it the Christopher Nolan treatment. In a series of four short films, Daugherty and his team transform these playful gaming mascots into gritty "real" characters, an exercise that is simultaneously depressing and hilarious.


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Grand Rapids, Michigan May 30, 2001 — The Acton Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the 2001 Homiletics Award, marking the end of a six-month selection process. This year's competition included entrants from 31 different colleges, seminaries and universities. Participants prepared the sermons as if they were going to address an audience of Fortune 500 CEOs. This year's entries were based upon the Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21).
Br. Andrew Hofer, O.P., a Master's of Divinity student at Dominican House of Studies, Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, was awarded first place and $2,000 for his sermon on the Parable. Tal Prince of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University (AL) won second place and $1,000 for his sermon, "Greedy Farmer or Good Steward?" Third place and $500 went to Brian Lee, a Ph.D. student in historical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary (MI) for his entry, "The Parable of Too Much Fruit." Honorable mention was awarded to Michael Ezeatu of St. John's University (NY).
This year's panel of distinguished judges included Rev. Robert A. Sirico, co-founder and president of the Acton Institute; Dr. Harold O.J. Brown, professor of philosophy and theology at Reformed Theological Seminary; Dr. A. Duane Litfin, president of Wheaton College; Fr. John Michael Beers of the Annecy Institute; Dr. Haddon W. Robinson, professor of homiletics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; and Dr. William H. Willimon, dean of the chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University Divinity School.
The annual Homiletics Award recognizes and promotes outstanding achievement in effective Christian preaching. It is one of the Acton Institute's many programs designed to assist future religious leaders in developing an understanding of the relationship between morality and the marketplace.


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Pets Q&A
Q: Our 13-year-old indoor/outdoor cat is very affectionate, yet for seemingly no reason sometimes circles our feet and legs, sounds and looks aggressive, then bites us savagely. How do we address this? – S.R., Atlanta
A: If the behavior is new, and not typical of your cat's personality, first see a veterinarian to rule out a medical explanation.
If the cat's health checks out, pay attention to your pet's body language and find a way to move away before an attack. (And don't run away; that will only encourage the cat to chase you, perhaps thinking you've started a game.) It's important to play (with your cat) daily using an interactive toy, teaching him to chase and pounce on the toy – and not you.
Another idea is to carry little mouse toys or plastic balls in your pocket. If you see that your cat is poised to attack, toss the toys in the opposite direction.
Enriching your cat's environment is important, including rotating toys. Try feeding your cat from various puzzle feeders (if you're providing dry food), such as the Eggsercizer or SlimCat. You place kibble inside these toys, then teach your cat to roll them around so the food tumbles out. Leave several feeders around the house for your cat to "hunt." If you use moist food, place servings in plastic dishes at two or three locations, so your cat has to search for them.
Q: Exactly when should I start giving our Schnauzer-mix a heartworm preventive? I ask because it's still pretty cold where I live. – C.G., St. Paul, Minn.
A: "You should be giving your dog a heartworm preventive year-round," says past American Animal Hospital President Dr. Mark Russak, of Starkville, Miss. Russak points out that the nonprofit American Heartworm Association also supports year-round protection. "Mosquitoes (which spread heartworm) can get indoors, and some species survive rather well indoors year-round."
Playing weather roulette never works. Right now, it may be unseasonably cool where you are, but what happens if we have a spate of unseasonably warm weather – so common this time of year?
"Here's the thing: Why would you take a chance?" says Russak. "Heartworm can be deadly and the preventatives work."
Q: Out of the blue, my two male cats have started urinating all over the house. One cat is 18 years old, and the other is 3. How can I stop this? Is there a product I could use? – P.T., Chicago
A: "I suggest that either the issue began as a result of your older cat having a health issue or the younger cat reaching social maturity," said veterinary behaviorist Dr. Vint Virga, Greenwich, R.I.-based author of "The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human" (Crown Publishing, New York, NY, 2013; $25).
"One cat urinates, then the other cat responds in kind. I'm especially concerned about the older cat. The first step is to have the older cat checked out by your veterinarian," Virga said.
If physical health is not an issue, it's important to determine if the cats are spraying (directing their urine on walls or furniture, twitching their tails as they aim, and the urine runs down the surface vertically), or instead, are voiding on flat surfaces with a fair volume of urine. Either way, there's some interesting communication going on between the two pets. At least they might call it interesting, though you might choose another word.
Use an odor neutralizer/enzymatic cleaner in the affected areas. A calming Feliway plug-in (analog of a feline pheromone) could help if you feel there may be a relationship issue between your two cats, or if one or both are spraying on vertical surfaces.
Interactive play is a great stress buster, and could help. Best of all, enriching your cats' environment so they have an overabundance of resources – from toys to hiding places – could help stop the urine battle.
If these changes don't help, you may need to call in a veterinary behaviorist (www.dacvb.org), a veterinarian with a special interest in behavior (www.avsabonline.org), or a cat behavior consultant (www.iaabc.org).
Steve Dale welcomes questions/comments from readers. Email email@example.com. Include your name, city and state. His website is www.stevedalepetworld.com.


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I'm going sqrirrel hunting this weekend and i want to tan a skin if i get one. I don't want to buy anything online yet, so can i salt the skin then go buy something at a hunting store.
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You can salt it for the first 24 hrs and then the next day shake it off and resalt it. Then you can take your time and find what your looking for. But when your ready to tan it you'll have to rehydrate the squirell. There's plenty of on the search button on this and tanning. Just type it in.


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I'm really frustrated with your column this week. While your advice was spot on, I hated seeing that it was entirely about "unicorns," Dan, because that term is the worst of all possible things and I would hope a sex-positive columnist like yourself would know better than to reinforce horrible stereotypes.
Whether socially or biologically, women are more likely to be fluid in their sexuality and men are more likely to be closeted. I'm a bisexual man who knows and has dated plenty of bisexual women. I'm married to one right now. There is no shortage of women to have threesomes with; they are not mythical beasts that nobody has ever seen. As long as I remember to not get expectant and pressure the women to accelerate their own relationship for my sexual pleasure, then threesomes follow. You know what is mythical? An openly bisexual man we click with. They're out there I'm sure, but if I get one more "Married and needing discretion" reply I'm going to blow a gasket—and not the good kind of "blow."
So, Dan, please stop perpetuating the term "unicorn" because it only forces bisexual women back into the closet, marking them as "other." Maybe you want to coin a new term for it, something accessible and realistic? You've done it before, I know you can do it again.
Blatantly Irritated
My response after the jump...
My use of the term "unicorn" to describe bi women who are either up for or actively seeking MF couples to play with—a term not only used by many MF couples seeking a bi third, BI, but also used by a great many bi women to describe themselves—is the "worst of all possible things"? Really? Worse than lavender crème brûlée? Worse the Hobby Lobby decision? Worse than the trouble this cocksucker is in? (Speaking of the Hobby Lobby decision: everyone please go read this essay by Martha Plimpton.)
Anyway, BI, the alternate term you seek—one that describes something accessible, realistic, and non-mythical—is right there in the column you're griping about:
We gays don't have a special term for a guy open to sleeping with a male couple. But if we were going to give that guy an affectionate nickname, FLUSTER, I would go with "horse." Because a horse, while a magnificent and majestic beast in its own right, is a whole lot easier to come by—and in and on and over—than one of those nearly-impossible-to-find bi female unicorns.
Horses—not just for gay male couples anymore.


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The festival is held in Biddinghuizen, at Spijk en Bremerberg, very close to the Walibi World amusement park.
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Attachments+ Hack Lets You Attach Any File Type To E-Mail
Attachments+ is a newly released tweak that gives the stock Mail app a lot of new features. The attachments are not only limited to photos. Any file present on the device can be attached easily, and you can even see the preview depending upon the format of the file. For files that are unsupported, the Open in option is presented for them.