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Fantasy Island (1977-84), a Spelling-Goldberg Production for Columbia Pictures Television, was an ingenious if tame and obviously-executed concept, cut from the same cloth as co-producer Aaron Spelling's concurrent hit The Love Boat, here fused with a kind of benign Delos, the fantasy-indulging adult amusement park of Westworld (1973) and Futureworld (1976). The Love Boat and Fantasy Island aired Saturday nights, at 9:00 and 10:00pm respectively, and though hardly great art, filled a certain entertainment void. There was certainly nothing like these two shows on television at the time, and they appealed to audiences for a variety of reasons.
The Complete Second Season placed 22nd in the ratings and handily won its timeslot, despite formidable alternating competition from CBS: Dallas and The CBS Saturday Night Movies. Like The Love Boat, Fantasy Island rose and fell on the personalities of its big- and small-time guest stars more than its innocuous scripts. I was surprised to see Orville H. Hampton credited as Fantasy Island's story editor (he also wrote many of the season's scripts). Hampton (1917-1997) was an extremely prolific writer of very low-budget B-movies of the 1950s and early-'60s, first at Lippert and later often in association with producer Robert E. Kent and director Edward L. Cahn. (Many of these cheap films are now available on DVD.) Those Hampton scripts are similar to his Fantasy Island teleplays: workmanlike genre efforts, the best ones exhibiting some cleverness, others ordinary if functional, and a few wretchedly bad. That pretty much sums up this series, too.
Shout! Factory's set has no extras but the transfers are solid and accompanied by amusing menu screens designed by someone with obvious affection for the show. All 25 episodes are here, about 19 hours worth, on four single-sided, dual-layered discs. Episodes don't appear to be edited or time-compressed.
The program takes place on vast but mysterious island in the Pacific where, usually for a bank-breaking fee, arrangements are made for guests to live out their fantasies, often to find closure or answers to deep personal problems or ambitions. The second season opener is a typical example: in the "A" story (i.e., straight melodrama), a Vietnam vet (David Birney) long presumed dead wants to be reunited with his wife (Lynda Day George) and son, the former having since remarried. Because he was badly injured and extensive plastic surgery was done to his face, he conveniently befriends them first, without them realizing who he is. In the "B" story (these often being broadly comic), a middle-aged nebbish (Arte Johnson) becomes a sheik with an enormous harem of gorgeous women (including Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson), one of who turns out to be a meek co-worker (Georgia Engel) with unrequited designs on him.
Hosting all this is the man apparently in charge: avuncular, refined Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalbįn), aided by his diminutive assistant, Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize). Each episode opens with the guests arriving by seaplane ("De plane! De plane!" Tattoo famously and excitedly announces over the opening credits) and as guests are busy getting leied by Polynesian types strumming ukuleles and dolling out Mai Tais and Pińa Coladas, in naked exposition Mr. Roarke explains to Tattoo each guest's backstory. "Who is she, boss? She looks very sad and lonely." Apparently Tattoo misses all those staff meetings.
Aerial shots of the island during the credits were photographed over Kauai, Hawaii, but the openings and closings to each episode, including the exterior for Mr. Roarke's headquarters, were photographed at the very inland Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia. The main building, in reality the Queen Anne Cottage, in 2012 still looks much as it did on the show 35 years ago. The rest of Fantasy Island was shot on stages at Warner Bros. and the Columbia Ranch nearby. (Columbia and Warner Bros. were sharing studio facilities during this period.) The illusion is unconvincing by modern standards but effectively fooled audiences then, much as The Love Boat appeared to be filmed entirely aboard a real cruise ship.
Montalbįn and Villechaize are a big part of the show's appeal, with Montalbįn a charming if evasive puppet master, often manipulating guests away from their original fantasies into something more substantive and ultimately satisfying. Tattoo, meanwhile, is mostly there for comic relief, in lighthearted scenes with Montalbįn quite similar to the byplay between Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his more garrulous partners (Ben Alexander, Harry Morgan) on Dragnet.
Surprisingly though, the program occasionally touches upon Tattoo's psychological struggles as a "little person." (Villechaize himself preferred the politically incorrect term "midget," even referring to himself on the show as such.) Undoubtedly cast after playing a similar if more sinister role in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Villechaize is funny and his interaction with Montalbįn displays real warmth and affection. He was a genuinely good actor, much more than the one-joke, pint-sized Frenchman with the nasally accent he's generally remembered as.
Montalbįn finally became a bona fide star with Fantasy Island, though he'd been kicking around Hollywood since the 1940s, first as an almost-leading man at MGM - you owe it to yourself to catch him in Border Incident (1949), a great, uncompromising film noir - then as a perennial guest star on innumerable sixties and early seventies TV shows. Memorable performances as sympathetic circus owner Armando in Escape from- (1971) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), box-office hits, seem to have bolstered the caliber of his parts. Soon after he made a high-profile guest villain appearance on Columbo (in 1976) and around that time began extolling the virtues of Chrysler Cordoba's "rich Corinthian leather" in a long-running series of TV commercials. If ever there were fatal typecasting roles, Mr. Roarke and those TV spots were it, but he hit the bulls-eye again and again, delivering outstanding, larger-than-life performances battling Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan (1982) and Lt. Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). The former debuted while Fantasy Island was still on the air and the characters couldn't have been more different. Montalbįn had a field day.
Some audiences, this reviewer included, watched The Love Boat and Fantasy Island chiefly because the shows sometimes featured classical Hollywood actors or early TV stars in juicy, late-career roles. One second season episode of Fantasy Island, for instance, guest stars Phil Silvers as an aspiring if aging Vaudevillian whose adult children want to stick him in an old age home. It was one of the great comedian's last roles, and while the script ain't much, Silvers's presence alone elevates it. (It's also interesting for another reason: Silvers had screen-tested for the film version of The Sunshine Boys; this episode hints at what his performance might have been like.)
Among the 1930s-'60s stars appearing in Season Two episodes: Vivian Blaine, Rory Calhoun, Cameron Mitchell, Maurice Evans, Celeste Holm, Janis Paige, Gloria DeHaven, Barry Sullivan, Don DeFore, Anne Francis, John Ericson, Ray Milland, Red Buttons, Samantha Eggar, France Nuyen, Troy Donahue, Nancy Kwan, Connie Stevens, Cyd Charisse, Barbara Rush, Phil Harris, Carol Lynley, Stuart Whitman, Yvonne De Carlo, Cornel Wilde, Marie Windsor, Peter Lawford, Mamie Van Doren, Cesar Romero, Annette Funicello, Janet Leigh, Lew Ayres, Guy Madison, Eleanor Parker, Joan Blondell, Robert Morse, and Roddy McDowall.
You like TV stars? How about Sonny Bono, Dan Rowan, Diana Canova, James Luisi, John Astin, Desi Arnaz Jr., Shelley Fabares, Darren McGavin, Ken Berry, Steve Forrest, Meredith MacRae, Peter Mark Richman, Jonathan Frakes, Christopher George, Greg Morris, Danny Bonaduce, Mary Ann Mobley, Paul Sand, Barbi Benton, Bert Convoy, Peter Graves, Lisa Loring, Michelle Pfeiffer (then), Bobby Troup, Lloyd Bochner, Eva Gabor, George Maharis, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Breck, Sherry Jackson, Jayne Meadows, Hugh O'Brian, Michelle Lee, Diana Muldaur, Forrest Tucker, Lisa Hartman, Don Knotts, Abe Vigoda, Larry Storch, Juliet Mills, Rue McClanahan, Al Molinaro, Scott and Jimmy Baio, Joanna Barnes, Tracey Gold, and half the casts of The Brady Bunch (Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb) and The Love Boat (Jill Whelan, Fred Grandy, and Ted Lange).
Also appearing are not-easily-classifiable character actors, singers, and other types included Sid Haig, Jack Carter, David Opatoshu, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jeff Corey, Pamela Franklin, Brett Halsey, Luke Askew, John Fiedler, Ellen Geer, Dan Seymour, Joe Mantell, Nehemiah Persoff, Nita Talbot, Jack Elam, Hans Conried, John McIntire, Chuck McCann, John Saxon, Doodles Weaver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Shigeta, Lola Falana, Douglas Fowley, Michael Parks, Toni Tennile, Morgan Woodward, Billy Barty, Regis Philbin, and Kim Richards.
That's a lot of talent, real and dubious, crammed into these things.
Beyond the scripts, Fantasy Island's other big weakness was that it cops out big time avoiding any explanation of how fantasies are staged and just how Mr. Roarke effortlessly manages to pull them off. Part of Westworld's and Futureworld's appeal was being able to go "behind the scenes" to see how their park's computer-controlled android population was maintained and operated. There's a hint of genuine fantasy in Fantasy Island to Mr. Roarke's machinations, but it's always implied and never explicitly stated. He's able to do the impossible not for any reasoned explanation, but rather simply because otherwise there'd be no show. More effort and ingenuity on the writers' part would have helped.
Video & Audio
The video transfers look very good. The show was filmed in bright, primary colors in standard 35mm and hold up quite nicely. The region 1 DVDs have no subtitle or alternate language options, but are closed-captioned and the English mono audio is clear and strong. No Extra Features.
Parting Thoughts
Frequently dopey but fun for its casts and two regular stars, Fantasy Island - The Complete Second Season is more enjoyable than it ought to be and enthusiastically Recommended.


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FRESNO, Calif. - Forget Earthlink, Mindspring, America Online or any of the other mega ISPs (Internet Service Providers) out there, credit unions can play the ISP game. Through affinity relationships or private label deals, credit unions can be the Internet access provider for their members-or that's how it will appear to their members anyway. Typically a credit union will partner with an ISP and either brand the service, what's known as private labeling, or co-brand it in the credit union's name along with the ISP. Why should credit unions bother with bringing another technology product into a growing array of Net-based offerings? Marketing may be one big reason. "Rather then send that member to some other ISP, credit unions can keep that mindshare of the member. There's a lot of strength and ability there to maintain a marketing relationship," said John Prather director of sales and marketing for ProtoSource Network, Fresno, Calif., an ISP targeting the credit union industry. ProtoSource recently signed on 10 credit unions to offer Internet access to members. Prather said credit unions can even provide Internet access that gives members e-mail addresses with the credit union's name (eg.,www.soandsocreditunion.org), or some catchy name that will instill brand recognition. One of the obvious marketing advantages of acting as an ISP is the credit union having a master member e-mail list it can use to market to members. "That's one of the key features we're finding credit unions are attracted to. With one stroke of a key they can send out a message about a new product or service to all their members who use their ISP," said Russ Parlsey, director of branded Internet services for ProtoSource Network. E-mail is much cheaper than any other type of traditional CU marketing channel, but credit unions have to be careful not to become just another spammer, said Prather. Prather said because of the unique credit union/member relationship, credit unions can send marketing e-mails without causing the annoyance many people feel when getting spammed "A credit union member has a completely different view of their credit union than they do from a company or bank they do business with," he said. It's that trusted relationship that the CU can take advantage of with e-mail marketing said Prather. Prather warned that credit unions should be careful when they sign an ISP deal that the ISP can not sell member e-mail lists to any third parties or use it for their own marketing purposes. One potential danger of offering Internet access is dealing with member angst when service is interrupted or when members get bogged down by constant busy signals. Credit unions need to look at getting service levels built into their contract, said Dave Plank, chief technology officer for CUNA & Affiliates. "What happens when things don't work right? Credit unions need to do an awful lot of due diligence. If they (the ISP) sell the credit union a bill of goods, who's going to look bad? It isn't that ISP, it's that credit union. You really have to do your homework," said Plank. ProtoSource charges CUs and other partners between $9 and $15 to offer ISP. Credit unions can price the service however they want. Parlsey said some CUs are giving the ISP service away for free if the member agrees to sign on for electronic bill pay, while others are charging the industry standard $19.99, and other CUs have priced it all over the board. Pennsylvania State Employees CU, Harrisburg, Pa., recently unveiled free Internet access for its members. In just two weeks, the CU has already signed up approximately 2,000 users. The CU is offering members the service through a partnership with 1stUp.com, a subsidiary of CMGI. 1stUp.com's ISP services are utilized by such Web giants as AltaVista and Excite. 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HUNDREDS of real-life Billy Elliots twirled and pirouetted their way to starring in the famous ballet Swan Lake.
Almost 300 youngsters auditioned for a place in the ballet at the New Theatre in Oxford.
Aged between eight and 18, the children were judged on their grace and poise before 100 of them were picked for parts in the show.
They will now get 11 six-hour days of expert tuition from professional dancers before the performances at the theatre on September 20 and 21.
It is the first time the English Youth Ballet has held auditions for a performance in Oxford.
One of those to make it through on Thursday was Ronnie Bates, nine, from Cumnor, who said: "I am excited and really happy.
"I am really looking forward to the opportunity and it is going to be really fun. Dancing make me feel alive."
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Rosalind Keen, eight, from East Oxford, said: "I am really happy to have got through because it is a really big opportunity.
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"I have done some performances before but not as big as this. I am afraid I am going to mess it up, but I am confident and excited as well."
Her mother, Molly Keen, 45, said: "It is just this wonderful thing to see young girls being so brave.
"No matter where they come they can feel terrific, but to be on this is such a joy because it is her dream.
"She has been dancing since three and she is very serious about it."
Fellow winner Lilly Norton, 11, from Tackley, near Woodstock, said: "I am very excited.
"I have been dancing since I was two-and-a-half and I really enjoy it. I just like the flow of it and being around my friends, because they all do dancing as well."
Her mum Debbie Norton said: "I am very pleased for her. It is such a proud moment.
"She does nine or 10 classes a week – three on a Friday – and she has been doing it since before her third birthday.
"She is very much dance, dance, dance. She wants to go to a full-time ballet school when she is 16."
English Youth Ballet director Janet Lewis said: "It is to give a performance opportunity to young dancers and give them a taste of what it is like to be in a professional ballet company.
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'SNL' Star Nasim Pedrad Leaving NBC for FOX's 'Mulaney'?
It's always a sad day when we have to say goodbye to some of our favorite 'SNL' cast members, much as the past year saw the likes of Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis and Bill Hader all departing the long-running sketch comedy series. This past season's finale didn't include any explicit goodbyes, but may in fact have been the confirmed exit of series star Nasim Pedrad, as she moves on to a new FOX series.


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Of the 269 applicants for silk in 1987, 53 were successful, and only two were women: Barbara Dohmann and Hilary Heilbron. Most junior was Richard Field, who was called to the Bar in 1977. Other silks of that year included John Hendy, who represented the National Union of Mineworkers in the civil cases during the miners' strike, and commented at the time: "I am an honorary member of the NUM now, and probably their first member to take silk."
Ten years on, in 1997, Hendy continues to be known for his work in the areas of employment law and personal injury cases, and is the role model for Kavanagh QC. Hendy's opinion of the past 10 years is: "although legal education has changed dramatically, and very much for the better, changes in the profession generally have made it more difficult for those coming in to get tenancies. We seem to be educating them better, but there are fewer opportunities. Over the past 10 years, the Bar has become much more specialist. It is rare to meet a general practice barrister, especially in London."
This comment is borne out by the growth during the past 10 years of specialist Bar associations, for example, commercial, chancery and professional negligence practice. This, as Hendy adds, "demonstrates that the Bar is accommodating the needs of the litigants and becoming more expert, but the endless cuts in legal aid make life difficult for those doing publicly funded work. Many have left the Bar in consequence, and it is more difficult for newcomers to get a start."
Hendy predicts that the Bar will be smaller and much more specialist in 2007. He believes that the younger barristers will have fewer opportunities, because demand is for the highly experienced, resulting in the Bar getting older overall.
Another of the 1987 silks, Hilary Heilbron, has seen similar changes: "Over the past 10 years, one of the most notable changes has been that barristers have recognised the needs and expectations of clients and have adapted to service those needs."
Heilbron made her name in commercial litigation and produced the Heilbron/Hodge report on civil court reform in 1993. As changes go, she notes: "It is more of an equal opportunities profession. Women make up a greater number of the Bar, and there has been a change of attitude in the Bar itself."
As to the periodic rumours of the profession fusing in the future, like many other barristers she cites the fact that even in other jurisdictions where there has been a fusion, a separate Bar has re-emerged in different forms. Her opinion: "It is too early to say what the impact of solicitor advocate QCs will be, but I feel very strongly that there is and will be a need for a thriving independent Bar."
Other notables in the list included Peter Goldsmith QC, who was chair of the Bar Council in 1995, and who has acted in some of the most high-profile commercial cases in the past 10 years. He is a driving force on the international front and in the Bar's pro bono unit. Rupert Jackson heads the set at 2 Crown Office Row, and is highly regarded in the area of professional negligence.
Edwin Glasgow and Ian Glick are noted for commercial litigation, and Christopher McCall is noted for chancery work. Richard Rampton has hit the headlines (and a television reconstruction) in the McLibel trial, with the judge's decision due shortly. Ronald Thwaites has carved a niche as a criminal practitioner, and was instructed recently in the Stephen Law-rence case, and David Neuberger has made a name for himself in property law.
In 2007, a sizeable proportion of the 1987 silks may be on the bench. but there are also a few who took silk ex officio in 1987 who have gained recognition of sorts in other areas – they include former MP David Mellor, and ex-Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Allan Green, who made his name while driving around King's Cross…
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For the first time in "many years" the city is planning to do a combined study of the zoning and subdivision codes.
City Administrator Jim Briggs said city staff is in the process of negotiating a contract with the Peckham Guyton Albers and Viets Inc. (PGAV) consulting firm to conduct the study and recommend possible revisions to the two codes.
PGAV was the firm recommended by a committee that interviewed several planning consultants recently, Briggs said.
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The committee included city staff members and members of the city's planning and zoning commission.
Briggs said the goal is to review the codes to make sure that provisions in each are compatible.
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Briggs said it won't focus on such things as lot sizes or zoning districts.
The city also has done an update of the subdivision code, but that work was done in-house, he added.
"This will be the first at the combined codes in a very long time," Briggs said.
However, the full scope of the project won't be known until the consulting firm begins reviewing the current provisions, he noted.
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(St. Albans, NY)- Yesterday, Florida Governor Rick Scott decided to reject $2.4 billion in federal stimulus aid for an Orlando to Tampa high speed rail route jeopardizing thousands of jobs and the opportunity to alleviate congestion on Florida's highways.
"President Barack Obama outlined this week a six year, $53 billion investment in a national high speed rail intercity passenger rail network, solidifying his commitment to invest in the transportation infrastructure desperately needed in the United States," Senator Malcolm A. Smith, co-chair of the High Speed Rail Working Group of the National Conference of State Legislatures said. "Unfortunately for the residents of Florida, Governor Scott has decided to reject $2.4 billion in federal stimulus money for his state's high speed rail project."
"New York State is ready and willing to move forward with our high speed rail project that will lay the foundation to put the United States in a position to be globally competitive moving goods and people more efficiently, create thousands of jobs, and alleviate our dependency on foreign oil," Senator Smith said. "New York remains fully committed to moving forward with high speed rail and we will gladly take Florida's $2.4 billion to build the Northeast Corridor which will connect us with our friends in Canada greatly enhancing our ability for international trade."
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FRISCO, Texas – The FC Dallas Academy U-16 and U-18 teams played Real Colorado on Saturday as part of FC Dallas Academy Day. Every academy team also played and won easily on Sunday and all of them currently sit at the top of their league rankings going into their final games of the regular season.
FC Dallas U-18s: 1
Real Colorado: 1
The Under-18s began the weekend with a 1-1 draw against Real Colorado on Saturday for Academy Day. Fernando Laverde scored the equalizing goal to save a point for FCD.
FC Dallas U-18s: 6
Colorado Rush: 3
The U-18s were back in action on Sunday with a 6-3 win over the Colorado Rush that clinched their fourth-straight division championship. Yannick Koffi led the scorers with three goals, followed by Kellyn Acosta with two. Yomeri Reyes also scored in the victory.
The U-18s head into their last game of the season on June 1 against Texas Derby rival Houston Dynamo with a four point lead over Solar Chelsea SC in the league standings.
FC Dallas U-16s: 3
Real Colorado: 0
The FCD U-16s also participated in Academy Day on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Real Colorado. Aaron Meyer, Cesar Murillo, and Alex Radilla scored for the team.
FC Dallas U-16s: 3
Colorado Rush: 0
In the second match of the weekend, the U-16s picked up another 3-0 win, this time over the Colorado Rush. Nicholas Zaldana started off the scoring for the team with Coy Craft adding a pair of goals.
The two wins guaranteed the U16s a first division title since 2010 as they lead by four points with just a game to play. .
FC Dallas U-15s: 4
San Antonio Classics: 0
The FCD U-15s bounced back from a loss last weekend with a 4-0 win over the San Antonio Classics. Philip Ponder, Daniel Kiser, Alex Lim, and Weston McKennie delivered goals for the team.
FC Dallas U-15s: 4
Andromeda: 1
The FCD U-15s followed up Saturdays win with a 4-1 win over Andromeda on Sunday. Weston Mckennie once again contributed a goal, while Alex Lim scored twice and Irvin Dominquez's goal rounded out the scoring.
The FCD U-15s enter their game against Lonestar SC on Saturday with a three point lead over the Houston Dynamo in the standings needing a win or draw to clinch the division.
FC Dallas U-14s: 2
Andromeda: 0
The FCD U-14s topped Andromeda 2-0 on Sunday with goals from Alex Zendejas and Eddie Munjoma.
The U14s have one game left in the season needing either a Solar loss or a win of their own to top the division.
FC Dallas U-13s: 5
Andromeda: 1
The U-13s cruised past Andromeda 5-1 on Sunday. Andy Contreras found the net twice with Julian Jaquez, Javi Barajas, and Robert Suarez also scoring. The team has clinched their division heading into their final game next weekend.
Up Next: U-16s, U-18s vs. Houston Dynamo, June 1; U-15s vs. Lonestar FC, Saturday; U-15s, U-14s, U-13s vs Houston Dynamo, June 2nd
Scoring Summaries:
U-18 Academy vs Real Colorado:
Fernando Laverde- 71'
U-18 Academy vs Colorado Rush:
Yannick Koffi- 27'
Yannick Koffi- 32'
Kellyn Acosta- 45'
Yannick Koffi- 57'
Kellyn Acosta- 82'
Yomeri Reyes- 97'
U-16 Academy vs Real Colorado:
Aaron Meyer- 30'
Alex Radilla- 52'
Cesar Murillo- 65'
U-16 Academy vs Colorado Rush:
Nicholas Zaldana- 24'
Coy Craft- 63'
Coy Craft- 80'
U-15 vs. San Antonio Classics:
Philip Ponder
Daniel Kiser
Alex Lim
Weston Mckennie
U-15 vs. Andromeda:
Alex Lim (2)
Irvin Dominquez
Weston Mckennie
U-14 vs. Andromeda:
Alex Zendejas
Eddie Munjomas
U-13 vs. Andromeda:
Andy Contreras (2)
Julian Jaquez
Javi Barajas
Robert Suarez


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(I previously posted this in the "All's Well That Ends Well" category by mistake. I may have an angry mob from "All's Well That Ends Well" hot on my heels. Oh well, all may be well, in the end.)
I've been hooked on Hamlet since 1993. I have some original ideas about word play and themes in Hamlet (although I assert they're not really original because Shakespeare had them first).
I have a free ad-free self-published web-based book on Hamlet in www.thyorisons.com/ Be All My Sins Remembered. Part I is about what Shakespeare tells us about Hamlet. Part II is what Hamlet tells us about Shakespeare. Part III is a short autobiography in which I apply symbolism and themes from Hamlet to my own life in order to explain how I learned to hate the Bomb (and what that has to do with Hamlet).
"Who's there?" The rest of the play answers that initial question. Hamlet is the "glass of fashion" and most of the other characters reflect some aspect of Hamlet. But who is Hamlet? A son of his warrior father, but also one who "could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space." Hamlet the soldier rants in golden couplets of warlike noise, while Hamlet the scholar unfolds himself through inaction and silence. But to be true to himself, Hamlet has to recognize that he is both soldier and scholar. He is the princely soldier who courageously returns to the fate awaiting him in his native soil (a graveyard). But he is also the gentle scholar who confesses the sins of his warlike nature.
There are a number of interlocking motifs in Hamlet which reveal much about Hamlet's character and the themes of the play. In the following essays, motifs, metaphors, puns, and wordplay are the keys to the themes of Hamlet.
Here is my most important discovery:
...some necessary question of the play be then to be considered...
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
...for look, where my abridgement comes.
I think it BE no other but e'en so:
Well may it sort that this portentous figure
Comes armed through our watch; so like the king
THAT was and IS THE QUESTION of these wars.
The "necessary question of the play." for Hamlet is "TO BE OR NOT TO BE" . . . . "so like the king THAT was and IS THE QUESTION of these wars."
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Welcome, Ray. I removed your posting in the other forum. No worries at all.
Very interesting observations.
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by Margaret Sinclair
The next lesson should draw on the modeling skills learned in the lab. Some students may want to continue using a handwritten spreadsheet to guide them in solving problems. Others may be ready to move to a completely algebraic model.
This page is still under construction.
|1. Formulas on a Spreadsheet
|3. Spreadsheet problems
|2. Setting up a problem on a spreadsheet
|4. Follow-up in the classroom


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Originally published Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 5:56 AM
Divining darkness at the western edge
Spokane author Shawn Vestal's new story collection "Godforsaken Idaho" taps into the American West's darker currents. Vestal appears Monday at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park.
Special to The Seattle Times
Author appearance
Shawn Vestal
The author of "Godforsaken Idaho" will appear at 7 p.m. Monday, April 15, at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. Free (206-366-3333; thirdplacebooks.com).
'Godforsaken Idaho: Stories'
by Shawn Vestal
Amazon Publishing/New Harvest, 224 pp., $15.95
Shawn Vestal's darkly provocative story collection rivets a reader's attention early on. And like the Mormon faith, which visits itself mightily upon many of these stories, it never really lets you go.
In "The First Several Hundred Years Following My Death," eternity plays out in an endless reel of memories from one's life. Everyone remains the age they were at death, and the pain, loneliness and heartbreak they lived dogs them throughout the afterlife. "Nobody tells you anything," reports the hapless narrator from the year 2613, "No instruction sheet, no welcome wagon."
Family reunions prove particularly uncomfortable in the afterlife, and regret rules the eternal day. "Here is something I wish I'd told my son and never have," the narrator confesses, "There is no peace here. ... If you want peace, you have to find it in the life you left behind."
That may prove dicey. Elsewhere in eternity, a soul from the Middle Ages reflects on the plague years. "'The Black Death,' he said, with an air of pride. 'You knew you were alive. You knew the value of a day.'"
Steeped mostly in the rural West, some of these stories by Vestal, a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, convey a tragic insight into commonplace events reminiscent of the stories of Raymond Carver. An ex-con father mentors his teenage son on the fine points of burglary. A deadbeat boyfriend cons his girl's unsuspecting Mormon parents for money to float his decidedly gentile lifestyle. An aging druggie plays out the last of his ranch family's largesse.
Throughout these well-crafted stories, Vestal's prose captures the gritty poignancy of western life. Here's a description of a tourist's "pocket dog" at a resort. "From (her) purse emerged the tiny head of a creature with a furious puff of Einstein hair. Like a rat being born. The rat barked and hung a tongue the color of a pencil erasure.
"Out here, we're bound to feel a dog like that is just wrong."
Other characters are haunted by their Mormon pasts. A young World War I ship's gunner tries to conform to farm and church life after the trauma of war, and fails utterly. A farm girl who survived the brutal wagon march west from Nauvoo resists an arranged "celestial marriage" to an aging Mormon bishop — until a plague of locusts descends on their valley.
The last story in the collection, "Diviner," delves deeply into early Mormon history. It's told through the 1825 journal entries of Isaac Hale, a Susquehanna Valley farmer who chipped in to hire a young Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, who comes to the valley as a clairvoyant treasure seeker. He is a charlatan and locates no treasure, but sets his divining stones on Hale's lovely and intelligent daughter, Emma.
The story is masterful in its unfolding and lays an insightful and philosophical foundation for the stories that proceed it. Vestal breaks important new ground in his exploration of some of the darker legacies that have shaped the American West.
Tim McNulty is co-editor of "Notes from Disappearing Lake, The River Journals of Robert Sund" (Pleasure Boat Studio).


text: As the title says, in Hammers of Fate although I successfully complete the missions, instead of moving to the next mission, it prompts me immediately in the main menu screen. After that, the already unlocked missions are locked again and I can only choose the first mission available by default. I can load the game from my last save (I can choose any save in fact,regardless the mission), but nevertheless the game does not proceed to the next mission. The only solution was to start over again the whole campaign progress starting from mission 1.1, but it comes to a point that it loses all progress. I searched around the forums, but didn't find any similar problem. I would love a solution.


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Johannesburg - South Africa-based MTN's share price made its biggest daily gain in more than seven years on Thursday after the regional mobile phone giant said it had set aside $600 million to settle its dispute with Nigeria over a $3.9 billion fine.
Last week MTN said it had withdrawn a lawsuit over the fine, imposed for failing to disconnect unregistered users of its mobile network in Nigeria, and made a "good faith payment" of $250 million towards reaching an amicable settlement instead.
Nigeria has been pushing operators to verify the identity of their subscribers, concerned that unregistered SIM cards are being used for criminal activity in a country also fighting an insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
Africa's biggest cellphone network operator also announced on Thursday a surprise 5.2 percent increase in its dividend to 1,310 cents per share, even though its profits more than halved in what the company described as a "challenging year".
Headline earnings per share (EPS) last year fell to 746 cents from 1 536 cents in 2014.
The share price was up 10 percent at R149.4 by 1036 GMT, their strongest daily advance since October 2008.
Read also: MTN may list in Nigeria
"The fact that they increased the dividend is a surprise because the market had expected them to cut it by maybe 50 percent," said one telecoms sector analyst, who asked not to be named.
"The provision that they set aside also implies a smaller fine than people had anticipated," the analyst added.
MTN has already managed to negotiate the penalty down from $5.2 billion to $3.9 billion but the fine has continued to weigh on MTN's share price, which is down almost 20 percent since October, when the fine was imposed, even after Thursday's rise.
MTN also said at its results presentation on Thursday that it planned to float its Nigerian unit on the Lagos stock market once it had settled the dispute.
Separately Africa Internet Group (AIG), a Nigerian e-commerce group best known for online retailer Jumia, said on Thursday it had secured further funding worth a total of 225 million euros ($245 million) from a group of investors including MTN, already one of the firm's biggest shareholders.
Read also: MTN cuts dividend
Africa's most populous nation and biggest oil producer is MTN's largest market, but the firm's importance to its economy and people also gives it leverage with Abuja at a time when the economy has been hit hard by the slump in oil prices.
Nigeria's telecommunications minister told Reuters this week the government would start another round of talks with MTN "very soon" although the final decision on the size of the fine rested with President Muhammadu Buhari.
His South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, undertakes a state visit to Nigeria next week and the issue of the fine is widely expected to come up. South Africa's state pension fund is MTN's largest single investor.
In January a Lagos judge gave both sides until March 18 to resolve the dispute and MTN sources said last month they hoped the company would end up paying a "reasonable" amount.
The original fine was set at $5.2 billion on the basis of charging $1 000 for every unregistered SIM card that MTN failed to disconnect.


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- MWC Watch
- July 6-12: Tight ends and linebackers
- July 13-26: Running backs and defensive backs
Here's our pick for the seventh-best defensive lineman in the MWC.
MWC Watch: No. 7 DL
Andy Jennings
Defensive end
Fresno State
(Senior, 6-foot-2, 275-pounds)
Andy Jennings was the Bulldogs' leading sackmaster in 2012. The 6-foot-2, 275-pounds defensive end finished his junior campaign with 5.5 sacks, and also forced four fumbles.
He was especially menacing in Fresno State's win over San Diego State. In that game, Jennings recorded five tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss, and also forced two fumbles.
For his efforts, Jennings was named Mountain West defensive player of the week.
He finished the year on the All-Mountain West second team, and will go into his senior season as one of Fresno State's biggest defensive weapons.
Jennings begins 2013 on Athlon's preseason All-Mountain West second-team. The Mountain West is replete with some high-profile signal-callers this season, and it's Jennings' job to try and slow down the likes of San Jose State's David Fales and Nevada's Cody Fajardo.


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I'm pretty comfortable with where I am. I have made my decisions on where I am going in my own career, and where the team needs to go. It's been great. For me it's been a long seven years. It has had a lot of good moments, and I think people have really given me a lot of support. I am grateful for that. I would love to end on a positive note (with a World Cup win).
Series win ideal for World Cup: Smith
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Governor Palin's 'The Undefeated' Premieres in Iowa Tuesday
Friday, June 24, 2011
The Undefeated, the film about Governor Palin's career, is set to debut in Iowa next Tuesday, according to Real Clear Politics and others:
Sarah Palin's nationwide bus tour may be on hiatus, but the former Alaska governor will nonetheless be on display in the nation's first voting state of Iowa on Tuesday.
"The Undefeated," a two-hour pro-Palin documentary produced by conservative filmmaker Steven K. Bannon, is set to premiere in Pella -- about 40 miles southeast of Des Moines.
The film will be shown at the 111-year-old Pella Opera House, an approximately 300-seat venue near the center of the quaint Iowa town, at 5 p.m. Central Time. Palin has been invited to attend the premiere but has not yet indicated whether she will do so.
Bannon had previously indicated that he intended to premiere his film in the other early voting states on the Republican primary schedule, but plans have not yet been released on potential screening dates in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
According to a Victory Film Group and ARC Entertainment press release, "The Undefeated" will continue its national debut in 10 cities during the week of July 15 with additional plans to be determined regarding a more extensive release.
More here.
Go here to vote to bring The Undefeated to your town and to buy tickets. Follow @PalinUndefeated on Twitter here and Like it on Facebook here.
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I was chatting with my buddy Dan (whilst we were both supposed to be working/writing at SoHo House ) and he mentioned that for fun he bartends Friday nights at Landmarc . He invited me to come down and have a drink.
Dan assured me that the resto was very careful about allergens and he would ensure my dinner would be safe. (If you met Dan, you'd trust him in a New York minute; he's that kind of guy.) So I pitched it to C. who agreed to meet me there.
Tucked into a corner of West Broadway, this small spot takes no reservations and no prisoners. I arrived around 745pm and there was already a line out the door and a throng by the bar. Dan was holding court to the mainly couple-filled hoard, most of whom were doing their best "Norm" impression from Cheers. And he wasn't kidding about how careful this resto is regarding allergens.
I was thinking about a steak so I asked about the grill, which is an open grill right next to the bar.
Do they also grill fish on there? No, just meat.
Do they marinate their steak? Some cuts, like the hanger, yes in olive oil, garlic, thyme, and parsely.
And the fries that come with that, might they be in a dedicated fryer? Yes, in fact, yes.
Oh joy!
I had the hanger steak - it was well seasoned, medium rare, and delish. C. had the lamb shank – practically licked the plate clean. Oohhh those lardons sent C. into spasms of delight. And I must admit I fell a little in love with the lamb myself.
I've already decided, I'm going back next Friday, before the seasonal menu changes and the lamb goes away. I'll sit at the cozy bar; [it's "O" shaped and almost feels like you're playing blackjack but with a much friendly and chattier group]; let Dan pick me out a great red wine and enjoy some lamb-y allergen-free love.
PS Eater reports via Snack that the Columbus Circle outpost is, as of today, open.
Multiple locations in NYC


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Digital Anarchy Readies Texture Anarchy for PhotoshopPlugin suite generates procedural textures and edge effects
Texture Anarchy includes three plugins for Photoshop designed to produce and manipulate procedural textures. The main plugin, Texture Anarchy, offers 38 algorithmic noise types with automatic variation production, as well as a "Deep Editing" feature for modifying all aspects of the textures, including the noise type, scale, rotation, color, gradients and other aspects. It includes four fully controllable light sources, a gradient editor and 27 blending modes for creating variations on the textures, which can also be applied as bump maps.
Tiling Texture Anarchy, the second plugin in the set, is similar to Texture Anarchy, but is used to produce seamlessly tiling textures. It offers most of the features of the main plugin but puts constraints on rotation and texture scaling for the purpose of tiling.
The third plugin is called Edge Anarchy. It uses procedural textures for generating edge effects around or on images and includes options for edge shape, falloff, lighting control, etc.
Texture Anarchy will ship with "several hundred" presets, according to Jim Tierney, who heads up Digital Anarchy. It also allows users to save and load presets. It will be available next week at an introductory price of $129 (regularly $149). For more information, visit http://www.digitalanarchy.com.
Contact the author: Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Mac OS, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at [email protected].
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Justin Hamilton had a second straight big game on offense as the Miami Heat defeated the Houston Rockets 92-81 in NBA Las Vegas Summer League play on Saturday.2 comments on this story
The former Lone Peak High star scored a team-high 21 points to pace the Heat, who also played in the Orlando Summer League. Hamilton started at center for Miami and hit 9 of 12 shots from the field, including his only 3-point attempt. He also made 2 of 4 free throws and had three assists.
Hamilton had a big night on the defensive side as well, adding seven rebounds, five blocked shots and a steal.
This comes one day after he scored 20 points in the Heat's final contest in Orlando on Friday, a loss to Oklahoma City. In that game, Hamilton also had seven rebounds and two assists.
In six Summer League games thus far, Hamilton has scored in double figures five times. He finished the 2013-14 NBA season on the Heat roster.
Miami next faces the L.A. Clippers on Monday.
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Nintendo expects combined sales of 10.5 million for Wii and Wii U by spring 2013
Nintendo is mum about how many units of the upcoming Wii U it could sell, but the company is revealing expectations for total sales of its two consoles.
Reportedly Nintendo predicts that it will move 10.5 million combined units of the Wii and Wii U between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. As for software, the numbers stack up to 70 million copies across the two platforms.
Considering the Wii U doesn't launch until the holiday season, those figures allow a smaller window for the new console and its software. As a result, these projected sales numbers could be interpreted different ways.
Do you think the Wii U will be successful in its first few months of release?
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text: Evening all I'm not a regular in this part of the forum being an S3 owner, but I've just visited Revo / Stasis HQ in Daventry for a software update on my car, and whilst I was there I was lucky enough to test out their new S5 Sportback for a day. I'll be honest (and apologies in advance), whilst I love the S5 from an aesthetic perspective I've never been 100% sold on it's dynamic capability, especially in V8 guise. I don't dispute it's a very quick car, but coming from a car that runs a fairly advanced state of forced induction tune the V8 felt just a touch lazy (you could say linear) in it's power delivery. The soundtrack once the taps are opened is a divine aural symphony, but the delivery of that power was so smooth the car almost felt like it was lacking something. It was quite a disappointment that a car with such a glorious engine didn't push the buttons I was expecting, and given the low cost benefit ratio of NA tuning it no longer looked a viable car for us now, or in the future. Cue the 3.0 V6 TFSi that first appeared in the cab model, it has now been installed in the sportback and so Revo tell me the latest facelift version of the coupe. I'd initially been confused after I saw one on the road wearing a V6T moniker on it's front wing and thought it must be turbocharged, but this misinterpretation was soon righted after a quick visit to Audi UK's web site where I learned it was actually supercharged! Slightly unusual I initially thought given Audi's predominant use of the tubby, but the more I considered it the more it sounded like good sense as it would overcome any of the lag issues some of us get with the K04. Fast forward about six months and I'm kicking around Revo HQ waiting for a software revision when their head of service & support kindly offers me an opportunity to take their S5 for a spin. Be rude not too, so I took the keys and headed off on the A361 in the direction of Banbury. The car is running Revo's Challenge Edition Spec in mode 2 (for 98-100RON fuel), and this consists of: Remap (Stage 1 - Performance mode 2) Full exhaust system (Milltek) Uprated sway bars Uprated air filter (not sure what brand) Stasis 6 pot uprated disks / pads Stasis forged rims 20" Bilstein B16 coilovers Figures at the flywheel on the standard car are about 350bhp, but stage 1 mode 2 is pushing an additional 65bhp so a full fat 415bhp is on tap, with comparative torque figures in lb/ft respectively. I'll be honest, my bum dyno loses much in the way of accuracy beyond about 300bhp, and I resort to using various expletives and colloquialisms to categorise the pace of a car beyond that point. As I pulled out of the industrial estate the car felt typically S5 (civilised, comfortable), but at this stage the car was set in 'D'. As I got on to the 'A' road, I flicked the gear selector across to the left, turned off the traction control, placed my hands at a quarter to three on the wheel, blipped down a gear on the paddle shift and planted the throttle. iPhone sound clip (lo quality) There had been hints of what to expect performance wise as the car felt quite a bit firmer and more poised than a factory car, but as the car launched up the road even I was taken aback by the relentless surge of pace that just kept coming. My license is a vital part of my job, so there were limits to what I could test on UK roads, but at NO point during the morning did the car ever feel out of puff. Now I could drone on and on for hours in fine detail as to my perceptions of this that and the other, but to be honest I think it's something you have to experience first hand to appreciate, so I'm going to do my best to capture the essence of my opinions in a few bullet points which will make this much easier to consume. Anyone with other questions can ask them specifically later on. I drove the car for about 50 miles across a range of road types (B/A/M), and have opinions on all. 1 - ENGINE: A peach; yes the V8 has charm, but the supercharger on the V6 offers so much immediate punch, and extends the scope of significantly improved performance with some very simple upgrades. I'd loved to have driven the car standard to compare and contrast, but I can say hand on heart (I'm used to 360bhp with less weight than an S5), that this engine is stunningly quick in tuned state. It delivers the kind of urgency and pace which pushes you firmly into your seat and makes overtaking an absolute breeze. This car is not equipped with an uprated pulley, but if I'm honest I'm not sure unless your looking to build a v-maxxer that you'd even want to consider it. 2 - TRANSMISSION: With no disresepct I don't like the way 'auto' Audi's (of any flavour / car) manage gear changes in 'D' mode. I'm sure it's efficient, economical and reliable but I find it tedious, waring and dull. I suppose it gives owners a car with a Jeckyl and Hyde personality offering the best of two completely different worlds?? The only reason I could overlook the docile nature of 'D' mode is that the woeful fuel economy may see slight improvement as it lumbers through all seven gears. As a piece of technical engineering the gearbox is a masterpiece, the changes are seamless (if mistimed). However switch to S mode and a drive becomes a completely different experience. Swift changes in either direction with a generous amount of user control afforded by the system before it assumes auto pilot. The gearbox felt unaffected by the 60bhp power hike, and there was no lurching or sense of strain on the box. The 7 speed is also great for cruising. 3 - RIDE / HANDLING / BRAKING: Riding 20's with coilovers this car isn't going to be the flying carpet that left the factory; it's firm, and on the UK's abhorrant roads it could feel a touch harsh at lower speeds in and around town. Once your speed increases it rides the imperfections much better, and the car feels absolutely planted. Whereas my S3 can feel harsh and skittish at the cost of vital grip, the uprated S5 glides effortlessly soaking up the majority of the unpleasantries making cross country blats a very pacey and unflustered experience. The one revelation I noted over the V8 version I tested in 2011 was the improved body roll control, with the uprated sway bars the whole car felt so much more planted. I didn't manage to find the limit of the grip, but then it wasn't my car to put in a hedge! The enormous 6 pot brakes inspire so much confidence over the 'S" brakes which to be fair aren't bad, but the stopping power on the Stasis set up is like nothing I've ever experienced, and given their stopping power I noted no brake squeal or grabbing. Very progressive; and something I've really overlooked in the past. Jury's out on the rims, I love OEM look and these wheels sit very proud in the arches. Can't make up my mind on them but they're not offensive if you're budget stretches that far. 4 - ECONOMY: I've never heard anyone boasting about fuel economy on the S5, and I'd imagine on a good day you might stray into the high 20's with a following wind downhill, but the likelihood is the low 20's will probably be your usual territory. The modded car delivered 21.6mpg with a mix of driving in the 50 miles I had access to it, which to me indicates that whilst that may be possibly slightly lower than standard its a price worth paying for the performance hike. 5 - VERDICT: It's hard to position this as people's needs from their cars can often be completely different. The car I drove today was extensively modified, and you could quite easily use this on the track with phenomenal results. The Stasis / Revo tuning kit for the S5 is not cheap by any stretch, the bill you'd expect for what was fitted on this car today knocked on the door of £12k. Initially when this figure was quoted my face must have been a picture, but then this is a £50k+ car, and most owners probably might not go quite to the lengths that this car has been treated to. Until I drive a standard 3.0T it's hard to give an objective view of improvements, but I can be categorical in this one fact. I drove a second hand V8 S5 in May 2011 with the intent to buy. In the end I bought another S3 with the aim of going back to stage 2+ (360bhp). Yes of course the S5 is a better car, it's newer, more beautiful, more prestigious, more luxurious, better appointed; in fact it surpasses the S3 in pretty much every way but one. Potential. For very reasonable money (£5k) a new £30k S3 can be made into a very engaging car. I wasn't convinced that for sensible money I could transition the 4.2 V8 into something that stirred my soul in the same way. You could argue how could you expect any level of comparison, they're two completely different beasts (turbo vs. na / David vs. Goliath), but the V6 TFSi I drove today put that smile on my face in the way that the V8 just didn't manage to muster. In sport mode there was a rawness to it's execution, and personally I believe it delivered the kind of performance that must be snapping at the heels of it's RS cousin. OK it's carrying quite a shopping list of extras, but even with a few carefully chosen extras I still think the package would be deeply satisfying. I like many others are bored ****less of the auto journo's relentless slating 'S' of cars, but there is small part of me (even as a long term S owner) that quietly agrees with some of their criticisms. I genuinely believe many of the S cars are not quite good enough from factory, and whilst Audi continue to deliver cars with performance capabilities often determined by model hierarchies it's unlikely to change. The saving grace is once you've paid your money, if you're anything less than satisfied there are companies out there offering you the opportunity to make the very best of you're investment. If you own an S4/S5 model with the 3.0T supercharged engine variant and it's not living up to your expectations I strongly recommend not overlooking the modification route too quickly. The car I test drove today was a genuine surprise, retained all of it's OEM appeal and qualities and felt like it's buried strengths had just been coaxed out to the fore (graphics aside it looked great even with 4 doors!). If you're in any doubt, make your own mind up and go for a test drive. PS: Apologies for the quality of the photos, I only had phone for sound clips and photos.


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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Ask anyone in Taylor County about furniture and the name McMahan will come up. It started with eight brothers in the 1940s that all got in the business together. Eugene McMahan's father was one of those brothers.
"I knew I wanted to do this when I first started. When I first got out of college, I knew this is what I wanted to do," Eugene recalls. "It's the kind of work you really enjoy and it's challenging every day. It's fun work but it's hard work."
Euguene followed in his father's footsteps and is one of the few McMahans who have stayed in the business. Now his son is working for him. By the early 2000s, Campbellsville Handmade Cherry furniture was doing half-a-million dollars in business a year. That's before the recession hit and before tragedy struck.
"The fire was Oct.15, 2010," Patrick McMahan said. "It completely destroyed everything except for the concrete pad we're standing on and about half of our showroom pieces, which we carried out while it was burning."
Fire tore through the Campbellsville factory and showroom. The lumber and chemicals inside igniting it like a matchbox.
"It flattened it to the ground," Patrick said. "[There was] nothing we could do but stand there and watch and try to save what we could."
Eugene remembers it with tears in his eyes. "It was terrible," he says. "I was at the doctor's office and when I came up over the hill I could see the smoke and I knew that was it. But nobody got hurt and that was the main thing."
No one was hurt but the business was. More than $60,000 in customers' work had to be replaced, not to mention the equipment and inventory. Most everyone, including Eugene, thought it was the end.
That's when Patrick stepped up. "If I didn't do it, that's the last McMahan. My dad turned 70-years-old this year. If I didn't get down here and do it that was it."
But instead it was a new beginning. The father and son team used the insurance money to buy new equipment and get started on construction right away. Within four months, they opened their new warehouse.
"Everything's grown locally in Kentucky," Patrick explains as he tours the factory. "All the cherry comes mostly from the Appalachian region."
They are back up and running. Business took a hit but they are sticking to their roots, using all local materials and making everything by hand.
It would save some money for them to mass produce, but they do it because they love it. They say they will keep doing it because well, it's in their blood.
"We're not getting rich off this," Patrick said. "We don't make a lot of money but we like doing it. I take great pride in putting something in someone's house and them saying 'that's beautiful.'
"That's the reward you get," Euguene said.
Mobile Workers Travel the Country for a Paycheck
By Becky Bratu
Camping season is long over in Campbellsville, Ky., but motorhomes and camper vans still fill its parking lots and motel rooms are booked for months.
When Amazon.com announced last month it was hiring for thousands of temporary positions at its Kentucky fulfillment centers for the holiday season, people from across the country converged upon the town of 10,000 in a rush to fill them.
"It's like quick money for Christmas," Rita DeMichiel of Florida, one of the temporary workers, said. "We get in, we get out."
DeMichiel is part of a growing number of mobile job hunters who travel to Campbellsville during the holiday season with their entire families to work for $10 an hour, packing and shipping Amazon orders during 8-12 hour shifts.
"The pay is really good, it's above minimum wage," DeMichiel said. "They pay overtime, so financially for us it was a way to make quick money and then be on our way to the next destination."
The camper vans filled with families, retirees or hard-up job seekers are becoming a holiday season staple in Campbellsville.
Ron McMahan, executive director of the Campbellsville-Taylor County Economic Development Authority, says these seasonal workers are adding dollars to local businesses.
"It's like a three- to four-month convention," McMahan said. "These people are here eating in restaurants, they need medical services, they are shopping in retail stores, they need camper repair."
For most of the workers, hopscotching around the country for a paycheck is a lifestyle. When their work is done in Kentucky, they'll drive their vans to the next job. Texas, Wyoming, Michigan are a few of the popular destinations for itinerant workers. Most of them hear about available jobs online or by word of mouth from other workers.
Debra and Mark Pinson traded in a three-bedroom house and a mortgage for life on the road. Their first time living in a work camp was this spring in Michigan. They now travel from job to job across the country in their RV, staying in work campgrounds rent-free.
"Well, the mortgage was $1,800 and we pay zero here," Debra Pinson said. "There are jobs out there. You just have to go out and look for them."
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K1, Wasiu Ayinde's Ex-Wife Remarries: Jemilat Snatches Dublin-Based Toyin Waka's Fiance
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Jemilat Ololade Animashaun Snatches Dublin-Based Socialite, Adetoun Adenuga Aka Toyin Waka's Fiance
In a rush rush wedding ceremony at the Ikoyi Federal Marriage registry, the ex-wife of Fuji Legend Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, Jemilat has remarried.
Jemilat's wedding ceremony was witnessed by a few guests as she married a US-based socialite named Taiwo Onijeseku on Thursday January 16th, 2014.
The couple did their traditional wedding at Jemilat's family house in Surulere area of Lagos state Nigeria.
Jemilat who had a son from her previous marriage gave birth to a daughter named Halimot after marrying Wasiu Ayinde. Their marriage reportedly crashed 5 years ago.
According to entertainment insiders, Jemilat's new husband is engaged to marry a Dublin-based socialite named Adetoun Adenuga popularly called Toyin Waka.
In 2013, Taiwo and Toyin welcomed a baby girl and had a lavish naming ceremony with the hope of getting married this year. They christened their baby girl, Anuoluwapo Aduragbemi Oyindamola Aduke Onijeseku in December.
Taiwo was alleged to have informed the guests to look forward to attending their wedding ceremony soon.
As we speak, Taiwo's fiancee in Dublin Ireland, Toyin Waka has been informed of the wedding. Friends and sources from Dublin said she is heartbroken about the development and has remained inconsolable.
Here is a photo of Toyin Waka with her newborn baby.
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A La Cañada High School math teacher who agreed to retire in June after it was determined she used abusive language in the classroom will get a $215,000 payout from the district, according to the terms of the settlement.
The teacher, Gabrielle Leko, agreed to resign after an internal investigation found she had engaged in unprofessional behavior, including addressing a ninth grade student as "Jew boy."
The agreement was announced March 27, but the terms were not disclosed until Tuesday, when the district responded to a public records request filed by Times Community News.
Signed by Leko and Supt. Wendy Sinnette on March 14, it includes a $215,000 severance to be paid in three installments during a three-year period, starting this month.
School board President Scott Tracy on Tuesday defended the agreement as the most cost-effective way to bring the months-long ordeal to an end.
"The settlement agreement potentially saved the district from hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, and we wouldn't have been able to dictate the outcome," he said. "Our view is we have mitigated the potential financial impact and financial liability, and all the extended litigation time and resources to which the district would have been subject."
The settlement also states that Leko, 59 — a 27-year district employee and co-chair of the high school math department — will receive medical coverage until the age of 65. Additionally, no teacher evaluation will be conducted for her this school year, and all documents referring to action to initiate dismissal proceedings will be removed from her personnel file.
One of the most senior teachers in La Cañada Unified, Leko is currently earning an annual salary of $82,231.
In June 2011, then school-board member Cindy Wilcox filed a formal complaint alleging that Leko habitually used inappropriate language in her classroom. When the accusations became public several months later, it ignited a community uproar, with some people calling for the teacher to be fired immediately and others saying she was the victim of a witch hunt.
Internal and third-party investigations concluded that Leko had made inappropriate comments reflecting gender and ethnic biases.
In February, following four closed-session meetings, the district announced it would start dismissal proceedings against Leko while also pursuing settlement negotiations.
Wilcox, who was heavily criticized by some for making her complaint public, said Tuesday that she believes the board took appropriate action in moving to get rid of Leko. She also criticized what she described as overly powerful teachers unions.
"I believe the teachers union is too powerful," Wilcox said. "Teachers deserve due process but not tenure. We are stuck with this system, and this is the price we pay until we take the initiative to go charter or come up with some other working model."


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Two local artists have their works on display and you'll have the chance to see them in person..
The First Friday Art Walk takes place Friday, April 6th. Artist Juanita Williams focuses on water colors and acrylic paintings. She said when she sits down to paint, she never knows what she's going to get.
"Some of my paintings, I have no idea where they came from. They just, I just start playing with the paint on the canvas, and all of a sudden I have a painting and I don't know where it came from," said Williams.
Richard McBride makes his creations from different types of exotic wood. He said his artistic ability came to him unexpectedly.
"I retired 11 years ago, and I just wanted something to do where I didn't have to do a lot of lifting and everything, and this is what I ended up doing and I love to do it," said McBride.
Both Williams and McBride have their works displayed in Gallery G on 4th St downtown. Neither of the artists said they plan to retire from creating art any time soon.
"I can't seem to stop!," said Williams. "I'm going to do it until I'm too old to do it anymore," said McBride.
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Hi chickie, thanks.
Wow! Beautiful Robbie!
Hi JJ, thanks glad you enjoy the picture.
Nice puzzle, Robbiel, thanks, and this makes me feel nostalgic about Bermuda again...
Thanks Celeste, half dead plant, definitely dead rock and some live rocks with surf!
What a beautiful shot! Thanks Robbie :)
Right on Jon and thanks.
Yes PG, today it is illegal to take lobsters here, so we spend money for them!
Thanks JB!
Succinctly - BEAUTIFUL!
Jangel, can't you see the line in the water? It should be obvious even to the most casual observer. They put those lines so you know where you are not supposed to go or in most cases where the fishing or lobstering is the best due to lack of traffic. The line is a challenge for all to take up and so few do. Good going Robbie and now I bet without the line the fishing and lobstering is not half as good. It was their honey hole and you found it.
Too funny, Robbie - after all, who can tell where a border is on the water? It was all about the greater good!
Jon maybe he is photoreb? Actually we miss them, they built our runway, rented our houses and boosted our economy. We should be very grateful to the US service men and women who came through here. The only thing we did to get on their nerves was in our boat. There was an area near the runway where they stored weapons, bombs etcetera and there was a 100 yard or so no boating zone. Well one of our favourite lobster holes was in a reef just inside or outside the zone, not really sure. Every time we went over two guards with weapons would scram out in a jeep and wave us off. We waved to them and got our lobsters!! My granny and aunt rented houses to US personnel for about 25 years and we made many good friends and our families still exchange Christmas cards!
Yes Hanne thanks, it is very hot and salty out there right now, so they do look withered but never die!
Hi PK, thanks it sure is.
Bwess oo BBM!! Tank oo!
Beautiful place !!!!!
I'm actually sure it IS goldenrod, Robbie. But it's withering. Nice place really, good for you that it's free now!! Thanks so very much!!
What happened to the "gent" in photogent?
Yup, datz goeden wad ahwite, achooooo! Escooz pweeze.
Hi Suzy, sure is, thanks.
Had some good friends there PG, but nice to see the beach up close!
Sure is TC, thanks.
I thought so Morris, thank you.
Ok Graci, you love your beaches don't you?!
And this one too, thanks
Looks like goldenrod to me ,Rob.
So glad you can enjoy it now. It really is a special place.
Lucky you got rid of those dam Yanks now you can enjoy the beach.
Beautiful Bermuda!
I will have to ask David if this is Goldenrod weed. Or does anyone else know? I was born in Bermuda 62 years ago and yesterday was the first time I have ever been out on this point of land! This belonged to the US Navy Base and was a NASA tracking station years ago. Locals were not allowed on until the US forces and NASA packed up and left the Island recently. Now it is a public park with four lovely beaches for everyone to enjoy.


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The Eight Worst Steven Spielberg Films
Face it, we owe most of our awesome childhood memories to Steven Spielberg. By directing Jaws, the original Indiana Jones trilogy, E.T. and serving as a producer on such classics as Poltergeist, he proved not only was he a talented director but a brilliant producer and ideas man. A Steven Spielberg film was an event and his helming of Jurassic Park and Schindler's List made him a household name.
However, his record isn't perfect. Far from it. In fact, it's fair to say he has some blemishes and when Spielberg delivers a piece of crap it's gonna be one of the biggest pieces of crap you ever tried to sit through. Here are the eight worst films Steven Spielberg has ever made, as both a director and producer.
This should have been amazing. This should be a film that was the absolute proof of why Spielberg was the master of the summer blockbuster. And honestly, this film does have quite a few moments that make it a somewhat watchable film. The biggest problem with the film is the its "sunshine and roses" happy ending. Spielberg has a tendency to end his films with a happy ending and it often works, but if one of his blockbusters didn't need one, it was this one. War of the Worlds didn't have to end in death, despair, and destruction, but the attempt at a tear-inducing happy family reunion sort of killed the mood of the entire piece. You don't have to avoid this one, just maybe turn it off five minutes before it ends.
When the first Transformers film came out, the combination of director Michael Bay and Spielberg as producer seemed like a risky move, but it was a gamble that totally paid off. Needless to say, a sequel was not only guaranteed, it was demanded. Did the sequel live up to the original? Hell to the no. First, the writing was marred by the Writers' Guild of America strike. Bay actually began production on the robot fight sequences while the script was in need of serious work.
Second, the script they did film had an insulting mixture of racist stereotypes and sexism in two of the robots, totally inaccurate portrayals of marijuana use and a story that was too over the top for its own good. Not to mention that most of the action was so blurred by rapid fire edits that made the fights almost incomprehensible. This one isn't all Spielberg's fault — Bay deserves a share of the blame as well. One would think a man as powerful as Spielberg could have said, "Let's push back the release and fix this before we deliver the fans a disappointment." But, he didn't say that. However, they didn't deliver disappointment, they delivered a disaster.
In all honesty, Spielberg doesn't get all of the blame for this. Spielberg was one of four directors, the others being John Landis, Joe Dante and George Miller, who decided to revive the classic television series in a feature film consisting of a truly awesome opening scene with Albert Brooks and Dan Aykroyd, and a quartet of classic stories from the show. Now, most of the major problems the film faced were on Landis' end when the filming of his segment resulted in the tragic deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two Vietnamese child actors, but this tragedy has been sufficiently covered. The problem with the film is that it's mostly dull, except for Spielberg's segment. The story revolves around a mysterious man who moves into a retirement home and becomes mischievous as he begins to inspire the other residents to engage in activities they did when they were kids in an effort to feel young again. Decent idea but the segment is so sappy and schmaltzy it's irritating. Between tragedy, sap, and poor imitations, Twilight Zone: The Movie is one that's best left avoided.
Hey, everyone! Who wants to watch Tom Hanks put on a stupid foreign accent and play a guy stuck living in an airport terminal? Answer: well, everyone. Hey, who's gonna actually enjoy it? Answer: no one. Well, except for the bits Stanley Tucci was in.
Jurassic Park was amazing. Truly amazing. So, it was no surprise that someone would say that a sequel should happen. So, they commissioned author Michael Crichton to write a sequel novel that could be turned into a film and focus on the character of Ian Malcolm (portrayed by Jeff Goldblum). Problem – Malcolm died in the book, despite living in the movie. But Crichton found a solution and revived the character and delivered the novel. Then the film was made and oh, how it was terrible. It follows the rule of the sequel by making the film bigger and more fantastic, but if you saw the logic-defying appearance of a T-Rex in the New York harbor, you know that this film was just overblown and ridiculous. Some might say this was the beginning of the downfall of Spielberg. It is proof that Spielberg has no problem cashing in. And to make matters worse, it led to Jurassic Park III, which makes this one look like The Godfather.
Speaking of cashing in, the internet has made it clear how many a childhood was raped by this abomination of a film. (In fact, South Park made it abundantly clear.) So, to bring up Shia LeBouf swinging on vines like Tarzan, or Indy hiding in a fridge to save himself from a nuclear explosion, to "why the hell are there aliens in this movie?" would just be redundant. You know why this movie sucked. To relive those memories would just be cruel.
How bad can a World War 2 comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi be? Try really bad. No, try downright awful. No, try "abomination of cinema." That's better. If you want a look at pure hubris, watch this "comedy" that takes place the day after the Pearl Harbor attacks. A veritable who's who of early '80s, late '70s comedians alongside actors the caliber of Christopher Lee, Ned Beatty, and legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune (best known for his work with Akira Kurosawa). The film was over the top, which is fine for a comedy, but not one moment in the film is funny. It is painful to watch. Ask anyone who has seen it. Or ask Spielberg himself. Even he admits the film was a failure. Luckily, he followed it up with a little film called Raiders of the Lost Ark and saved his career. And if that film had flopped, we might be sitting here today wondering, "Whatever happened to that guy who made Jaws?"
Yes, the worst thing Spielberg ever gave us he was smart enough to not direct, only produce. Though, this is one of those Spielberg productions where you can imagine that the director was merely a puppet and Steven was really running the show. This film came in the era of taking classic television shows and making them live action feature films (alongside The Beverly Hillbillies). This is the film equivalent of a hack comedian doing bad puns for an hour and a half. This movie was probably a fun romp for eight-year-olds, but to anyone who had actually seen an episode or two of The Flinstones had to have hung their heads in total disbelief. There is nothing good about this film. Nothing at all. And somehow it spawned a direct to video prequel featuring Steven Baldwin, the fat guy from The Full Monty, and Sally from Third Rock from the Sun. So, once again, it does get worse.