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Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece. Built near the sea, in the close proximity of Thermaïkos Gulf, it is a modern metropolis bearing the marks of its stormy history and its cosmopolitan character, which give it a special beauty and charm.Take a tour in the Centre of Thessaloniki and plan to visit its nearby destinations, like Halkidiki. From the multitude of tourist attractions that you can see here we mention Thessaloniki's Archaeological sites, Byzantine Monuments, Museum of Byzantine Culture and Ottoman Monuments.
Thessaloniki Airport is located 16 km from downtown. You can reach the City Center by bus (departs every 45 minutes) or taxi.
Port of Thessaloniki – 20 kmHalkidiki – 56.2 km
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|Danny Kaye
|Walter Mitty
|Virginia Mayo
|Rosalind van Hoorn
|Boris Karloff
|Dr. Hollingshead
|Fay Bainter
|Mrs. Mitty
|Ann Rutherford
|Gertrude Griswold
|Thurston Hall
|Bruce Pierce
|Konstantin Shayne
|Peter van Hoorn
|Florence Bates
|Mrs. Griswold
|Gordon Jones
|Tubby Wadsworth
|Reginald Denny
|Henry Corden
|Doris Lloyd
|Mrs. Follinsbee
|Fritz Feld
|Frank Reicher
|Milton Parsons
|Bess Flowers
|Illustrator (uncredited)
|Lumsden Hare
|Dr. Pritchard-Mitford (uncredited)
|Joel Friedkin
|Mr. Grimsby (uncredited)
|Henry Kolker
|Dr. Benbow (uncredited)
|Charles Trowbridge
|Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
A mild-mannered pushover, Walter Mitty longs to be free of his mundane existence, where has to contend with his pushy mother and flighty fiancée, among others. Indulging in elaborate daydreams, Walter finds himself on a real adventure when the lovely and enigmatic Rosalind van Hoorn ropes him into a situation involving valuable jewels, a little black book, and a sinister criminal named Dr. Hugo Hollingshead .

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Top 10 Ways To Avoid a HangoverI turned 30 last weekend. Yep. The speedometer turned over and I'm officially out of that terrible decade that was full of poor decisions, panic attacks, lousy dates and questionable drinking scenarios
Do People Function Better Drunk Or Stoned?The age old question
5 Things Justin Bieber Could Learn From Janis JoplinPop star Justin Bieber collapsed during a performance at London's O2 Arena last week (March 7), requiring medical attention and a brief hospital stay.
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Oki rolls 622-Mbit/s SAR
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SUNNYVALE, CALIF. Oki Semiconductor said that its ML53303 SAR622 is the first single-chip 622-Mbit/second segmentation-and-reassembly unit with a 64-bit data/ FIFO bus that supports the Utopia multi-PHY interface. The SAR622 is intended for use in converged networks that transmit digital and analog data streams. It converts data streams from voice, video and data to ATM cells for quality-of-service transport over Sonet. Target applications include multiservice edge switches, access switches and multiservice WAN switches.
"ATM technology has moved from the LAN backbone to edge and carrier applications because of carriers' desire to use one pipe to send all communications," said Fred Kamp, director of network product marketing.
The SAR622 is priced at $164 in 1,000-piece quantities. Production deliveries are planned for April.
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Osier alumni basketball games Dec. 28 at MVHSPanther alumni games raise money in memory of former MVHS student-athlete
Waldoboro — The second annual Dustin John Osier Alumni Basketball Games are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 28 at Medomak Valley High School. In the case of inclement weather, the makeup games will be Sunday, Dec. 30 at the same times.
The Panther alumni games will include games at 6 p.m. (women), 7 p.m. (younger men) and 8 p.m. (older men).
Proceeds will go into a college scholarship fund from which monies will be awarded to 2013 graduating MVHS seniors. The first DJO event raised enough money to award six $1,000 scholarships for students to pursue their secondary education.
This year, MVHS officials decided not to host their traditional annual alumni games and "graciously offered to combine their alumni games with the DJO alumni games in an effort to raise money in Dustin's name," said Missy Dean, organizer of the Osier games.
"I am so fortunate to be part of such a wonderful community who come together during this time of year to support this event in Dustin's name," Dean said. "[MVHS athletic director] Matt Lash and [MVHS Principal] Harold Wilson have been instrumental with allowing us to have the games at MVHS. As promised, this will be an annual event in an effort to keep [Osier's] memory and spirit alive."
Those interested in playing in the games should call Dean at 975-2353. The cost to play will be $10 per player. In addition, the admission cost for spectators for the games will be $5 for most and $3 for senior citizens.
Additionally, contributions can be made to the Dustin J. Osier Athletic Memorial Fund, Camden National Bank, 1768 Atlantic Highway, Waldoboro, Maine 04572.
The games are in memory of Osier, a MVHS three-sport student-athlete, who died in an automobile accident Aug. 19, 2011.
Courier Publications sports staff can be reached by phone at 207-594-4401 or by email at email@example.com.


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- The Movie Itself
- 2 Stars
- HD Video Quality
- 5 Stars
- HD Audio Quality
- 4 Stars
- Supplements
- 1 Stars
- High-Def Extras
- 1.5 Stars
- Bottom Line
- Bad Flick, Good Disc
- Street Date:
- July 29th, 2008
- Reviewed by:
- High-Def Digest staff
- Review Date: 1
- July 25th, 2008
- Movie Release Year:
- 2008
- Studio:
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Length:
- 113 Minutes
- MPAA Rating:
- Unrated
- Release Country
- United States
The Movie Itself: Our Reviewer's Take
After catching my attention with the vicious, perfectly-penned 'Dog Soldiers' (easily one of the best and most overlooked werewolf flicks to come along in decades) and reducing me to a whimpering puppy with the unbearably claustrophobic creature-feature, 'The Descent,' writer/director Neil Marshall had me wrapped around his cinematic finger. So when I found out the upstart filmmaker was packing a future dystopia, a viral outbreak, and the fraying madness of its survivors into a single film called 'Doomsday,' I was… let's just call it excited. Still, I was cautious. As rather uninspiring images leaked out from the production, and a bland, by-the-numbers trailer dropped on the scene, I started to fear that Marshall was about to let me down.
In a future not far removed from our own, a deadly plague dubbed the "Reaper" virus spreads to millions of Scottish citizens. To prevent the disease from invading England, the British government constructs a massive wall along the border, quarantines their entire northern neighbor, and leaves all of the survivors to die. Twenty-five years later, a similar outbreak appears in London, forcing the Prime Minister (Alexander Siddig) to dispatch a military team from the Department of Domestic Security to locate Dr. Kane (Malcolm McDowell), a brilliant, Scottish researcher who was close to finding a cure before he was quarantined with the rest of the country.
With a clichéd DDS team of hardened military soldiers and helpless scientists in tow, Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) heads to Glasgow to find the doctor, but encounters more than anyone expected. The men and women who miraculously survived the Reaper virus have divided into two rival camps -- a legion of cannibalistic anarchists called the Marauders led by a maniac named Sol ('Dog Soldiers' and 'The Descent' bit player Craig Conway) and an entire township of civilized inhabitants ruled by Dr. Kane himself. As Eden and the DDS team struggle to escape the warring factions, they meet a girl named Cally (MyAnna Buring) who may just be the only survivor willing to put aside her anger to help them complete their mission.
Disappointment is the name of the game when it comes to 'Doomsday.' There are individual subplots and scenes that really work, but taken as a whole, the film is disjointed, uneven, and can barely maintain its focus. The heroes are trite and formulaic, the villains are fun but shallow, and the rival factions lack depth. In fact, both the Marauders and the Kane loyalists are expositional forces merely developed to move the plot along -- there aren't any intriguing revelations about the survivors, legitimate complexity in their motivations, or believable reactions to their predictable circumstances. I may be missing the point... Marshall may have just been aiming for big-dumb-fun with 'Doomsday,' but I can't help but feel that an amazingly talented writer/director settled for something that any B-level filmmaker in Hollywood could have made.
Admittedly, I dug the exaggerated chaos of Sol's Marauder camp, their brutal Thunderdome existence, and their complete disregard for law and order. I even enjoyed every scene in which an underused Bob Hoskins interacted with Eden, his colleagues, and the film's true villain, a greedy conspirator named Canaris (played with scowling swagger by David O'Hara). Unfortunately, everything else felt like an underwhelming distraction from the real thrust of the film. Eden is a cardboard cutout protagonist with little to do other than shoot steely glares at everyone she encounters. She never tries to reason with the survivors, yet somehow develops compassion for their plight and patience for their reactions to her presence. Worst of all, most of the men on her team die before their characters have developed in the slightest, the benevolent Dr. Kane has a backstory straight out of an early '90s comicbook, and the oh-so-obvious government bigwigs are wolves in sheep's clothing, just waiting for the chance to pounce on their own and take full political advantage of anything and everyone. And what of Kane's medieval, fuedalistic society? Ugh.
I know 'Doomsday' will find a fun-loving audience looking for the next dose of over-the-top violence and ludicrous chase sequences. However, dystopia enthusiasts, action junkies, and Marshall fans in particular will cringe at the paper-thin story, incredibly convenient plot developments, and bland, uninvolving design. At its core, I really believe 'Doomsday' could have been a phenomenal, genre-breaking film. In reality, it's a conventional bore that doesn't live up to its potential or the established talents of its creator.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
Cannibalism has never looked so good. 'Doomsday' makes its high definition debut with a gorgeous 1080p/VC-1 transfer that should lay to rest any doubts concerning Universal's commitment to Blu-ray. Blood, fire, and explosions splash across the screen with bold flashes of color, natural skintones, and picture-perfect primaries. The palette shifts subtly throughout the film, but never wanes or weakens at any point. When Eden and company roll into Scotland's deserted streets for the first time, the steely-blue night looks just as impressive as Sol's fire-lit Mad-Maxian compound and Kane's sun-drenched castle. Detail doesn't falter either. Whether I was staring at the cracked skin of a charred corpse, strands of Viper's tightly-wound hair, or the weathered metal of a gladiator's armor, I could count every flake, wrinkle, and dent in the image. Even the darkest scenes feature striking delineation that allowed me to naturally make out elements cloaked in shadow.
To top it all off, the image is quite clean -- there isn't any significant artifacting, source noise, edge enhancement, or bothersome DNR. Black expanses don't suffer from crushing, contrast is spot on, and brightly-lit scenes are comfortably stark (even when a few shots are flooded with intentionally hot whites). Granted, I could debate and criticize Marshall's stylistic choices for the next three days, but Universal's technical presentation of 'Doomsday' is nothing short of exquisite.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
'Doomsday' boasts a bombastic DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track that doesn't waste any time before it establishes a forceful, immersive presence in your home. The LFE channel doesn't merely support the proceedings, it assaults them -- low end pulses aggressively govern the action sequences, undergird dialogue and more subtle effects, and add oomph to on-screen impacts. Better still, the rear speakers are populated with copious amounts of ambience (sometimes to a fault considering the film's pulpy, sci-fi landscape doesn't exactly sound realistic), effortless soundfield mobility, and proficient directionality. Regardless of a scene's volume or content, I was pleased that the track remained consistent. Quieter character beats featured the same attention to sonic detail as the volatile car battles and mob attacks. I may not be so quick to compliment Marshall's over-the-top soundscape, but I genuinely enjoyed letting go and sinking in.
Sadly, I had to contend with some fairly obtrusive prioritization mishaps that left quite a few character exchanges to the imagination. I rarely resort to using a subtitle track on an English-language film, but I was tempted to skip back and turn it on every time the characters muttered their lines during a chaotic scene or a crescendo in the score. Such a fundamental problem could have wrecked the entire experience, but I'm relieved to report that it doesn't become an overwhelming distraction. Rest assured, 'Doomsday's lossless audio track does a great job spewing the full madness of Marshall's vision into your home theater.
The Supplements: Digging Into the Good Stuff
The Blu-ray edition of 'Doomsday' features a decent audio commentary, but it doesn't include any other individual featurettes or documentaries. Instead, Universal has slapped all of the DVD's video-based content into a U-Control track that supposedly allows users to easily access the material (more on that in the next section).
Writer/director Neil Marshall and actors Darren Morfitt, Rick Warden, Sean Pertwee, and Les Simpson sit down for a pleasant, breezy chat about the genesis of 'Doomsday's story, the production design, the shoot itself, and the final cut of the film. There's plenty of laughs and anecdotes to be had, but I was surprised how often the participants stopped talking to watch the movie. Let's be honest though, most of the actors involved in the recording play fairly insignificant roles in the film -- had the commentary included some of the cast's heavy hitters, this may have been a more engaging listen.
HD Bonus Content: Any Exclusive Goodies in There?
I'm not a particular fan of Universal's U-Control track -- it crams everything it's got into a clunky, spotty PiP presentation, but doesn't allow users to access individual featurettes or video content. While such a format will appeal to those who dig through everything a disc has to offer, anyone looking to view specific content is out of luck. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of a U-Control track… I just wish Universal would add an option on the main menu that provided easy access to each individual featurette.
'Doomsday' includes a hearty U-Control track comprised of behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, design and effects mini-docs, and pre-production materials. It's all relatively informative, but the material doesn't appear frequently enough to create an involving experience. While you can access text-based character bios, faction factoids, and tech specs on the fly, there just wasn't enough information to keep me busy. Perhaps it's just my personal tastes, but I think the so-called "streamlined presentation" actually makes viewing the supplemental content far too complicated.
Final Thoughts
'Doomsday' doesn't feel like a Neil Marshall film. It's predictable, plodding, and all-too-ordinary to live up to the director's own canon, much less other films that have covered similar ground. Universal's Blu-ray release, on the other hand, is more reliable. It features a flawless, reference-quality video transfer, an excellent DTS HD Master Audio track, and a decent (albeit slim) supplemental package. I may not have warmed up to the film itself, but this disc should please fans and give everyone their money's worth.
Technical Specs
- BD-25 Single-Layer Disc
- Region Free
Video Resolution/Codec
- 1080p/VC-1
Aspect Ratio(s)
- 2.35:1
Audio Formats
- English DTS HD Master Lossless Audio 5.1 Surround
- English SDH
- French Subtitles
- Spanish Subtitles
- Audio Commentary
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- U-Control Track
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I know it's Pam, but I wish they'd dress her in costumes where she didn't look ready to pop out.Originally Posted by dancingfan;3886857;
Scores: 7/7/8 (kind of low in comparision to some others). I thought that was just as good as Chad's.
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The FBI hosts a central database of criminal information that contains details on arrest records from all the 51 states. The central repository not only has information on outstanding arrest warrants but also it houses all information relating to crimes that have occurred in the country over the last several decades. Unfortunately, this information can only be accessed by law enforcement agencies.
Members of the public in Thurston County, WA are encouraged to approach the local Sherriff's Department to seek arrest records and conduct warrant searches. However, before you visit the office of the law enforcement agency in your area, it would certainly help to have some knowledge on what arrest warrants are and how they can be used.
At this point, it would help to know that if an arrest warrant is out in your name, you risk arrest by visiting the sheriff's office in your county. You may also be taken into custody if you are involved in the smallest legal issue as this will make the peace officer involved in the matter run your name through the FBI database.
In case of felonies and misdemeanors, an arrest order is only issued when the police approach the criminal court. A written petition has to be submitted for the consideration of the court. The writ will not only detail the crime but also mention information about the suspect and specify the evidence collected.
If this is sufficient for filing an accusatory instrument, an active arrest warrant is issued. Arrest orders stored in the nationwide database are called outstanding warrants and these are simply detention orders that have not been executed yet.
For information on arrest records in Thurston County, Washington contact the law enforcement agency located at 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, Washington 98502. Other contact details include:
- Tel No: 360-786-5500
- Fax no: 360-786-5275
Thurston County has a fairly low crime rate of just about 6700 incidents per year. However, between 1999 and 2008, the violent crime rate swelled by almost 60% to top at nearly 500 as compared to the 300 incidents that were reported in 1999.
The decade long crime figure stood at over 67,000 incidents; this is a cumulative number which includes property as well violent crime. While rape and homicide averaged at nearly 700 and 30 cases over the ten year period, thefts and robberies were the biggest cause for concern with over 50,000 cases.


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Siem Offshore wins first contract in renewables marketNews // March 30, 2012
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore, has been awarded a contract for the installation of the inner array grid cables and associated services for the Amrumbank West offshore windfarm by Amrumbank West GmbH , a subsidiary of E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe.
The contract award marks the company's entry into the offshore renewables market.
The windfarm will be situated in the German Bight sector of the North Sea, north of the island of Helgoland and west of the island of Amrum.
It will consist of of 80 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6MW, connected by an inner array grid of 33kV medium voltage (MVAC) cables with a total length of up to 86km.
SOC will be utilising resources from the Siem Offshore group.
The value of the project is approximately US$60 million. SOC will also provide associated services including the marine cable route survey and engineering, route clearance operation and post-installation termination and testing.
Cable installation works are scheduled for mid-2014.
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GMAC Spotlight On 'Robo-Signer'
They are called robo-signers, putting their names on thousands of documents tied to mortgages facing foreclosure. Now, under pressure from borrowers, banks are halting foreclosures where the documents are signed by these employees.
This week, mortgage-servicing giant GMAC Mortgage Co. halted foreclosures in 23 states due to questions about documents signed by one of its robo-signers, Jeffrey Stephan.
Until now, Mr. Stephan was an anonymous middle manager whose job is to sign affidavits, assignments of mortgages and other documents that establish a bank's ownership of a mortgage, thus giving the bank the right to foreclose.
But, as revelations come to light about how Mr. Stephan and other robo-signers do their jobs, a picture is emerging of a foreclosure process that critics say is just as flawed as the lax lending and perverse incentives that created the lending crisis.
In two sworn depositions given by Mr. Stephan over the last 10 months, he said that assistants brought as many as 500 documents a day to this desk at GMAC's office in Fort Washington, Pa. Some months, he would sign more than 10,000 documents related to home foreclosures. By signing the documents, he was stating that he had personally reviewed the details of each case.
The problem is, according to depositions Mr. Stephan gave in December and June, he didn't really look at each case. In fact, he assumed that all the details were correct, and just signed off on each one. Mr. Stephan also noted that, when he joined GMAC in 2004, he went through a training program that lasted three days.
"It just corrupts the entire process of justice when you have people signing documents as if they have personal knowledge of processes or information that they don't have knowledge of," said O. Max Gardner III, a South Carolina consumer bankruptcy lawyer who represents borrowers in these types of cases.
Now, lenders have begun withdrawing the affidavits signed by Mr. Stephan, thereby ending dozens of foreclosure proceedings across Florida, Maine and Texas. Many lawyers who represent borrowers in foreclosure have argued that the banks trying to repossess these homes don't have the standing to do so, and are seeking to block the actions.
On Monday, GMAC confirmed that it suspended foreclosure sales and evictions in 23 states so that it can investigate its foreclosure procedures.
Mr. Stephan, a 41-year-old Penn State graduate from Sellersville, Pa., has worked at GMAC since 2004, and before that worked in collections and foreclosure processing work for ContiMortgage Corp. and Fairbanks Capital Corp. In depositions, he said that he had received a three-day training program in how to handle foreclosure paperwork when he joined GMAC.
Mr. Stephan couldn't be reached, and his lawyers didn't return calls seeking comment.
Ally Financial Inc., GMAC's parent company, said Mr. Stephan is still working there and admitted there had been irregularities. "The entire situation is unfortunate and regrettable and GMAC Mortgage is diligently working to resolve the situation," the company said in a statement.
Other servicers, as well, have been questioned over their practices. On May 17, Ice Legal, the Royal Palm Beach, Fla.-based law firm that first deposed Mr. Stephan last December, took a sworn deposition from Beth Cottrell, another robo-signer. Working as an operations specialist for Chase Home Mortgage, a division of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., she said she regularly signed off on about 18,000 foreclosure affidavits and other documents each month, without ever personally reviewing the files associated with the loans.
When questioned about whether or not she had signed the documents based on her own personal knowledge of the cases, she replied, "My own personal knowledge, no." Ms. Cottrell couldn't be reached. A spokesman for Chase declined comment.
Todd Zwicki, a professor of real-estate finance at George Mason University, said the revelations about Mr. Stephan and other alleged robo-signers could have a wide range of repercussions, "from being a gigantic monkey wrench in the works, to being something really small." Judges might stop accepting foreclosure filings if there is any question of the accuracy of the documents, which could cause holdups in the process of working through millions of homes nationwide going through foreclosure.
"The kind of facts that you're talking about here are the facts that judges don't like—this kind of assembly-line paperwork pushing with no oversight. There's good reason for lenders to be worried about here, if they misstep," Mr. Zwicki said. "It could be a relatively sever hurdle to foreclosures."
—Aparajita Saha-Bubna contributed to this article.


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Willie The Kid ft. Sha Stimuli & Sean Price - Delirium
Willie The Kid's latest feature may be titled "Delirium," but it ain't the Michigan emcee who's afflicted with an acute confusional state; it's the people foolish enough to stand in his way. As for the headliner himself, he couldn't sound more alert and aware as he laces Bronze Nazareth's fluttering strings and piano loops with aggressive street lyricism. Big Apple-repping reader faves Sean Price and Sha Stimuli assist on the guest tip, lending their furious flows and witty wordplay to the record's latter two-thirds. Like what you're hearing? You'll be able to find this cut, along with the previously-featured Ain't Nothing and much more, on Willie's currently-unscheduled full-length, The Living Daylights. Watch for Sean Price's Land of the Crooks EP, a collaboration with Aussie beatsmith M-Phazes, to hit digital outlets on Tuesday, December 17.


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It could be a case of double duty this season for Jason Johnson.
While he's fighting for the backup pivot position, he's also hoping to land another crucial job that's open with Jason Maas's departure: field-goal holder.
Although the position looks deceivingly simple from the stands, the holder can determine the outcome of a game in the blink of an eye.
One bad placement or one bobbled snap can mean the difference between a win or loss. In a hotly contested West Division, one win could be the difference in making the playoffs.
"(The holder) makes or breaks what a kicker can do," said Sean Fleming, the Eskimos' longtime kicker.
Johnson was the backup to Maas last year and has plenty of experience from previous teams.
"I (did it) all four years of high school and all four years of college. I am very comfortable doing it," said Johnson.
Import punter Rodney Williams and Khari Jones - who held for Troy Westwood and Lui Passaglia - are other candidates, but Johnson is the likely frontrunner.
"You have to have somebody who is good at getting the ball down, spinning the laces (away from the foot) and tilting it the way you like it - and doing it in time," said Fleming.
"The get off time that we have between snap and the (moment) I kick it is 1.3 seconds."
Needless to say, timing is everything - and Fleming is hoping it will take little time for him to gel with whoever wins Maas' old job.
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At Workman Publishing, Netta Rabin has been appointed to the newly created role of associate art director and editor.
The Susan Magrino Agency announced the agency's expansion with the addition of five publicists, including senior v-p Leigh Ann Ambrosi, who was previously v-p of brand publishing at Crown Archetype. Molly Peterson has been named senior account director; Caroline Brown has been named senior account supervisor; and Jessica Delguercio and Mary Blanton Ogushwitz have been named account supervisors.


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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
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Karan Casey
The Los Angeles Times has called Karan Casey's voice "as pure and clear as the crystal from County Waterford, where she was born." She spent her childhood singing with her family and with the church choir, before studying voice and piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. After courses in jazz at Long Island University-Brooklyn, she joined the celebrated Irish-American band Solas and then embarked on a solo career. These days, Karan makes her home in County Cork. Her new CD is titled Two More Hours.
Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra
Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra plays an eclectic mix that ranges from tangos and cumbias to gypsy-influenced musettes and more. Raised in Nebraska, Dan ("Daddy Squeeze") moved to Minnesota in 1987, shortly after winning the Nebraska State Accordion Contest at the Czech Festival in Wilber. Café Accordion Orchestra is now celebrating its 20th year. The group's new recording is La Zingara. Joining Dan are Eric Mohring (mandolin, violin), Robert Bell (guitar), Erik Lillestol (bass), Joe Steinger (percussion), and Elizabeth Rowan (percussion).
Aoife O'Donovan
Songwriter and vocalist Aoife O'Donovan grew up in a musical family in Newton, Massachusetts. In her teens, she took an interest in the American folk tradition, and she spent her summers in Ireland, studying music and dance. After graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music, she formed the progressive bluegrass band Crooked Still and the trio Sometymes Why. Her debut solo album, Fossils, was released last year on the Yep Roc label.
Hilary Thavis
Funny how things come together. Born in Rome, Italy, to parents from Minnesota, Hilary Thavis grew up loving music — especially folk music — from Woody Guthrie to Italian folk singers like Fabrizio De André and Francesco De Gregori. But it was the blues that ultimately captured her attention. Trouble & Truth is the 2011 recording from her band Gaia Groove. Now making her home in the Twin Cities, Hilary is working on a solo album of original songs.
Butch Thompson
Pianist and clarinetist Butch Thompson has a worldwide reputation as a master of ragtime, stride, and classic jazz. Born and raised in Marine-on-St. Croix, Minnesota, Butch was already playing Christmas carols on his mother's upright piano by age three, and he led his first professional jazz group as a teenager. For 12 years, he was A Prairie Home Companion's house pianist, dating back to the show's second broadcast, in July 1974. His most recent recording is Vicksburg Blues (Red House Records), a collaboration with guitarist Pat Donohue.
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor was born in Anoka, graduated from the University of Minnesota ('66), and lives in St. Paul. He is the author of numerous books, including Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, and O, What A Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic & Profound (Grove Press), and the editor of several anthologies of poetry, including Good Poems: American Places (Viking).
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
Keyboardist, composer, and arranger Richard Dworsky is music director for A Prairie Home Companion. He has also accompanied Garrison Keillor on U.S. and European concert tours and has collaborated with numerous other performers, including Al Jarreau and singer/actress Kristin Chenoweth. Among his many CDs is So Near and Dear to Me (Prairie Home Productions).
Chet Atkins called Pat Donohue (guitar) one of the greatest fingerpickers in the world today. And he writes songs too — recorded by Suzy Bogguss, Kenny Rogers, and others. Nobody's Fault and Vicksburg Blues (a collaboration with Butch Thompson) are the most recent of Pat's albums.
Gary Raynor (bass) has performed with the Count Basie band and Sammy Davis Jr., with whom he toured for several years. He was first call for dozens of touring Broadway shows, including the first presentation of The Lion King. Gary teaches at the McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul.
Peter Johnson (percussion) has played klezmer music with Doc Severinsen and jazz with Dave Brubeck. He was a drummer for The Manhattan Transfer and for Gene Pitney. He has toured the world, but he always comes back to home base: Saint Paul.
When Richard Kriehn turned 10, his mom bought him a mandolin; at 19, he'd won the Buck White International Mandolin Contest. He went on to play with the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble and bluegrass group 1946. On the classical side, he has performed with numerous orchestras and was principal second violin for the Washington/Idaho Symphony.
Fred Newman
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One minute he's mild-mannered Tim Russell; the next he's George Bush or Julia Child or Barack Obama. We've yet to stump this man of many voices. In other roles, Tim played the part of Al, the stage manager, in the Robert Altman film A Prairie Home Companion and a detective in the Coen brothers' A Serious Man.
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An opening reception for the exhibit "Folk Artistry of Wang Di" will be offered from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Hall of Nations at Texas Tech's International Cultural Center, 601 Indiana Ave.
The exhibit then will move Tuesday to the International Cultural Center's library, where it will remain on display through Nov. 15.
There is no admission charge.
Heroes, heroines, courtesans, religious figures, mythological figures and scenes from the imperial court, as well as everyday life in China, are themes expressed in Wang Di's exquisite figurines.
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Sculpted from flour and averaging five inches in height, Wang Di's creations are rich in color, exquisitely detailed and convey the loves, strengths and passions of characters through facial expressions and body language.
Wang Di, a citizen of the People's Republic of China, is recognized internationally as one of her country's premiere folk artists.
She has been honored with exhibits in Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Singapore and the United States.
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In 1996, the United Nations awarded her the title Master of Industrial Folk Art in recognition of her artistry and contributions in preserving an ancient folk art form.
Wang Di has worked in this medium for about 10 years. Her techniques are unique. Basic colors, such as skin tone or fabric colors, are created by mixing various colors of powdered flower petals, and each piece is built up with layer upon layer of different colored flour.
Surface color details, such as patterns in fabric or the decoration in fans, are painted by hand. Each work is engineered to meet strength requirements.
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Flavours of China
February 11, 2009
Flavours of China
1 Juno St. cor. Makati Ave., Makati City, Metro Manila
(02) 899-3834
Last month, it seemed like we ate here 3 times. I don't know I just dont get tired of this restaurant. They really serve good food and their prices are very reasonable.
Here are what we ordered:
- Sauteed B-day Dry Noodle (Php 170)
Chinese usually call this "Cha-Misua". Fried Misua w/ nuts, eggs, etc. Super delicious to the max! I love how this restaurant cook this. Highly recommended if you're celebrating your birthday
- Sweet & Sour Crispy w/ Pineapple (Php175)
Meat is tender, sauce is delicious. I love it!
- Steamed Fish in Soft Tofu & Black Bean Sauce (Php180)
This tasted okay. Not really unique but okay.
- Crispy Noodles w/ Assorted Seafoods (Php170)
One of their specialities. I like the cha-misua better but this also tasted good.
- Flavours Buco Pandan Sherbet (Php65)
I like the version by Mann Hann better but this still tasted okay.
Aside from the ones we ordered, we are also served chips (w/c is refillable & free!!).
I seem to like this restaurant a lot, I guess this is because their food is delicious and the price are reasonable. This is now a part of my favorite place to eat list
haven't tried it yet. looks regular. but since u say it tastes good. i might try it in the future. ;)Chinese usually call this "Cha-Misua". Fried Misua w/ nuts, eggs, etc. Super delicious to the max! I love how this restaurant cook this. Highly recommended if you're celebrating your birthday========> happy birthday? ;P
no not my birthday hehehe 😛 yeah try it!
hahaha did you mention their flavours of china song?:D haha i love it coz i ate there with you and maus there twice 😛
oo nga pala!the song goes like this:"I love chinese, I love chinese, blah blah blah Flavours of China"hahahaha
what happen to flavour of china sm clark,?i supposed to eat there but recently i found out its already closed..im OFW the last time i visit flavour of china since 2007 when the last time i went for vacation, i realy like the foods of flavours of china, most especialy sm clark branch.. i remember there is one manager on that time, she is tall and chinky eyed,i forgot her name but she worked hard. she can managed to handle dining even it is crowded, she moves fast as well and very pleasant as well i cant imagine she is manager for what she is doing..can anybody tell me where she is?just give me call +17788629286 i am mathew
I wonder what happened too! The Makati branch also closed down


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Snow Tha Product - Damn It
On her solo Booth debut, Snow Tha Product emphasized that she wasn't just another of those Cookie Cutter B*tches currently flooding the hip-hop game; she's a unique artist driving in a lane built for one. And the same goes in the dating arena; as she informs us on follow-up Damn It, any man who treats her like she's just another woman will find himself cursing his stupidity once he realizes that no other girl can provide quite what she brings to the table. Previously previewed in a video teaser but premiering in its full version, this street-ready mixtape single finds the artist showcasing some formidable flows as she balls on her exes over Money Moss' brassy street boardwork. Craving more of that fresh sh*t only Snow Tha Product knows how to cook up? Then don't miss her Good Nights & Bad Mornings when it drops December 12, via The DJBooth.


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Two years ago, the French gastronomic meal won a place on UNESCO's representative list of "intangible cultural heritage." Yet, as current political and cultural tensions in France suggest, French food has never been more controversial. This course combines an intensive grammar review with a critical and experiential study of French food cultures. Modules focus on gastronomy and the art of degustation, the role of food in debates on religious, national, and regional identities, public health policy, and the war on malbouffe. In addition to analyzing a broad range of texts, film, and other media, students will engage and strengthen their grammar and vocabulary when conducting field interviews, visiting local producers, and experimenting in our class kitchen. Conducted in French.
Class Format: lecture/seminar
Requirements/Evaluation: active class participation, weekly online postings, three short papers, an oral presentation or cooking demonstration, final examination
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ODESSA, Texas — The state has granted, then revoked, parole for a man who posed as a teenager to play high school basketball in West Texas.
Guerdwich Montimere won't be released until May 13, 2013, after serving all three years of his prison sentence.
Texas prison system spokesman Jason Clark told the Odessa American that the state parole board had voted April 19 to grant Montimere parole, effective May 13. However, the board voted to revoke that parole after federal immigration officials revoked an immigration detainer that potentially would have deported him upon his release.
The naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti pleaded guilty last July to sexual assault and records tampering. He arrived in Odessa as a ninth-grader and played as 15-year-old Jerry Joseph, even though he was 21.


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Welcome to your sophomore year at SUNY Potsdam!
APPventure: an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand…culminating in the chance to win an Apple iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle or iTouch!
Sophomore Year Experience Program (SYEP) invites you to travel SUNY Potsdam your sophomore year and win prizes doing it! Sophomore students who participate in at least 6 SYEP events/activities are eligible to win MacPrizes! Each event represents 1 chance to win an Apple product; each SYEP hosted event (*) represents 2 chances to win an Apple product.
The more events you attend the more chances you have to win!
Attend MACFUN with your SYEP passport on November, 13th from 6- 7p.m. in the MPR and enter to win an iPad, an iPad Nano or an iPad Shuffle. Food, MACFUN and Prizes!
You can pick up your Sophomore Passport to APPventure and get your first stamp at the SYEP table, during the Student Organization and Involvement Fair on 09/04/13 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m in (and around) the Barrington Student Union. Or, you can pick it up at the Student Success Center Main Office, 128 Sisson Hall beginning on 09/05/13.
The Sophomore Year Experience Program (SYEP) has the Scoop on making your sophomore year successful. The Student Success Center at SUNY Potsdam has developed the Sophomore Year Experience Program (SYEP) because we know that being a sophomore is challenging. The SYEP has developed programs to help you achieve your:
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Pat Caddell, the former pollster for President Jimmy Carter, has against come out blasting Obama and his administration for crimes against the U.S. Constitution.
Speaking at a conference of Accuracy in Media on September 29, Caddell warned that "we're at the most dangerous time in our political history in terms of the balance of power in the role that the media plays in whether or not we maintain a free democracy." In his speech called "ObamaNation: A Day of Truth," Caddell mourned the destruction of the First Amendment — by the media itself in covering for Obama—and said, "Nowhere was this more evident than during the tragic death of a U.S. ambassador in Libya that was lied about for nine days, because the press and the administration did not want to admit it was a terrorist attack... We've had nine days of lies over what happened because they can't dare say it's a terrorist attack, and the press won't push this....
"If a President of either party—I don't care whether it was Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton or George Bush or Ronald Reagan or George H.W. Bush—had a terrorist incident, and got on an airplane after saying something, and flown off to a fundraiser in Las Vegas, they would have been crucified! It would have been—it should have been the equivalent, for Barack Obama, of George Bush's flying over Katrina moment. But nothing was said at all, and nothing will be said."
Full transcript available at: http://www.aim.org/video/pat-caddell-the-audacity-of-corruption/
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Angus King, the newly elected independent senator from Maine, could announce the party with which he intends to caucus as early as Wednesday, a spokesperson for King confirmed to CBS News.
King, a former Maine governor, is replacing moderate Republican Olympia Snowe in the chamber. Snowe announced her retirement earlier this year after 18 years in the Senate, in part due to frustrations with the hyper-partisan nature of Congress.
The expectation has largely been that King will caucus with Democrats, but a spokesperson for King told CBS News earlier this yearthat, if elected, he'd take "the best ideas, regardless of party, to find common sense solutions" in the Senate.
In remarks to reporters Monday, King said he hadn't yet decided with whom he'd caucus.
"I will be making a decision probably this week and announcing it in due course. I'll be talking to you probably in a few days," he said. "It is likely I will have to make a decision to join one of the caucuses in order to have committee assignments and to be an effective senator, but that is not the end of the discussion in terms of working with people from both sides. I don't consider that decision to be an end of relationships people on the other team. "
Regardless of his decision, King's party choice probably won't be hugely impactful on the Senate's day-to-day governing capabilities: Democrats have slightly increased their narrow majority over Republicans in the chamber thanks to the results of the recent election, but not enough so to create the kind of supermajority that would forestall filibusters. King's vote would not tip the scale on votes that fall strictly down party lines, but he could represent a critical swing vote in attempts to pass broader bipartisan efforts.


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Travis Kvapil to return to NASCAR full-time
For Janesville native Travis Kvapil, the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series turned from a promising opportunity to frustrating disappointment in just five races.
Kvapil, the 33-year-old NASCAR veteran, was not ready to go into a forced retirement last year when the Yates Racing team pulled the plug early in the season. He was convinced he could run up front if he had an opportunity with a solid team backed up by adequate equipment and funding.
�I used that disappointment as motivation to keep my name out there and continue looking for that opportunity to get back behind the wheel,� Kvapil said Wednesday. �That opportunity now exists with Front Row Motorsports.�
Kvapil has signed on with a team owned by restaurant mogul Bob Jenkins. No, he�s not the sportscaster Bob Jenkins. He�s the NASCAR team owner Bob Jenkins, who has numerous franchises, including Long John Silver�s, which will serve as the main sponsor on Kvapil�s number 34 Ford Fusion.
Kvapil, in making the official announcement Tuesday, said there�s the potential to be a consistent top-20 team. Front Row Motorsports will receive factory technical support from Ford and will enjoy Roush-Yates engines.
�This team had zero manufacturer support in the past. It was a truly independent effort,� Kvapil said. �Now, Ford is stepping up with technical support, wind tunnel time and simulation data that will really help.�
Roush-Yates engines will provide the team with plenty of power, Kvapil said.
�Under the hood, we�ll be at the head of the pack,� he said. �Roush-Yates engines always put out great horsepower.�
Kvapil is no stranger to Yates Racing. During the 2008 season, driving an under-funded and unsponsored car, Kvapil recorded four top-10 finishes and a pole at Talladega. The team finished 23rd in points and looked ahead to a successful 2009 season. Those plans fell through, and Kvapil was looking for another ride after the first five races.
It�s critical to be in the top 35 in points to lock up a starting spot for the next race. To end the season in 23rd with an independent team was an accomplishment that the NASCAR community couldn�t help but notice.
Before the 2009 season, Kvapil learned that those valuable points were turned over to Paul Menard, whose father�s stores provided sponsorship on Menard�s Yates team car.
�It�s really disappointing,� Kvapil said. �I felt we had a great year in 2008. Yates Racing, as a startup team, had a handful of top 10 finishes, a pole and finished 23rd in the standings� not too shabby. We were all looking forward to 2009, but the funding ended and we could not find another sponsor.�
That disappointment is behind him now as he prepares for the 2010 Daytona 500 practice sessions. NASCAR has banned pre-race testing, but that may be a plus for Front Row Motorsports.
�We have a new deal with the cars and engines so some testing would have been helpful, but I think we�ll benefit more from having more time to build our cars and get them ready than we would have benefited from testing,� Kvapil said. �Testing is not as critical at Daytona as it is at other tracks, so I think we�ll be in good shape once practice starts next month.�
Kvapil is guaranteed a starting spot at Daytona and the next four races because of owner points earned by Front Row Motorsports last year with John Andretti driving.
Kvapil assured his fans that the 2010 season with Front Row Motorsports is a full-time commitment. There will be no instances of starting a race, completing a lap or two and then pulling into the pits with a mysterious mechanical problem to make sure the car is in one piece for the next race.
�The plan is to enter every race and race every lap,� Kvapil said. �This is a complete effort, and we�ll be running for those points that can elevate us to the top tier.�
Unlike many drivers, Kvapil has welcomed the so-called Car of Tomorrow in Cup racing.
�I feel more comfortable in the new car than the old one,� Kvapil said. �The new car has less downforce, meaning it�s not stuck to the track as much as the old one. It has the feel of the truck, so with my experience in the truck series, I like the way the new car handles.�
Kvapil has seen his share of �down� days in the Cup series, but he had a great deal of success in the NASCAR truck series. He won the 2003 NASCAR truck series championship. The following year, he gave Toyota its first major NASCAR win in Detroit�s backyard at Michigan International Speedway in a race sponsored by the same company that sponsored his truck�Line-X pickup truck bedliners.
Despite his success, Kvapil has remained a hometown kind of guy, eager to maintain ties to his hometown fans and media. His cell phone number is available, and he returns calls.
�I�m very appreciative of my fans in the Janesville and Milton area that have supported me through my racing career,� he said. �It�s hard to keep up with everyone all the time, but I do the best I can.
�I�m a tweeter now, so folks back home can follow what�s going on with that or they can log on to my website.�
Kvapil is back in the game, and you can watch a hometown kind of guy turn left and gas it in car No. 34 on Valentine�s Day, Feb. 14, in the 2010 Daytona 500.
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An organizational meeting for a group for parents of murdered children was held Monday night.
"Parents of Murdered Children" is a support group to help with the grieving process for any relative of a murdered child.
A new chapter is forming in Buckhannon.
The group will be supervised by Betty Sargent.
Someone murdered Sargent's child back in 1991.
Meetings will be held the first Monday of every month at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church.
Monday's meeting started at 7 p.m.


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A day later, everybody was still marveling about "The Shot."
Tony Parker's brilliant, game-sealing, double-clutch effort over LeBron James in Game 1 of the NBA Finals will go down in league lore, should the Spurs manage to eventually beat the Heat.
San Antonio took the opener 92-88, mainly because Parker was silly good, in a 21-point, six-assist effort with nary a turnover.
"They played it over and over on every channel last night. It was hard not to see it," said Spurs starter Danny Green of Parker's heroics.
"It was an incredible shot. It's not easy to do, but he did it and that's why he's Tony."
Parker described the scene as "chaos."
"It was a crazy play … When I was on the ground, I had time to look at the clock, and I knew it was 1.7. So I had time to pump fake and get a shot up. It was definitely a little bit of luck and me not panicking."
Added LeBron James: "He's been in this position multiple times. He's a very, very smart player. It was a tough shot. He came off a pick and roll. He bobbled it, he backed up, he tripped, he fell and he got up and went under my arm and made a tough bank shot. That's not why we lost the game. That's a huge shot, but it's not why we lost the game."
No, the Heat lost because the team could not put away the plucky Spurs when the chances were there and — perhaps connecting to that point — because the vaunted Miami defence could not force Parker and his mates into coughing up the ball. The Spurs had only four turnovers.
"That's something we need to do. That's our best chance of continuing to win games, is taking care of that ball," said Tim Duncan, so good in the opener after a tough start.
Pickering's Cory Joseph broke down why holding on to the ball is particularly important against these fast-break-loving Heat.
"They're great at taking turnovers and putting it to points," Joseph said.
Whenever Miami was the opponent this season, Raptors head coach Dwane Casey had keyed on how crucial it was to somehow stop the Heat from getting into the open court off of miscues.
San Antonio has figured out how to do that. But head coach Gregg Popovich is cautioning everyone not to go overboard.
"Tony hit a heck of a shot. So it's not like anybody kicked anybody's butt," he said.
"It was anybody's ball game, and we happened to be fortunate enough to get it."
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra indicated that James might spend more time on Parker going forward, in order to ratchet up the pressure level on the Frenchman, who Duncan called "just an incredible force for us."
On offence, the Heat wants to get Chris Bosh inside more, instead of launching three-pointers — "We need that paint attack from him," said James.
"Look, we're not going to overreact to those misses," Spoelstra said. "He was wide open. He has been making some. He's hit some big ones already."
Added Ray Allen: "Somebody has got to help when LeBron penetrates, so he's always open. He's got to knock those shots down, but also, we've got to get him to focus on the paint."
For his part, Bosh said he's confident he can make outside shots, but is still getting into the flow of when to take them and when not to.
"That's an adjustment that I have had to make over the playoffs. I'm still learning, still trying to get better," Bosh said.
The Heat doesn't like being in this position, but at least has experience on its side.
The team will try to dig out of a 1-0 hole to San Antonio on Sunday, a year after winning four straight Finals contests following an opening loss to Oklahoma City.
It also won four in a row against Chicago after losing Game 1 last month.
"There's definitely more confidence (having) been in these situations before," said Heat centre Joel Anthony, of Montreal. "Having experience, you're confident you can bounce back from this and that's exactly what we're going to be looking to do."
But Miami knows the Spurs will provide an even tougher challenge than either the Thunder or Bulls.
"These are the best of the best teams," said guard Dwyane Wade. "It's the Finals. There are no other series after this."
"We're playing against a very, very good team. Very intelligent, smart team. We have to crack the code and figure out how to be more effective."


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I didn't feel a bit festive until I visited the Royal & Derngate on Friday night for a magical retelling of Dickens' Yuletide ghost story, A Christmas Carol.
The wonderfully ornate and atmospheric Victorian Royal Theatre was the perfect setting for a story written just 40 years before the original venue was built. The compact stage was stuffed, floor to ceiling, with a superbly designed set (take a bow Michael Taylor) that was as eccentric as some of Boz's grotesque line drawings that illustrated Dickens' stories.
Characters entered via a succession of wardrobes and fireplaces and picked their way carefully down stacks of books staggered into makeshift staircases. Everything was dressed in layers of cobwebs and pounds of dust.
But there was nothing dusty about this production. It was a Christmas treat from start to finish.
The redemptive story of how miser Ebeneezer Scrooge discovers the meaning of Christmas can be a little scary for young ones but director Gary Sefton ensured that there were plenty of laughs throughout to diffuse ghostly nightmares.
Sam Graham's dour Scrooge could have been a double for old Albert Steptoe. His lean frame emphasised his parsimonious attitude to relationships and generosity.
But after a night when he is visited by three ghosts it's not only his demeanour that changes. Out go the drab black and grey uniform of a lonely workaholic to be replaced by an outfit of sartorial elegance that won applause from the first night crowd.
There were plenty of applause too for the production's special effects. It's amazing what can be done with an old sheet, a flying harness and a few trap doors.
Actor Andy Williams excelled as various ghosts (no jokes about typecasting. He gave a spirited performance but fell short of serenading us with Moon River).
The hard working Williams was tremendous fun – firstly as the long dead Jacob Marley and later as the Ghost of Christmas Present. He also came up with a scene-stealing Mr Fezziwig and squeezed in a couple of other cameos throughout.
A Christmas Carol comes up with a corker of a finale that saw faces young and old beam with delight.
A tremendous family show and a perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit. It worked for me. Merry Christmas everyone.


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Cleaning up a contaminated park near Jacksonville's downtown sounds great, but it could cost millions and lead to demolition of a century-old building.
But there are bright spots once the scrubbing starts. Contamination that has seeped around Hogans Creek for decades could finally be fixed. And the cleanup, which engineers said might cost up to $17.2 million, could stave off an even more expensive federal intervention in Jacksonville's problems.
"We need a clean Hogans Creek," Gloria DeVall, a Springfield preservation activist, said when a reporter asked her about a study the city sent to Florida's Department of Environmental Protection laying out options for handling contaminated soil in and around Confederate Park, which the creek runs through.
Work that the study says may be necessary includes demolishing one building in a set of structures DeVall has been trying to get labeled as a historic landmark.
"It's a terrible thing to have to decide between them," she said, but said pollution seeping into the creek from contaminated soil has to be addressed.
The soil holds coal tar that was discarded from a manufactured gas plant operating in 1884 north of what is now Main and State streets downtown. The plant created gas to power streetlights, leaving behind residue that contained cancer-causing chemicals.
Remnants of the pollution were found around the creek at the southern end of the park; around Orange Street just south of the creek; and near the site of the former Park View Inn on State Street, demolished in 2011.
Figuring out how to fix the contamination has been a slow process, and reaching a point where choices are clearer has generated some enthusiasm.
"We're now to the point that we're actually going to get a remediation plan and get it cleaned up," said Jason Teal, a city lawyer whose clients have paid for studies of the area since the 1990s.
A clock was running, albeit quietly, to get to this point. The state agency said in 2010 it planned to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to declare the area a Superfund site, a severely polluted site where the federal government would take over the cleanup and then hand the bill to the responsible parties, including the city as an owner of the site. The city pleaded for time to get a cleanup plan together, saying that the Superfund label near the city's heart would be hurtful to plans for the area.
The work that engineering consultant Geosyntec describes in its new report could be done a lot faster than the research.
"Once they start turning the first shovel of dirt, really, it's about a year" to completion, Teal said.
There is no timetable for that work, which won't start until state officials review the study by Geosyntec. The report sets out three approaches to the cleanup, priced between roughly $11 million and $17 million over 30 years of work and maintenance.
The choices range from doing little beyond pumping groundwater from the area and processing and releasing it to inserting an underground barrier and blending soil with a cement-like mix of material that would create a "low-permeability cap" of material that would freeze the contamination in place, keeping it from spreading. Two of the plans call for demolishing buildings still standing on the Park View site and a one-story building on the back side of the closed E. H. Thompson building, a former Claude Nolan Cadillac site at 937 N. Main St. designed a century ago by locally famed architect Henry Klutho.
State officials have been reviewing the list, said Dee Ann Miller, an Environmental Protection spokeswoman.
Before they're done, a public meeting will be held for people interested in the park and the surrounding property to be able to tell state officials what they want the cleanup to include.
A date hasn't been set, but times in March are being considered against evenings when an open room is available in the city's Ed Ball Building downtown, Teal said.
Because of the amount of pollution in the park, the city wants to have a leading role in whatever cleanup work happens, but also wants other property owners to pay some share of the work that will be done on their land, Teal said.
The city sued two businesses, Shoppes of Lakewood and Jacksonville Hospitality Holdings LLC, in 2012 to get them to clean their property. Both of those joined the city recently in asking a federal judge to defer their case while the state reviewed the cleanup study.
Steve Patterson: (904) 359-4263


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I'm not sure what I would do if Amanda Seyfried ever showed up on the red carpet looking anything less than stunning. Thankfully, I didn't have to find out during Sunday night's SAG Awards.
Jenny Cho, Suave Professionals celebrity stylist, shares her insider tips on creating Seyfried's 40's style waves. Cho says, "My inspiration for the hair was the bottom of her beautiful dress. The layers of ruffles on her fishtail dress cascading down to the floor was so elegant." Follow Cho's simple steps to recreate this look at home:
Step 1: Blow dry hair with a round brush, ensuring a smooth finish with body.
Step 2: Make a deep side part and divide hair into four or five big sections. Starting at the midpoint of hair, wind each section around the barrel of a large curling iron and hold for a few seconds.
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Ashes: Andrew Caddick sees no escape for Australia
Andrew Caddick thinks England's bowlers will once again prove too strong for Australia at Old Trafford.
Last Updated: 01/08/13 10:02am
England lead the series 2-0 after wins at Trent Bridge and Lord's and require only a draw in Manchester to ensure they retain the urn.
Caddick, 10th on the list of English Test wicket takers with 234, thinks England's bowling attack - led by James Anderson on his home ground - will prove too strong once again.
"Jimmy is a superb athlete and knows his game," Caddick told Sky Sports News.
"He's at the top of his game and the others are feeding off that. That's what you need, a spearhead - he's done that for the last couple of years - and you've got some good-quality seamers backing him up.
"You've got a very good bowling attack against a very weak Aussie batting line-up. All told, England should come out on top every time."
Caddick is expecting a dry surface at Old Trafford, which has the reputation for offering more pace and bounce than the other Test grounds in England.
He said: "We're playing against an Australia side that doesn't have much of a spin attack, so you have to produce wickets for your team.
"That's what England have done. They've produced dry wickets and Swann comes into it. Jimmy and Bresnan are both very good reverse swing bowlers."


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Phil Miller Election Statement
Phil Miller
Professional Committee — At-Large
The growth of cycling in the United States entails efforts acoss the spectrum of our sport — I am running for a postion on the Professional Commission because success in our professional ranks will result in growth and development for all USAC members. I also am standing for election due to my belief that USAC's future requires active, meaningful communication across the borders that separate disciplines from one another, administrators from members, and most importantly decisions from those they most affect.
While our professional ranks overseas remain very important to the health of cycling here at home, my experience in 43 years in ths sport tells me that we are of the verge of tremendous growth and vitality in our growing dometic professonal peloton — men and women, road, track, 'cross and mountain bike. With this opportunity comes signifcant challenges, as many traditional events struggle for survival, and as new categories of professionals fight to establish new events, new teams and new race series in a difficult economy.
If elected, I would focus my individual efforts in the followng areas:
- Development and growth of the new National Criterium and National Track Calendars;
- Promoton of more UCI America's Cup events such that domestic pro teams have an opportunity to get more invitations to the highest level events on the North American Pro Calendar;
- Gender parity in prize lists for professionals;
- Development of programs and informational resources that support new professionals and ensure that a decision to pursue a career in cycling carries with it an assurance that the physical and fiscal well-being of athletes is protected and enhanced.
My career in cycling began in the late 1960's — well before there was a domestic pro peloton. I have been an official since 1982, and an International Commissaire for road, track and cyclocross since 1997. Over these years our paths have likely crossed many times, though as is normal for a commissaire I haven't had the opportunity to speak with many of you, even as I have served your events.
Behind the scenes, I have served for the past ten years on our National Techncal Commission, and have worked to teach, evaluate and mentor across the country. I have worked as a Local Association and Velodrome Association President here in Washington State, and have been honored to develop for the State of Washngton one of the few comprehensive public guides to permtting and ensuring safe production of road races. As a transportation planner in both private and public practice, my career has always represented bicyclists and emphasized the development of access and safety for all riders.
Commissaires and competitors share a common bond — whether on the road or at a venue, we both work tirelessly to both improve our "game" and also through our efforts to create a better sport. As a member of the Professional Commission, my vow to you is to be just as tireless in the pursuit of growth and development of the sport in a manner that stresses honor, virtue and integrity. When you succeed, the sport succeeds, and when the sport succeeds, new riders will get their opportunty as well. Please join me in this effort.
I greatly appreciate your support and your dedication to the sport which we share and which we all love.
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The accusation, made by former Wales captain Gareth Thomas, not only comes in the wake of a fifth successive defeat for Wales, but five days ahead of Saturday's penultimate autumn series Test against New Zealand.
Thomas told the BBC: "I just think that the players with the experience – the Gethin Jenkinses, the Sam Warburtons, the Jamie Robertses – the players who have put themselves in a position to be leaders in this team, they need to stand up.
"They need to get up there and say, 'OK, I'm taking the ball, give me the ball, come on run at me, I'll show you a tackle, get behind me, support me, follow me', instead of saying, 'I'm this, I'm that, I can do whatever I want'. You get out there and put your jersey on and play with a bit of respect."
But Edwards said: "If he [Gareth Thomas] can show me specifics in the game, I will look at it and then decide. However, I wouldn't agree with that. Personally I thought it was a game between two teams who were pretty evenly matched.
"The difference to when we beat them by one score in the World Cup is that they have got better for the reason that they had a tighthead prop from the French champions and the tighthead prop on the bench, who plays for the champions of England. That's why they have improved, whereas we have gone slightly backwards because of injuries etc."
The news that Ian Evans, Richard Hibbard and Dan Biggar have joined Adam Jones, Alun Wyn Jones and Dan Lydiate on the casualty list means Wales face an even tougher challenge in Cardiff on Saturday.
Hibbard, who left the field against Samoa with a shoulder injury, is unlikely to play any further part in the series, while Biggar and Evans are rated as doubtful for the weekend after suffering hefty blows to the shoulder and knee respectively. The return of centre Jonathan Davies and hooker Matthew Rees softens the blow.


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Dr. MD Sarder, assistant professor and program coordinator in Industrial Engineering Technology at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, has been selected as an Outstanding New Advisor Award winner in the faculty academic advising category from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) as part of the 2011 Annual Awards Program for Academic Advising.
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Compare and contrast the two films, Dangerous Liaisons and Cruel Intentions, which are based on the same novel.
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This movie is the perfect depiction of the power of the male ego. It is also a reflection of the cruelty of a woman's heart once broken.
The book, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written by Choderlos de Laclos was originally written in epistolary form. This means that the entire book consisted of letters.
Interestingly enough Swoosie Kurtz, who plays Madame de Volange, went on to play Dr. Greenbaum in Cruel Intentions, the modern retelling of Dangerous Liaisons. In both films, Valmont seduces her daughter.
Following are some details of the film:
Tagline: Lust. Seduction. Revenge. See the game played as you've never seen it before.
Plot Outline: Set in France, 1788. The Marquise de Merteuil, Glen Close needs a favor from her ex-lover, Vicomte de Valmont, John Malkovich. Her ex-husband is planning on marrying a young, virtuous, woman called Cecile de Volanges, Uma Thurman. The Marquise would like Valmont to seduce Cecile before her wedding day. Meanwhile Valmont has a conquest of his own in mind, Madame de Tourvel, Michelle Pfeiffer, a beautiful, married, and God fearing woman. The Marquise doesn't think that Valmont can do it, she tells him that if he can provide written proof of a sexual encounter with Madame de Tourvel, that she will offer him a reward, one last night with her.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Writing Credits: Christopher Hampton
Genre: Drama/Romance
Glenn Close : Marquise de Merteuil
John Malkovich : Vicomte de Valmont
Michelle Pfeiffer : Madame de Tourvel
Swoosie Kurtz : Madame de Volanges
Keanu Reeves : Chevalier Danceny
Mildred Natwick : Madame de Rosemonde
Uma Thurman: Cecile de Volanges
Peter Capaldi : Azolan
The movie runs 1 hour and 59 minutes.
Academy Awards Won:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Best Actress
Best Music, Original Score
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress
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LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Britain's Prince Harry was seen partying at a London nightclub recently despite having just broken up with his longtime girlfriend.
Just as most of Harry's relationship with Chelsy Davy had gone, the two were seen partying at separate nightclubs shortly after they agreed to undergo a trial separation from one another, The Mail on Sunday said.
One of Davy's close friends said the Zimbabwean beauty simply needed time away from the British prince for increased introspection.
"She kept saying she needed to take some time out to re-establish herself," the unidentified friend said. "She still loves him, but she feels she needs to carve an identity as her own person rather than as Prince Harry's girlfriend."
Yet a senior aide close to the royal family painted a different picture, saying the couple had gone their separate ways for good.
"The relationship is over. It has simply run its course," the unidentified aide told the newspaper. "Harry will be carrying on his Army career and Chelsy will continue her studies."


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By Karen Brainard
A new list of recreational projects to be considered for Park Lands Dedication Ordinance (PLDO) funding has received Ramona Community Planning Group approval.
Approximately $648,000 is available in county PLDO funds for recreational uses in Ramona.
Jim Cooper, chair of the Parks and Recreation Subcommittee of the planning group, sought projects for consideration, requesting each project be represented by a "champion." At the July 22 Parks and Rec Subcommittee meeting, champions of seven proposed projects gave presentations. The subcommittee then prioritized the projects for funding.
Although a skateboard park was listed as No. 5 on the proposed Project Priority List, the planning group moved it to the No. 3 spot, after a recommendation from RCPG Chair Jim Piva.
"As far as I'm concerned the skatepark has been the one project in the community that has been there the longest," Piva told the
The following priority list was approved by a vote of 8-0, with Cooper abstaining and six members absent.
- Amphitheater fencing, sod and seed
Champion: Art Thomsen
The amphitheater area in Ramona Community Park across from the Pony Baseball and soccer fields has a long history in Ramona, according to Thomsen, and could serve as a community gathering place if amenities were developed. Potable water and electrical exists, sprinklers are in and a stage area with shade is under development. Fencing is needed to keep off-roaders away from the area, and sod and seeding will allow the bowl area to be developed for family use. Funds requested: $27,500.
- Ramona Soccer League expansion
Champion: Kathy Mckown
Mckown presented an overview of the current soccer league field inadequacies. The league proposes turning two of the four Ramona Adult Softball fields at Ramona Community Park into soccer fields. Funds requested: $150,000.
Adult Softball President Jacob Zoria told the Sentinel that his group has only been using two fields and is not opposed to the plan, which is in the process of being finalized.
"We just want it done the right way," he said.
Cindy Galloway with Ramona Parks and Recreation Association, which leases the land to the sports groups, said RPRA supports the plan.
- Skateboard park
Champion: Nancy Roy
This project will focus on the development of a world-class skateboard park behind Ramona Library. Those involved with the proposed Ramona Intergenerational Community Campus (RICC) at that site support the skatepark, Roy reported. Funds requested for initial planning/design: $90,000.
- Girls Softball LED scoreboards
Champion: Jeff Moody
This project will focus on the purchase and installation of electric LED score boards on five fields. Funds requested: $40,000.
- Girls & Boys Club tennis court conversion to basketball court
Champion: Simone McCune
The project would take one of two tennis courts at Collier Park and convert it to a basketball court, available to the public when not in basketball league use. Funds requested: $70,620.
- RHS Baseball/Softball fencing and dugouts
Champion: Dean Welch
The project includes demolition of current dugouts, relocating them at a safer distance, building snack bars, team rooms, and connecting backstops. Plans have been completed by the RUSD architect, Welch said. Funds requested: $100,000.
- Ramona Community Athletic Complex, Central Support Facility — Phase 1 (retitled from Ramona High School Recreational Improvement Phase 1)
Champion: Steve Powell
Powell gave a slide presentation to the Parks and Rec subcommittee, showing how two new buildings could fit into the RHS campus and detailing the various functions they would include for community use. Funds requested: $250,000.
Although the amount of funds requested total $80,000 more than available, Parks and Rec Subcommittee member Dawn Perfect said the possibility exists that not all projects will be built or funds spent in one year.
"The projects usually get built on who's ready," she said.
Because all planning group votes are advisory to the county, the list needs the approval of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.


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There are a variety of ways to prepare your delicious boudin. Boudin is already cooked upon purchase, so the only thing you have to worry about is heating it up. Most boudin fans have their own methods and preferences as to how they go about heating this Cajun delicacy. How the boudin turns out after heating is entirely dependent on which method is used.
For boudin with a crispy texture, try these:
Preheat grill to a medium heat, then grill each link for 2 minutes on each side.
Preheat oven to 275-300° F, then line baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray bottom of boudin and sheet with cooking spray. Cook for 25 minutes, rotating each link every 5 minutes.
For soft, smooth-textured boudin, try these:
Place links in pot and fill with water, covering links completely. Boil in water for about 5 minutes.
Place links in steamer, then fill with enough water to cover bottom. Heat links for 3-5 minutes, then let sit for 10-15 minutes, before serving.
Fill a medium-sized bowl with an inch of water. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Place link in the bowl and microwave until heated through.
Boudin Cooking Tips
- Be careful to not puncture boudin when cooking, as this will cause it to lose juices and dry out.
- To grill or bake without getting a crispy texture, wrap in foil while cooking.


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UPDATE: No Renovation Deal as Second Deadline Passes
Rumors that Wrigley renovation talks could come to an end Monday may now be more rumor than truth, sources said.
Despite the push for officials to announce an agreement for before Monday's opening day, a snag has developed with rooftop owners that could put a halt to an agreement on renovations.
Sources close to the negotiations said contrary to the widely held belief that all sides were close to a deal last week, the rooftop owners are now demanding to extend their revenue sharing agreement with the Cubs beyond its current expiration of 2024.
Rooftop owners have threatened to sue if views were disrupted by the renovation's planned billboard additions and reportedly believe they are being misled about the size of the billboard the team wants to install in right field, sources told NBC Chicago.
It appears the Cubs want something three times larger than the current Toyota sign and that could drive several of the 16 rooftop owners out of business.
Previous talks on the renovation said new signage would affect one or two rooftops and that rooftop owners would not get an extension on the agreement on their revenue-sharing contract with the team. Rooftop owners currently share 17 percent of their profits with the Cubs.
With only one day left before the Cubs home opener, that critical snag could delay if not strike out the Mayor's hope of announcing 2000 new construction jobs and $500 million in construction spending in Wrigleyville before the new season gets underway.
Cubs baseball President Theo Epstein said last week, the renovation and the income it would bring are inextricably tied to the team's future ability to succeed.
"If we don't get a Wrigley renovation done in a timely manner, and done the right way, then we can't accomplish our business objectives and that will certainly get in the way of us ultimately accomplishing our baseball objectives,"he said. "It's very important."


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