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No, I'm not really that much of a fan of Adam Sandler (who produced here)'s films anymore, although "Happy Gilmore" still remains a low-brow classic. Schneider's suprise hit "Deuce Bigalow" had its share of laughs, but didn't get too many solid laughs out of me. What has made both of his recent films work is that they know exactly what they are: silly, jokey vehicles that are good-natured and not very mean-spirited, but still not without a slight edge to it all.
Schneider plays Marvin, a wannabe police officer who is made fun of by his neighbors, their pets, his co-workers, visiting children on field trips - you get the idea, the guy's a loser. One day, he gets into a rather horrific car crash and is saved by a oddball doctor who lives out in the woods, who puts spare animal parts inside him. Finding himself awake and out in the middle of nowhere, Marvin goes on with his life, thinking his newfound senses and abilities are due to his drinking the powerful "badger milk" that he's seen on a TV infomerical.
Around this time he meets a tree-hugging, animal-shelter working girl named Rianna (Colleen Haskell from the first "Survivor") and the two have a nice romance, although after a dinner date he marks his territory on her doorstep. Haskell is not only wonderful, but suprisingly terrific in the role. She doesn't get that much screen time, but she has a light, sweet presence that's accessable and engaging. If she doesn't get more parts, it would certainly be a shame. And, it's also nice to see that she seems to have survived "Survivor" with relatively few scratches (seeing a clip of her badly bruised and bug-eaten legs on the "Survivor" highlights DVD was rather gross).
Anyways, "Animal" delivered exactly what I expected - no more, no less. It was nice not to have to sit through a low-brow comedy that used fart jokes every few minutes (cough, cough..."Evolution"...), although I'm sure that a few went by during the proceedings. There's also a few decent supporting performances from John C. McGinley and Ed Asner. Even the always amusing (although I seem to be the only one who thinks so) Norm MacDonald pops up in an extended cameo. The ending is even sufficently entertaining - the whole thing works because Schneider tries hard to sell the material, and, for once in a comedy this Summer, it's actually funny stuff.
It's not exactly high art, but I certainly enjoyed myself during its brisk 90 minutes and had some good laughs, which seems to be a rarity this Summer.
The DVD
VIDEO: "The Animal" is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. It's an example of what the studio is capable of producing when they do their very best. Sharpness and detail is consistently strong, while there's occasionally very nice depth to the image.
I really saw little in the way of problems throughout the movie. A speck or two on the print popped up, but I certainly didn't see any further wear, which I wouldn't expect from such a recent picture. Edge enhancement was not in attendance and the film remained free of pixelation or any other faults.
As with directors the Farrelly Brothers who rely on cinematographer Mark Irwin to make their films at least moderately visually interesting, Schneider has had cinematographer Peter Lyons Collister for both "Animal" and "Deuce Bigalow". Collister does a fine job capturing both the action and the often lovely background scenery. The film's bright and rich color palette looked superb throughout the presentation here, appearing well-saturated and flawless.
SOUND: As with Spade's "Joe Dirt", "Animal"'s Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation seems to just want to crank the music and let the rest of the cards fall where they may. Unfortunately, it's not playing with much of a hand, as it finds itself showing off the usual "comedy audio". Surrounds come into play for the music very nicely, but rarely do they present anything else. Audio quality was terrific, as the music had a nice, bassy presence and dialogue came through with fine clarity.
MENUS:: A very funny animated menu with several different "joke" names for the options - for example, when "play movie" is selected, it says "fetch the movie" instead. Little animated versions of Schneider's character also sit above the options and occasionally do stuff.
Commentaries: This commentary is from actor Rob Schneider and similarly named producer John Schnieder. While not quite a laugh-riot, Schnieder and Schneider are consistently funnier than David Spade proved to be for his "Joe Dirt" commentary. Actor Schnieder does a fine job joking about his experiences working on the film and pointing out such details as the inspirations for jokes, where material was cut and what scenes were re-shoots. Producer Schneider really doesn't say much, but chimes in with some additional information about a scene when he can add to what actor Schneider is saying. An additional note: although I believe he does get one through during the commentary, actor Schneider's occasional cursing is bleeped.
The second commentary is from director Luke Greenfield, whose first film was "The Animal". Providing a low-key discussion, the commentary talks quite a bit about the director's experiences as he very quickly found himself on the set of a modestly budgeted major motion picture. As "Animal" isn't exactly a tech-heavy picture, there's not exactly a wealth of production details to talk about, but the director does share some information about material that was either re-shot or had to be cut. There's a little bit of discussion of what's going on on-screen here and there and some praise-heavy moments, but overall, I thought this was an enjoyable and occasionally informative track.
Badger Milk/Deleted Scenes: There's two different "deleted scenes" options: there is a section in the supplements where 4 mildly amusing deleted moments are offered on their own. There's also an additional feature called "badger milk" which, if selected, brings up a little logo occasionally throughout the movie. When selected, there is an introduction by Schneider and writer Tom Brady to a piece of footage that was left on the cutting room floor at that point. Afterwards, viewers are taken back to where they left off.
Comedy Central: The Animal: This is a not particularly informative, but occasionally quite funny 22 minute featurette that originally aired on Comedy Central. Much of it simply revolves around selling the movie and talking about the story, but it's all presented in an amusing fashion and the interviews occasionally bring forth a few good jokes. Hosted by Schneider and includes interviews with Adam Sandler (very funny), Colleen Haskell and others. Worth a viewing.
Also: "Animal Instincts" (9 min featurette), "What's In Marvin?" game, trailers for "Cable Guy", "Animal", "Joe Dirt" and "Big Daddy", production notes and filmographies.
Final Thoughts: I found "The Animal" to be a guilty pleasure - a good-natured comedy that offered some occasionally inspired laughs. Tristar's new Special Edition DVD boasts excellent video quality and respectable audio quality along with some great extra features. Recommended for at least a rental if you enjoy low-brow comedies and a purchase if you're already a fan.


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ALAMEDA — City officials do not identify Neptune Pointe — the site near Crab Cove where a developer's proposal to build homes has sparked a lawsuit and community opposition — as a potential place for residential development in a draft document that shows whether the city can meet its projected housing needs.
The Planning Board will consider the draft Housing Element of its General Plan, or the portion that identifies sites to accommodate future residential needs. when it meets Monday.
The draft document, which state officials must certify, follows the City Council rezoning the neighborhood near the entrance to Robert Crown Memorial State Beach in July 2012 as a potential site for housing under the current Housing Element.
The East Bay Regional Park District is suing the city over the decision, saying the council did not provide proper notice about the rezoning and that it approved the change without a completed Environmental Impact Report.
District representatives also maintain the proposal from developer Tim Lewis Communities to build up to 48 homes on about four acres of former federal property at the foot of McKay Avenue is not compatible with the recreational uses of the nearby beach and park.
A citizen's group is now campaigning to have the city rezone the area as open space.
Revisions to the Housing Element must take place every eight years under state law.
Alameda officials began reviewing the current document in 2007, but it did not secure state approval until 2012 because it needed tweaking — a delay that means city officials must consider the Housing Element again now due to the cycle required by state law.
The draft document that will go before the Planning Board on Monday covers the city's projected housing needs from 2015 through 2023.
The document identifies sites for 1,725 homes, City Planner Andrew Thomas said.
About half of the homes are designated as affordable and none of the sites are at Alameda Point.
Among the locations is just more than seven acres on the north side of Buena Vista Avenue between Arbor and Ohlone streets. Warehouses are on the site, but Lennar Development Company recently purchased the property and a tentative map showing a mix of 89 single-family and multi-unit residences has already been approved.
Other sites include the "Boatworks," the vacant parcel at Clement Avenue and Oak Street where a mix of 182 homes is proposed, and an approximately eight-acre site known as "Shipways" on Marina Village Parkway, where the owner is currently attempting to secure a developer, according to city officials.
The Housing Element approved in 2012 identified sites for about 2,400 homes.
Reasons for fewer sites in the current draft document include the city taking ownership of about 1,300 acres of Alameda Point from the U.S. Navy in June 2013, which opens up a host of locations for homes, Thomas said.
While the number of projected residential units has dropped, the draft document does not feature any major policy or program changes compared to the 2012 Housing Element.
The Housing Authority will consider the draft document on March 19.
The Planning Board will again consider the document on April 28, when the Commission on Disability Issues also will review it.
City officials ask that the public submit any written comments by April 28. The Planning Board will make its recommendation to the council on May 12.
The council will take action on the draft Housing Element in June.
In other business Monday, the Planning Board will hear about a proposal to redevelop the historic Del Monte Warehouse building at 1501 Buena Vista Ave. for residential use. The board will not take any action.
Details about the proposal, such as the number and type of homes, was not immediately available.
Reach Peter Hegarty at 510-749-1654 or follow him on Twitter.com/Peter_Hegarty.
The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave.


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Scene Rejuvenated
Elmore, left, and Josh Grenier, right, of UVMs Student Association
Concert Bureau make last-minute
preparations as Phish bassist Mike Gordon 87 and guitar legend Leo
Kottke run through sound check for their Ira Allen Chapel show in November.
See page 13 for the story on UVMs resurgent SA Concert Bureau.
Play with a Purpose
Campus center models day
cares potential
Day care, like childhood itself, is a mystery; its a territory
that most adults choose not to explore. We pack our children off in the
morning, then pick them up, rarely fully engaging the obvious questions:
What do they actually do all day? And why do they do it?
A few minutes spent stooping over Dee Smiths light table starts
to reveal answers. Smith, a head teacher in the UVM Campus Childcare Center
and a talented photographer, has thousands of images on film. Theres
a small girl, extending a chubby finger to point a direction to a clueless
passerby. Heres a tiny boy, surrounded by intent cohorts, laboriously
extracting a ball from a Plexiglas tube. Theres a shot of a tot
trio staring at a metal grate as intently as if it were a kabalistic manuscript.
So one answer to the what they do all day question: grates.
Grates are big, says Smith. They love to gather around
them and check things out.
Answering the second part of the question, the why, isnt hard either,
at least not here: The children do what they do because they themselves
choose to do it.
Thats a simple notion, but a subversive one in American day care.
The economics of the profession are tough here teachers are poorly
paid, and programs are often both expensive and crowded and those
demands sometimes mean regimented, impersonal programs geared toward the
needs of parents and profits.
American day care is generally dreadful, says Dale Goldhaber,
associate professor of integrated professional studies and the centers
director. Its too often mediocre at best, downright harmful
at worst.
The UVM center, then, is both a service to the community a full-time,
full-year program that provides nurturing care for children from six weeks
to five years as their parents work and a demonstration project
arguing for a better way of educating our young.
Goldhaber and his colleagues host 150 to 200 professional visitors a year,
and a list of major papers and presentations on early childhood
education has 48 entries. In large part because of the centers impetus,
the number of early childhood education majors at UVM has more than doubled
in just eight years. As those students intern and work-study with professional
teachers at the center, then graduate and start their own professional
careers, Goldhaber hopes their skills and values will help spread more
much-needed high quality care.
Goldhaber and his colleagues draw inspiration from the state-run child
care centers of Reggio-Emilia, Italy, a place where early childhood education
is taken as seriously as primary and secondary education and children
are placed in stimulating, safe environments to learn things for themselves.
Over the years, the UVM teachers have had many exchanges with their Italian
colleagues, starting an internationalist tradition that has subsequently
blossomed into another exchange program with the University of Stockholm.
Italian day care, and the UVM program, start from the basic proposition
that children are competent, Goldhaber says. What they do isnt
unique, he says. What is unique is that they do it fully.
In this model, children have agency, and ingenious ideas about how the
world works. Their behavior, no matter how superficially frivolous, has
meaning that a skilled teacher can divine, extend, and channel. We
see the glass as half full, he explains. That turns our teachers
into observers. Every moment, they watch the children and think of how
they can further what they are doing.
The movement, the music, the art projects at the UVM center are about
fun, but they are also intended to help children develop. The inspiration
is an expanding body of neurological research that describes the crucial
role of experience in early childhood.
The research says that a variety of experiences helps the brain
develop, Goldhaber says. You are not born with a fixed and
pre-wired brain. The brain needs to figure out whats going on in
the world to put itself together properly.
So center kids are constantly offered new experiences and opportunities
to interact with objects and each other. In addition to those beguiling
heating grates, there are regular tours of campus, and chances for even
tiny babies to play with clay and paint. Center organizers have also made
a concerted effort to make every cinder-blocked inch of the facility,
housed at Living/Learning, as beguiling as possible. A mirror-bedecked
diaper-changing table, to name just one example, may not seem like much
but to Goldhaber it is symbolic of an entire approach.
What this is, he says, is a place for children to grow.
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Whats New
Edwin Colodnys interim presidency at UVM was the centerpiece
of a Chronicle of Higher Education article about institutions that
made significant progress under interim leadership. Mr. Colodnys
13-month stint at the Univer-sity of Vermont could be a model for institutions
at a management crossroads, wrote the Chronicle. The publication
cited Colodnys success with mending the universitys post-hockey
hazing image, boosting enrollments and campus morale, tackling program
cuts and academic restructuring, increasing state funding, and helping
build donor support. In October, Colodny set to work on his next challenge
when he was named interim chief executive officer for Fletcher Allen Health
A five-foot sturgeon, 1,000 emerald shiner fish, and legions of
their freshwater friends are taking up residence at the Marcelle and Patrick
Leahy ECHO Center for Lake Champlain on Burlingtons waterfront.
(ECHO stands for ecology, culture, history, opportunity.) The new facility
is directly connected to UVMs Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory,
creating an unusual link of science museum and working scientists. Its
not common and has not been done elsewhere, so we hope we can be a model
for how museums and research can work together, says Mary Watzin,
associate professor of natural resources and Rubenstein director. Its
going to be a wow when its finished. Visitors will be able
to observe UVM labs where research continues on Lake Champlain issues
such as lamprey eels, zebra mussels, and algae blooms. Museum Director
Phelan Fretz and staff plan a grand opening for late May. Look for more
on the center in future issues of Vermont Quarterly.
Trinity Purchase Buys Breathing Room
Campus expansion with the purchase of the former Trinity College, UVM
will gain room for potential growth years from now and continues the heritage
of a piece of Burlington property that has been dedicated to educational
use since 1925.
Trinitys 21 acres and 17 buildings, located just across Colchester
Avenue from the university, have been on the market since shrinking enrollments
forced the college to shut its doors in 2000. UVM will pay $14.3 million
for the colleges entire campus property.
At a September press conference announcing the sale, Sr. Jacqueline Marie
Kieslich, president of Trinity College said, It has been our hope
since the closing of the college, to leave the property in a manner that
would assure the legacy of Trinity College and speak to the mission of
the Sisters of Mercy in Vermont. As educators and persons involved in
social justice and community service, we are pleased that this agreement
will give recognition and longevity to these elements of our legacy in
a sustainable manner. Although the decision to close the college was not
easy for any part of the college community, this transition to the University
of Vermont will give consolation that what was begun and nurtured on these
acres and within these
walls will continue to serve the citizens of Vermont.
UVM President Daniel Mark Fogel called the sale a win-win situation. The
property was designed for a variety of educational and related uses, and
we intend to continue in this vein. I can think of no better use for this
important property.
The university will finance the purchase through a general obligation
bond and with income from leased space at Trinity. UVM itself currently
leases residence hall space at Trinity, which will continue. Beyond easing
the student housing crunch, the Trinity space may be used for a wide variety
of purposes including relocation of units during renovation such as upcoming
work at Perkins Hall, and the return of university offices currently located
in rental space off-campus.
Pointy Heads Are so 5,000 Years Ago
Parents, if you shudder at the sight of your teenagers tattoos and
multiple piercings, take comfort in learning that in another era, your
progeny might have resembled one of Saturday Night Lives
famous Coneheads.
Cranial alteration achieved by tying boards to the front and back
of the head to form a tall, angular shape or a short, wide one
was once a mainstream practice in societies throughout the world, explains
Deborah Blom, assistant professor of anthropology.
One such society flourished in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, around 3000 B.C. Roughly
80 percent of the population opted for the trendy look, even making special
hats to fit their new-fashioned skulls.
Their feeling was, why would you want your head to be round?
Blom says. The process usually was begun on children at about age three.
Because the reshaping was gradual, it should not have caused excruciating
pain, she says. And although the Spanish ultimately outlawed the practice
in South America, cranial alternation was common in Greece until the 1930s.
The curious ways that the human body has been, and is, perceived and manipulated
across cultures was the topic of Bloms Fall 2002 Teacher-Advisor
Program course titled, Life, Death and the Body. The College
of Arts and Sciences program, known as TAP around campus,
places first-year students in small-group seminars taught by professors
who also act as the new students academic advisors.
Students examined body adornment from neck elongation and foot binding
to ritual scarring and face painting techniques to ward off the evil eye.
They learned how these practices reflect cultural attitudes about health,
sickness, ownership, athletics, and beauty.
We tend to think of body adornment as an individual statement, but
it was and often still is an expression of a group identity,
says Blom. Crudely etched tattoos, for instance, help to forge gang and
prison camaraderie and have little in common with the delicate butterflies
and tiny heart tattoos favored by middle-class young women.
If Bloms scholarship sounds familiar, it might be that you read
it in the June issue of National Geographic, which included her
studies of cranial alteration. Upcoming publications for the physical
anthropologist/archaeologist include a Smithsonian book, which will feature
Bloms research into human sacrifice.
Automotive Science, Not the Rocket Kind
A Saturday morning, shiny new cars on display complete with tires to kick
and doors to slam, a true American scene. Well, not quite. The crowd clustered
around the new rides at the Alternative Transportation Expo at Patrick
Gym were less interested in things like zero-to-sixty performance and
if those sweet alloys come standard, than fuel economy of hybrids versus
the fuel cell-driven vehicle.
The Expo was the hands-on part of this years George D. Aiken Lecture.
On the other side of the gymnasium it was ideas that were on display.
There, some of the top environmental thinkers in the state and nation
asked the hard questions and offered up disturbing statistics about life
After Oil: The Future of Personal Transportation, the 2002
Aiken Lectures topic. The two events, conceived as a complementary set,
were sponsored by the College of Engineering and Mathematics and Continuing
Education and drew more than 1,800 people to UVM on September 28.
The exhibits are inspiring and optimistic, said keynote speaker
Bill McKibben, the award-winning author of The End of Nature and
six other books and frequent contributor to magazines such as The New
Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harpers. But Im
going to rain on your parade. Ive been to events like this before
with cars like this
and its not enough.
Since 1989 when he published his first book, McKibben has tracked scientific
and public thinking about the fact that the carbon dioxide emitted from
burning fuels affects the Earths atmosphere. The temperature
has changed one degree and that has created huge changes winter
is three weeks shorter, storms like the one we had last night that drop
two inches of rain in twenty-four hours are more common, the ice in the
Arctic and Antarctic is thinner, he said.
McKibben predicts were headed for a five-degree warmer change in
the Earths atmosphere. Thats warmer than human history,
warmer than any history. Thats uncharted territory, he said.
Lake Champlain has not frozen for the past six years, a trend he said
would continue and would change the lake ecosystem. Forests will transition
from birch, beech, and maple to oak-hickory. Its harder than
heck to tap them for sap, he quipped. Most of what we think
of as Vermont is up for grabs.
Americas current love affair with the sport utility vehicle is a
significant contributor to global warming, he said. In one year,
the amount of energy and carbon dioxide emitted by SUVs is the equivalent
to opening your refrigerator door until 2009, McKibben said. You
couldnt do that. The voice of your mother would come to you saying,
Shut the door!
McKibben called for car manufacturers to put the kinds of engines on display
at the Alternative Vehicle Expo in most of the vehicles they make. This
isnt rocket science, its automotive science which were
great at
. We need the same kind of creative thinking applied to
political issues.
Technology makes change possible, but attitudes
make things happen.
New Home for Old Science Gear
If Cook Physical Science Building was a Disney movie set, the antique
scientific instruments in the new Physics Museum would come alive when
the building emptied and the lights went out at the end of the day. Why
when I was state-of-the-art, those young scientists could not keep their
hands off of me
, the electrostatic generator (voice work by
Zsa Zsa Gabor) would tell the unimpressed mercury vapor lamp.
As far as we know, Disney has no project in the works involving Cook,
but Dave Hammond, electrical instrumentation coordinator for the Physics
Department, has paid his own homage to the antique research and teaching
equipment from decades past.
Over the past three years, Hammond has collected and catalogued nearly
400 pieces of teaching and research equipment used in UVM classrooms and
research laboratories as far back as 150 years ago. Part of the collection,
which ranges from electrostatic generators, early vacuum tubes and mercury
vapor lamps to 19th-century textbooks, was unveiled this semester.
I feel that we have an obligation to look after this equipment because
of its historical significance, says Hammond, who built oak display
cases in his home and installed them in Room 106 Cook to house part of
the collection.
Robert Arns, professor emeritus of physics, notes that some of UVMs
antique tools, such as a Wimshurst electrostatic generator that delivers
a 20,000-volt charge, are still used in the classroom to teach fundamental
principles of science.
Quick, before your PC is carted away to a museum, fire it up to take an
on-line look: <http://www.uvm.edu/ ~dahammon/museum/>.
Neiweem Is Ringing our Chimes
Like most performing artists, Music Professor David Neiweem admits to
some anxious moments on stage. Understandable for one who has conducted
numerous choral groups and sung as a baritone in the United States and
Europe. Understandable on Beethovens Ninth, Berliozs
L Enfance du Christ, or the many pieces of new music Neiweem
has performed. Tougher to get when hes plunking out that old standard
Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits on a keyboard.
Heres the problem. Theres something about playing seven notes
that will be broadcast from a tower 168 feet in the air that could make
anyone choke up a bit. Neiweem wasnt creating music with a piano
or the human voice when he toyed with Shave and a Haircut
last semester, he was running a test on his newest instrument the
Ira Allen Memorial Carillon.
Every time you put your finger on a key there could be an irate
telephone call to the university, Neiweem says, not totally in jest.
It would be a powerful weapon in the wrong hands.
Have no fear, UVMs carillon is in the right hands, Neiweems
in his new role as the University Carillonneur.
He succeeds emeriti professors of music James Chapman, and Francis Weinrich
before him.
Neiweem brings a sense of commitment, art, and some fun to his duties
playing what he calls the loudest single musical instrument in the
city of Burlington. He is also respectul of the symbolism of this
memorial dedicated to UVM students who died during their years on campus.
He says, I cant think of a better way to remember the many
souls who have been a part of this university than to send this incredible
sound from the highest spot in town.
Neiweem developed his carillon chops at the University of Wisconsin, where
he completed his graduate work in the late 1970s. Playing the 56 bells
in the Memorial Carillon Tower in Madison, Neiweem learned the incredible
choreography involved in manipulating the wooden batons and pedals
of an acoustic carillon.
On the Ira Allen Memorial Carillon, the musician creates a tone by striking
a key on a two-tiered keyboard located in the chapels choir loft.
Striking the key rings a tuning rod, which creates an acoustic tone that
is amplified through the loudspeakers in the chapels belfry. There
are 40 pitched tuning rods, covering nearly four full octaves, on UVMs
Neiweem says he strives to create the sound of a carillon of cast bells
through his playing technique. I keep in mind the reality of pulling
levers, ringing bells, the huge machine that an acoustic carillon is,
Neiweem says. You cant play it completely evenly.
Neiweem plans a regular series of concerts at noon on the first Tuesday
of each month, and put out a call last semester for requests from the
Though he apologizes that his pop and rock repertory is not terribly deep,
proof that hell be open-minded is found in Neiweems suggestion
that he likes the musical pun potential in playing Paul McCartneys
Michelle (Ma Belle) and his admission that he has been trying
to work out the intricacies of The Simpsons theme.
Student Concert Bureau Is Rocking
the Campus
Were betting there are quite a few vintage Student Association Concert
Bureau ticket stubs still kicking around out there, keepsakes of memorable
evenings in Patrick Gym that have endured long after the ringing in your
ears quieted. Maybe The Clash, admission $12.50; Springsteen, $8.75; or
John Denver for a mere $2 (with student ID). Admit it, there may even
be a Hot Tuna stub at the bottom of a shoebox in your attic.
The current crop of UVM undergrads are getting plenty of opportunities
to gather memories and ticket collections of their own, thanks to a circle
of student leaders who have revitalized the SA Concert Bureau. Fall semester
events included major hip-hop artists Jurassic Five, who sold out Patrick
Gym, and UVM favorite son Mike Gordon 87 with guitarist Leo Kottke
in an (also sold out) acoustic show at Ira Allen Chapel.
SA Concerts Chair Katie Elmore and team have produced nine shows during
the fall semester, and plan at least ten more for the spring. Thats
particularly impressive given that student leadership had dwindled and
bureau-sponsored shows were thin for the past several years.
Things got rolling again with last Aprils outdoor concert, SpringFest.
Elmore and former SGA President Bill Tickner were among those who helped
organize the event and they wanted to continue the momentum by bringing
more national musical acts to campus. This undergrad talent and energy
coupled with increased funding from the university has made for an entertainment-rich
year. In addition to the national acts, SA Concerts has created a Billings
Coffeehouse to showcase local musicians.
Elmore, a junior history major from Westford, Vermont, is optimistic this
is just the beginning of a solid future for music on campus. She notes
that many first-year students and sophomores are in the concert bureau
ranks, ready to continue the tradition. Its a lot of fun and
a chance to make a real positive impact on the university, Elmore
And with the Gordon/Kottke show the students accomplished the rare feat
of pleasing peers and parents alike. Elmores mom and dad declared
the prospect of seeing Kottke so cool and bought a pair of
tickets, joining the many Phish faithful in the Ira Allen pews to see
Study Examines Link of Stroke, Race,
Scientists at the UVM College of Medicine will play a key role in a five-year
study examining why African-Americans have a 50 percent higher rate of
stroke death compared to whites and why stroke incidence is higher in
the southeast compared to the rest of the country. The $28-million REGARDS
(Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study is led
by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Cardiovascular risk factor specialists at UVMs medical college will
contribute to the work through analyses of blood samples from an estimated
30,000 people. Through their analysis, UVM researchers will be helping
to identify which known risk factors for stroke and maybe some
not-yet-known factors are consistent among stroke victims or are
unique to African-Americans compared to whites.
UVM is expertly equipped to handle what Dr. Mary Cushman, associate professor
of medicine and pathology, estimates could be as many as 130 blood samples
per day once the study is up and running at full capacity. Cushman, who
will lead the central laboratory for the REGARDS study, and her colleagues
at UVMs Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research in Colchester
currently function as the central analysis lab for two other large-scale,
national studies.
Whats especially wonderful about the REGARDS study is that
it will create a biological specimen bank that will provide the foundation
for detailed study on risk factors for stroke, says Cushman. This
will help us get closer to identifying not only the root causes for stroke,
but for other related diseases as well.
Quote Unquote
"For the first six months of that poems existence, it was a
rotten piece of writing."
Galway Kinnell commenting on his work When the Towers Fell,
which appeared in the September 16, 2002 issue of The New Yorker.
Kinnell visited UVM for a forum and reading in September.
The Shauna Antoniuc Trio
Belizbeha vocalist mellows outLike many musicians,
Shauna Antoniuc 00 has mastered multi-tasking as survival skill.
If youve called UVMs Alumni Office in the last few years,
chances are that pleasant greeting at the other end of the line came from
one of the best voices in Burlington. Dinner at Juniors or the Saigon
Café? Lets hope you left Shauna a nice tip.
Along with the singing career and the day job, Antoniuc has also found
time to finish off her degree in English and religion. Its been
a long road to the diploma, mainly because of a hiatus begun her sophomore
year (1994) to give full-time music a shot as a vocalist with the UVM-rooted
band Belizbeha. If youre an alum of the era, you know the sonic
good news. If not, lets just say the eclectic group is the sort
that makes critics scramble for phrases like danceable stew.
Belizbeha, which still gets together for occasional gigs, toured heavily
in the mid- to late-1990s, playing 150 shows in one year and hitting forty
states, Canada, and Europe.
Travelling in a nasty, stinky van and trying to keep it together
with seven different personalities wasnt easy, Antoniuc says.
But Id do it again. I learned so much in those years.
The versatile singer, who has also lent her voice to Rick & The Ramblers
Western Swing Band over the past four years, takes yet another musical
direction with The Shauna Antoniuc Trios recent CD, The Dreams
on Me. Its mellow stuff guitar, sax, and vocals that
beg for a dark lounge and a dry martini.
The project began to take form when Antoniuc was waiting those tables
at the Saigon, while her future trio colleagues, Joe Capps and Chris Peterman,
were performing. It wasnt too hard for the guys to cajole her to
put down the plates and pick up the mike for a couple of songs, impromptu
collaborations at the root of the collection of jazz standards.
It would seem like quite a stretch from Belizbehas acid jazz/hip-hop
to Texas swing to George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, but Antoniuc covers
it gracefully. Ill sing anything, she says. I
love it all.
Give it a listen: www.shaunaantoni uc.com.
It Out
Leaving Saturn
By Major Jackson, University of Georgia Press
Jackson, who joined the UVM English Department faculty last fall, won
the Cave Canem Poetry Prize (in support of a previously unpublished African-American
poet) for this collection. Fellow poet T.R. Hummer writes, Prophetic
scat singer, apocalyptic raconteur, Major Jackson makes poems that swerve
impossibly and yet authoritatively from the ordinary to the miraculous
and beyond but always keep their cool.
The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974
By Samuel Hand, Lexington Books
From 1854, the year the Republican Party was organized, until 1964, Vermonters
never failed to vote Republican in the presidential election. Indeed,
the Vermont GOP was trumpeted as the star that never set in
the Republican Partys political firmament. Professor Emeritus Hands
historical study documents the rise and fall of Green Mountain Republicanism,
exploring the personalities and socioeconomic forces that shaped the partys
role in the state.
Blind Corners: Adventures on Everest and the Worlds Tallest Peaks
By Geoffrey Tabin, Lyons Press
For those who prefer to sample alpine adventuring without the risk of
frostbite or vertigo, Tabin serves up this collection of mountaineering
tales. The high-climbing UVM associate professor of surgery and opthamologys
adventure résumé includes being the fourth person to summit
the highest peaks on all seven continents.


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If there's been any thaw in the Cold War between the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs it should be evident the next few days.
Hockey Night In Canada reported Sunday that the Canucks have asked permission from Toronto to speak to Marlies head coach Dallas Eakins about the vacancy that opened last week when Alain Vigneault was fired. Eakins has been mentioned frequently as an NHL candidate the past couple of years after leading the Marlies to the 2012 Calder Cup final and readying a group of farmhands who jumped to the Leafs this year and contributed to a surprise playoff run. The Marlies made the second round of the AHL playoffs this year before elimination.
The Canucks and Dallas Stars are currently without head coaches, but NHL veterans such as Lindy Ruff are also without jobs.
There was bad blood between the two Canadian teams in the past few years, swirling around two tampering charges the Canucks leveled against Toronto when Brian Burke was general manager and Ron Wilson was coach (both were cited in separate incidents), while Canucks GM Mike Gillis usurped David Nonis at that post, before Nonis followed Burke to Toronto as his right-hand man and replaced him this past January. Nonis, who didn't immediately respond to the report, would be reluctant to let Eakins go without some form of compensation.
Eakins was under serious consideration to be promoted when Wilson was fired 14 months ago, but Burke went with a Stanley Cup winner in Randy Carlyle, whom he knew much better. Eakins, who had also spent time in player development with the Leafs, ended up signing an extension with the Marlies that still has a year to run.
"I'm probably the most fortunate coach in the AHL," Eakins told the Toronto Sun after moving into first place in wins among Marlie coaches earlier this season. "I work for great bosses in a city that's passionate for hockey. There are coaches in this league that when the first job that comes up, they think 'we have to get out of this city, I don't like living here'.
"Well, I love living here and I will be very, very picky before I leave."
Eakins has kept maintaining his NHL career "will look after itself".
"It's the same thing I preach to the players. If you work hard every day with attention to detail and you're a good, honest, integrous person, things will work out. It just will."
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Many of us are familiar with the phrase "the pursuit of happiness", but does the pursuit guarantee the reward? Psalm 32 provides the key to genuine happiness, which is found in being forgiven by God and living in obedience to His word.
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Special Later-Night A/G War
Posted 10 August 2009 - 07:16 PM Edited by ChristopherD, 18 August 2009 - 01:14 PM.
If you are not familiar with the GTA Forums Air/Ground War, here is a link to it's normal thread:
Air/Ground War III
THIS thread is a supplement to the one above and is to announce special Wednesday Night Air/Ground Matches for the PSN Branch. Many of the folks that used to play with us when we played later in the evening have not gotten a chance to play since we changed the Match Times to Weekend Afternoons/Evenings.
This Match is to bring some of those guys back, or for ppl that have played before but usually play later at night.
I will start out running one of these a month for now, but may go to twice a month if there is enough interest.
So, the first Wednesday Night Match will be:
Wednesday, Aug. 19 - 5:30-6:00pm Eastern US - 10:30-11:00pm UK Time.
So, please post in THIS thread if you would like to play the Wednesday Match. I am also not locked into Wednesday, if it turns out another weekday night turns out to be better. This also may be short notice for this week, but wanted to get the word out!
Hope to see you guys out there downing Helis again! We have gotten our strategy down pretty wll since the last time some of you played, so now is definately the time to come back!!!
NOTE: You must have played in the A/G War before to participate in this match. If you are new and are interested in joining the A/G War, please post your interest in the thread linked to above.
Posted 10 August 2009 - 08:05 PM
And perhaps elite players can see this as time to get extra experince.
Posted 10 August 2009 - 08:36 PM
Count me in for ground forces obviously (I'll study the latest tactics in the other thread )
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Posted 11 August 2009 - 09:21 AM
Posted 11 August 2009 - 11:29 AM
Posted 11 August 2009 - 01:57 PM
Nice idea anyway Chris!
Posted 11 August 2009 - 02:21 PM
Posted 11 August 2009 - 04:12 PM
I cant usually make it because of the time on saturday but this is perfect!
Posted 12 August 2009 - 12:00 AM
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Posted 13 August 2009 - 01:41 AM
Posted 13 August 2009 - 10:22 AM
It was pretty much liam vs everybody. Nice trying TASO and Stev, of course, but you guys are obviously not elite pilots so the matches were rather...one sided.
I had Squadx_Mav/Raw but he got disco'd from the room.
The Air Taxi worked well the game I was in (at least I thought so!), curious how it went for deejay and Chris?
Hope you GT's enjoyed my couple flyby's at the North Crane, tried getting as close to you all as I could without blading anybody.
If there is an Air Taxi medal, it should be for more like 30, 40 or 50 rescues, not 5 as that's wayyyyyyyyy too easy (got 5 my first game as taxi )
Mike - nice job on your first kills man, you're certainly playing a lot smarter than we you first started with us!
All I can say is...PABLO FROM MEXICO SAYS HELLO!
Posted 13 August 2009 - 12:06 PM
NOTE TO SELF - use Maverick for taxiing duties, annihilators are bullet magnets.
Oh, and I lolled loads when PABLO joined the room.
Posted 13 August 2009 - 12:11 PM
In the second one I got my first RPG kill.
Posted 13 August 2009 - 12:31 PM
Just keep in mind how much more easilly the Maverick breaks, came close a couple times myself.
Good to have you doc! Nice to see the other guys too, Stev and TASO.
Still feel bad for liam and his One Man Chopper Cavalry but hey it must be GREAT practice going up against 10 angry GT's all with RPG's
Posted 13 August 2009 - 01:14 PM
Give some help to liam if he's flying alone! but as most of you know, i need a little space to be able to fly in, and im not a big fan of the 'grinder'
I work til 10:00pm so its an ideal start time
Posted 13 August 2009 - 02:29 PM
Posted 13 August 2009 - 06:53 PM
And yeah, taxi chopp was great idea, saved lots of running, driving and time off course!!
I apologize for my bomb kill from back side of chopp but I didnt know/forgot that we need to wait till 15 min
Good fun playin with you boys!!
Posted 13 August 2009 - 08:01 PM
Really, a couple more pilots and this night thing could be sweet.
I think we should have the Air Taxi in every game. Certainly saved time for the pilots, keeps the action rolling faster and as a Taxi pilot, I was utterly amused watching it all go down and plotting extractions without getting blown up.
Posted 14 August 2009 - 05:44 PM Edited by ChristopherD, 14 August 2009 - 05:47 PM.
The first one was a bit on the 'Whatever' side, but I think it can be just as good as the weekend matches (maybe better).
I also think we should keep it to regulars as well. So, nateuk, post your interest in the Air/Ground War III thread to get into the Trial Match on Sundays.
I always thought of myself as not only a good Heli Pilot, but a GREAT one. I could just never kill anyone with the miniguns.
But, between the lag and 10 angry GTs, I have adjuted my estimation of my actual flying skills...lmfao.
The Maverick is definately the way to go when playing taxi. Less confusion for GTs and the Maverick is WAY easier to land with (tested in FM). I felt so bad giving a Pilot a Heli (or as I say on the mic, "HEElie"...shut up King...lol) that I had banged all to Hell trying to get it landed. And the "Pick Up The Pilot and Take Them to a Heli" instead of "Dropping Off a Heli to a Pilot" is WAY faster.
The round I taxied in, I spent most of my time driving cuz I was dropping the Helis off to the Pilots. SJ, I may need you to show me the Maverick spawns again so I can actually mark them on a printed map. Like I said before, I am seriously directionally challenged.
And that last minute and a half I could have picked up the Pilots, but would never have gotten them back to the action in time, so I said what the hey and figured I'd blade a cpl of you guys as payback for grenading me (5 friggin times) in the previous round.
I couldn't even do THAT!!! lmao Kept missing. But gotta say, it is f*cking intimidating as Hell zooming in on you guyws on the ground, turning around for another run and seeing 6+ rockets in the air, while the ping of bullets on the Heli is non-stop!!!
We are NO longer the Keystone Cops of Ground Forces, that is for sure!!!
So, this turned out well so will be doing it again next week, so for this thread, the next match is:
Wednesday, Aug. 19 - 5:30-6:00pm Eastern US - 10:30pm-11:00pm UK Time
The half hour time frame is cuz sometimes I can't get out of work right at 5pm (didn't get on this past Wednesday til 5:45).
Was fun! See you next Wednesday if I don't see you sooner!
Posted 17 August 2009 - 09:54 AM
Posted 17 August 2009 - 01:22 PM Edited by jasonontherun, 17 August 2009 - 01:34 PM.
nevermind,hope it goes well
Posted 18 August 2009 - 10:53 AM
Ill be there!!
P.s. if we have enough pilots, Ill be on ground this time.
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Hindsight is a bit**, but looking back on life lessons I wish I knew in my teens has helped me to ensure that I at least know them now.
Your teenage years can be some of the most difficult, as well as some of the most enjoyable years of your life.
My teenage years were a combination of heartache, frustration, thrills and fun times.2
Looking back, here are 8 life lessons I wish I knew in my teens...
1. Work Hard, Play Hard
Had I worked as hard as I played in my teenage years, not only would I have the awesome memories I do, but probably a more extensive curriculum vitae and longer attention span.
What they teach you at school is important, if not for the content but for the principle of learning to apply yourself and establishing a strong work ethic early on in life, which will do doubt pay off later on down the line.


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Young named NL Comeback Player
Young named NL Comeback Player
The club beat reporters at MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, selected the winners for the Comeback Player of the Year Award. Devil Rays first baseman Carlos Pena was the American League winner.
Young said he was humbled after learning he won the award. He credited everyone from the Nationals to his family and fans for his success.
"This puts the stamp on everything that I've been through and what I accomplished this year from an individual standpoint," Young said. "I had people believe in me from the top to the bottom. I had fun again. Baseball became fun."
Young, 33, was one of the most important players on the Nationals this past season, hitting .320 with 13 home runs and 74 RBIs in 136 games. Young finished eighth in the NL in batting average.
Young also was the No. 1 reason the Nationals' clubhouse went from being one of the worst in team history to one of the best in the game. He is the leader and is always trying to give a young player a helping hand.
It was Young who took left-hander John Lannan and outfielder Justin Maxwell under his wing when they first came to the big leagues. Young was known to playfully tease left-hander Matt Chico on a regular basis.
"It seemed like it was almost instant," Young said of his leadership role. "I addressed the team before our last game and I just told those guys, 'Thank you for letting me be me and accepting me.' They made me comfortable and I was able to give back."
Young has come a long way. He thought his career was over after the 2006 season. He was released by the Tigers, was put on probation for domestic violence as well as being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. His plan was to drive his camper across the country and watch his siblings, including Devil Rays outfielder Delmon Young, play sports. But Delmon and his father, Larry, told Dmitri he had too much left in the tank to quit.
The Nationals were the only team interested in Young. He had a history with general manager Jim Bowden, as the two worked together when both were with the Reds from 1998-2001.
Bowden wasn't convinced that Larry Broadway and Travis Lee would provide the consistency with the bat, so he invited Young to Spring Training. The Nationals told Young there was a no-tolerance policy if he had problems off the field again. They would release him the moment he got himself in trouble.
"He had to understand there was zero tolerance. He couldn't make a mistake off the field and he didn't make a mistake on or off the field," Bowden said.
Now, Young is part of the Nationals' future after signing a two-year extension in July.
"I'm really proud of Dmitri because of what he overcame from a personal perspective -- from his personal issues as well as his diabetes," Bowden said. "And to come back from all of that to be in the top 10 in hitting and to win the Comeback Player of the Year, tells you what his character is made of. He is certainly an inspiration for a lot of people in life who made mistakes."
Young said he never would have made it through the season without the young players at the accelerated camp and hitting coach Lenny Harris. It was Harris who told Young to stop going for home runs and start going for base hits.
"Right when I questioned myself, Chris Marrero, Mike Daniel or somebody would come up to me and had a baseball-related question and it was fun answering the questions," Young said. "I started getting that love back for the game. There were days I didn't want to get up but those kids were depending on me.
"Lenny was that constant thorn on the side, and I mean that in a good way. He was always saying, 'Come on Big D, let's do this. Do your exercises.' We would talk about hitting and being in the right frame of mind. That continued when he became the hitting coach. I just felt comfortable when Lenny was here with me. Lenny has this ability to make somebody's day brighter."
During the offseason, Young is planning to monitor the diabetes much better than he did during the season. The baseball schedule didn't allow him to follow a routine the way he wanted. Young never missed a game this season because of diabetes.
The team gave him a cookbook for diabetics to follow. Young also has hired a chef to make the food properly.
"The organization gave me some good doctors and gave me all the things I need pertaining to the diabetes," Young said. "This offseason I will be on a schedule, and I will know how to fluctuate between night games and the day games."
Next season, Young may play a new position. He talked about playing the outfield once first baseman Nick Johnson returns from his leg injury.
"That's a great problem for Jim to have -- so many different guys who could do so many different things." Young said. "I can play some outfield. I could play a little first, but we have to make sure that Nick is healthy first and foremost and then we can go from there."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: After reading your message I found "Why Attribute Grammars Matter" and a few other introductions, and it seems attribute grammars are exactly what I'm trying to do. Do you know of some place (mailing list etc.) where I can discuss attribute grammars or ask for suggestions on design? Thanks, Maurício 2010/10/7, bieniusa <bieniusa at informatik.uni-freiburg.de>: > It's not entirely clear what you mean: > > Do you want to describe grammars or parsers functionally: > > In the first case, parser combinators are what you want (or some > encoding of them). There are many variations on these: LL(k), > context-free, dependent. Cyclicity (of what kind?) or empty productions > are not necessarily a problem. > > If you already parsed the input to an abstract syntax tree, and want to > act on this input in terms of your grammar, then attribute grammars are > what you are looking for. > > - Arie > > Am 06.10.2010 17:43, schrieb Maurício CA: >> Hi, all, >> >> I've been working in a tool that reads a grammar with associated >> actions and act on input based on that grammar. I would like to >> rewrite it in a functional style, but I've not been able to find a >> theory that would handle any possible grammar with cyclicity and >> empty productions, and flexibility is more important for this tool >> than performance. >> >> Do you have a suggestion on that? What I'm using now is this >> (non-functional) article on Earley method: >> >> http://www.springerlink.com/content/602270808666074p >> >> Thanks, >> >> Maurício >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe at haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >


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AP writer Mark Williams has a telling breakdown on the stock values of some major companies. I'll give you the highlights with up-to-the-minute prices: Office Depot's stock is down from $38 to $1.11. A package of ballpoint pens goes for $1.89.
Citigroup shares are going for $2.86, about the cost of one ATM transaction.
Hovnanian, one of the country's biggest homebuilders, is going for 88 cents. I don't think you can copy a set a keys for that.
GM's share price is lower than the cost of a spark plug. You can buy New York Times stock for less than the cost of the Sunday edition. GE shares aren't even worth the price of a toaster.
The AP story sums it up:
The bargain-basement stock prices of America's best known companies present either the greatest opportunity of a lifetime - or the biggest money pit this side of the Great Depression.
The money pit being a company that winds up going under -- i.e. Circuit City.
So, which do you think it is -- opportunity or money pit?


text: Still from Christine via IMCDB. Fins, acres of chrome, whitewall tires, and the ability to mend itself – what more could a gearhead want from his collector car? Aside from the demonic possession, that is. For the 30th anniversary of Christine – both the novel and the movie – this ... Read more


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Coaching Background
Ross Douma was named head coach of the men's basketball program in March 2009. Prior to arriving at Dordt, Douma coached high school basketball for 10 years at Waukee, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, and Chicago Christian. He compiled a record of 142-103 over those 10 years.
Coaching Philosophy
Our men's basketball program is not established solely to win games, but rather to see young men mature and grow during their time at Dordt College. Basketball is merely a means to that end. While aiming to live and play to high standards, our goal is to make the four-year experience for our players one that is life-changing while focusing on each player's spiritual, academic, social, and athletic development. Coaching at Dordt College is extremely rewarding as the opportunity is present to have a profound influence on the lives of our players beyond the court.
At Dordt
During his time on the bench for the Defenders, Douma has a record of 172-86. Under his guidance, the program earned three consecutive berths to the NAIA National tournament (2012-14), including two elite eight appearances, and has won two conference championships. In 2012 and 2014 Douma was named GPAC Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Don Meyer NAIA Coach of the Year in 2014. Under the leadership of Douma, five men's basketball players have earned NAIA All-American Honors.
Athletic Background
Coach Douma was an all-state basketball player at Western Christian in Hull, Iowa, and was a member of three national tournament qualifying teams at Northwestern College.
Academic Background:
B.A. Northwestern College, Orange City, IA (1995)
M.A. Governors State University, University Park, IL (2006)
Wife: Shawn
Children: Dustin, Erika, Caleb


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Sales of existing U.S. homes slipped off of a nearly four-year peak in September, dropping 1.9 percent, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.
Home sales declined from 5.39 million per year in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.29 million in September, the trade group said.
The figure on existing home sales for August was revised lower from 5.48 million.
Sales for the month are also 10.7 percent higher than September 2012 when the annual rate stood at 4.78 million.
NAR also said the median price of a home in September rose 11.7 percent from the same month in 2012, marking the 10th consecutive month of increases of 10 percent or more.
The trade group said tight inventory of available homes is putting pressure on prices, which threatens the housing market recovery.
"Affordability has fallen to a five-year low as home price increases easily outpaced income growth," said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
"Expected rising mortgage interest rates will further lower affordability in upcoming months. Next month we may see some delays associated with the government shutdown," Yun said in a statement.
The trade group said there were 2.21 million existing homes on the market at the end of September, which represents a 5-month supply at the current sales pace, a figure that is up from the 4.9-month supply in August, NAR said.
Unsold inventory is 1.8 percent higher than September 2012.


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The latest news on the Rob Zombie front has the rocker/horror movie director committing to direct the horror movie "The Lords of Salem" as his next gig.
"The Lords of Salem" is set in contemporary Salem, where the inhabitants receive a demonic visit from a 300-year old coven of witches. Being the renaissance man that ahe is, Zombie will write the script for the movie while on tour.
In the same Deadline article, Zombie also confirms that he's dumped his announced remake of "The Blob", citing his need to stay away from the "remake train" after two "Halloween" movies. I guess that need didn't arise when the remake was announced, but has since pulled into the Rob Zombie station. Oh well.
"The Lords of Salem" is a co-production between Haunted Films and Alliance Films, and is scheduled to shoot sometime next year.
Very early teaser poster:


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Colorado Law School announces that after two years of study and discussion, the faculty has enacted an exciting new first-year curriculum reform, including a new required course in legislation and regulation and an elective course option during the second semester.A new course, Legislation and Regulation, will introduce students to the principles of statutory interpretation, the architecture of the administrative state, and the analytical tools for the interpretation and review of regulation."With the addition of this new course, Colorado Law first-year students (1Ls) will obtain a well-rounded foundation in all the major law disciplines, preparing them for advanced study in their second and third years," said Dayna Matthew, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. "The law faculty recognized that not only has the practice of law changed radically since the adoption of the Socratic method and Langdellian [focusing on case law] teaching, but the rise of the administrative state has made introducing students to statutes and regulations essential."Professor Harold Bruff will teach the new course in the fall 2010 semester. Professor Bruff is a recognized expert in administrative and Constitutional law and has authored two textbooks on administrative law and the separation of powers."Another exciting development is the Telos Project, designed by a group of law faculty to facilitate critical reflection by 1Ls concerning the moral and ethical dimensions of law study," said Dean Matthew. The Project will involve 25 law students discussing selected readings to explore the self-transformation that occurs during the law school experience.In order to accommodate these changes, the 1L schedule has been redesigned. Although no classes were omitted, Civil Procedure and Property are now only one semester each. Along with the new Legislation and Regulation course and Civil Procedure, 1Ls will take Contracts, Torts, and Legal Writing in the fall semester. Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Appellate Court Advocacy will be taken with Property in the spring semester."The new curriculum also now allows 1Ls to take an elective course during their second semester," said Dean Matthew. Students will be able to choose a course in which they have specific interest, helping them plan their upper-level courses more carefully and deliberately, and begin pursuing special interest areas. 1Ls can select an elective course that does not have a prerequisite requirement, and must receive approval from the Dean's office."These reforms will provide the foundation for a three-year curriculum that organizes the study of law in a deliberatively progressive and developmentally appropriate manner," said Dean Matthew. Colorado Law plans to introduce other curriculum changes in the future as part of this curriculum reform project, including a new and creative capstone experience for third-year students.


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This in-depth look into the seven attributes that can be used to help decode and interpret male behavior and explains the underpinnings of their outer behavioral patterns is presented. It also includes practical insights and useful tips on how women and men can learn how to talk, and to change men's non-verbal, action-oriented communications into the language of emotional dialogue.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (May 30, 2009)
Format: EPUB
File size: 415 KB
Protection: DRM
Language: English


text: Frizzel motor insurance are good. I normally just phone around each year for the cheapest quote, and take that. And last year it worked out to be Frizzel for the first time. It happened that for the first time I needed to claim on it - someone went into the car when my husband was driving it. Anyway, they were brilliant, arranged for the garage to come and collect the car and leave us a courtesy car while it was being fixed. They took care of everything, all we had to do was pay the excess, which they duly claimed back for as it hadnt been our fault. I cant fault the service we received from them. Previously it would never have occurred to me to check that the insurance included a courtesy car, but I will from now on because we would have been in a real mess if it hadnt.