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I'll just throw this out there: in general, I don't like making-of documentaries. There tends to be way too much glad-handing, everyone's beaming with smiles and gushing about how amazing everyone and everything is, and I'll get tours of sets and CGI wizardry that are pretty much indistinguishable from every other making-of doc or featurette, ever. The names and faces change, sure, but I've dug into the behind-the-scenes stuff on a lot of DVDs, and I very quickly get stuck with the sense that I've seen 'em all. The point of all this is to say that Never Sleep Again is nothing like that whatsoever. It's an independent production, so there aren't any skittish marketing heads or legal jockeys on retainer trying to paint everything in the most glowing possible light. Seeing as how the first of these movies is more than twenty-five years in the rear view mirror now, there's a perspective and an honesty that couldn't have been captured in that still-on-the-set afterglow. If Never Sleep Again had been produced before now or by pretty much anyone else, it's a safe bet the end result wouldn't have been nearly this compelling.
I don't think you'll get much argument that four hours is a long time, especially for a film...something that's designed to be experienced in one fell swoop. It's not easy for a documentary with any subject, no matter how sprawling in scale it may be -- the history of the U.S. space program, the rise and fall of the Roman empire, those two guys trying to one-up each other in Donkey Kong -- to sustain itself for four hours. Never Sleep Again pulls it off brilliantly. Hand to God, if I didn't know in advance that the runtime was pushing 240 minutes, I would've guessed it was maybe two hours from the introductory stop-motion animation to the line readings over the end credits. It moves so impossibly swiftly. Hell, after I finished the documentary, I was so hungry for more that I tore straight into the extended interviews on disc two immediately afterwards. Never Sleep Again is so astonishingly well-made and so addictive that four hours aren't enough.
Up to this point, I've really just been trying to smooth out whatever snap judgments you might've made about a four hour doc on a slasher franchise. This is about the time when I start really digging into the specifics. If you want an exceptionally thorough dissection of the film, read Cameron McGaughy's review of the initial release. Think of his write-up as the unabridged book, while this one's the Reader's Digest version. Also, it's worth noting that the collector's edition I'm reviewing here has a couple extra bells and whistles. The initial DVD apparently didn't include a commentary, and I'm guessing there wasn't a poster folded inside either.
So, here goes: Four hours. Eight movies. Several continents. More than a hundred interviews. 2,800 pages of transcripts. Never Sleep Again attacks the first six Nightmare on Elm St. movies, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Jason vs. Freddy, and, smack dab in the middle, the 44-episode run of the Freddy's Nightmares TV series, all in chronological order. The documentary is driven most intensely by retrospective interviews, but it does feature very sparingly used excerpts from the films, lots of behind the scenes photos, outtakes, deleted scenes, and special effects tests. A lot of the material unearthed here has never been widely seen before...definitely hadn't been seen by me, at least. Among the highlights are a look at the Freddy makeup designed for David Warner when he was still cast, a pissed-off Freddy stunt double ranting about six hours of underwater work, and...oh, there's Linnea Quigley with her boobs hanging out, getting ready to tear her way out of an oversized Freddy chest. ...and let's face it, more documentaries could stand to have newly-produced stop-motion animation of a puppetized serial killer.
...and then there are those interviews. The final count is somewhere around 105 or 106 participants, and that astonishingly long list includes everyone: every director, most of the writers, composers, cinematographers, producers, key make-up effects crew, and just about every last member of the cast. There are a few omissions, like Johnny Depp and Patricia Arquette, though it wasn't for a lack of trying, but most of the cast and crew whose names are rattled off in the opening credits of each movie are in here somewhere. That includes the more prominent names like John Saxon, Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Bob Shaye, Alice Cooper, Clu Gulager, Mick Garris, Renny Harlin, and fuckin' Dokken as well. When I say "everyone", though, I mean it. Doesn't matter if it's...oh, Leslie Hoffman, the hall monitor in the Freddy stripes from the original Elm St., or Fran Bennett, the skeptical doctor in New Nightmare. Anyone with an intriguing perspective or a story to tell gets screentime. In fact, even the stories you may have heard before sound fresher here since they're generally being delivered by someone other than the same few familiar faces.
I don't want to turn this review into a laundry list of highlights. Part of the fun of the documentary is that sense of discovery, after all, and they're obviously better at telling their own stories than I am. I'm kind of obligated to rattle off a few, though. Robert Englund speaks about the physicality of the performance he created as Freddy, such as his right shoulder being slumped and modeling it all somewhat after James Cagney in his gangster flicks. Bob Shaye literally staked New Line as a company on A Nightmare on Elm St. but didn't directly benefit from its success all that much until the sequels rolled around. The gay subtext...well, text, period...in part 2 is finally addressed. It's revealed why Dick Cavett was so eager to slap around Zsa Zsa Gabor on his fake, Freddified late night talk show. Renny Harlin and company talk about shooting The Dream Master during the writers' strike without a finished script in hand. There was such a boom in Elm St. merchandising after the inhuman success of part four that one enterprising company in the Eastern bloc churned out Freddy Valium, for cryin' out loud. There are comparisons between part five's ambitious motorcycle morph before and after the MPAA started slashing around its scissors around. This is followed later by a pretty lengthy discussion about what Peter Jackson crammed into his proposed screenplay for Freddy's Dead. We get to hear about what 8-year-old Miko Hughes' dad told him on the set of New Nightmare to make him break down and cry for the camera. The concept for Freddy vs. Jason had been bobbing around for close to twenty years before it finally hacked and slashed its way into theaters, and several of the many, many concepts pitched over those couple of decades are highlighted here. I mean, Jason being put on trial for murder, Freddy pissing in the Holy Grail, Freddy being tossed into the sun, a climax set in the fiery pits of Hell...that segment alone is worth the price of entry. There's not a down moment or a long, boring story anywhere in here. Every conversation and every revelation is infectious, and Never Sleep Again never once relented its grip for four hours straight.
Never Sleep Again doesn't just follow a "we made this, and then we made this sequel, and then..." structure, though. It's a film that tells a story much greater than the sum of its parts, and a big part of that is the throughline about New Line and the way Bob Shaye ran his studio. This franchise couldn't have existed in any other sort of culture. The penny-pinching brought about a sort of inventiveness and imagination that brought out the best from its relatively green filmmakers. Bigger budgets don't mean better movies; hell, just look at the Elm St. remake from a few months back for proof of that. Most of the Freddy flicks didn't play it safe. Every studio in Hollywood turned down the original, so an undaunted Bob Shaye risked everything to produce and distribute it himself. After all, conventional wisdom would've said that if everyone else passed, he should too. When the first Nightmare turned out to be a colossal success, its first followup didn't just Xerox the same template the way a lot of other slasher sequels did. The meta-leanings of New Nightmare were certainly ahead of its time as well. There was a constant sense of risk-taking and an encouragement of younger talent: the directors in particular generally had light, if not completely blank, filmographies. A couple cameos aside, they rarely cast names. At the same time, it's made very clear that New Line is to blame for some of the later sequels turning out as badly as they did. In a lot of ways, Never Sleep Again is about the rise and fall of New Line -- a studio that was built on the back of a mass-murdering child molester with razor fingers and would impossibly go on to rake in billions with Lord of the Rings. The company made their share of mistakes to be sure, but especially after watching this, it's sad just the same to know that those days are gone.
There's a passion and excitement that still beams from these people so many years after the fact. A lot of them will freely admit to having starred in the weaker Elm St.s, but they're not ashamed and make no excuses. They're proud to have been a part of such an enduring franchise, and they're generally proud of the work they did. That's one of the benefits of time: they have the perspective to delve into what worked and acknowledge what didn't, without one ever overwhelming the other. I don't think there are all that many Freddy fans out there who'd rank all the movies as brilliant straight across the board. Everyone I've talked to has their favorites and at least a couple they can barely stomach. You might think those would be the hardest stretches of Never Sleep Again to make it through -- the movies that you don't like so much -- but it turns out that's really not the case at all. The discussion of flicks that usually get knocked the most by fans -- parts 2, 5, and 6 -- wind up being some of the most fun to watch. The honesty...the candidness about what went wrong and why...is such an essential part of the documentary's appeal. Never Sleep Again made me desperately want to revisit movies that I know I dislike, and that's saying a lot.
I spent more of my life than I'd probably want to admit devouring slasher flicks. I mean, you're reading a review by a guy who remembers being a little tyke sitting in front of the TV with his mom and an oversized pad of legal paper, ticking off every kill in the first two Halloween movies to see how their body counts stacked up. I watched everything, and the Elm St. series was always my favorite of the bunch. The Nightmare on Elm St. movies set themselves apart from the glut of other slashers in the '80s because they broke away from the template. There was a personality, vivid imagination, and craftsmanship that nothing else in the genre came close to touching...hell, the competition didn't know there were those kinds of heights to reach for in the first place. The same holds true for Never Sleep Again. Being such a lifelong fan of these movies, I knew going in that I'd at least like it. I don't just appreciate Never Sleep Again as someone who loves slashers, though; I look at it as an exceptional achievement as someone who loves film, period. I've definitely never enjoyed any sort of documentary as much as I have this one, and again, like the movies that inspired it, there's a sense of personality, craftsmanship, and disinterest in convention that makes it feel so much more distinctive than anything else out there. ...and damn, it's fun. If you ever chalked yourself up as a fan of the Nightmare on Elm St. series, you really owe it to yourself to pick up Never Sleep Again. Literally thousands of DVDs have passed through my hands over the past eleven years, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that this easily ranks among my favorites of any of 'em. DVD Talk Collector Series.
The presentation is a pretty essential part of what makes Never Sleep Again work as well as it does, really. It's certainly shot and lit professionally, the documentary has been edited together so brilliantly that this four hour film feels as if it clocks in at maybe half that, and the stop-motion animation and selection of background plates add enough visual flair that it's never boring to watch. I'm floored by the sheer quality of the content, obviously, but there's an artistry and craftsmanship that goes into presenting all of that as a film, and Never Sleep Again pulls this off perfectly.
Given all that, all I really want out of the DVD from there is to not spot any flaws glaring enough to distract. Four hours of video on one disc...yeah, that's more than a little bit, and there is definitely some light artifacting as a result. It never gets in the way, though, and I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been looking for it. The aliasing is more noticeable, but again, I really don't care. The anamorphic widescreen image is reasonably crisp and detailed too...softening some during the zooms added after the fact but nothing that's unexpected. Never Sleep Again is a really nice looking documentary, and I don't have any complaints about the way it looks on DVD at all.
There are also some nice touches in Never Sleep Again's soundtrack: a really effective score and some clever sound effects scattered around to heighten the mood. The documentary is never dull or stale to listen to, and these flourishes accentuate the doc rather than needlessly draw attention to themselves. I'm sure it goes without saying that with more than a hundred people interviewed, the emphasis is very much on their conversations. These interviews are rendered cleanly and clearly, and everyone remains consistently discernable throughout. No clipping, no hiss, no distortion...no complaints.
The documentary's audio is presented in Dolby Digital stereo (192kbps), and Never Sleep Again also sports a set of optional English subtitles.
I would've scored Never Sleep Again an absurdly high rating even if there hadn't been anything to this set other than the four-hour documentary itself. Turns out there are nearly eight hours of additional extras beyond that, though.
Oh, and disc two has an Easter Egg: a three minute montage of an unhinged Charles Fleischer tearing through a couple hundred different random voices.
Never Sleep Again comes packaged in a foil-embossed slipcover. Tucked inside the case are an insert listing the individual chapters -- been a while since I last saw one of those! -- as well as a fold-out poster...11.5"x18"-ish? I'm too lazy to measure, but it's something like that.
The Final Word
In the time it'd take to fully explore Never Sleep Again's two discs, you could just about watch all eight of the original Nightmare on Elm St. flicks. Seriously, between the documentary itself, its audio commentary, and all of the other extras, Never Sleep Again runs just shy of twelve hours. ...and I loved every last minute of it. Not a moment is wasted. Never Sleep Again is exhaustive but never exhausting. With contributions from more than a hundred members of the cast and crew, no stone is left unturned. There's a frankness to it all that's often lacking in the retrospectives on studio-issued DVD releases, and my interest never waned, not even when delving into the sequels I really didn't like that much. There's just a passion and enthusiasm -- from the filmmakers behind this documentary and its interviewees alike -- that sears its way into every last frame of Never Sleep Again, and it's infectious. When I finished watching the four hour doc, I craved more. Turns out nearly four more hours are waiting on disc two. After that, I was intensely curious how a project of this scale was put together. Turns out that's answered in the commentary. Never Sleep Again feels like such a satisfyingly complete experience. It's not just the most amazing Nightmare on Elm St. documentary I could ever have hoped to see. It's not just the most insightful, most engaging, and most unrelentingly entertaining retrospective of a film franchise that's ever been produced. You don't need to qualify it by mentioning a genre or even the fact that it's a film-about-films at all: Never Sleep Again is an amazing documentary, period. Watching Never Sleep Again made me want to run out and grab the Nightmare DVDs I'm missing. Hell, it compelled me to order their Friday the 13th retrospective too. This is a desert island disc. It doesn't even matter if you haven't seen any of the Elm St. flicks in ages: if you ever considered yourself a fan, Never Sleep Again is essential viewing. DVD Talk Collector Series.


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Itinerary (day 4 in Japan)
Train from Tokyo to Nikko
At Nikko, saw the following:
- Togushu Shrine (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3801.html)
- Final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years from 1603 CE to 1868 CE. "Shogun" is translated literally as "military commander", who operated as the de facto ruler of Japan although these were nominally appointed by the emperor. The Tokugawa Shogunate, also known as the Edo period as the Tokugawas ruled from Edo castle, was a period of sustained economic growth and stability in contrast to the proceeding "Sengoku" or "warring states" period – (1467 CE – 1603 CE).
- Taiyuinbo (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3802.html)
- Final resting place of grandson of Ieysuu.
- Walked by Rinnoji Temple, but didn't go in due to ongoing reconstruction.
- While this is the most important Buddhist temple in Nikko, I knew I would be seeing many more in my stay
Bus to Okunikko
- Kegon Waterfall
- Lake Chuznenji
Bus back to Nikko, then the train to Tokyo
Had amazing dinner in Asakusa
While the monuments we went and saw were certainly impressive, the biggest highlight of this day were the friendly Japanese men we met on the train to Nikko. One of the group of about six or so struck up a conversation with us, and we did our best in extremely basic Japanese (assisted by Google translate) to talk to them about where we were from and some details about our trip. They helped break the ice by sharing some sake and nuts with us. In return we shared some chocolate cake which they seemed to enjoy. There really is something special about the act of giving food to someone.
The Togushu shrine included the famous "Three Wise Monkeys", a carving depicting three monkeys, which popularized the proverb "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". Interestingly, there are differing explanations of of this saying; while in in the west it refers to a lack of moral responsibility ("I didn't see anything bad, I didn't hear anything bad, and I'm not going to talk about anything bad"), in Buddhist tradition, the message behind this proverb is said to be about not dwelling on evil thoughts. The Buddhist interpretation of "speak no evil" seems to have equivalents in the Torah with"hotzaat shem ra" (unsubstantiated defamation), and "leshon hara" (gossiping about things which may be true but with a nonconstructive purpose). Random trivia fact: Mahatma Gandhi used to carry around a small statue of the three monkeys – the exception to his lifestyle of non-possession.
Kegon waterfall was beautiful, but "over accessible". The path to the viewing platform (which included an elevator ride) made the whole experience feel a little artificial – a little like watching something on television. We chatted about this for a while, including how different the experience was from the likes of Gulfoss in Iceland – where there was and element of danger and struggle that seemed to make everything more vivid. I found an interesting background article on motivation (http://blog.idonethis.com/the-science-of-motivation-your-brain-on-dopamine/) which seems to validate this idea – if you want a dopamine hit, it helps to feel like you have achieved something – which it is difficult to do if no struggle was necessary.
While wondering around Lake Chuznenji we had an interesting conversation around the importance of intention – and how to have positive experiences with people it helps so much to really feel positive. I remember the marked difference it made when I was practicing compassion meditation (http://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/compassion_meditation) – a habit I need to resume.

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Seven of our favorite presidential imbibers
As we think back to the time of Prohibition, we can't help but to reflect in turn on some of our favorite past presidents who were noted for their drinking habits.
While there are many to choose from, these are some of the best-known drinkers in the history books. So here is a cheers to our favorite presidential partiers!
John Adams: You can tell a lot about a person by how they start off the day. President John Adams started his breakfast many mornings at Harvard with a beer. Also he was known for having a certain fondness for his wife's hard cider, and was able to drink large quantities.
Franklin Pierce: Known as the only president from New Hampshire, he is also known as a president with documented drinking habits. It is said that when he was not renominated for the Democratic party at the end of his term President Pierce told reporters, ""There's nothing left... but to get drunk." A sentiment many college students, post finals, take on today.
George Washington: Setting the precedent for our country once again, President Washington ready future presidents for acceptably drinking and watching over the country simultaneously. Our first president had his own distillery, which happened to be the most profitable part of his Mount Vernon plantation.
Andrew Johnson: Though not to Lincoln's pleasure, Vice President Andrew Johnson gave what appeared as a drunken ramble during the March 4, 1865 acceptance speech. While showing up to be sworn in to office is perhaps not the most appropriate place to be intoxicated, Johnson (not typically a drinker) had typhoid fever as an excuse and thus ended up with imaginably one of the most memorable swear-ins America has seen.
FDR: Ever need a drink after a bad day? After dealing with problems during his terms that included the Great Depression, Hitler, Nazis, and attacks on his dog, Fala – it is safe to say FDR deserved a few of the martinis he was famous for. Also he had Prohibition repealed during his first term, to throw that out there.
William Howard Taft: While not a drinker himself, Taft was a guy you would love to party with – if you didn't mind waking up somewhere strange in the morning. Known for getting everyone else particularly inebriated, you would love to attend his party at the White House.
James Buchanan: What is the best way to spend time as a wealthy bachelor running the country? Celebrated drinker, President Buchanan would say to consume, consume, consume. He was famous for his Sunday rides to pick up a 10-gallon cask of his favorite whiskey and his apparent resistance to alcohol's effects – as noted by the press.
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Bryan Murray walked down the hall at a quiet Scotiabank Place, looked at the group of assembled reporters on a sunny holiday afternoon and half-jokingly made a wisecrack.
"Sorry fellas," said Murray.
The Senators GM was only kidding, but he was having a hard time hiding his frustration and disappointment on the first day of free agency after the club got shut out on nearly every front with the exception of signing backup goalie Alex Auld to a two-year, $2-million (all terms US) contract.
As reported by Sun Media yesterday, the Senators were active in their pursuit of unrestricted free-agent defenceman Brian Campbell -- Ottawas believed to has offered him a six-year, $42-million deal -- but the former 67's star wound with Chicago after agreeing to an eight-year, $57.12 million deal.
The dollars per year were close, but the length of thedeal was too long for the Senators.
"I just couldn't do it," sighed Murray. "I talked to his agent, Larry Kelly, a number of times, but the money and the term were to a such point where, with our cap, it just wasn't going to work for me. I know I talked to Campbell's people six or seven times (yesterday) and I'm sure that's what they were doing with a variety of teams."
Getting rebuffed by Campbell means the Senators are going to have to turn to Plan B to find a puck-moving defenceman.
Murray was looking at other options: Sources say he had shown interest in UFA blueliner Michal Rozsival, but he elected to re-sign with the Rangers.
The Senators turned their attention to ex-Montreal defenceman Mark Streit last night, but he wound up with Islanders after signing a five-year, $20.25-million deal.
Columbus blueliner Ron Hainsey is another possible option for the Senators.
If getting a blueliner in free agency doesn't work out, a trade offer from the Lightning to send Dan Boyle to the Senators is on the table.
Ottawa has reservations about making the deal because Boyle, 31, has six years remaining on his contract at an average of $6.67 million per season.
The Bolts would likely want either winger Antoine Vermette or defenceman Andrej Meszaros in a deal.
Boyle would have to approve any deal because he has a no-movement clause in his contract.
The Bolts haven't approached the Ottawa native about being moved yet, but league sources say new owners Len Barrie and Oren Koules have talked to every team in the league.
Another option is Anaheim's Mathieu Schneider, who has a year left on a deal that will pay him $5.75 million.
"There's a variety of people still out there," said Murray. "We are talking to other agents as well and we've spoken with some players who have been recommended by their agents to see where we are going to go to if we are going to go anywhere with them.
"It's still a long way from being over. It's going to be a couple of days. We would like to get one more forward and at least one more defencemen."
Murray said with Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson and Mike Fisher signed to long-term deals, the club couldn't afford to get involved in an eight-year deal with Campbell. Atlanta, sources say, offered Campbell an eight-year, $60-million deal.
"When you look at many of the contracts, and I guess that's the way it is now, the players have leverage," said Murray. "There's a need to fill rosters and there is a balancing effect. That's why certain players get considerable dollars that we couldn't afford.
"We made our commitment to Heatley, Alfredsson, Fisher and Spezza. I've always told our guys, 'Instead of looking for guys you don't know, let's try to keep the players we do know.' That's where we're at."


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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship that launched from Florida Sunday has successfully docked with the International Space Station, NASA said.
A robotic arm on the ISS was used to install the unmanned Dragon cargo ship to its docking port on the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony node at 9:03 a.m. EDT Wednesday, the space agency reported. The arm captured the commercial cargo ship at 6:56 a.m. as it approached to within about 32 feet of the orbiting complex.
Power and data cables between the ISS and the Dragon capsule will be set up in preparation for the opening of Dragon's hatch just after 6 a.m. EDT Thursday, NASA said.
During the 18 days Dragon is scheduled to be attached to the station, the ISS crew will unload 882 pounds of supplies, science research equipment and hardware from the cargo craft and reload it with 1,673 pounds of cargo for return to Earth.
It will be released from the station Oct. 28 for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, 250 miles off the coast of Southern California.
Dragon was launched by a Falcon 9 rocket at 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Although a Dragon capsule successfully delivered cargo to the ISS in a May test, Wednesday's docking marks the beginning of NASA's privately contracted regular cargo delivery flights to the station, with this mission designated SpaceX CRS-1.


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Handling Market Imperfections in a Spatial Economy: Some Experimental Results II
The Brazilian economy, with significant differencesin the distribution of economic activity acrossregions, presents a challenge to models that adopt aperfectly competitive market structure. This paperemploys an interregional CGE model of the Brazilianeconomy to explore the long-run impacts ofpositing changes in transportation structure andscale economies on regional and national welfare.In particular, the transportation cost structure ismodeled explicitly as a margin rather than in an icebergform; scale economies are addressed as a wayto mimic the imperfectly competitive structure ofthe Brazilian economy and to capture some of thepotential impacts of core-periphery relationshipsin production structure. This paper complementsa previous study by Haddad and Hewings (2005)that focused on the short-run implications of similarexperiments.
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In seeking an adjective colorful enough to describe the Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker, which was presented last weekend at Gadsden State's Wallace Hall, I ran across what The New York Times says on the Internet about the production.
In seeking an adjective colorful enough to describe the Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker, which was presented last weekend at Gadsden State's Wallace Hall, I ran across what The New York Times says on the Internet about the production. It uses a common phrase familiar to any old sports writer. I should have thought of it, but was searching for something more sophisticated.
That's what The New York Times had to say. And what more can be said in The Gadsden Times, a member of that organization? The dancers, the costumes, the scenery, the color, everything was a knockout. Even the 64 dancers from the local Dance Conservatory did an admirable job.
This is not a review. Such a performance needs a Deirdre Coakley to do it justice. She was The Times' entertainment editor for many years. But I would be remiss if I let such a great event in our town go without mention.
All of this is big with me for several reasons — nutcrackers, Russian ballerinas, the music, New York and memory-maker.
My favorite decorations this time of the year are nutcrackers. I've collected them for years and have them in all sizes and d�cor. Most are traditionally clad, but even if they are the pope, a woodchopper, a fisherman or Uncle Sam, they all are nutcrackers and rank higher with me than models of Santa, reindeer, a sleigh, elves and snowmen.
As soon as I read in The Times that the Moscow Ballet was to perform in town, I was the first to purchase a ticket. And that was even before I realized the performance was to be the "Great Russian Nutcracker."
I first saw this ballet in 1984 while in New York to cover a football game. Since that time, I've watched it on television every Christmas, except the last three when I was not at home. I have four different versions on tape, and some years I'll even watch all four.
I was in my seat long before the performance at Gadsden State was to begin. And when I saw Times publisher Glen Porter come in and take his seat in the middle of the first row, right next to the stage, memories flashed back of that year in New York when I had that seat — or one similar to it. I had the center seat in the first row, just a few feet from the stage.
The famed Russian star ballerina, after one of her brilliant dance numbers, stepped to the front of the stage to acknowledge the applause, and when she bowed she looked me right in the eyes and spoke to me, calling me "sir" and asking a question. That caught the attention of not only the sports writers who were with me, but also the audience.
They were somewhat stunned that this famous Russian dancer actually was speaking to someone in the audience during her performance.
The other night I kept a sharp eye on Porter, wanting to see if Mariia Skouk, who played Masha, would speak to him. I wondered if it was a part of the act, when Russians perform in America, for the star soloist to speak to someone in the audience. Evidently not — at least I didn't see it if she did.
That moment has been special over the years — every time I see a Russian ballet on television, and especially at the Christmas season when "The Nutcracker" is shown.
While watching the ballet last week, my thoughts leaned toward the local talent performing on stage. Even if the little girls who did such a beautiful job on stage do not continue with their dancing, years from now they can tell their grandchildren that once upon a time they danced with the Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker." What a special night this was for them.


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I homemade ricotta cheese
My last challange was to homemake cream cheese, and I did it!
This recipe requires no special equipment, starter cultures or complicated ingredients. In fact, the only difficult thing is trying to plan it around your schedule because it takes about 5 days!
I did not take step-by-step pictures as I was not sure I was going to succed with this, but I will try to be as precise as possible in my instructions. Have fun people!
Ingredients (makes 250 g):
- 2 cups (475 ml) non-ultra pasteurized half and half
- 1/2 cup (117.5 ml) non-ultra pasteurized whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon (14 ml) buttermilk
- Salt to taste
Day 2: Pour the mixture into a colander lined with cheese cloth over a bowl. Allow it to drain for 15 minutes, then fold the cheese cloth over the cheese. Drain the whey out of the catch bowl and place the colander back over the bowl. Cover it with plastic and place it in the refrigerator for 12-14 hours.
Day 3: Remove the curd from the refrigerator and pour it into a mixing bowl. The cream cheese should be much firmer now. Stir in salt to taste. Line your colander with fresh cheese cloth. Pour the curd back into the colander. Wrap the colander with plastic wrap and place it back over your catch bowl. Place the cheese back in the refrigerator and let it sit for 36-48 hours, depending on the firmness you desire from your cream cheese.
Day 5: Place the finished cream cheese in a plastic or glass container and store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
This was yummi and so rewarding!
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — Residents in San Francisco's Inner Sunset District are getting worried about a homeless woman's increasingly violent attacks.
Simone Haas said she was pushing her 4-year old in a stroller to Golden Gate Park when the woman approached.
"She grabbed me with both hands and just started shaking me," said Haas. "She said, 'I'm going to hurt you' and said 'why are you being like this?' And I'm just like, 'I have no idea what you're even talking about.'"
John Morales was just walking down the street when he was hit with a board from behind. A quick trip to the hospital later, he is wondering whether more could be done to prevent her attacks from getting worse.
"I have empathy because she's suffering from mental illness," said Morales. "Yet the system isn't treating her."
Neighbors told CBS 5 there is a long list of random acts of violence. A punch here. A full can of coke thrown there.
Neighbors identify the attacker as a homeless woman with an animal tattoo on her face who has been on the street for years and appears to be getting sicker. Residents say she constantly yells at strangers.
The victims call police quite often. In some cases, the attacker is given a ticket and is right back on the streets.
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CBS 5 caught up with the woman just as she was boarding a bus, but she declined to comment so we left her alone.
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Kayhan said the Mayor's office is working with the courts on a new system that would identify the city's 40 worst offenders and focus efforts to devote homeless outreach and increased punishment, when necessary.
Kayhan hopes the courts will approve the system and put it in place by the end of the year.
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10 Best Meme Reactions To Beyonce's Wet Grammy Hair
Spring 2014 fashion runways were full of one beauty trend that we found quite peculiar. Show after show we noticed models with their hair styled wet and it became clear after New York and London, that the trend was embraced by the fashion community for the upcoming season.
To be totally honest, we reported on it but were a bit skeptical about women actually rocking the look. You know… given the 30 degree weather we're in. But last night, Beyoncé proved us wrong.
For her performance with husband, Jay Z, the singer rocked a wet crop hairstyle in an ombre finish. While we in the fashion world knew where her inspiration probably came from, the general public did not embrace the style. Thus, fantastically hilarious memes.
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Since you fine people have helped me with three engines so far, I'm going for a fourth now.
I have this really nice looking FOK 1.5. Its problem is the piston is way too tight in the cylinder at TDC. It really jams hard. I tried starting it but when it fires it sticks on the next revolution. I spent an hour muttering What the FOK. Its obviously a dud. So my question is - can an ordinary guy armed with not much more than a spanner, a hammer and a saw free up this engine? What is this lapping business that I read about?
Lapping means individually fitting the piston to the cylinder by moving the piston inside the cylinder, usually with some kind of mildly abrasive substance (metal cleaning product, usually sold to make chrome or brass objects shine, or "jewellers' rouge".
It's a bit of an art and takes a bit of practice, but my own first attempt (decades ago!) was under the supervision of a real expert, and it came out right first time.
The important thing to remember is that it only takes a few seconds!
You need to remove the cylinder and the piston/con-rod assembly from the engine.
Then use a rod (thick piano wire or a screwdriver stem), through the hole in the big-end of the con-rod, to move the piston longitudinally, up and down the bore, while also rotating the piston, as it is moving up and down (a sort of "figure of eight" motion). As mentioned, this is done with a slightly abrasive cleaning product and it only takes a few seconds!
Keep in your mind that it's obviously better to stop too early (you can repeat the process) than to carry on for a few seconds too long (you'll need a new piston).
Finally, when the piston can just get over the tight spot, with a gentle push, STOP!!!
Then, thoroughly clean everything (petrol or similar)... you obviously have to get rid of all traces of abrasive, and reassemble with a little 3 in 1.
Warning! Don't use this process for a contra-piston!
The fact that this is no longer done for the current cheapo "replica" diesels (whereas it was standard practice for all quality diesels in the forties to sixties) is the main reason why recent vague look-alikes are so b-awful in relation to the originals.
Last edited by brokenenglish; Dec 14, 2012 at 10:01 AM.
Scaledown, I do not believe that you have a "dud".
If the piston is "sticking" at TDC (like a newer ABC engine) I would guess that it has not been broken in. At least it is not "worn out"!
Heat the top of the cylinder area with a hot air gun, keep it hot, and then try flipping the prop. Is it sticking a little less?
Back off the compression (to reduce the load/strain on the rod) and continue cranking the engine.
As the cylinder gets hot it may expand and loosen up the piston.
If the "sticking at TDC" becomes less, add compression, prime with fuel and try starting.
Running the engine will loosen it up.
John's post above is also true and is a good probable solution.
I just answered your question about lapping but, as John says, you may not have to go that far!
Maybe I should have explained how bad it is. It sticks about 3mm below TDC. You can turn it over with a prop on it, but you can feel the flex in the con rod as it goes over the top. I'm afraid if I succeeded in getting it started the big end would wear out before the engine ran in.
I had some polishing paste so I had a go at lapping it using the method brokenenglish suggested, stopping, cleaning it and checking it a few times. Now it sticks about 1.5mm below TDC so I've made some improvement and I'll stop there and see if it runs now.
fiery suggested I use a 9x4 prop, which I've got.
OK so far. Another point that I should have mentioned is that your piston fit is too tight at the top of the bore, but OK lower down. This would seem to indicate excessive bore taper. If that is the case then, even when you've fixed your present problem, you may not have enough crankcase pressure to pump the mixture charge up the transfer ports.
This is a very common fault with the cheapo modern look alikes (which your engine isn't). The tight fit at the top gives the impression of good compression (possibly true), but the piston/cylinder fit is so loose at the bottom of the bore that they are impossible to hand start. You need an electric starter, so that the mixture is being pumped faster than the crankcase compression is leaking!
If that should turn out to be the case, you'll have a choice between using an electric starter (horrible on a diesel), scrapping the engine (if you don't care too much for it), or calling on the services of David Owen or Jon Fletcher (if you'd like a nice engine and a super runner)...
My Russian Made Elfin 149's exhibit just that problem.
The iron and steel one I have is nice in all other respects, so it may get a rebore and new piston to make it serviceable.
It does run, but needs an electric starter, which displeases me.
Electric starters seem to be not very practical for old motors because you need a spinner, and so often the prop shaft is so short its hard just to get a modern prop and a nut on it, without the thickness of the spinner backplate as well.
Where does one get a new piston for an old motor?
In any case, if part (most) of the problem is excessive bore taper (which is likely), then obviously, just installing another piston won't cure the problem.
You'll see at the end of my earlier post, I mentioned the work of David Owen and Jon Fletcher, both these gentlemen are in Oz, they do superb work and your engine could no doubt be made into a very nice runner... if you think the engine is worth it... and the answer to that question can only be in your own mind...
This may be a long shot, but it did however happen to me once:
An Indian Mills 1.3, purchased second-hand, showed just the symptoms mentioned above, i.e.the piston fit was very tight (in a harsh and "squeeky" way), just before the TDC and up. Also the the contra piston movement was very limited.
When examining, I found a very hard-to-remove carbon deposit of some kind, in the upper part of the sleeve....
God knows what fuel or oil the previous owner had tried to use...
No solvent (known by me) could soften this carbon, but after (literally) cooking the parts in motor oil, and, while still hot, using a "lapping tool from hell...", consisting of a piece of green scotch-brite glued to a dowel, I finally managed to get the upper sleeve clean enough to allow things to move more freely....i.e. the engine was now ready for a careful run-in....
Although this worked, I wouldn't recommend the "scotch-brite-treatment" to anyone...after all there are more gentle abrasives, like Autosol etc....
Summary: Watch for carbon...!..."experimental" fuels could really mess things up..
I may bark up the wrong tree, but I thought I'd mention this...
Parra Wasp 1.5 specs
Alberto sent me a copy of the Parra 1.5 Wasp review from Aeromodeller. (See previous posts with pictures at #3679, #3685)
This 1.5 cc ( 0.09) is putting out the power of a sport 2.5 cc ( 0.15) and is actually doing better than the Cox Tee Dee 0.09! Rather amazing little engine.
Last edited by JohnAV8R; Dec 21, 2012 at 05:52 PM. Reason: t-> T
It shouldn't come as any great surprise that it performs better than a TD. It's a bit like comparing a Spitfire to an F16. The TD is a loop scavenged Iron/steel motor from a bygone era. Where the Parra is either ABC or AAC Schneurle ported modern motor. The TD was a great motor and can still perform well given the age, while the Parra is from this century.
This is not meant of any criticism of the TD just a note about the relative ages.
The TDs are among the (many) historically great model aero engines. What the Parra will achieve remains to be seen. However, based on what I read here, it does seem to be better than most commercially available oriental or eastern european stuff...
I've given up on that FOK. I can't even get a pop out of it now, even with an electric finger. I'm thinking it must be a case of excessive bore taper. With a good engine you can usually feel a bit of suction going on at the bottom of the stroke, but on this one I feel nothing.
To cheer myself up I got my Taifun Hurrikan running, which I posted about on page 288. I made an aluminium block into which I inserted an Enya needle assembly. I've figured out this engine is the RC version minus throttle. That extra ring on the back is a clever clamping mechanism that clamps down on the throttle base. That venturi that came with it must be from something else, because it doesn't go far enough into the clamp to hold properly. It kept falling off after 3 minutes of running. But not before it recorded the best rpm of all of my 1.5cc diesels!
I'm pretty sure an Enya 09 throttle will fit perfectly and there's one on ebay at the moment.
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Florence (Flossie) Arnold and A.B. (Buck) Catlin worked the crowd like a longtime vaudeville comedy team, but their act was as new as their friendship is old.
Catlin, the mayor of Fullerton, was at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center Sunday to present a key to the city to Arnold, whom he has known since 1947. The presentation was part of a birthday party that included clowns, a magic act and the opening of an Arnold retrospective: 25 paintings that span her 35-year artistic career. (The paintings will be on display until Nov. 1.)
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But "we're all the same age," Arnold said, waving her hand toward some of the 162 people who had come to the open-to-the-public party.


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Stringer delivers a big, progressive speech; rivals and fellow Dems enjoy it, mostly
When Scott Stringer said the city needs to pass the paid-sick-leave legislation "now," Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Comptroller John Liu applauded, but City Council Speaker Christine Quinn didn't.
The four likely mayoral candidates were at the New-York Historical Society on Central Park West last night for Stringer's State of the Borough speech. The speech hinted at the economic theme of Stringer's mayoral campaign: reducing income inequality and making things easier for the middle class.
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Stringer called for a readjustment to the tax code that would lower rates for families making less than $300,000 a year and raise them for earners of more than $1 million a year. He talked about facilitating loans to small businesses, and called for a $250 million fund to pay for the conversion 110,000 foreclosed housing units into low-cost housing. and called for a new loan program to help small businesses secure financing.
Stringer's three likely rivals in the mayor's race were seated shoulder-to-shoulder in the front row. De Blasio and Liu support the paid-sick-leave legislation currently held up the Council; Quinn, a Bloomberg ally who is the reason the legislation isn't moving, opposes it.
Reporters kept duck-walking over to them to take pictures and watch their reactions. De Blasio sat with his giant legs crossed. Liu slouched. Quinn sat holding a folded piece of paper.
When Stringer complained about overcrowding in city schools, they applauded. When Stringer critiqued the mayor directly, de Blasio and Liu applauded and Quinn did too, but very lightly. Right after Stringer said "nothing is more important than educating our children," Quinn left.
Stringer read from two teleprompters and didn't use any visual aids. He paused at key moments to let the audience applaud, and they did. He also veered slightly off script.
When discussing expansion plans from Columbia Univeristy and New York University, Stringer said he supported them, while, "always, always, always balancing the needs of the community with those of the university."
As the audience applauded, Stringer, added, "God help me."
When they finished applauding, he emphasized his point: "Always, always, always" and "where's the community board?"
That elicited some more laughter, including Quinn's, which is distinctive.
"Chris is laughing," Stringer noted approvingly.
Liz Holtzman, the former city comptroller, arrived late and got a seat in the second row next to C. Virginia Fields, the former Manhattan borough president. One row behind them, four seats in from the aisle, was David Stringer, the borough president's brother.
After the speech, Stringer walked to the front of the stage, shook hands with a number of people who all wished him well. His wife stood a few feet away, smiling politely. Trudie Mason, a fixture in Manhattan Democratic circles, was in the crowd and somehow managed to kiss Stringer on the cheek while he was still on stage.
"Pretty awesome; a lot of good ideas," Liu said after the speech.
A few steps behind Liu was de Blasio, who said there was "a lot of good stuff" in the speech. When asked about sitting next to potential mayoral rivals, de Blasio said it was "too early for that."
Norman Seabrook, the head of the corrections officers union, was seated in the front row center seat for the speech. Stringer's people had saved him the seat. He told me afterward "what he's talking about makes a lot of sense," particularly the tax cuts for most middle-income and poor New Yorkers. "It makes a lot of sense and nobody's talking about it."
I asked Seabrook to compare Stringer's vision to his likely rivals'. He said it was hard to do. "I haven't heard [Bill] Thompson give a speech like this. I haven't heard Bill [de Blasio] give one like this."
"What he's saying is resonating because he's talking about is the middle class," said Seabrook.
Joan Roth, a 69-year-old photographer who attended the event and lives on the East Side, said she liked Quinn's advocacy for progressive causes, but said Stringer is "the heart and soul of our city. He's Bella Abzug's nephew."
She said he "articulates the same kind of feeling."
Stringer made his way to the back of the auditorium, and repeated some of his comments for an interview on NY1 News. Later, he hung out by the doors and showed off a picture of his newborn son on his cell phone.
C. Virginia Fields, the former Manhattan borough president and mayoral candidate, said Stringer "made it clear" he was laying out a citywide agenda.
State Senator Adriano Espaillat, whose district is in Upper Manhattan, said of Stringer's speech: "I think his main message was fairness. I've never seen the stars aligned in such a fashion as they are today" to get economic "fairness" achieved.
"Mayor Bloomberg and Shelly [Silver] are looking to up the minimum wage, the governor announced and got a package of tax reforms," he said. "The president is talking about a tax package that'll help the middle class and the poor. And there's no reason why that shouldn't happen on the municipal level. There's no reason why there should be tax reform on the state level and not at the municipal level."
When the staff at the Historical Society finally succeeded in kicking everyone out, people came streaming down the large steps in front of the building. There, on the right, was a statue of Abraham Lincoln. City Councilman Robert Jackson threw his arm around the statue, then stepped back and started a conversation with him. He hugged me after I took a picture of it and walked away laughing. An aide with him reminded me he has a fund-raiser on Saturday.


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PHOENIX -- Almost two years to the day after their company was ambushed, former POW Jessica Lynch yesterday honored fallen comrade Army Specialist Lori Piestewa, the first American servicewoman killed in the Iraq War.
The women were best friends who served together in the 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss, Texas. They were also roommates at Fort Bliss and tentmates in Iraq.
''Many of you may know our story, but what you may not know is what a great friend Lori was, what a great mother she is to these kids, what a great daughter she is, and what a great devoted soldier she was," Lynch said during a press conference. ''She taught me so much, and knowing her made me a better person."
Piestewa, a member of the Hopi tribe and a single mother of two, is believed to be the first Native American woman killed while fighting for the US military.
The 23-year-old Piestewa died, and Lynch was captured March 23, 2003, in an attack near the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. Soldiers rescued Lynch April 1, 2003; the videotaped rescue made her an international celebrity.
Lynch is recovering from injuries that included a broken back. She still walks with a cane. She has enrolled at West Virginia University and hopes to become a kindergarten teacher.
With proceeds from a $1 million book deal, Lynch established the Jessica Lynch Foundation to help Piestewa's two children. She later expanded the foundation's mission to educate children of military veterans and casualties.
''We love her like a daughter," said Terry Piestewa, Lori's father. ''We know she was blaming herself for what happened. She was blaming herself that she didn't bring Lori home.
''She wants to be there for the kids. It's good for her, helps her heal."
Lynch is scheduled to attend a sunrise ceremony today held on Piestewa Peak, a north Phoenix mountain named after the fallen soldier. She is scheduled to visit Piestewa's hometown of Tuba City tomorrow and to visit her grave on the Hopi reservation.


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Daily analysis 16.04.2015:
Neutral EBC summit. More weaker data from the USA. Chances for understanding with Greece increase, after the comments from Germany and Slovakia ministers of finance. Chairman Belka without any specific suggestions concerning the zloty.
Most important macro data (CET). Estimations of macro data ara based on Bloomberg's information, unless marked otherwise.
- 14.30 CET: Initiation of investments in the American real estates sector (estimations: 1.04 million).
- 14.30 CET: Permission for construction work in the USA (1.080 million).
- 14.30 CET: Applications for unemployment benefits from the USA (estimations: 280 thousand).
- 16.00 CET: Index of business condition for the Philadelphia region (estimations: 5 points).
EBC summit and data from the USA
As expected, the EBC summit did not create any clear market signals. Mario Draghi has shown a relatively optimistic approach towards the future condition of the eurozone. A statement about the danger of the economy's slower development has disappeared, and the chairman of European monetary authorities was satisfied with the fact, that other economic centres in the world share this opinion (he referred to the better prognoses from IMF).
However, when it comes to the monetary policy, it is definitely too soon to talk about the possibility of finishing the Quantitative Easing, which basically started one month ago. As usually, Draghi encouraged to make structural reforms of the eurozone, without which a cyclic revival will not translate into a structural improvement of its condition.
Interesting facts – it is worth noticing, that EBC spent already 110 billion euro, in order to finance the Greek banks. A collateral of these liquidity operations, are mainly Greece's treasury bonds. Thus, one might assume that if Greece goes bankrupt, those treasury bonds will actually be worthless. Because of this, a negative scenario for Athens, is also a serious risk of losses for the EBC.
On the other side of the ocean, we had one more reading, which was disappointing. Industrial production has dropped by 0.6% m/m, whilst the analysts' expectations amounted minus 0.3% m/m. This, along with the weak data from the labour market or the retail sales market, shows that coming out from the Winter slowdown can take longer than expected. As a result, the chances for raising interest rates before September are small. It should lay weight on the American currency in the short term.
Greek change of sentiments
We had another change of sentiments concerning Greece over the past few hours. Germany's minister of finance said, that "nobody expects a solution for the Greek matter", before the upcoming eurogroup summit. It is planned for April 24th. Slovakian minister of finance expressed a similar opinion. It is strange, because only last week the representatives of the eurogroup showed a relatively optimistic approach towards this matter.
In Greece itself, on the other hand, the suggestions about early elections have begun to appear. There are also ideas for a referendum, which should decide whether the reforms will be accepted or not. Both of these solutions are not positive, and they increase the risk of a negative scenario. The market should be really cautious about the information concerning Greece throughout the forthcoming days.
Few words about the foreign market
The situation concerning Greece has pushed aside the reading of industrial production, which was negative for the American currency. Despite this, the EUR/USD stays within the limits of 1.0700. This means that the investors are constantly unconvinced by the negative solution of the Athens matter. On the other hand, if Greece would make progress in their negotiations with Troika, the chances for a further increase of the main currency pair, will be significantly higher.
Marek Belka's press conference
The whole press conference of chairman Belka, was actually based on an attempt to gain answers to the question, is the recent zloty's enforcement a disturbing matter. If yes, does it require any intervention from the monetary policy, or directly on the market?
The journalists of particular press agencies did not succeed in achieving any specific information. We can however get a clear message that at the moment MPC is neither surprised about the weaker euro, nor is it willing to undertake any specific action. Thus, it is still a positive scenario for the zloty, because the space for further appreciation is maintaining, and the only thing that can probably force the chairman to do something is going into the area of 3.80.
In the short term, however, there has appeared a factor, which can block PLN appreciation. Apart from the tense situation in Greece, the forint wore off quite clearly. It was probably caused with a positive opinion of the central bank, concerning the conversion of currency consumption credits. It may generate a demand for currencies from the commercial banks. This fact also puts further the exit of EUR/PLN below 4.00, and increases a chance for making a correction, even to the area of 4.05.
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A former Ufford Parish Councillor has been told to hand over ownership of a website he registered in the parish council's name and which he uses to give information about the village, situated between Stamford and Peterborough.
Ex-councillor, Ian Glew, became embroiled in an acrimonious spat with Ufford Parish Council after he refused to give up the uffordparishcouncil.org.uk web domain, which the authority said was confusing users.
Ufford insisted it was being "misrepresented on the internet" and that the site prevented it from posting vital information for the village's 200 residents.
Online dispute resolution service, Nominet, has now ruled that Mr Glew's use of the domain name and his connected website caused "inevitable" confusion for web surfers and directed him to hand the web address over to the parish council.
Nominet expert, Jane Seager, said Mr Glew, of Main Street, had been a member of Ufford council for years and was present during meetings when a planned local authority website was discussed.
The disputed web address was registered in May 2007, before Mr Glew resigned as a councillor in late 2008. But despite Ufford repeatedly requesting that he give up the online real estate in 2009 and 2010, Mr Glew flatly refused.
Ufford complained to Nominet in January, saying Mr Glew had registered the site for the council before stepping down and had since renewed it "despite the fact he had severed all links with the council".
The local authority blasted Mr Glew's use of the domain, which connected to his "Ufford Online" website; it said his page was "neither up to date nor complete" and left those wanting information on the council flummoxed.
"The council is prevented from posting a wide range of statutory information such as dates of meetings, agendas, minutes of meetings, financial reports and many other matters.
"This means, the council is being misrepresented on the internet and visitors to the site are unable to interact with it," the council argued.
The council claimed that when users search for "Ufford Parish Council" on Google, the disputed domain pops up, "purporting to be that of the council". It said it had been forced to use an alternative domain name, uffordvillage.btck.co.uk, while the row rumbled on. However, Mr Glew denied registering the disputed address for the council's benefit and argued that Ufford had "had three years to avail itself" of the ".Gov" suffix but had missed the boat.
He vehemently rejected claims that his site was rarely refreshed, saying there had been 18 major updates since June, 2013; he branded suggestions that the site was incomplete "preposterous".
Mr Glew also argued that "it is now generally accepted that domain names play little part in searches as users do not use them and certainly no longer type them - they rely on the primary name, in this case Ufford Online".
The ex-councillor insisted he had taken steps, including removing a masthead displaying the village church, to ensure that visitors would not confuse the website with one connected to the parish council.
But the Nominet expert ruled: "It is clear that the vast majority of internet users would believe that any corresponding website would not just be about Ufford Parish Council, but would be controlled by it too. Confusion is therefore inevitable."
The expert said that Mr Glew's connected website also did not "do a great deal to dispel such confusion".
Miss Seager concluded: "Ufford council has rights in a name which is identical to the disputed domain name and the domain, in the hands of the respondent (Mr Glew), is an abusive registration."
She directed the transfer of the disputed domain name to Ufford Parish Council.


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Cleveland The Cleveland Cavaliers are close to acquiring center Shaquille O'Neal in a trade with the Phoenix Suns, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press today.
The teams have reached an agreement in principle on the deal, which would unite O'Neal with Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, the NBA's MVP.
O'Neal will join Cleveland in exchange for center Ben Wallace, guard Sasha Pavlovic, a second-round draft pick and cash, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league still must approve the deal.
Yahoo! Sports first reported the deal.
The teams have been talking about the possible swap for months and finally completed it one day before the NBA Draft.
The 37-year-old O'Neal, who has won four NBA titles, had one year left on his contract with the Suns. Phoenix acquired him from Miami in February 2008.
He averaged 17.8 points and 8.4 rebounds last season and appeared in his 15th All-Star game.
The Cavaliers also were in talks with New Orleans about obtaining Tyson Chandler. If they had not made the trade for O'Neal, they would have traded for Chandler, according to a source.
The Cavs felt O'Neal was the better option because he has just one year left on his contract, and will not eat up cap space that will enable them to pursue free agents such as Chris Bosh in next summer's star-studded free agent class. Chandler, who has had injury problems the past two postseasons, has a player option for $12.7 million in 2010-2011 that he is likely to pick up.
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AIG Contracts Questions
Under what legal theories may an employer refuse to perform promises to pay bonus compensation to employees? That is the contract law question that US President Barak Obama and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo pose to the country today. Both seek to prevent AIG, the beleaguered and possibly criminal enterprise, now nearly 80% owned by the US government after its $170 billion bailout, from AIG's planned payment of $165 million in cash bonuses to various employees.
AIG says it is contractually obligated to make these payments. The President instructs his Treasury Secretary to "pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses." The New York Attorney General is doing so. His letter to AIG today requests copies of the contracts, background on how they were negotiated and descriptions of the job performance of covered employees.
In the spirit of President Obama's call and Attorney General Cuomo's quest, following are some admittedly spontaneously developed and potentially speculative legal avenues to block payment of the bonuses. Please feel free to add or subtract from these preliminary notations.
Conditions. It is important to see the contracts. What express provisions govern? Are there conditions, express, implied or constructive, to AIG's duty to pay? For example, contractual provisions expressing obligations of the employees may certainly be seen as promises but they also may operate as conditions.
Parol Evidence. Notably, determining what conditions exist may be ascertained not solely from an inspection of the written contracts. They may also be ascertained by evidence concerning the negotiations that preceded them. Such evidence would be admissible despite the parol evidence rule, which restricts admitting evidence in the face of a complete, final, integration of a bargain into a written expression.
Breach/Excuse. Have such promises/conditions been met? This will depend upon comparing such provisions to the job performance of the covered employees. Have they discharged their obligations? Was failure to discharge a breach of contract? Does that breach of contract excuse AIG's duty to pay? This may depend upon whether any such breach is total (material) or partial. It may depend on interpretation or construction of the language to determine whether promises, conditions or both have been created.
Termination. Do the contracts contain any express termination or cancellation provisions? Under what circumstances may AIG fire employees, without continuing duties, at least any duty to pay bonuses?
Non-Disclosure. A wide variety of traditional excuses from contract performance may be available. These include non-disclosure of material information by the employee to AIG. Ordinarily, of course, arms'-length contracting parties owe one another very limited duties of candor and may exploit comparative information advantage. But employees owe their employees fiduciary duties, including that of candor. Employee failure to discharge such duties may excuse AIG from its duties
Misrepresentation; Fraud. Even in arms'-length transactions, misrepresentation can excuse a counterparty's duties. Certainly, as Attorney General Cuomo's letter suggests, findings of fraud on the part of an employee would excuse AIG's duty to perform.
Mistake, Warranty, Impossibility. It seems less likely that other traditional contract law excuses such as mistake or warranty or impossibility would apply.
Impracticability; Frustration. But there is at least some chance, given AIG's functional insolvency and government takeover, that these employment agreements may be rescinded on the basis either of impracticability or frustration of purpose. Payment of $165 million by a company that suffered losses this period alone of $65 billion is at least a credible ground for asserting both doctrines. Frustration of purpose has been recognized when governmental action essentially destroys the original purpose of a contract—and government's takeover of AIG is a more extreme sort of governmental action than appears in such cases.
Formation? In the spirit of President Obama's mandate, there could even be doubt about formation, including lack of consideration or misunderstanding, so as to impair mutual assent, or possibly even indefiniteness of terms.
Fraudulent Conveyance. Attorney General Cuomo also mentions fraudulent conveyance law. This is an advanced commercial law subject, beyond standard contract law. It generally restricts an enterprise's right to transfer assets to favored claimants when doing so would impair the reasonable or contractual expectations of other claimants.
Efficient Breach? Finally, there may be some question about whether, even if the contracts are enforceable in accordance with their terms, AIG should breach anyway. Certainly it has some credible defenses that it would be in breach. Further, employee damages would be reduced under the mitigation doctrine. They'd be subject to reduction measured by alternative employment, so long as not different in character or inferior in kind.
Employee Restitution? On the other hand, if the employees are in breach, may they nevertheless recover off contract? Probably, in restitution for the portion of the contract price that they have earned, or the value of the benefit conferred.
Information Needed. Again, I emphasize and acknowledge the foregoing as preliminary and speculative. Nevertheless, even these notations show that relevant questions cannot be answered without reading the contracts and obtaining the other information that Mr. Cuomo requests. It does not seem unreasonable for the President or Attorney General to refuse to rely upon AIG's or its lawyers' interpretations of these arrangements.
Whose Judgment? On the other hand, of course, a further issue appears: who should make the ultimate business and legal judgments here, the CEO and Board of AIG or President Obama and Attorney General Cuomo and their colleagues?