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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Being a creation directed by Patrick Christl, this film in English (subtitles) was presented in 2013. This film, a creation of Ben Stockton, Michael Toscano, Miaken Kristola, Aaron Galvin, Patrick Christl, Derek Caldwell and Jonathan Grant, was produced in USA. You can watch Wedding Bells & Shotgun Shells online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
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Runtime: 87 minutes
Aaron Galvin, Jonathan Grant, Michael Toscano, Miaken Kristola, Derek Caldwell, Walt Sloan, Brad Fry, Patrick Christl, Ben Stockton, Brian Galvin, Marjorie Southerland, Kevin Williamson, Jaclyn Holtzman, Darryl Villacorta, Gary Schick II and Leslie Galvin.
87-minute film (full movie) directed by Patrick Christl.
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Screenplay written by Ben Stockton, Michael Toscano, Miaken Kristola, Aaron Galvin, Patrick Christl, Derek Caldwell and Jonathan Grant.
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AdamChandler (276) Enfield, New Hampshire | February 21, 2013
touristy, small and gets pretty crazy on the weekends. The crowd is older than most spots in town.
HuskerTan (109) Ravenna, Nebraska | May 8, 2017
At the end of a weird shopping hallway. Not much on draft but a big bottle selection. Prices are fair. Selection isn't exciting per say but a hell of a way to get a lot of country ticks. I didn't stay long but if I was in town, I would enjoy sitting here while the wife shopped at the boutiques nearby.
Foxbush (149) Richmond, Virginia | September 27, 2014
An interesting place down a long hallway off one of the streets in St Augustine. We had just visited the fort and were looking for lunch and found good beer and lunch. The staff was very intent that I found one of their 200 beers to my liking. The Hop House was a nice find. The Greek salad was also excellent. They claim over 200 beers mostly bottles. They could use more taps.
drowland (286) Georgia | December 11, 2013
Always a stop while in St. Augustine. It's kind of a weird stop in the end of a long hallway at the end of a tourist strip. It's nothing special or fancy, for sure, but I always manage to find a new rating, sometimes a good one. They have good happy hour specials as well. It's not a destination stop in St. Augustine, but worth a stop for a beer while your wife shops.
erickok (274) Leuven, Belgium | September 26, 2012
In a somewhat strange location at the end of an un-American passage of small shops. I expected a fun local beer hole or enthousiastically run bottle bar but instead found a run-down room with uninterested staff and even more uninterested visitors. The table next to me ordered 'whatever was the strongest beer they head'. Oh boy... And what's up with the awkward beer selection? A very uninviting place overall. Did not stay for food, obviously.
Msumax1985 (13) Florida | November 27, 2011
Very limited selection on draft. Mainly a bottle place. But the bottle selection is huge. Nice place to have a few while the girls shop in the tourist zone.
beernovice39 (250) Idaho | August 11, 2011
SOOO, if you owned a bar/resturant and had three early 20s "working" and they all chatted and texted while customers stood and waited...until they left...what would you do?
gelbelt (3) , | February 11, 2011
Other reviewers are pretty much spot-on. They did have a few taps last time I was there. The atmosphere and selection is great for taking an international beer tour or exploring a particular country/style. The prices seem to be about the same as what I could buy from a Total Wine. I love this place because of the selection, and also because my wife and I can park and drop off the kids with grandparents then walk downtown.
Velkyal (78) Gordonsville, Virginia | September 8, 2010
I always stop in Rendezvous when passing through St Augustine. The service is generally good, the beer list covers all the bases, though a bit pricey at times.
Teege (12) Orlando, Florida | September 29, 2009
A little hole in the wall place my girlfriend and I had spent some time looking for, meanwhile stopping in other bars, and finally stumbled into late one night when the streets were already empty. We were the only customers that night shortly before close (except for a family with, for some reason, children). A little too well lit, but the bartender was cool. Though they boast a large collection of beers from around the world the vast majority are light lagers. Still they have some really good beers as well. Worth stopping by.


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Vietnam, Iraq and beyond. A moment to reflect.
(photo: thomasbopedersen.org)
To write the wrong
Or spell the sin
Who will name the dead?
- John Cory
May 1, 2008, marked the fifth anniversary of the "Mission
Accomplished" spectacle by George Bush. Twelve days or so later,
Staff Sgt. Travis Twiggs, a three-tour Iraq veteran, committed
suicide and killed his brother, Willard J. Twiggs.
A Marine for fifteen years, Travis suffered from PTSD, even wrote about it; tried to still the beast by reaching out to help others, but in the end it killed him. Collateral damage included his brother and a stunned and grieving family. Editor and Publisher has the article.
While Bush, McCain and the GOP shout hosannas to war and scream about supporting the troops - back home and in need of help, veterans like Staff Sgt. Travis Twiggs find this as their support. You really don't have PTSD, Sarge, just the readjustment blues. It will pass.
Miz Remy recently sent out a link to her vets regarding Agent Orange and prostate cancer rates among Vietnam Veterans. A glimpse of war without end.
In the absurdity of false wars, this article says it all. War memorials are running out of room to list the dead. Mission Accomplished.
Memorial Day is here, and with it the cheap carnival sales pitch of patriotism and sacrifice and paying the price for freedom. The sideshow of this holiday weekend will be the primary campaign pre- election blather and speeches about honoring the men and women who serve our nation. Nickel-and-dime phrase and praise, sleight of hand and tongue, to divert our eyes from the real issue of supporting our troops and veterans.
Senator Jim Webb has a bill before Congress to increase the GI Bill education benefits of our veterans, but McCain and the GOP will not support it. Why aren't Obama and Clinton raising this issue during their primary race? Why are the media more focused on who is or is not wearing a patriotic lapel pin? Useless questions, I know, because for the media the election is nothing more than entertainment: American Idol goes to Washington. And questions about supporting our troops and veterans are about money, and true patriots understand there is always money for war - emergency funding and billions to keep the lie going. War is expensive. Care for the veteran and his family? That smacks of entitlement programs like welfare - and that's too costly and too wasteful of taxpayer dollars. Welcome to Wonderland.
Close your eyes and picture that long obsidian wall of the Vietnam Memorial glistening with the tears of heaven on a rainy day, the etched names so vivid you can see their senior prom photos. As people move along you see the reflections of the families and veterans passing each panel to pay their respects, occasionally reaching out to touch a name as fingers rub and linger over each letter that spells out that life - trapped within the wall.
Now picture the last panel, a soggy rain-soaked piece of cardboard with black ink streaked like weeping mascara that reads:"There is no room on the Wall for more names. "Thank you for supporting the troops. - Come again."
Today is Memorial Day. Miz Remy asked veterans to write messages to share with each other in the week leading up to this holiday. It is a tough time for a lot of veterans. Maybe we all could share with her and her guys. Wouldn't hurt to reach out with a few words for a struggling vet to be able to hang onto or pass on a paragraph of hope. After this administration's regime, aren't we all veterans of the good fight?
As memorials are running out of room for the names of the dead, maybe the blogs can dedicate a corner for Memorial Day with a roll call of those who have paid the ultimate price, and then just below that, a petition to end the war and deception. Maybe radio stations will play, "Christmas In Fallujah" and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" at the top of every hour, followed by John Lennon's "Imagine."
And because this administration loves corporate sponsorship so much, perhaps they should reach out to Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, Halliburton and all the oil conglomerates that are reaping record billions in profit and get them to build care houses at VA facilities for the wounded and their families, such as the MacDonald House for families of cancer victims. Isn't this war just another form of cancer? Make the corporations earn their obscene profits and tax breaks by giving back to the nation - to the veterans and soldiers and families. And better yet, make them put the picture of every wounded and killed soldier on a wall in each and every gas station across this country.
And maybe this president, who bought his way out of war and service to his country, should dedicate an entire wing of his proposed library to the names and images of those who have paid for his legacy of war.
I know - never going to happen. And that is the piteous sin in all of this.
What happens when the gardens of stone can no longer name the dead? Will the wind catch their souls and whisper their names to the midnight sky? Or will silence be the lullaby of the forgotten?


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Hahahahaha ... love that one:
Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel UGLY!
uncle ding dang, that reminded me a line from 'princess diary': no one can make you feel inferior without your consensus.
in fact, most girls that do read beauty magazines are pretty or try to take care of themselves.
Hahahahaha ... Winnie ... cant say I remember every line of that movie ... but I have to agree :)
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Taus ... dont feel stupid because you are blocked, hahaha ... enjoy it anyway ...
ding dang, your so cool, thanks. i was thinking maybe those in china cant access. thanks for the link.
@yuantingting, i agree with you. fashion magazine is different from entertainment magazine. former is about taking care of herself, kinda like guys going to the gym. the latter is just gossip and that's just lame.
@Taus, dont feel stupid. i have no access to free legal google music.
hehe, quite true, why every country has this extrem beautiy idea that not even exist in other contries, .... its implanted by fashion magazines and people who want to sell thair crap ... Dont listen to them ....
Hahahahaha ...
Winnie ... you are welcome, it was nothhing at all ...
... it just so happens we have VPN in the office, so I can get onto YT, and then it was a simple matter to use the name to search in YouKu.com ...
... next time, if you suspect that anything you post here might have been blocked, make sure you also include the name of the video, and almost anyone can do the same ...
Yuantingting ... I love fashion magazines too, because of the pretty models ... heehee ...
why a thread like this is not attractive to WLIB, but anything about sex, violence, stupidity draws so much attention! i dont get it.
Hahahahahaha ... Winnie ... and such is the evolution of human beings! or specifically, the people of this site :)
i guess they may be secretly watching it but they just dont want to share their feelings;) possible, dingdang?
I remember when this song came out, I was really young. I really wanted to know what the funky chicken was.
(continued) ... Winnie ... of the (suspiciously) 1xx,xxx members, many of them are duplicate or fake ID, and a vast majority of them did not come to this site just to visit the forum ...
Oh hey I couldn't watch the youtube videos upstairs but I thought I'd bring some sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll into your advice thread anyway.
The stupidity is forthcoming. Aaaaany minute now.
Dando, watch the one DING DANG posted. you can have access in that one.


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there is an oncoming Mac Truck on the left and a telephone pole on the right curb. Hitting the truck - probably get killed instantly, hitting the telephone probably be crippled for the rest of your life. Or-----save yourself and run over that little kid. What would you do?
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I don't think there really is a choice, is there? Only a monster would deliberately run over the child, right? Especially since the operative word is 'child.' As for choosing the mac truck or the telephone pole: I would choose the telephone pole. I always wear my seat belt, and there's a good chance one could come out of that without permanent damage at all -- but if the choice is paralysis, death, or safety in hitting the child, I would choose the paralysis of hitting the telephone pole. What else is there to do?
Fair comments dabeaner, I'm guessing you don't have kids..?
Truth is I'd probably do the same, but I think instinct would probably drive most people to in that split second.
Bye, bye, kid. Sob, sniffle. You are just as likely to die hitting the telephone pole. Just sign me "monster". Bite me.
And if you end up as a cripple, are the parents of that kid going to support and care for you? Or do you expect to foist the results of your stupidity (crippled), onto society?
And what is the big deal about "child"? How about if it was a hot naked chick? Or someone's granny? Or just some middle-aged male? Are they lesser than a "child" (sob sniffle)?
Stupid answer, Winged. And Ptosis, a good question only that it got me going.
Thanks! These all all great answers - debeaner's the best because he said the unpopular answer - save yourself.
But in all truth, during that split second decision - some folks will TRY to swerve to avoid the kid and then swerve again to avoid the telephone pole.
So I would probably 'nick' the kid and total the back end of my car. Trying to go through the 'eye of the needle' - like a camel!
I consider myself a good driver and I am very a very cautious mother of four. If I were driving and saw a child, realistiacally I would instinctly slow the car and swerve. I would have to say that I would take my chances with the light pole.


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Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day
February 1, 2012 by staff
Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil has his work cut out for him these days. In a year of extreme weather events and a mild Northeast winter, the groundhog could be forgiven if he got a little confused this year.
Groundhog Day is back, and Phil will emerge from his burrow at 7:25 a.m. on Thursday to make his prediction for the remainder of winter. Just before sunrise at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Penn., an expected crowd of 10,000 groundhog enthusiasts will gather to watch the rodent.
According to American folklore, if the weather is sunny when Phil emerges from his burrow, he will see his shadow and snuggle back into his burrow, indicating that winter will continue for six more weeks. But if the weather is cloudy, the groundhog will leave the burrow, signifying the arrival of an early spring.
Since taking on his job, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times and has not seen it just 16 times, including last year, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
Last year, inclement weather kept the crowd numbers low, with about 5,000 joining the festivities. "They were not the largest crowd, but they were the heartiest and most enthusiastic. This was a group of hardc*re dedicated fans of Phil," said Mike Johnston, vice president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, on Groundhog Day in 2011.
A week of festivities surrounds the main event, with firecrackers, food, and local entertainment from Jan. 28 through Feb. 4. The Salvation Army puts on an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Thursday.
The celebration of Groundhog Day started with Pennsylvania's earliest settlers in the 1800s. The first official weather prediction at the Gobbler's Knob was made by Phil on Feb. 2, 1887, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
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Yes, I know, I've already written about Whitefield Social, so what really is new? Well, it's Koramangala, and we welcome any chance to go back to our 'native place in Bangalore'. When we heard a Social had opened, we just had to drop in. Koramangala continues to change rapidly, and we notice it even more in our quarterly/biannual visits. Meanwhile, when I heard my friends describe it, I thought they must have taken some independent bungalow on 80 feet Road, but this was near Starbucks in an otherwise (except for Social's own signage) unspectacular building. (map) But once inside, it is evident that in terms of ambiance, this is easily the best Social in Bangalore yet. It is quite bag, spans two floors and offers much better seating options than the other two. There's also a lot of greenery around, and that includes the bar area as well. We visited during Halloween, and the staff was dressed for the occasion. The service itself, was thankfully not horrible, and we actually liked it more than the other Social outlets – Church Street folks are clear that they are doing humanity a service by taking orders, and Whitefield people tend to be a little too laidback every once in a while.
In keeping with the newness, we decided to avoid our regular Social fare. I finally had a Coke & Cane and D asked for a Cosmo Explosion. I really liked the presentation of my drink – the syringe, and the card were absolutely cracking! The waiter did his best to get the explosion going in D's drink, but after 2-3 attempts, we felt really bad for him and just started drinking! They were reasonably generous with the Old Monk in my drink – it worked just right for me. D's drink, thanks to the cranberry and cotton candy, was cloyingly sweet for me, but she didn't mind. I also tried an Old Fashioned, but though it was good, the Irish House version remains my favourite. D's second drink was a White Sangria which Social does a good job of. For some reason, we had never tried the Ghee Roast Chicken here, and though it wasn't at all like the ones we have had before, its masala was good enough for us to ignore what one could call authenticity.
It'd been a while since we'd tried a burger at Social, and Jus-C Lucy sounded just right for Halloween. The combination of tenderloin patties with peanut butter and bacon only sounds weird. It is absolutely excellent in taste! Since we were still hungry, we decided to try a Signature Social dish – Black Label Butter Chicken, served with naan. I missed the first ingredient in the dish, unless they meant pepper, but the dish itself was quite good. Not surprising, since their Butter Chicken Biryani is quite fantastic too.
Despite the temptation for our favourite Chocolate Bloodbath, we finally opted for a Chocolate Chutzpah. A rich chocolate cake accompanied by a Chocobar and some Crackles that provided a good texture mix.
The bill was a little over Rs.3000, probably our highest one yet in a Social. But that's probably because we had two rounds of drinks and punched beyond our weight in terms of food consumption! We really liked the ambiance, and the crowd was only slightly younger than the one we have in Whitefield. (One of the biggest put offs in Church Street Social are those ten-something kids who appear to be about a year away from their Board exams!)
Koramangala Social, 118, Koramangala Industrial Area, 3rd and 4th Floor, 7th Block, Koramangala Ph: 40515253


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Al Franken: God Spoke
2006, NR, 90 min. Directed by Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus.
REVIEWED By Marc Savlov, Fri., Oct. 6, 2006
For a film that tackles the loaded subject of the birth and subsequent woes of Lefty radio semistaple Air America – as well as the 2004 presidential election and the bitter, media-savvy battlegrounds that preceded it – this documentary from Doob and Hegedus is puzzling in its dearth of lasting meaning. It manages to follow around comedian and politico Al Franken in the months following the dispiriting death in a plane crash of Sen. Paul Wellstone, D.-Minn., all the way through to the re-election of George W. Bush without managing to either inflame or inspire the viewer or add much new information to anything other than Franken's already well-documented history. Ranging from Saturday Night Live clips of his canny, self-help naif Stuart Smalley tending to an emotionally bruised Al Gore to footage of run-ins with the likes of Fox News pundits Sean Hannity, Anne Coulter, and the ever incendiary Bill O'Reilly. The latter, while clearly working his own agenda, gets a lot of mileage out of the word "vile" when referring to Franken, as he did with increasing frequency in the wake of publication of the comic's exposé on the right's media tactics, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. The back-and-forth between culture-warring ideologies is occasionally entertaining, but more often than not it's just depressing. It's even more so when taken in the context of everything that has come since, with a political polarization that seems to have morphed into the dominant, single-spectrum, fully partisan political spectrum. Franken, to his credit, is well-armed with knowledge and the cold hard facts to back up his arguments (amounting, essentially, to the "right lies," which is hardly a revelation these days). One notable sequence shows him squaring off and running circles around former film critic Michael Medved, while another, toward the end of the picture, has Franken eating dinner with Walter Mondale, who offers him shrewd advice on a proposed senatorial bid. But nothing ever comes of it (at least not here), and the film ends, more or less, abruptly with the Bush White House win. Neither as adroitly funny as Franken's comic routines, nor as notable as his conversion to the fine art of politics, this is a 90-minute "What If?" with no discernible answer.
Marrit Ingman, Aug. 24, 2001
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Makes me wonder if these ppl were so smart to put the name of a famous person in to get their kickstarter earlier?
Hmm... I disagree. I never regret recording things that catch my ear, no matter how predictable.
Doesn't mean you'll use, keep or release it. It does mean that it could spark or inspire a completely non-cheesy, unpredictable sound to accompany it.
Maybe it's just me, though. Spent too much time being shy with my own record button.
ditto. Spent 15 years without recording anything. Then last year a friend asked me what I did with my modular. So I started recording little demos for him, and (that escalated quickly)
true, but I think there's a distinction to be made between finishing tracks/composiitons and just recording. I record loads of things when I have a new piece of kit, to spark ideas as you say. I just wouldn't consider them finished 'tracks' or things that I would release/distribute. and there's of course a big difference between deciding to set yourself a timeline and being shy about recording.
( I'd also mention it was just autechre talking about the way they worked, quoting it from me with just the 'you should' makes it sound like it's me suggesting this is what people should do! I'm not telling anyone to do anything just describing how I work)
Over the weekend I built the DIY version of the field kit. It was definitely a tougher build for me than the DIY monome grid -- but overall it was straight forward and only took a couple of hours. It all works and its pretty fun! -- I forgot how useful a nice little mixer is with an assignable output group!
yes, plz drop some early experimentations and sonic musings on usat the coffee klatch!the field kit looks cool
Mine's out for delivery today! Granted I have a metric h*ckton of finals right now, so I won't be recording anything... but still exciting!
Followup: it got damaged in the mail. Looks to be mostly cosmetic, but one screw is loose inside. I'll have to take it apart after finals.
It sounds amazing, though. I did some no-input feedback things today. Patching the LFO into an input can be great fun at low frequencies for pumping feedback.
Also, if you don't mind a mono output, I actually prefer using the Aux submix as my output. I use the Master as the feedback output that gets multed into inputs via a red stackable or two. This lets me set a level with the gain knob, then use the faders to more easily adjust feedback levels. I'm quite literally ignorant when it comes to best practices with no-input patching of mixing hardware but it's not blown up or anything! I need to try buffering that signal at some point to really get gnarly....
The radio is great fun, especially with an LFO patched to Scan. Overall I just think the thing is great for fiddling around when you're too frazzled (read: early May at university) to really pour yourself into an instrument. Can't wait to get it gelled into my full studio project this summer!!
If you're up for it, please post some of the no-input recording. Thanks.
I had it hooked up to my OP-1 all day yesterday. Just dumped the tape and I actually didnt end up recording any no-input! I'll post some feedback+radio stuff at some point before I get to record again, but for the time being I'll just say it's going to take some practice.
It's gain settings are a lil touchy and I havent found many good sweetspots so my feedback experiments are very screech-y right now.
I look forward to it.
Looks like I won't have time to do a proper recording, so here's a few layered drones recording off the Field Kit. It's got the COW effect over most of it, but the Field Kit is what made this little idea work.
You'll hear bursts of static and radio. These were recording with the LFO scanning the FM tuner with two channels of feedback (one EQ'd high, the other low) that I was manually adding and subtracting.
The main element is frozen reverb of some harmony vocals from my Music Recording class this semester. I used the same feedback setup mentioned above, but added a fourth channel. This fourth channel held the LFO set to the middle waveform at a low frequency. This generates really amazing pumping with a low frequency transient.
Once my finals are done I'll show you what I did with these recordings. It's a little house beat using that low frequency transient layered with a kickdrum.
More to come as my projects and tests melt away
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I was in bed when I did this so didn't bother with recording, but it was a lot of fun:
LFO set to square, low, knob to the left -> search with switch to FM and search knob at 12:00 (happens to correspond to a groovy local mexican radio station) Radio out -> Input 1, Aux 1 button on, gain set to slightly crunchyAux out -> envelope follower inEnvelope out -> DC CV inDC out -> motorelectromagnetic pickup -> input 3
hold the pickup against the motor. move it around. try the curved side of the motor. move the faders for the radio and the pickup. You're going to end up with an organic drum beat (from the pickup), loosely based on the LFO speed. DC set to "pulse" will give you nice strong kick. DC set to "pwm" will give you subtler pulses. There's a kind of side-chain effect to the music from the FM station happening.
Instant industrial remix of whatever you tuned to on the radio.
EDIT: I thought I was going to mount this thing in my eurorack case, but the case it came in is so beautiful, I've decided to leave it standalone.
I met with Christian from KOMA Elektronik and he takes on the Swedish Design Challenge at Superbooth.
First a brief background about the Field Kit and a run through of its most prominent features. Then a live-patching-challenge making musique concrète with: A toy train, Swedish matches and a bag of IKEA tools.
Nice. That sounds pretty great.
Some op1 over some noisy loops from the field kit. The contact mic goes through the isms reverb.Nothing fancy...its fun to tap on the case tho.
I'm curious if you or anyone else in 110V mains land received their standalone with a Euro style AC wall wart, ring positive tip negative, and no adapter.
No. I bet they'll fix it for you.
Yeah, sent them an email through Kickstarter.
I wasn't totally sure if this was just procedure. I've never Kickstarted anything, but didn't recall seeing any note about it being on us to sort out the power; I wanted to double check.
It would have been okay if it was tip positive sleeve neg, but I couldn't even power it with my battery. I don't have any of those style PSUs lying around.
Frustrating, to say the least. And they're in Germany.


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Winter is back!Local children rejoice as 'Snow Day' is declared
Rockland — The snow came in quickly Wednesday morning, Feb. 5 in Rockland, beginning to accumulate around 7 a.m., making road conditions slick and dangerous.
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Warning for Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties the night before, anticipating the snow would continue to 9 p.m.
The winter weather event has resulted in numerous cancellations.
Total snow accumulations are expected to range from 6 to 10 inches. Wind chill values Wednesday night may go as low as 1 below.
Cancellations, closures and postponements include:
Children and educators from the Regional School Unit 13 schools are taking a "Snow Day." Also closed are SAD 40, SAD 28, the Five Town CSD, Ashwood Waldorf, Riley and URock.
Union Town Office is closing at noon.
Rockland Elks Bingo has been canceled.
Jay Foster's program Camden, Lincolnville and the Statue of Liberty at the Lincolnville Community Library has been postponed to Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. The library is closed Feb. 5.
Betz Chiropractic & Wellness in Lincolnville will be closing at noon.
The Waldoboro Public Library is closed.
The Five Town CSD Finance & School Board Meeting that was scheduled for this evening has been cancelled and rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 11.
All three locations of Loyal Biscuit Company are closed.
The Knox County Superior Court, Sixth District Court, and the Knox County Administrative Offices are closing at noon.
State offices in Knox, Waldo, Lincoln, York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Androscoggin and Oxford counties are closing at noon.
The Chamber Business Café scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 6, has been postponed due to weather. It will be rescheduled for March.
The Waldoboro Town Office and Transfer Station are closing at noon.
The St George Town Office will be closing at 4 p.m.
The offices of Courier Publications will be closing at 3 p.m.
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The British Open gives both Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods a chance to turn their seasons around
The 2014 season had a ton of promise for both Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
Mickelson, who turned 44 in June, was coming off one of his best major wins ever at the British Open in 2013 and with the U.S. Open being hosted a Pinehurst, the Grand Slam talk dominated the PGA Tour preview talk.
Tiger went major-less in '13, but he did card five PGA Tour wins on his way to another Player of the Year award and the confidence needed to roll into the new season with majors on his mind.
But things have definitely not gone that way for both Phil and Tiger. This season has been a disaster of sorts for both players, neither winning a single tournament because of one reason or another.
Tiger, of course, had surgery that kept him out of both the Masters and the U.S. Open while Mickelson has been trying to wake up a sleeping putter that can't seem to find the bottom of any cup when he needs it.
But this is the type of tournament that both players are capable of winning and both need to win if they want to get anything going in 2014. Tiger might not be totally back, but he has sounded confident in his health and his game as he's prepared to defend at Hoylake.
For Mickelson, this is a week to remember what happened a year ago when he came in after winning the Scottish Open and adding a third leg of the career Grand Slam. Mickelson might not be playing his best golf, and is still without a top-10 on the PGA Tour this season, but he did fire a final round 65 on Sunday at the Scottish Open to give him hope this week, and if there is one player in this field that can ride momentum to success, it's Phil Mickelson.
The funny thing about this major championship is how few people are giving either of these guys a chance. For so many years all golf fans have wanted was a Phil and Tiger showdown late on Sunday at a major championship, and while we've spent the last few years picking between these two before the tournaments begin, could this be the week that both simply fly under the radar and put together four good rounds of golf?
Most will say no. We like Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler and Adam Scott this week. Tiger and Phil aren't even the betting favorites at Hoylake, something that seems to always be the case, but with four good rounds of golf, they can both turn disappointing years into a huge success.
A second British Open title in as many years for Mickelson would put him in rarefied air, while Tiger Woods would finally get off the major-less streak he has been on since 2008, and give people doubting his chances at catch Jack Nicklaus' record a reason to second guess themselves.
We will know a lot more by Sunday afternoon, but for now, it's Phil and Tiger back again at a major, but under completely different circumstances.


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Getting accustomed to my new work schedule, my gym attendance was a little sporadic. But, with restraints on time, I feel like I make the most out of my workouts, so I view it as a good thing. I definitely go through motivation cycles, but right now I am so motivated! I feel so good when I workout, and I have started training for another triathlon. I don't have a bike yet, so I am just pretending for now, and planning to be ready when I get a bike. It works for me! It keeps my workouts intense and fun, and I just envision actually racing. I have a little secret concerning motivation-I recently told Zach my secret, and it didn't seem like it would work as well for him but anyway- I am a huge fan of Jason Bourne, and when I am running I picture him in the second movie running on the beach and it makes me do SO much better! Haha I just think to myself, I can be super hardcore like Jason, so I better push myself a little harder. Trust me, it works.
Now, a little more about my trip to Hurricane – I am still suffering from a fabulous sunburn. My shoulders have almost peeled entirely off. I'm not complaining though because it is the first color of have had in months! We went to Zion's and hiked around, then the next day we went to see the Indian writings by my house. I almost didn't go, and that would have been a huge mistake. My mom always takes relatives on that hike, but I had yet to go. It was so much fun! We had to wade through the river, (Karen was so nervous, and I must say it was exhilarating!) walk in the sand and mud, crawl through basically a forest, to come upon some rocks that had etchings all over them. There was also a cave that I didn't know existed, which was way cool. On the way back, wading across the river again was a sight to behold. My mom and I went first, holding hands. Then Scott and Steve both held Karen's hands because the water was swift. After I almost took my mom in, I looked back and could not help but burst out laughing. The sight was just so funny-all three holding hands, waist deep in the river, with big smiles on their faces! It made my day. We also hiked straight up a mountain, and I was pretty proud of myself. Between the laughing, the sun, and the memories, I had this overwhelming desire to buy Zach and me some fourwheelers, pack up, and move back! I guess that is what lack of sunshine does to you! The idea is still playing in my head, but I know it wouldn't be at least for a few years if that were to happen, so I am content to just daydream.
And last of all, my success with Harry Potter! I finished all seven books in record time! I am not sure how long, but I think like a week and a half. Yeah, Zach was somewhat neglected and started noticing about Year 3. Once I finished Year 7, it was the strangest feeling. I was almost sad it was over…but worry not! I had already ordered the first six movies, so we began Year 1 the very night I finished. It helped buffer the wave of depression I felt at the closing of the last book. This is great too, because now Zach can obsess with me! I'm not joking when I say that I think J.K. Rowling is a genius, and I have seriously considered writing her some fan mail to let her know just that.


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Traveling Luck for State Waterways Commission Dock, Michigan, United States
Where is State Waterways Commission Dock?What's around State Waterways Commission Dock?
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The timezone in State Waterways Commission Dock is America/Iqaluit
Sunrise at 08:56 and Sunset at 17:59. It's Dark
Latitude. 46.7164°, Longitude. -85.3583° , Elevation. 185m
Weather near State Waterways Commission Dock; Report from Caribou Island, Ont., 47.7km away
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Temperature: 4°C / 39°F
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- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Little Lake (0.5km)
- Culhane Lake (2.9km)
- Bodi Lake (3.4km)
- Muskrat Lakes (4.8km)
- Dry Lakes (5.8km)
- Round Lake (7km)
- Section Five Lake (7km)
- Section Four Lake (7.1km)
- Parcell Lakes (7.3km)
- Barclay Lake (8.7km)
- Pike Lake (10.4km)
- Little Pike Lake (10.9km)
- Little Perch Lake (12km)
- Browns Lake (12km)
- Bear Lake (13.6km)
- Betsy Lake (13.9km)
- Homestead Lake (13.9km)
- Rat Lake (14.1km)
- Swamp Lakes (14.1km)
- Sheephead Lake (14.9km)
- Clark Lake (15.9km)
- Connor Lakes (16.1km)
- Pine Lake (17.1km)
- Cris Brown Lake (17.5km)
- Loon Lake (17.8km)
- Little Two Hearted Lakes (18.3km)
- Twomile Lake (18.7km)
- Widewaters, The (20.8km)
- Stuart Lake (21km)
- Water Tank Lakes (21.2km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Little Two Hearted River (1.7km)
- Culhane Creek (2km)
- Threemile Creek (3.8km)
- Two Hearted River (5.3km)
- Carp River (8.8km)
- Browns Creek (12.9km)
- East Branch Two Hearted River (13.1km)
- Wabash Creek (18.6km)
- Cris Brown Creek (18.8km)
- Widgeon Creek (19.2km)
- Weatherhogs Creek (19.3km)
- Gage Creek (19.7km)
- Wolf Creek (19.8km)
- Anchard Creek (20km)
- Callam Creek (20.3km)
- Middle Branch Linton Creek (21km)
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- State Waterways Commission Dock (0km)
- Seminole Lodge (0.2km)
- Chippewa Lodge (0.3km)
- Two Hearted River Campground (6.1km)
- Reed and Green Bridge Campground (16km)
- Porcupine Inn (19km)
- cape;
- a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.
- Crisp Point (10.1km)
- Vermilion Point (19.4km)
- overfalls;
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- Lower Falls (19.6km)
- Upper Falls (20.2km)
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- swamp;
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- Goose Marsh (20.7km)
- bay;
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- Little Lake Harbor (0.5km)
- populated place;
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- Vermilion (19.2km)
- forest(s);
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- Lake Superior State Forest (20.3km)
- park;
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- Rudyard Township, Michigan landmark city o
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Airports close to State Waterways Commission Dock
Sault ste marie(YAM), Sault sainte marie, Canada (80.5km)
Sawyer international(MQT), Marquette, Usa (195.6km)
Chapleau(YLD), Chapleau, Canada (224km)
Airfields or small airports close to State Waterways Commission Dock
Sawyer international, Gwinn, Usa (185.9km)
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The October 23, 2015 issue of the Apis Newsletter has been posted. The following is an excerpt discussing a novel emerging analysis of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).
It's becoming clear that a relatively new dimension of the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) phenomenon is starting to emerge. Whereas most standard press release and "sky is falling" reporting focuses on honey bees, in most cases, it appears to be mostly about the decisions made by human beekeepers that really results in the huge colony losses reported now and again. Looking at CCD as a beekeeping management issue, rather than a significant honey bee health problem, although they are certainly related, allows us to see how the different aspects of any proposed broad-brush solution can be affected by beekeeping practice. A recent article sums it up nicely :
"Tim Tucker, president of the American Beekeeping Federation recently said 'It's not the bees that are in jeopardy…I believe we'll always have bees. [But] unless things change, what's in jeopardy is the commercial beekeeping industry." University of Maryland bee researcher Dennis van Englesdrop (sic) echoed the sentiment: 'We're not worried about the bees going extinct. We're worried about the beekeepers going extinct.'"


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It's a busy time on Capitol Hill, making it the perfect opportunity for college students to get a behind-the-scenes look at the speaker's office. That's exactly what happened last week, when Speaker Ryan sat down with a group of students from Miami University of Ohio—his alma mater—who are spending the semester in D.C.
Speaker Ryan got to speak with 17 students—two of whom are economics and political science majors, just like he was—about a litany of topics from repealing and replacing Obamacare to achieving other conservative economic goals like tax reform and regulatory relief. Yes, even the Stream Protection Rule was discussed, legislation passed by the House and recently signed into law by President Trump to protect American coal mining jobs.
Speaker Ryan fielded questions from almost every RedHawk at the table and explained what we're working on here in Congress. It was a conversation that, as evidenced by the photo above, was the right mix of fun and informative. These bright students will surely turn into leaders of tomorrow. And Congress is never too busy to welcome and inspire these students.


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'An old established family farm that was well farmed for generations," is how John Earley describes a 108ac residential farm for sale at Castleplunkett, Co Roscommon. The property comprises the lands, a residence and a traditional farmyard.
The holding is made up of 60ac of good quality farmland, 20ac in need of reclamation, with the remainder prone to seasonal flooding. Overall the property is located in a good farming district about a mile from Castleplunkett on the main Tulsk road.
The residence is a sound two-storey structure consisting of a hallway, sitting room, kitchen, utility room, bathroom and three bedrooms in all. While the structure is solid and the roof is good, the house is in need of substantial renovation.
The farmyard includes a two- bay hayshed together with other storage sheds, a cattle crush and pen. The lands hold extensive road frontage onto the main Tulsk road and also frontage onto a minor road.
Also for sale as part of the same estate is a 24ac out-farm set out in one lot with an old three-roomed cottage residence in need of complete refurbishment. The lands are located at the end of a cul-de-sac laneway convenient to Castleplunkett village offering neighbouring farmers an excellent opportunity to increase their existing holding.
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Monday, 14 September 2009
'Shot Glass Stories' - Reflections on Editing an Anthology
As many of you will know, I belong to an online creative writing group over at www.crittersbar.com. About three years ago, the members started running a weekly challenge to write a story in no more than 200 words, inspired by a one-word prompt. The winner would then post and judge the next week's contest. The challenge has been a big success, and continues to run. It's a great way to nudge you into writing something if you've been a little lax, and there have been some great stories produced.
Last year, Skive Magazine's Matt Ward (one of our members) put together an anthology of stories from Critters Bar within 48 hours: Critters Bar Anthology 2009. Matt made a very smart looking publication, but because of the challenge of creating it within 48 hours, the copy wasn't edited, and there was no submission process. It was a case of the writers having to submit their best work. On reflection, many people thought that for future projects it might be better to edit the content, as writers kept spotting mistakes they wish they had caught before the anthology was printed. Of course, this meant a lot more work.
There was a lot of talk about creating an anthology for the 200-word challenge, but we couldn't reach a decision that everyone was happy with, so the idea was buried.
After finishing university, and after deciding that I wanted to crack the publishing industry, I thought it would be a good time to take on the project. I probably didn't handle it the way everyone wanted, but I guess you can't please everyone. I received a lot of support, which was great.
Selecting Stories
I decided that there should be a selection process in order to try and get the best content. However, I also decided that everyone who submitted to the project would be guaranteed at least one accepted story. After all, this was a non-profit community project that, on the most part, would serve as a nice souvenir to the members of the site.
Selecting stories was hard. I had wanted to get a small team together to help with the process, but I ran out of time to do this properly. Instead, I sought the opinion of one of the writers (Diete Nickens) if I was very unsure of something, which helped greatly. I didn't want the project to be too biased towards my preferences.
I accepted roughly 75% of the content, and asked the writers to change a couple of little things in some of them.
The next step, after reading through everything myself, was to send the document off to my proofreaders, Kate Louise and Amy Roskilly, another two members of the site. They did a great job of spotting things I had missed.
Cover Design & Title
While they were doing this, I designed the front and back cover. I had the members brainstorm titles, and we voted for 'Shot Glass Stories and Other Small Indulgences'. That gave me a good idea for the cover image. The back cover was harder to design; it seemed so simple, but was actually quite tricky!
While all this was going on, one of our other members, Rich Sampson, who had been away for a while due to becoming a dad for the second time, returned to the site. He posted some of his artwork, and I asked him to draw a few illustrations for the project. I let him choose the stories he wanted to illustrate, and he provided three great pictures for the project. By this point, I had realised that the project was very much catered towards adult readers!
During all this, I was trying to order the stories into a sequence that flowed well. I downloaded a Word template from Lulu to get the document size right, and started laying up the content. That was trickier than I thought it would be. Word is a little bit rubbish sometimes. I had to figure out things like section breaks, which I hadn't had to use before.
Once all the files were ready, and I'd put the illustrations in, created the content list and the prelims etc, I tried uploading it all to Lulu.
Using Lulu
I wasn't looking forward to this part. I'd never used Lulu before, and I didn't trust it one bit... Right away I ran into a problem. Even though I had downloaded the correct size Word document for the publication size I wanted, I was told that my document had been re-sized because it was wrong. Great. I had a peak, and it had mucked up the whole layout.
So I had to change the size of the product from 'pocket size' to 'standard US trade' size, as this required the minimal amount of change from the (seemingly) random sized document that Lulu gave me in the first place. That took an extra hour to format.
Next was the cover wizard. That took a long time to load, was quite fiddly, and I wasn't given the option to design the spine (it might have been too thin).
Hard Copy Proof
I made it a private project so that I could order myself a hard copy to make sure everything looked okay. I was pleased that it only cost me about £2.60, but was then hit was a stupidly expensive postage and packaging charge of nearly £5. Sickening.
Despite the postal strike, here, the book arrived within a week. Right away I noticed a terrible typo on one of the title pages that I hadn't spotted on screen! I also noticed a few spaces where there shouldn't be spaces. I felt that I had been looking at this text for so long that I had become blind to it. A good argument why having more than one person look at your text before publication is essential.
Final Product
I made the changes, uploaded the file again... I tried to choose the option for getting a free ISBN, but annoying Lulu only do this if you are in the US.
Then, because I made the file public, Lulu decided to add roughly another 50p onto the price for seemingly no reason. I made the item completely non-profit (I wanted to keep the cost down as much as possible and I didn't like the idea of Lulu getting 25% of any profit anyway), and I opted for a free download to be available.
And now it's live!
You can get your copy for a very modest price of £3.10 (plus a nasty postage change, unfortunately - please write nasty letters to Lulu demanding this to be reduced) or you can download it for free, here:
Shot Glass Stories - various authors
It was definitely a learning experience for me. I learned that this sort of thing takes a lot more time and effort than I had first anticipated. And that it is essential that more than one (preferable more than two, three, four...) pair(s) of eyes looks at the copy before it goes to print.
Lastly, a BIG thank you to all those involved, and for all the support.
Everyone should at least go and download the free version as there are some great stories to be read :)
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Good article, Sophie :-)ReplyDelete
The pressure cook of creating a book is wonderful & frustrating, isn't it?
Nice to see an edited book too, which of course, as you mentioned, wasn't the case with Critters Bar Anthology 2009.
I would have loved to have edited it, and as you know I offered, and Rob offered, and I think BID offered, but getting people to pull their fingers out was frustrating. They would forget we were doing the book!, not want to use stories because they would be 'published' and thus not qualify to be used for writing comps, pull stories at the last minute etc.
My aim was blitzkrieg, a lightning war that took the writers by surprise with a minimum of damage. They'd be published before they knew what hit them. They had to have stories ready to go. If they had typos, so be it :-) I told them to get a writing friend to read their stories.
I also wanted to test myself to layout in 1 day, and get a new designed cover, a day to get it tweaked re: layout and up on Lulu, live on the first minute of the 3rd day, which I did.
Of course people were happy, but others were embarrassed they had mistakes, that they wanted different stories. There are always authors who are unhappy with their writing; I get used to that. I just say I like the stories as they are; writers can either use that story or pull it - simple.
Of course if you did it again you'd go about it differently.
Laying our in Word is madness and I give you kudos for sticking with it. I laid out my first book in 1996 (yes, I'm old :-) It was a self-published poetry book. I went crazy when text was slipping up to other pages.
If you don't know a layout program, do yourself a favour and learn one. Indesign is probably the way to go. It's cost effective and fairly user friendly. I use an older app called QuarkXpress, which I have been using for 15 years, and I don't intend to change because I know it so well.
On Lulu and page size. I use 6" x 9". I distill the layout file to PDF & upload.
Lulu's cover wizard is a pain. Last year I came across a cool way of sizing covers for Lulu. I create a page at Lulu's rival, CreateSpace, just so I can download the CreateSpace cover template. You don't have to make the CreateSpace page live - you can delete it if you like. CS asks you how many pages you have in your book (it has to be a multiple of 4 so you might have to add some blank pages), then it gives you a template to download.
You open the full template in Photoshop and design your cover. All you have to do for Lulu is give the canvas less height (Lulu will tell you that when you get to that part of the process). You save as PDF, upload to Lulu.
Typos happen anyway, even if you have several people reading. After a book is out I don't read it, because of this :-) I bet you've read a book from a big publisher and found typos, even on the 3rd printing.
Anyway, have a rest now before your next project. The Critters appreciate your work & I can add Shot Glass Stories to my bio.
Thank you, Matt. And thanks for elaborating on the 2009 Antho that you worked on. Of course, these projects both had different aims and objectives, for the reasons you outline above. I think you did a great job putting it together.ReplyDelete
As for Word vs InDesign, I have now downloaded InDesign, and have had the chance to use it while helping out in a small publishing house. It is indeed much better for the interior layout! I wish I had used it for the project, but at least I got there in the end with Word!
Very informative, thanks both of you. Enough to turn anyone but the most committed (or demented) away from self-publishing!ReplyDelete
Cheers again Sophie, it was worth the effort, and we got a glowing review already.
Hm, I'll have to beware of Lulu. It was great to follow you along this process, though it seemed exhausting ($5 postal fee?) I envy the reward of accomplishment you must have felt after. Please continue to update on whatever projects you have going. Cheers!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Angela, I'm glad you found it interesting :)ReplyDelete
Not $5 postage, but £5! Which is about $8 I believe!
It might even be cheaper for me to buy a lulu product in bulk and re-distribute it from my own house. Only to the UK of course. Will probably save people a couple of quid on postage!
I just came across this post, and I've downloaded the anthology. Thank you! I'm starting to enjoy the stories already. Your story, "Hidden" is quite chilling ~ with a drawing, too! Well done.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this experience in publishing. Always interesting to know how these things work.
I wanted to say hello ~ I also have a story included in the upcoming Hint Fiction Anthology.
Best wishes,
Kathleen A. Ryan
Hi Kathleen, thanks for dropping by the blog.ReplyDelete
I'm really glad you are enjoying the download.
I let the illustrator (Richard Samson) choose which stories he wanted to draw for, and I was very pleased with the image he created for my little piece!
I look forward to reading your story in the Hint Fiction anthology.
Your blog looks great - I'll add it to my blogroll!


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Jose Molina has three hits, but Angels rally to down Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A misplayed ball helped keep the playoff-hopeful Tampa Bay Rays in a little funk.
Erick Aybar drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Angels rallied from a late four-run deficit to beat the Rays 6-5 on Tuesday night.
Jose Molina had three hits and three RBIs for Tampa Bay, which has lost three in a row. The Rays, leading the AL wild-card race, are 2 games behind AL East-leading Boston.
"To permit that many runs late, we've done that way too many times," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We've got to stop doing that."
Tampa Bay has blown 15 leads this year in the seventh inning or later, and this is the 12th time it has lost such a game.
Aybar hit a two-run double off closer Fernando Rodney (5-4) to put the Angels up 6-5 in the ninth.
"With a pitcher like Fernando you don't want to think too much," Aybar said. "Just look for a pitch in the zone and make contact."
Peter Bourjos stole second and went to third when center fielder Desmond Jennings dropped J.B. Shuck's fly ball for a two-base error. Aybar then followed with the key hit.
"I just missed it," Jennings said. "It hit the tip of my glove."
It was just Jennings' second error over the past two seasons.
"It was really strange," Maddon said. "The last thing you'd expect would be for that to happen."
Aybar also had a two-run single during a three-run seventh that made it 5-4.
"Aybar hurt us," Maddon said.
The Rays entered with the majors best record, at 37-13, against teams under .500 this season, according to STATS.
The Angels (59-71) have a four-game winning streak.
After Ernesto Frieri (2-4) pitched a scoreless eighth, Dane De La Rosa got the final three outs for his second save.
Tampa Bay went up 3-1 during the fifth on Molina's third straight hit off C.J. Wilson, a two-run double. James Loney made it 5-1 with a two-run single in the sixth.
Molina entered 0 for 13 against Wilson.
Roberto Hernandez allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings. He left with two on and no outs in the seventh. Jake McGee entered and gave up a run-scoring grounder to Shuck and Aybar's two-run single that got the Angels within 5-4.
Wilson, who had gone 5-0 over his previous eight starts, gave up three runs, eight hits and five walks over five innings.
"We score runs and we've got a lot of guys that are hungry and want to do some damage in these last few weeks of the season," Wilson said. "Tampa Bay's on their way to the playoffs, possibly, and if we can cause any disruptions, that's really the only thing we can do right now."
Mike Trout tied it at 1 in the fourth on his 23rd home run this season. It was his second homer in six at-bats against Hernandez, who struck out Trout with two on and two outs one inning later.
Molina put Tampa Bay up 1-0 on an RBI double in the second. Wilson avoided a big inning by getting an inning-ending bases-loaded fly ball from Ben Zobrist.
Tampa Bay's Wil Myers popped out with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth.
NOTES: Tampa Bay optioned struggling RHP Jeremy Hellickson to Class A Charlotte for extra rest. He is not expected to pitch in the minors and should rejoin the Rays early next month. … Angels INF Howie Kendrick (left knee) continues running and taking grounders. "We definitely expect him to play this year," manager Mike Scioscia said. … Wilson tripped running out to pitch in the second and fell to the ground between the third base line and the mound.
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We learned that Chris Weitz, the director of the second "Twilight" installment, "New Moon," passed on to directing the third film in the franchise, "Eclipse," because of timing issues -- "New Moon" and "Eclipse" are due to be released so close together (Nov. 20, 2009 for "New Moon" and June 30, 2010 for "Eclipse").
So while Weitz will be working on post-production for "New Moon," the cast will be shooting "Eclipse." So yeah, Weitz said no understandably.
Summit Entertainment is reportedly talking to a "select group of directors," and one of them is, Drew Barrymore!
Why Drew?
Well, the actress turned director has just finished working on her project, "Whip It!" starring "Juno's" Ellen Page. While that film and Barrymore's directing talent remain untested, Summit is reportedly interested.
Although Summit nor Barrymore declined comment, this is still interesting news to be added to the growing "Twilight" saga.
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Sorry Jonas Brothers, but you can't topple the power known as Madea! "Tyler Perry's Madea goes to Jail" beat the singing siblings taking in $16.5 million in ticket sales to land at the top spot for a second straight weekend!
"Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" sold $12.7 million, debuting at No. 2. It did not beat biggest concert film moneymaker, 2008's "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert," (that concert film debuted at No. 1 with $29 million at just 683 theaters, the "Jonas" flick opened in 1,271 theaters).
And the No. 3 flick for the weekend? Oscar best picture winner, "Slumdog Millionaire" sold $12.1 million in ticket sales bringing its total to $115 million.
Here's the Top 10 Box Office films for weekend of Feb. 27th:
1. "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail," $16.5 million.
2. "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience," $12.7 million.
3. "Slumdog Millionaire," $12.1 million.
4. "Taken," $9.9 million.
5. "He's Just Not That Into You," $5.8 million.
6. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," $5.6 million.
7. "Coraline," $5.2 million.
8. "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li," $4.6 million.
9. "Confessions of a Shopaholic," $4.4 million.
10. "Fired Up," 3.8 million.
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This picture was on the cover of People Magazine dated July 11, 1983. Twenty six years later, Eddie Murphy will play the guy he's pictured with -- the iconic comedian, Richard Pryor.
Murphy has reportedly signed up to star in "Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?" The best part? The actor is going to return to the loving arms of his "Dreamgirls" director, Bill Condon, who also produced this year's Oscars.
And Murphy, working hard to remove "Meet Dave" and "Norbit" from moviegoers' minds, has reportedly waived his usual multi-million dollar fee to get the chance to play Pryor, and prove his acting mettle!
This film will certainly have drama! The film will showcase Pryor's much-publicized battles with alcohol and drug addiction, and then in the end, his struggle with multiple sclerosis. The icon died in 2005.
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This is what I'm going to say about "Watchmen" for now, I....enjoyed it! I'll post my review soon!
A fun, nostalgia-inducing film! I love the original, I've always wanted to be Tony and Tia
I'll post my review and interviews with the cast including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb, very very soon...
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New Line Cinema is planning a contemporary version of the classical musical, "Damn Yankees," and they're attaching both Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal to star!
It's going to be produced by the folks behind "Hairspray," Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
The original musical was first a big Broadway success in 1955 and won 7 tony Awards! It's a story about Joe Boyd who makes a pact with the devil who transforms him into slugger Joe Hardy to help his struggling pro baseball team.
But there's a price of course! Boyd's soul!
Tan dan dan....
Carrey is going to play the devil and Gyllenhaal to star as Boyd aka Hardy.
And just for approved measure, the devil hires Lola, a lost soul, to seduce Hardy and seal his fate!
No word yet on who's going to star as Lola.
More tan dan dan...
There was, of course, a 1958 Warner Bros. film starring Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, and Tab Hunter.
Take a look at the trailer of the original film, and then picture Carrey and Gyllenhaal in the roles!
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Waiting in the Dark Trailer (2006)
05 September 2006 Drama, Romance 130 mins
Michiru has lost her eyesight, and to make matters worse, her father dies shortly afterwards. She is now all alone and spends most of her day isolated in her home. Akihiro is a Chinese-Japanese immigrant, that has had to deal with racism all throughout his life. He is now tormented at work by one of his older co-workers named Toshio. One day at a train station in front of Michiru's house, Toshio is thrown into the path of an oncoming train. The only person seen at the train stop was Akihiro. Akihiro frantically flees from the scene and manages to enter Michiru's house without her knowledge. After a few days, Michiru starts to sense the presence of another person in her home.
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