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South Dakota, United States Genealogy
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the Mount Rushmore State
- Dakota Terr. at first included ND, SD, MT, WY
- SD homestead applications at the National Archives often have many genealogical clues
- Scandinavians from Minnesota came to SD
- Germans from Russia settled SD after 1884
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Armstrong | Ashmore | Big Sioux | Boreman | Bramble | Bruguier | Burchard | Burdick | Cheyenne | Choteau | Cole | Cragin | Delano | Ewing | Forsythe | Greely | Jayne | Lugenbeel | Mandan | Martin | Meyer | Midway | Mills | Nowlin | Pratt | Presho | Pyatt | Rinehart | Rusk | Schnasse | Scobey | Sterling | Stone | Thompson | Wagner | Washabaugh | Washington | Wetmore | White River | WoodClick on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here.
Major Repositories
South Dakota State Archives · Library of South Dakota · National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) · Family History Library
Migration Routes
Missouri River · Red River of the North · Great Northern Railway (U.S.) · Wadsworth Trail
Featured ContentWhen the United States acquired South Dakota, most of the land became part of the public domain. The federal government surveyed available land into townships and transferred it to private ownership through local land offices. The first land office was established at Vermillion in 1861. See the United States Land and Property article for more information about the land entry process. To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section) of the land. The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned.
Research Tools
- Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
- David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
- The South Dakota GenWeb Project county-by county birth, marriage, and death searches, census, cemeteries, land, queries, and look-ups.
Wiki articles describing online collectons are found at:
- South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- South Dakota School Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Did You Know?
- In the Black Hills of South Dakota, stands the national memorial, Mount Rushmore, created by Gutzon Borglum. It was designed as a testament to the growth of the country and its great leaders. This magnificent rock carving depicts the 60-foot high (18.3 m) faces of four great U.S. Presidents: (left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Borglum started drilling into the 6,200-foot mountain in 1927; however, he died in 1941 before it could be completed. The head of Washington was completed first, followed by Jefferson and Lincoln. Roosevelt's head was unfinished when Borglum died. The memorial was finished later that year by his son, Lincoln. Borglum's original design was a sculpture of the four presidents to their waists, but time and money only provided for their heads. From here.
- During the first half of the nineteenth century, various Sioux (also called Dakota) tribes lived in the area that became South Dakota. These included the Santee, Teton, Yankton, and Yanktonnais tribes. The Dakota Sioux Indians comprise about five percent of the state's present population. The first major influx of settlers into the state began in 1863, after passage of the first Homestead Act. Homesteaders in the late 1860s and early 1870s came from the eastern and mid-western states. Many others came from Europe, including groups of Swedes, Danes, Czechs, and Germans from Russia. The Black Hills gold rush of 1875-1877 also attracted thousands of people.}}}
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Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?
Can you create a Latin Square from multiples of a six digit number?
Can you arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 to make a Number Sandwich?
Many numbers can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares. What do you notice about the numbers you CANNOT make?
How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?
Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?
Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?
There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?
Caroline and James pick sets of five numbers. Charlie chooses three of them that add together to make a multiple of three. Can they stop him?
Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
Is this a fair game? How many ways are there of creating a fair game by adding odd and even numbers?
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
How much of the square is coloured blue? How will the pattern continue?
Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
Can you find out what is special about the dimensions of rectangles you can make with squares, sticks and units?
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
Watch these videos to see how Phoebe, Alice and Luke chose to draw 7 squares. How would they draw 100?
A collection of short Stage 3 and 4 problems on Reasoning, Justifying, Convincing and Proof.
When is it impossible to make number sandwiches?

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U.S. stocks sank, paring the weekly gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after House Republican leaders canceled a vote on higher taxes for top earners and sent budget talks deeper into turmoil.
Bank of America Corp. lost 2 percent for the biggest decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Micron Technology Inc. slumped 6.9 percent after posting a wider first-quarter loss. Research In Motion Ltd. tumbled 23 percent after the BlackBerry maker said it will overhaul service fees. Nike Inc. advanced 6.2 percent as the world's largest sporting-goods company's profit exceeded analysts' projections.
The S&P 500 retreated 0.9 percent to 1,430.15 today, marking its biggest drop since Nov. 14. It has still advanced 14 percent this year, heading toward the biggest annual gain since 2009. The Dow slid 120.88 points, or 0.9 percent, to 13,190.84 today.
"With such a staunch group in the House, it looks as if the odds of going into 2013 without a deal have increased," Kevin Caron, a Florham Park, New Jersey-based market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., which oversees about $130 billion in assets, said by telephone. "I don't know whether we're going to reach a deal, when we're going to reach a deal, if there's going to be a deal. It's just a complete wild card at this point."
Recession Risk
Trading in S&P 500 companies was about 52 percent higher than the 30-day average as all 10 industry groups fell. The index, which rallied earlier this week on signs budget talks were progressing, pared its weekly gain to 1.2 percent today. The Congressional Budget Office has said that the U.S. may slip into a recession if lawmakers fail to pass a budget that averts more than $600 billion of automatic tax-and-spending changes scheduled to start in January.
Stocks rose yesterday as House Speaker John Boehner said he expects to keep working on a budget plan with President Barack Obama. Futures dropped later as Boehner scrapped a vote on a plan to allow higher tax rates on annual income above $1 million, yielding to anti-tax resistance within his own party.
House members and senators won't vote on the end-of-year budget issues until after Christmas, giving them less than a week to reach agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Boehner called upon Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to come up with legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff.
'Fiscal Drag'
"We still have to think of a 2 percent fiscal drag on the economy in the first half of 2013," Otto Waser, chief investment officer at Research & Asset Management AG in Zurich, said in a Bloomberg Television interview today. "That will inevitably mean a slowdown in the U.S. economy and probably some pressure on the markets. There is nothing certain at the moment."
Reports today showed spending by U.S. consumers climbed in November as Americans pushed aside the threat of higher taxes next year, buying gifts for the holidays and making up for shopping lost to superstorm Sandy. Purchases rose 0.4 percent last month after a 0.1 percent drop in October, Commerce Department figures showed. The gain matched the median forecast of 80 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Incomes rebounded after being depressed in October by lost wages due to Sandy.
A separate report showed demand for goods such as machinery and electronics climbed more than forecast in November. Orders for durable goods increased 0.7 percent last month after a 1.1 percent gain in October. The advance exceeded the median forecast of economists for a 0.3 percent rise.
Phone, financial and energy stocks posted the biggest losses among S&P 500 groups, falling at least 1.1 percent.
Banks Slump
Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, declined 2 percent to $11.29. Citigroup Inc. dropped 1.7 percent to $39.49, while JPMorgan Chase & Co. lost 1.2 percent to $44.
Micron Technology slumped 6.9 percent to $6.32 for the biggest retreat in the S&P 500. The largest U.S. maker of memory chips reported a wider fiscal first-quarter loss as a slump in demand for personal computers led to a supply glut, weighing down prices.
Research In Motion slid 23 percent to $10.91. Subscribers who want enhanced services, including advanced security, will continue to pay a fee, while others who don't use such services "are expected to generate less or no service revenue," Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins said on a conference call yesterday. Service fees account for more than a third of revenue in the last quarter.
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November 05. 2013 4:26PM
Puppet Shaheen: Loyal mouthpiece for Obamacare
On Oct. 15, 2009, Jeanne Shaheen stood in the U.S. Senate as someone placed behind her a sign headed "HEALTH REFORM REALITY CHECK." She said she had risen to "dispel some of those myths" about the Affordable Care Act.
"Now, under the current legislation, everyone will have the freedom to keep their health care plan if they like it," she assured viewers. Two minutes later, she repeated the claim, saying, "You can keep your insurance if you like it."
In case her point was not clear, the sign behind her featured a checklist under the word "TRUTH," and the first checked item read: "keep your insurance if you like it."
This was two months after she said in a telephone town hall meeting (which The Daily Caller dug up last week), "if you have health coverage that you like you can keep it." She insisted that she would not have supported the bill without that guarantee, adding, "one of the things I said as a requirement that I have for supporting a bill is that if you have health coverage that you like you should be able to keep that."
Yet in July of 2010, Senate Republicans pointed out that Health and Human Services rules forced people to drop their existing coverage if only minor changes were made to it by their insurers. Shaheen, who said she would not support the law unless people could keep their coverage, voted against a GOP measure to change those rules so people could keep their existing coverage. On Monday our senior political reporter John DiStaso asked Shaheen about that vote. Just as she did back in 2009, she spewed the talking points of the day. "One of the things that I think was important about the health care law was that it increased the coverage that plans would provide to people. For everybody, there is a floor on how much can be eliminated from your health insurance."
What breathtaking dishonesty. Notice how different the new talking point is from the one four years ago. With the knowledge that Obamacare has already caused hundreds of thousands of Americans to lose their coverage, Shaheen does not even try to claim that you can still keep your insurance if you like it. She blindly repeats the new White House line: The coverage you're going to get is better.
We hope that the senator we're going to get in 2014 is better. New Hampshire is ill-served by Shaheen, who lets herself be used as a dissembling puppet by a fundamentally dishonest White House.


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So Given science is a larger part of every persons life and the loss of the belief in there being a soul by most modern technologically advanced people, I argue that the world in advanced culture has not gotten morally better.
Really, buildit? Take a look at war-torn Middle East, where religiosity and the belief in the supernatural is ripe. Take a look at ISIS, who egotistically declare that, because they are Muslims, they do not fear death for they "know" dying in battle means bypassing judgement and directly landing in the highest heavens. Take a look at the degree of immorality they exhibit: theft, pillaging, rape, and murder - all in the name of their supposedly benevolent god who wants them to punish and condemn the infidel.
Now compare that with more civilised nations like Sweden and the Netherlands, where the populations consist mostly of atheists and agnostics with a penchant for science. Where people can derive a sharp and superior secular humanism based on golden rules and what science empirically determines best for all. Because of that, the crime rate is the lowest in Europe.
I would argue quite the opposite of what you propound. You have no grounds for what you have just stated. The evidence speaks for itself.
Here again it's not as true as the mass media would have you think as many reported "science facts" about health and the environment are either not true, proven false or misinterpreted by those reporting the news.
I'll grant you that the media sometimes misinterprets findings and scientists have complained about this. But most of what we have stated here comes from scientific consensus where there is no room for conspiracy theories. Remember, their work is peer reviewed.
Who writes the text books? Even basic facts reported in school books is often wrong. An example, how many senses do the science books say animals have? Five right? Sense of taste, smell, sight, hearing and touch. It's taught in almost every Biology book. Yet they forgot sense of balance, acceleration, senses that detect the CO2 build up within your blood. So who lied? Science or the mass media that published it?
I think you talk out of your arse when you misrepresent science here. Science time and again demonstrates that our range of perception is limited and that sometimes we need certain gadgets to dig deeper and give us an idea of the scope of perception of other creatures in the animal kingdom. On our side, technology helps to expand our ken. If you had picked up a book on evolutionary biology you would know, for example, that nature stumbled upon echolocation long before we developed sonar. There is also a type of fish in South America that perceives in terms of electromagnetic fields. A human being can hardly imagine what that must be like and the only way to adequately describe such phenomenon is via the language of mathematics and physics. So your five-senses calumniation has just gone straight out the window!
As for lying, nobody has lied. Science is a tool for discovery and our best method for understanding reality. It is not dogmatic. It is prone to revision and amendment pending further enquiry. It has predictive power because it heeds evidence and calculates. It has in fact improved our lives majorly.
I don't know what biology books you read but I understand that they are oversimplified for children in kindergarten.


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Did Lifting U.S. Assault Weapons Ban Lead To Mexico's Killings?
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
A recently published study tries to draw a correlation between the sunsetting of the 1994 assault-weapons ban in the United States and an increase in violence in Mexico's border states.
The authors, Arindrajit Dube of the University of Massachusetts, Oeindrila Dube and Omar Garcia-Ponce of New York University, construct a regional argument. They say that after the ban expired in 2004, homicides increased in Mexico's border states where the neighboring U.S. state allowed assault rifles to be sold. Those states are Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. As a result, homicides in nearby Mexican border states increased by 60 percent, the authors say, compared to Mexican cities hundreds of miles away.
The study carries some plausible data, but weapon-trafficking studies are notoriously underexamined, mostly because the data aren't obtainable. For example, in 2011, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found that between 2007 and 2011 in Mexico, 68,000 of 99,000 siezed guns had come from the United States. But the finding that overall, the majority of guns came from the U.S. was not proven -- Mexico didn't let ATF examine all its seized weapons.
Few, if any, experts would argue that gun crime in Mexico is not related to the United States. But quantifying exactly how much of an impact U.S. weapons have had on Mexico is still largely based on estimates. When discussing those numbers, it's useful to note that even the number of Mexico's drug war dead is still not known.
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Treatments can include:
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It's important to discuss your treatment options and what it may involve, for example, where you will have treatment. Cancer treatment does not always mean staying in hospital – it may mean visiting a hospital regularly but not staying.
Some people find that learning more about their treatment helps them feel prepared. It can also allow you to plan ahead to ask about how you are likely to feel during and after treatment. If you look after someone who is ill (if you are a carer), asking questions can help you anticipate any extra help that you and the person who is ill might need during and after your treatment.


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Kevin Watkins
Kevin Watkins was a nonresident senior fellow with the Center for Universal Education and the Development Assistance and Governance Initiative. His research focused on education, globalization and human development.
Governments increasingly recognize that we have patterns of growth and opportunity that are leaving too many people behind.
The epidemic of road traffic injury is a source of poverty, human suffering and economic waste on a global scale. Over the next two decades, the number of vehicles in the world's poorest countries will increase at an unprecedented rate. Unlike some of the issues that will be discussed at the Rio+20 summit, there are few unknowns in road safety. It's not rocket science, yet progress has been painfully slow.


text: I recently bought a Dynasty 200-DX TIG welder with a thumb control. I find the control useless because it is impossible to rotated the dial to the off position while wearing welding gloves. The dial has a bit of protection in the form of a lip that prevents accidental (and purposeful) rotation of the rather small dial. I would much prefer a simple on/off button and let programmed current ramp-up and ranp-down features work with post-flow gas settings. As it is now, I have to withdraw the torch to extinguish the arc, thus defeating all post-flow settings. Is there a way around this? I see nothing about a pushbutton option on the Miller website. Are there any 3rd party products that will control the Dynasty welder?


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Starz Announces New Long-Term First-Run Premium Output Agreement With Sony Pictures Entertainment
Deal Secures Starz as a Premium Pay TV Movie Category Leader With Quality New Release Movies Through 2021
Feb 11, 2013, 09:00 EST
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Starz (NASDAQ :STRZA , STRZB) announced a new, multi-year agreement that extends their exclusive first-run output premium pay TV deal. As a result, Starz will have the exclusive pay television rights to Sony Pictures' theatrical releases through 2021. The previous agreement between the two companies had covered motion pictures released theatrically through 2016.
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Commencing with 2005 theatrical releases, Starz has been the exclusive first-run pay television home for the exhibition of Sony Pictures' films including titles from Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, TriStar, and Screen Gems. The new SPE-Starz agreement provides movie content for all Starz platforms including its linear STARZ and ENCORE channels in standard definition and HD, subscription VOD services in standard definition, HD On Demand and 3D On Demand, and online streaming services, including the recently launched STARZ PLAY and ENCORE PLAY. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Big, hit Sony titles coming in 2013 exclusively on pay television to the STARZ channels and services include: The Amazing Spider-Man, 21 Jump Street, Zero Dark Thirty, The Vow, Men In Black 3, and Resident Evil: Retribution.
"STARZ and ENCORE subscribers have enjoyed the consistently stellar theatrical product from Sony, and we are thrilled to extend our exclusive partnership into the next decade," said Chris Albrecht, Starz Chief Executive Officer. "Starz will continue to offer the richest premium TV viewing experience for our subscribers and distributors for years to come thanks to STARZ' growing original programming slate, along with the robust lineup of new blockbuster Sony releases and our deep movie library."
"Starz has been a terrific partner and we are excited to be extending our relationship with them through the 2021 slate," said John Weiser, President, U.S. distribution for Sony Pictures Television.
Starz remains the exclusive home of Disney theatrical releases, including its Lucasfilm, Marvel and Pixar releases, and their accompanying digital streaming rights, into 2017.
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ :STRZA , STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Channels), global content distribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.
Starz Channels is a leading provider of premium subscription video programming through the flagship STARZ® and ENCORE® pay TV networks which showcase premium original programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. As of September 30, 2012, STARZ and ENCORE serve a combined 55 million subscribers, including 21 million at STARZ, and 34 million at ENCORE, making them the largest pair of premium flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ® and ENCORE®, along with Starz Channels' third network MOVIEPLEX®, air over 1,000 movies monthly across 17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticated online offerings through STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY. Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on DVD, digital formats and traditional television. Starz Distribution's home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming content produced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties. Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of entertainment around the world. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com.
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BEIJING (AP) — Some Chinese travel agencies have cancelled tours to North Korea due to safety concerns as Pyongyang continues its war-like posturing. However, other Chinese operators say they still plan to take tourists in to the country.
North Korea has warned foreign companies and tourists to leave South Korea due to the threat of war and it has advised foreign diplomats in Pyongyang that it can't guarantee their safety past Wednesday.
A woman who refused to identify herself at the Explore North Korea travel agency in the border city of Dandong said group tourism had been suspended beginning Wednesday. She said they had received a notification from the National Tourism Administration warning against tourism to North Korea.
An official at the administration refused to comment.


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The Dodge Grand Caravan and the shorter Caravan are family friendly vehicles offering the features and flexibility most buyers want. Smooth riding and responsive, most come with a powerful V6 engine that delivers strong acceleration for merging onto hectic freeways. Anti-lock brakes and side-impact airbags are available. And there's a model for every budget.
Dodge redesigned the seating system last year, and the result is one of the most versatile interiors available for a family vehicle. Called Stow 'n Go, the optional system features second-row and third-row seats that flip down into the floor, leaving a huge, perfectly flat cargo compartment behind the front seats. With the seats folded down, the Grand Caravan offers more cargo space than sport-utilities, including the mammoth Chevrolet Suburban. And its cargo space is more accessible and more convenient than that of SUVs.
With the seats in place, the Grand Caravan can carry seven. Selectively folding away the seats allows versatility in hauling a mix of passengers and cargo. No need to pull the seats out and store them in the garage or to try to put stuff on top of them.
The current model dates back to 1996, but Dodge has continuously improved it since then. The 2005 model year brought substantial upgrades. Changes for 2006 are minimal.
Caravan SE ($18,380) is the base model powered by a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine mated to a four-speed automatic transmission. It comes with hand-crank windows, manually adjusted mirrors, and a limited list of options, although rear-seat video entertainment is now available on all Caravan models. It does have standard air conditioning, variable intermittent wipers, AM/FM/CD stereo, and 215/70 tires on 15-inch steel wheels. The tire-pressure monitor is standard, but Stow'n Go seats are not available.
Caravan SXT ($22,225) is the short van equipped with a 3.3-liter V6 and a higher level of standard equipment, though it does not get Stow 'n Go. SXT does add second-row bucket seats, dual-zone manual air conditioning, tilt steering, cruise control, power windows, power heated mirrors, power locks with remote keyless entry, an upgraded AM/FM/cassette/CD stereo, a rear window defroster, sunscreen glass, 215/65 tires on 16-inch aluminum wheels, and other niceties, plus an expanded list of options.
Grand Caravan SE ($22,920) is a long-wheelbase base model similarly equipped to the Caravan SE. But it's powered by the 3.3-liter V6 engine, and comes with more sophisticated airbags with Occupant Classification System (OCS) and driver's side inflatable knee blocker. It also comes with a rear defroster, speed control, tilt steering column, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, and a few other appointments not included in the short-wheelbase SE. Standard second-row seating reverts to a bench with covered storage bins, although Stow 'n Go is optional.
Grand Caravan SXT ($26,680) is powered by a 3.8-liter V6 and comes standard with Stow 'n Go, along with second-row adjustable seats, a 60/40 split third-row bench with tailgate feature, dual power sliding doors, fog lamps, three-zone air-conditioning system, roof rack, eight-way power driver's seat, leather-wrapped steering wheel, steering-wheel audio controls, and an overhead console with trip computer and HomeLink universal transceiver.
Option packages are available in a dizzying array of combinations.
Safety features that come standard include the required front airbags, which feature multi-stage inflators designed to automatically compensate for the severity of an accident. Front seatbelts use pre-tensioners to take up slack during a collision. Middle- and third-row seats include child-seat anchors for a more secure installation. Optional side curtain airbags are designed to offer head protection for outboard occupants in all three rows.
The Dodge Grand Caravan and Caravan are smooth, quiet vehicles, particularly when measured by minivan standards. Additional sound-deadening measures added last year reduced wind noise. We found carrying on a conversation to be easy and pleasant.
Ride quality is supple and well-controlled on the highway. The rack-and-pinion steering responds nicely and provides good feedback through the steering wheel. The Grand Caravan tracks true at highway speeds, so there's no need for constant, minor steering corrections. Indeed, the Dodge Grand Caravan offers superb driving dynamics. Grand Caravan rides more softly than an SUV, gliding over potholes rather than trying to beat them into submission. It's an excellent choice when transporting passengers on beat up freeways and bumpy urban streets.
Grand Caravan's relatively tight turning radius makes getting into parking spaces easy. It isn't easy to see exactly where the front corners of the van are located, however. It is easy to tell where the rear corners are, but the height of the windows blocks the view of low objects, like that expensive sports car you don't want to scratch. Optional rear Park Assist helps with this by lighting a series of small lights in the rear roof liner that are visible in the rearview mirror or when you turn around.
The 3.8-liter V6 in the Grand Caravan SXT delivers strong power. This big V6 employs a traditional pushrod overhead-valve design rather than the more contemporary overhead-cam setup found on many imports. Dodge is advertising lower horsepower and torque numbers for this engine this year, but it's only the numbers that have changed. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently revised its test procedures for determining horsepower and torque, and nearly everyone's figures are coming out smaller. Numbers for the Caravan's four-cylinder were affected only slightly and for the 3.3-liter V6 not at all, but the 3.8-liter is now rated 205 horsepower and 240 pound-feet instead of the 215 horsepower and 245 pound-feet advertised last year. What's important to remember is that the engine itself is as strong as ever, even though its strength is now measured more conservatively.
We recommend the 3.8-liter V6 to anyone who regularly carries a heavy load of passengers. It offers good response when merging into fast freeway traffic, accelerating from intersections, or passing on two-lane roads. EPA City/Highway estimated fuel economy is a reasonable 18/25 mpg. An optional towing package is available with the 3.8-liter engine that raises the trailer rating to 3800 pounds.
Models equipped with the 3.3-liter V6 have enough power to climb hills without breathing hard. The 3.3-liter is smooth and quiet when cruising, although it makes itself known under full-throttle acceleration. Merging onto the freeway may not give you visions of your life insurance salesman, but it doesn't offer the acceleration performance of the larger 3.8-liter. The 3.3-liter is rated 180 horsepower and 210 pound-feet of torque, which is significantly less than the 3.8-liter. Fuel mileage is only slightly better than the 3.8-liter, at 19/26 EPA city/highway. The 3.3-liter V6 is a flexible-fuel engine, so it can use E85 ethanol.
Both engines allow the Grand Caravan to be certified as low-emissions vehicles in all 50 states.
We haven't tested a Caravan with the base 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, but with just 150 horsepower and, more important, only 165 pound-feet of torque, we don't expect it to be a rocket. It's rated 20/26 mpg.
The Grand Caravan's brakes offer good feel, performance and durability. Standard brakes for the short-wheelbase Caravan are discs in front with heavy-duty rotors and drums at the rear. ABS is optional on the short SXT, and standard on all Grand Caravans. ABS allows the driver to brake and steer in a panic stop. Four-wheel disc brakes are standard on Grand Caravan SXT. Disc brakes gene
The Dodge Grand Caravan one of the most versatile minivans available when equipped with the Stow 'n Go seating system. It's one of the best solutions available for quickly switching between big loads of people, cargo and pets. The driving experience is controlled and enjoyable. And there's lots of V6 power available in the lineup. The shorter Caravan is a good, practical minivan at a low cost of entry. A wide selection of models means there's a Caravan or Grand Caravan to fit most budgets.
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Movie Review - Ender's Game
December 5, 2013
The literary world first met young Ender Wiggins back in 1977 when he appeared as the protagonist in a short story written by Orson Scott Card. This was the story of a young boy named Ender set centuries into the future in a world that had fought, and barely defeated, an alien race known as "Buggers" (changed to "Formics" in later writings). In order to prepare for anticipated future battles with the Buggers, the best and the brightest children were taken from their families and shipped off to deep space Battle School where, in addition to rigorous basic military training, their tactical skills were developed, all with one goal in mind - future war. So popular was Ender that Card expanded on the story and in 1985 released ENDER'S GAME, a military science fiction young adult novel that delved deeper into geopolitical commentary and subtext, while introducing more textured characters with intricate back story and interpersonal relationships. Debuting to worldwide popular and critical acclaim, ENDER'S GAME spawned an entire series of "Ender" books with a film adaptation always lurking in the back of Card's mind. An updated version of the book was then released in 1991 with political plot lines updated to reflect the end of the Cold War, yet it isn't until now after years of uphill battles of its own that ENDER'S GAME finds itself victorious in making it onto the big screen. The result of this victory is in a word - WOW!
Ender Wiggins is not your average 12-year old. Extraordinarily bright and intuitive, he is quickly picked by Colonel Hyrum Graff as the one to watch among the trainees at Battle School. With the clock ticking in preparation for the next battle with the Formics, finding someone to not only lead the charge remotely through a virtual command platform (and have others obey his commands), but exhibit exemplary tactical skills is critical to the future of mankind. And as if the rigors of training isn't enough, there is always the looming specter of the legend that was Mazer Rackham, the general who defeated the Formics years earlier in mankind's last meeting with the insect-like species.
Thanks to a preternatural understanding of human nature, and superb tactical thought processes, Ender outshines his fellow other trainees, quickly moving the ranks of the team structure of school and soon finding himself hand-picked by Graff and shipped to command school, deep in space on an outpost once manned by the Formics. But it's more than the possibility of commanding troops and staging a battle that Ender must face; there is very much alive Mazer Rackham, Colonel Graff, and his own conscience.
When I raved and championed writer/director Gavin Hood and his Academy Award winning film, "Tsotsi", some years back, one of the stand-out elements of the film and Hood's storytelling was his ability to find the best and worst in humanity in a microcosm, creating an intimacy with the character and the story that could touch the heart and the mind of the audience. He finds the nuance and layers and textures of the human condition and of one man's psyche and brings it to life for the world to see. The beauty with what he did in "Tsotsi" and that in the grander scale of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and now ENDER'S GAME, is that Hood retains that intimacy of one man, the spirit of humanity, the conflicting ambiguity and debate of philosophical differences between right and wrong/good and evil, but translates it to a larger platform, larger scope and with ENDER'S GAME, the universe, an a universe far beyond just our galaxy of the Milky Way.
ENDER'S GAME is by no means an easy book to adapt to the big screen. As Hood himself notes, "The tricky thing about the book, of course, is that it's a very internal story. The author writes beautifully about what the character is thinking and feeling and translating that into film is not always so easy. Crucial to Hood and producers Bob Orci and Gigi Pritzker was "how we could capture the sprit of the book using our medium." Where "the book might need two or three paragraphs to describe what a character is feeling., with great actors like Harrison Ford or Sir Ben Kingsley or Viola Davis or our young actors, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, you can get in a second off of a great reaction shot, a great deal of information about what the character is feeling. But you have to great actors to achieve that." And great actors who deliver great performances is exactly what ENDER'S GAME has, starting with Asa Butterfield in the title role.
Literally scouring the globe and auditioning hundreds of young boys for the role of Ender, the concerns for the right actor were monumental. According to Gavin Hood, "The emotional demands of a young actor in this movie were enormous. The subtleties that he would need to convey were enormous. We saw some wonderful young actors but not all of them could deliver up against Harrison Ford. And Asa [Butterfield] could." There are no words to adequately describe the pathos that Butterfield brings to Ender. I fell in love with his purity and innocence with "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" but I believe it had to be Marty Scorsese's work with him in "Hugo" that really prepared him for a role like Ender, as Butterfield goes toe-to-toe against Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley unflinchingly. But, where Butterfield soars is with nuanced subtleties be they physical through eyes or a slight flinch or, as with Butterfield, in confrontational moments, Ender's forehead always breaks out in a little sweat. As regimented as the young actors are with their military training, Hood still captures moments that remind us these are at heart still children. It adds to the metaphor of this whole thing being a game, a child's game (okay, a 21st century high tech child's video game) but also strengthens the dichotomy and ambiguity about war, co-existence with other species, etc.
When it comes to Colonel Graff, it didn't take much to get Harrison Ford back into space. Unfamiliar with the book, Ford's first experience with ENDER'S GAME was the script. "I thought it was an interesting subject that I hadn't seen in film. I saw an interesting character that was responsible for supporting some questions about responsibility and the military and about relationships between young people and [the military/authority]. . .The themes are responsibilities, individual responsibilities. The leadership capacities, what the military does to create leadership capacity, but this is a strange situation here. We're talking about a world government meeting the threat of an alien invasion." As Graff, Ford is like ice giving him a controlled intensity with an underlying obsession to win (in that respect much like Han Solo). There is no room for emotion. However, there are moments where one can sense an almost paternal feeling towards Ender but in a flash, it's gone, and the cold commander is back. Nicely done. Like Butterfield, Ford is unflinching and every bit the commander of a battle school that one would expect and anticipate.
Sir Ben Kingsley provides and interesting dynamic as the henna-faced Mazer Rackham, giving Rackham this edge of seething and boiling just under the surface. As comes as no surprise, Kingsley plays it close to the vest, and keeps you guessing as to what side of the fence he's on. The nuance and edge that this gives the character and in turn, the subtext of Rackham's mystery and chemistry with Ender is stimulatingly effective.
I have long adored Moises Arias. Always able to add a smart-ass touch to things, great with physical comedy, he plays on his diminutive stature through jokes and/or attitude. As Bonzo, Ender's toughest competitor in school, Arias goes through the roof with hard-ass, vindictive, hatred. On the flip side, Aramis Knight just brings a smile to your face every time he comes on screen. As Bean, he retains more of the "child within" than anyone else. He is a constant reminder to us all and just elevates the tone in every scene. Abigail Breslin is, of course, a delight as Ender's sister Valentine.
Hailee Steinfeld is rock solid as Petra and her chemistry with Butterfield is believable. The loyalty and friendship between the two is refreshing and helps root the story, adding depth to Ender. While the Ender-Petra dynamic is a kinda-sorta romance, to Hood it's important to remember that this is a military environment and "we obviously didn't want to, nor could we take [any relationship] further. . .What I like about it, is that in the midst of the harshness, there's a need for gentleness and for compassion and frankly, friendship. I think that given their young ages, I think that Hailee and Asa delivered beautifully on this genuine, kind, amusing, intelligent friendship.
With Major Gwen Anderson, Viola Davis brings a tender maternal touch to the meld. A wonderful counter-play to Ford. However, Anderson's character more or less disappears without resolution; a small, but noticeable hole in the grand scheme of the film. A true delight is Nonso Anozie as Sergeant Dap. Quickly turning into one of my favorite actors thanks to ENDER'S GAME and the new tv series "Dracula", Anozie is delicious. Never playing Dap as a one-note character, there is texture and arc. Particularly touching is a scene where Ender asks the tough demanding drill sergeant if he thinks Ender will be able to lead, if people will respond and obey his commands. Dap merely salutes him. Brought a tear to my eye.
When writer/director Gavin Hood talks about his cast, there is great pride and humility in his tone. "Once you structure the script in ways that the conflict is fluid and the reactions should follow, you need actors that can really deliver on those reactions. I think we were very fortunate to get the kind of cast that we got because the layers of context within this movie would not be easy to reveal without a cast as good."
The philosophies addressed by the book are excellently translated by Hood not only for the screen, but compacted and updated for 21st century relevance. While the line of good/evil and the moral debates about winning at all costs versus how you achieve the win have gone on back to the days of Alexander the Great (as reflected by his writings), with the passage of time, those debates challenge and push the envelope and the era, and always because of one man's personal journey and philosophy or conflict. Here, Hood clearly shows us the generational differences of thinking with Graff and Ender - Graff endured one war and knows what's at stake; Ender has only heard about the war but never experienced it and thus has a more hopeful open mindset. The discussion that this sets of within one's own mind is crystalizing.
In adapting the book, Hood cleans up the superfluous character subplots and hones in on Ender and his immediate relationships. Ender is the axle of the wheel and Graff, Rackham, Valentine, Petra, Bean, Bonzo, are the spokes attached to him. Hood keeps the focus on Ender and his internal questioning based on his uber-intelligence. Key is also compacting a six year time span in the book to that of a year or so in the film. Making the film even more relevant for the 21st today's mores, Hood does gender flips in characters between the book and the film, notably Viola Davis who goes from hard ass male instructor to the softer female psych.
When it comes to creating visuals, Hood tapped some of the best in the business, starting with cinematographer Donald McAlpine. Together they create a world of such grandeur and scope that it is heart-stopping at times. The crown jewel of the piece is the lensing of the Battle Room. When the doors open and we find everyone in zero-gravity, the beauty is breathtaking with a visual purity thanks to the tetrix designs within the sphere and a use of light that appears timeless, elegant, serene - a fantastic visual dichotomy considering that battle unfolds within this hamster-like sphere. An interesting and effective technique employed by Hood and McAlpine was creating sets with lighting built into them is always an effective tool. Danny Boyle did it with his sci-fi film "Sunshine" to wonderful result. Same goes for ENDER'S GAME. While a fantastical and often ethereal setting, built-in lighting gives a heightened sense of organic reality not to mention creating lovely play of light and shadows. This is also one film that really benefits from shooting digitally as we get the slick cool iciness of space contrasted with the blaze of a burning sun on a burned out planet and the green blue skied lushness of Earth. That slick coolness is essential to the whole outer space, high tech video game sensibility, not to mention allowing for more metaphoric nuance.
Production design of Sean Haworth and Ben Procter goes hand-in-hand and is equally impressive from a visual standpoint. The design of the training/command ship is well thought out - use of pops of color is telling - yellow, green, red (caution for the newbies, green for the Salamanders led by hard-charging Bonzo, and red for the Dragons screaming danger). All is prescient, telling, effective, even down to lighting in the corridors of each team.
Adding a final element of reality to the production is the training that each of the young actors underwent at NASA Space Camp learning everything from physical discipline to space station life to working in zero-gravity. The actors - including Harrison Ford - do their own wire work which is beyond impressive within the "Battle Room" zero-gravity scenes. The icing on the cake is actual lensing in some unused NASA facilities.
There is no end to the beauty and intensity of ENDER'S GAME. WOW!
Written and Directed by Gavin Hood based on the novel by Orson Scott Card.
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Sir Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Hailee Steinfeld,
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Guilty plea for Manchester man who made escape
March 27. 2013 11:28PM
CONCORD - A Manchester man who failed to report to a halfway house after he was furloughed from a federal prison has pleaded guilty to a charge of escaping custody.
Terrance Sleweon is scheduled for sentencing in July and faces up to five years in prison, U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas said Wednesday in a release announcing the plea. His original sentence on his 2011 conviction of engaging in the distribution of cocaine was only 24 months.
Sleweon was incarcerated at Fort Dix in New Jersey and applied for a furlough in August 2012. The application was approved and Sleweon was ordered to arrive at the Hampshire House on Sept. 27, 2012. He never appeared and authorities were unable to find him until the U.S. Marshals Service received a tip that he was a Manchester residence and found Sleweon in the parking lot there on Nov. 6, 2012.
Prosecutors said Sleweon initially tried to flee, but complied when an officer drew his weapon and ordered him to the ground.


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College Year Reports for 2003-2004
1. This report is based on the Student Enrollment File (ERSS) of the Enrollment Reporting System.
2. The census date for this report is the close of the third week of instruction for campuses on a quarter system and the fourth week of instruction for campuses on a semester system across all terms that comprise the college year. Enrollments are in terms of the net number of students actively enrolled on the census date.
3. The college year includes fall and spring semesters (and summer term, if applicable) for campuses operating on the semester calendar, or summer, fall, winter, and spring quarters with a quarter calendar. The college year begins with the summer term which is followed by the fall, winter, and spring terms.
4. Six of the campuses are on a quarter system (four as year-round), while the remaining campuses are on a semester system. CSU Stanislaus has adopted the "4-1-4" academic calendar consisting of two 13-week semesters and a month-long winter term. College year enrollments are calculated as follows:
5. Full-time equivalent students (FTES) by term are derived by dividing total semester (quarter) student credit hours by 15. Annual full-time equivalent students are derived by either dividing total semester student credit hours for the academic year by 30 or total quarter student credit hours by 45. Summer Arts FTES are calculated by dividing total student credit units by 30.
6. Definitions of term FTES in the 4-1-4 system at Stanislaus does not conform to systemwide definitions. The inclusion of the special winter term, however, adjusts FTES for systemwide comparability and uniformity of annual FTES.
7. Regular students are those individuals who attempt 6.1 student credit units or more during a term. Limited students are those individuals who attempt six or fewer student credit units. As a consequence of the relatively small workload being attempted, limited students are charged reduced student fees.
8. College Year headcount enrollment and full-time equivalent student (FTES) totals are often displayed to one decimal place in this report even though they are calculated to six decimal points in the software. Systemwide headcount enrollment and FTES results may therefore differ if campus totals are summed employing different rounding rules.
9. For purposes of this report, class level for undergraduate students is determined by the value found in the Enrollment Reporting System data element Student Level Code.
Campuses typically determine class level for undergraduate by the number of accumulated semester or quarter credit hours as follows:
10. A postbaccalaureate student holds an acceptable baccalaureate or its equivalent and has not been admitted in a graduate program.
11. A graduate student holds an acceptable baccalaureate or its equivalent and has been admitted to a graduate program. The distinction between graduate and postbaccalaureate students is based on the information reported in the Enrollment Reporting System data element Student Standing Code.
12. The College Year Report differentiates student credit units by the level of the course (lower division, upper division, or graduate) being attempted. Annual FTES by course level is calculated for semester campuses by determining the student credit units being attempted at each level of course and dividing the result by 30 (representing the total number of student credit units in a full-time equivalent student). Quarter campus annual FTES by course level is derived by dividing the units being attempted at each course level by 45.
13. "Campus Totals" refer to enrollments for campuses, excluding supplemental programs operated by the CSU. "System Totals" include enrollments for Summer Arts, International Programs and CalStateTEACH. Beginning in college year 1998-99, Statewide Nursing is included in Dominguez Hills enrollment.
14. Tables 1 through 4 describe both term and college year data. Additional college year summary information is shown on tables 5 through 8. College-year new student information are presented in tables 9 to 21. The remaining tables comprising the College Year Report (22 to 36) depict headcount and academic year data that are useful in the enrollment planning process. The appendix tables display the budget tables in the traditional way for CSU Northridge and CSU Channel Islands (i.e., the Ventura off-campus center is counted as part of Northridge only).
15. Annualized summer quarter FTES are calculated for quarter campuses by dividing the sum of total units attempted by 45. The annualized summer term FTES for Summer Arts or semester campuses are calculated by dividing the sum of total units attempted by 30.
16. In the 2003-2004 college year, CSU Channel Islands provided instruction to students that originally matriculated at CSU Northridge and were formerly enrolled at Northridge's Ventura off-campus center. Budget versions of tables 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 19.3, 19.5, 23, 24.1, 24.2, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, and 31 handle data for CSU Northridge and CSU Channel Islands as follows:
17. Tables A-1, A-3, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-19.3, A-19.5, A-23, A-24.1, A-24.2, A-25, A-26, A-28, A-29, A-30.1, A-30.2, A-30.3, A-30.4, and A-31 in the Appendix are alternate versions of the budget tables, handling data for CSU Northridge and CSU Channel Islands in the traditional way for college year reporting. In the Appendix tables, CSU Northridge figures include the Ventura off-campus center while the figures for CSU Channel Islands include only those students who matriculated at Channel Islands.


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In this column we intend to present clinical cases treated successfully
with homeopathy. In addition, we plan to share Materia Medica information on
the remedies used and also to include homeopathic principles of case analysis.
We are happy to receive any feedback from readers and colleagues as to what you
would like us to share with you.
We recently gave a presentation on the use of Ayurvedic body typing to
help con-firm classical homeopathic prescriptions at the International
Conference on Holistic Medicine and Healing in Bangalore, India. There we
were asked about any success we have had in treating hyperactivity, often
considered to be quite difficult to treat by both orthodox and holistic
medicine. We would like to start our column with this very challenging case of
hyperactivity which responded beautifully to a single dose of the correct
homeopathic remedy.
M.G, aged 5, was brought to us on l/20/89 by his foster mother, a
long-time patient of ours with a chief complaint of maladaptive behavior. He
had been under her foster care for four months and at a child care center for
emotionally disturbed children since age two. He had been removed from his
parents' home by Children's Protective Services due to drug problems, violence,
and neglect. At two and a half he was placed in a foster home with his younger
brother for five months where he was described
as "demonic", violent and abusive. His voice would take on different qualities
like dis-tinct personalities. In the next foster placement with a minister's
family, his younger brother was adopted but he was not, which he was unable to
His biological father, who had become remarried to a Native American woman with
four childten, then took him for seven months, during which time he was
physically and emotionally abused. During one beating he was left with a large
open wound on his forehead, the scar of which still swelled and pulsed when he
was under stress.
This was followed by five successive placements before he arrived at the home
of our patient. The day he arrived there, he" demolished" one of the bedrooms
for three hours. Soon after she had him placed in a regular kindergarten.
M. presented in the office with bright red hair and very physically
active. His foster mother described his usual behavior as follows. He
screamed, scratched, cursed, threw objects, fought, and bit regularly, all of
which behaviors seemed to be out of his conscious control. He frequently became
violent and tried to pull out his foster mother's hair. (At this point in the
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The tale of Adam McQuaid, who has gone from seventh defenseman to a fixture in Boston's top six (and sometimes top four), has sparked a cult following.
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· Attachments: Improved display of files & fixed issues with videos
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· Added tag headers when sorted by tag in list view
· Long press on Tasks to add a due date
· Fixes for Swype and Swiftkey keyboards
· Fix for recording audio on tablets
· Several performance improvements including faster initial sync, better scrolling and loading notebooks
· A ton of UI improvements
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· Add tags directly from the main view of an item
· Easily set times on Events & Reminders
· Other bug fixes and stability improvements
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This hands-on exhibition focuses on the history of medieval Dublin, including scenes from the plague in 1348, a merchant's house and a model of Dublin in the Middle Ages. (353-1) 679-4611; www.dublinia.ie.
The cocktail of choice can only be a cool pint of Guinness paired with panoramic views of Dublin. (353-1) 408-4800; www.guinness-storehouse.com.
The museum tells the social, cultural and political history of Ireland's capital city in the 20th century. (353-1) 661-1000; www.bardinipeyron.itwww.littlemuseum.ie.
Celtic Note, on Nassau Street, has a fantastic collection of classic and contemporary Irish music recordings. (353-1) 670-4157; www.celticnote.com.
This museum has one of the finest collections of prehistoric gold artifacts in Western Europe, as well as incredible medieval ecclesiastical objects. (353-1) 677-7444; www.museum.ie.
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Thanks, Ernie--
Just to be clear--you can mention the topic. Let's say the topic was "Fire" (the example I've been using recently). It'd be fine to say
I couldn't believe I'd accidentally set my forsythia bush on fire.
In fact, most weeks it's impossible not to mention the topic word in your entry in some way.
The thing that you shouldn't do is mention it AS A TOPIC. For example, this wouldn't work so well:
The topic of fire immediately takes me back to the burning forsythia bush in my back yard.
And this would be even worse:
For the Writing Challenge entry of "fire", I'd like to tell you about the time my forsythia burst into flames.


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Danks looks good enough to earn minor-league assignment
There was bad news and good news on the White Sox' starting pitching front Saturday.
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The news on ">Gavin FloydJohn Danks;http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=433579#gameType='S'§ionType=career&statType=2&season=2013&level='ALL'[URL] was much better.
Still trying to make it back from Aug. 6 shoulder surgery, Danks made another start in extended spring training Friday and threw 87 pitches in 6 innings, according to Sox pitching coach Don Cooper.
The outing was good enough to earn Danks a minor-league rehab assignment this week.
"He's going to be at one of our affiliates five days from now pitching," Cooper said. "We're going to really monitor him a little closer now because he's a hop, skip and a jump possibly from being back in the big leagues."
When Danks returns to the White Sox' rotation remains a mystery.
"The question that John's going to have to answer, and he'll have that answer before anybody else, is: 'Are you ready to go win a major-league game?'" Cooper said. "He knows what it takes to win here. He knows what he's got to have equipment wise and stuff wise. And that's what we're trying to hone in on now.
"We're getting down to it. And he's got a little bit more to climb. Hopefully that climb continues. He's already ahead of schedule. This is something we didn't want to rush.
"He's not even a year past surgery, but the final preparation is underway."
Keppinger out again:
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"They keep treating it," manager Robin Ventura said. "He's down."
There is a chance Keppinger could be the latest White Sox player to land on the disabled list, but Ventura doesn't think the spasms are that serious.
"Anything's possible," Ventura said. "Right now I'm not looking at that. We'll get through tonight and see where he is. With that (DL), (trainer) Herm (Schneider) will let me know if it's going in that direction. Right now, they're just treating him and trying to get him ready."
Head games:
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"I think he might want to be too perfect all the time," Ventura said. "I think he's better when he doesn't think and goes and plays. He's very critical of himself and how he plays, what he does. He's an intense kid and he's very, very hard on himself.
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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." , Marcel Proust
Seven years ago, Portugal did present itself as a new landscape in my life , both literally and metaphorically. Since then, I have photographed exclusively along a very small stretch of its southern coastline. Returning to this specific place, I've sought out its nuances. In doing so, I have peeled back layers of how I see, and how I experience this magical environment. The results of my slight obsession have evolved into two distinct series. Here are two images from To Praia Grande, a body of work focusing on a singular, secluded beachfront in which all of the pictures are taken from essentially the same elevated angle. What the still life was for Morandi, this beach is for me. From a distance, I observe the variables: light, weather, time of day, the ebb and flow of the ocean and the sunbathers, unaware, below my large-format camera. The images are shot vertically, a departure from the traditional, horizontal format in landscape photography. It puts my subject matter in the form of a portrait , an ongoing record of this ethereal yet playful nook in nature over the minutes, the days, the years. Ultimately, I try to instill an element of time within these captured moments: visceral time, elastic from one image to another. And always, I seek to have new eyes.
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2013-14: Watson appeared in all seven meets this season for the Cobras. Her best race of the year came in the Catawba Invitational, when she finished the 5K race in a time of 25:53.
2012-13: Watson competed in all seven meets for the Cobras this season. She finished first for Coker in two meets, with a personal best 5k time of 21.57 and a 6k time of 27:01.
High School: Watson was a cross country and track letter winner at Wade Hampton High School where she was a two-time All-State and All-Region runner in both cross country and track. She was a member of three region championship teams, was a team captain and recipient of the Most Improved Runner award and Coaches award. Her personal best time for the 5k is 20:08 and her best mile is 6:02.
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The Raiders were up at halftime but had reason to feel some frustration after letting Dallas drive 73 yards in eight plays for a far-too-easy touchdown with 10 seconds left in the half.
Raiders quarterback Matt McGloin was razor sharp during two second-quarter scoring drives, going 5-for-5 for 81 yards and five first downs on third down throws. Rashad Jennings capped both drives on 1-yard runs.


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Were you aware that your source (La Crosse) is Roman Catholic? I don't know whether it makes any difference in the definition of a deanery, but I thought I should point it out anyway. —magda (talk) 07:41, January 19, 2006 (CST)
- Yes I was. I am certainly not against Catholic, Protestant, or anything for that matter, when it coincides with truth. I was not able to find a reasonable online source from an Orthodox perspective and thought that these words were appropriate for Orthodox deaneries as well. Joe 20060119
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging lower at midday, pulling back from close to record levels.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 55 points, to 13,963. The Standard & Poor's 500 dropped 4 points to 1,519 and the Nasdaq composite rose 4 points to 3,190.
The Dow was pulled lower by McDonald's falling $1.40 to $93.70 and Caterpillar declining 87 cents to $96.37. Eighteen stocks in the 30-member index declined.
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At work in her Houston home office, Ruth Gay jots notes on a client's building plans. Occasionally she glances up, scanning her elegant sanctuary for inspiration. Some of the best finds in her salvage of European antiques and stone pieces for her business, Chateau Domingue, surround her. A barrel-vaulted ceiling, clad in 17th-century stone from a French vineyard, casts a butterscotch glow. Three pairs of 18th-century French doors open to the Texas sun. And a stone mantel where generations of French families have warmed themselves today warms Ruth's creative spirit. "I look for grandness and simplicity," she says of her buying trips to Provence, Tuscany, and Umbria. "I don't buy anything glitzy or over the top."
These are the words of a woman who admits there isn't much she likes that's less than a century old. As Europeans modernize their homes, Ruth gladly searches local flea markets to rescue items—everything from town fountains to simple linens and silver—for her stateside clients.
When Ruth and her husband, Jack, built their family home 12 years ago, they wanted to incorporate the elements she grew up with—stone flooring, ancient mantels, rustic beams, copper gutters—not only for themselves but for their children. But their search was frustrating, and Ruth ruminated over the lack of sources for such items.
When the kids were older, Ruth, still searching for the elements she recalled from childhood, headed to Europe on a scouting trip—the nanny and her youngest child in tow.
Four weeks and hundreds of miles later, her dream of bringing architectural gems to American soil became a reality. Today, Chateau Domingue is a 5,000-square-foot space that transports visitors across continents and back in time. Chateau doors line the walls, and grand mansion gates are suspended from the ceiling. Ancient stone and tile flooring splays over two acres outside.
Ruth grew up a missionary's daughter in Europe, and though she moved to Texas when she married, she retained the continental spirit. "People in Europe really stop and smell the roses," she says. "I know it sounds trite, but it's a way of life that is, to me, more pure. It's why I decided to bring these elements over here—it's rewarding to visualize the outcome of the unused pieces we rescue for people to enjoy in their daily lives."
"I'm at my most creative in a dirty, dusty stoneyard in the middle of nowhere, climbing over old rock and looking at pieces on the ground—maybe finding a 17th-century surround that I can visualize in someone's house, or a spiral staircase on pallets that I know will end up as a completed piece," says Ruth. "It's not glamorous, but it gets me going more than anything in the world."
Work from the Heart
Ruth Gay developed her reclaimed stone-and-antiques business to share a lifelong passion with clients. "I wasn't looking to start a business; it found me," she says. Here are her recommendations for creating an inspiring work life.
- Cultivate ideas with care. Know what you love to do, then dedicate yourself. "Forming a business is like having a child: You give your idea life, and then you raise it," she says.
- Sustain your lifelines. "My husband's support was integral to my success. He realized how serious I was when I asked for a forklift for my birthday."
- Be patient. "There have been many times I've questioned myself. Over time, you'll gain confidence and make better decisions."
- Know you're a good example. Ruth's kids often remind her when she's discouraged: "Mom! You can't quit. You're great at this!"
Provençal Inspiration
Planning a trip to France? Don't book a ticket without considering a few helpful suggestions from Ruth Gay.
- La Mirande When Ruth visits Europe during the school year, she keeps her stays brief so she's not away from the family too long. She makes her headquarters in Avignon, her favorite larger city in Provence, where she stays at La Mirande, a four-star hotel with a cooking school and more than 700 years of history (la-mirande.fr).
- Eygalières Each summer, she loads up friends and family for a six-week visit to the stone houses and sweet gardens of tiny Eygalières, just outside St. Remy (provenceweb.fr/e/bouches/eygalieres/eygalieres.htm).
- La Bastide de Marie Ruth mines for inspiration in the neighboring village of Ménerbes, in particular at its enchanting small hotel in a vineyard, La Bastide de Marie (kiwicollection.com/property/la-bastide-de-marie).
- Crillon le Brave One of her very favorite places is another small town, Crillon le Brave, with its stonework houses and a Relais & Châteaux four-star hotel (crillonlebrave.com).
For more information on Chateau Domingue, call 713/961-3444 or visit chateaudomingue.com.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. | The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. | The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Also among the 9 nominees for best picture Thursday: the old-age love story "Amour"; the Iran hostage thriller "Argo"; the independent hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; the slave-revenge narrative "Django Unchained"; the musical "Les Miserables"; the shipwreck story "Life of Pi"; the lost-souls romance "Silver Linings Playbook"; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle "Zero Dark Thirty."
"Life of Pi" surprisingly ran second with 11 nominations, ahead of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Les Miserables," which had been considered potential front-runners.
More surprising were snubs in the directing category, where three favorites missed out: Ben Affleck for "Argo" and past Oscar winners Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty" and Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables."
Two-time winner Spielberg earned his seventh directing nomination, and also in the mix are past winner Ang Lee for "Life of Pi" and past nominee David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook." The other slots went to surprise picks who are first-time nominees: Michael Haneke for "Amour" and Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
Chronicling Abraham Lincoln's final months as he engineers passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, "Lincoln" stars best-actor contender Day-Lewis in a monumental performance as the 16th president, supporting-actress nominee Field as the notoriously headstrong Mary Todd Lincoln and supporting-actor prospect Jones as abolitionist firebrand Thaddeus Stevens.
Joining Day-Lewis in the best-actor field are Bradley Cooper as a psychiatric patient trying to get his life back together in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Hugh Jackman as Victor Hugo's tragic hero Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables"; Joaquin Phoenix as a Navy vet who falls in with a cult in "The Master"; and Denzel Washington as a boozy airline pilot in "Flight."
Nominated for best actress are Jessica Chastain as a CIA operative hunting bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty"; Jennifer Lawrence as a troubled young widow struggling to heal in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Emmanuelle Riva as an ailing woman tended by her husband in "Amour"; Quvenzhane Wallis as a spirited girl on the Louisiana delta in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; and Naomi Watts as a mother caught up in a devastating tsunami in "The Impossible."
Along with Field, supporting-actress nominees are Amy Adams as a cult leader's devoted wife in "The Master"; Anne Hathaway as an outcast mother reduced to prostitution in "Les Miserables"; Helen Hunt as a sex surrogate in "The Sessions"; and Jacki Weaver as an unstable man's doting mom in "Silver Linings Playbook."
Besides Jones, the supporting-actor contenders are Alan Arkin as a wily Hollywood producer in "Argo"; Robert De Niro as a football-obsessed patriarch in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Philip Seymour Hoffman as a dynamic cult leader in "The Master"; and Christoph Waltz as a genteel bounty hunter in "Django Unchained."
"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, who will host the Feb. 24 Oscars, joined Emma Stone to announce the Oscar lineup, and he scored a nomination himself, original song for "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," the tune he co-wrote for his big-screen directing debut "Ted."
"That's kind of cool I got nominated," MacFarlane deadpanned at the announcement. "I get to go to the Oscars."
"Lincoln" is Spielberg's best awards prospect since his critical peak in the 1990s, when he won best-picture and directing Oscars for "Schindler's List" and a second directing Oscar for "Saving Private Ryan." The 12 nominations for "Lincoln" matched Spielberg's personal best on "Schindler's List," which won seven Oscars.
Spielberg's latest film could vault him, Day-Lewis and Field to new heights among Hollywood's super-elite of multiple Oscar winners.
A best-picture win for "Lincoln" would be Spielberg's second, while another directing win would be his third, a feat achieved only by Frank Capra and William Wyler, who each earned three directing Oscars, and John Ford, who received four.
"Lincoln" also was the ninth best-picture nominee Spielberg has directed, moving him into a tie for second-place with Ford. Only Wyler directed more best-picture nominees, with 13.
Day-Lewis and Field both have two lead-acting Oscars already, he for "My Left Foot" and "There Will Be Blood" and she for "Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart." A third Oscar for either would put them in rare company with previous triple winners Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Katharine Hepburn is the record-holder with four acting Oscars.
An Oscar for Jones would be his second supporting-actor prize; he previously won for "The Fugitive."
"Lincoln" composer John Williams — whose five Oscars include three for the music of three earlier Spielberg films, "Jaws," ''E.T. the Extra-terrestrial" and "Schindler's List" — earned his 43rd nomination for best score, extending his all-time record in the category.
The Oscars feature a best-picture field that ranges from five to 10 films depending on a complex formula of ballots from the 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winners for the 85th Oscars will be announced Feb. 24 at a ceremony aired live on ABC from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.
Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday:
1. Best Picture: "Amour," ''Argo," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild," ''Django Unchained," ''Les Miserables," ''Life of Pi," ''Lincoln," ''Silver Linings Playbook," ''Zero Dark Thirty."
2. Actor: Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"; Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"; Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"; Denzel Washington, "Flight."
3. Actress: Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"; Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"; Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"; Quvenzhane Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; Naomi Watts, "The Impossible."
4. Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, "Argo"; Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"; Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"; Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."
5. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "The Master"; Sally Field, "Lincoln"; Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"; Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"; Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook."
6. Directing: Michael Haneke, "Amour"; Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"; Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"; David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook."
7. Foreign Language Film: "Amour," Austria; "Kon-Tiki," Norway; "No," Chile; "A Royal Affair," Denmark; "War Witch," Canada.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo"; Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; David Magee, "Life of Pi"; Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"; David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook."
9. Original Screenplay: Michael Haneke, "Amour"; Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"; John Gatins, "Flight"; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"; Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Brave"; "Frankenweenie"; "ParaNorman"; "The Pirates! Band of Misfits"; "Wreck-It Ralph."
11. Production Design: "Anna Karenina," ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," ''Les Miserables," ''Life of Pi," ''Lincoln."
12. Cinematography: "Anna Karenina," ''Django Unchained," ''Life of Pi," ''Lincoln," ''Skyfall."
13. Sound Mixing: "Argo," ''Les Miserables," ''Life of Pi," ''Lincoln," ''Skyfall."
14. Sound Editing: "Argo," ''Django Unchained," ''Life of Pi," ''Skyfall," ''Zero Dark Thirty."
15. Original Score: "Anna Karenina," Dario Marianelli; "Argo," Alexandre Desplat; "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna; "Lincoln," John Williams; "Skyfall," Thomas Newman.
16. Original Song: "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice," J. Ralph; "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted," Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane; "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri; "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; "Suddenly" from "Les Miserables," Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil.
17. Costume: "Anna Karenina," ''Les Miserables," ''Lincoln," ''Mirror Mirror," ''Snow White and the Huntsman."
18. Documentary Feature: "5 Broken Cameras," ''The Gatekeepers," ''How to Survive a Plague," ''The Invisible War," ''Searching for Sugar Man."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Inocente," ''Kings Point," ''Mondays at Racine," ''Open Heart," ''Redemption."
20. Film Editing: "Argo," ''Life of Pi," ''Lincoln," ''Silver Linings Playbook," ''Zero Dark Thirty."
21. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Hitchcock," ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," ''Les Miserables."
22. Animated Short Film: "Adam and Dog," ''Fresh Guacamole," ''Head over Heels," ''Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare,'" "Paperman."
23. Live Action Short Film: "Asad," ''Buzkashi Boys," ''Curfew," ''Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)," ''Henry."
24. Visual Effects: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," ''Life of Pi," ''Marvel's The Avengers," ''Prometheus," ''Snow White and the Huntsman."


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Butane is the lead dragon from the "Dragon Time" cast, as seen in Puppetman. Butane is a likable, yellow dragon, and is best friends with Earl. Rather like Kermit the Frog, Butane is the calm, normal character. Along with Gertha, he's also the only dragon in the pilot episode to actually breathe fire or smoke. Butane acts as a peacemaker amongst his fellow puppets, and his puppeteer Gary uses him in a similar way to address his son Zack, providing a gentle, adult voice to draw his attention before allowing him to relate on his own level with fellow child Candle.
Butane is a Live-Hand Muppet, though he was likely performed by Fred Newman without assistance. Only one arm is generally moving at a time.


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Auction Results from Christie's, Phillips, Sotheby's, and More
Key results and fascinating finds from the latest sales around the worldPosted June 30, 2013July 2013 Issue · July 2013 Issue
The Princie Diamond
Weighing 34.65 carats and expected to bring upwards of $30 million, this centuries-old gem from India's famed Golconda mines sold for $35 million, the most ever paid for a diamond at a U.S. auction. "It was not just any pink diamond—this was the largest pink Golconda ever up for sale," says Rahul Kadakia, head of jewelry for Christie's Americas and Switzerland. When the Nizam of Hyderabad auctioned the cushion-cut stone in 1960, it realized the then-lavish sum of £46,000—about $130,000 (with buyer's premium). "No other asset class has shown this level of return," claims Kadakia.
Louis XV Fauteuil à la Reine
Trends come and go, but there always seems to be a market for fine French furniture, as evidenced by this richly carved chair, the auction's top lot. Commissioned by Madame de Pompadour— Louis XV's chief mistress and a leading tastemaker of her day—the gilded piece was part of a suite that once graced her grand salon at Château de Crécy. (The fauteuil was later seized by France's revolutionary government and was eventually acquired by an American collector in the 20th century.) Conservatively estimated at $260,000–$390,000, it sold for $653,000.
The Assumption, 1596–97, by Guido Reni
An early work by Reni, this High Baroque painting on copper was the star of the sale. Depicting the assumption of the Virgin Mary, the piece is distinguished by its dynamic composition and remarkable provenance. Once owned by the stepson of Napoléon and later the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, the painting spent more than four decades in a Swiss private collection before being put on the block. No wonder it fetched $1.1 million, a price that eclipsed its $127,000 high estimate.
Untitled #591-04, 2004, by Richard Misrach
This flush-mounted chromogenic print belongs to the Bay Area photographer's enigmatic "On the Beach" series. Shot from high vantage points, the images capture people in moments of isolation against backdrops of sea or sand. Monumentally scaled at 5' h. x 9.8' w., this print (from an edition of five, plus an artist's proof) set a new auction record for Misrach, surpassing its $70,000 high estimate to hammer for $78,800.
1953 Floor Lamp by Philip Johnson and Richard Kelly
Bidding was especially competitive for this steel-and-aluminum lamp, created by the legendary architect in collaboration with Kelly, a pioneering lighting designer. It was one of a pair of lamps (the other is red) commissioned for a Hugh Newell Jacobsen house in Bristol, Rhode Island, where they were grouped with two Wassily lounge chairs by Marcel Breuer. Estimated at $10,000–$15,000, the light achieved $34,000—impressive but less so than the $46,000 paid for its twin in 2005.


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