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Game Day Recon #13 – Red Wings @ Canucks
The red-hot Vancouver Canucks face the Detroit Red Wings tonight at Rogers Arena, after a quick (and quite successful) two-game road trip. Detroit concludes their own short road trip to Western Canada, having won in both Calgary and Edmonton. Detroit, the perennial powerhouse in the western conference, is once again a force with which to reckon and will provide a serious test for the Canucks tonight.
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The Intel
The bad news for the Canucks is that they face the ever-strong Detroit Red Wings tonight. The good news is that the Wings played last night in Edmonton, and this is their third game in four nights. For the Red Wings, the usual suspects lead the way on the scoresheet, with Dastyuk, Zetterberg and Lidstrom leading Detroit in points. However, a not-so-usual suspect sits fourth in team scoring – ex-Canuck Todd Bertuzzi. The good thing for the Canucks, though, is that Bertuzzi has cooled off dramatically after a blistering start. #44 has no points in his last four games, but look for him to bump that slump as he faces his old team.
Speaking of facing his old team, Mikael Samuelsson suits up against his old teammates and is always out to prove that Detroit made a mistake by not bringing him back. Samuelsson has had a bit of a rough start to the season, despite his point totals. Tonight could very well be his breakout game. In fact, I believe he will have a massive game tonight against his former club.
The Red Wings and Canucks have similar injury problems right now. Both are missing a key member of their blueline but have been doing quite well without him. The Red Wings are playing without Brian Rafalski, while the Canucks continue to win, despite the absence of Dan Hamhuis. The Canucks will likely see the return of Rick Rypien tonight, back after serving his 6-game suspension for his altercation with a fan in Minnesota. With Guillaume Desbiens out indefinitely with a broken hand, Rypien figures to slot into the lineup in his place.
As for the Red Wings as team, they are as strong as ever on both sides of the puck. They are currently fifth in goals per game (3.18) and sixth in goals against per game (2.27). The good thing is that the Canucks are actually tied for fourth in goals against for game (2.17). The Red Wings power play, despite their potent offense, has been quite average (16.7%), and is actually struggling on the road at 14.3%. However, the Red Wings penalty killing has been tremendous this year, putting them fifth at 89.1% for total PK. That said, their PK is a bit more fallible on the road at 83.3%. So the Canucks may have a bit of opportunity, especially given how good the Canucks PP is. Vancouver and Detroit are virtually tied in penalty minutes per game, so don't look for one team to be on the man advantage more than the other.
The Three Keys
1. Put your power play to work against a tired team. The Red Wings are playing their third game in four nights, and on back-to-back nights. The Canucks and their lethal power play need to strike early.
2. Lead the first period. The Red Wings are undefeated when leading after the first period. The Canucks cannot let the Wings dictate the pace of the game. The Canucks need to be on the attack, much like they have in their past few games. And the Wings actually do give up some goals in the first period (1.00 goals against per game in the 1st period).
3. 60-minute effort. Yes, this is a bit of a cliche, but it is totally applicable against the Red Wings, especially tonight when they should be tired. The Wings have been very strong offensively in the 2nd period and then lock down defensively in the third period. The Canucks need to keep them skating for a full 60 minutes to tire them out and cause mistakes, turnovers and bad goals.
The Links
Here are your top 5 links for today's game:
1. Tale of the Tape (Faceoff.com)
2. Raffi Torres: A steal or a thief? (Vancouver Sun)
3. Modano plainly looking more at home with Wings (Detroit Free Press)
4. Canucks, Red Wings both hoping to extend win streaks (TSN)
5. Red Wings @ Canucks Preview (Nucks Misconduct)


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Lil B in the motherfucker
Yeah I'm back man
Repping that Bitch Mob
You feel me?
Pretty bitch, nigga
What's up, bitch?
Yeah, rawest rapper in the motherfucking game my nigga
Pay respect you fucking bitch
[Verse 1]
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30 rounds clips and I'm strapped like the Taliban
You thinking this a game but it really ain't an issue
Got a nose ring now I'm finna fuck your sister
Confidence is A1, I still don't spit game to hoes
I'm paying for the head game (swag)
Bitch that's a scratch-off (woop)
Bitch that's a Rolex (Rolex)
Bitch that's a flatscreen (Based God)
Bitch this is Based God (Based God)
Bitch my name is Lil B
Let me tell you some 'bout my motherfucking swagger
Everybody know that I started all the fucking trends
Everybody know that I fucking placed your order
Served 30 rounds with a small glass of water
Based God
Bitch Mob, niggas you will never understand it
Got a pink bandana, 65 bitches
Everybody know that the Bitch Mob crackin'
Salute to the bitch
Salute to the bitch
(If you niggas ever think you fucking with me nigga
Sit your motherfucking ass down nigga
Never fuck with the Based God nigga
Never fuck with Lil B nigga)
Bitch Mob, niggas you will never understand it
Got a pink bandana, 65 bitches
Everybody know that the Bitch Mob crackin'
Salute to the bitch
Salute to the bitch
(Never, never fuck with Based God)
[Verse 2]
Bitch Mob nigga I would never eat the pussy
Fuck a bitch ass and I fuck a bitch head, man
The hoes chose me with them 12 cellphones
I be boomin' like I'm Metro, I'm paying like I weigh
Everybody know that the kid tote the K
60 on my dick and my wrist straight shake
Bitch ask me if I'm ballin'
Fuck around with me ho, I pull a John Stockton
You don't even know that the Boss be shopping
You buying new clothes, I'mma buy that new chopper
You kiss the bitch ass, I'mma fuck her in the lips
Nigga fuck around with me I will show you who's the bitch
Serve a sucker up, dump his body off a cliff
Nigga fuck with straight hands, we don't gotta use clips
A girl ask me how I call myself a bitch
When I fucked her in the mouth and I bought the bitch a gift
Based God
[Hook] x2
(Real talk nigga
I'm repping Bitch Mob nigga to the end my nigga
Wolf Pack, nigga
Shouts out from Lil B to that Wolf Pack nigga
100 thousand)
(Bitch Mob nigga
I got bitches calling my phone right now
Pretty bitch, nigga
Pretty boy crack, nigga
Lil B in this motherfucker)
You niggas gon' respect it
30 rounds clips and I'm strapped like the Taliban
Yeah man it's that motherfucking Bitch Mob movie
That motherfucking Bitch Mob
Produced by Lil B man
Shouts out to my motherfucking Young nigga
Certified hits nigga we rockin'
[Hook] x2
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ID made for body found in Neches in May 2013
UPDATE: The body that was located in the Neches River on May 16, 2013, has been positively identified as Jose Guadaloupe Perez Campos, 34, of Calcasieu Parish. The investigation is ongoing as authorities await the final autopsy results for cause of death. Anyone with information on Mr. Perez Campos is asked to contact the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at (409) 835-8411.
According to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, an unidentified body was found on the Neches River south of the Interstate 10 Purple Heart Memorial Bridge on Thursday, May 16.
The Sheriff's office received a call from a local fisherman at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Thursday regarding the discovery. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Marine Division located the body, and the deceased person's remains were recovered with the assistance of the Beaumont Fire Department Dive Team.
JCSO personnel indicated they would not be able to give race or sex until the autopsy is complete due to the condition of the remains. The body was transported to the Jefferson County Morgue and is awaiting autopsy.


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(Reuters) - Prospects are looking better for Advanced Micro Devices Inc, the No. 2 maker of microprocessors for personal computers whose revenue fell sharply last year, as computer servers acquired last year in its purchase of tiny startup company SeaMicro bolster results, Barron's said.
"SeaMicro offers AMD a chance to take share in the mainstream server-computer market, in which Intel sells about 96 percent of the chips," Barron's said, citing industry data. "SeaMicro's technology looks good; its management team, astute; and the market opportunity, promising."
Barron's said Dan Niles, an investor with AlphaOne Capital Partners, believes AMD shares could double to over $8 by 2015 if company revenue grows to $7 billion and other sales measurements improve.
Company revenue fell 17 percent last year to $5.4 billion, following gains in 2010 and 2011, Barron's said. Recent results were hurt by weakening sales of personal computers and strong demand for Intel's Xeon line of server chips, the newspaper said.
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Top 30 Rums Countdown # 13 – Rum Nation Panama 21 Year Old Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on December 12, 2012
Rum Nation has recently invaded my home Province of Alberta with a very interesting assortment of aged rums from the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The man behind this invasion is Fabio Rossi, who began his life in the spirits trade as a Oenologist (one who has studied winemaking). After his studies, Mr. Rossi left the wine business and started up a whisky company in Edinburgh (Wilson and Morgan) acting as an independent bottler of Single Malt Scotch Whisky. His interest turned to rum and in 1999 Fabio Rossi founded Rum Nation. His company is headquartered in Italy; but Fabio purchases select rums from various distillers in the Caribbean and the Americas. As a result Rum Nation provides a rather unique assortment of rare limited edition rum bottlings.
One such Bottling is the number 12 Rum in my countdown, the Rum Nation Panama 21 Years:
# 13 – Rum Nation Panama 21 Year Old Rum
"… Dry fruit in the form of raisins, dates, and prunes are rising which seems to hint at a sherry influence although I have learned that these sherry-like accent are very typical for Panamanian Rums. Dark caramel, baking spices, walnuts and rich oak notes all build up as the glass sits. I also notice a flamboyance in the air as tropical fruit, canned apricots, orange marmalade and the rich aroma of pipe tobacco have also reached up into the breezes above the glass…"
If this is an example of the care which Rum Nation is taking in selecting the rum for their limited edition bottlings, then I think they are on to something very good!
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Aramis Ramirez is so hot, he may hear the sounds of cash registers ringing in his sleep.
Ramirez went 4-for-5 with two home runs and a career-high seven RBIs on Monday night in the Cubs' 11-6 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.
"It's a great finish, he's finishing strong," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "And, boy, it came right on time for us."
Juan Pierre and Scott Moore also homered as the Cubs won for the sixth time in eight games and put a minor dent in the Phillies' wild-card dreams.
The last Cub with seven RBIs in a game was Corey Patterson on Opening Day 2003 at New York. Ramirez's two-homer night made him the sixth player in Cubs history with 35 home runs and 35 doubles in a season, joining Derrek Lee, Moises Alou, Sammy Sosa, Hack Wilson and Rogers Hornsby.
After a dreadful April and May, Ramirez is enjoying a finishing kick that may lead to a significant raise, either from the Cubs or elsewhere. He has $22 million guaranteed on the remainder of his contract, which includes an opt-out clause after this season that allows him to renegotiate or become a free agent.
Ramirez insisted his future is in his agent's hands.
"I just go out there and play the game," he said. "I'm not that smart to be thinking about playing the game and my contract at the same time. I've been pretty consistent the last few years. Whatever happens, happens."
The Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers, Philadelphia and Detroit are expected to take a run at Ramirez if he goes on the market. With an $11 million salary, Ramirez currently is baseball's fifth-highest paid third baseman, behind Alex Rodriguez ($21.7 million), Adrian Beltre ($12.9 million), Scott Rolen ($12.5 million) and Chipper Jones ($12.3 million).
After staking Sean Marshall to an 8-0 lead with a pair of three-run homers off Jon Lieber and Eude Brito, Ramirez watched Marshall nearly fritter it away. After hitting Ryan Howard in the helmet with one out in the fourth, Marshall fell apart. Three straight hits and a walk later, Jose Hernandez followed with a pinch-hit grand slam, making it 8-6 and ending Marshall's night.
Michael Wuertz, who threw two innings of scoreless relief, was credited with the win, while Ryan Dempster pitched a perfect ninth.
Ramirez stole the show from Howard, who failed to add to his league-leading 57 home runs. Baker said Howard would have his MVP vote, if he had one.
"What's weird is I don't hear his name much," Baker said. "When I look up and see what he's donehe's hitting .316and if you take him off this Phillies team, that's a tremendous void."
Howard is chasing Roger Maris' former all-time record of 61 home runs, still regarded by some as a magic number because it occurred before the chemically enhanced era.
"The magic number is 73," Baker said, referring to Barry Bonds' mark. "Magic numbers change. You can't take 'em away. Anything over 30 is great to me. Forty is awesome. Fifty is seemingly impossible. Sixty is way out there. Seventy is over the top."


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Reward Offered In Death Of Hammond Businesswoman
HAMMOND, La. (AP) — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is offering a $2,500 reward for information about the death last month of Hammond businesswoman Mary Alvarez.
Sheriff Daniel Edwards says in a news release Wednesday that details remain unclear a month after the shooting.
Alvarez was shot once in the head, according to The Advocate (http://bit.ly/TAyxRJ).
Edwards has said that the victim's husband, Vic Alvarez, called 911 on Nov. 14, saying he had returned to their plant nursery to find his wife on the floor, unresponsive and bleeding.
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'Think of a big name in contemporary British jazz - Guy Barker, Andy Sheppard, Tommy Smith etc - and the chances are you will find it listed on the cover of this CD' (The Observer).
This recording is also available in Hybrid SACD (AKD 196).
This recording has taken a few years to reach fruition in that most of the material has been waiting for someone to say "yes" to record it.
The range of musicians came about as a result of who I thought best suited the mood of each piece. I consider myself very fortunate in that I was able to have my first choice of performer on each instrument and they interpreted all my arrangements so well.
Gone from Porgy and Bess is something I always wanted a stab at so I pared down the Gil Evans arrangement to six voices as a showcase for these superb musicians. Lounge Blues is a tune I wrote some years ago and is in memory of a watering hole I discovered in Melbourne. Giant Steps is a trio track and really displays the staggering talent of Gareth Williams. This is his arrangement. Melancholia is my tribute to Duke Ellington. i transcribed it some years ago and only now feel confident enough to perform it on a recording! Boaz started life in the wee small hours on my keyboard and is quite a diversion from the other tracks. I can't think of any other musicians I'd rather have playing it than Nigel Hitchcock and Laurence Cottle. The use of a string quartet is something I;d always been keen to take advantage of, having worked with the Locrian String Quartet on previous occasions, both live and in the studio. They appear on five tracks, four of which (Black Coffee, Sunshower, Ugly Beauty and The Peacocks) had already been performed in a different context. The fifth, Stability, was specially written for this album along with Christine Tobin's original lyrics. Clark Tracey
Clark Tracey - drums, piano, vocals with Andy Sheppard - tenor sax Tommy Smith tenor sax
Tim Garland - tenor sax
Iain Ballamy - soprano sax
Nigel Hitchcock - alto sax, programming
Guy Barker - trumpet
Christine Tobin - vocals
Gareth Williams - piano
Arnie Somogyi - bass
Laurence Cottle - bass
Locrian String Quartet
Yuri Zhislin - violin 1
Jonathan Morton - violin 2
Levine Andrade - viola
Ben Lasserson - cello
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There are annual reports and other periodic financial statements for various group companies including:
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A great tip for hunting pressured bucks is — when hunting natural food sources — where it's common to have several deer in the immediate area, your setups must offer adequate cover.
Also, if you expect a shot opportunity at a mature buck, every approaching deer must be treated with upmost caution. This means no moving around, excess glassing, or practicing coming to full draw on a deer because "it's only a doe."
|For more in-depth tips on hunting pressured deer, pick up your copy of John Ebehart's critically acclaimed DVD, Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails, click here.
It only takes one deer to pick you off and alert all the others. It's also crucial to know where to set up. Conifers, maples, beech and ash are laden with sprawling lower branches that require a lot of trimming for shot opportunities.
In such situations, walk every runway within shooting distance while looking at the tree and pick out the area in the tree that allows the most shot opportunities with the least amount of clearing.
If you can choose between a rough- or smooth-barked tree, choose the latter. Rough-barked trees like white oaks, hickories, locusts and some conifers are difficult to ascend and descend quietly.
If you don't have a choice, take the extra time to remove rough patches on the tree that might come in contact with your boots and/or forearms when you're climbing.
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(dA artists are alright, right?)
I would post more but the list would never end...?!
when I was young:
Tetsuya Nomura
Tetsuya Nomura
Yoshitaka Amano
Oku Hiroya
Tatsuro Iwamoto (probably one of the best character designs I've ever seen)
I have a few favorite artists.
First off
♥ Hayao Miyazaki
♥ Lily
♥ Kantoku
♥ Piero
♥ Twinge
♥ Kanzaki Hiro
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I really love Vladimir Kush
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http://www.beautifullife.info/wp-conten … /16/16.jpg
Sooo beautiful!! *_*
Hayo Miyazaki, (I like to call him Monkey Man though...Dunno why. :X)
I really like David Wenzel (a children's illustrator); http://www.childrensillustrators.com/il … dT/id=742/ , ever since I was little and read The Hobbit comic book he illustrated for. His people are ok, but I think his landscapes and scenery are gorgeous!
Also Fiona Sansom: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/il … om/id=230/
I really adore children's illustrators, and oneday I would like to become on. I am sure I will find many more illustrators that I love, and so, I will be back!
Also M.C Escher.
I've allways looked up to Michael Sowa
SOOO COOL keep the art coming!
I really love Vladimir Kush
I just found this guy called Zimou tan. Totally awesome. Not a lot of his work is on display in google image, but he has a lot of videos. Just look him up on youtube.
Salvador Dali because he was amazing at surrealism, and Michelangelo because he's Italian like me, and he painted the Vatican. (:
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Alexa Meade http://www.linesandcolors.com/images/20 … de_450.jpg
Andy Warhol http://ivanchyk.files.wordpress.com/201 … warhol.jpg
Great artist (:
Hans Haveron
and Jhonen Vasquez
Also love Dali, Da Vinci and Escher.
EDIT: I completely forgot to mention Howard David Johnson.
I want to be this man. Honestly. I want to die and come back as this man. it actually makes me feel really bad about myself xD
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He was such a... LEGEND!
This brings back a few memories...
Alexa Meade
Andy Warhol
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Agreement with Bowling Green Independent School District
|Author: Robin Hume
Date: Friday, August 19th, 2011
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During the 2011-2012 school year, the CEES Program Coordinator, Robin Hume, will be working with Bowling Green Independent School District to provide their elementary teachers with resources for Science instruction. She will be working with the district two days per week to provide instructional support for Science teachers. She will also be available to lead Science lab experiences for teachers upon request. This partnership will hopefully help teachers plan instruction for Science more easily and will also allow more opportunities for the children to learn Science concepts through environmental education.
In the Fall, Robin and other members of the CEES staff will be taking fourth graders from Bowling Green City Schools to perform a water quality analysis at Trammel Creek. Students will be testing pH levels, dissolved oxygen levels, the presence of certain macroinvertebrates, and the velocity of the water. Students will use this information to determine the quality of the water in Trammel Creek.
The season of Fall welcomes Potter-Gray Elementary School to Trammel Creek in Alvaton, KY to learn about water quality testing.
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October 12, 2012
Placer County's budget picture has changed dramatically since I joined the Board of Supervisors in January 2009.
When I arrived, the budget news was dire, the result of the persistent and growing economic slowdown.
At my second board meeting, we approved four mandatory unpaid days off for most County employees and several other budget adjustments to eliminate a mid-year $9.5 million revenue shortfall. The following month, we received a report that predicted the County would continue to face operating deficits for several years.
Today, many fiscal challenges remain, but we see light at the end of the tunnel. Revenue is beginning to bounce back, though not fast enough to keep pace with projected cost increases. As staff likes to say, we are tiptoeing, rather than sprinting toward recovery.
As board chairwoman, I am pleased to present this state-of the-county series to give the public a clear picture of where Placer County has been in recent years, where it stands today and how we are planning for a stronger, more stable future.
The last four years have been extremely challenging for the County and I want to be sure everyone fully understands the magnitude of the issues we've faced, and will continue to face.
In hindsight, there are things that we might have handled differently, but we did learn from our mistakes along the way and succeeded in preserving the County's fiscal health, protecting core services to the public and avoiding the large-scale layoffs that many nearby local governments experienced.
I am particularly pleased at how well the board, management and staff worked together to move Placer County through tough times. We struggled at times—we did not rehire unfilled positions, we had to cut hours to certain services and had to put many projects on hold because of budget constraints. But through hard work, commitment to serve the public, internal compromise and sacrifice, we are in a better place than we might otherwise have been.
A few statistics help tell the story.
Property tax revenue, the County's leading source of discretionary revenue, is projected to drop by about 1 percent this fiscal year. If the projection proves accurate, annual revenue from that source will have dropped $16.4 million, or 12.4 percent, since 2007-08.
Since 2007, during a time that demand for services remained the same or grew, the size of the County workforce has fallen 15.4 percent to approximately 2,150 filled positions largely because of a hiring freeze. On the other hand, the County has laid off only about 25 employees during that period.
One of the keys to the County's ability to stay above water while dealing with the economic slowdown has been a far-sighted approach to budgeting, service delivery and infrastructure planning.
In 2003, for example, the board adopted policies that place a high priority on budgeting conservatively to give the County flexibility to handle revenue and cost fluctuations; using one-time revenues for one-time costs, rather than ongoing expenses; and relying on a pay-as-you-go approach as much as possible to keep the County debt load light.
When the recession appeared on the horizon, Placer County acted quickly and decisively.
The board approved a hiring freeze as part of a drive to cut costs and avoid layoffs. It asked employees to pay larger shares of their pension and health premium costs, and created a two-tier pension system that pays new hires less generous benefits, but ensures that benefit costs can be sustained in the long term. People are staying healthy, living longer and collecting benefits longer, which add long-term costs to the County's retirement projections.
The County tried new innovative, cost-effective approaches to providing services and has implemented almost 150 suggestions from a County Cost Savings Task Force.
While Placer County has put some road, building, equipment maintenance, and other projects on hold, our success in dealing with the recession is particularly impressive because we continue to provide all mandated public services, have found ways to handle increased demand for many optional services, and made progress on badly needed construction projects. Those achievements will be my focus in part two of the series.


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Top Philanthropy Research Prize Awarded to Albany Consultant Robert M. Penna, Ph.D.
April 24, 2012
AFP has awarded its top research award, The Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy, to Robert M. Penna, Ph.D., of Albany, N.Y., for his pioneering book, The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results, published by John Wiley & Sons.
Each year, the AFP Research Council awards the Skystone Partners Prize for Research to the author of a book that contributes substantially to the knowledge and understanding of fundraising or philanthropic behavior. The award is made possible by an endowment established by Skystone Partners, an international fundraising consulting firm, through the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy to encourage advanced research that extends the knowledge of fundraising and philanthropy.
The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox is an in-depth and comprehensive treatment on outcome use and assessment for nonprofit organizations. Of great interest to nonprofits will be how the book brings in tools and approaches used in the corporate sector and shows readers how they can be effective for philanthropic and governmental organizations.
"Beyond serving as a virtual encyclopedia on the topic, this book remains practical and entertaining through its smart organization and lively presentation," said AFP's Research Council in a statement about the honoree. "This volume was selected with intentional recognition that fundraising takes place within the larger organizational context. Success in fundraising serves, but is also served by, overall organizational effectiveness. This book provides an accessible and comprehensive set of tools for promoting that effectiveness. In keeping with the qualifications and criteria for this AFP research prize, Dr. Penna's book is outstanding."
Penna is a consultant to the nonprofit sector, and one of the nation's leading experts in comparative outcome models and their application to the work of nonprofits. In addition to his consulting practice, he currently works for the Albany-based Family and Children's Service of the Capital Region as a program developer, and serves as the international coordinator for Charity Navigator, responsible for the development of that group's activities beyond U.S. borders. He also serves on Charity Navigator's advisory board and is a member of the Alliance for Effective Social Investing. From 2000 to 2008, he was a senior consultant to The Rensselaerville Institute, facilitating its nationwide outcome management seminars, serving as project lead for the Institute's design of a program reporting system for the United Nations, and worked on projects for, among others, the A.E. Casey Foundation, the National Geographic Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. He was also the lead author of the Institute's book, Outcome Frameworks.
Penna previously worked 13 years as a staff member for the New York State Senate. He grew up in the Bronx, graduated from Fordham University, and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University with a specialization in urban and municipal affairs.
"Skystone Partners is delighted with the Research Council's selection for the Prize for Research this year," said Elizabeth Kohler Knuppel, managing partner for Skystone Partners. "As more philanthropists seek to make investments based on verifiable outcomes, Dr. Penna's work demystifies the process of setting, managing and reporting realistic outcomes for today's nonprofit organization."
AFP presented the Skystone Partners Prize for Research at its board meeting before the 49th AFP International Conference on Fundraising in Vancouver, British Columbia.
"Nonprofit effectiveness and performance should rightly be on the minds of every nonprofit professional, but it's a difficult issue that many charities can't get their arms around—how best to measure their impact and communicate it to the public," said Andrew Watt, FInstF, president and CEO of AFP. "What Dr. Penna has done is create a ground-breaking, definitive roadmap for all charities in assessing and expressing their capacity and outcomes. The volume couldn't come at a more crucial time with the giving public clamoring for ways to identify and support charities that make a real difference. AFP is proud to honor Dr. Penna for this exceptional work."
To purchase this book and other helpful guides on fundraising and nonprofit management, visit the AFP Bookstore.
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LITTLE ROCK Starting a series is hard. Just ask the producers of Made in Jersey. So it helps to have an indelible character to keep viewers entertained long enough to get them invested in stories they don't know and actors they've often never seen.
The most memorable scene stealers in this fall's new series largely carry on the tradition of Kramer (Seinfeld), Carla (Cheers) or, more currently, Schmidt (New Girl), Ron Swanson (Parks and Recreation) and Roger Sterling (Mad Men) — firing off the best lines from the side while the leads carry the story forward. The screen time may be limited, but it comes with the "freedom to just go in and do my job as an actor," says Sara Rue, who appears on the new Malibu Country and knows what it's like to be the lead from her time on the mid-'00s sitcom Less Than Perfect.
This time around, "I get to just show up, wear my fake nails, flounce around and say my funny lines and go home," she says. "It's kind of great."
Go On (NBC)
Role: Mr. K, one of the group-therapy patients who charm and torment Matthew Perry's Ryan King.
Defining quality: Slackjawed oddness.
Specialties: Non sequiturs; dead-eyed stares; beard fondling.
You might have seen him: As Chris Elliott's sidekick in Eagleheart or one of the unsettling Little Bit of Luck characters in New York Lottery ads.
Go On has dizzying quirks per capita even without Mr. K, a man Gelman describes as "a positive Hannibal Lecter." But the character's peculiarity stands out even from the other goofballs. The Lecter comparison stems from Mr. K's intense observation of his surroundings, Gelman says, as he hovers — watching, always watching — on the fringe of group activities. When Mr. K does act out, he's equally likely to share a convincing Gene Kelly impersonation, a savantlike understanding of real estate law or an enthusiasm for streaking.
Ben and Kate (Fox) Role: BJ, a co-worker and sidekick to the titular Kate. Defining quality: A Gervaisian mix of cluelessness and self-regard. Specialties: Brassy quips; bad decisions. You might have seen her: Cuckolding Anthony Hopkins in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, antagonizing Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, licking Steve Carell in Dinner for Schmucks.
In this sitcom about mismatched but loving siblings sharing a roof, BJ is a saucy conniver who keeps the show's sweetness in check. "She's coming from somewhere darker and corrupt," says Punch.
Early episodes found her helping Ben steal a tree from an ex-girlfriend's backyard and faking her death to get out of a relationship. Punch finds laughs in the gap between reality and her character's oblivious ego.
Punch, who grew up in London but now lives in Los Angeles, didn't set out to become a comic actress. But it's a niche she embraces, at times unintentionally. Early dramatic auditions found her striving for wrenching emotion but inspiring something else.
"I thought I was giving some really intense, moving performance, and instead I moved everyone to tears of laughter," she says. "I don't know if that's natural humor or my atrocious acting."
Malibu Country (ABC)
Role: Kim, nosy neighbor to a fish-out-of-water Tennessee family headed by Reba (Reba McEntire) and her mother, Lillie Mae (Lily Tomlin).
Defining quality: California shallow.
Specialty: Personal space violations.
You might have seen her: In Less Than Perfect or in recurring roles on Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement.
Actorly insecurity almost prevented Rue from joining Malibu Country. She rejected early overtures from the producers because "I just felt like they weren't going to give me the job," Rue says, laughing. "I wrote myself off."
Her reluctance was because Kim, an oversharing socialite with verve, runs counter to Rue's typical "uncomfortable-in-my-own-skin awkward girl" roles. But she found a secret weapon in her cable box. "I've watched a lot of Real Housewives of Orange County and Beverly Hills," she says. "Both of those shows really inform the character."
After starring in Less Than Perfect, which ran from 2002 to 2006, she is happy to cede "the pressure of carrying the show" to McEntire. "She has such a huge fan base and such a huge following," Rue says. "It's kind of a relief to just be like, 'Oh my gosh, you handle this part.'"
Nashville (ABC) Role: Watty White, a country music guru. Defining quality: Grizzled wisdom. Specialty: Sage, plot-goosing ideas. You might have seen him: Acting in Thirtysomething, performing at Jazz at Lincoln Center, partying with The Eagles at the Troubadour in the '70s. A Nashville, Tenn., Yoda who, as one character notes, has "discovered half the people in this town," White links the subplots and frames the big-picture narrative about a town full of flawed strivers (like Connie Britton's Rayna Jaymes). "He kind of shows up occasionally and provides perspective and some clarity," says Souther.
Souther's easy authenticity as a seen-it-all music business Zelig probably springs from his having seen plenty himself. A fixture in the Los Angeles country-rock scene in the 1970s, he was a writer of several of The Eagles' hits ("Heartache Tonight," "New Kid in Town") and performed with (and dated) Linda Ronstadt. Other hits followed, but he dropped out of the recording business in the mid-'80s, after the rise of MTV. "People I knew were thinking about the videos while they were writing the songs, and it didn't appeal to me," he says.
Souther, who moved to Nashville a decade ago, continued writing songs for Bonnie Raitt and the Dixie Chicks, among others; when he started putting out records again in 2008, they were jazzier affairs (including Midnight in Tokyo, released last month).
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Island fleeced in land deals
As stated in the Press of Feb. 7, 2008, Jamestown stands to lose $31,000 in state aid as part of Governor Carcieri's plan to reduce Rhode Island's budget defi- cit. To avoid an increase in our taxes, we must look for other sources of revenue. Luckily, unlike many other towns, we own several income producing properties that third parties would like to lease such as West Ferry, East Ferry and the golf course. Two weeks ago, West Ferry was leased for $12,500 annually, which can be used to offset the reduction in state aid.
But suppose that the town administrator had decided to lease that property for zero dollars, after all it's less than one acre. Would citizens demand an inquiry? A ridiculous supposition you say, no one would ever squander the town's assets in such a manner. If you thought that, then you would be wrong. On Jan. 14, 1980, the town council signed a lease with the state's Department of Environmental Management for the town's 20 acres on Beavertail for 80 years for zero dollars based on the remote possibility that Jamestown would receive part of the gate receipts should there ever be an admission fee to the park. Jamestown had owned those beautiful 20 acres of water front property since 1973, seven years before there ever was a state park.
See the lease on page 611 Vol. 75 of the land evidence records.
Is such a lease even legal, where the lessee gets everything and the lessor gets nothing, not even the symbolic $1? Sounds more like extortion to me. Have we given up, de facto, sovereignty and ownership of those 20 acres like we have the 1.62 acres, aka. Newport Street, that defined the boundary between the federal, later state, property at the northwestern border of Fort Wetherill? There the state didn't even bother to draw up a worthless lease. In an inter-office memo of Aug. 25, 1988, the DEM ordered the removal of that part of Newport Street. This confiscation was without any compensation to the taxpayers of Jamestown. Only a couple of Jamestowners, who used to bicycle down that street, questioned this destruction which gives a new meaning to the term highway robbery.
That part of Newport Street can be seen on Plat Map 10. The map was recently changed to depict that street as a paper road, but still the property of Jamestown. When I made a copy, it was still shown as a normal road. Most of it is still shown on Google Earth.
The survey points that define the exact boundaries of Fort Wetherill are listed in the Quit Claim Deed, Vol. 66, page 821 of the land evidence records and depicted on the survey map from the National Park Service on fiel at the tax collector's office.
Will the council or any appointed member of a commission or a manager charged with the responsibility of overseeing the proper or improper use of town-owned land stand up for the taxpayers and get us adequate compensation, fair market value, for those lost lands and stop the fleecing of Jamestown?
I doubt it, for after all, the symbol of Jamestown is a sheep.
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Should I Sell Grandma's Locket?
Gold prices are really high right now …
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Investors pushed the price of gold above $600 an ounce on Thursday, up from around $500 at the end of November. Gold hasn't been this valuable in 25 years. Does that mean it's time to sell your gold jewelry?
No. The American jewelry market isn't really set up for investment buying and selling. When you buy a gold necklace at the retail store, a major portion of the bill covers the jewelry's design and manufacture. That means the 20 percent increase in international gold prices translates to a much smaller increase in the value of your necklace. The markup is less significant overseas, where many people do consider gold jewelry an investment.
If you have a gold necklace, you probably don't know how much gold you have to sell. Retail jewelers almost never tell you how many grams of gold you're getting when you buy an item. They might tell you the purity of the gold used in the necklace—that it's 14 karat and not 18 karat—but not the quantity.
The amount of gold used in a standard piece of jewelry fluctuates with the market. Jewelry manufacturers use more gold per item when gold is cheap and less gold when it's expensive. That way they're able to keep the price of a gold necklace stable, even when gold prices fluctuate wildly. Casual consumers expect to pay a certain amount for a piece of jewelry. If the gold market forced jewelry prices higher, they'd stop buying.
You might wonder why a jewelry retailer wouldn't mark up the necklaces in the window when the newspapers report that gold has become more valuable. After all, that's what gas station owners do when oil prices rise. This difference in behavior can be explained in a couple of ways. First, gas station owners aren't selling a luxury product that customers expect to buy at a certain price. Second, it's much easier for a gas station owner to physically change his prices—all he needs to do is slide a new digit onto the sign and adjust the pumps. If a jewelry retailer wanted to raise his prices even a small amount, he'd have to retag every little item on the shelves.
But all of this goes out the window when the price of gold gets high enough. The political turmoil of the late 1970s helped to push gold from $215 an ounce in 1978 to well over $800 in early 1980. The Associated Press reported mass sell-offs in London and New York: "People formed long lines outside jewelry stores, clutching old coins, candlesticks, watches, bowls—anything that contained gold or silver."
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NEW YORK (AP) — The playwright of Valerie Harper's Broadway show "Looped" is suing the actress for $2 million, claiming she didn't disclose she had cancer until after she signed on to star in the play.
According to the Daily News (http://nydn.us/1k2vP27 ), Matthew Lombardo says Harper and her husband concealed her lung cancer from him until it spread to her brain.
Harper had to pull out of last year's national tour of the play.
The lawsuit says the 74-year-old former "Rhoda" star knew in 2009 she had lung cancer but "knowingly withheld the truth." The suit was filed in Manhattan Federal Court.
It was a counterclaim to one Harper filed demanding she be paid for the production she left for health reasons.
The Daily News says Harper couldn't be reached for comment.
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By Mary A. Sego
Title: Opal D. Stech scrapbook, 1928-1934
Primary Creator: Stech, Opal D. (Opal Dorris) (1909-2005)
Extent: 0.2 Cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Chronological
Date Acquired: 01/23/2009
Subjects: Purdue University--Students, Women's Archives at Purdue University, Women college athletes
Forms of Material: Clippings (Information artifacts), Printed ephemera, Programs, Scrapbooks, Souvenir programs
Languages: English
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: 1 half width mss. box
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions: Copyright retained by the heirs of Opal D. Stech.
Physical Access Note: Scrapbook is in fragile condition and must be handled with care. Pages that have fallen out have been placed in acid-free folders.
Acquisition Source: Vicki Morreale
Acquisition Method: Donated by Vicki Morreale, 2009.
Preferred Citation: MSA 36, Opal D. Stech scrapbook, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by EW 11/9/2012
Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/MSA36_Stech.pdf


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The third in a 3 part lecture series by Michael Steinlauf, the Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar in Yiddish Culture.
S. Anski's work about spirit possession, The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds, became the most popular play in the history of Yiddish theater. This lecture will track the traces of Anski's Dybbuk both on and off the stage over the past century.
Director of the Gratz Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program, Dr. Michael C. Steinlauf holds an M.A. in Literature from Columbia University and a doctorate in Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. He is the author of Bondage to the Dead: Poland and the Memory of the Holocaust (1997), which examines how the experience of witnessing the Holocaust shaped Polish history and consciousness in the half century after World War II. He was a contributing editor to the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, published by Yale University Press in 2008, and the editor of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, v. 16 (2003), the first collection of studies focusing on Jewish popular culture in Poland and its contemporary afterlife. His writings have been translated into Hebrew, Polish, German and Italian. Professor Steinlauf has also been active in various kinds of Jewish memory work in Poland. He has lectured at the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival and the University of Warsaw, taught in the Musicians' Raft program organized by the Borderlands Foundation in Sejny, Poland, and served as chief historical advisor and curator of modern Jewish culture for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which will open in Warsaw in 2013. He is currently at work on a study of the Yiddish writer and activist Y. L. Peretz.


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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - The trial of two high school football players in eastern Ohio accused of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl at a party last summer will continue on Saturday as the high-profile case enters its fourth day of testimony.
Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, are charged with sexually assaulting the victim in the early morning of August 12, 2012.
The case drew national attention to the Ohio steel town of Steubenville, on the West Virginia border 40 miles west of Pittsburgh, after a photo and video from the party that appeared to document the assault were posted online.
On Friday, Mark Cole, a teammate granted immunity for his testimony, said he recorded a video of Mays performing the act on the girl during a car ride between houses in Steubenville the night of the party, but deleted it the next morning.
"It was one of those moments when you realize you did something wrong or stupid," Cole said during testimony. He said he drank eight to 10 beers that night and his memory of the evening was foggy.
Evan Westlake, who was also granted immunity, testified he saw Richmond commit a sex act on the girl on the basement floor of a house the same night last August.
Mays and Richmond are accused of raping the girl when she was too drunk to move or speak. She told police she did not remember what happened and reported the incident the next day after hearing details from friends. The boys have denied raping her and say any sex that occurred was consensual.
Defense attorneys have questioned whether the witnesses in the case remembered details from the party or were repeating rumors that circulated afterward through their social groups or from investigators looking into the rape allegations.
The juvenile charges against Mays and Redmond are being heard by visiting Judge Tom Lipps. If convicted, they could be required to stay at a juvenile detention facility until they turn 21 and then register as sex offenders.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Global gold sales slipped in 2012 for the first time in three years as the biggest central bank purchases in half a century weren't able to offset a decline in demand from India, an industry group said Thursday.
The World Gold Council said that 4,405.5 metric tons were sold in 2012, down 176.8 metric tons, or 4 percent, from 4,582.3 metric tons in 2011. It's the first annual decline since 2009.
However, the value of gold sold last year rose to an all-time high of $236.4 billion because of the rising price for the yellow metal, which rose 6 percent to an average of $1,669 per ounce.
The council said gold demand in India, the world's biggest market, fell 12 percent last year to 864.2 metric tons. Demand fell 36 percent in the first half of 2012 as Indian buyers cut back because of new import duties, higher local gold prices and market turmoil over government plans to curb imports.
However, demand picked up again in the second half ahead of the wedding and festival season, which includes events such as Diwali. Fears of another hike in import duties also helped spur second-half buying.
"We see time and again that cultural and religious aspects of gold buying in India surpass any restrictions and blockage," said Albert Cheng, a managing director at the World Gold Council.
Demand in China, the world's second biggest market, held steady at 776.1 metric tons, even as the country went through a painful economic slowdown. The council said that while China's rebound from the slump bodes well for gold demand, "the indications are for a steady firming of demand rather than for strong growth."
Central banks, looking to diversify their foreign currency reserves, stepped up their purchases of the precious metal. They bought 534.6 metric tons of gold last year, the highest amount in 48 years. Some countries, including Brazil and Paraguay, started buying gold for the first time last year, the report said.
Central banks became net buyers of gold in the second quarter of 2009, and have added 1,100 metric tons to global gold reserves since then.
"The list of countries actively adding to their official gold holdings remains heavily concentrated in developing markets, which partly reflects the scale of growth in the reserves of these markets over the recent years," said the report.
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Jaws 3-D
Rated PG
1 Slime
Copyright Universal Pictures 1983
By: InformationGeek
Michael Mike Brody: Dennis Quaid! The chief engineer for the park, the brother of Sean Brody, and he is Kathryns boyfriend. He takes part in the hunt for the Great White and manages to take it out with a grenade that happens to be in the right place.
Kathryn Morgan: She is the head biologist for the park and is the girlfriend of Michael. She seems to be more interested in the dolphins and capturing a live Great White, rather than the lives of other people.
Sean Brody: He is the brother of Michael and is Kelly Anns love interest. He has a fear of the water and frankly, who can blame him? The events of this movie sure dont help him overcome those fears either.
Kelly Ann Bukowski: Lea Thompson! She is a water skier that works in the park and is Seans main love interest. The shark slashes her leg, but she manages to pull through.
Calvin Bouchard: Louis Gossett Jr.! The owner of the new Sea World and is one for getting his park recognize. Unlike the mayor from the first movie, he is more responsible when it comes down to closing the park and stopping people from getting hurt.
Philip FitzRoyce: He is a world class hunter and a friend of Calvin. He takes a personal interest in the shark and volunteers to help kill it. His preference for killing it is with a grenade. The shark, however, doesnt give him the opportunity. He is swallowed whole and crushed to death, I think, inside the mouth of the shark.
Jack Tate: He is Philips friend and partner in their hunting expedition. He doesnt provide much for the film.
Shelby Overman: An employee of the park and is the first victim of the shark. Strange, I thought the shark ate all of him, but he is found later with his head and most of his torso.
Shark: I dont believe this one is related to the first two sharks of this series. Its probably some random Great White that managed to end up inside the park. It has quite an appetite, since it manages to eat 3 people and a rubber raft in less than 24 hours. After its baby is killed, it decides to go on a rampage and attacks everyone in the park. It also seem to get bored rather quick since I swear it keeps yawning. Just like the first shark, it goes boom, but with a grenade that is blown up inside its mouth.
+ The most effective way to kill any shark is by blowing it up
+ Sea World needs to promote better material.
+ It is always a good to work on things underwater at night.
+ People will pay top dollar for coral.
+ Sharks like to leave no trace behind of one of their attacks.
+ Shark hunting is best done in the dark.
+ Sharks are good at pretending to sleep.
+ Sharks can swim backwards.
+ Metal gates are weak against the strength of a Great Whites tail.
1 min The fish is breathing?
5 min They sound thrilled.
14 min Im pretty sure the arm bone isnt like that.
16 min Ladies and gentlemen, another thrilling scene from Jaws 3D!
18 min The movie Frogs suddenly pops into my mind.
22 min Ever get that feeling of déjà vu?
33 min Questionable use of multiple green screens here.
36 min Shark puppet?
37 min 48 sec Freeze Frame! Oh man, that is so awesomely bad.
46 min Sharks always seem to head butt people.
51 min Traumatize him? You already did that by capturing him and Im pretty sure he traumatized a bunch of people more.
53 min So, this doesnt remind of me Sea World with the dancing pig and stuff.
55 min I smell a future lawsuit.
59 min Alright, Ill give it credit it for that spooky moment.
60 min Ewww
65 min British guys are pretty tough.
67 min 12 sec What? You dont feel that shark bumping your skis? You should since it is so close.
67 min 29 sec Morons!
71 min RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A SEA WORLD ATTRACTION!
78 min Hey, its sunny under the water now.
80 min The shark is yawning.
82 min How did he get inside of the mouth of shark without any wounds?
87 min Man, sharks are strong!
91 min 17 sec That is so bad, that I love it!
91 min 40 sec RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CONTROL ROOM!
93 min You cant get much more fake than that.
Little girl: Daddy, look at the big fish.
Dad: OH S**T!!!!
Kay: No, Overman was killed INSIDE the park, the baby was caught INSIDE the park, its mother is INSIDE the Park!
Ah yes, a Jaws sequel. Always a pleasant experience, but thats not all! Its in 3 D! Yeah, I didnt watch it in that format, but I figure I bring it up. This movie is also known as Jaws 3 and is one of most hated sequels of any movie. After experiencing it, I can safely say that it isnt as bad as number 4, but man, wasnt this a ride!
The movie begins with us learning about a Sea World opening up being run by Calvin Bouchard and a large Great White sneaking into the park through an entrance gate that leads into the ocean. The large park is gigantic lagoon with a bunch of rides and attractions on it, including a large underwater tunnel complex where people can observe the sea creatures in the lagoon. We also find out that Michael Brody is now working for the park as the chief engineer and is living with his girlfriend, Kathryn Morgan. His brother, Sean Brody, is coming into town and Philip FitzRoyce & Jake Tate, professional hunters, have come to the park as invited guests.
We cut away to later that day with Shelby Overman, an employee of the park, repairing the gate that shark came through. Said shark shows up and eats him, leaving behind an arm, which is used very obviously for the 3D gimmick. More scenes continue with us meeting Kelly Ann Bukowski, a water skier and main love interest for Sean, who is flirting with Sean at a restaurant with his brother and there two hapless criminals trying to steal coral from the lagoon. You already guessed it, and your right, the shark gets the two guys. Heck, it even gets there rubber boat. No need to leave evidence behind I suppose.
The next day, it is discover that Shelby is missing and they assume he drowned somewhere in the lagoon, since he is known for getting drunk and passing out in work. Why even have the guy around? Michael and Kathryn decide to search the lagoon in a mini-sub. At this point, we see some of the worse use of green screen ever as the sub moves throughout the lagoon. Might have been a 3D gimmick, but it was sure bad. So, the two of them decide to check out the fake sunk ship in the lagoon to see if Shelby floated this way. They are suddenly attack by the shark, which looks more like hand puppet, and are force to swim away. At this point, the shark now has turned into a real one, so it is much more convincing now. Luckily, two trained dolphins manage to take them to safety. Yah for Flippers cousins!
Michael and Kathryn inform Calvin about the appearance of the shark. Philip & Jake offer to kill the beast for Calvin as some sort of publicity, but Kathryn proposes that they actually capture and contain the beast, so they can be the first ever people to have a Great White in captivity. Theres a very good reason why Great White arent kept in captivity or why people shouldnt try. Ah yes, an idiotic moment from a supposedly smart person. What bad movie would be complete with one? Calvin agrees to let them capture the shark and everyone pitches in to help.
During the night, they find and capture the shark. What I find strange about it is that the shark is surprisingly very small despite eating 3 people and a rubber raft in the span of less than a day. They take it back to their base to study and observe it, while the next day Sea World opens up to the public. Tons of people flood the park and are eager to explore it, but I cant help but think the lunch bell has rung for the shark.
Everything seems to be going alright, with people checking out the Undersea Kingdom (Which is the underwater tunnel complex) and Sean and Kelly Ann are riding the bumper boats. Calvin has the shark put on display for the public, but it dies abruptly. Well that was anticlimactic for a shark movie. But back with Undersea Kingdom attraction, Overmans body is discovered floating around and it is brought back to the base to be examined. Kathryn and Michael make a shocking discovery while looking at the body and rush to find Calvin. Meanwhile, we also learn that something has back up the filtration system in one of pipes. Guess who?
Michael and Kathryn arrive at an underwater bar where Calvin, Philip, and Jake are at. They tell them about finding Overman and telling them it was indeed a shark that killed him, but it was most likely the mother of the shark they had, which they predict is about 35 ft long. They spot the shark in water outside the bar and immediately begin to try to shut down the park. Calvin tries to get everyone out of the Undersea Kingdom; Jake, Philip, and Kathryn rush to get everyone out of lagoon; and Michael tries to stop the water ski show.
The shark begins its descendent on the water skiers, but they luckily pulled out of the water. The shark then starts attacking the bumper boats and bites down on Kelly Anns leg. Jake and Philip manage to pull her out of the water in time. Calvin contacts the people in Undersea Kingdom to start leaving, but the shark appears and starts attacking it. People are forced to take cover in one of the undersea rooms and are sealed in to prevent water from pouring in after the shark springs a large leak.
It turns to night again and everyone has come up with a plan to save the people in the Undersea Kingdom. Philip & Jake will lure the shark back into the filtration pipe and seal her in, Kathryn & Michael will patch up the hole in the attraction, and Calvin will monitor and give directions from the underwater control room. Philip manages to lure the shark back into the pipe, with Jake sealing it in, but Philip is swallowed whole by the shark and crush to death inside the mouth. Though it couldve been that he bled out, because there was a bunch of blood inside the mouth of the shark as well.
The shark then breaks out of the filtration pipe and goes after Michael and Kathryn, who have finished fixing the hole. The two dolphins from earlier save them in the nick of time by providing a distraction for the shark. The two of them manage to safely swim back to the control room. Once inside, Calvin opens up the Undersea Kingdom again, allowing people to safely leave without trouble. Then, in the most surreal and so bad, that it is awesome, scene I have ever witness, the shark slowly swims towards the control. It is done with a model shark that is slowly moved towards the camera behind a blue screen, since you can kind of see the shadow outline around the shark. The tail never moves and neither does the mouth until it breaks through the glass, but even then, the mouth opens at least one inch.
So the shark smashes through the control room window (I think Calvin shouldve sprung for better Plexiglas if it breaks so easily) and it bites down on one of the workers in the room. Calvin grabs the other worker and swims to safety with her, while Michael and Kathryn are left to face down the shark. However, they notice inside the mouth of the shark is Philips body, which Im surprise the shark didnt swallow already. They notice in the dead mans hand is a grenade (he always carries one of those in case you are wondering) and decide to use it to their advantage. They manage to pull the pin on grenade and swim away enough for the shark to explode into a bunch of bones and organs. With the shark dead, they swim to the top to celebrate. Once there, they discover that the dolphins are still alive and Kathryn rejoices happily. Yah, many people were brutally killed by the shark, but at least the dolphins are alright.
I dont know about this one. The movie was indeed very bad, but it wasnt extremely terrible. The good stuff from the movie was the soundtrack, which always seems to me to be one of best things of any Jaws film. The acting was good, but Gossetts acting seemed a bit stiff. The overall idea of the plot was pretty neat, with a shark sneaking into a water park and causing terror among the workers and customers. Though it wasnt very suspenseful and it was often very boring sadly.
As for the bad, I think it can be broken down into three very large factors with the first one being the 3D gimmick for the movie. I truly believe this movie was only made in 3D because no one would have seen it, despite being a Jaws film. The effects for the 3D were downright awful and unbelievably fake. The second and what I think is the most damaging for the film is the overall setting. The movie takes place inside of Sea World and I help but notice a lot of it seems like an overall promotion to come to parks with them showing off a lot of things that go on it. Its like one big wet dream for a park executive. The third and the most obvious of them all would be the shark scenes themselves. The sharks appearance goes all over with it looking like toy, to a real shark, and then to a model. The attack scenes are stiff and not shot well, with the biggest one being when the shark attacked Philip. It is just disjointed and badly edited.
Overall though, it wasnt a gigantic train wreck of a movie, unlike number 4 was. Heck, I somewhat enjoyed it and I probably sit through it a couple more times without growing enraged. However, this movie is certainly a stinker and should not be watched by anyone other than a diehard Jaws fan or a b-movie fan.
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Good review IG!
I must say that I really love this film and think that the 3-D angle was interesting, even though this film was only made to make more money. Plus it was 1983, an back then, those effacts probably came across a whole lot better in the cinema. I love anything with huge sharks, but this film is the daddy. The shark is 35+ feet in length and is not CGI, so it's always been win-win with me. I don't care that it's not totally realistic, again, it was 1983 and they did a hell of a job IMO. I mean, nobody these days attempts to make big-budget shark films, it's just all these Z-grade snooze-fests filled with "actors" made of plywood.
I always remembered the scene where the dude was fixing the fence and gets chomped, then later bits of his body pop up at a glass window. Scared me to death a small kid. I also love the part in the pipe, where they try to trap the shark.
Two points though from "Lessons I Learned";
+ Shark hunting is best done in the dark. - Actually true, as sharks (in particular, Great Whites) are more active at night.
+ Metal gates are weak against the strength of a Great Whites tail. - Considering it's a great white that is 35ft in length, I'd say that's highly possible, also depending on the metal.
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