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TG3208 : Common hemp nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit)
taken 1 year ago, near to Brundall, Norfolk, Great Britain
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The Brundall Church Fen Local Nature Reserve
The Brundall Church Fen local nature reserve comprises 3.133 hectares (7.743 acres) of fen and alder carr. It is located south of St Laurence church and accessed via Church Lane, with the River Yare forming its southern, Brundall Broad its western, and the railway line its northern boundary.
The area known as Church Fen was purchased by the Brundall Parish Council in March 1980. Faden's map (1797) shows it as fen or marsh, but on the 1st edition OS map (dating from 1838) it is marked as grazing land. By 1908, a few patches of woodland had appeared. In the 1980s, the site was traversed by two tracks or roadways, the routes of which are today followed by the main footpath leading to the River Yare, and a linked boardwalk further to the west which leads back to Brundall village.
Due to the gradual decline of grazing in the 20th century, the marsh was taken over by scrub and carr until, in 1998, the parish council decided to transform it into a conservation area. In July 2003, the site was officially designated a local nature reserve and in 2006 the council won a prestigious CPRE Norfolk award for the creation and management of the reserve, which is left more or less as nature designed it. Dead and fallen trees are left in place, attracting wood-rotting fungi and providing homes for owls and bats. With public safety in mind, however, access is restricted to the designated path and the boardwalk, and there is no public access at all to the reed bed situated at the centre of the site. Both pathways are flanked by drainage ditches and swamp and walkers are advised to watch their steps.
Anglers have always used the site as a number of fishing perches on the bank of the River Yare attest. Dog walkers are welcome. The Broads Authority maintains 24-hour moorings, known as the Church Fen Moorings.
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It's no secret that a writer's query letter is extremely important in their quest to get a literary agent and get published. Agents evaluate dozens of queries a day, and make requests for more material from the few letters that impress them. They're crucial, and that's why people never get enough articles or advice or samples concerning them. If you're having trouble with your query letter, why not let a literary agent not only instruct you, but also critique your letter, as well? Sounds pretty sweet to me. The agent in question is the awesome Kate McKean, and the webinar is "The Anatomy of a Query Letter" at 1 p.m., EST, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Don't forget that at least 3 agents have signed clients after critiquing their work as part of a WD webinar!
All attendees can turn in their query letter for an agent critique from Kate. This is a big perk! Naturally, if she likes your query, she reserves the right to request more material. Note that at least 3 literary agents have signed clients after seeing their work through a WD webinar.
All Kate's webinar description and info is on the official webinar page. That said, know immediately that Kate will teach you the following in this intensive:
- Why a query must always strive to be informative.
- Silly gimmicks to avoid, such as writing the voice of your character.
- Common mistakes that make an agent send a rejection.
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- How much to say about yourself as well as your plot.
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Kate McKean is a literary agent at Howard Morhaim Literary. She has taught several very popular webinars for WD before, and represents clients who write fiction and nonfiction.
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Auburn football had an unlikely fan across the pond this signing day.
According to Dee Ford's Twitter profile, she's a "boring surveyor from Kent" in England. However, she's become pretty popular with some Auburn fans thanks to a mix up on Twitter.
Not only does she share the same name as an Auburn football player -- the two Dee Fords have similar Twitter handles. That has led to a lot of confusion.
Many people have tweeted the British Dee Ford thinking she was the star football player. She now has hundreds of followers, including Auburn wide receiver coach Damyune Craig.
Even Auburn's Dee Ford has accidentally used the British Dee Ford's Twitter handle instead of his own.
The two Dee Fords have reportedly exchanged messages. The female Dee Ford says she's now a big fan of the defensive end and Auburn despite not knowing a thing about American football before the mix up.
"The Auburn fans have been helping me all the time. They don't mind if I ask a really stupid question. Somebody had to explain to me what the tight end was tonight," Dee Ford said.
She even tried to get tickets to an NFL game in England this summer but they were sold out.
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Good times with friends, family
Happy Thanksgiving. Today's column is going to be about being thankful. Last weekend was a great weekend, and not because I killed a big buck. It was a great weekend because my boys had a good time with their friends, and we all got to camp and visit with my dad and several of my uncles, cousins, and close friends. I am thankful for my family and friends.We did not kill many deer. As a matter of fact, we didn't even see that many deer, but we had a great time and ate better than most people do when they go out to eat. I am thankful that my dad is still able to be the camp cook.I have figured out that killing the biggest buck is not what deer season is all about. It is a time to enjoy being with friends and family. It's a time to pass on traditions and "laws of the land" to our younger generations in hopes that they will continue where we leave off. I am thankful for this family tradition.Deer season is a time to relive past deer seasons' successes, and even the failures, and make new memories to tell about in the coming years. If I get to hang a tag on a buck or doe during the season, it is just a bonus to me because a lot of the memories happen right there at camp. I am thankful for time spent 'round those campfires.Now don't get me wrong. I hunt every chance I get, and I consider myself a serious hunter. However, if I have Cash or Koby with me, I will turn down a chance to kill a deer if I think they can get a shot at it. I get much more enjoyment out of my boys being successful than being successful myself. I am thankful that my boys enjoy hunting like I do.— — —Moe Gill took his best-ever buck at 7:25 a.m. Saturday close to Wister. He said it was following a little spike by about two minutes. It had 21 points, counting all the tines and all the points near the bases, and he attributes his good fortune to being in the right place at the right time. This big boy green-scored 152 and two-eighths inches.Congratulations, Moe!


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John Bisbee on NPR's All Things Considered
Story posted March 14, 2008
John Bisbee, sculptor and lecturer in art, was the focus of a story broadcast on National Public Radio's All Things Considered Thursday, March 13, 2008.
The segment profiles Bisbee and showcases Bright Common Spikes, an exhibition of his work on display at the Portland Museum of Art through March 23, 2008.
Click here to listen to the All Things Considered segment and view a photo gallery of Bisbee's work.
About Bright Common Spikes: The Sculpture of John Bisbee
Bisbee in The Boston Globe
The January 20, 2008, edition of The Boston Globe features an in-depth profile of Bisbee and his art. Click here to read the article and watch a video slideshow.
Brads, nails, and spikes take on the characteristics of line, mass and color in sculptures by artist and Lecturer in Art John Bisbee. Covering his more than 20-year career, Bright Common Spikes: The Sculpture of John Bisbee, features 20 large-scale abstract sculptures of nails that are welded and forged into various organic configurations. The exhibition will be on view at the Portland Museum of Art January 24, 2008, through March 23, 2008.
Bisbee welds, cuts, hammers, forges, and bends his nails and spikes into a variety of forms for his sculptures. Since 1988, when he overturned a five gallon bucket of nails that had rusted and fused together, he has been creating small- to large-scale sculptures comprising mainly brads, nails and spikes.
Over the years, as Bisbee has gradually increased the size of his nails from brads to 10- and 12-inch spikes, the overall scale of his work has become more expansive. Bisbee began to explore the implications of monumentality in more serious ways with a series he calls "Tons." Each piece is made up of one ton of nails, and to date he has completed 11 "Tons." They vary in type of fabrication and assembly — groups of nails are welded together and piled in various configurations into corners, spread across the floor, or affixed to the wall.
Some "Tons" pieces vary with each new installation, and Bisbee does not determine the exact configuration until the moment a piece is installed. He arrives at the gallery with barrels filled with the component pieces and lets the spirit of the day and the idiosyncrasies of the site suggest the rest. Bisbee's intuitive working method comes closest to the surrealist process of automatic drawing, allowing the subconscious mind to direct the hand.
In addition to the "Tons" series, Bisbee has recently produced more intricately patterned pieces. These works share the decorative flair that characterizes a great deal of contemporary painting and sculpture. For his most recent sculptures, Bisbee uses a forge, press, and hand tools to flatten and bend his nails into even more elaborate shapes that resemble calligraphic lines. Some of these flattened nails are then welded together to form larger mandala-like shapes; others are piled freely on the floor.
Bisbee's solo museum exhibitions include the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y., and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Mo.
A recent recipient of a 2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, Bisbee has also received a Maine State Individual Artist Grant (2000) and The Rappaport Prize (2003), administered by the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. He has also been awarded the Purchase Prize and the William E. Thon Jurors' Prize from the Portland Museum of Art's Biennial exhibition (1998, 2001). His work has been reviewed in Art in America, ARTnews, Sculpture Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
John Bisbee and his art were the focus of a Spring 2005 Bowdoin magazine feature. Read it here.
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Gold prices rose sharply by Rs 285 to Rs 30,375 per 10 grams in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions taking cues from overseas markets.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in April rose by Rs 285, or 0.98 per cent, to Rs 30,375 per 10 grams, with a business turnover of 967 lots.
Similarly, the metal for delivery in June moved up by Rs 272, or 0.92 per cent, to Rs 29,747 per 10 grams, with a trade volume of 32 lots.
Marketmen said fresh positions built-up by speculators in line with global trend as tension in Ukraine exacerbated by Russia's seizure of Crimea boosted demand for a safe haven, mainly led to a rise in gold futures.
Globally, gold in Singapore traded 1.40 per cent higher at USD 1,344.87 an ounce in early trade today.
Silver prices went up by a whopping Rs 538 to Rs 46,900 per kg in futures trade today after participants built-up speculative positions, largely driven by a firming trend overseas.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver for delivery in March shot up by Rs 538, or 1.16 per cent, to Rs 46,900 per kg in a business turnover of 261 lots.
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Living in the Past Together: Ancestry.com Buys 1000memories
1000memories, a rare social start-up that's focused on the past rather than the present or the future, has found a fitting acquirer: Ancestry.com. It's almost too obvious.
1000memories' current team of six employees is staying intact, and moved over to Ancestry.com's office on Monday to continue working on the same products. An update to the ShoeBox app today will enable sharing photos directly to Ancestry.com.
A photo-scanning and scrapbooking app for iOS, Android and the Web called ShoeBox is 1000memories' current product, with some 260,000 users. Earlier in its life, the company had helped people create online memorials for friends and family who passed away.
1000memories co-founder Rudy Adler described the acquisition as a way to get the support of the most senior company in the industry, and to have access to Ancestry.com's own million paying subscribers.
"The next frontier of digitizing family records is photos," Adler said.
Last year, 1000memories had raised $2.5 million in Series A funding led by Greylock Partners and including Caterina Fake, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Mike Maples, Paul Buchheit and Chris Sacca. Though he wouldn't disclose financial terms of the deal, Adler described the acquisition as a "happy" outcome for those investors.


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Should I carry on with my comic? I know it's hardly seen by anyone and I guess no-one really cares.
It's not the fact that it's not the best loved comic in the keenspace army. I love doing this comic cos it's a hobby.
It's just I overflowing with school work that needs to be done and this comic seems to be taken up most of my time.
All I'm saying is will anyone REALLY miss it if I don't carry on for awhile?
Umbrav ^_^
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Three former Auburn baseball players are on Opening Day rosters as Major League Baseball's 2013 season kicks off on Monday.
Josh Donaldson (Athletics), Tim Hudson (Braves) and David Ross (Red Sox) will each open the season on their respective club's 25-man roster while Evan Crawford is on the 40-man roster for the Blue Jays.
Donaldson is in his third year with the Oakland A's and is the expected Opening Day starter at third. Last season the then-26 year old played in 75 games, hitting .241 with 16 doubles and nine home runs as Oakland won the American League West. In two big league seasons he is a .232 hitter. He was a supplemental first-round pick of the Chicago Cubs (No. 48 overall) out of Auburn in 2007.
Hudson will be the Opening Day starter on the mound for the Braves. In his ninth season in Atlanta and his 15th overall, he has a 197-104 career record and he is the all-time winningest former SEC pitcher in MLB history. With just three more wins, he will join the 200 career wins club as he is the fourth-winningest active pitcher currently in the league. A sixth-round pick out of Auburn in 1997 following an All-American career, his 1,801 career strike outs are the 13th most of any active pitcher.
Ross is in his first year in Boston and his 12th year overall. Having spent the last four years in Atlanta, he is in his second stint with the Red Sox, also spending a brief part of the 2008 in Boston. He has also played for the Dodgers, Pirates, Padres and Reds. In 11 years, he is a career .238 hitter.
Crawford made his MLB debut on April 15 of last season and appeared in 10 games for the Blue Jays. Used out of the bullpen, the 2008 eighth-round pick logged eight innings and had a 6.75 ERA.
Forty-five former Auburn players have appeared in the major leagues. One has been named a league MVP (Frank Thomas), one has been a league Rookie of the Year (Gregg Olson), one has been the Comeback Player of the Year (Hudson) and one has been the All-Star Game MVP (Bo Jackson). Hudson, Jackson, Olson and Thomas have combined to appear in nine All-Star games while nine others have been a part World Series Teams (Joe Beckwith, Mark Bellhorn, Justin Christian, Gabe Gross, Josh Hancock, Terry Leach, Jimmy Outlaw, Ray Prim and Frank Thomas).
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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The football team improved their overall record to 2-2 with a solid 49-18 win over Crown on Saturday. Steven Glover led Greenville's offense with three touchdowns among his 110 all-purpose yards.
Immanuel Gamble was Greenville's workhorse in a rushing attack that gained 412 yards on 54 attempts. Gamble posted 207 rushing yards and one touchdown on 18 carries.
Brendan Chambers went 8-of-11 passing with 108 yards and a touchdown pass to Glover. Chambers also rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns.
Greenville opened the game with a touchdown from Gamble on their first possession. Crown earned two touchdowns in the second quarter when Jacob Paridee and Ethan Keller caught passes from Crown's QB, Wes Stafford. GC posted four second quarter touchdowns, three runs from Glover and 1 from Chambers, to open a 35-12 halftime lead.
Brenden Chambers had a touchdown run in the third quarter and Tremil Okoebor added another 6 points for GC in the fourth quarter when he ran 1 yard for a touchdown. With 21 seconds left, Crown's David Ruzga caught a Stafford pass to bring the game to it's final score of 49-18.
Cornerback Blake Bateaste led the Greenville College defense with six solo tackles and four assisted tackles. Linebacker Joey Silva posted a quarterback sack.
The Panthers (2-2, 2-1 UMAC) host MacMurray next Saturday at 1 p.m.


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I've been making this yummy dip for years and often share the recipe. It's a little different than many dishes, easy to make and nice to have on hand. It lasts a couple of weeks in the refrigerator, so get ready to enjoy!
Hope it is a hit at your place too!!
1 - 8 ozs. pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 - 15 ozs. can solid pack pumpkin
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 c. Cool Whip, optional
1 c. Cool Whip, optional
In a medium bowl, blend cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Gradually mix in the pumpkin. Stir in the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and orange juice until smooth and well blended. Stir in cool Whip, if using. Chill until serving. Let stand at least 2 hours before serving to allow flavors to blend.
This is great for dipping graham crackers, gingersnaps or apples.


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Kingdom of the Sun team profiles
CINNCINATI LASALLE: The Lancers are regular visitors to the Kingdom under coach Dan Fleming, who has put together a 372-178 record in 24 years as head coach of the program. LaSalle is one of four teams to win the Kingdom twice in the event's 40-year history. With 25 wins, the Lancers trail only host Vanguard (79) and Orlando Edgewater (29) for most wins in tournament history. "We love coming to the Kingdom and looking forward to playing in it again this year," Fleming said. "We are a tough defensive team and our guys try hard." The Lancers are paced by Tim Bell (Sr.), Blake Simpson (Sr.) and C.J. Fleming (Fr.). One key loss for LaSalle is guard Jeff Larkin, an all-tournament pick in last year's Kingdom, who is recovering from ACL surgery. Larkin, an early signee with Christian Brothers, scored 72 points and made 29-of-49 shots overall (aided by 11-of-25 from 3-point range) a year ago in four games in Ocala.
DEERFIELD BEACH: Last year's tournament runner-ups to Louisville (Ky.) Ballard will enter the Kingdom with a misleading 4-9 record. The Bucks started off 6-1, but leading scorer Marvin Jean-Pierre (21.9 points) was ruled ineligible for being a fifth-year senior. Also gone from last year's squad is the backcourt duo of Terence Johnson (South Alabama) and Marcus Owens (Lamar), both members of the Kingdom's all-tournament team in 2012. Vanderbilt Carpenter (Sr., PG) is back for the Bucks. Carpenter (11.1 points, 5.2 assists, 4.4 rebounds), LeWayne Grant (11.3 points) and Eugene Harvey (7.8 points, 7.4 rebounds) have been the leaders for Deerfield Beach in the early going. Deerfield parlayed last season's runner-up finish at the Kingdom into a berth in the Class 8A final four, where it fell to eventual state champion Oviedo Hagerty. In all, the Bucks have reached the regional playoffs the past three seasons. Deerfield Beach is making its third appearance in the Kingdom.
DELTONA: The Wolves (10-3) enter the Kingdom on a seven-game winning streak. Chad Brown (6-8, Jr.) is committed to UCF, while sophomore Evan Hinson (6-3, G) has high Division I interest in football and basketball. Jerome Monroe (6-6, Sr.) is Deltona's leading scorer and has Division II offers, while Torrey Mayo (5-9, Jr.) and Christian Rodriguez (6-3, Sr.) are others to watch. "We are a very experienced team that plays well together," said Wolves coach Denny Hinson, who is in his second year as head coach. So far this season, two of Deltona's three losses were by a combined five points.
DUNNELLON: The Tigers are off to a 10-3 start under second-year coach Travis Licht and have put last year's 5-21 season behind them. Andre Hairston (6-3, Jr., F), Desmond Frazier (6-0, Jr., G) and Willie Robinson (5-11, Sr., G) have been the leaders for Dunnellon's resurgence. "We play an exciting brand of basketball," Licht said. "Expect to see up-tempo transition offense and hard-nosed defense." Hairston (17.4 points, 10.7 rebounds) can excel on the inside and out, while Frazier (18.0 points) has the ability to get to the rim or knock down the outside shot. Robinson (7.6 points, 6.6 assists, 2.5 steals) has done a nice job of creating opportunities for his teammates during their strong start as they look to end a lengthy postseason drought. The Tigers last won a district title in 2001 and haven't qualified for the playoffs since 2003. This is the third appearance in the Kingdom for Dunnellon.
FORT LAUDERDALE CARDINAL GIBBONS: The Chiefs are off to a 9-2 start and are coming off a 64-54 win over Mableton (Ga.) Whitefield in the Kreul Classic. The only losses so far for Cardinal Gibbons were a nine-point defeat to American Heritage and a one-point loss to Deerfield Beach. Five juniors start for Cardinal Gibbons, led by Melvin Brooks (6-6, Jr.), Richard McIntosh (6-5, Jr.), Greg Kacprzak (6-4, Jr.) and Jose Morales (5-9, Jr.). The Chiefs haven't been in the playoffs since 2011 when they lost in the Class 4A state championship game to Leesburg.
JACKSONVILLE SANDALWOOD: The Saints, who qualified for the regional playoffs the past two seasons, lost at the buzzer on a halfcourt shot to eventual state champion Oviedo Hagerty in the opening round of the Class 8A regional playoffs last season. In 18 seasons at the school, Sandalwood coach Rocky Cusack has compiled a 246-174 record. The Saints are led by Eric Banks (Sr.), who averages 20.1 points per game and Tim Broom (Sr., PG). Both are undecided in terms of their college future. Broom (8.0 points, 7.0 assists) controls the tempo for Sandalwood, who has eight players back from a year ago. One player who won't be in Ocala for the Kingdom is Blake McClain (12.0 points, 10.0 rebounds), a Florida State football commit, who is taking part in the Under-Armour All-American Football Game. The Saints have dominated the Jacksonville area the past two seasons, with wins in the 16-team Gateway Conference Tournament.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.) TRINITY: The Shamrocks will look to give the Bluegrass State its second consecutive Kingdom of the Sun champion, as they make their first appearance in the tournament. "Our coaches and players are excited to participate in the Kingdom of the Sun," said Trinity coach Mike Szabo, who is in his 13th year at Trinity and compiled a 268-108 record. "I have known about the Kingdom for a long time and the tournament has a great reputation for being a first-class event that will provide us top-notch competition. We truly appreciate the invite and look forward to the event." Szabo, who has 383 wins in 20 years as a head coach, brings a talented squad to Ocala. "We are led by two solid seniors and a talented junior class," he said "We have solid size and length and will look to control the backboard and play great team defense. I think that we have a team that can score inside and out and will look to execute in the halfcourt playing great team basketball." Tre Ivory (5-10, Sr., offer from Campbellsville, also looks from Pikeville, Middle Tennessee State, Army, Gardner-Webb) and Craig Owens (6-3, Sr., Campbellsville, West-Virginia Charleston, Cumberlands) are the leaders for Trinity, while Ray Spalding (6-10, Jr.) is the most-heralded prospect with offers from Vanderbilt, Dayton, Xavier, Cleveland State and Western Kentucky and interest from many high-major programs across the country. Jax Levich (6-5, Jr., W) has an offer from Wofford, while Michael Stafford (6-2, Jr., G), Christian Thieneman (6-4, Jr., G) and Kel'Shawn Knight-Goff (6-5, So., F) are others to watch for Trinity, which hopes to join Lexington Lafayette (1990), Louisville Butler (1997) and Ballard (2012) as tournament winners from the Bluegrass State.
LOYOLA (Ill.) ACADEMY: The Ramblers are the first team from tournament creator Jim Haley's home state of Illinois to take part in the Kingdom. Loyola is coached by Tom Livatino, who is in his fifth year as the head coach at Loyola and has compiled a 165-94 record in 10 years as a head coach. "We are very excited to be the first team from Illinois to compete in the Kingdom of the Sun," Livatino said. "This gives us an opportunity to play against some high-caliber teams and also get out of Chicago and spend some quality time with each other. The team bonding experience will be valuable to us as a team for the remainder of the season, but the memories that we make while at the tournament we will keep forever. The Ramblers are leaving behind 14-degree weather and snow to come to the Sunshine State and will bring a team that likes to play in transition on offense, but also thrives in the halfcourt. Leaders for Loyola are Jack Morrissey (6-2, Sr.), James Clarke (6-0, Sr.) and Kevin Kucera (6-1, Sr.). Loyola (8-0) is currently ranked No. 13 by the Chicago Sun-Times, No. 15 by the Chicago Tribune and No. 10 by Comcast Sports Net.
ORLANDO EVANS: The Trojans have jumped out to a 10-2 record and are ranked No. 1 in Class 8A by SourceHoops and No. 3 in the Orlando Sentinel's Super 16 area rankings behind unbeatens Montverde and Orlando Christian Prep. The only losses for Evans were to OCF (67-63) and Miami Norland (64-63). Evans alum and former USF/NBA guard Chucky Atkins has done a great deal in a short two-year period as the program's head coach. A year ago, the Trojans reached the Class 7A state championship where they lost to Pompano Beach Ely. Last year's trip to the playoffs was the first for Evans since 2008. Kerry Blackshear (6-9, Jr.), C.J. Williamson (6-5, Jr.), Malik Smith and P.J. Atkins (Chucky's brother) share the point guard spot for the Trojans. Benly Olizia (6-1, Sr.) has been a scoring machine of late for Evans, which also a deep bench. This is the second appearance in the Kingdom for the Trojans.
PLANTATION AMERICAN HERITAGE: The Stallions have made the Class 5A final four the past two seasons. American Heritage lost in last year's 5A title game to Tampa Jesuit. This is the second consecutive trip to the Kingdom for the Stallions, who went 0-2 a year ago with losses to eventual champion Louisville Ballard. Under coach Charles Stephenson, the Stallions have rolled to a 50-13 record the last two seasons. This year's team is led by Drake Lamont (6-10, Sr., Western Michigan signee), Hunter Osceola (6-1, PG., recruited by Lynn and Barry), Juston Massey (6-4, SG, numerous colleges interested), Jason Massey (6-4, SF, Brown University signee), and Keyshawn Evans (6-0, PG). "We are very aggressive on defense and look to run every chance that we get," said Stephenson, whose top player from a year ago, Kobe Eubanks, has moved out of state to a play at a prep school.
PORT ORANGE SPRUCE CREEK: This is one of the best teams for the Hawks in recent memory. Joe Giddens, the team's head coach, played on Daytona Beach Mainland's state championship team with multiple-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter. Giddens has been a head coach for 10 years and is in his fifth season as head coach of the Hawks during which time he has compiled a 176-68 record. Spruce Creek recently competed in the Kreul Classic and is led by junior Kyle Clarke (6-5, PG/SG), who has offers from Memphis, North Florida and seven other colleges. Also, Turon Hough (6-0, Sr., PG) and Niko Green (6-5, So., F/C) have also made impacts, while junior guard Cornelius Head has been hot of late. Spruce Creek likes to play an up-tempo offense and will operate mainly out of a zone on defense. "We are very excited to play in the Kingdom of the Sun," Giddens said. "It's one of the top tournaments in the state and we look forward to playing against some great teams." This is the second appearance in the Kingdom for the Hawks.
ROOSEVELT EASTVALE (Calif.): The Mustangs are riding high with a 9-1 start under coach Vonn Webb, who brought Fresno (Calif.) Washington Union and former NBA standout DeShawn Stevenson to the Kingdom twice over a decade ago.
ST. PETERSBURG LAKEWOOD: The Spartans, a longtime fixture in the Kingdom, have a great deal of talent once again. Anthony Lawrence Jr. (6-7, Sr.), Jacobi Boykins (6-4, Sr., Louisiana Tech signee) and Michael Clark (6-6, Sr., St. Francis signee) are among the leaders for Lakewood. Lawrence, whose father Anthony Sr., is the head coach for Lakewood, decommitted from UCF in November. A year ago, Lawrence, who is rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, averaged 21 points eight rebounds and four steals. He has offers from Clemson, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Miami and Texas A&M. The star power of Lakewood should help it return to past glory. Lakewood played a brutal early season schedule and got off to a 4-5 start. The school's football team made it to the Class 5A state semifinals and the influx of players from that squad coupled with the talent already in the fold should make them a tough out in the Kingdom.
TALLAHASSEE FAMU: The Rattlers qualified for the postseason a year ago and fell in the opening round of the playoffs to Jacksonville Temple Christian after making the final four the past two seasons under coach Gene Granger (59-34 overall record). FAMU is paced by guard J.T. Escobar (6-2, Sr.), who has signed with Ole Miss. Escobar put on a show in the Rattlers' most recent outing against East Gadsden with 23 of his 35 points in the second half in a 67-66 win, which propelled his team to a 7-4 record on the season. Escobar has been named third-team all-state the past two seasons. Meanwhile, Tre Anderson (6-2, Sr.), another standout for FAMU, has received interest from the likes of Navy. In all, this will be the third trip to the Kingdom for the Rattlers.
TAMPA BERKELEY PREP: The Bucs (9-0) have made the playoffs the past seven seasons and are two years removed from a berth in the final four. Berkeley Prep lost in last year's regional finals to Boca Raton St. Andrew's. Berkeley likes to play up-tempo on both ends and the Kingdom is a homecoming for coach Bobby Reinhart, who was a starter on the 1980 Kingdom champions, Decatur (Ga.). Reinhart played in high school for his father, Bob. Overall, Berkeley has a 339-155 record under Reinhart, who has 13 district championships, three region championships and one state finals appearance as a head coach (he also was the head coach at his alma mater, Decatur). This is the third trip to the Kingdom for the Bucs, a former Kingdom runner-up. "It's always a treat to be invited to the Kingdom of the Sun tourney," Reinhart said. "Coach Jim Haley has built one of the finest tourneys in the country. We feel honored to participate in it." This year's team is led by Justin Gray (6-5, Sr., G), a Texas Tech signee who averages 19.2 points and 7.8 rebounds. Craig Bowman (6-2, Sr., G) averages 14.2 points, 4.0 assists and 3.3 steals and has drawn interest from Eckerd College and Canisius, while N'Namdi Green (6-3, Sr., F) and Jacob Mathis (6-4, So., F) have combined for 15 points and 10 rebounds and provide toughness. The Bucs will be without Marshall Holmes (6-2, Sr., 14.0 points) due to injury during the Kingdom.
VANGUARD: The Knights enter the tournament fresh off their first win over a No. 1 ranked team since 1978. VHS, which hasn't won a district title since 2003, appears to be on a mission this season and with nine seniors appears poised for a run in both the Kingdom and the postseason. Othniel Shelton (6-7, Sr., F), Shon'Dre Dukes (6-8, Sr., C), Evans Moreau (6-4, Sr., W), and Princeton McQuay (5-10, Sr., PG/SG) have been the nucleus of a strong start by the Knights. Moreau (12.8 points) and Shelton (10.9 points, 7.9. rebounds, 2.1 blocks) have been the statistical leaders for the Knights, who have four other players averaging at least six points per game in a balanced attack. "We change defenses to try to create a tempo that favors us depending on the matchup," said VHS coach Phillip Small, whose in his fifth year as the head coach of the Knights. "We are long and strong on the interior and we shoot the ball relatively well from the outside. We change styles and we like to think we can play fast and can also play a slow slugfest if we have to."


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Text: 1 Peter 1:3-12, Romans 8:16-17
"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first." – Ernestine Ulmer
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." – Benjamin Franklin
They're secular quotes, but there is a lot of truth to them. If you or I sat down to make a list of all of the sure bets in our lives – all the things that we absolutely, positively know will not change, it would likely be a short list. And it's also likely that some of the things we listed aren't as sure as we think they are.
In fact, if there's one thing any one of our lives-to-date has taught us, it's that life is fragile. Uncertain. Volatile.
Just about anything we do has some degree of risk to it. From our responsible efforts to plan for retirement, to starting the car in the morning, to assuming a positive pregnancy test promises a healthy newborn baby 9 months down the road – there's no guarantee that any of those will have an expected, safe and sure outcome.
Maybe that's why I love the language Peter uses in this passage so much. He knows life is uncertain (though I doubt he took that to mean that he should eat dessert first…). He talks with us about our inheritance (as believers, we are co-heirs with Christ according to Romans 8:16-17), using words like "imperishable," "undefiled" and "unfading."
It's. Not. Going. Anywhere. But really.
This inheritance of "living hope" is more than wishful thinking. It's different than hoping our team wins the championship or that the paint color we picked for the kitchen won't dry too dark. Hope is a confident expectation of future blessing based on facts and promises. And that Peter refers to it as a "living hope" means that it is undying and permanent. It's solid.
What is this future blessing we are confidently expecting? It's salvation – complete and final future deliverance from sin and full enjoyment of eternal glory.
There's no guarantee that our husbands will make it safely home from work or that our children will ever be truly safe at school. We can plan all we want for the future, but history tells us that even financial security has its great uncertainties. We can and should take precautions, but when it comes to certainty, our living hope is our shared inheritance with Christ – the salvation of our souls and the souls of those who believe with us.


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I wrote this essay on my personal blog, but when it was retweeted by Adam Elkus, our old friend of Rethinking Security, I thought maybe the (remnant) audience here might appreciate it, or have some feedback.
→ From Belletrist to Blogger: What progress, and the internet, has done to public intellectualism
Basically, the argument is that the internet's ability to fragment audiences has negatively impacted the role of public intellectuals. For what do you call a public intellectual without an audience?
Further to this, I would ask our esteemed readership who they look to for their public intellectualism these days. I have a few on my list (some of whom I mention in the post), but I fear they might be part of a dying breed.


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If you've ever attempted to make a group hotel booking, you'll know how difficult it can be. When it comes to business meetings or conferences in particular, mass hotel bookings can be particularly hard to co-ordinate. After all, it's likely that all the delegates attending the business meeting you're planning will be arriving from different parts of the country at different times; so how can you be sure all their rooms are secure? You'll also have to ensure that you have sufficient meeting space for your business delegates, as well as refreshments and audio/visual equipment – so things could get a little overwhelming!
However, the development of the internet over the past few years has meant that hotels have come with increasingly sophisticated ways for their guests to book hotel rooms – and this is especially useful when it comes to group business hotel bookings. Many top hotels and hotel chains, for instance, will offer comprehensive online group booking facilities, allowing you to book multiple guest rooms, a meeting room, food and beverages and any audio/visual equipment you might need with just a few clicks of a button.
From a business perspective, making e-bookings for your business conference can make your business meeting scheduling as productive as possible. You'll be able to estimate the right-sized room for your business meeting without having to travel to the hotel in question personally. What's more, the best business e-booking hotel providers will allow you to pick the arrangement of your room. So, rather than having to supervise layout of tables, chairs and a stage yourself, you can draw out a plan for hotel staff to follow to your requirements.
Often, you'll even be able to select from food and beverage menus. This way, if your business delegates have any particular dietary requirements – such as vegetarian or kosher food – you can make sure that they'll be well catered for. You'll also have the opportunity to order ample beverages for the business meeting – so the attending businessmen will always have something available to quench their thirst when the effect of the day's heated business debates takes its toll.
What's more, online business hotel booking facilities will even help you find the right equipment and technical facilities that you'll need for your business conference. You'll be able to choose from a variety of options, including high-speed internet access and Wi-Fi to top of the range AV projectors and visual screens for presentations.
So the next time you're organising a business conference in a hotel, make sure you choose a venue which offers business e-booking facilities online. For example, the Hampton Hotel E directory lists over 1400 hotels and locations, so you certainly won't lack for choice! And, not only will you increase the efficiency of your task, you'll also have more time to get involved in what's most important – the business meeting itself!


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When there's a chill in the air, and the leaves start to fall, and you dust off that peacoat from the back of your closet, there are few things more appealing than a hot bowl of soup. Cozy up with one of these recipes, and maybe -- maybe! -- you'll start to embrace the new season. At the least, you'll beat the chill -- and have a great meal, to boot.
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Ambiguous expressions often appear in physical and mathematical texts. It is common practice to omit multiplication signs in mathematical expressions. Also, it is common to give the same name to a variable and a function, for example, . Then, if one sees , there is no way to distinguish whether it means multiplied by , or function evaluated at argument equal to . In each case of use of such notations, the reader is supposed to be able to perform the deduction and reveal the true meaning.
Therefore, for most practical purposes decision-makers are unlikely to need to rank pairs defined on more than two criteria, thereby reducing the burden on decision-makers. For example, approximately 95 explicit pairwise rankings are required for the value model referred to above with eight criteria and four categories each (and 2,047,516,416 undominated pairs to be ranked); 25 pairwise rankings for a model with five criteria and three categories each; and so on. [1] The real-world applications of PAPRIKA referred to earlier suggest that decision-makers are able to rank comfortably more than 50 and up to at least 100 pairs, and relatively quickly, and that this is sufficient for most applications.
The PAPRIKA method's closest theoretical antecedent is Pairwise Trade-off Analysis,
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. [70] Like the PAPRIKA method, Pairwise Trade-off Analysis is based on the idea that undominated pairs that are explicitly ranked by the decision-maker can be used to implicitly rank other undominated pairs. Pairwise Trade-off Analysis was abandoned in the late 1970s, however, because it lacked a method for systematically identifying implicitly ranked pairs.
The ZAPROS method (from Russian for 'Closed Procedure Near References Situations') was also proposed; [71] however, with respect to pairwise ranking all undominated pairs defined on two criteria "it is not efficient to try to obtain full information". [72] As explained in the present article, the PAPRIKA method overcomes this efficiency problem.
The PAPRIKA method can be easily demonstrated via the simple example of determining the point values (weights) on the criteria for a value model with just three criteria – denoted by 'a', 'b' and 'c' – and two categories within each criterion – '1' and '2', where 2 is the higher ranked category. [1]
This value model's six point values (two for each criterion) can be represented by the variables a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, c2 (a2 > a1, b2 > b1, c2 > c1), and the eight possible alternatives (2 3 = 8) as ordered triples of the categories on the criteria (abc): 222, 221, 212, 122, 211, 121, 112, 111. These eight alternatives and their total score equations – derived by simply adding up the variables corresponding to the point values (which are as yet unknown: to be determined by the method being demonstrated here) – are listed in Table 2.
Undominated pairs are represented as '221 vs (versus) 212' or, in terms of the total score equations, as 'a2 + b2 + c1 vs a2 + b1 + c2', etc. [Recall, as explained earlier, an 'undominated pair' is a pair of alternatives where one is characterized by a higher ranked category for at least one criterion and a lower ranked category for at least one other criterion than the other alternative, and hence a judgement is required for the alternatives to be pairwise ranked. Conversely, the alternatives in a 'dominated pair' (e.g. 121 vs 111 – corresponding to a1 + b2 + c1 vs a1 + b1 + c1) are inherently pairwise ranked due to one having a higher category for at least one criterion and none lower for the other criteria (and no matter what the point values are, given a2 > a1, b2 > b1 and c2 > c1, the pairwise ranking will always be the same).]


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Vikesh Kapoor on Crafting Characters, Referencing Bruce Springsteen
At the beginning of 'The Ballad of Willy Robbins,' the title character is at the bottom rung of a ladder, unsure if he can will himself to climb it. This challenge, along with other downfalls in the fictitious Robbins' story, drives Vikesh Kapoor's debut record.
The singer-songwriter, whose stripped-down music has garnered comparisons to Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, looks to lift the spirits of those are disheartened with their daily lives. The concept album focuses on the despair of Robbins' life; however, Kapoor was nothing but hopeful when he chatted with Diffuser.fm.
How did you get your start in music?
The earliest incarnation was when I was young I played piano for a little bit because I wasn't allowed to play drums. This was back in third grade and at that time I learned 'Yankee Doodle' on the piano. My teacher ended up teaching me a little bit of it and I ended up teaching the rest of it to myself just by my ear. I played it for my third grade class because I was excited and then the rest is kind of history with that. I quit my lessons after that. I really started playing music seriously a few years ago after I'd been playing guitar for about 10 [years]. I played punk music when I was younger and then about a few years ago is when I found folk music.
Have you ever taken any kind of vocal lessons?
When I was young I went a Catholic school when I was in grade school and we would have to go to Mass once a week, I believe. I really enjoyed singing in the choir and singing hymns and stuff. I built up my chops there, but I never took any lessons.
'I Dreamt Blues' is one of my favorite tracks on the album, especially the lines "To go blind was fine when we were young, but now dear, your disguise is fallin'." Can you talk about the inspiration behind that?
It's the idea of, "To go blind was fine when we were young," it's kind of a reference to blind love. There's actually a couple points in the record where I have nods to songwriters that influenced the album, or influenced me early on when I was first getting into this kind of music, and I just wanted to do that kind of tongue-in-cheek. But also, it's something in the tradition to kind of borrow lines or steal lines, so "Your disguise is fallin'" is actually a reference to Bruce Springsteen's 'Brilliant Disguise.' Just something that his whole song is about that and I just wanted to kind of encapsulate that feeling in that part of the verse, even though the song is speaking about other stuff.
In every single song you really tell a vivid narrative. Can you walk me through your song-writing process?
There were certain things that I wanted to talk about. I wanted to have a song from the perspective of his wife. I wanted to have a song that laid out the narrative, which is the title track, 'The Ballad of Willy Robbins.' Generally speaking for this album, my songwriting process was writing the lyrics first, but I didn't outline the entire record before I wrote it. I think Gabriel Garcia Marquez said something about this, just how you become attached to your characters and as you write them they kind of go their own ways and live their own lives and then you're surprised at what happens. You're upset if they die or you're happy for them if they fall in love, things like that. They just start taking on a life of their own and you can't formulate it from start to end without it coming off dishonest, at least for me. It had to be a little loose.
I had some touchstones. A song like 'Carry Me Home,' for instance, which is the second single, I wanted to write a song that would represent the accident that happens in the newspaper article that inspired this whole thing. He has a scaffolding accident and gets injured so bad he can't continue to work. The record's not about that article, but I did want to have some sort of moment with that dynamic shift, that plot shift. It's not a very literal song. It's almost a metaphor for suicide. It's a little more impressionistic and that's how that one came out. Even though initially I was thinking about doing that, it would be a little more literal. A literal ballad of the accident, but all in all, the album isn't about that newspaper article. Really that song attempts to capture despair.
The songwriting process – I had a skeleton, so to speak. 'The Ballad of Willy Robbins' and 'Forever Gone' were the first ones written for it and then I just kind of filled it in, but it took time. I wrote it over the course of two years and wrote the words first for the majority. Songs like 'I Dreamt Blues' and 'Blue-Eyed Baby' were really fresh. I finished the words and the lyrics and what you're hearing on the album is the first or second or third take where I performed it like that ... My guitar and vocals were performed live, except for 'Ode to My Hometown.' That was the only multi-tracked one. What I'm saying is, that those were still fresh, they were kind of structured and written. It was still uncertain how they would fit into the record or what the sequencing would be.
I'm glad you brought up Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I was going to ask you if you have any favorite writers.
For this album, someone like Philip Levine, who's a poet. He has a collection called 'What Work Is' that I looked into a little bit. I think that's a well-known collection of his. Leonard Cohen, for sure. Of course, people like Pete Seeger. Woodie Guthrie's 'Dust Bowl Ballads,' for sure. Things like that. Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' I just started looking at specifically concept records or thematic records just to see how they did things and see what I wanted to take from that, as far as structuring the record and writing the record. But as far as writers go, it's some poets. Philip Levine, James Pate, Lorca, the Romantics. I don't know if that's bleeding directly into my writing.
I'm sure it someway influenced you, even if you're not directly referencing it. This was a concept album, do you know if your next album will be one as well?
Thematically, probably a different direction. I have a whole batch of other songs that were written, or are being written, that just didn't fit 'Willy Robbins,' so I'm going to start demoing them out soon. Now it's mainly a chunk of love songs, so who knows where it's going to go right now. I'm in the early process of this album and I'm just trying to get out there and communicate what I'm trying to say to people and hopefully they can connect with it. It seems kind of like an oddball first record and I just want to be able to show that to people and hopefully give them something that maybe isn't being said elsewhere.
You're on the road now. What comes after that?
I'm also a photographer and I also do some photojournalism stuff. It's just a different mode of story telling for me. I want to be traveling for awhile, at least the next year, for this album and after that it would be nice to go somewhere else and disorient myself ... Get myself out of whatever comfort zone I've put myself in and strive to survive and meet new people and things. Anyway, to do that and maybe seek out a photo story or seek out something like that and writing or pulling together the next batch of songs. Like I said earlier, I already have a good chunk of songs, so I'm going to be demoing those out and kind of working one step ahead now. I'm just getting started.
Stay tuned to part 2 of our conversation with Kapoor.


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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Looper, Lincoln, and Mustaches
"I wasn't interested in playing it like I was young Bruce Willis, the actor from Moonlighting."
It's been quite a year for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and it's barely half over. The 31-year-old actor is riding high after the success of The Dark Knight Rises and an acclaimed, unclothed return to Saturday Night Live this past weekend, and he's now promoting Rian Johnson's Looper, a brainy sci-fi thriller where Gordon-Levitt plays a young hit man assigned to kill his future self, and since that future self comes in the form of Bruce Willis, there are plenty of prosthetics involved. After that, Gordon-Levitt will be seen playing son to Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated biopic Lincoln, and in the meantime, he's putting his finishing touches on his directorial debut, Don Jon's Addiction, where he costars with Scarlett Johansson. Suffice it to say, Gordon-Levitt's a busy man, but he still found time last week to sit down with Vulture and talk it all over.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but until this year, you had never played a real person before, right? And now, you have two films coming out — Looper, where you're channeling Bruce Willis to an extent, and Lincoln, where you play Abraham Lincoln's son — where your preparation as an actor must have been distinctly different.
There's no way you would have found this, but I did do a TV movie when I was 12 years old and it was based on a real person, and you just made me think of it. It was called Gregory K, and now I think it's called Switching Parents or something. It was one of those "ripped from the headlines" TV movies. 50/50 was sort of autobiographical, but it wasn't like I was trying to look like him or behave like him. So yeah, I guess since that TV movie, Robert Lincoln is the first historical character that I've played.
But in Looper, did it feel at all like you were playing Bruce Willis playing the character?
No, because Bruce Willis is an actor, and I wasn't interested in playing it like I was young Bruce Willis, the actor from Moonlighting. I was creating a character that would match to the character that Bruce was playing, so I wouldn't say it was quite like playing a real person.
How much help did he give you in matching those performances up?
Oh, tons. He was really key in me being able to pull it off. I mean, I did do some homework on my own, but one thing he did was record himself doing some of my voice-over monologues, and that was really crucial listening material. I do think that the most important part of preparing for me was just hanging out with him, spending time with him and having dinner. Whether we were just talking about the movie or having conversations about other things, just being around him and letting his nature seep in was probably the most productive part.
What did you glean from those hangouts that surprised you?
There's one thing in particular that I focused on. Because he's such a powerful presence, both on and off screen, you would assume if you didn't really look twice that he's loud. He's not. He's actually really soft-spoken. He doesn't come across as timid in the slightest, though, so there's an odd combination there of someone whose presence is really powerful and strong, and yet he speaks quietly oftentimes.
I know you studied his filmography, too, so what's your favorite underrated Bruce Willis movie?
I do like Hudson Hawk, I gotta say. I haven't seen it recently, but I remember loving it when it came out. [Laughs] Sin City was the one I probably focused on the most, but also, 12 Monkeys and Pulp Fiction … I mean, Pulp Fiction! I don't need to tell you, because you're around my age, but Pulp Fiction is The Movie.
When you have that Bruce makeup on, do you stay Bruce-like in between takes, or do you become this weird Joe/Bruce amalgam?
Probably some of both. One of my good friends visited the set and was really disturbed, didn't want to talk to me. My mom, too. She said, "When I stand next to you, you feel like my son, but when I look at you, you're this different guy." She found it a little odd.
You didn't want to maybe hit up Disneyland or do something incognito in that makeup?
Oh, that's funny! But no, you just want to get that stuff off your face as soon as you possibly can.
Do you feel totally walled in while wearing it?
You're able to forget it enough that it doesn't distract you while you're working, and it doesn't impede any facial movement, but you never forget it's there. I mean, there's glue on your lips. You don't forget that.
So you don't have those moments where you accidentally scratch your face and peel off the makeup?
Oh, you have those moments where you want to scratch your face. But you know you can't.
You're not the one tasked with donning tons of prosthetics to look like someone famous in Lincoln. But you do get to wear a pretty fly mustache.
Thank you, thank you. Yes, that's historical fact, that mustache.
Did you grow that out?
Oh, no. No no no. I don't think I could grow a mustache like that. I have really weak facial hair, plus I had just finished doing The Dark Knight Rises. If I were to grow a mustache like that, it would have taken me months, and we didn't have months. So no, that was excellent makeup.
After working with three very visual directors in a row — Rian Johnson, Chris Nolan, and Steven Spielberg — what did you learn that you could apply to your own directorial debut?
Oh, thanks for asking about that. You're absolutely right, working with Rian and Chris and then Steven really did play a big part in encouraging and emboldening me to try it. I've always kind of wanted to do it, and I finished the first draft of the script while I was in London shooting The Dark Knight Rises. I told Chris and Emma [Thomas] and Wally [Pfister] and some other people who I'm really close to and I really admire, and they were all so supportive. I do think that made a big difference, because they could have been politely disinterested. And that would have been totally understandable, even! I mean, what do they know about my ability to do that? They wouldn't know if I could or couldn't, so just the fact that they took it seriously and said, "You're gonna be good at that," it was huge for me. Chris even came to our set one day.
Was that nerve-wracking?
We had one day of shooting on the Warner Bros backlot — we spent way more of our budget than we maybe ought to have, but they gave us a deal, which was nice — and Chris was on the lot mixing sound. He came by at lunch, because I think he didn't want to be intimidating. What he wanted to do was come by and congratulate me and let me know that he supported me, and I just thought that was the sweetest thing. For him to take time out of his day and do that, it really goes to show that he cares so much about the people who work for him, and I think that's why people do such a good job for him.


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DETROIT -- Like the rest of the Tigers coaches, Lloyd McClendon is in limbo, under contract with the Tigers until the end of the month but unsure what will happen beyond that. There's a little more to it than that for him, though.
McClendon could get the keys to the World Series contender that his mentor, Jim Leyland, has helped build in Detroit. Or the longtime Tigers hitting coach could be looking for a job somewhere.
DETROIT -- Like the rest of the Tigers coaches, Lloyd McClendon is in limbo, under contract with the Tigers until the end of the month but unsure what will happen beyond that. There's a little more to it than that for him, though.
McClendon could get the keys to the World Series contender that his mentor, Jim Leyland, has helped build in Detroit. Or the longtime Tigers hitting coach could be looking for a job somewhere.
"Hey, this is the nature of this game," he said Tuesday. "It's not pleasant this time of year."
If the Tigers' managerial search turns his way, it could be one of the sweetest moments of his baseball career.
Leyland has said more than once over the years that he'd like to see McClendon get another chance to manage somewhere, and Leyland said it again on a local radio station Monday to put in a good word for McClendon and bench coach Gene Lamont. When contacted Monday, Lamont made it clear he'd like to manage again, but sounded less than confident he'd get a chance in this case.
If and when the Tigers look in-house at candidates to fill the job, the 54-year-old McClendon is expected to be the strongest candidate, combining previous managerial experience, hands-on work with the current roster and a relatively young age (younger than Lamont or third-base coach Tom Brookens).
There will be questions about the inconsistency of Detroit's hitters under McClendon, as there should, but there will also be examples of hitters he has helped progress -- from the consistent approach Miguel Cabrera developed the past few years to the better seasons of Austin Jackson and Alex Avila.
McClendon has not heard anything from the Tigers about the managerial opening, but he'd obviously be interested.
"Oh, I think you'd be a fool not to be," he said.
McClendon was one of three coaches -- Lamont and Rafael Belliard are the others -- to work with Leyland for all of his eight seasons in Detroit. McClendon came here coming off a 4 1/2-year stint managing in Pittsburgh that ended late in the 2005 season, and Leyland brought him back looking to keep him involved in the game -- first as the bullpen coach in 2006, then as hitting coach for the next seven seasons.
McClendon already had learned a lot playing for Leyland for five seasons, then coaching under Lamont for four more. Coaching for Leyland has strengthened that base, which McClendon hopes to turn into a second chance at managing.
At the same time, he also made it clear he wouldn't spend a managerial stint trying to be a Leyland clone.
"It's been a pleasure," McClendon said. "Obviously when you have an opportunity to work with one of the best in the game, you'd be a fool not to learn something. That has certainly been very beneficial to me. My aspirations are hopefully to manage again, but at the same time you have to be your own man."
Much of what he has learned sounds like what Leyland has preached, though it's coming from a different voice.
"I think I already had it," McClendon said, "but it certainly confirmed my convictions as far as how you go about your business, preparation, knowing your opponents and using that to your advantage, knowing your players, knowing their capabilities -- what they're capable of doing and what they're not capable of doing, and above all your leadership skills."
The biggest thing, he said, is to be yourself. Another point sounded familiar: "Be smart enough to stay out of the players' way."
Like the rest of the coaches, McClendon said he had his suspicions as the season went on that Leyland could retire at the end of the year. Interestingly, though, McClendon said he was hoping an energized Leyland might change his mind once the Tigers returned to the playoffs.
"Obviously there were times during the season where I thought he had enough," McClendon said, "but I thought he was energized for the playoffs. I was always kind of hoping he'd come back."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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The Making of a Sesame Street Comic
Ed. Note: Mark Magner is a Design Director at Sesame Workshop. His team released a new comic strip today in conjunction with the release of our newest home video, "Elmo's World: Favorite Things!" Mark wanted to take a few moments to tell you just how he and his creative team go about conceiving of and creating a comic strip.
Our mission here at Sesame Workshop is always at the forefront of our mind. We want to educate children, to prepare them for school, to help them better understand the world and each other. We want them to think, dream and discover, to reach their highest potential. Sesame Street's home videos are already effective tools for helping and inspiring children. Alicia Durand, who handles public relations for Sesame Street, approached the creative team about creating some activity or artwork to accompany the release of the home videos, and we were excited by this new challenge.
For the first video, "Bye Bye Pacifier," Diana Leto, an artist who creates visuals for everything from our apparel to style guides to web elements, and I created spoofs of old propaganda posters, which were a big hit. The second video released was "Iron Monster," and because of its cartoonish nature Evan Cheng, associate art director of character design, created a comic strip that would parody the story in the video, another idea that proved popular.
We realized that comic strips were the perfect way to connect parents and children while encouraging literacy. That's why we've created another comic strip for our newest home video release, "Elmo's World: Favorite Things!"
We start our process by watching the Sesame Street home video that we plan to feature in the comic strip. We choose a section of the video that lends itself well to a comic strip, and then discuss how to tell the story in a few frames. We decided it would be fun to spoof a famous comic strip. In this instance, a spoof of Calvin and Hobbes worked perfectly. The layout and design pays homage to Bill Watterson, the author of the comic, and features dinosaurs, a perennial favorite of Calvin's.
At this point, Evan Cheng starts to sketch out his ideas using pencil on paper. Evan does several small sketches until he knows what the final comic strip will look like. Evan then sketches the final illustration, refining each frame to tell the story. Evan scans his final artwork into Photoshop and passes the file onto Diana Leto.
Diana takes Evan's illustrations and digitally applies color, texture and halftones to the artwork, bringing it to life. In this instance, the color palette and texture was chosen with the style and tone of Calvin and Hobbes in mind. Using Photoshop, Diana layers the color and textures, fine tuning the look until it's perfect.
We always work to ensure children engage with a story or a lesson in as many mediums as possible. That's why, in addition to the home video and comic strip, Diana also created a coloring activity based on the comic. Our hope is that, if the child watches the video, uses the coloring activity and is read the comic strip by their parents, they'll not only have lots of fun but they'll learn a little something too.


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WESTBORO — More than 70 people gathered in the Westboro High School cafeteria this morning to brainstorm future redevelopment ideas for the Westboro State Hospital property.
The planning session, formally called a charrette, was led by John R. Mullin, professor of urban planning at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the president of the Mullin Associates.
"What we have is a blank slate, and it is our job today as town officials to shut up and listen," said Selectman George Barrette. "It's a wonderful opportunity of the community to come together to discuss what they would like to see happen to the property."
Residents and business owners gathered around blank sheets of paper at cafeteria tables, starting by outlining the property's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
"This gives us a road map," Mr. Barrette said.
Mr. Mullin said charretts are becoming an increasingly popular tool for planning.
"We advertise it as a day of the people," Mr. Mullin said as the session began. "The first key thing is that when you do a charrette, you recognize that there is a basic knowledge in people and they are smart. Second, you find what the major concerns are now rather than town meeting at the end of the process."
In addition, Mr. Mullin said, the people who attend a charrette tend to invest themselves in the project, following it through the various phases and make up a well-versed contingent of residents who can speak to the project at town meeting. A side benefit, Mr. Mullin said, is that the town gets a new group of volunteers.
Mullin Associates will prepare a final report based on the ideas identified in charrette and present it to the town at a later date.
In October, town meeting voters approved the purchase of 93 acres of the Westboro State Hospital property. Under a deal reached with the state Department of Capital Asset Mangement and Maintenance, the town will purchase the property for $2.2 million. The state will finance the purchase over 10 years, and the town will pay the state up to 50 percent of the net proceeds of each parcel sold.


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by Sean Griffin December 09, 2010
The Dormant Swimming Pool: A winter checklist
The goal of every pool owner is to limit, if not eliminate the maintenance involved in running and caring for your pool while enjoying the benefits. Unfortunately even in the winter season after your pool has been closed down for the harsh winter months, maintenance might be necessary to prevent structural damage and ensure your next upcoming pool season doesn't require an expensive repair. Especially for those of us up north it is important to take a moment before winter really sets in, and go through a quick winter check list before mother nature turns your leisurely swimming pool into a make shift hockey rink.
The water level is dropped when winterizing a swimming pool. The appropriate level depends on what type of pool structure as well as what type of winterization cover is being used if any. Ultimately it depends on whoever drains the pool water and how much rainfall is predicted. Certain covers can dictate the amount of water that can be removed. For safety covers you can sometimes void a warranty by lowering the water below 18 inches. Although they serve as a safety barrier, most covers are still designed to be supported by the water beneath. Before a deep freeze sets in it is wise to peel back a corner of your cover and check the water level. A small pump or a siphon can assist you in re-lowering the water below any skimmer mouth or tile line. Also take into account water displacement. A large mound of snow on the cover will raise the surrounding water level. After adjusting the water level you should take the opportunity to add an algaecide or refill any floater to help maintain good water chemistry.
The majority of pool skimmers have lids that are not water tight and will accumulate rain water and run off. Once you've lowered the water in the pool make sure all the skimmers are plugged and have an expansion device present which will alleviate any outward expansion pressure from freezing water. Most common are gizzmos which serve as a plug and also an expansion device. You can also use a quart or gallon bottle filled partially with pebbles or antifreeze.
If properly shut down the pool equipment requires no maintenance but it doesn't hurt to do a quick walk through, making sure you don't see any warning signs that freeze damage may occur, or has occured. Making sure there is no moisture at the equipment pad is a painless way to ensure lines are properly capped off and all the equipment was drained. Freezing is not the only thing to monitor at the equipment pad. When the temperature begins to drop many small rodents and other creatures sometimes make a home out of you filter or heater. I've seen filter grids turn into a rats nest and heater firebrick turned into an insulated dwelling for field mice. Not only are these animals a nuisance but they also tend to chew through wiring and expensive components. If you do not already have a heater cover I recommend using one in conjunction with mouse away bags that are designed to ward off unwanted visitors. Usually when I winterize and drain a filter, I insert any drain plug a quarter turn so that any moisture will escape and no pesky animals can enter.
Now that you've done a quick walkthrough checking the water level and the equipment pad make sure to tend to whatever pool cover you are using over the winter season. If you use an automatic cover pump, these should be tested periodically. Most on the market are automatic but make sure they are receiving power and don't trip a breaker. Also ensure the pump impeller has not become clogged and has the ability to pump out standing water.
For those who use a tarp style winterization cover make sure cover does not become compromised and punctured. With holes in the pool cover, you may end up pumping out some pool water with your cover pump (not good). If your cover does have holes, try to patch them, or position them closer to the pool edge, and place your cover pump on the opposite side of the pool cover.
Regardless of what cover you use make sure to keep all standing debris off of it. A clean and dry pool cover will last much longer. Clean carefully with your pool brush and leaf rake or a soft push broom. Be careful that sticks don't snag and puncture while cleaning.
Ice on the pool cover should be allowed to melt. Never try to remove ice from your pool cover, or thaw it with some wacky method. If a crust of ice is on top, you can carefully poke through to set a pump or siphon, but be careful not to quickly pump out too much water from beneath an ice sheet, which can thereafter fall, and damage a thin pool cover.
Winter Pool Cover Check List:
Above ground pool solid covers:
-Ensure winch system or tie downs are secure. Replace any missing or damaged cover clips
-All air pillows are inflated and are positioned properly
-All standing water is being removed from the cover (siphon or pump)
-Monitor water level of pool ensuring no leak has started
-Remove leaves/monitor water chemistry
In-ground solid cover w/ water bags:
-Ensure all water bags, aqua-blocks, or weights are sufficient in weighing down perimeter of cover, Replace any compromised water tube or bag
-Ensure pump is working and has not become clogged
-Monitor water level to ensure pool water is not being removed from the pool. Patch any hole or tear that may occur
-Remove leaves/monitor water chemistry
Mesh covers: Mesh covers have come a long way and have improved on the amount of sunlight that makes its way through the cover and hits the water. Make sure mesh material is constantly allowing water to properly drain.
-Check that all straps are connected to anchoring system which usually consists of an anchor inserted into surrounding decking. Make sure any spring is compressed roughly two-thirds and proper tension is maintained across entire cover.
-Monitoring water level to ensure freeze does not occur at tile line or within the skimmer throat
-Remove leaves/monitor water chemistry - if ice exists, (like in the picture above) don't try to remove it, you may damage cover.
*Some mesh pool covers filter water down to 20 microns before it enters the pool but to prevent cloudy water, proper water chemistry maintenance is vital with a mesh cover to avoid staining and additional costly chemicals that may be needed to bring pool water back to swim able condition. Use of pool enzymes during the winter, in addition to having good chlorine and algaecide levels, will drastically reduce spring clean-up of mesh pool covered pools.
Solid Safety cover w/ mesh drain panels: These safety covers utilize mesh drain panels located in the center of the cover to concentrate silt and runoff water directly beneath drain.
-Check that all straps are connected to anchoring system which usually consists of an anchor inserted into surrounding decking. Make sure any spring is compressed roughly two-thirds and proper tension is maintained across entire cover.
-Solid covers should allow water accumulation at all areas to drain to a center point. Adjust straps if water pools in area other than drain location.
-Ensure drain is unblocked and water has ability to go into the pool
-Remove leaves/monitor water chemistry. If ice has stuck cover to pool - let it be, it will thaw.
-Monitoring water level to ensure freeze does not occur at tile line or within the skimmer throat
Solid Safety cover w/cover pump: In theory nothing enters the water when using a cover pump so water chemistry is highly unlikely to go bad. Main goal is to ensure cover pump continues to work
-Solid covers should allow water accumulation at all areas to drain to a center point where pump is located. Adjust straps if water pools in area other than pump location.
-Remove leaves/monitor water chemistry
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April 11. 2014 8:28PM
Hospital tax ruled invalid a second time
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
— A legal loophole that taxed hospitals and brought New Hampshire billions of dollars of federal money has been found unconstitutional by a Hillsborough North County Superior Court judge.
In a ruling issued Thursday, Judge Philip Mangones found the Medicaid Enhancement Tax violates the equal protection clause in the state and federal constitutions because its treats hospitals and non-hospitals that provide nearly if not identical services differently.
Budget writers expect the MET to provide about $100 million in revenue for the state's general fund is fiscal year and a like amount next fiscal year. If the state has to return the money collected this fiscal year, the ruling could have a $200 million impact on the state budget this fiscal year.
"The decision clearly will impact the operating budget and it creates a problem that has to be solved," said Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, who is vice chair of both the Senate Finance and Ways and Means committees. "This decision is critical. Once I read it in its entirety, I'll have a clearer understanding of what we have to do."
The ruling not only effects the state budget, it also will be felt by hospitals that could ask the state to return money paid in November totaling $72.2 million.
"This tax has had a huge impact and continues to have a significant impact on New Hampshire hospitals, our patients and the programs we can deliver," said Alex Walker, senior vice president of operations for Catholic Medical Center, one of three hospitals who sued the state. "It's a broken system and we are gratified that Judge Mangones ruled in the manner he did."
CMC, along with St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua and Exeter Hospital, sued the state claiming the MET was unconstitutional because it taxed hospitals but not tax other health care providers that provide the same services such as radiology, physical therapy, surgery and urgent care.
The hospitals said they are being unfairly singled out to pay the tax just because they are hospitals and not because of the nature of the services they provide.
The state constitution requires that all taxes be reasonable and proportional, and hospitals argued that is not the case with the MET.
In February, the state lost a similar decision in Rockingham County Superior Court, when Judge Kenneth McHugh found the tax was unconstitutional for outpatient services, but not entirely unconstitutional.
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital sued the state, claiming its assessment was unconstitutional for similar reasons.
Gov. Maggie Hassan, and the House and Senate all increased money going back to hospitals for uncompensated care in the current two-year operating budget. The prior 2011-2012 Legislature ended the uncompensated care program for the state largest hospitals and drastically reduced the money the smaller hospitals had been receiving.
"That is when the phantom tax became a real tax," said Walker.
The state had returned most of the money the state collected from the MET to the hospitals through the uncompensated care program, which helps repay hospitals for services they provide but are not paid for or for the low reimbursement rates for Medicaid patients.
The hospitals and state negotiated a settlement last year that addressed the state's contention that hospitals were not paying what they should have been under the MET.
The ruling will affect the tax hospitals paid in the current fiscal year and in the next fiscal year, said Walker.
Mangones's summary judgment found the entire tax unconstitutional.
Hassan noted her administration and lawmakers have talked to hospitals and other providers to try to address the issues and included more money in the current budget to help with uncompensated care costs. And she said the recently approved Medicaid expansion law will further help hospitals because it will reduce the free health services they will have to provide.
"Today's ruling on the MET presents additional budget and health care challenges," Hassan said. "My office has been in discussions about MET issues with relevant stakeholders due to previous court rulings, and I will continue working closely with hospitals, providers, legislators and state officials to resolve these challenges in a way that is fair to all parties, protects the state's budget and ensures the health and well-being of Granite Staters."
Both House Speaker Terie Norelli's and Senate President Chuck Morse's offices would not comment, saying they are still reviewing the decision.
Attorney General Joseph Foster said "We are in the process of reviewing and assessing the decision and will make a decision on next steps to take after we have done that."
Walker said that now two superior court judges have ruled the tax unconstitutional.
"This is a major decision with major ramifications for hospitals and the state health care system and the state budget," Walker said. "This is an opportunity for hospitals and for policy makers to try and find a way to deal with these significant issues."
The NH Hospital Association also said the decision should lead lawmakers and hospital officials to set down and talk.
"Today's ruling in the case brought by Catholic Medical Center, Exeter Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital is a significant legal development – and one that builds on another Superior Court ruling in a case involving Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital: a finding that the Medicaid Enhancement Tax is unconstitutional," said Steve Ahnen, president of the NH Hospital Association. "This ruling points yet again to the continuing need for all of us, state officials and hospital leaders, to work together ensure a vibrant, sustainable Medicaid program for our patients and their caregivers."
The MET was instituted in 1991 as a way to match federal money to pay the state's share for Medicaid services.
The state then returned the hospitals' MET money through the Disproportional Share Hospital program to help hospitals that treat large numbers of Medicaid patients and then used the federal money to help balance the state's budget which faced about a $200 million deficit.
In 2011, the federal government said states had to distribute the money based on a hospital's Medicaid costs, not simply return the money.
At the same time, lawmakers stopped reimbursing the state's largest hospitals for uncompensated care, although the program continued for small rural hospitals.
Since then, hospitals have sought to minimize their tax liability, largely by reducing the revenue from outpatient services they report according to state tax officials.
Ten of the state's largest hospitals sued the state over changes to its Medicaid program. The federal suit is pending.
At the same time the three hospitals filed suit in Hillsborough County Superior Court challenging the MET's constitutionality and the rehabilitation hospitals filed suit in Rockingham County Superior Court.
Thursday, Mangones found the tax unconstitutional.
In his ruling he found that hospitals and non-hospitals do in fact provide similar services and taxing only hospitals treats the entities differently.
The hospitals said the reason for the tax has changed over time and the original intent is no longer needed so the state's interest no longer relevant.
The state claimed the money was always used for reimbursing hospitals for the state's share of the uncompensated care the hospitals provide.
But Mangones said the state's claims ignore legislative history, which indicates the tax was used to balance the state budget.
"The Legislative history indicates the primary, if not the sole, purpose of the MET has been to bring federal funds to the state treasury, with the hospitals acting as the pass-through intermediaries," Mangones writes. "The Court finds that the purpose of the MET was to take advantage of a loophole in the then existing Federal-State Medicaid framework."
With the loophole closed, the state is asking the court to ignore the last 20 years, he writes, and notes that 50 percent of the money raised by the tax currently goes into the state's general fund with no way to earmark the money for health care purposes.
"The legislative history is the centerpiece of the courts understanding the reason this tax was implemented in the fist place: a vehicle to leverage federal dollars," Walker said. "Mangones does call out the naked truth about the MET."


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