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Marathon Seafood Festival
Our annual premier event featuring fresh Florida Keys seafood, live entertainment and over 200 vendors. Come sea what its all about March 14-15, 2020!
Relocate to Paradise
It IS POSSIBLE to live & work in paradise here in the Islands of Marathon. Our Marathon Red Carpet Tours program is here to help you every step of the way; what are you waiting for?
Economic & Business Development
The Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce is committed to our businesses and community! As a chamber we are dedicated to not only promoting our great destination to visitors and tourists but also to those who would like to become residents, open and/or relocate businesses; as well as engage in initiatives and programs that will support, benefit, and empower our businesses & community.
The Marathon Chamber of Commerce currently operates two groups that are charged with economic development initiatives:
I. Marathon Economic Development Committee (MEDC)
II. Marathon Red Carpet Tours Program
Both groups are committed to taking action(s) to improve the economics and development of business and tourism in Marathon, both present and future. For more info on relocating to our islands check out our relocation website for helpful infomation, statistics, demographics, and more.
1. To work together to ensure the sustained economic development of the City of Marathon & the Middle Keys.
2. To attain funding via grants and other various methods (fundraisers, marketing co-ops, percentage of chamber revenues) to assist in the development, improvement, and beautification of properties within Marathon.
3. To effectively develop, implement, and manage the marketing of Marathon to potential tourists, businesses, and those who plan to relocate to Marathon.
4. To encourage, market & recruit new business & commerce to Marathon.
Current Projects, Programs & Initiatives:
1) Marathon Video: 2-4 minute promotional video for Marathon and the middle keys. Focuses on all the great activities, attributes, and atmosphere our destination has to offer visitors and newcomers. Will be available to all members as well as member's websites. Video will be placed on various internet sites to promote Marathon (YouTube, FaceBook, Twitter, Chamber Website, etc) as well as displayed at various tradeshows around the world!
Video completed and active, click here to watch video!
2) Grow Marathon Business Contest: The MEDC is working on a new program that will award winners for the best "business-plan" as well as a "new start-up business" here in Marathon! Awards will consist of a cash prize, discounts with local businesses/vendors as well as a team of advisors that will help the new start-up business.
3) Monthly Email Blasts: The MEDC started a monthly email blast in the Spring of 2009. These email blasts go to over 250 travel writers as well as over 20,000 recent Marathon visitors! Our database continuously grows and business members have the opportunity to place ads in these emails every month. The emails are designed to inform and attract visitors to our destination and include an events calendar.
4) Business Beautification Grant Program: Annual grant program created in 2011 to help improve the aesthetic and visual appearance of our US1 corridor in the Middle Keys/Marathon. Each year we award up to ten (10) matching grants up $2,000.00 each.
5) Marathon Identity & Marketing: MEDC has conducted research and interfaced with various professionals in the industry to help redefine Marathon's identity to better position ourselves for the future and to potential visitors. New slogan developed is: The Islands of Marathon, the Boating Destination of the FL Keys. We have also successfully made recommendations to our district marketing committee to advertise in more publications in-line with our desired demographics and identity such as boating & yachting as well as general aviation publications.
6) City Recommendations: The MEDC has successfully made recommendations and worked with our City to allow for a smoother, quicker, and more efficient building permit allocation/attainment process as well as reducing the amount it costs to transfer building rights. Both initiatives serve to increase the amount of building projects which results in job creation, increased population and the exchanging of professional and commercial services/prducts.
7) Customs & Immigration advocacy: worked with the City and County on attaining customs & immigration services at Marathon Airport & Boot Key Harbor (opened 2016). Has already resulted in more general/private air service/traffic as well as increasing the number of visitors that can and have visited our destination.
8) Business Recruitment Initiative: Formed the Marathon Red Carpet Tours Program which actively markets and recruits new business, ventures, investment(s), and people seeking to relocate to Marathon and the Middle Keys. Visit this program's useful website for additional info: www.relocatetothefloridakeys.com/


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It's the time of the year again, Arizona Restaurant Week (ARW). The biannual event is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Celebrating a Decade of Delicious
If you haven't yet experienced Arizona Restaurant Week, make sure you do this year. Participating restaurants have a prix-fixe menu for either $33 or $44. Such a great opportunity to try a new (new to you) restaurant. Phoenix has such an incredible food scene and this is an excellent way to experience and support it.
Arizona Restaurant Week is September 15th – 24th. Lots of time to check out one, or two, or more… For the complete list of participating restaurants check out the website.
I was invited to the media preview event where we got to sample a few of the ARW offerings with stops to Herb Garden, Market Street Kitchen and Flemings, all in the DC Ranch community of Scottsdale. I, unfortunately, had to leave early and missed the dessert course at Flemings (leave before dessert?? yes, sadly).
First stop, The Herb Box to sample the 1st-course offerings.
All 3 dishes were amazing. My favorite was the Kale, Corn and Sweet Onion Pakora. Tender, crunchy and just amazing. Somewhat unexpected and even people who admitted to not like Kale said they loved it. The Korean Fried Cauliflower was also quite tasty – tender with a spicy sauce (but not too spicy). And finally, the Smoke Trout Beignets were also delicious. One thing to note is the Herb Box menu had gluten free and vegan options on their ARW menu which is always welcome for those of us with dietary restrictions and preferences.
On to Market Street Kitchen for the second-course sampling.
Fried Chicken, Cod and Pork Chops. So hard to pick a favorite as each was so delicious. The Rotessorie Fried Chicken was so tender and juicy with the perfect crunchy crust. The Ling Cod was tasty with the Ratatouille Napoleon side. And the Pork Chops, don't those look amazing? I couldn't stop eating the Savory Apple Bread Pudding.
Arizona Restaurant Week is produced by the Arizona Restaurant Association and this year sponsors include Sanderson Ford, Sanderson Lincoln, Young's Market, American Express, Open Table, and the Arizona Office of Tourism.
disclosure: I was invited to the Media Dine Around event for Arizona Restaurant Week so I could share my experience. All opinions are my own.

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When you're trying to bounce back from a tough season, sporting a new look might be a good idea.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum is hoping for a better 2014, as he comes into Scottsdale with a fresh new look. He arrived to camp with a thin mustache.
The 'stache isn't going away any time soon.
He kept the facial hair for Giants picture day and will be shown on TV spots and scoreboards with the mustache, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Lincecum made headlines last year when he chopped his long locks and showed up to camp with short hair.
Hello! Here is a high-resolution photograph of Tim Lincecum's mustache. http://t.co/GgkcMTcwNo pic.twitter.com/jqF5jmm9WP — Grant Brisbee (@mccoveychron) February 24, 2014
Lincecum was 10-14 last season with a 4.37 ERA. He returned to the Giants after signing a two-year, $35 million deal this offseason.
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Where the most CREATIVE, PASSIONATE, and BRIGHTEST scholar is always a GIRL!
Our unique approach places equal emphasis on character development, college knowledge, and academic excellence through an integrated curriculum to ensure all of our students are on a path to our North Star to College Completion and beyond. Our schools establish a culture of joy weaved in with the expectation of learning and critical thinking. Scholars are recognized for academic achievement in equal measures to their representation of our core values.
The culture of high expectations that celebrates both academic achievements and personal growth has instilled a love of learning in our daughter and has harnessed her natural curiosity and high energy.
- Carol Santiago-DeJesus, Girls Prep Parent
Dear Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary School and PrePrep families,
Welcome to Girls Prep Lower East Side! I am thrilled to be leading the flagship (PreK-4) campus of the first tuition-free, all-girls public charter school in New York City alongside Jessica Strong, Principal of Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School. When I began working at Girls Prep in 2011, I was drawn to its mission to provide a high-quality education to girls and to support their success on the path to and through college. I have been consistently impressed by the level of commitment shown by our students, families, and staff to create strong educational outcomes for our scholars.
This year we are celebrating 14 years of providing a unique and exciting educational choice to our students and families. Girls Prep scholars consistently demonstrate our 4 core values of merit, scholarship, sisterhood, and responsibility both in and out of school. Girls Prep scholars are consistently included in leadership programs that place students into private schools such as TEAK, Prep for Prep, and A Better Chance. The 2018-2019 school year marked the 7th consecutive year that 100% of the Girls Prep graduating 8th grade scholars were accepted into "right-fit", high quality high schools who will continue to support their path to and through college. In 2019, 93% of our 4th grade students scored a Level 3 or higher on the New York State Science test. This year, we were also named a Recognition School by New York State's Education Department. Recognition Schools have high academic achievement, student growth, and graduation rates, and have made progress during the 2017-2018 school year under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). We are so excited to welcome Prek girls and boys to our PrePrep program. Our PrePrep boys will have a guaranteed seat at Boys Prep Bronx for Kindergarten.
I am also pleased to introduce our School Leadership Team members who will serve as leaders in ensuring your daughter's success. As Academic Director, Ms. Katrina Liebst will support teachers, students, and staff primarily in areas of curriculum and instruction. Ms. Kamilah Pascal serves as the Director of Student and Family Affairs who works to maintain a positive school culture through Unity Meetings, student behavioral systems, and classroom management. Our Director of Operations, Ms. Naisha Blijd, oversees our school's operational systems such as finance, compliance, and day-to-day operations.
We are excited for the 2019-20 school year at Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary School!
The teachers go above and beyond to make sure your daughter succeeds. They have such an amazing and dedicated staff.
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Double Olympic and World champion Mo Farah will be returning to Tyneside to defend his title at Morrisons Great North Run on Sunday 13 September. The London 2012 hero won the race – one of the world's leading half marathons – for the first time last year in a thrilling battle with Kenya's Mike Kigen.
The day before lining up to defend his crown, Mo plans to jog around the course in the Morrisons Great North 5k and then perform the honours as official starter for the Mini Great North Run. The 31-year-old, who defends his 5,000m and 10,000m titles at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing from 22-30 August, will be attempting to become only the second British runner to win the elite men's race for a second time in the Morrisons Great North Run.
Local hero, Mike McLeod, the 1984 Olympic 10,000m silver medallist, won the first two editions of the prestigious IAAF Gold Label event in 1981 and 1982. Only one other runner has successfully defended the men's title: the late Benson Masya, who achieved back to back victories in 1991 and 1992.
The elite men's field on Tyneside will include several notable international entrants: 2014 London Marathon runner up Stanley Biwott of Kenya; South African Stephen Mokoka, winner of the 2014 Great Scottish Run; former Pan American Games 5000m champion Juan Luis Barrios of Mexico; and Japan's Masato Kikuchi, who finished 18th in last year's World Half Marathon Championship race.
Further British interest will be supplied by Callum Hawkins, who was fifth in the Under-23 race at the European Cross Country Championships in Samakov, Bulgaria, last December.
The Morrisons Great North Run will be broadcast live on BBC One from 9.30am on Sunday 13 September.


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It was all "worry worry worry. This person is doing this and I'm only doing this. I'm not working hard enough...blah, blah, blah".
Now look at you. You're working harder than ever.
Just one conversation with Dave Scott ends all worries about not doing enough.
No wonder they call him 'the man'.
Doing his workouts and you're guaranteed to do well on Ironman!
After a quick chit-chat we got right down to business. What are you doing now? What have you done? What do you want to do?
Get this...I told him my goals and...he didn't laugh!
Now that's a good coach!
Then he lays it out for me:
3 runs
3 bike
3 swim
Some weights
Umm...I'm not a mathlete, but that seems like there are more workouts then there are days in the week! Oh no! Double workout days!
So the freakout about not doing enough is GONE!
Thanks everyone for all nice, supportive comments. They really helped ease me back from the edge.
I don't know what the next freakout will be, but I'm sure that there's more in store for me.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Oscar Wilde
He did not wear his scarlet coat,
For blood and wine are red,
And blood and wine were on his hands
When they found him with the dead,
The poor dead woman whom he loved,
And murdered in her bed.
He walked amongst the Trial Men
In a suit of shabby grey;
A cricket cap was on his head,
And his step seemed light and gay;
But I never saw a man who looked
So wistfully at the day.
I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the sky,
And at every drifting cloud that went
With sails of silver by.
I walked, with other souls in pain,
Within another ring,
And was wondering if the man had done
A great or little thing,
When a voice behind me whispered low,
"That fellows got to swing."
Dear Christ! the very prison walls
Suddenly seemed to reel,
And the sky above my head became
Like a casque of scorching steel;
And, though I was a soul in pain,
My pain I could not feel.
I only knew what hunted thought
Quickened his step, and why
He looked upon the garish day
With such a wistful eye;
The man had killed the thing he loved
And so he had to die.
Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.
Some love too little, some too long,
Some sell, and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
Yet each man does not die.
He does not die a death of shame
On a day of dark disgrace,
Nor have a noose about his neck,
Nor a cloth upon his face,
Nor drop feet foremost through the floor
Into an empty place
He does not sit with silent men
Who watch him night and day;
Who watch him when he tries to weep,
And when he tries to pray;
Who watch him lest himself should rob
The prison of its prey.
He does not wake at dawn to see
Dread figures throng his room,
The shivering Chaplain robed in white,
The Sheriff stern with gloom,
And the Governor all in shiny black,
With the yellow face of Doom.
He does not rise in piteous haste
To put on convict-clothes,
While some coarse-mouthed Doctor gloats, and notes
Each new and nerve-twitched pose,
Fingering a watch whose little ticks
Are like horrible hammer-blows.
He does not know that sickening thirst
That sands one's throat, before
The hangman with his gardener's gloves
Slips through the padded door,
And binds one with three leathern thongs,
That the throat may thirst no more.
He does not bend his head to hear
The Burial Office read,
Nor, while the terror of his soul
Tells him he is not dead,
Cross his own coffin, as he moves
Into the hideous shed.
He does not stare upon the air
Through a little roof of glass;
He does not pray with lips of clay
For his agony to pass;
Nor feel upon his shuddering cheek
The kiss of Caiaphas.
Six weeks our guardsman walked the yard,
In a suit of shabby grey:
His cricket cap was on his head,
And his step seemed light and gay,
But I never saw a man who looked
So wistfully at the day.
I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the sky,
And at every wandering cloud that trailed
Its raveled fleeces by.
He did not wring his hands, as do
Those witless men who dare
To try to rear the changeling Hope
In the cave of black Despair:
He only looked upon the sun,
And drank the morning air.
He did not wring his hands nor weep,
Nor did he peek or pine,
But he drank the air as though it held
Some healthful anodyne;
With open mouth he drank the sun
As though it had been wine!
And I and all the souls in pain,
Who tramped the other ring,
Forgot if we ourselves had done
A great or little thing,
And watched with gaze of dull amaze
The man who had to swing.
And strange it was to see him pass
With a step so light and gay,
And strange it was to see him look
So wistfully at the day,
And strange it was to think that he
Had such a debt to pay.
For oak and elm have pleasant leaves
That in the spring-time shoot:
But grim to see is the gallows-tree,
With its adder-bitten root,
And, green or dry, a man must die
Before it bears its fruit!
The loftiest place is that seat of grace
For which all worldlings try:
But who would stand in hempen band
Upon a scaffold high,
And through a murderer's collar take
His last look at the sky?
It is sweet to dance to violins
When Love and Life are fair:
To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
Is delicate and rare:
But it is not sweet with nimble feet
To dance upon the air!
So with curious eyes and sick surmise
We watched him day by day,
And wondered if each one of us
Would end the self-same way,
For none can tell to what red Hell
His sightless soul may stray.
At last the dead man walked no more
Amongst the Trial Men,
And I knew that he was standing up
In the black dock's dreadful pen,
And that never would I see his face
In God's sweet world again.
Like two doomed ships that pass in storm
We had crossed each other's way:
But we made no sign, we said no word,
We had no word to say;
For we did not meet in the holy night,
But in the shameful day.
A prison wall was round us both,
Two outcast men were we:
The world had thrust us from its heart,
And God from out His care:
And the iron gin that waits for Sin
Had caught us in its snare.
In Debtors' Yard the stones are hard,
And the dripping wall is high,
So it was there he took the air
Beneath the leaden sky,
And by each side a Warder walked,
For fear the man might die.
Or else he sat with those who watched
His anguish night and day;
Who watched him when he rose to weep,
And when he crouched to pray;
Who watched him lest himself should rob
Their scaffold of its prey.
The Governor was strong upon
The Regulations Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific fact:
And twice a day the Chaplain called
And left a little tract.
And twice a day he smoked his pipe,
And drank his quart of beer:
His soul was resolute, and held
No hiding-place for fear;
He often said that he was glad
The hangman's hands were near.
But why he said so strange a thing
No Warder dared to ask:
For he to whom a watcher's doom
Is given as his task,
Must set a lock upon his lips,
And make his face a mask.
Or else he might be moved, and try
To comfort or console:
And what should Human Pity do
Pent up in Murderers' Hole?
What word of grace in such a place
Could help a brother's soul?
With slouch and swing around the ring
We trod the Fool's Parade!
We did not care: we knew we were
The Devil's Own Brigade:
And shaven head and feet of lead
Make a merry masquerade.
We tore the tarry rope to shreds
With blunt and bleeding nails;
We rubbed the doors, and scrubbed the floors,
And cleaned the shining rails:
And, rank by rank, we soaped the plank,
And clattered with the pails.
We sewed the sacks, we broke the stones,
We turned the dusty drill:
We banged th
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CCS Architecture, which is known for embracing California modernism and an indoor-outdoor aesthetic, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In recognition of this milestone, we invited the architecture firm's founder, Cass Calder Smith, to reflect on the evolution of both residential and restaurant design, his sources of inspiration and what's in store for the business moving forward.
Read the story on Dering Hall: https://deringhall.com/daily-features/contributors/dering-hall/renowned-architect-cass-calder-smith-on-the-evolution-of-design
Casa Amate wins IIDA 2017 Best Interiors of Latin America & the Caribbean for Best Restaurant
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CCS is proud to announce that Casa Amate at Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya was selected as a winner in the Restaurants category in the 2017 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Best Interiors of Latin America and the Caribbean Competition. Congratulations to our talented team that worked tirelessly to bring this project to life!
The IIDA Best Interiors of Latin America and the Caribbean Competition was created to recognize, honor and celebrate outstanding Interior Design/Architecture projects that represent the highest level of creativity, originality and design excellence.


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I put together 6 free Instagram Story Q&A Templates for you to download and to use on your own stories! Make sure you tag me when you use them! I would love to learn more about you.
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Q&A Session with Bettina and Kyle
More so than sharing our latest travel adventures and fashion obsessions, we thought it would fun to answer some of these questions ourselves so that you get to know us better. If you would like to learn more about our story and how we met, check out our About Us page.
Get To Know Me - Q&A
Name: Bettina and Kyle
Age: Bettina is 28 (turning 29 this week), Kyle is 30
Height: Bettina is 5'5'' (167cm) and Kyle is 6'4'' (193cm)
We live in: Chicago! But Bettina is originally from Switzerland and Kyle is from Canada.
Get To Know Me - Fun Facts
Growing up, I ...
Bettina: though I was really great at ice skating but learnt a few years later that my mom was being VERY diplomatic. 🙂
Kyle: spent every afternoon playing Grand Turismo 2.
Most People Don't Know....
Bettina: I'm not very talented at any sports and I'm also not very coordinated. My favorite subjects in school were music and math, definitely not sports!
Kyle: that I have a serious addiction to airplanes. I track all of my flights and can identify every commercial plane in the sky.
I'm Obsessed With
Bettina: Anything blue and chips! I'm also currently obsessed with Taylor Swift's new single!
Kyle: Cars, planes, and travel.
This Drives Me Crazy
Bettina: Traffic and when Kyle buys chips I'm not allowed to eat (because I would eat the entire bag in one sitting).
Kyle: When Bettina eats my chips! 🙂
Get To Know Me - My Favorites
Favorite Color
Bettina: Aqua or baby blue. Although, I love all shades of blue.
Kyle: Blue.
Favorite Movie
Bettina: I have seen The Devil Wears Prada and Pitch Perfect more times than I can count!
Kyle: Top Gun and all of the James Bond movies.
Favorite Artist
Bettina: I love music and musicians are my favorite artists! My favorites right now are John Mayer, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, and Secret Machines.
Kyle: Dave Matthews Band
Favorite TV Show
Bettina: So many! Friends (always), Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, Sex and the City, the British Baking Show.
Kyle: The Grand Tour
Get To Know Me - Take Me Away
Dream Vacation
Bettina: Yacht Week in Croatia
Kyle: Exploring Saint Helena
Favorite Place I've Visited
Bettina: Spain and Iceland
Kyle: Can't decide between Iceland and Vietnam.
I Have Always Wanted To Go To...
Bettina: Bali
Kyle: So many places! Patagonia is at the top of the list.
My Favorite Thing To Do When I Travel
Bettina: Creating content and going shopping.
Kyle: Trying new foods.
This Or That - Travel and Fashion Edition
The dark blue selected sides are our favorites. Bettina answered the fashion questions and Kyle answered the travel questions! If you're curious to see Bettina's answers to the travel questions, check out her Instagram stories here.
We hope you enjoyed these Instagram Story Q&A Templates and are able to use them to share more about yourself with your followers.
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Corporate Responsibility
Caring for our communities and environment.
Sounds like SpartanNash.
Formed in 2015, the SpartanNash Foundation provides grants to nonprofit partners in the communities we serve. In 2017, we granted more than $1.5 million to community nonprofit organizations. Outreach includes providing hunger relief, securing shelter and supporting our military heroes. We also are deeply committed to continuing our 34-year partnership with Special Olympics. To date, we have donated nearly $9.7 million and thousands of volunteer hours to Special Olympics in addition to providing meals for Summer Games volunteers. Check out our annual corporate responsibility report for details.
In 2017, SpartanNash challenged our associates to collectively contribute at least 30,000 volunteer hours and exceeded that goal by 36 percent with 41,016 volunteer hours. Our goal for 2018 is 60,000 hours.
Retail Scan Campaigns
Throughout the year, the SpartanNash Foundation invites the communities it serves to join us in supporting key initiatives through a retail scan, whereby store guests have the opportunity to donate at the checkout register. In 2017, we raised and granted more than $1 million for Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics, as well as patriotic and food pantry partners.
Double Up Food Bucks™
This program enables Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to earn free produce when they buy fresh fruits and vegetables with their SNAP benefit.
Food Donations
5.5 million pounds of food are donated annually to food banks and pantries to feed families in need – and to divert the food from landfills.
We also support events such as fireworks, parades, youth development teams and fundraiser walks, runs, relays and bike races.
Environmental Efforts
Earth Week
Through our annual Earth Week programs, we engage and educate our customers, communities and associates while promoting environmental stewardship. Since 2011, our Goodwill Donation Drive has resulted in 630,740 pounds of materials diverted from landfills to Goodwill, who then turns the donations into approximately 135,098 hours of workforce development training.
Corporate Responsibility
Our corporate responsibility dashboard includes company-wide initiatives to reduce waste and energy consumption to minimize our carbon footprint. From LEED buildings to lighting and refrigeration systems, our business decisions are driven by their impact on the environment.


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Christmas Eve night we went to a wonderful service at People's Church and after they had these adorable vignettes prepared with photographers to take photos of each family. I wish I had the original on this computer, but you can get the idea.
After dinner we went home and put cookies out for Santa
and sprinkled reindeer food out on the grass. :)
On Christmas morning,
Aubrey Rose was soooooo excited Santa got her the two things she wanted.
Belle doll to sleep with and a bow and arrow.
I have no idea why a bow and arrow.
She got the idea while looking in a kids toy magazine
and it stuck for a good month or more before Christmas.
She would ask for it constantly.
She loves it!!
Then, we went over to Blake's parents house.
Here is our little girl who has now lost a total of FOUR teeth
and these days her favorite song is,
"All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." :)
Fresh squeezed orange juice and monkey bread.
Yep, it's officially Christmas morning!! :)
HAHA! Blake liked his shirt.
Blake's parents tree is even prettier in person!
After a family picture, we were ready to open up presents.
We got matching polka dotted pj's
The boys got matching pi's with skiers on them.
We are BIG Sequence fans!
Now we can all play at our own homes!
Oh, this one melts my heart.
Love these two together, especially when they are puttering around on Big Papa's antique train.
They love their Auntie BB!!
The fox slippers were a hit! HA!
So were this boys new cars! :)
Not sure who liked this gift the most…
the little one who the gift was for or the one who was teaching him how to use it. HA!
The following morning we left for ski trip to Sun Valley!
More to come!


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Comic book movies are like comics for illiterate people. This doesn't stop fans from having extremely strong opinions about them.
Just The Facts
- Comic book movies are movies adapted from comic books.
- A comic book movie is either the best or the worst thing ever. There is no middle ground.
- Sometimes, a comic movie that was the best thing ever can turn into the worst thing ever. This occurs automatically as soon as a franchise is "rebooted", or has one bad sequel.
Cracked on Comic Book Movies
In 1978, Warner Bros released Superman, probably one of the first comic book movies in which the writers actually took the subject matter seriously. Before this, the studios were only really interested in adapting comics into campy, condescending pieces of shit like the 1966 Batman movie which became a cult hit for geeks to laugh at while stoned. This was around about the point at which film studios started to realize that comics were a worthwhile source material for making the bucks, and Superman was followed in 1981 by Superman 2, in 1983 by Superman 3, and in 1987 by Superman 4. The films starred Christopher Reeve as the titular superhero, and Gene Hackman as his nemesis Lex Luthor. Though fans of the series tend to cringe at the mention of the third film (while aggressively denying the existence of the fourth), the success of these movies led to the also very successful Batman adaptations of the '90s. Together, DC Comics' two most recognizable franchise heroes took turns beating the everloving shit out of the box office until the box office cowered in a fetal position in the corner nursing its shattered metacarpals.
Pictured, left to right - DC comics; Hollywood
What was comics rival Marvel doing in Hollywood during this period? Sweet fuck all. Well, that's not entirely accurate. In 1986, George Lucas (Yes, that George Lucas) tried his hand at producing the first big-budget Marvel Comics film adaptation. Written and directed by Temple of Doom scribe Willard Huyck and starring screen legend Tim Robbins, it was the first Marvel property to have a wide cinematic release in the United States.
That movie was Howard the Duck, considered by many to be the worst thing ever put to celluloid. Watching Howard is an experience often compared with being tied down and having a family of magical leprechauns shit in your eye sockets for an hour and a half. A few years later, Marvel tried again with a forgettable Dolph Lundgren adaptation of The Punisher, and then just completely gave up for like a decade.
In the meantime, Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns gave fans of the caped crusader a darker, somewhat film-noir edge to the character who had been run into the ground by campy, tongue-in cheek '60s portrayals plagued by song and dance numbers. The success of the Batman films was somewhat serendipitous considering the fact that director Burton always hated the Batman character, and was so disappointed by the first film that only the allure of money was a powerful enough incentive for him to create a sequel. The strength of the films was enough for Warner Bros to greenlight another sequel, for which Burton was replaced by Joel Schumacher as director, and this is the point at which things started to go very, very wrong.
In 1995 and 1997 respectively, the openly gay Joel Schumacher presented to the world the most openly gay Batman ever. To understand exactly the extent to which Schumacher fagged up Batman, you need only type the words "bat nipples" into Google and hit enter. After Batman and Robin made the shortlist of worst crimes against humanity outside of a warzone, Warner Brothers decided they would sooner adapt a bowl of cornflakes into a feature film before they came within shouting distance of a Batman film ever again.
In the meantime, the Superman franchise was suffering under what would later become known as the Superman curse. (on Cracked: The Insane True Stories Behind 6 Cursed Movies). This ultimately culminated in what is probably the worst case of Development Hell known to the western world.
In 2000, 20th Century Fox released X-Men, a Marvel comics movie, starring every actor in Hollywood. It was an immense success, and relaunched the failing comic book movies concept. While DC's people tried desperately to cobble together another Superman movie with gum and twine, Marvel went nuts optioning every single franchise they owned. In five years, they released three Blade movies, two X-Men movies, two Spiderman movies, Hulk, Punisher, Daredevil, Elektra, and Fantastic Four. For a short time, you couldn't walk past a cinema without inadvertantly seeing two movies based on some Marvel character.
Unfortunately, Marvel was selling the rights to a variety of different filmmakers who had a variety of different interpretations for the material. As a result, the guy who directed Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm somehow found himself in charge of the Hulk movie. The result was exactly as was to be expected. So although Marvel was making an obscene amount of money throwing their franchises into the wind, the resulting films seemed to care very little for their source material and were often, at best, forgettable.
Marvel, handing out its properties.
2005-NOW: Age of the Reboot
In 2005, DC made a spectacular comeback to the movie world when Christopher Nolan invented the reboot. After seeing Batman Begins 40 times each, comics fans instantly declared that every other comic movie ever made looked like something Uwe Boll dug out of the crease between his man-boobs. Its sequel, The Dark Knight went on to make Batman Begins look distressingly lacklustre.
Thus began the great Reboot Wars of the decade 2000, in which both Marvel and DC competed to treat every one of their properties to a Gritty Reboot(tm). Superman got done over, to mixed reviews. They even started rebooting "franchises" that only consisted of one film no more than a couple of years old, like Hulk and Punisher.
Because of a severe lack of understanding about what made Nolan's Batman films great, filmmakers decided that its "grittiness" probably accounted for one hundred percent of its success, as there is shown to be a direct linear relationship between "grit" and "profit" in all artistic situations across the board. This has paved the way for studios massively increasing the grit ratio even in properties for which it doesn't make any sense. The next Spider-Man movie is promised to be a Gritty Reboot(tm) in which Peter Parker does less wisecracking and more battling teenage issues in a more contemporary setting. How exactly they plan on making the film more contemporary than the present day setting of the previous three remains to be seen.


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The following are helpful toolkits for community-based research:
Power Through Partnerships: A CBPR Toolkit for Domestic Violence Researchers
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Developed by: Community Based Participatory Research
Community-Based Research Toolkit: Resources and Tools for Doing Research with Community for Social Change, 2012
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In Collaboration with: Sarah Switzer and Matthew Adams
From Collaborative Research to Community-Based Research: A Methodological Toolkit, 2012
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Flue Gas Heat Recovery is an approved Green Deal and ECO measure under the Building Services Mechanical category.
Flue Gas Heat Recoverycan be used as a way to make your boiler much more efficient and useful. Heating costs are increasing every single year without fail and that's why installing flue gas heat recovery systems is becoming increasingly popular. There's simply no point wasting a lot of money on heating costs if all the steam is going to be allowed to escape anyway.
Any boiler which works by burning fuels to produce heat will need to have some form of vent or chimney to get rid of the fumes from the house without them causing danger. Flue gas heat recovery systems are a great help for any boiler because they will prevent a loss of heat.
What is Flue Gas Heat Recovery?
Almost all boilers will be powered by oil or natural gas. Both of these things produce fumes when they are burned which means that they must be vented to allow the fumes to escape. Inadequate venting means that the fumes aren't able to escape and this can actually be very dangerous.
It's not just fumes which will escape up the chimney; actually heat will also escape up the chimney. This is a major problem for many people because there's no point heating the whole world. You're paying for every little bit of gas that you're using so why wouldn't you want to extract every single bit of heat possible?
A flue vent damper is one of the most efficient methods of shutting off the flue when the boiler has stopped firing. It ensures that the flue is only open when it actually needs to be. Any heat loss can be avoided because the flue will automatically close and shut off when it is not needed.
Flue dampers are very useful devices to fit on all types of different boilers including gas, oil and steam boilers. Vent dampers are mechanical devices that automatically control the flow of heat and vapour as it leaves the boiler.
Vent dampers and other flue gas heat recovery devices are very easy to install and fit. These vent dampers are installed by cutting a section out of the flue pipe and then replacing it with a flue damper. This is then fixed and bolted into place so that it is able to restrict the flow of fumes and gasses leaving the boiler and passing up the flue.
Before installing any vent damper you must first ensure that your boiler is turned off and that the flue is cold to the touch. You should never attempt to work on a hot flue as it's too easy to accidentally cause yourself harm.
The flue damper can be fitted for a few hundred pounds and installation will produce on-going savings in heating costs.
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Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. (Imdb)
Hushpuppy is not just the film's heroine; she's its soul. Beasts of the Southern Wild exists entirely in its own universe: mythological, anthropological, folkloric, and apocalyptic. Benh Zeitlin's first feature (a Sundance Institute Feature Film Program project) employs a cast of nonactors—reflecting its grassroots production—to fiercely portray the bond between father and daughter in a world where only the strong survive. Standing defiantly at the end of the world, Hushpuppy affirms the dignity of telling their own story: that they were once there. –Sundance Film Festival


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About Franconia Notch
New Hampshire's Franconia Notch region, comprised of the picturesque mountain towns of Lincoln, Franconia, Twin Mountain, Sugar Hill, North Woodstock, Littleton, Lancaster, Jefferson, and Bethlehem, offers an incredible range of attractions for the short- or long-term visitor. Each town, hewn into the rock-studded mountains that give the granite state its name, has its own unique charm and collection of recreational opportunities. World-famous hiking and classic New England skiing are only the tip of the iceberg; snowmobiling, amusement parks, scenic drives, and an incredible range of dining options welcome visitors to the White Mountains. At the end of the day, an incredible range of lodging options—from primitive camping to five-star hotels—provide options in every niche.
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Daily Rewind: Tenacious D, Neil Young + More
Today we listened to new Tenacious D album, listened to Neil Young's take on a classic American folk song and gave our best wishes to newlyweds Nancy Wilson and Geoff Bywater.
We also had a triple dose of Beatles news with plans to re-release the Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' in theaters, an interview with George Harrison's wife and a new movie musical written and produced by Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.
Today's Stories from Ultimate Classic Rock:
Alice Cooper's 'School's Out' Performed by 'Glee' Cast
The Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' Hitting Theaters Nationwide
Top 10 Vintage Led Zeppelin T-Shirts
Neil Young Releases Video for 'Oh Susannah' From Upcoming 'Americana' Album
Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart Announce Movie Musical
Tenacious D Offer Free Stream of New 'Rize of the Fenix' Album
Journey's Neal Schon Reveals Plans For Two New Solo Albums
Former Guns N' Roses, AC/DC Drummers Join John Bonham Tribute Concert
Heart's Nancy Wilson Gets Married
George Harrison's Wife and Giles Martin Discuss 'Early Takes, Vol. 1′
Ultimate Classic Rock Also Recommends:
Pearl Jam Channeling Motorhead on New Disc?
Dave Grohl To Direct and Produce Documentary About Famous Recording Studio
New International Poster For 'The Amazing Spider-Man'
Movie Theater Accidentally Deletes Advanced Screening of 'The Avengers' for the Press
Lionel Richie Pulls Out of 'Duets' Show


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November 5 - Ukrainian city Lviv will bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after it today received final approval.
As expected, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOCU) and Lviv city officials signed letters today declaring their intent to bid for the Games.
Lviv would host the ice venues, while the ski events would take place in the nearby Carpathian mountains.
"Our bid to host the 2022 Winter Games is based on the real need of the region," said Oleksandr Vilkul, Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister, who will lead the campaign.
"Forty-six million Ukrainians need more sports and tourism infrastructure in the Carpathian Mountains.
"Our athletes will be able to train at home and Ukrainians will be able to enjoy winter sports in our own country."
Sergey Bubka, President of the NOCU and an influential member of the International Olympic Committee, is expected to play a leading role in the bid.
"Ten years ago I could not imagine that I would witness a Ukrainian bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games," he said.
"This confirms the revival of Ukrainian sporting traditions, the development of winter sports and a new focus on the Olympic values.
"We are creating an opportunity for future generations to join the Olympic Movement and to give the world new Olympic champions."
Under plans revealed today, the official Opening and Closing Ceremonies will take place in the recently built 35,000 Lviv Arena, which hosted three matches last year's UEFA European Champinships.
The area around the Arena will serve as the Olympic Park and will accommodate ice venues, the Olympic Village and the International Broadcast and Main Press Centres.
Nordic skiing and Alpine snow events will take place in the Carpathians, located near the city, which Ukrainian officials claim is the geographical centre of Europe.
"Our plans for Lviv 2022 fit seamlessly into the city's and region's longer-term development programme," said Andriy Sadovyy, the Mayor of Lviv.
"Lviv is only 60 kilometres from the European Union and will attract millions in foreign investment, serving as a catalyst for Lviv tourism, transport and economic infrastructure development.
"The bid creates new opportunities for the city's rapid development."
Earlier in the day, the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) had made the surprise announcement that Beijing, in association with Zhangjiakou, would bid for the event.
It means that there are now three declared bidders ahead of the November 14 deadline set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with Almaty in Kazakhstan having announced in September that they would be candidates.
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English bands must be immune to the lamentable sophomore slump; some of the best British records are of the highly-challenging second variety. The Auteurs' 1994 album, Now I'm A Cowboy, galloped into the musical pasture, lassoing in some of the most haunting songs written since their debut one year earlier. In just one measly year, the Auteurs' auteur, Luke Haines, managed to embellish their signature sound with a heavier glam guitar, creating a brash soundtrack to his lyrics so sharp they border on deadly. Cowboy continues to build upon the themes first introduced in New Wave, most notably the great division between the classes. Haines' Ray Davies-inspired vignettes of the haves and haven'ts describe drug dealers and thrift shop thieves mingling with twenty-one year old heiresses, chauffeurs, and horse guards. Musically, the Auteurs have maintained a similar juxtaposition of the high and low brow. Their refined chamber music is now tempered with more boldly swelling guitars than on their debut. It might be slightly less refined, but it's no less tortured.
The album opens with the band's biggest hit. 'Lenny Valentino' is spine-tingling in its intensity, with its slasher movie strings accentuating Luke Haines' vaguely threatening snarl. 'New French Girlfriend' is a seductive burst of Baroque pop. Haines' serpentine vocals lend a suspenseful air to its brooding melody. While the musical arrangements have become rawer, tauter, and sexier, the real highlight of the album is Luke Haines' seething and intellectual lyrics. 'A poet is the only thief…You're a thief with style,' Haines sneers (at himself?) in 'Brainchild.' Taking Morrissey's cerebral lyricism one step further, Haines' prefers to directly name check literary and artistic figures as if they were modern day celebrities. Artists like Chaim Soutine and Toulouse-Lautrec are mentioned alongside the Beat writers and Truman Capote. 'Chinese Bakery' is one such song that has an impressive cast of characters. It's a sordid rocker name dropping Toulouse-Lautrec, the three wise men, and Bob Dylan as Haines has us zig-zagging uptown and downtown in search of the truth. 'Modern History' may or may not refer to the surrealistic Beat writer, William S. Burroughs, who, too, spent a lifetime 'cutting up words.' Remember Haines' preoccupation with social class struggle? He revisits the theme yet again in 'Underground Movies,' a song about the type of young woman with a rich lawyer father who pays for her posh Notting Hill home. By comparison, Haines aligns himself with the petite bourgeoisie, almost bragging that, 'For years, I lived in a flat without water running.' The grand centerpiece of the album is 'The Upper Classes.' It is an epic elaboration on Haines' lyrical obsession with class culture and his contempt for those with privilege. His seething spite for people who 'live in houses behind trees' is subtly diluted by James Banbury's sighing cello accompaniment.
Now I'm a Cowboy is the perfect bridge between the Auteurs' chamber pop past and their darker future. In 'The Upper Classes,' Luke Haines might have ironically chided that 'you can get so far with a perishing wit,' but it's apparent that his perishing wit would help the Auteurs retain their status as critical favorites through their last album.


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Dakkster's Top 300 Games, 175-151
Not a lot to say here, just keep it going. Check this out if you want to see the rest of the posts about the list.
175: Hitman 2 (PC) – The second game was different from the first in that it gave you an alternative if your regular assassination attempt didn't work. Regular being using disguises and all that jazz. So what would you do? Shoot your way through it. The game had markedly better shooting controls.
174: Mario Kart DS (Nintendo DS) – I never got that thing that made it possible to connect your DS via wifi to a USB connection point in order to connect the DS to the internet so you could play multiplayer online instead of just within your wifi radius. That's why this game is down here. It got comparatively boring pretty fast to only play the AI. Still, it's Mario Kart, so it's on the list.
173: Army of Two (Xbox 360) – Cookie-cutter shooter but it becomes quite entertaining in co-op. Not blow-your-socks-off great, but solid and enjoyable. Also, the camp factor of this game is through the roof. Miles better than the sequel, since it has a clear bad guy you go after and the environments are a lot more varied too.
172: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Nintendo DS) – For some reason, this wasn't as fun as the first game and I've been trying to put my finger on why that is, but no such luck. It could be the whole postapocalypse vibe that permeates the entire game. Or that the characters aren't as entertaining as in the first. However, the skirmish mode is still awesome and the fantastic concept of turn-based strategy is still there.
171: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Xbox 360) – The biggest problems with this game were that the narrative was all over the place and that the environment, the ravaged city, got tiresome too fast. I also didn't think that it had as good of a kinetic feel to it as the first game, especially during the firefights.
170: Worms Armageddon (Xbox 360) – I'm talking about the second Worms on XBLA here. Great game for couch competition, especially the game type where you and the opponent gets a fortress each and you're lobbing grenades at each other. I tried playing it on Xbox Live, but most people were too boring, never being willfully chaotic, instead just playing tactically to win. Meh.
169: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (GameCube) – This is the only skateboarding game that I gave a proper shot and for some reason, it stuck with me and I had a lot of fun with it. I tried out some later Tony Hawk games and I've also tried out the Skate games, but they're just "meh" with me.
168: Wii Sports (Wii) – I like this the most when it's played during a party involving alcohol and lots of people. Or when I try to hit homeruns. I like the baseball part the best, but boxing is fun too, although I suck at the controls in that.
167: Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360) – I think I've played about four or five "missions" of the main story. Hardly anything at all. I still spent 10+ hours with the game, running around like a madman, having fun by creating havoc, shooting people and stealing cars. I actually want to get through the story of this one, but a lot of it is soooo tedious. The brother, for example. Why you're not presented with an option to shoot him within five minutes is beyond me.
166: Lumines Live (Xbox 360) – I first played this on my friend Micke's PlayStation Portable years ago and it almost became reason enough for me to buy a PSP, although that never happened. But then when Lumines was released for the 360 a few years later, I picked it up and I just love the music together with the puzzle gameplay. It's still one of the best puzzle games around and it's like you get into a trance-like state when you're completely into it.
165: Lost Planet (Xbox 360) – Lost Planet was the first game I ever played on an Xbox 360 and the first game I experienced on a high definition TV. I tried the demo at my friend's place on his brand new HDTV and it blew me away. So later when I got my own 360 and HDTV, this was among the first games I got for it. It has incredibly cheesy cutscenes, but the action is very good, both when you're on foot and when you're in a mech. Some of the bosses are huge and the game gives you a great sense of size.
164: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC) – This was the first really solid WW2 shooter if I remember correctly. There's not a lot more to say, I think, because the whole WW2 shooter has been done to death at this point.
163: Splinter Cell: Double Agent (PC) – The story of Sam Fisher, part four. In this game, Sam thinks he doesn't have a reason to live and becomes a double agent for one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world. It's a pretty interesting game, actually, in how you have to play two sides, but some of the pacing in the game gets weird. I got to the cruise ship level and stopped playing there for some reason. I think I'll finish the game someday, because it's still a pretty good game with solid sneaking.
162: Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Gameboy Advance) – I love the Metroidvania games, but this is the worst of them. It is all over the place and a lot of the skills and mechanics are subpar for the genre. Still, it's a Metroidvania game and I love 'em. Good thing I got this on a dual cartridge along with Aria of Sorrow, which I'll come to later.
161: Daigasso Band Brothers (Nintendo DS) – A music game on the Nintendo DS? You betcha! I got this as a Japanese import and I don't know if it was ever released in English. It works kind of like the current console music games, except you don't get any weird peripherals. It tells you when to press the different buttons on the DS, for how long and everything else. The tricky tunes get really hard when you have to switch between eight different buttons + modifying them with the L and R buttons. On the other hand it's a lot of fun to play the classic Nintendo music.
160: Hexic HD (Xbox 360) – Another 360 puzzle game, this one is quite the opposite of something like Lumines. Most other puzzle games I've played have been designed around pressure mounting by giving you less and less time to do what you have to do. Not Hexic. Well, excluding one of the game modes of course. Most of the time you can just watch the screen and take all the time in the world to figure out what you need to do.
159: Firepower (Amiga 500) – Oh, here's an old-timer that has gotten waaaaaay too little attention. This was one of the most fun games on the Amiga 500 and I just loved playing the versus mode. My friend and I even made this contraption to put up a cardboard screen between us so we could only see our own half of the monitor. Tank action at its best.
158: Command & Conquer (PC) – The first one. It still has the best death scream of any game ever. This was one of the first two games I bought for myself when I got my own PC back in 1996. The other one is in the 12th spot on this list. I always liked the original series more than the Red Alert spinoffs. If nothing else, then just for the reason that the commando was so much cooler than that damn Tanya in Red Alert.
157: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (PC) – I had a lot of fun with this because I didn't feel like playing a simulator version of the Star Wars flying games. You just plopped down in front of the computer and pulled off flying that was awesome.
156: Another World (SNES) – Also known as Out of this World. This game is actually not that long, but it has style and atmosphere in spades. Excellent game about someone who wakes up in a strange world. Created by Delphine Software, this had great control and was the start of something great, the result of which will show up in the 50s on this list.
155: Age of Empires 2 (PC) – Another RTS that I spent a lot of multiplayer time with and virtually no singleplayer time. I was never close to being the best of the bunch when me and my friends played this, but it was still pretty fun to build a base and defend it, especially the castles. My favorite units were the Teutonian knights. Damn, they could take a beating before going down.
154: Quake 4 (PC) – The second game in the storyline started in Quake 2, this game gets you back on Stroggos and it's a wild ride. The wildest part is when you're turned into a Strogg soldier. That was actually pretty cool and gruesome. Standard action with good graphics, solid game.
153: New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo DS) – I had a lot of expectations for this game when it was released, but they were tempered quickly when I started playing it. It was just not the same thing anymore, not the same, good, old Mario gameplay. I don't know what it was, but it just felt wrong.
152: Call of Duty (PC) – Pretty much the same as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, but this one had more narrative flair in how it intertwined the different stories. Playing as a Soviet soldier was very refreshing back then. Other than that, not a lot to say, since it's another WW2 shooter.
151: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Nintendo DS) – What set this Metroidvania game apart from the others was the whole control-two-characters-at-once design. It was actually pretty cool and it made you think more about how you'd tackle each room, but in the end it had a pretty pathetic story that wasn't very interesting. What was more interesting was the stuff you unlocked when you finished the story. Suddenly, you could control those two scary sisters and you controled them with the DS stylus.
Halfway through the list now, getting closer to the end. I'll do two more entries of 25 games each and then start with the top 100 with 10 games in each post.
Dakkster's Top 300 Games, 250-226
Time for the next 25 entries in this giant list, getting close to wrapping up the first 100. As usual check out the blog tag Top 300 Games for all the posts about the list.
250: Leisure Suit Larry (Amiga 500) – The ultimate video game pervert made his debut in this game that was kind of the silly antithesis to Police Quest. I thought this was soooooo cool and grown up when I played it and my cousin wrote me a walk-through way before GameFAQs was around, just so I could go all the way with a skanky hooker. Wonderful…
249: Journey to Silius (NES) – Journey to Silius was a fresh change of pace among a bunch of brightly colored and generally cheery platformers on the NES. This was a dark, dystopian tale that featured awesome action, interesting enemies and some of the best music in the entire NES game library. This was good shit and it still holds up today, so check it out.
248: North & South (Amiga 500) – One of my friends had an Amiga 500 and this was probably the game that we played the most. We made aiming cannons into an art and I can still remember all those times when I tried to sneak a few infantrymen across a stream to let them loose on my friend's artillery, only to aim them incorrectly and they'd leave the battlefield without doing any damage. Damn it! Although I was usually pretty good at doing those train assaults where the game turned into an action platformer.
247: Track & Field 2 (NES) – I wonder how many NES controllers and/or fingers have been worn out because of this game. To this day, I still can't come up with a game that centers so much around pressing a button or two repeatedly like a madman. We got so good at turbopressing that we were faster than the autofire controllers that were available back then.
246: Delta Force (PC) – Voxels… Ah, they were supposed to be the new graphical revolution in video games, but then polygons took over and the rest is history, as they say. But voxels were pretty cool too, even if they lacked the texture detail that some polygon based 3D games had. Why? Draw distance. With voxels, the game world could be virtually endless and it could be as flat or mountainous as you wanted it to be. I used to play skirmish games on it, where the game would spawn 50 or so enemy soldiers and then it was my job to kill them all. Most of the time, that meant me picking them off with a sniper rifle. Fun stuff!
245: Pro Wrestling (NES) – This game has the greatest game over screen of all time. "A WINNER IS YOU!" Oh, the memories… My favorite fighter was always Star Man because of his trippy outfit, but I liked the monster guy who could chew on heads too.
244: South Park (PC) – I don't remember playing through a lot of this game's story mode, because it was basically just about shooting turkeys. The real fun was in the multiplayer and we used to play that quite a bit at one point. It had some really creative weapons and this was a couple of years into South Park's popularity, so everyone loved killing Stan, Kyle, Cartman but especially Kenny. Yes, we were that predictable and boring.
243: Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC) – The most interesting thing about this game, apart from the wacky humor and the beautiful graphics, was that you played as distinctly different characters. The most fun to play as was Kabuto, because he could wreak havoc like no one else since he was so big and strong and could take a thorough beating before he went down.
242: Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) – Same thing here as with Giants, you could play as different characters. Of course, this wasn't in a big 3D game world, it was just a classic NES platformer. But it worked really well and was a lot of fun. I loved playing as the Tazmanian Devil's kid the most.
241: Crusader No Regret/Remorse (PC) – I baked these two into one entry because frankly, I can't remember how to tell them apart and they were basically the same thing anyway. Awesome, isometric, shooter action that I would love to see a remake of on XBLA or something like that.
240: Grand Theft Auto (PC) – Gouranga! That's what popped up on the screen in large letters whenever you managed to run over an entire procession of Hare Krishna worshippers. The reason I like this game so much is because it was so simple and yet so big and so fun. Not a million mini games. You could do a lot of things with it even though you could only drive cars and stuff viewed from above. Some of the chases that went on for a while got really intense.
239: Super Star Wars (SNES) – The best of the bunch as far as the SNES Star Wars games are concerned, in my opinion. It could be that it was the first one, but I thought it was really exciting and had a lot of great action. I remember renting this and putting it into my console only to hear the familiar Star Wars music blaring out of the TV.
238: Punch Out (NES) – I always wondered how some of the guys in this game actually got as far as they did. King Hippo? Come on! I think the farthest I got was to meet Bald Bull the second time. As I recall, I couldn't beat him that time, but it was a long time ago, so I could be mistaken.
237: The Settlers (Amiga 500) – My cousin and I used to play this because he had a hard-on for building games. His favorite part was the guy who went out to look for minerals. I liked the whole thing and now that I think about it, I'm actually a bit surprised that I haven't really picked up any of the sequels.
236: Castlevania II – Simon's Quest (NES) – Looking back on this title these days, I don't really understand what made it stand out for me so much back then. Perhaps I didn't have better judgement, because it's a pretty shitty game that's complete nonsense a lot of the time. Great music though.
235: Syndicate (Amiga 500) – My friend used to roll his eyes at me just because I insisted on always having a shotgun with one of my guys in every mission, imitating Michael Biehn's Corporal Hicks in the movie Aliens: "I like to keep this handy for close encounters." This was another dystopian favorite of mine when I was younger, but I didn't really get much of the story, if there even was one. My friend and I just plowed through the missions because it was good action.
234: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES) – This was the ultimate zombie game way back before zombies got so insanely popular. It was extremely fun and equally hard when you got a bunch of levels into the game. Those homicidal little knife maniacs were my primary hate objects but there were a whole bunch of annoying enemies that you could hate.
233: A-10 Tank Killer (PC) – I used to play this on my dad's PC when he still had a monochrome screen and I think I played it with the invulnerability cheat on for the most part, but then when I got a bit bored with it, I figured out how to turn that off and play it properly, learning how to follow the different orders and using the right bombs/missiles for the different assignments. I haven't really touched a realistic flight simulator since then.
232: Hidden & Dangerous (PC) – Remember what I said about Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines about wanting it to be released with a fresh skin? Well, this is sort of it, but it was released pretty closely after Commandos. It was a bit more action-oriented, but still focused on stealth, which was a lot of fun. Actually, it's the kind of game that could probably be released today and garner a lot of success. I liked it because it was more than just shooting stuff. It forced you to think a bit before you pulled the trigger.
231: Bucky O'Hare (NES) – One of those games that got way too little exposure and fanfare. This is one of the best platformers on the NES and again, it's one of those games that lets you play as different characters with different abilities. I'm noticing a pattern here.
230: Red Faction (PC) – I remember when the demo for this game was released and I tried it. You got to play a bit of the first level and you also got to play around with a fun-house level that was just a glass house in a mine. I used to edit the config files to up the explosive force of the packs of dynamite or whatever they were, just so I could blow away more rock. Finally, I found out that the level had hard limits that I couldn't blow myself past. Meh. Fun game in story mode, it was one of the first FPS games that really pulled off vehicles mid-game.
229: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (NES) – The first TMNT game was a bitch to play and this one was also quite tricky, although a lot more manageable. The biggest improvement over the first one, apart from… well, everything really, was that you could play two players this time around, which was completely awesome.
228: Ninja Gaiden (NES) – This was called Shadow Warriors here in Sweden, but it was just as fantastic and horribly difficult. But I beat it, although I can't for the life of me understand how today. I was some kind of NES ninja back in the day. I tried the sequels on the NES too, but I figured that I had gone through enough with the first game. Those damn birds can go suck a big fat dick as far as I'm concerned. They are the single most annoying platforming enemies ever. So unforgiving.
227: Ignition (PC) – A Swedish developer made this game, actually, and I remember the gaming magazines over here made a big deal out of it. I thought it was an okay racing game, very casual. It felt more like controlling those little remote-controlled toy cars you used to have when you were a kid.
226: Gun.Smoke (NES) – Capcom has made some really classic NES games and Gun.Smoke is one of them. The period is there because of copyright issues with the TV show. This is still one of the best western games ever released, which says a lot about how bad western games have generally been through the years.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution
Written by: Pagan Kennedy
First line: Michael Dillon, a bearded medical student, fiddled with his pipe and then lit it nervously.
Why you should read this book: Over a decade before Christine Jorgenson came out as the first person to use surgery and hormones to change her expressed gender, Michael Dillon succeeded in becoming the man he'd always wanted to be using testosterone and an unusual surgical technique pioneered to help soldiers injured in World War I. Although Dillon was more or less able to completely pass as a man for most of his adult life, and even helped a male-to-female friend obtain surgery that was, at the time, illegal, his brother, an English baron, suppressed the story long after his death. Here is the history of a man determined to refine himself into a person of superlative body and spirit, and the difficulties encountered in a life lived according to his own principles, regardless of what others believed.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You've ever told a family member not to show their face around the old homestead ever again.
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Labels: biography, censorship, drugs, gender, healing, health, identity, non-fiction, psychology, relationships, science
Dance Hall of the Dead
Written by: Tony Hillerman
First line: Shulawitsi, the Little Fire God, member of the Council of the Gods and Deputy to the Sun, had taped his track shoes to his feet.
Why you should read this book: When a Zuni boy dies and a Navajo boy disappears, Lt. Joe Leaphorn is sent to the reservation to look for the missing youth, who is definitely a person of interest in a seemingly motiveless murder. Leaphorn is a true and dedicated detective, willing to do the plodding work it takes to unravel this case: stake out a hippie commune from a cold and snowy cliff, examine all his knowledge of comparative mythology to understand the characters involved, get shot with an animal tranquilizer dart and spend the night hallucinating in a crack in a rock beside a beautiful high school dropout. It becomes increasingly clear to Leaphorn that no one cares about the death of one Indian boy and the disappearance of another, except as they pertain to a big narcotics bust, which makes him all the more determined to discover the truth, even if there will be no one left to share it with at the end of the book.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You're really, really wrapped in your Ph.D. dissertation.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Written by: Mary Roach
First line: In 1968, on the Berkeley campus of the University of California, six young men undertook an irregular and unprecedented act.
Why you should read this book: With her usual dose of offbeat humor and increasingly shameless puns, the author approaches the topic of human feeding and digestion in a most unorthodox fashion, beginning in the nose (smell being a major component of taste) and moving all the way down. In her travels, she encounters professional pet food tasters, flatulence researchers, competitive eaters, and all manner of historical oddities, hoaxes, and medical mayhem. Roach is unafraid to tackle such dangerous topics as Elvis's megacolon and chronic constipation, whether or not one animal can eat its way out of another animal's stomach, and why Americans are reluctant to consume organ meat, creating a fearless book about topics that are, frankly, slightly difficult to stomach.
Why you shouldn't read this book: Well, you certainly shouldn't read it while you're eating.
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Labels: food, health, non-fiction, science, unusual
Written by: Zane Grey
First line: As his goaded horse plunged into the road, Nevada looked back over his shoulder.
Why you should read this book: An outlaw with a heart of gold and a spine of steel, vicious gunslinger Nevada has been tamed by the kindly love of wild horse hunter Ben Ide, and his incomparable sister, Hettie. When Nevada draws his gun and kills again to save Ben's life and livelihood, his shame at the Ides learning his true identity is so great that he rides off into the wilderness, leaving his friends heartbroken and determined to reunite with him at any cost. In the superlatively dangerous (and beautiful) canyons of Arizona, the characters play a deadly game with the most conniving rustlers ever seen in the wild west.
Why you shouldn't read this book: The end is pretty much a foregone conclusion.
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Labels: animals, classic, family, fiction, historical fiction, land, love, novel, relationships, travel
The Waltz King
Written by: Kurt Pahlen (Translated by: Theodore McClintock
First line: At last!
Why you should read this book: Johann Strauss is the wildly popular musician and orchestra leader at the heart of the Viennese fascination with dance music, and his son, Johann the Younger, is determined to follow in his father's footsteps. He composes his first waltz in early childhood and is desperate to learn the violin and become a true musician, but his father has an artistic temperament that is by turns violent and morbid, and decrees that no child of his shall ever enter such an awful profession. Still, the younger boy adores music and will suffer no other fate than to bring the Viennese people to their feet with his original compositions, and history shows us how he surpassed even his father's achievements, not only gaining fame and fortune, but also finding the love, peace, and balance in life that his father never knew.
Why you shouldn't read this book: No child of yours would ever dare dream of going into such a disreputable profession as the arts.
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Labels: anger, biography, children, family, music, non-fiction
Adopted Jane
Written by: Helen Fern Daringer
First line: Matron Jones pushed open the door of the nursery where Miss Fink was getting the babies ready for bed.
Why you should read this book: Poor Jane Douglas has led an unfortunate life: orphaned as an infant, frequently sick during her baby years when she would have been most adoptable, and now overlooked due to her unfortunately straight hair and unlovely face, she has never, as the other children do, been sent on a summer visit, until now. As the last big kid left in the orphanage over the summer, Jane is the recipient of two invitations, one to visit an old lady who, the matron hopes, will donate enough money to build an infirmary for the sick babies; and another to be a girl's companion on a farm. Jane is determined to make a good showing of herself, to be helpful and well-behaved, and if she can, be seen as such a delightful visitor that she might be asked back again next year.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You will never, ever guess how Adopted Jane, the story of an orphan girl, ends.
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Sock and Kudla Vie For U.S. Open Boys Title; Gavrilova and Putintseva of Russia Will Decide Girls Champion Sunday
©Colette Lewis 2010--
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Back in 2004, Jack Sock and Denis Kudla shared a special moment, when as 11-year-olds, they won their first gold balls, taking the doubles championship together at the USTA Clay Courts 12s.
On Sunday, they will have another memory of a lifetime, but there will be only one winner when they play for the U.S. Open boys singles championship.
Sock, an unseeded wild card, and Kudla, the No. 10 seed, produced the first all-American final since Andy Roddick beat Robby Ginepri in 2000, when in Saturday's semifinals they took out the past two junior slam winners. Sock defeated No. 2 seed and Wimbledon boys champion Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 6-4, several hours after Kudla had already ousted No. 8 seed and French Open boys champion Agustin Velotti 6-3, 6-2.
Against Velotti, Kudla got his first break with Velotti serving at 3-4. Serving for the set, Kudla faced two break points at 15-40, but at that juncture his improved serve proved invaluable. From that stage through the end of the four-deuce game, Kudla got 9 out of 10 first serves in, saving three of the only four break points he faced in the match with two service winners and an ace.
"We've been working on it, and it's been helping me so far," Kudla said. "I haven't been broken too many times. I'm keeping it at a high percentage, knowing that I'm not going to serve bombs left and right. So I'm just trying to stay solid on my serve, and in my last two matches, I don't think I've been broken."
In the second set, Kudla dominated the 18-year-old from Argentina, at one stage early in the set winning 11 points in a row. Velotti made a slew of unforced errors, but his uneven play didn't affect Kudla, who hit through the ball with authority. It did take him three match points to seal his place in the final, but the relative ease of his victory was unexpected.
"He kind of surprised me with his level today," said Kudla. "I know he didn't play his best tennis. I didn't play my best tennis either, but I played all right and I'm glad that I got off the court quick and will have all my energy left for the final."
If Kudla was hoping that Sock would have a lengthy struggle with Fucsovics, he was disappointed. Sock didn't face a break point in his match, and Fucsovics was constantly under pressure on his serve. Unable to hit more than two or three ground strokes before missing, the 18-year-old Hungarian was ineffective despite the ideal conditions, with light breezes and temperatures in the mid 70s.
Sock, who has yet to lose a set in the tournament, has played Kudla only once, losing 6-4 in the third in the Kalamazoo 16s quarterfinals in 2008. Kudla said on Friday that he had hoped to play Sock in the 18s final at Kalamazoo last month, but those hopes were dashed by Bob van Overbeek, who saved three match points to beat Kudla in the semifinals.
"It was a tough loss for him, and a good comeback for Bob," said Sock. "I haven't played Denis for a long time and I was looking forward to maybe playing him there, but he didn't get through. Tomorrow will be a good match."
Kudla is also looking forward to his first junior slam final, which will be his last junior match.
"I came into this tournament with no pressure," Kudla said. "Just enjoying it, knowing it was my last tournament, just have some fun. Knowing that I'm in the final, it's pretty special to know I'm one match away from winning a junior grand slam. And knowing if I do do that I'm the first American winner since Roddick. Following in those footsteps is pretty special."
The last Russian girls champion was Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in 2006, and on Sunday, either top seed Daria Gavrilova or unseeded Yulia Putintseva will join her and Maria Kirilenko as US Open girls champions this century.
The 15-year-old Putintseva has played better with each match, and although her serve was a bit off, and she and her opponent, unseeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, held serve only once total in the second set, Putintseva's competitive fire was intact in her 6-4, 6-3 victory.
Gavrilova, like Putintseva a student at the Moratouraglu Academy in France, eliminated the U.S. hope for a junior championship singles sweep when she outlasted No. 15 seed Sloane Stephens 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(4) in a contentious match that took over two-and-a-half hours to complete. Stephens was the clear favorite of the crowd gathered around Court 7, whether it was due to Gavrilova's ball-striking shrieks, slow play, or simply her nationality.
In the third set, Stephens was up a break twice, at 2-0 and 4-3, but she lost both. She was in the difficult position of serving at 4-5 and 5-6 in the third set, but had no problems in that position. She started slowly in the tiebreaker, however, falling behind 4-0. Stephens won the next three points but Gavrilova hit a perfect drop volley winner to make it 5-3. The next point was a huge one, but Stephens couldn't handle the moonball Gavrilova gave her, attempting to flatten it out, only to see it find the net. Stephens saved one match point when Gavrilova hit a backhand wide, but the match was over on the next one, when Stephens' forehand volley went long.
Stephens was frustrated by the style of play Gavrilova employed, especially after having defeated the 16-year-old Russian in straight sets this year at Wimbledon.
"She didn't hit one ball, she pushed the entire match," the 17-year-ol Stephens said. "At Wimbledon she was trying to hit. Obviously everyone hits on grass because it's grass, but today she was pushing, pushing, pushing and then she'd try to hit one. The way she was playing today was so in and out, so sporadic that it was hard to see what she was going to do."
Stephens may have had a disappointing finish to her year in junior slams in singles, but she ended 2010 three for three in junior slam doubles titles. She and Timea Babos of Hungary captured the U.S. Open girls championship when An-Sophie Mestach of Belgium, half of the team with Silvia Njiric of Croatia, was unable to compete due to injury. Babos and Stephens, who played together for the first time in Paris, won at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and now New York.
"It's awesome," Stephens said. "With Timea, we're really good friends. On the court, we're good together and off the court we're good together. Last year I had such bad luck with doubles partners, but this is a pretty good payoff, and I'm happy."
Stephens and Babos are not the only multiple junior doubles slam winners this year. No. 3 seed Duilio Beretta of Peru and Roberto Quiroz of Ecuador, who won Roland Garros this year, did not drop a set on their way to the U.S. Open boys doubles title. On Saturday, they defeated No. 4 seeds Oliver Golding and Jiri Veseley of the Czech Republic 6-1, 7-5.
The singles finals are scheduled simultaneously for noon on Sunday, at courts 7 (girls) and 11(boys). I will primarily be covering the boys final. A grounds pass is available for $5.00.
For complete draws, see usopen.org.


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