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A multistory silo hovers above a long row of red barns just off the edge of Indian Run Golf Course, where golfers hunt pars across 5,456 yards of fairways that snake through the farming valley of western Snyder County. The course's front nine is shorter and more open than the back nine, allowing novice golfers or players weary from bench-pressing their driver to find their swings early in the round. Once a rhythm has been found, clubbers can test their mettle on the longer second act, which brings dense tree lines and several streams into play. Indian Run rents out gas-powered carts, so players can traverse the course's gentle hills while resting their legs or the giant caddy who carries them around in a duffle bag.
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The top 5 Things for this week are pretty clear: the holidays, family, friends, peace and love.
It is just that time of the year.
I have really enjoyed bringing you the 5 Things — and the ensuing discussions — these past months. I am sure we will have plenty more to discuss in 2012; after all, you never know when we'll end up in the national spotlight, say over a nativity scene.
Speaking of which, I have a feeling that story will find a place in the Top 5 Things for 2011 I will release next week, so stay tuned.
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x % 5 ? ( f += 1; x *= 1.5; ) : ( f=max(3,f); x=0; );
In addition to the basic functions available, REAPER/JS also provides numerous advanced functions, organized into the following categories:
Looping, FFT/MDCT, Memory Utility, Slider, File, MIDI, and Graphics.
Accessing Samples
spl(channelindex)=somevalue; spl(5)+=spl(3);
loop(32, r += b; b = var * 1.5; );Evaluates the second parameter a finite number of times, specified by the first parameter. If the first parameter is less than 1, the second parameter is not evaluated. Be careful with specifying large values for the first parameter -- it is possible to hang your effect for long periods of time doing so. The maximum for the first parameter is approximately 1 million.
while( a += b; b *= 1.5; a < 1000; // as long as a is below 1000, we go again. );Evaluates the first parameter a finite number of times, until the last statement in the code block is zero. There is an artificial limit for number of executions of about 1 million (If you need more than 1 million iterations you can nest while()s, but this isn't recommended as you will slow things down and likely break things).
mdct(0, 512);Performs a modified DCT (or inverse in the case of imdct()) on the data in the local memory buffer at the offset specified by the first parameter. The second parameter controls the size of the MDCT, and it MUST be one of the following: 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, or 4096. The MDCT takes the number of inputs provided, and replaces the first half of them with the results. The IMDCT takes size/2 inputs, and gives size results.
buffer=0; fft(buffer, 512); fft_permute(buffer, 512); buffer[32]=0; fft_ipermute(buffer, 512); ifft(buffer, 512); // need to scale output by 1/512.0, too.Performs a FFT (or inverse in the case of ifft()) on the data in the local memory buffer at the offset specified by the first parameter. The size of the FFT is specified by the second parameter, which must be 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768. The outputs are permuted, so if you plan to use them in-order, call fft_permute(idx, size) before and fft_ipermute(idx,size) after your in-order use. Your inputs or outputs will need to be scaled down by 1/size, if used.
sliderchange(2 ^ sliderindex);The sliderchange() function provides a facility for you to notify REAPER/JS that you have changed a sliderX variable so that it can update the display. This function is not necessary to call from the @slider code section, it is provided so that other code sections can update the sliders. Note that this function only updates the display, it does not send an automation message to the host.
slider_automate(2 ^ sliderindex);The slider_automate() function provides a facility for you to notify REAPER/JS that you have changed a sliderX variable so that it can update the display, and record the move as automation. This function is not necessary to call from the @slider code section, it is provided so that other code sections can write programmatic automation messages.
filename:0,myfile.wav handle = file_open(0);Example:
slider1:/mydata:mydef.wav:WAV File handle = file_open(slider1);Opens a file from either the effect filename list or from a file slider. Once open, you may use all of the file functions available. Be sure to close the file handle when done with it, using file_close().
file_close(handle);Closes a file opened with file_open().
file_rewind(handle);Use this to rewind the current file to the beginning, to re-read the file etc.
file_var(handle,myVar);This reads (or writes if in a @serialize write) the variable from(to) the current file.
amt=file_mem(handle,offset,len);This reads (or writes) the block of local memory from(to) the current file. Returns the actual number of items read (or written).
len=file_avail(handle);Returns the number of items remaining in the file, if it is in read mode. Returns < 0 if in write mode. If the file is in text mode (file_text(handle) returns TRUE), then the return value is simply 0 if EOF, 1 if not EOF.
file_riff(handle,nch,samplrate); nch ? file_mem(handle,0,file_avail(0));If the file was a RIFF WAV file, or a valid .OGG Vorbis file, this will set the first parameter to the number of channels, and the second to the samplerate.
istext=file_text(handle); istext ? use_diff_avail syntax;If the file was a text file (and ended in .txt), this will return 1. If you need to use different file_avail() logic for text files (you often will), you can query it this way.
midisend(0,$x90 + 0,69|(127*256)); // send note 69 to channel 0 at velocity 127 (max)
midirecv(offset,msg1,msg23); (msg1&$xF0)==$x90 ? ( /* note on! */ )Note: midirecv returns msg1 as a return value, as well.
while( midirecv(offs,msg1,msg23) ? ( midisend(offs,msg1,msg23); ); );
buf[0] = $xAA|0; buf[1] = $xBB|0; midisyx(offset,buf,2); // send sysex: F0 AA BB F7
coordinatelist=1000; // use memory slots 1000-1009 coordinatelist[0]=source_x; coordinatelist[1]=source_y; coordinatelist[2]=source_w; coordinatelist[3]=source_h; coordinatelist[4]=dest_x; coordinatelist[5]=dest_y; coordinatelist[6]=dest_w; coordinatelist[7]=dest_h; coordinatelist[8]=rotation_x_offset; // only used if rotation is set, represents offset from center of image coordinatelist[9]=rotation_y_offset; // only used if rotation is set, represents offset from center of image gfx_blitext(img,coordinatelist,angle);
isourtrig = trigger & (2^5);Conversely, to set trigger 5:
trigger |= 2^5;Or, to clear trigger 5:
trigger & (2^5) ? trigger -= 2^5;It is recommended that you use this variable in @block, but only sparingly in @sample.
pdc_bot_ch=0; pdc_top_ch=2; // delays the first two channels (spl0/spl1). pdc_bot_ch=2; pdc_top_ch=5; // delays channels spl2,spl3, and spl4.(this is provided so that channels you dont delay can be properly synchronized by the host).
function getSampleRate() ( srate; // return srate ); function mySine(x) ( // taylor approximation x - (x^3)/(3*2) + (x^5)/(5*4*3*2) - (x^7)/(7*6*5*4*3*2) + (x^9)/(9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2); ); function calculateSomething(x y) ( x += mySine(y); x/y; );Which would then be callable from other code, such as:
y = mySine($pi * 18000 / getSampleRate()); z = calculateSomething(1,2);Note that the parameters for functions are private to the function, and will not affect global variables. If you need more private variables for a function, you can declare additional variables using a local() statement between the function declaration and the body of the function. Variables declared in the local() statement will be local to that function, and persist across calls of the function (though calls to a function from two different sections (such as @init and @sample) will have two different local states. Example:
function mySine(x) local(lastreq lastvalue) ( lastreq != x ? ( lastreq = x; // save last input // taylor approximation lastvalue = x - (x^3)/(3*2) + (x^5)/(5*4*3*2) - (x^7)/(7*6*5*4*3*2) + (x^9)/(9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2); ); lastvalue; // result of function is cached value );In the above example, mySine() will cache the last value used and not perform the calculation if the cached value is available. Note that the local variables are initialized to 0, which happens to work for this demonstration but if it was myCosine(), additional logic would be needed.
function set_foo(x) instance(foo) ( foo = x; ); // or function set_foo(x) ( this.foo = x; ); whatever.set_foo(32); // whatever.foo = 32; set_foo(32); // set_foo.foo = 32; function test2() ( this.set_foo(32); ); whatever.test2(); // whatever.foo = 32Additionally functions can use the "this.." prefix for navigating up the namespace hierarchy, such as:
function set_par_foo(x) ( this..foo = x; ); a.set_par_foo(1); // sets foo (global) to 1 a.b.set_par_foo(1); // sets a.foo to 1


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A California resident is defined as one who has established both physical presence and intent to make California their permanent home for more than one year from the Residency Determination Date. Residency Determination Date is defined as the day immediately preceding the first day of instruction for the Semester/Intersession. Physical presence is defined as continuous physical presence within the State of California, excluding temporary absences.
Intent to make California the permanent home is determined based upon acceptable evidence submitted by the student showing intent to make California the student's permanent home and evidence showing the student is not precluded from establishing permanent residency in the United States.
A non-resident student is one who has not resided in the State of California for more than one year and one day immediately preceding the Residency Determination Date as well as a student who is precluded from establishing domicile in the United States. Non-residents still may attend the College subject to non-resident tuition in addition to all other College mandatory fees.
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Myler Dee Bit MB03
The Myler Dee Bit MB03 is a level one Myler Western bit that is ideal for young horses as well as horses that that are learning the foundation of bit aids. Sweet iron Comfort mouthpiece with copper roller encourages acceptance of the bit. The copper roller helps to calm a nervous horse.
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The Myler Dee Bit is a stainless Steel Western Dee featuring the Sweet Iron Comfort Snaffle with Copper Roller (MB 03, Level 1) mouthpiece. This mouthpiece is made of polished Sweet Iron which naturally oxidizes or rusts. Harmless to horses, it has a sweet taste and promotes salivation. The copper roller helps to relax nervous and anxious horses. also works well for horses that need something to keep them busy. Comfort Snaffle™. Wide barrel, copper inlay mouth. 5" mouth. 2 1/2" dee rings.
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Iron plays a crucial role in the formation of toxic oxygen radicals. Excess iron functions as a potent catalyst of biologic oxidation. Homeostatic mechanisms are utilized to maintain appropriate serum iron concentrations, thus preventing neuronal cell damage from ironmediated free radicals. Several hereditary disorders, including aceruloplasminemia, can disrupt this homeostasis. Ceruloplasmin is an α2glycoprotein synthesized in hepatocytes that binds plasma copper and has ferroxidase activity.
Aceruloplasminemia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a lack of ceruloplasmin ferroxidase activity important for iron conversion and exportation. The lack of ceruloplasmin results in the accumulation of ferrous iron leading to parenchymal and reticuloendothelial iron overload. Missense mutations in the ceruloplasmin gene (Cp), chromosome 3q, are associated with aceruloplasminemia. Clinically, patients present with a triad of adult onset neurodegeneration, retinal degeneration, and diabetes mellitus.1–3 Laboratory analysis, which is used to confirm the diagnosis, reveals elevated serum ferritin with low serum iron, low transferrin saturation and mild anemia. In addition, ceruloplasmin ferroxidase activity is completely lacking.4
Neurological symptoms include ataxia, dementia, and involuntary movements, thus reflecting the sites of iron deposition.5 The unique involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) distinguishes aceruloplasminemia from other iron or paramagnetic element storage disorders including hemochromatosis, HallervordenSpatz, and Wilson's disease.6 Autopsy series in aceruloplasminemia have demonstrated severe iron deposition and extensive neuronal loss within the neostriatum, dentate nucleus, and thalamus and marked loss of Perkinje cells within the cerebellar cortex.7,8 MRI demonstrates marked T2 hypointensity within the basal ganglia, with greatest involvement of the putamina and caudate nuclei. T2 hypointensity has also been reported in the thalamic and dentate nuclei.2
In contradiction, hemochromatosis preferentially deposits iron in the pituitary gland. The basal ganglia are typically normal in hemochromatosis. Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome is characterized by iron deposition in the globus pallidus, red nuclei and substantia nigra. MRI demonstrates T2 hypointensity within the basal ganglia with a characteristic T2 high signal in the globus pallidus often referred to as the "eye of the tiger" sign. Additionally, cortical and caudate atrophy can be identified. Wilson's disease is characterized by the deposition of copper in the basal ganglia and thalami characterized by T2 hypointensity in the lentiform nuclei and thalami. However, a peripheral rim of T2 hyperintensity may surround the lentiform nuclei and ventral mass of the thalami.2
Aceruloplasminemia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by abnormal deposition of iron in the brain, resulting in progressive neurological dysfunction. Abnormal deposition of iron and/or other paramagnetic elements in the CNS also occurs in other hereditary disorders such as hemochromatosis, Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, and Wilson's disease. Aceruloplasminemia has unique involvement of the CNS compared with the aforementioned disorders that can be demonstrated with MRI.


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Longboat Key Town attorney is heading to Venice
Date: January 23, 2013
by: Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor
Longboat Key town attorney Dave Persson was named the new attorney for the city of Venice Tuesday afternoon.
Persson resigned in December after more than 22 years of service as Longboat Key's town attorney.
While Persson has agreed to stay on as the town's attorney through June, he's hoping to make the transition to Venice in March.
Persson was a list of five finalists for the Venice vacancy and was chosen late Tuesday afternoon by the Venice City Council through a ranking system used to decide the new attorney.
In an email to the Longboat Key Town Commission on Tuesday afternoon, Persson wrote:
"I just wanted to let you know that I have been selected as the next city attorney in Venice. The transition should begin in March, but Bob Anderson, the current retiring city attorney, has agreed to stay longer if necessary to make this transition as smooth as possible for both municipalities. I will be coordinating this transition with you, Dave Bullock, and Venice. I look forward to the challenges ahead. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement."
The Longboat Key Town Commission will review a request for proposals next month in its quest to find its new town attorney.
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Pettingell tradition is as sweet as pie
For the sixth consecutive year, Pettingell delivered pies from Yoder's Restaurant in Sarasota to his customers at Thanksgiving. -
Former Key Club manager takes on new role
Former Longboat Key Club & Resort General Manager Michael Welly has a new gig.


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The Coronado Inn is perfect for celebrating the San Diego festivities. The Coronado Inn is just a short ferry ride across the bay from downtown San Diego. I highly recommend visiting Coronado / San Diego during this time of year.


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ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships Preview
By David Peddie on 11/07/12 at 9:22 pm
One of the biggest triathlon competitions in Europe takes place this weekend with the ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships in Den Haag.
Cross Triathlon once again shows the diversity of the sport and this particular variation is growing consistently, despite being in its relative infancy.
The first ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships took place in Ibiza in 2007 with Eneko Llanos (ESP) and Carina Wasle (AUT) the inaugural winners.
Wasle went onto to win again in 2010 in Myjava and finished third last year in Visegrad. Renata Bucher (SUI) is also a Cross Triathlon double winner following her victories in 2009 and 2011 but the reigning champion is not competing in Den Haag, offering Wasle, who has never missed a European Championships, the chance to become a triple winner and undisputed Queen of European Cross Triathlon.
One competitor to look out for in the Women's Elite is Helena Erbenova (CZE). The Czech athlete exploded onto the Winter Triathlon scene by becoming European and World Winter Triathlon champion in her debut season.
It will be interesting to see how she makes the transition from the snow and ice of winter triathlon to the off-road tracks of Cross Triathlon.
A big favorite in the Elite Men's race is reigning European champion Victor Manuel Del Corral Morales and the Spaniard will be determined to regain his title.
Behind Del Corral, a large group of contenders will fight for one of the medal places. The chances of the Belgians and Dutch must be considered relatively high given the technical adjustments required for 'beach biking', which come naturally to them.
In addition, the Dutch, as a result of several training camps in Kijkduin, have the advantage of thorough course knowledge.
Tim Van Daele, who won his Age group category at the 2012 Shelby County ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships and Xterra Southeast Championship, is one Belgian who could be successful here.
For the Dutch, Evert Scheltinga is a Dutch Cross Duathlon Champion and the experienced Bert Flier and Rob Barel have also won a race on this course in the past and can never be counted out.
In addition to the Elite athletes, there are Junior and U23 European Cross Triathlon titles up for grabs.
Over 135 Age Group athletes will also compete, along with 6 Para-triathletes.
There will be an intriguing battle in TRI-5 category as the experienced Martin Falch (AUT) – winner in Kitzbuehel and Madrid earlier this year, and runner up at the European Championships in Eilat - takes on rookie Reitze Bok.
Find more details about this event - 2012 Den Haag ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships


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Dr. Roberts was an outstanding microbiologist. Her research was recognized when she was accepted to work at Plum Island. Her dreams were about to turn into her worse nightmares. In recent years, she was doing a lot of research on the Fourth Domain of Life. She had submitted multiple research papers on the theory of the pandoravirus. Her theories were always turned down, yet the same theories would be used by someone else. Not getting recognized for her interest in wanting to be part of the team for the research, she soon gave up. She continued to work for Plum Island, working with different viruses. She was trying to find the cure to kill these nasty viruses.
After many years of working on this type of research, she finally received the email she was always looking forward too:
Dr. Anna Roberts,
Good afternoon, after many years of doing my research, I have been looking for someone to take this operation over. I will be retiring in a few short months, and I noticed you have potential to get this research done. I have seen your research papers, and I think you are perfect for this research. Please be advise that your facility needs to made some minor changes for this type of operation. You will also have to put together a small team.
All the research is being sent your way. We still know little of the Pandoravirus. Please be advise to treat this virus as a deadly virus since the affects are still unknown. Your facility will receive the virus in a couple days. Please have one person ready to pick this virus up. It has to be put into a cold environment ASAP. The effects of the virus seems not to work, but wont kill the virus.
Keep me updated on your findings and I have faith in you.
Best Regards,
Daniel Leafe, M.D.
Anna was in shocked. Who in the world had faith that she would be the best fit for the job. She printed out a few copies of the email and highlighted a few key points. She pushed herself away from her desk and left her office. She had to start thinking about who would work closely with her. She had one person in mind. Dr. Eric Albert. He had been working with her for a while and was interested with the pandoravirus himself. Anna reached his office and knocked on his door. Eric? I have something I need to show you! she wanted to squeal, but waited for him to answer. "It's about the pandoravirus!"


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*3*a/twsfc/e VOLUME 16 — NUMBER 43 THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1976 — FHONE — tStMn — U Ne Answer 4S»-HS6 ,n 4KM9I8 FPA\'K PARISEK PO 192 IIUNTt^EY. ILL. 8 SECTIONS — 36 PAGES SKsmno THB piorutor HUNnrr since i9<i ISC t'BR COPY School Board NEW SITE LOCATION PLANS FOR STATE BANK OF HUNTLEY Minutes ¦HHHnBMHliHHHHHMHnHMHHHHHHHIHH The regular meettatr of tbe Board of Edacsrtion of School Dirfrict No. 158, of the Huntley Consolidated Sobool was heW on January 12,1976 at 7:30 pcm. In the High School Bufldlag. Vpon roD can the foitowing an¬ swered present Mr. Ziller, Mr. Rath and Mr. Brettschneider absent. A motton made by Mr. Bood aod 2nd by Mirs. Jones to approve of the n^mites «s real. Motfon oarried 5 yeas asyl 0 nays. A niotion made by Mns. Jones and 2nd by Mre. Simpeon to pay the regular monthly bHls as li^ed. Motton carried 5 yeas & 0 ways. A motAon made by Mr. Ziller and 2ind by Mr. Bond to transfer $427.35 to the Imprest fund; Motton cartned 5 yeas & 0 nays. A motton made by Mr. ZiHer and 2nd by Mrs. Tones to disoootlnue Robert Peterson's payment of In¬ surance premium as of the end of his side leave days, and tf he so desires may pay tbe premium Mm- seOf. Motion carried 4 yeas and 1 nay (with Mr. Sta«ng oasttng *he nay Vote"). A motion made by Mr. Bond and 2nd by Mrs. Simpson t oaipprove of the contract with the HEA for the- schod yeflff of 1975 & 76 and aiso 1976 & 77. Modon oarded 5 yeas 6 0 nay». A motion made by Mr. Bond and 2nd bv Mrs. Tones to approve of the following annuities. Lorraine LM with United Benefit Life Ins. and Baibara Mowe<rs wilih Mutual of New York. Motion aarrkd 5 ye«s & 0 nays A motion made by Mrs. ampson and &2nd by Mr. Bond to approve of the Voudiei- Reimbiffsen^ertt daim for the school year of 1974 & 75, for the snm of $1234.00. Mo- titao carried 5 yeas and 0 nays. At 9:37 the Board went In to sn executive session. 10:00 p.m. Mr. ftiettschnelder made his appearance. 10:36 Mr. Ri<h Mode hk ap¬ pearance. 11:28 p.m. th<? Board came out o( the executive session. A motion mide by Mrs. Jones and 2nd by Mrs. Simpson to oon- tanue this meeting on January 80, 1976 at 8 p.m. Motion oarried 7 yes and 0 nays. School Menu Menu Week of Jan. 86 - 30 Moinday — Hambureer on bun. pickles, catsup, mustard cheddar cjheese sticks, potato chips, fnu»t cup, mflk. Tuesday — Chicken & Gravy, mashed ootatoes, buttered green beans, bTitter«>d bread, apple sauce, mUk. & Wednesday — LaSagna casser¬ ole, lettuce and carrot salad with Jlussian dr., buttered bread, mixed finlt In fresh orange ^ce, milk. Thtirsday — Hot dogs aid baked beans, carrot and celery sticks, but¬ tered broad, baked desert, milk. Fri<iay — Fresh frwsen orange Juice, tuna and noodle cassetole, buttered frozen peas, battered bread, baked dessert, milk. Early Dismissal 1-27 On January 27 Huntley schools will be dismissed at 2:22. The eariy dfemissel is to permit the teachbg staff to woric on curriculum. «.o u r e. A-a Hie State Bank of Huntley has now entered into phase two of their truildlng program. Piiase cme con¬ sisted of making studies determin- iag wiMther to remodel or l>uild a new building. After tbe dedsion to Police Report Jamwi^y 13, 1976, Police reoeived a report of a theft of radio from a Iooal vehicle, the investigatioo is .still continuing. January 13, 1-976, James L. Car¬ roll, age 30, of Woodstock, IIL was arrested by Hunitley PoUoe after his car wa.s seen by officens driving In the wrong lane, and in additnon to thds he was arrested for having no \^id drivers license and speeding; the oourt dato is set for January 26ith, 1976, McHenry County Court¬ house. January 17, 1976, Huntley Police were called by the McHenry Coun¬ ty Sheriffs Police to answer an alarm caH at a business outdde of the VUlasre Umits. January 17 ,1976, Hunitley Poflice assisted Mdlcftr yCo. Sheriff three more times on different calls. build was made, then sites had to i>e found and purchased.. The above sito plan shows that the looatioQ will be at tlie oorner of Routo 47 and Algonquin Road. 125 Birthday February 28 — Orand Oostume Ball. March 23 — Musical Fashion Show April (date to be announced) Sr. Citizen Bake Sale. May 12 — Salad Limcheon. June 13 — Communily Auction (Art & Cift Show). July 4 — Local Bicentemdal Cele- bratioin. Aug. 14 & 16 — Celebrate 125th Anniversary of Huntley. Phase two coosirted of finding an architect projecting tor growtii, and determiniag tfae size of bank to build and oompleting of a site plan. "nie thind piiase w4l be tiie ac- need 10 - 16 people to begin the prognun. Watch the paper for ftir- ther Information. After 15 women have oalled the above telephone number we will proceed witfi the class. A tentative date to begin will be February 3rd. tual building of the hank. It is ex¬ pected that early in the spring there will be a groiuul breaking ceremony with actual construction being stait¬ ed at that time. Park Dist. News The Hnntley Perk Distriot fc con¬ sidering an exercise program for women one nlgSit a week (Tuesday's - 7:00 to 7). The majority of the;: time we will be doing a seiries .of exercises and the rest on voHt!^t>^ or the use of other equ^ment avail¬ able for further use. We are open to suggestions. Any women Interest¬ ed piease caH 66^.5989. We wQl SCOUTS CORNER Januairy 23-24-25 — Winter Cam¬ poree at Camp Big Timber, Elgin. As of this weflk's article, 8 boys and 5 adults will be participating in the wimer camporee. At this camporee protect "AOORN*^ will have its first meeting oi fi series o ei^iht Acom is tbe nai^ given to Instructive Sevsioos for'the adult leaders of our troop and t^rougiKMit tlie district. ,.^ebruaiy Sth — SoooT Sunday. "W>. 11 — Troop' Committee .Meeting. - -^ Afaruary a9th ^ Aimoal Pooeidce Bneoklaat. --' NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING The February Regular monthly meeting of the Grafton Townsliip Board of Auditors will be held Fe<>. 2 Monday at^>00 p.m. Richard Enstrom derk ¦?«" Lions Club Meeting The HonUey Liotis dub held their first meeting tit the year Jomiaiy 13, wjth 37 membeis and 1 guest attendjig. Tbe meeting was ofied to oeder after which the aoag "Xiod ^less^Amerfca" was led by lion Glep ¦Oeianey. The Pledge of Al- legUnd^ was led by lion Dennis RudsiiBri. Invocation by Lioo Mel Eweri^Mt. Ken Reed was intro- tocet hv Uon Don*l Kohley. 4 new membeis have been received into the ^ob slnoe JaAuaty lat. Terry Hansen, Tom Ramsdy, Art Kiki, end jLee Henolg. This makes €6 v(mmn {q the HnaOey Uont, - M»—fl^fc-^^iiJBflria
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Title | The Huntley Farmside |
Date | 1976-01-22 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1976 |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 43 |
Decade | 1970-1979 |
Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
Description | Weekly Newspaper from the Huntley Area Public Library Collection |
Subject | Newspaper Archives |
Rights | This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). |
Publisher | This Collection was digitized and loaded into CONTENTdm by OCLC Preservation Service Center (Bethlehem, PA) for the Huntley Area Public Library |
Source | Reproduction of library's print newspaper archives |


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The anomie of suburban life has been done to death in American cinema, but American Beauty is a bitterly funny and beautifully crafted film, even if it does cover a lot of familiar ground. Its a movie that keeps replaying itself in your mind long after youve left the theater, thanks largely to Kevin Spaceys lustrous performance as Lester Burnham, a cracked eggshell of a man who manages to rediscover his lost vitality. The members of the Burnham family Lester, his success-obsessed wife Carolyn (Annette Bening), and their teenaged daughter Jane (Thora Birch) are living in an air-conditioned prison. They have all the ticky-tacky of an upwardly mobile middle-class family, but theyve lost themselves in the clutter. Lester in particular is on the verge of disappearing altogether. Hes a disappointment to Carolyn and an embarrassment to Jane, but he hasnt let anyone down more than himself. He begins his days by jerking off in the shower, and he spends the rest of his time in a fog, wondering where it all went wrong. Hes a receding schlump of a man at dinner he sits with his chair pulled back so far from the table that he can barely reach his plate and now that hes about to be downsized out of his job, hell never be able to provide the fantasy life that Carolyn craves. Everything begins to change one night when Jane introduces her friend Angela (Mena Suvari) to her parents. Lester is smitten to the core of his soul with this little blonde truffle; he can barely keep the saliva in his mouth when hes around her. His passion for her injects new vigor into his fantasies, and in turn gives a jump-start to his entire life. He quits his job (in a howlingly funny scene) and, in true Baby Boomer fashion, he begins working out and smoking pot. Mostly he amuses himself by saying whats been on his mind all these years, like a man coming out of a coma, because hes had it up to here with appearances and all the crap thats been oppressing him. ("The new me whacks off whenever I feel horny," he notifies a horrified Carolyn when she catches him masturbating in bed next to her.) His family drifting ever farther away, Lester finds that the person with whom he feels most comfortable is Ricky Fitts, the teenaged pot dealer who lives next door and whos obsessed with videotaping everything especially Jane. (As Ricky, Wes Bentley gives the other first-rate performance in American Beauty. His eerie self-possession and clear-sighted gaze make it plain why Lester would look at Ricky as a role model.) American Beauty gives us a full dose of the luminosity and wry expressiveness that Spacey displayed in L.A. Confidential. (The way that the camera takes to Spaceys face must make other actors want to eat their livers out.) Lesters transformation in the middle section of American Beauty is rich and immensely satisfying; it offers balm to all those parts of us that feel hammered or aggrieved. Lester keeps growing, deepening, throughout the movie, long past the wonderful sequences where hes pumping iron in his garage as Dylan blares away on a tape-deck. Eventually he even outgrows his infatuation for Angela, for hes more than just an aging fart enjoying a last hurrah. By the movies end, hes the only potent and mature person on the scene, the only one capable of selflessness and insight. And that, of course, makes everyone else want to kill him. For if American Beauty is partly about the crushing effect that adulthood and a smiley-face culture can have on our spirits, its also about how sparingly we dole out freedom to our loved ones, and how threatening it is when they begin changing the rules. Sam Mendes has never made a feature film (hes a renowned stage director), but he fills American Beauty with surprising and occasionally breathtaking images. One of these the swirling dance of a plastic bag thats caught up in a dust devil is precisely the type of meditative and unforced beauty that mainstream movies refuse to give us these days. American Beautys material would crumble if it were pushed too hard, so Mendes uses a sly, off-centered way to make us register critical details, such as the wall full of videotapes in Rickys bedroom, or the white picket fence that seems to crosshatch the Burnhams front lawn. The movies one truly regrettable lapse is the character of Rickys father, a retired Marine colonel whose moral rigidity has turned him into a closet psycho. Colonel Fitts adds another layer to the Sixties subtext that courses through American Beauty, but characters like his had worn out their welcome even before Bruce Derns military man in Coming Home. Fitts is by no means that badly drawn, and in the role Chris Cooper shows a dark and steely side of himself thats invisible in the films he does for John Sayles. But does Fitts really need to collect guns and Nazi chinaware? Does his repressed homosexuality really have to be the key to his coming unglued at the end? Characters like Colonel Fitts should be confined to bestiaries like Happiness, where the characters are kept in cages that are carefully labeled "Laughable," "Deluded," "Repellent," "Grotesque." But American Beautys satire is usually lighter and more fluid than that, more in the vein of Michael Ritchies Smile or the early portions of Kubricks Lolita. Most of all, American Beauty doesnt paint suburban life as necessarily shallow or draining. The Burnhams world affords glimpses of potential and happiness, and the movie is about Lesters coming to appreciate that a special kind of American beauty has always existed in his own life. By the pictures end, he can look at that small plastic bag twisting wildly in the wind without flinching. Tom Block


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A businessman who set up a cannabis factory inside his Tenby fish and chip shop has been jailed for 20 months.
Brian Davies, aged 67, ran into financial difficulties while operating the Spinnaker chip shop in Upper Frog Street, Swansea crown court was told.
Another businessman who helped him, Alistair Firth, 42, of The Green, Tenby, was also jailed for 20 months.
Mark Millard, 36, of Newbridge, Letterston, who acted as the "gardener" because of his expertise in rearing cannabis plants, was given a 12 month suspended prison sentence despite it being his third conviction.
They all admitted their involvement in the production of 166 cannabis plants between December 1, 2010, and April 14, 2011. Firth also admitted possessing 22 20gram bags of cannabis found at his home. Davies also admitted the actual supply of two 20 gram bags of cannabis to a German woman.
The court heard that two rooms at the Spinnaker had been converted into a cannabis factory and the plants could have yielded six kilos of the drug.
Judge Keith Thomas said he was satisfied that Firth, who ran computer shops in Pembroke and Haverfordwest, had supplied some of the equipment used in the operation.
He was also confident that it was Firth who had recruited Millard to look after the plants.
Dyfed Thomas, the barrister representing Davies, said his client had now lost everything "in a venture that was foolish from beginning to end."
Chris James said Firth had been an "entrenched" user of cannabis over a number of years. But Judge Thomas said he had also been a distributor of the drug and not just a user.
When police raided his home, he added, they not only found the bags of cannabis but they also discovered a dealer's list of buyers and £3,000 in cash.
He ruled that Davies had made £15,142 out of the operation and Firth £21,912.
Davies, he said, had sufficient assets to pay that amount and Firth had assets of £55,330. A Proceeds of Crime investigation is underway which could result in the courts confiscating what they had made out of criminal conduct.
In addition to the suspended prison sentence, Millard was also ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work for the community.


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Utica's Jewish Community Center honors Holocaust Remembrance Day every year with special guest speakers with different perspectives of the Holocaust. This year's speaker told her firsthand account of the medical experiments doctors at Auschwitz performed on sets of twins.Our Andrew Sorensen tells us about the remarkable woman who turned her nightmare into a message of hope and forgiveness.
UTICA, N.Y. -- Hundreds of people crowded Utica's Jewish Community Center to hear Holocaust survivor Eva Kor's story Monday night. She was ten when the Nazis took her and her family from their small town Romanian home. "We were in a ghetto for about seven weeks, and then loaded onto cattle carts that arrived in Auschwitz in May of 1944," she recalled.
A Nazi officer noticed Eva and her twin sister on the selection platform and took them away, never to see her family again.
"Thirteen sets of little girls arrived in Auschwitz on that transport and we became part of the Mengele twins experiment."
Eva and 3,000 other twins endured Doctor Josef Mengele's horrific experiments in addition to daily life of a concentration camp.
"There on the filthy latrine floor, were the scattered corpses of three children," she said.
She vowed to do anything to get out alive with her sister.
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She did what she could, including bearing Dr. Mengele's experiments six days a week.
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Her hope of one day being released kept her alive, even fighting off near-deadly diseases with minimal food.
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