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The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts not only produces incredible artisans and artists, it is an ever-evolving
- By: Kim Ridley
Photography by Jason P. Smith
To watch students and teachers at work in the studios of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle is to immediately want to get one's own hands on something, anything — tufts of fleece or a lump of clay, a paintbrush or a mallet. Not only does making things look like fun, here, it actually seems possible.
By nine o'clock on an summer morning, seventy-five or so students are already engrossed in their projects. Ranging in age from eighteen to eighty-seven, they're forging steel and firing pots, honing sentences — sanding oak and shaping all manner of raw material into something new.
Soul music and the clang of hammer on anvil blasts from the hot shop, where students are making sculpture and tools over flaming forges in Doug Wilson's blacksmithing class. Warm and generous, with a denim apron tied over his wiry frame and a bushy salt-and-pepper beard, Wilson consults with students on projects ranging from a wind vane to a sledgehammer. Along with patient guidance on technique and design, he gives them plenty of encouragement.
During a brief break in the action, Wilson steps outside the hot shop to talk. A cool breeze wafts up from the ocean and a junco sings high in a nearby spruce. "This is a place to get charged up," he says as he adjusts his wire-framed glasses with a sooty hand. An artist and blacksmith on Little Deer Isle for thirty years, he has exhibited and taught around the country, but he often returns to Haystack. "My students teach me as much as I teach them," Wilson says. "I always leave Haystack with my own head full of ideas."
Masters and beginners alike have flocked to this cedar-shingled campus for fifty years to make things with their hands, develop and learn skills, get inspired and take creative risks. Haystack programs range from one-day workshops to two-week sessions in a variety of media including clay, metals, wood, fiber, paper, and more taught by leading craftspeople and artists.
More is made at Haystack (haystack-mtn.org), however, than sculpture and pottery, poems and chairs and paintings. The creative community that spontaneously forms here with every two-week session often leads to inspiration and new ideas that endure long after students and teachers have headed back home. Pick your metaphor — seed or spark or sea-polished pebble — it doesn't matter. What people bring back from Haystack can take on a life of its own.
"Haystack is a catalyst that brings something together and then, boom, it goes other places," says Haystack Director Stuart Kestenbaum, who lives nearby with his wife, Susan Webster, a visual artist and printmaker. "People come here when they're ready to make a creative leap. They're zapped and they go off into the world so that impact carries on beyond us."
Among the "zapped" is a who's who in the worlds of arts, crafts, and design. Glass artist Dale Chihuly came to Haystack in 1967, an experience that inspired him to start Pilchuk, his own glass studio in Washington State. A few years later, painter Eric Hopkins came to Haystack and met Chihuly here. German fiber artists Ritzi and Peter Jacobi have long been associated with Haystack, and Paulus Berensohn, author of Finding One's Way With Clay, first came to Haystack in 1961 and has been a teacher and visiting artist. Berensohn calls Haystack "the home of the soul of American craft" and a "small gem of a container of the true and the beautiful and the healing."
Haystack is named for a mountain in Montville near its original location. Founded in 1950 by a handful of craftspeople and benefactors as a research and studio program in the arts, its mission was to teach fine crafts, further the field through research and development, and foster creativity. Although this mission has evolved over the years, Haystack has stayed true to its roots.
Painter and printmaker Francis Merritt and his wife, Priscilla, a weaver, became Haystack's founding directors, and began inviting nationally and internationally recognized artists and craftspeople to Maine to teach summer workshops. Priscilla also served as the school's first weaving instructor and, out of necessity, its first cook. Together, the couple tended this small but important haven for fine craft and creativity in a post-war culture increasingly obsessed with consumerism.
When highway construction forced Haystack to move in the early 1960s, the founders chose a spectacular and out-of-the way spot on Deer Isle: forty acres at the end of Stinson Neck in the tiny hamlet of Sunshine. They found an equally spectacular architect: Edward Larrabee Barnes.
A thin-skinned tract of granite and spruce that pitches steeply to the sea, the site was tricky. Rather than siting the school on the flat spot at the top of the land or down at the shore, Barnes decided to put Haystack right on the slope. To minimize harm to the delicate moss and lichen, he designed the entire campus to be built on posts a couple of feet above the ground. He found inspiration for Haystack's studios, cabins, dining hall, and other buildings in the timeless forms and time-honored materials of surrounding fishing villages.
Built of pine, cedar, spruce, and other local materials for five dollars a square foot, Haystack opened in its present location in 1961 and has been inspiring architects ever since. "Haystack is like a marina that floats over land instead of water, a village of shingled pavilions — workshops and dormitory cabins — all lifted up a couple of feet on posts and connected by a network of decks and walkways," the architecture critic Robert Campbell wrote in the Boston Globe. "The building was instantly accepted as a classic and became a major influence on the American architecture of the 1960's."
In 1994, the American Institute of Architects honored Barnes and Haystack with its prestigious Twenty-Five Year Award for design excellence. Given only to forty-one buildings in the country, including Rockefeller Center and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the award recognized Haystack as an outstanding example of modernist architecture.
"It was a small victory for humility," Kestenbaum observes in Vision & Legacy: Celebrating the Architecture of Haystack. He says the elegantly simple design of the campus, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, is central to fostering Haystack's sense of community. The studios are clustered close to one another and connected by wooden walkways, the spacious decks and dining hall provide places to gather, and the campus's small scale (less than one hundred people) affords easy opportunities to connect.
People often pass by one another on Haystack's main thoroughfare, a long stairway of wood weathered silver that cascades through campus down to a deck overlooking a shining expanse of Jericho Bay and dark, low-slung islands. The hundred-plus steps are so closely spaced it's best to take them slowly. This, too, is by design. At this pace, one easily makes eye contact with others and starts noticing everything else, too — birdsong, the way the light glances off the water, the scent of sun-warmed spruce needles carpeting the ground.
Creativity flourishes in this elemental place. "You're so close to the materials of the world," Kestenbaum says. "You're at the ocean, you're on granite, and you're in the middle of the forest. It puts you in a place of noticing.
Even if you're just eating lunch on the deck, there are ospreys overhead and amazing cloud formations. You're in the thick of it right away."
Down the hill from the hot shop, Haystack's studios hum with activity like hives of happy bees. Creations of felt, gut, and paper hang on a clothesline outside the fiber studio like fantastical laundry. The sweet, slightly astringent fragrance of steam-bent oak rises from the wood shop, where students in Mitch Ryerson's workshop are making furniture and sculpture inspired by traditional boatbuilding techniques.
Laughter mingles with the syncopated ping of tiny hammers in the metals studio, where a half-dozen students shape silver and copper into palm-sized vessels. Bowling Green State University art professor and metalsmith Tom Muir helps one student with soldering while several others work at a table behind them. They are clearly having a good time.
"I've never seen a creative community like this one," says Ryan Bogan as he works on a copper tea strainer. A new graduate of Eastern Michigan University and recipient of a prestigious national fellowship, Bogan decided to come to Haystack to hone his metalsmithing skills. "It's such a genuine environment, I think it brings out the best in everyone," Bogan says. "It makes me wish the world was like this."
While Haystack's not utopia — the cabins are rustic, people are people, and the weather can be foggy, damp, and cold — many who have spent time there will tell you it can come pretty close. And although he probably wouldn't take any credit for it, Kestenbaum's gift for bringing people together, brilliance, and obvious delight in creativity and community sets the tone.
Kestenbaum, who moved to Maine in 1974, first came to Haystack as a student himself in a ceramic workshop in 1976. He was hooked right away. After working in arts administration in the 1980s, he left a job as assistant director of the Maine Arts Commission in 1988 to become Haystack's third director.
"What really drew me was the sense of community and the sense of place," Kestenbaum says. "The longer I experience both the community of Deer Isle and the community of Haystack within Deer Isle, the more profound it seems, in terms of how people relate to the place." In this way, it holds a seemingly small but important place in the culture, a haven for the handmade, where creativity and new ideas can flourish.
Matthew Hincman, chair of the 3-D department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, has experienced Haystack's creative spark as a student, instructor, volunteer, and employee. "Every burst of inspiration is given full appreciation and honor among every wild idea that has ever come before," Hincman says of Haystack.
"Participants have full ownership over every miraculous pot that comes out of a raku kiln, or their first blobby cup to safely make it out of the glass annealer. The sense of agency nurtured within both young and older artists through this acceptance and support ripples outward from their Haystack experience and into their everyday lives."
Chris Staley, a professor of Ceramic Arts at Penn State University and a potter who also encourages his students to attend Haystack, says it is the rare place where creativity can be fully explored. "Whether in schools or corporations, competition is very much a part of many working environments," says Staley, who also is a Haystack board member. "Haystack is different. It is a place of cooperation and support. At Haystack I feel free to take chances and not be afraid of failure. This has afforded me the opportunity to play and take risks, which can lead to new discoveries."
Adding to Haystack's creative mix are visiting writers and performing artists, like the poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "Haystack is a brilliant recharge zone where the sparks of creating and connecting are fully inclusive," Nye says. "The observational sense heightens for everyone as the days unfold. No one ever sees the exact same thing or comes back with exactly the same information, but it's pure abundance anywhere you gaze."
Kestenbaum also has expanded Haystack's mission and reach by creating programs for Maine residents and high-school students, and community-based artist residencies. "I feel like it's a responsibility of a cultural institution," he says. "We can be international, but we have to do the same things locally, too, and not of a lesser quality."
Haystack could have easily become many things that it isn't: elitist, hippie-dippy, or hidebound. Applicants' intentions and commitment matter far more than fancy degrees or a long list of solo exhibits, and about a quarter of the students attend Haystack on scholarships. And although Kestenbaum has stayed true to the founders' vision, he has invited leaders in technology and other fields to engage in conversations at Haystack that expand the boundaries of ingenuity and innovation.
Last year, Kestenbaum invited physicist Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, to Haystack as a visiting scientist. Gershenfeld brought along a portable version of his Fab Lab (digital fabrication laboratory), which "allows anyone to make (almost) anything." With support from an anonymous grant, the Fab Lab is now a new fixture at Haystack.
Occupying its own studio, the Fab Lab houses digitally controlled tools including a laser cutter, precision milling machine, and CNC (computer numeric controlled) router that can be used to mill parts, cut intricate patterns out of many materials, and experiment with shapes. Students bring photographs, which are imported into computers connected to the fabrication machines.
Nadya Peek, an MIT doctoral student from the Netherlands with square silver glasses, a neo-shag, and lots of energy, helped set up Haystack's Fab Lab and is back for a couple of weeks to run it. "We've been making finger joints for the woodworkers and cutting stencils for the ceramics shop," says Peek as she points out intriguing bits and pieces of intricately cut wood, paper, and other materials scattered on a small table. Peek says that some students have been intimidated by the Fab Lab technology, but she encourages them to try it. "Why should technology be limited to boys who want to make fighter jets?" she says. "That's just dumb."
"I think there are craftspeople in all walks of life, and I strongly believe that to make technology adapt to our desires, everyone should be involved in informing, creating, and sharing it," Peek says. "If the production of technology is left to the archetypal 'nerd,' how is it going to be a good tool for everyone else in the world?"
In the kind of cross-pollination that happens only at rare places like Haystack, Peek says she also was inspired by Wilson's blacksmithing workshop. "Doug said he was going to teach us the secret to blacksmithing — how to modify your hammer so that it better fits your hand," Peek says. "I thought it was a nice way to think about digital fabrication tools, too — they are not immutable, monolithic entities; they can be formed and reformed to better fit your proverbial "hand" as well. That's a lot of what the Fab Lab is about — giving access to tools to empower people who might otherwise not be able to make the things they want."
Makers from many walks of life — school teachers and scientists, artists and doctors and students, and many more — continue to find their way to Haystack to create and explore. Listening to them tell their stories makes one wonder whether it could be true that one small place in a remote corner of Maine could really inspire all that optimism and hope. But time and again, it doesn't seem to wear off long after they've returned to their homes in far-flung cities and towns.
"When it comes time to leave Haystack, you realize you're not the same person as when you first arrived," Chris Staley says. "Somehow the Haystack experience leaves you feeling more optimistic about the world. You sense that everyone who spends time at Haystack leaves a better person than when they came. That they might have rediscovered their sense of childhood wonder and the possibilities of what might be. I think if the world had more Haystacks, there would be far fewer problems."
There's no easy explanation for the Haystack effect. But part of it might be that in a culture increasingly caught up in the virtual world, Haystack celebrates the real one. Here, a blackberry is first and foremost a fruit, sweet and tart on the tongue. The main form of communication is talking, not texting, in conversations that run deep. It is a place where we can place our hands on the elemental stuff of the world and just maybe discover something new — or old — about ourselves and each other in the process.
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How has the economic downturn affected HAYSTACK's alumini?
With liberal democrats bashing the 'trickle down' theory of economic stimulus and that drastically reduced worth of portfolios of wealthy patrons of arts and buyers of crafts; how has this affected HAYSTACK?
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When hedge-fund manager William Ackman unveiled his 334-slide presentation alleging that Herbalife Ltd. HLF -1.54% Herbalife Ltd. U.S.: NYSE $68.60 -1.07 -1.54% Dec. 12, 2013 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.71M AFTER HOURS $69.00 +0.40 +0.58% Dec. 12, 2013 7:25 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 2,627 P/E Ratio 13.67 Market Cap $7.06 Billion Dividend Yield 1.75% Rev. per Employee N/A 12/03/13 Bill Ackman's Pershing Square ... 11/22/13 Ackman Will Take Herbalife Bet... 11/20/13 Herbalife Gains Another Activi... More quote details and news » is a pyramid scheme, it did nothing to shake Joanne Clare.
Herbalife, a direct seller of protein shakes and other products, has a cheerleading sales culture that has weathered a string of assaults from Wall Street and naysayers. Steven Russolillo reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
The 38-year-old Staten Island mother of three has been selling the company's weight-loss products and supplements since 2004, when she says they helped her drop from 210 to 160 pounds in four months. She now sells as much as $3,500 a month of Herbalife products to her 30 clients and the two distributors in her "down line."
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"People have always said it's a pyramid scheme, but it's not," Ms. Clare said, adding that the bulk of her earnings come from sales to clients, not her cut of her recruits' take.
Mr. Ackman's declaration that he had bet more than $1 billion against Herbalife caused many investors to flee, sending the stock down 38% in four days in late December. But some of the company's 3.1-million-strong army of distributors were unmoved.
Direct-sales networks have long worked in a similar fashion, with fervent members spreading the word to new converts. People sign up hoping to supplement their incomes or strike it rich outside the constraints of traditional work.
The result at Herbalife is a cheerleading sales culture that has weathered a string of assaults from Wall Street and naysayers. Among salespeople in the field and executives at the company, tales abound of surprising weight loss courtesy of Herbalife. Many of the people contacted for this article said they had doubts about the company's business model before signing up, but became believers thanks to the products.
The core of Mr. Ackman's argument is that Herbalife distributors earn more money from recruiting other distributors than by selling products to the end user. The business, he said, depends on its ability to pull in new recruits, because existing distributors drop out at high rates.
Herbalife has called the allegation malicious, saying it is based on distorted information, and has accused Mr. Ackman of trying to manipulate its stock, a charge the hedge-fund manager denies. The company has promised a comprehensive response when it meets with investors on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the company's distributors are caught in the middle. Herbalife's own filings depict a sales force that is vastly bigger at the bottom than the top, with those on higher rungs collecting a cut of everything sold below and many of those lower down keeping everything they buy from the company.
Across those levels, distributors regularly affirm their faith in the company.
James Bodman, who became an Herbalife distributor in September, hadn't heard about Mr. Ackman's allegations. "Somebody who has bashed it obviously hasn't tried it," said the 47-year-old who lives in Tamaqua, Pa.
Mr. Bodman works 60-hour weeks as a factory process operator and hopes to make about $400 a week on Herbalife so he can cut back his overtime and spend more time with his family. He said he paid $400 for a starter packet, which includes about $100 of products, and an additional $80 a month for marketing tools including selling scripts and training videos sold by a third party. He has also spent about $150 for advertising, but has had trouble finding customers. "It's starting out slow for me," he said.
Herbalife was founded in 1980 and is incorporated in the Cayman Islands. It sells protein shakes, energy drinks, vitamins and a bath and body-care line through independent distributors in more than 80 countries.
It competes in the cutthroat weight-loss industry, going up against Weight Watchers International Inc., WTW -2.69% Weight Watchers International Inc. U.S.: NYSE $31.42 -0.87 -2.69% Dec. 12, 2013 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 989,287 AFTER HOURS $31.61 +0.19 +0.60% Dec. 12, 2013 4:35 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 2 P/E Ratio 7.59 Market Cap $1.82 Billion Dividend Yield 2.23% Rev. per Employee $64,958.1 10/30/13 Weight Watchers Reports Lower ... More quote details and news » Nestlé SA NESN.VX -1.47% Nestle S.A. Switzerland: SWX Europe CHF63.80 -0.95 -1.47% Dec. 12, 2013 5:30 pm Volume : 5.94M P/E Ratio 19.22 Market Cap CHF208.81 Billion Dividend Yield 3.21% Rev. per Employee CHF275,094 12/06/13 Néstle to Sell Stake in Givaud... 12/01/13 Iran Deal Opens Door for Busin... 11/29/13 Maker of Nutella and Tic Tacs ... More quote details and news » 's Jenny Craig Inc. and home-delivery meal programs such as Medifast Inc. MED 0.00% Medifast Inc. U.S.: NYSE $26.09 0.00 0.00% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 72,641 P/E Ratio 17.56 Market Cap $362.23 Million Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $383,144 More quote details and news » and Nutrisystem Inc. NTRI -0.59% Nutrisystem Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $18.55 -0.11 -0.59% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 476,705 AFTER HOURS $18.55 0.00 0.00% Dec. 12, 2013 4:58 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 618.33 Market Cap $535.99 Million Dividend Yield 3.77% Rev. per Employee $752,657 More quote details and news » The company says it also competes for recruits with companies like NuSkin Enterprises and Avon Products Inc. AVP -1.29% Avon Products Inc. U.S.: NYSE $16.81 -0.22 -1.29% Dec. 12, 2013 4:02 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.71M AFTER HOURS $16.81 0.00 0.00% Dec. 12, 2013 6:07 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $7.39 Billion Dividend Yield 1.43% Rev. per Employee $263,800 12/12/13 Avon Pulls Plug on $125 Millio... 12/11/13 Avon to Halt Rollout of New Or... 12/11/13 Avon's Failed SAP Implementati... More quote details and news »
Distributors earn money on sales to consumers and on the sales of other distributors they sponsor and bring into the business, a system known as multilevel marketing.
Herbalife said in a 2005 securities filing that more than 90% of its rank-and-file distributors dropped out in 2004. It has since stopped giving out that figure, but a person familiar with the matter said 80% of the company's distributors likely sign up only to get discounts on products, a category the company says tends to turn over frequently.
Chad Hacker has been an Herbalife distributor since 2000. The 35-year-old said he first started selling the product in college by holding Herbalife parties. In 2008, he went retail and opened a storefront called HealthNutz in Owatonna, Minn.
He gets 35 to 40 visitors a day at the store, which sells a daily pass for $6.50 that gives buyers access to Wi-Fi, a workout room and three free Herbalife products, like the company's Formula 1 meal-replacement shake, an energy tea or an aloe drink. He also uses the store to persuade dabblers to start ordering Herbalife products more regularly and to recruit people into his network of sellers.
Mr. Hacker's "down line" is now 1,000 people deep and accounts for about half of his $10,000- to $13,000-a-month in profit, he said. He acknowledges most of his recruits make no sales of their own.
"Of the people with distributorships, only a small fraction of them sell the product," he said. But echoing a common Herbalife assertion, he said 80% of the people in his down line became distributors only to get discounts on the products they consume themselves.
Mr. Hacker said he glanced through the slides in Mr. Ackman's presentation, but doesn't think they reflect the reality at the company.
"When companies are growing and having success, people try and take them down," he said. "It's business as usual."
As the hedge-fund manager was formally laying out his accusations just before Christmas, Herbalife Chief Executive Michael Johnson held a town-hall meeting at the Los Angeles headquarters to reiterate that the company's customers were real and urge employees to keep working hard, said a person who attended the meeting.
This attendee got together with some colleagues and went through Mr. Ackman's slides. In the end, they concluded it was just more bullying from Wall Street, the person said.
Some distributors are upset about Mr. Ackman's allegations, Herbalife President Des Walsh said in a statement emailed by a spokesman. But he said they are focused on building their businesses. "They see the positive impact of the good work they do every day," he said.
Herbalife's earnings have risen on a year-to-year basis for 12 straight quarters, climbing 9% to $117.8 million in the three months through October, as sales rose 14% to $1 billion. Its shares are up nearly 25% since an initial public offering in 2004, but the rise has been punctuated by sharp drops triggered by investors betting against the stock.
In 2008, San Diego-based short seller Barry Minkow found that Herbalife's president at the time, Gregory Probert, had falsely claimed an M.B.A. degree. Mr. Probert later resigned, after acknowledging the inaccuracy. Last May, Greenlight Capital Inc. hedge-fund manager David Einhorn, another short seller, questioned the company's business model during an earnings call and sent the stock plummeting 20%. The company responded that its fundamentals are "very strong" and said it is confident in its financials, disclosures and network-marketing model.
Assertions by Pershing Square Capital Management LP's Mr. Ackman led to another steep drop after they were disclosed on Dec. 19.
Meanwhile, the phrase "direct selling" has its own hard-to-shake taint. Last year, Tupperware Brands Corp. TUP -1.02% Tupperware Brands Corp. U.S.: NYSE $93.29 -0.96 -1.02% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 404,262 AFTER HOURS $93.28 -0.01 -0.01% Dec. 12, 2013 4:41 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 19.08 Market Cap $4.78 Billion Dividend Yield 2.66% Rev. per Employee $205,038 More quote details and news » stopped describing itself and a "direct seller" and started using the phrase "direct to consumer," said Chief Executive Rick Goings. "We didn't leave direct selling," said Mr. Goings. "Direct selling left us, because the industry became dominated by buying clubs and what look like pyramid schemes."
Herbalife's stock has recovered some of the lost ground since Mr. Ackman's slide show. The shares traded at $37 at 4 p.m. Friday, up 65 cents, after hitting a low of $26.04 last month. However, the shares started December at $46.19.
In an interview, Mr. Ackman said he wasn't surprised that sellers at the top of the distribution chain, who make a lot of money off Herbalife, don't think the company is a pyramid scheme, or that people at the bottom hadn't heard his arguments. The business, he alleged, relies on finding unwary recruits.
"They must find new victims each year," he said.
Mark Gruell, who lives in Eaton Rapids, Mich., and has roughly 3,000 distributors in his network, was unfazed.
"We just know he's full of hot air and it's not going to affect us one bit," said Mr. Gruell, a 49-year-old who is also on Herbalife's President's Team and said he brings in six figures a year. "We help people every day."
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There are new signs that more Americans may be facing a serious risk of foreclosure.
New data reveals that more than 22%.
Of all homeowners 22%.
May owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth.
Today's take charge consumer protection segment.
Is on how you can protect yourself so let's bring in -- Ellison real estate and business attorney thank you for joining us -- Thanks for having me so for folks watching who are underwater or close what action can they take.
Well -- really depend on the outcome that they want -- and I mean.
If you have a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac alone there are plenty of alternatives you can either short sell your home.
You can do -- deed in lieu of foreclosure some of the banks are doing cash for keys where they'll actually pay people to move out of their homes.
Or you may be able to do a short refinance.
But that -- -- -- -- next question of the Obama administration has five different mortgage relief initiatives and -- None of them have lived up to the stated expectations of some of them been more successful than others the FHA short refi program though for example.
Was projected to help four million people in reality it has helped 880.
Why isn't -- a -- illustrate.
Yeah well there's a lot of reasons that they allowed a lot of reasons why to have -- work.
Tit for.
To be simple we can put them into buckets one -- the problem itself the problem itself.
-- any bombing as we -- this began as a sub prime crisis if you remember back when those some of those FHA or the hope for homeowner program's.
Began they would help sub prime borrowers now we have is a problem like you said with negative equity and unemployment.
The other reason is that these programs have been rolled out before they're really tweaked and were really behind the problem we've never really been in front of the problem.
-- have blocked it is the players themselves I mean we have.
Government banks than not for profits.
All of those groups are trying as hard as they can but the truth is they're really not coordinated with each other.
They too are behind not in front of the problem and they all have their own agendas they have some of them even have.
Incentives for this problem to continue perpetuating because they're human beings whose job now depends on the problem not being solved.
So for homeowners.
Which of these programs would you recommend it is they're just a lack of awareness of some.
Well you know that's the biggest problem is that as these programs roll out homeowners are still not getting the message.
In fact borrowers are giving messages and give them false expectations.
And a lot of time now that led to distrust so -- really not responding to anyone.
There's also a lack of incentive I mean when you can live for free for two or three years.
Why even take 20000 dollars.
But from a homeowner's perspective the big important thing to remember is that you don't lose money on your home unless you sell it so it seems that we know that with stocks we know -- -- stocks go down we hold until they buy.
We even know that with other consumables because -- remember your home is part consumable and part investment.
So when you buy a car you know that it's lost value but you don't expect for the the person who loaned the money for the car.
To make up for that to homeowners really need to look at the big -- for picture and we need some solutions that will take advantage of the low rates and really helped keep keep people in their homes.
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If Richard III's tattered reputation can be rehabilitated, surely there must be hope for Florida's much besmirched Richard.
Of course, it has taken 528 years to refurbish the rep of Richard Plantagenet, king of England from 1483 to 1485. Our Richard, Richard Lynn Scott, facing reelection next year, needs a quicker fix.
William Shakespeare in his Richard III (It's always the media's fault, isn't it?) so slimed poor Rick Plantagenet's public image that it stuck with him for centuries. But after his bones were discovered in an ignominious grave in the British Midlands last year, under a parking lot, and positively identified last week, the most loathed of British monarchs has enjoyed a bit of rehab.
York and Leicester are even squabbling over the rights to the royal bones — quite a turn-around for a fellow best known for murdering two young princes and hijacking the throne.
A fair reading of his popularity at the time he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth might be measured by the fervor of his subjects as they mutilated his body, attached a harness to the remains and dragged his corpse through the countryside.
But what a comeback he's making in 2013.
It's tougher going for Rick Scott, Florida's first elected Governor Richard (something of an oddity, given that we put an Ossian, Marcellus, Lawton and even a Napoleon in the governor's mansion before he came along). But if one considers that Richard Call served two separate stints as territorial governor, who's to say we can't anoint Scott as our own defamed Richard the Third? His reputation may not have declined into the likes of a Shakespearean tragedy, but he has definitely sunk to the dregs of public esteem.
In December, a Quinnipiac University poll indicated only 36 percent of Floridians thought Gov. Scott was doing a good job. That's down five points from a dismal showing in May. Worse, perhaps, 53 percent of his fellow Republicans wanted the party to field another candidate in the 2014 election.
His standing failed to improve in January, when a Public Policy Polling survey found 57 percent of the state's voters disapproved of him. His approval rating in the PPP poll had fallen from 37 percent in November to 33 percent. Like Richard III, Scott seems in for whopping " winter of our discontent."
Scott seems to have mistaken the $70 million he spent in his 2010 campaign with political genius. Winning an election with less than 50 percent of the vote in an election with less than a 50 percent turnout ought not to be the stuff of great hubris. Ah, but as Shakespeare's Rick lamented, " What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by. Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I."
Rick, a political novice after all, mistook the noise generated by tea party crazies in an off-year election for something more substantial.
It wasn't just that he whacked $5 billion out of the state budget, laid off thousands of state workers and made unseemly cuts to education, leaving Florida school teachers among the lowest-paid in the nation. It was that he did it which such glee, unveiling his budget two years ago before cheering tea party activists at Eustis and The Villages (a place in the news lately because locals think their electric meters are part of a United Nations takeover conspiracy.)


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hey guys, i took 3 yok3d capsules today 2 hours before my workout about an hour after a meal. didnt really do anything for me, any suggestions on the dosing? im 6'2 176 lbs and about 10% bodyfat if that helps. thanks
Gotta try different combo's try waiting 1.5 hours after your meal. I am having the same issue...i am almost done my bottle and have not found the "sweet spot" yet. I have also opened the caps and dumped them into my PWO and hit the gym 20-30 mins later...I got an okay pump...nothing mind blowing though...GL.
alright thanks, yea im gonna try waiting a little longer next workout
Okay today was a different story. Busted open the caps in my PWO waited 10 mins to leave for the gym. 15 min drive to the gym 15 min warm up so 40 mins after ingestion and I got a really good pump today...I idd chest first and didnt notice anything but when I moved to arms they blew up and veins in the shoulders were a poppin' . I will see if I can repeat this on Friday since I am off the gym tomorrow. Again different things work different ways for people so might want to give the open caps a shot. GL bro!
sweet man im off tommorrow too ill let you know how it goes on friday. keep me updated


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I was hopeful I could stay up with all the Wednesday Sketch Challenges, but it just doesn't look like that is going to happen! I am however determined to use some of my new stuff each month so I can justify shopping when the time comes around again!
You had to know that Pure Innocence Cute as a Button was going to be at the top of my list! She's so cute and reminds me of my own little girl! My little one has her own little stash of buttons (or bunts, as she calls them) and plays in them regularly. We do have to keep an eye out for the baby because I'm sure they would become a staple in his diet if we didn't!
What surprised me was the interest I had in the Right this Way stamp set. Of course I liked it, but I hung up my scrapbooking ways a while ago. I did know that I could use it for cards, so I went ahead and snatched it up! I used the chevron arrows to ground our little PI.
This little embellishment was made with the Pretty Posies Die-namics, cardstock, and tulle. My friend was making a wreath with tulle and had some left over. I was quite curious as to weather my Die-namics would cut through it and it did. I believe this is about three layers of tulle, too!
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Susan Van Lier, widow of Bulls great Norm Van Lier, was the engine behind last year's inaugural Chicago United Hoops Classic, a high-school all-star game which pits the best players from the South side of the city against the best players from the West side.
Last year, the West side emerged victorious over the South side. But the game wasn't about who won or who lost, it was about raising awareness of the plight of kids who come from the most impoverished and under-served neighborhoods in the city; areas rife with drugs and gang violence. The game was put together to let both of those communities know that people out there care about them.
Mrs. Van Lier is once again spearheading the event this year with a special place in her heart for Ryan Royall—a Division I basketball prospect and senior-to-be at Hillcrest High School in South Suburban Country Club Hills—who was killed last June by a stray bullet after leaving a party. Royall was slated to play in the Chicago United Hoops Classic this year.
Senseless acts of violence like this led Susan Van Lier to create a 125-word non-violence pledge that requires people to take ownership and do their part to prevent violence from happening in the streets.
Mrs. Van Lier spoke with SLAMonline about the game, her mission and how much her husband loved the city of Chicago.
SLAM: Where exactly did the idea for the Chicago United Hoops Classic come from?
Susan Van Lier: Norman passed away in 2009 and I was with some close friends thinking about what I could do as a way to honor him. So we came up with the Norm Van Lier Scholarship Fund and out of that came the idea for the Hoops Classic. So it was a wild ride to do it in such a short period of time and to have it be that successful was very surprising to me. And the kids that we had in the game were all so special and they will always be very important to me because they were those inaugural kids that we chose that came and played in our very first game.
SLAM: Talk a little bit about the scholarship fund and how it helps kids.
SVL: With these kids and with their families, we want them to be leaders in the community—which they already are—but we want them to now have sort of an idea to go back into their communities and talk about getting a good education which is what Norman believed in so strongly. He always told kids not to focus on getting into the NBA because the chances are so small, but to make sure they got a good education because that's what will transform your life. So that's why we started the scholarship fund, based right on that philosophy of Norman's. We want to create leaders in the communities on the South and West side, we're also focused on non-violence on the South and West sides.
SLAM: You mentioned the success of the game as being a surprise. How so?
SVL: When I was walking the players into the arena before the game I could hear some of them behind me going, 'Oh wow!' and 'Oh, man!' They were so excited to be playing at DePaul and that was exciting for me, too! I'd been married to Norman for 30 years so I guess I became jaded to things like that. I didn't expect that kind of excitement and it was very moving to me. The other thing is that there were people from the South and West sides—mothers and fathers particularly—that would come up to me during the game and hug me and thank me because they said no one had ever done something like this in the City of Chicago. I didn't expect that either! It makes me want to cry even now.
SLAM: With your husband being a former Chicago Bulls player, has the team given you any support with regard to the game and what it is you're trying to do?
SVL: The Bulls have been very supportive, quite frankly, from Day 1. I called Jerry Reinsdorf and told him that I was doing this and he immediately threw his support behind our efforts. That was very important to me because it made me feel like we could do this and that gesture was just a very, very big deal for me.
SLAM: For those who are too young or don't know about Norm Van Lier, can you talk about how much he loved Chicago?
SVL: Chicago was 1,000 percent in his heart! I met him when he playing at the height of his career and he had opportunities to go other places both as a player and as a broadcaster. But he was so dedicated and devoted to Chicago and also to the Bulls. Chicago and the Chicago Bulls was Norman's identity. He was very, very devoted to Chicago and I think the city was very devoted to Norman, too. The reason I started the scholarship fund in his name was because I was just so blown away by the response from the city when he passed it away. It was huge and clearly they had so much love and affection for him that it was almost obligatory on my part to do something like this because of his love for the city and their love for him back.
SLAM: What was it about your husband do you think caused so many people to have such a love and admiration for him?
SVL: He was quite an interesting and extraordinary human being. He was very accessible. He never had a big group of people around him to keep him away from the public, he wanted to be right there and be able to talk to anyone; he loved people. And one of the things that I love that Norman taught our daughters was that every single person—no matter their background—is as valuable as the next. And that was really how he lived his life. He taught me that and he taught our girls that and I'm forever grateful.
SLAM: Can you talk about the non-violence pledge that you put together and what the vision is behind it?
SVL: The pledge is up on the website, NormVanLier.com, and also on the Chicago United Hoops Classic Facebook page. Our goal, really, is to have every person of all ages, every person in Chicago to sign the non-violence pledge. I really feel that if you sign something like that, I believe that as you go through your life or when something comes up or when you see something, you'll remember that you signed a pledge to choose to live in a non-violent way. We rolled it out officially on Martin Luther King's birthday which I thought was appropriate because Norman loved Martin Luther King as we all did, and all of the participants in our game will sign the non-violence pledge every year going forward. It's very important to us that anybody that's going to work with Norman's scholarship fund or with the Chicago United Hoops Classic, that these people have committed—by physically signing the pledge—to a life of non-violence.
The Second Annual Chicago United Hoops Classic will take place May 5 on the University of Chicago Campus at the Gerald E. Ratner Athletic Center. Tip-off time will be at 3 p.m. and tickets for the game can be purchased here.


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Meet the New Boss; Not the Same as the Old Boss?
With seven years as a member of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee, and double that as an industry insider, many see former Olympic hopeful Josh Adams as ideally qualified to take over leadership of the U.S. Olympic Sailing program. Others feel his appointment will perpetuate the philosophies that left the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider without a medal in the 2012 Olympics.
On the surface, it may look like Josh Adams is walking into a hornet's nest. The incoming managing director of U.S. Olympic Sailing inherits a team that, for the first time since 1936, returned home from an Olympic regatta without a single medal. The performance has made the team—and Adams' hiring—the subject of significant scrutiny on the homefront. But a deeper look reveals the situation to be much less perilous for Adams, a former All-American sailor at Tufts University who comes to the team after a career at Sail magazine, including the last seven as publisher. Title sponsor Sperry Top-Sider, which signed on last spring, is committed through the next four years. Top athletes such as Paige Railey and Anna Tunnicliffe are already looking toward the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and the likely lineup for that regatta features four new classes, including kiteboard racing, a sport where the United States has proven to be quite competitive on the world circuit, albeit in a sport very much in its infancy. And with no medals in 2012, there's nowhere for the team to go but up.
In the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials, you were second in the Men's 470 class with Bob Merrick. Without getting too deep, because we have a lot to cover, what are the lasting impressions that experience left with you?
We chose the 470 while we were still in college [Adams graduated from Tufts in 1994], because it was the easiest boat for us to transition to from the boats that we were sailing. We had sailed a lot of International 420s and then collegiate boats. We were a largely independent, young team, and fairly typical for Olympic sailors of that period. We were basically on our own; we got some great coaching from the Olympic program, but as far as funding and establishing the direction of our team—how we were going to train and improve our speed and technique—we were all on our own.
Four years later, Bob sailed with Paul Foerster in the 2000 Olympics and won silver. What was it like watching that experience unfold?
Bob and I grew up together, as sailors, friends. And so, on a personal level, I was ecstatic for Bob. And we've always joked that after the Savannah quad, Bob just needed a better helmsman. And he got one of the best. Paul's one of the great American sailors in both one-design and high performance dinghies. And he just brought this level of experience and level of focus on technical development, so it was great to follow, and I was very happy for Bob.
Did you ever look at that—and I don't want to say you were jealous of his success—but did you ever think, "Boy, I wish I'd kept going." You chose a different path; you focused on your career, but did his success awaken any pangs of regret?
No. Going back to Savannah, we finished second in the Olympic Trials, and then our training partners, Kris Stookey and Louise Van Voorhis won the women's Trials, so we stayed down there and trained with them all the way up to the Games. And then Bob and I decided: "Let's give it a couple months to decompress and get away from it for a while, and then let's make our decision." And when we came together in the fall, I knew right away that I was done with the 470. A big reason for that was actually physical. I was a little big for the boat, and it wasn't something that I wanted to continue—staying at fighting weight. So, with that being a big part of the decision process, there was no regret.
Okay. Let's look forward here. You are taking over for Dean Brenner, but that doesn't tell the whole truth, because this is a bit of a new job, a new position. Give us the job description for your position, which, if I have it correct, is the managing director of the U.S. Olympic Team, or the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider.
I'm the managing director of U.S. Olympic Sailing. That's my official title. And we—on the Olympic Sailing Committee, which I've been a member of since 2005—knew years ago that we were at a point where the leadership of U.S. Olympic Sailing needed to be professionalized. The demands of the job, the scope and size of the program, are big enough that it really has to be a full-time job. We needed to move away from the volunteer aspect of the leadership that we had had to some extent. So that fundamental decision was made at the board level of US Sailing, and with the full endorsement and support of the Olympic Sailing Committee, to shift responsibilities of program management from the Olympic Sailing Committee Chair, to the full-time position. [ed.'s note: Adams clarified by email that his position will no longer be the chair of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee. "I wanted to point out that we will also be appointing a new OSC Chair. The OSC will function as an advisory board to the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program. The chair, functioning in a different role than what Dean has, will be the senior adviser of that group. Chair appointment TBA."]
Dean mentioned in Weymouth that he had a two-term limit on his job; is that changed with this new role that you're filling?
This is a job for life, isn't it? [Laughs]. Ah, no, in all seriousness, both US Sailing and I are committed to Rio, but this job can go multiple quads, and I would like to see it go multiple quads. It's a full-time job; there's no term-limit on it.
What are the differences maybe in the job now to the job Dean has been doing for the last eight years? He went from a volunteer, part-time position in 2004 to 2008 quad to a paid part-time position for the last four years. How will your job, which is now full-time, differ from his?
Well, it won't differ in that I take on the full scope of his responsibilities. So, everything that Dean was responsible for, I will be responsible for going forward. And so I will be responsible for the budget, for running the commercial program, and all of the revenue aspects of Olympic Sailing. Managing the Olympic staff, and so on.
So what is it that makes you think you're the right person for this job? How would you sell yourself to the cynical person who's looking at you and wondering why you got the job as opposed to somebody else?
Okay, fair question. Well, I have a deep passion for and experience in Olympic sailing, and Olympic class boats. And we talked about Savannah and my experience in the '96 quad, which I should also note was an incredible experience because the world came to North America, which made it easier for a young team to compete, because the Games were in North America. But my Olympic experience actually goes back to 1988 as a young kid growing up in Newport, R.I. The Olympic Trials, back when it was a one-regatta event, came to Newport, and that's when I bought my first 470, got the bug, and have been hooked on Olympic sailing ever since. So after '96, I stayed close to the program, through friends who were both sailors and coaches, and then got involved in the management of Olympic sailing through my experience on the Olympic Sailing Committee. And I think that background over a couple decades in Olympic Sailing really has me well prepared for the whole experience. I've been a part of the program as a sailor, and I've been a part of the program from the management perspective. Also, my background in media, has given me 15 years of building partnerships, many of which will translate well in this job. When you're the publisher of a media brand, you're busy selling a lot of advertising and building a lot of marketing partnerships. Well, some of those same companies that I have worked with also support the Olympic program. It's tough to put a number on it, but if you break down where I'll spend my time, as the leader of U.S. Olympic Sailing, I'll probably spend 70 percent of my time focused on revenue, and focused on all of our partnerships. And my experience in media, and sailing media, has me well prepared for that.
This appointment was made before the Olympic Games. So I don't think it's fair to criticize your selection in light of the team's disappointing performance in Weymouth, to say: "You are a part of this system that produced the most disappointing performance in U.S. Olympic Sailing in 60 years, and now you're leading the charge." But there is a strong feeling out there that with your hire, US Sailing is perpetuating the establishment that didn't get us medals in 2012. What is your reaction to that?
Well my reaction to that is that people will draw their own conclusions. Over time, people will see what kind of leader I am, and what kind of program I'm running, and what kind of strategy we put together. But to look at it in that simple light—that there's no actual change in this change—it's just a little premature to do that. I'm pretty confident in my ability to lead, and to lead a new strategy for this program, and to make changes where change is necessary. I think that over time, people will have a larger body of work from me to judge. At that point, let them judge away.
We'll get into that strategy in a second. Let's look at the Olympics this year. You were in England for part of the regatta. What was your gut reaction to the U.S. performance at Weymouth?
Disappointment, like anyone involved in the Olympic program. I was disappointed in the results and for our sailors, who trained very hard.
Gary Jobson's commissioned a panel to look at the 2012 Olympics. You are involved, some names from Olympics past like Andy Kostanecki, Ed Adams, and Jonathan McKee, and some more current Olympians such as Tim Wadlow and Andrew Campbell. That panel's conclusions are still a bit down the road. Do you have any kind of first-take impressions on what led to this performance by the U.S. Sailing Team?
We need to let the review process play out completely before we really draw any conclusions. I think the best way to go about this is to talk to all audiences who were close to it, especially the sailors; get their feedback before we really draw conclusions. As you noted, we're pretty deep into the review process of the Olympic program, and we have a great group of talented and experienced people who have been involved in Olympic sailing, at many different levels: sailing, coaching, and also on the management side. This is going to be a comprehensive look at the Olympic program. It's not just a focus on Weymouth. It's a look at the entire quad, and even before this quad, and it's a look at every aspect of the program. And we'll make sure that all the key players in U.S. Olympic Sailing have a say. Once we get that, that body of information compiled, then we'll be able to draw some conclusions about the program itself; it'll give us a better understanding of what led to our performance in Weymouth, and then we'll influence strategy going forward.
Are you the right person to lead this panel, given that you've been on the Olympic Committee for seven years now, and you're now the incoming director? It seems that if you wanted to get a really independent opinion, you would step away from people who were so involved with the infrastructure of the program itself.
I strongly believe that I'm the right person to lead it. When we're done with this review, there's going to be a bunch of conclusions, and a set of recommendations that we'll present back to the board and to the Olympic Sailing Committee. I want to use that body of information to influence our strategic direction. I want it to be as complete as possible, because this is a useful piece of information that we'll be able to go back to throughout the entire quad. If you look at the alternatives to what you're saying, which is having a completely independent panel without my involvement at all, then I might be handed a document with recommendations with less familiarity with how the review process went. And I may not be as excited to follow those recommendations. Keep in mind that there's nine individuals on this panel. All have some connection over time to Olympic Sailing, but they are truly independent of the current program. Of the nine, only two have been on the Olympic Sailing Committee within the last 12 years.


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Lazy river, kiddie pool and seasonal cabana bar in Myrtle Beach The Sandcastle Oceanfront Resort at the Pavilion hotel appeals to families year-round thanks to its oceanfront pool and residential amenities like a full kitchen and private balconies. Just nine blocks from... More
Family-friendly hotel with a lazy river and outdoor poolA Grand Strand address and a heated lazy river and outdoor pool are major draws at the Myrtle Beach by Westgate Resorts property, but the children's water play area, Kid's Club and many planned adult activities... More
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Family-friendly lodging in North Myrtle Beach Guests at this condo-style resort indulge in sweeping views of the Atlantic and outdoor pool from the comfort of their own balconies. With fully furnished studios all the way up to three-bedroom suites, the hotel delivers... More
South Beach paradise with ocean viewsThe Myrtle Beach Sandcastle Oceanfront Resort South Beach is suitable for singles, couples and families. The resort is just a short distance away from all of the activities that make Myrtle Beach such a special and attractive vacation... More
Oceanfront resort with many amenities, spanning 720 feet of beachfront Long Bay Resort is located in the north end of Myrtle Beach along a scenic part of the oceanfront. The resort's amenities include the Long Bay Resort water park with indoor and outdoor pools, a... More
The Sea Dunes Oceanfront is along Ocean Boulevard and centrally located in the heart of Myrtle Beach close to amusement parks attraction venues shopping a variety of restaurants and numerous golf courses. There are a variety of room types featuring queen and king beds... More
Luxury amenities and multiple recreational activities in Myrtle BeachWaterfront views and 2,200 acres of lush landscape elevate the luxury at the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes resort between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway. The master-planned community... More
Flights to Myrtle Beach
Departure | Arrival | Travel dates | Round-trip |
New York | Myrtle Beach | Tue, Jan 7 - Sat, Jan 11 | $128 |
Boston | Myrtle Beach | Tue, Jan 14 - Wed, Jan 22 | $88 |
Chicago | Myrtle Beach | Sun, Dec 22 - Fri, Dec 27 | $211 |
Detroit | Myrtle Beach | Sat, Feb 8 - Sun, Feb 16 | $178 |
Newark | Myrtle Beach | Sat, Feb 8 - Tue, Feb 11 | $227 |
Pittsburgh | Myrtle Beach | Tue, Dec 31 - Sat, Jan 4 | $365 |
Minneapolis | Myrtle Beach | Sat, Jan 11 - Tue, Jan 14 | $445 |
Los Angeles | Myrtle Beach | Thu, Dec 19 - Thu, Dec 26 | Check rates |
Denver | Myrtle Beach | Mon, Jan 20 - Thu, Jan 23 | $551 |
Hartford | Myrtle Beach | Mon, Dec 23 - Sat, Jan 4 | $411 |
Albany | Myrtle Beach | Thu, Dec 19 - Thu, Dec 26 | Check rates |
Philadelphia | Myrtle Beach | Tue, Jan 14 - Sat, Jan 18 | $162 |
Myrtle Beach highlights
Grand Strand Beaches
With 60 miles to choose from, you can find a beach with a personality to match. Families escape to quiet nooks along Garden City Beach, while teens hit Ocean Boulevard. Look for dolphins around sunset.
Broadway at the Beach
Watch artists channel the likes of Elvis, Tina Turner and more at the new Legends in Concert theatre. Find endless attractions at Pavilion Nostalgia Park, including the famous Herschell-Spillman Carousel.
Pavilion Nostalgia Park and Carousel Park
Buy cotton candy and stroll the midway, filled with games, rides and swings. Twirl on carousels as the German Baden Band Organ plays.
Myrtle Beach Boardwalk
This newcomer is ranked one of the top boardwalks in the country. Take a spin over the ocean on Myrtle Beach Skywheel in a private glass gondola.
Brookgreen Gardens
Stroll through acres of dogwoods, oaks and azaleas. Visit the 18th-century rice plantation, complete with an animal sanctuary and a Garden Room with kids' activities.
Ripley's Aquarium
Glide past thousands of tropical fish, sharks and sea critters on Reef Tunnel. Play with stingrays and horseshoe crabs at the touch tanks.
Play golf
Tee up at Long Bay Club, a challenging Jack Nicklaus-designed course. Golf Digest ranked King's North at Myrtle Beach National one of America's Top 10 courses. Family haven Whispering Pines has a program for budding golfers.
Carolina Opry
Take in a show at this South Carolina performance palace. Mix it up at Good Vibrations! a musical extravaganza channeling the '60s, '70s and '80s.
Alligator Adventure, North Myrtle Beach
Watch hundreds of toothy critters from, babies to big kahunas in a snap-jaw feeding frenzy. Visit reptilian pals such as lizards, turtles, pythons, vipers and more.
Dolly Parton's Pirate Voyage
Watch Crimson and Sapphire battle across lagoons, planks and giant pirate ships as you nosh on a pirate feast.


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Adventurer-turned-humanitarian Greg Mortenson signs his book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time for graduate student Melanie Hogaboom Berry M '12 after Mortenson's Oct. 28 presentation in the Campus Center arena. His appearance was part of the "Oswego Reads" communitywide reading initiative. Mortenson's New York Times bestseller, published in 45 countries, recounts his experiences building schools in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mortenson, who founded the not-for-profit Central Asia Institute, also signed copies of his sequel, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Introducing new food to your pet isn't as simple as it is for humans. Because our pets eat the same thing all the time, new foods can cause a disruption to their system. This happens especially if your pet has a very sensitive tummy and vulnerable appetite. But knowing how to introduce new pet food into your pet's diet is something that most all pet owners should know in order to ensure the overall health of their precious pets.
Tips on Introducing New Pet Food
There are many things that need to be considered when introducing a new pet food into your pet's diet. Things like breed, age, activity level, and other known health-related problems should be carefully considered when selecting pet food to ensure that you are properly feeding your pet.
Start off by mixing a very small portion of the new pet food with your pet's current diet. If your pet has an extremely sensitive tummy, you can start with as little as two teaspoons. Generally speaking though, you can add about a quarter of the new food with three quarters of the current food.
For the first 8-10 days, feed your pet about 10-15% of the new pet food, mixed with about 85% of the current food. This is a very small amount that your pet can handle without worrying that it will affect your pet negatively.
Increase the new pet food for about 10% every week, especially if you see that your pet is not negatively affected at all or that the pet actually enjoys the new food. After about 8-10 weeks, you should see your pet eating a full bowl of the new pet food.
Benefits of Introducing New Pet Food
As your pet ages, you might need to introduce new food in order to sustain her overall health. Generally, healthy, older pets need a diet that is lower in protein and calories but should be higher in fiber. This is essential in preventing or reducing the risk of anal gland disease, a condition that is very common among pets, especially for dogs. In order to get fiber in your pet's diet, feed her with whole grains such as barley or brown rice, and vegetables such as broccoli, kale, and Swiss chard. You can use a food processor so your pet will not be able to pick out the meat from the vegetables.
Additionally, as your pet comes into age, you must be aware of her different nutritional needs and requirements that she might develop. As your pet moves into her senior years, her digestive system also changes and may require more vitamins than before, but much fewer calories this time.
Introducing new pet food is beneficial for pets with sensitive tummy and skin. It is always advisable though to consult your vet to make sure that your pet is not suffering from any type of pain, hypo thyroid problems or arthritis.
Knowing how to properly introduce new pet food will not only make your pet healthier and live longer but it will also give you more confidence and peace of mind knowing that your precious pet is getting the good quality food she deserves. Take a look at our variety of pet products and see the options of nutritional food we recommend for your pet!


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Everything Happens at Night
20th Century Fox's Christmas gift to moviegoers in 1939, this fanciful comedy-drama features the studio's darling of the ice, Sonja Henie. She plays the daughter of a Nobel Peace Prize-winner feared murdered by the German Gestapo. A couple of rival American newspaper reporters, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings, discover that the legendary Professor Norden (Maurice Moscovich) is still very much alive and living under an assumed name in Switzerland. The heroes, however, completely forget their critical assignment after spotting the professor's lovely daughter, Louise (Henie), and their preoccupation with the girl nearly leads to disaster. Fox borrowed Ray Milland from Paramount for this Henie vehicle, which was partially filmed at Sun Valley, ID. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
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En route to America, Irish immigrant Arleen Whelan is the victim of shipboard masher Raymond Walburn. Pushed away by the girl, Walburn is slightly injured, whereupon he brings up charges against Whelan and holds up her entry visa at Ellis Island. War correspondent Don Ameche comes to the rescue, but Whelan's problems are far from over thanks to her involvement with another immigrant, gangster Gilbert Roland. Gateway represents perhaps the best screen opportunity for 20th Century-Fox starlet Arleen Whelan, who faded from prominence in the 1940s. Other than that, the film is an intriguing glimpse of immigration procedures in the prewar years. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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In Name Only
Based on Memory of Love, a novel by Bessie Breuer, In Name Only is soap opera par excellence, blessed with a peerless cast. Carole Lombard plays widow Julie Eden, who meets and falls in love with unhappily married Alec Walker (Cary Grant). Having married Alec solely for his wealth and family prestige, his manipulative wife, Maida (Kay Francis), has managed to convince everyone -- even Alec's parents -- that
is the victimized one and that Alec is an irresponsible philanderer. Making matters worse, Maida refuses to give Alec a divorce so that he can find happiness in the arms of the sweet, unassuming Julie. Almost miraculously, Maida agrees to let Alec go, only to capriciously renege at the last minute and sue Julie for alienation of affections. Disconsolately, Alec goes on a bender, falling asleep in front of an open window and contracting pneumonia. As Alec lays seriously ill in a hospital bed, Julie tearfully agrees to give him up if only Maida will try to make him happy. But Maida isn't about to give up this moment of triumph, cheerfully bragging about her underhanded methods and her intention to take Alec for every penny that he has. Without giving away the outcome, it can be noted that, figuratively speaking, loose lips sink ships. Though In Name Only could have been a wallow in bathos, the performances by the stars -- and the knowing direction of John Cromwell -- elevate the production to the level of "romance classic." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Lancer Spy
Set during World War I, Lancer Spy stars a young George Sanders as Michael Bruce, an officer in the British Navy who bears an uncanny resemblance to the recently-captured Baron Kurt von Rohbach (also Sanders). Rohbach is highly connected in the German aristocracy, and his capture has been kept quite secret. This allows Bruce to be drafted into service to impersonate the German officer, infiltrate the enemy at the top level, and send back information that can turn the tide in the war. Bruce does a remarkable job and fools just about everyone; only the head of the secret police Major Gruning (Peter Lorre) has his doubts, but he can hardly accuse someone of the Baron's standing on nothing more than suspicions. He therefore engages a comely nightclub singer Dolores Daria Sunnell (Dolores Del Rio) to seduce Bruce and find out if his suspicions are sound or baseless. Unfortunately for Gruning, the singer finds her heart genuinely stolen by the imposter. She discovers the truth, but refuses to out him. Meanwhile, Gruning has laid his hands on some evidence of his own, and he moves to capture Bruce. Having accomplished his mission, Bruce flees to Switzerland. Gruning captures Dolores instead and puts her to death for her betrayal. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
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Love Affair
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Leo McCarey's classic tale of romance stars Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer as two strangers who fall in love on an ocean voyage. Charles Boyer is Michel Marnet, engaged to be married to Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn). Irene Dunne is Terry McKay, also engaged to be married, in this case to Kenneth Bradley (Lee Bowman). But when Michel and Terry meet aboard a ship, they fall instantly in love. In order to prove to themselves their love affair is not just a shipboard romance, they agree to meet six months hence on the top of the Empire State Building. If they still feel the same way about each other, they will bid adieu to their fiancees and start their affair anew. Six months later, they are still thinking about each other and proceed to their meeting at the Empire State Building. Michel awaits Terry's arrival, but Terry, on the way to their meeting, is involved in a terrible car accident, leaving her a cripple. Later, by a twist of fate, they are reunited and Michel vows to stay with Terry to help her walk again. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Make Way for Tomorrow
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While not a box-office success, this drama, directed by Leo McCarey, developed a potent reputation among film critics and movie buffs for its sensitive and perceptive treatment of the problems of the elderly. When McCarey won the Oscar for Best Director the same year for The Awful Truth, he remarked that the Academy gave him the award for the wrong movie. Barkley and Lucy Cooper (Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi) are a couple in their late 60s who have fallen on hard times and have been given the bad news that the bank is foreclosing on their house. Barkley and Lucy turn to their five children for help, but none are willing or able to do much for them; their son George (Thomas Mitchell) says that Lucy can stay with him and his wife Anita (Fay Bainter), while Nellie (Minna Gombell) and her husband Harvey (Porter Hall) can take in Barkley, but neither couple have the space or the means to house them both. Living with their children and their new families proves stressful for everyone involved, and Lucy decides to take up residence in a home for older women. She and Barkley realize that this will probably mean a permanent separation for the two of them, and they try to enjoy one last outing together before they part. Remarkably, Beulah Bondi was only 46 years old when this film was made, making her less then ten years older than several of her on-screen children; make-up wizard Wally Westmore used his bag of tricks to age her the appropriate two decades for the role. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Though running a mere 75 minutes, Rio has enough plot for ten movies. Basil Rathbone and Sigrid Gurie, previously teamed in The Adventures of Marco Polo, head the cast as crooked French financier Paul Reynard and his wife Irene. Sentenced to a ten-year term in a French penal colony for bank fraud, Paul wonders if his wife will remain faithful to him. At first glance it seems that he has nothing to worry about: Irene and family friend Dirk (Victor McLaglen) head to Rio to arrange for Paul's escape, with Dirk vowing to shield Irene from any and all sexual predators. But once she's landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with red-blooded American engineer Bill Gregory (Robert Cummings). Upon emerging from his dank prison cell, Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man. Seeking revenge, he prepares to shoot Bill in cold blood, but good old Dirk intervenes, paving the way for a happy ending -- for everyone but Paul, that is. Though he plays a thoroughly unsavory character, Basil Rathbone ends up the most sympathetic person in the film, and as such he's the only real reason to sit through the melodramatic convolutions of Rio. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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South to Karanga
Charles Bickford and James Craig are the rough-and-ready leads in Universal's South to Karanga. Running guns in South Africa, Bickford and Craig are hired to deliver ammunition to a mining community. The reason: the natives are restless (again!) Our heroes come through in smashing form, making the area safe for white supremacy. More than a little dated, South to Karanga is a hodgepodge of stock footage from earlier Universal epics. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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This is an epic Darryl F. Zanuck production that plays fast and loose with historical facts regarding early 19th century French politics and the building of the Suez Canal. Tyrone Power stars as Ferdinand de Lesseps, an engineer and son of a French nobleman (Harry Stephenson). At the start of the film, he is in love with Eugenie (Loretta Young), but so is the French President Louis Napoleon (Leon Ames). After his father is appointed French consul to Egypt, the younger de Lesseps travels there and conceives the idea of a canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas. Back in France, he is promised help by Eugenie, now Napoleon's mistress, in exchange for Count de Lesseps' agreement to dissolve the government temporarily. Napoleon then declares himself emperor, making Eugenie his empress. The elder de Lesseps dies of shock at the political betrayal, while the younger de Lesseps starts building the canal, overcoming attacks by tribal people and severe heat. France cuts off backing, and de Lesseps has to get help from England to finish the project. A sandstorm injures de Lesseps, and his French-Egyptian lover Toni (Annabella) straps him to a post to save him, sacrificing her own life for the canal. Power and Annabella married each other after the film. The descendants of de Lesseps sued 20th Century Fox for libel, but lost. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
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Susannah of the Mounties
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The sole survivor of an Indian attack, orphan girl Susannah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) becomes the mascot of the Canadian Mountie outpost headed by Superintendent Standing (Moroni Olsen). Mountie Angus "Monty" Montague (Randolph Scott) and his sweetheart (and Standing's daughter), Vicky (Margaret Lockwood), appoint themselves as Susannah's unofficial parents, doing their best to help the girl overcome her terrible ordeal. Eventually, it is "little miss fix-it"Susannah who brings peace between the Mounties and the Blackfeet, but not before Monty is nearly burned at the stake by the renegade Indian responsible for fomenting all the trouble. This is the film in which Shirley Temple not only teaches Randolph Scott how to tap dance, but also shares a peace pipe with a Blackfoot youngster (and gets good and nauseated in the process). Based on a novel by Muriel Denison, Susannah of the Mounties was originally released in sepiatone. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Great Commandment
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Filmed independently in 1939, The Great Commandment finally attained released in 1942 via 20th Century-Fox. Set in 30 AD, the story concerns the burgeoning Christian movement, and its effects on young Judean scholar named Joel (John Beal). A hotheaded reactionary, Joel spearheads an uprising against the Romans, but his warlike impulses melt away under the influence of Jesus of Nazareth. Joel even "turns the other cheek" when dealing with the warrior who murdered his brother. Director Irving Pichel later helmed such inspirational church-basement fare as 1952's Martin Luther and 1954's Day of Triumph. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Great Dictator
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"This is the story of the period between two world wars--an interim during which insanity cut loose, liberty took a nose dive, and humanity was kicked around somewhat." With this pithy opening title, Charles Chaplin begins his first all-talking feature film, The Great Dictator. During World War I, a Jewish barber (Chaplin) in the army of Tomania saves the life of high-ranking officer Schultz (Reginald Gardiner). While Schultz survives the conflict unscathed, the barber is stricken with amnesia and bundled off to a hospital. Twenty years pass: Tomania has been taken over by dictator Adenoid Hynkel (Chaplin again) and his stooges Garbitsch (Henry Daniell) and Herring (Billy Gilbert). Hynkel despises all Jews and regularly wreaks havoc on the Tomanian Jewish ghetto, where feisty Hannah (Paulette Goddard) lives. Meanwhile, the little barber escapes from the hospital and instinctively heads back to his cobweb-laden ghetto barber shop. Unaware of Hynkel's policy towards Jews (in fact, he's unaware of Hynkel), the barber gets into a slapstick confrontation with a gang of Aryan storm troopers. He is rescued by his old friend Schultz, now one of Hynkel's most loyal officers. Thanks to Schultz's protection, the ghetto receives a brief respite from Hynkel's persecution. The barber sets up shop again, developing a warm platonic relationship with the lovely Hannah. But things take a sorry turn when Hynkel, angered that a Jewish banker has refused to finance his impending war with Austerlitz, begins bearing down again on the Ghetto. Near the end of the film, when the dictator is expected to make another one of his hate-filled, war-mongering speeches, the barber steps up to the microphones...and Charles Chaplin drops character and becomes "himself," delivering an impassioned plea for peace, tolerance, and humanity. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Maxwell Anderson combined the Sacco-Vanzetti story with elements of the still-unsolved disappearance of Judge Crater, and the result was the blank-verse theatrical piece Winterset. Burgess Meredith, Margo and Eduardo Cianelli repeat their Broadway roles, respectively playing the grown son of an executed political radical, the woman who loves and stands by Meredith, and a menacing gangster with plenty to hide. 15 years after the execution, Meredith endeavors to clear his father's name, and to that end seeks out the judge (Edward Ellis) who presided over the trial, now a drunken, guilt-ridden derelict. Screenwriter Anthony Veiller remove most of Anderson's flowery dialogue and substituted a happy ending for the original play's cynically tragic denouement. Neither of these changes hurt the property, and in fact were heartily endorsed by Maxwell Anderson himself. But depression-era audiences, too wrapped in their own current problems to shed tears over the long-dead Sacco and Vanzetti, stayed away from Winterset in droves. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Concentration and Isotopic Composition of O2 and N2 in Trapped Gases of the Vostok Ice Core
These data describe the d18O of O2, d15N of N2, d18Oatm, and O2/N2 ratios of trapped gases in the Vostok ice core from East Antarctica. The investigator used a mass spectrometer to measure gas concentrations and isotopic compositions. Data extend to approximately 420,000 years ago. Two different age models are included. Data are available in tab-delimited ASCII format via ftp. View Metadata RecordData CitationThe following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page. Michael Bender. 2002. Concentration and Isotopic Composition of O2 and N2 in Trapped Gases of the Vostok Ice Core. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5862DCW. Sample Location MapSee Also |


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Florida Manatee - Issues and InformationManatee Myth: Florida Manatee - Native to Florida? Federal Manatee Protection Areas (Refuges & Sanctuaries) Manatee Rescue, Rehab & Release Program Out-of-State Manatee Sightings - What to Do and Not Do Conservation Agencies Encourage Boaters to Self-Report Collisions with Manatees 2012 Draft Revised Florida and Antillean Manatee Stock Assessments Available for Review and CommentManatee swims near Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Photo: Keith Ramos, USFWS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has developed draft revised marine mammal stock assessment reports (SAR) for the two West Indian manatee sub-species: the Antillean manatees in Puerto Rico and the Florida manatee. The formal Notice of Availability published on Wednesday, March 28, 2013, in the Federal Register. A public review and comment period is now open for 90-days. Comments and supporting information must be received on or before June 26, 2013. Comments and supporting information must be submitted using one of the following methods:
Please indicate to which revised stock assessment report(s)—the Antillean manatee or Florida manatee—your comments apply. We will not accept email, faxes or submissions sent to an address other than as outlined above. All comments will post on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2012-0081. Notice of Availability - PDF ver. - 220KB Draft Florida manatee SAR - PDF - 164KB
Draft Antillean manatee SAR (Puerto Rico) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Improves Manatee Protection in King's BayFemale manatee and nursing calf. Photo: USFWS. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized a proposal to improve protections for manatees in Citrus County, including establishing a year-round manatee refuge in Kings Bay, its tributaries, and adjoining water bodies upstream of the confluence of Kings Bay and Crystal River. In the winter, Kings Bay's warm water springs host the largest natural concentration of manatees in Florida. The final rule establishing the manatee protection area in Kings Bay will help provide greater protection to manatees – including protections from collisions with boats – while providing continuing opportunities for manatee viewing, recreation, and boating activities that are important to the local community near Kings Bay. 12-Month Warranted Finding on a petition to revise critical habitat for the Florida manatee
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