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Upton officials take heat at town meeting
Upton's first annual town meeting held in the summer was a hot one.
About 45 people turned out to debate and/or complain about taxes, the fate of a bridge, a college scholarship and the use of ATVs on town roads. Voters also ousted an incumbent selectman.
The nearly three-hour meeting began with Selectboard Chair Bob Brown providing written information about the effect of ongoing local land acquisition by the Umbagog Wildlife Refuge on Upton taxes. "If they actually acquire all the land they are looking at, there will be roughly a third of the town left to try and support what it is we have to support," he said, and taxes would go up.
He asked residents to consider the information on the handout.
Business then turned to election of town officials.
Incumbent Selectman Marie Aron was defeated by Wanda Hall, 21-17.
Incumbent Town Clerk Michele Bouchard retained her position by defeating challenger Laurie Brown, 21-16.
Bouchard was replaced on the School Committee (she declined to run again) by Pat Kenyon, who defeated Heather Zybas 17-14.
Charlotte Dominique was elected unopposed as tax collector to replace Jim Rector, who was re-elected unopposed as treasurer.
As residents later worked their way through municipal spending articles, Jeff Scribner several times demanded details on expenses. "My tax bill reflects doubling," he said as voters discussed town office expenses. He said town officials were not providing enough information on how town money is being spent.
Rector said the town office expenses proposed for 2013 were very similar to the current year, and other officials said a recent revaluation had caused some residents' taxes to jump last year.
Brown added that because the town meeting now takes place six months before the beginning of the next fiscal year and expenses are therefore harder to predict, town officials must allow more "buffer" funds. He said if residents did not vote money to fix a bridge under an upcoming article, the mil rate would likely go down.
Townspeople eventually approved all the municipal-spending articles, as well as school budget articles.
The items prompting the most intense debate were near the end of the 43-article warrant.
Several residents were not happy that officials did not provide written information to go with proposals to change the town building ordinance. One wanted to table the issue to a later meeting.
Planning Board Chairman Joe Bernier explained that a public hearing had been held on the changes, and was lightly attended. He said the changes were not major, and that the town was not proposing to adopt the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. Voters then approved the ordinance changes.
An article to allow the use of town roads by ATVs to access ATV trails was approved, after modifications.
A provision that would have given selectmen authority to revoke the permission if the privilege was misused was dropped. Bernier, president of the Letter B Notch Riders, said if a town meeting granted permission, another town meeting should be required to revoke it.
Mike Lewit objected to a proposed time limitation of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. "I got a problem with that," he said. "If someone wants to get up in the morning and go fishing at 4 a.m., you're restricted, and you can't take your four-wheeler at 4 a.m. this time of the year, when it's light already."
After more debate, voters eventually approved a simply-worded version, allowing use subject to Maine state guidelines, with no time restrictions.
Two options for dealing with the deteriorating Dead Cambridge Bridge at the end of Mill Road set off a debate between bridge abutters and several townspeople.
Replacing the bridge would cost $1 million, an option no one seriously considered. The other choices: do a 10-year fix that would still require a load limit on the structure, or give the bridge to the abutters.
Lewit said abutters restricted use of the bridge, and there was little point in the town owning it if residents could not use it. He claimed that during the winter, abutters put up a barrier to prevent others from crossing. And, he said, "You can't go down there and fish, without getting kicked out. There's nothing, for forever, that anybody has been able to go across there for, and we're being told that it's not a private bridge."
Diane Williamson, daughter of abutter Ginny Williamson, said her family had never prevented anyone from going onto the bridge.
"We have never stopped people from going on the bridge," she said, noting that people drive over it and turn around, and others walk over it and look at the water. "What they can't do, is come down and start fishing from our land." She added that one year someone had come into their yard "and made a heck of a mess."
Williamson suggested if selectmen were going to propose discontinuing use of the bridge by the town, that they make an overall plan for other roads.
She noted that Back Street serves only one family. "Discontinue all the roads in Upton. Don't start picking on one family," she said.
Williamson said her family had only learned of the bridge proposal when the meeting warrant came out, and would need to consult a lawyer about the possible liability of owning the bridge. Ginny Williamson said she was not interested in owning it.
Diane Williamson also addressed earlier comments about property owners selling their land to the wildlife refuge.
"If you do this to people so they can't use their land, so they can't get to it and log it, what is not our incentive to sell out to the refuge?" she asked.
Another resident suggested postponing a decision in order to try to get a cheaper fix for the bridge.
But the question was abruptly called, and voters then approved the short-term repair work by a 19-14 count.
In the final hot topic of the evening, voters defeated a petition-initiated article to broaden the definition of how residents could qualify for the town's college scholarship, which pays $1,000 a year to qualified students.
The article, submitted by Bouchard, proposed a scholarship for students under 21 who have received a diploma or credential recognized by the state, and who attain a first-semester college GPA of 2.5 or more. She cited GEDs and homeschooling as alternate ways to qualify.
She said she had asked for the article a year ago, "but I don't have the ear of t he selectmen like some people do in town, so I had to go [the petition] route."
Aron said that selectmen had originally set up the scholarship "as a reward for kids who traveled every day to get to school, worked hard, did extra-curricular activities, not just quit. This is not what it was set up for. We voted it in as a reward for graduating students."
Bouchard said homeschooling and GED programs are the equivalent of a diploma.
The new scholarship plan, she said, "is a reward for doing well in college."
But Brown said there was a problem with the clarity of the article. He said he had checked with the Maine Municipal Association and was advised that the article's wording did not sufficiently clarify the definition of "post-secondary" education.
"It's too open," added Laurie Brown.
Lewit also said he was concerned that students who had earned a GED could move to Upton "and we'd be on the hook" for a scholarship. He also said the wording of the article implied a new scholarship would be set up, instead of simply altering the existing one.
Voters defeated the article.
The meeting was moderated by Wendy Hanscom.
In her 1942 book, "We Took to the Woods," writer Louise Dickinson Rich wrote about life in the area of her backwoods Rapid River home in Upton.
One chapter describes the proceedings at an annual Upton town meeting. The Citizen excerpts it here:
"We got through the electing of the town officers very nicely, since this is largely a matter of re-electing the present incumbents, the most suitable candidate for each office having been determined days ago. Only death can dislodge one. In that event, the office is apt to rotate for few years until its predestined occupant is discovered, when it again becomes stabilized. The exception is the three selectmen, who, having the most to do, are most liable to censure. But we have a neat system to take care of that. To fill the three positions we have four suitable men. Each year the one in greatest disfavor at the moment is deposed, and the current spare elected to his place. By the following March his crime has been eclipsed by the blacker, newer indiscretions of one of the trio in office, and back he comes. It's a sort of political Musical Chairs. It works out very well …
"We always have a Fighting Article. Once it was whether the constable should receive a salary of three dollars a year, or whether, instead, the town should buy him a star instead of making him furnish his own. One year it had to do with the licensing of a beer parlor. And once - oh, lovely year of which fables are still told and Rabelaisian quips repeated - it was whether or not the town should appropriate money to hire the services of a bull for the convenience of the cow-owning citizens."


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Among the reasons folks keep their land lines: emergencies, "bundling" deals, kids.
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Land lines are still lifelines
- Article by: KIM ODE
- Star Tribune
- May 5, 2012 - 2:25 PM
Dust always needs a place to land. Take the record turntable, rarely used, but there when you want to listen to some classic vinyl. Or the transistor radio. The sound quality is awful, but it'll come in handy if a storm knocks out the power. The telephone? Well, every once in a while, it does ring.
Sometimes you might even see it sporting a blinking light -- if you ever looked.
"We got rid of our land line a couple of years ago because no one would listen to the messages," said Deb Balzer, a publicist in Minneapolis. "We actually would have disagreements or discord because no one would listen to the messages, let alone pick up the phone. All of our friends have our cell, so we'd assume if someone was calling the house, it was a solicitor or worse."
Pity the telephone.
More than eight in 10 U.S. adults own a cellphone. That proportion likely increased while you read that sentence.
That makes the cellphone the most popular electronic gadget owned by adults in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. No wonder that by December 2010, three of every 10 U.S. homes had only wireless telephones -- an increase of more than 3 percent in that year alone, as reported by the National Center for Health Statistics.
Also: Even in homes that still have a traditional phone, one in six of them received all or almost all of their calls on wireless phones.
Safety first
But there are reasons people keep a land line (which is a classic retronym, or term for something devised after a similar, but newer, thing has come into use).
Jan Russell of St. Louis Park said her household keeps its land line because they have two young boys "and we wanted to make sure that they could call 911 if something were to happen to us or their 78-year-old grandpa who lives with us."
Russell raised a common concern: whether in emergencies, a cellphone could provide a location, especially if the caller can't do so, or if the cellphone has a different area code than where it's being used. The good news is that most cell- and smartphones now have GPS, or global tracking features. You can be tracked whether you like this "feature" or not.
Still, when time is of the essence, people worry that a cellphone might not be charged, the call might get dropped or that they might not even be able to find it. As with TV remotes, a cellphone never seems to be in the same place twice. It may be in the bottom of a cavernous purse, forgotten in the car (not that anyone used it there), or simply away with its owner, leaving a household incommunicado.
In this new world, "household" becomes an operative term. Back in the day, a phone number connected you to everyone who lived under one roof. Now, callers to homes without a land line need to decide whose cellphone is the best way to contact a family.
Community property
In some households, land lines may follow the arrival of children, especially when parents don't want every homework question or "come out and play" call coming in through their cellphones.
When Amanda Lancette and her husband set up housekeeping, each used their own cellphones. "People could contact us directly and we didn't miss having a land line at all," she said. When they bought a desktop computer in 2000, however, they needed a land line for dial-up Internet. With a baby in 2005, it made even more sense to keep the phone for her mother-in-law, who cared for the baby.
"If we did get rid of our land line again, our [cell] phones would certainly become community property," said Lancette, of Eagan. "We already have the issue of missed texts and things because the boys are playing apps on our phones." Still, once the boys are old enough to have cellphones, she said they'll likely drop the land line, adding that they've never had one in their cabin in southwestern Minnesota. "Our cells don't work great there, but we make do."
Some people, such as DeAnn Player, keep a land line because "bundling" services helps reduce the cost of the cable bill. "The only time it rings is when it is a bill collector for whoever used to have the number," Player said. "I couldn't call home if I wanted to -- I have no idea what the number even is."
Richard Anderson of Eagan has a cellphone, but still uses a land line because technology enables him to treat POTS as PANS -- or his Plain Old Telephone System as Pretty Amazing New Stuff. (We're not saying that either of these acronyms has caught on, just that they exist, LOL.)
When Anderson's Comcast land line rings, he and his wife get alerts with caller ID on their iMacs, iPods and iPads, and on the TVs with cable boxes. "Also, when someone leaves a voice message, Comcast sends a text translation of the voice message, along with a .wav file to listen to, and an e-mail to both my wife and me, which we can read on our iDevices or any PC hooked to the Internet." For Anderson, this all is more economical than if he and his wife each had smartphones with data plans, adding that this enables them to "buy a lot of iStuff."
At the very least, an old-fashioned telephone can double as a sort of retro chic design element. Balzer said she keeps a 1950s-era black rotary phone on her desk even after she shut off the service. "Now," she said, "it's simply artistic!"
Kim Ode • 612-673-7185
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It is my opinion that the words "Asian Fusion" applied to the culinary arts almost always represent restaurants that are, by definition, supremely trendy and wildly expensive... (Pershing Hall in Paris is the prototypical example). And while I once loved drowning in Litchee Martinis, I find I'm much less tolerant of "the crowd" these days and in want of charming little restaurants that serve delightfully good food and are almost full by my shamefully early 8:30 reservation. It is for this reason that I was surprised when, for our two year anniversary, my boyfriend took me to Biron and I fell in love with the menu.
Perhaps it was the fact that Biron sounds so...well, French, that the Oriental influence took me entirely by surprise. But the surprise was well received; we took the 5 course menu and asked for some wine pairings, and each plate was as good as the next...inventive, but not too contrived.
The restaurant is named after its owner and chef, David Biron, who has worked among the likes of Charlie Trotter in Chicago and William Ledeuil in Paris, as well as some local favourites (Splendido's David Lee, Toque's Normand Laprise, and Soto). Situated in the Village, the restaurant's modern yet cozy interior features an open counter kitchen, exposed brick and raw wood floors.
At Biron, you can order a la carte or do the 5 or 7 course menu. Also, they apparently serve an excellent brunch, and though I haven't been, I'm planning on exploring the deco/retro furniture stores on Amherst soon enough, and will definitely be stopping in early one weekend.
Restaurant Biron
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Okay today marks the beginning of my Crash Diet. I am going to be incorporating the Crash Diet from Lyle MacDonald's Rapid Fat Loss Handbook into the Lean Gains 16/8 windows. I let myself get a bit out of control recently and to bring things back in under control and kick start my discipline again I am going to do Lyle's Crash Diet. I won't go to into it right here but basically it is 1-1.5 g protein per lb of LBM. You take in as little trace carbs and fat as possible other than 6 fish oil caps a day and a multi-vitamin.
Now being that I am already still decently in shape, I will only be doing 1 short round of the diet which will be 11 days of extremely low cals, and carbs somewhere in the 1200-1400 cals range. After which I do a 3 day carb up where I take in about 800 carbs one day 400 the next and say 200 the 3rd day at which point I will begin eating maintenance for 2 weeks before dropping cals again which will only be a small drop to get the fat moving again and I will spend the rest of the diet in a more relaxed dieting mode.
Basically I will eat 3 times on weight training days.
Will look like this:
4AM, 6AM, 8 AM, 10 AM aminos 12:00PM Break fast with 100g protein 20 of it coming from fat free cottage cheese, 3:30 PM 50-60 grams protien, dinner 100 grams protein 20 coming from cottage cheese.
I will eat 2 times on cardio days.
Will look like this:
4AM, 6AM, 8 AM, 10 AM, 12:00 PM and 2:00PM aminos 3:30PM Break fast with 100g protein 20 of it coming from fat free cottage cheese, 7:00 PM Dinner = 100 grams protein 20 coming from cottage cheese. I can take my protein all the way to 250 here also if I want to but for now going with 200 on off days.
In theory I should lose anywhere from 11-20 lbs total bodyweight and 4-7 lbs of actuall fat mass in the 2 week period with minimal if any muscle loss. I am hoping this gets me down to where I prefer to be and then I can diet down to however lean I want once I have given myself this headstart.
I weighed myself this morning and was 218 lbs. A decent amount of this is water and glycogen from all the festive eating last week I would put my hovering weight around 212, but tipping the scales at 218 right now. I will take some pics either tonight or tomorrow and look around some more for my calipers. I will also take a couple measurements.


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Guy and Marie are the parents of five children: Linda Ray, West Bountiful; David Ray (Susan), Chandler, Ariz.; Larry Ray (Gaye), Provo; Marilyn Badham (David), Bountiful and Russell Ray (Cindy), Hillsboro, Ore. They have 26 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
They served a mission on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. They were ordinance workers in the Bountiful Temple and enjoyed both experiences very much. The Rays have been residents of Bountiful for most of their married life.


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Sarah M. Young, Executive Director for the Office of Student Leadership and Activities
Sarah has been working in Student Affairs for over nine years. Starting out in residence life at Syracuse University and Stony Brook University for five years she then moved in to the Associate Director of Student Activities position at Stony Brook. Before beginning in Student Affairs, Sarah worked in athletics for three years at Bethany College and Hamilton College. Sarah earned a Masters in Counseling Psychology from West Virginia University and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Hamilton College. Sarah is dedicated to diversity and leadership development on campus. Outside of work Sarah enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Stan Cherian - Director of Orientation / Associate Director for Student Leadership and Activities
Stan is a native of Philadelphia and now a proud Brooklynite. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy, and a master's in higher education administration from Temple University. Before coming to Hofstra, Stan worked at St. Joseph's University as the assistant director of student activities, and at Temple University's Student Activities Office as the assistant director. In 2001, Stan joined the staff of the Student Activities Office as the assistant director, where he was the adviser to the Student Government Association and Hofstra yearbook, Nexus. He was the director of Orientation and New Student Programs from 2006-09 and now has rejoined the Student Leadership and Activities office. Currently he oversees New Student Orientation, class programming and graduate student organizations.
Robyn Kaplan – Associate Director for Student Leadership and Activities
Robyn thrives on opportunities to connect with a diverse population of students and a dedicated community of colleagues. Valuing the co-curricular experience, and offering energy, creativity, and commitment to all that she does, Robyn is happy to be joining the Hofstra Pride. Graduating from Brandeis University with a concentration in Legal Studies and a double major in Politics and History, Robyn went on to pursue a Master's of Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Connecticut, at which she worked for two years in Residential Life and Student Involvement. Following her passion for leadership development, campus activities, student advisement, and multicultural education, Robyn worked at Fairfield University for three years prior to coming to Hofstra. Excited to join the OSLA team, Robyn oversees our leadership initiatives, service opportunities, Fraternity and Sorority Life, and advises the Student Government Association. When she can, she loves to visit her family in New Jersey and travel.
Mario Bolanos - Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Activities (Greek Life)
Mario Bolanos is one of the assistant directors of the office and is overseeing fraternity and sorority life. He earned a bachelor of arts in history and a master's in public administration/health administration from Kean University in Union, NJ. Previously, Mario served as assistant to the director of Greek life at Kean University and conducted a graduate internship in health care administration while completing his graduate work. Mario is a member of Iota Phi Theta National Fraternity and Order of Omega National Greek Honor Society. In his "spare time" he enjoys reading history books, visiting museums, and vacationing.
Ashley Gray - Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Activities
Ashley Gray graduated from Hofstra University with both her Bachelor of Arts in English Publishing and her Master of Science in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. A native of Pennsylvania, Ashley has found her home here on Long Island. As an undergraduate, Ashley was Editor-in-Chief of Hofstra's Font Arts and Literature Magazine and as a graduate student, she was a Graduate Assistant in both Center for University Advisement and Student Leadership and Activities. Ashley was also a Big Sister in Long Island's Big Brothers Big Sisters. Ashley's continued involvement in co-curricular activities led her to discover her passion for higher education. She loves working with a diverse student population, encouraging them to get involved and serve their communities. Ashley is excited to begin her professional career at Hofstra and help students make the most of their college experience. As an Assistant Director, she oversees Service and Leadership Development. Outside of work, Ashley enjoys the simple pleasures of life: laughing, the ocean, cantaloupe, and the stars.
Karl Koeppel - Assistant Director, Student Leadership and Activities
A native of upstate New York, Karl is thrilled to be joining the OSLA team at Hofstra. A graduate of Elmira College with a bachelors in Psychology and Social Work, Karl developed a passion for student engagement and involvement and chose to pursue a graduate degree at The University of Maine in Higher Education. Prior to coming to work at Hofstra, Karl has worked at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and The University of New England in student activities, residence life, multicultural affairs and orientation programs. In his position, Karl works with New Student Orientation Programs, clubs and organizations, and Spirit Support. Outside work, Karl loves to travel, attend any kind of live entertainment that he can and try new foods. Karl is excited to be helping new Hofstra students in the transition to collegiate life and help them succeed once they are on campus.
Nicole Thomas - Assistant Director, Student Leadership and Activities
Nicole Thomas graduated from St. John's University with a BA in English and a minor in Graphic Design. As an undergraduate student, Nicole took pride in her leadership roles on campus and developed a passion for the co-curricular experience. Nicole received an MS in Higher Education Leadership & Policy Studies from Hofstra University in 2013. As a graduate student, she sought opportunities to learn more about student affairs by working with New Student Orientation and Fraternity & Sorority Life as a graduate assistant in the Office of Student Leadership & Activities. She is thrilled to re-join the Hofstra Pride as an Assistant Director in OSLA and share her passion for higher education. Nicole oversees evening, weekend and educational programming, advises pre-professional, social, and academic organizations, and supervises the game room.
Mary A. Gale – Senior Assistant To the Executive Director, Student Leadership and Activities
Mary began working at Hofstra in 2005 as a part-time secretary for Student Accounts. In 2008, Mary transferred to the Department of Management in the Zarb School of Business. In November 2012, she joined the staff of Student Leadership and Activities in a full-time capacity as a Senior Assistant to the Executive Director. Mary is a native Long Islander who resides in East Rockaway, with her husband, three children, and their Chocolate Labrador, Buddy.
Colleen M. Niemczyk - Senior Assistant To the Associate Director, Student Leadership and Activities
Colleen graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. in mathematics before coming to work part-time at Hofstra University's Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center in 2001. In 2003, she became a full time staff member Hofstra's Reading/Writing Learning Clinic. In 2013, she joined the staff of Student Leadership and Activities. Outside of work, Colleen enjoys spending time with her family, swimming, sailing, and kayaking.
Ariel Adrian – Graduate Assistant, Programming
Ariel graduated from Hofstra University with her Bachelors in Early Childhood and Childhood Education & English, and is currently going for her Masters in Literacy Studies. As an undergraduate, she was the VP of the Hofstra Yoga Club, Social Media representative of She's The First*{Hofstra} and co-founded and executed a Rachel's Challenge presentation in Spring 2013. Although her teaching certification is with younger children, Ariel is excited to work on creating a strong community for college students, encouraging them to get involved in programs and events outside of the classroom. Outside of work and school, Ariel is a coffee connoisseur and enjoys reading, concerts, yoga, the ocean.
Melissa Mayard – Graduate Assistant, Evening and Weekend Programming
Melissa Mayard was raised in Long Island. She attended Stony Brook University where she found her love for education and helping others. Melissa received her Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor degree in Africana Studies. She currently attends Hofstra University where she will be receiving her Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies. In her free time, she enjoys reading a heart racing mystery, dancing to the rhythm of a beat, or a relaxing shopping day with her friends. Her parents came to the United States from Haiti with hopes of seeing their children succeed. Melissa hopes to make them proud one day.
Jamie Michelman – Graduate Assistant, Spirit Support
Jamie Michelman is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz where she majored in Organizational Communication and minored in Psychology. She is currently in the Hofstra Masters in Creative Art Therapy. After finishing undergrad, she completed two service years with AmeriCorps. She taught ESL to multicultural adult learners her first year with Literacy AmeriCorps of Palm Beach County in South Florida, and then was a Site Coordinator with Reading Partners in an elementary school in NYC. Jamie is very excited to work with a diverse student body and encourage them to get involved in Hofstra's athletic and special events. In her free time she enjoys running, reading, the beach, baking, and planning new adventures.
Megan Sniffin – Graduate Assistant, Service and Leadership
Megan recently graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with a Bachelors in English and is currently working towards an MFA in Creative Writing- Non-Fiction. She worked with New Student Orientation this summer and is excited to work with Service and Leadership at Hofstra. Megan was very involved at Eastern Connecticut State University as a Resident Assistant, Peer Mentor, and President of Repertory Dance Troupe among other roles. She is excited for the opportunity to renew excitement in both service and leadership here at Hofstra.
Ralph Thomas – Graduate Assistant, Fraternity and Sorority Life
Ralph Thomas is a native of Brooklyn, NY. Ralph received a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences: Concentration Public Health from Stony Brook University. He currently attends Hofstra University where he will be receiving his Master of Arts in Health Administration. Prior to attending Hofstra, Ralph worked as a Community Health Organizer at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY for three years. There he helped to improve the health of communities through education and promotion of healthy lifestyles. Ralph is enthusiastic to work with the Hofstra OSLA office and community to promote Fraternity and Sorority Life on/off campus. Ralph is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Outside of work Ralph enjoys traveling, cooking and community service.


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How many people do you have on your holiday shopping list? And how much are you planning – or able – to spend on gifts?
The average American will spend slightly more than $700 on holiday gifts this year, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer reports. Some people plan ahead and save up during the year for holiday gifts, but for many others, the holiday shopping season can be a huge drain on savings.
If you're ready to start your holiday shopping, you may be surprised to learn that you have cash just lying around your house in your jewelry box or the back of your drawer. Selling your old or unused gold and silver items can provide you with some, or even all, of the funding you may need to check everyone off your shopping list.
So how does it work?
First, make a decision to sell the gold and silver items you don't want, any jewelry that is broken, missing stones or out of style and don't forget to add sterling silverware, dental gold, and coins to your selling list.
The Gold Guys were rated the No.1 Gold Buyer Worldwide by toptenreviews.com, an online consumer review and rating service. Joe Beasy and Shane Maguire, owners of The Gold Guys have built their business on quality customer service and trust. They beat out several well-known national contenders for the honor.
The gold selling process is simple:
* Make sure you send your gold and other items to a company that will return your jewelry to you if you don't want to accept the offer.
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OTTUMWA, IOWA -- Tensions were running high Wednesday evening at the annual Wapello County Rural Fire Department meeting.
For a meeting that usually focuses on the department's finances and business affairs, which this one did, there was also some negative feelings from some gathered due to Wes Woten not be elected chief of the department again.
A new chief was appointed by the board Wednesday, who happened to have the most votes coming out of last month's election, Bryan Ziegler.
Ziegler told KTVO that it is sad that a type of division has happened within the department, because they are like family, but he agreed that it is time to move on.
"We work together for years and there is no need to say it any other way. They are our family and we see each other in the middle of night; and we see each other when we are under stress and so that is correct. Yet, the members that are still remaining on the department are good people and we are going to be able to move forward fast," said Ziegler.
Woten did not attend Wednesday's meeting, however members of his family did. His son Curtis, who resigned his position as well, told KTVO that he had some great memories with the department, but due to recent events, he has decided to move on.
Others gathered at the meeting told the crowd that if they, meaning the firefighters, have issues with one another, they need to get them resolved; being that when they go to a fire call, their lives are on the line.
Others reiterated that those within the department cannot blame the fire board for the problems the department has been experiencing.
One man said that the department needs to stay together as a team, being that if they do not have that, they have nothing.
Ziegler said going forward the department will be focusing on training and working with other local fire departments.
The department, which is served by volunteers, serves six townships. Cass, Center, Dahlonega, Green, Keokuk and Richland. They also serve the town of Chillicothe.


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A change in North Carolina's tax code is coming this year. The most likely outcome will be a reduction in the reliance on our state's income taxes and more of a reliance on an expanded sales tax.
Critics complain the new tax structure would ask too much of low-income earners. Such criticism, however, does not stand up to careful economic analysis. The reality is that the income-tax system unfairly burdens workers, and modernizing it will help them.
The current tax code, founded on heavy reliance on a progressive income tax, is at least partly to blame for North Carolina's economic stagnation and fifth-highest unemployment rate in the nation. Most assuredly, our tax code hits low-income, low-skilled Tar Heels hardest by stifling growth.
More specifically, a concept universally accepted by economists is the difference between who remits a tax payment and the actual incidence of the tax burden. In other words, the person or business writing the check may feel less of an impact than other people.
Most notable is the reality that corporations do not pay taxes, people pay taxes. As the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization, explains, "People pay all taxes. When the government levies a tax on a corporation, the corporation is more like a tax collector than a taxpayer. The burden of the tax ultimately falls on people - the owners, customers, or workers of the corporation."
In short, "corporations" can't pay taxes any more than your house can write a check for the property tax. Corporations are merely a collection of individuals legally organized to produce a good or deliver a service. Taxes on businesses are really taxes on these individuals and consume resources the organization could allocate toward other purposes.
Many observers make the claim that such taxes are merely "passed along to consumers" as companies raise prices to compensate for the added burden. This common notion, however, fails to reflect economic realities.
Businesses cannot arbitrarily raise prices. Rather, prices are determined by what consumers are willing to pay for a specific product, regardless of a company's tax bill. Therefore, corporate taxes can only be "passed along to the consumer" to the extent that the market will bear a price increase.
The real victims of corporate taxation? Workers. As the Tax Foundation states, "New research is indicating that in a global economy, where capital is highly mobile but workers are not, labor is bearing the brunt of corporate taxation."
For instance, a September 2007 study produced by the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation studied data from more than 15,000 companies in four countries. The study found that more than 60 percent of corporate taxation is "shifted onto the workforce in the form of lower wages" in the short run, growing to 100 percent in the long run. In other words, over the long haul, every dollar extracted from businesses in the form of taxation reduces worker pay an equal amount.
Making matters worse, the negative effect of corporate taxation on wages falls hardest on lower-skilled workers and those on the margins of employment. Moreover, the unseen effects of business taxation also include the jobs that were never created because taxes siphoned off the money needed for businesses to grow.
In short, eliminating the state corporate income tax would not just be a "break to big business," it would eliminate a tax burden that hits lower-skilled, low-income workers hardest.
Furthermore, the actual tax incidence of the state's high marginal personal income tax rates also falls heavily upon our state's most economically vulnerable people.
Top income earners are not stationary targets. They respond to high taxes by reducing their work effort or investment, shielding their income by taking advantage of the tax laws, or leaving for another state that doesn't punish their effort as punitively. For instance, after Maryland passed an onerous tax on "millionaires" in 2007, the state saw a net decrease in population migration of 31,000 in three years - with their wealthiest counties experiencing the greatest percentage population losses.
And because so many of these high-income earners are business owners, they take their jobs with them.
Bottom line: The attempt to tax high-income earners leaves the rest of us who are still remaining in the state with fewer opportunities and a greater share of the tax burden. Once again, the true burden falls heaviest on lower-skilled, lower-income households.
North Carolina's current tax structure already forces the bulk of the burden upon the poor and working people, through limited opportunity and suppressed wages. The best way to lift up workers and poor people is to shift to a pro-growth tax structure that will usher in more jobs and bigger paychecks.
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It's good to have the 1st Amendment…but, come on grammar school English teachers…can't we please work a little harder to make sure these guys can put together a cogent and non-fictional statement? Of course, if you're looking for someone to "discuss" the issues, don't bother going to this guy's site…his favorite responses are "you're hilarious" or "that's funny!" He's a typical ideologue, without depth or credibility…one of the "Limited Information Voters I like to talk about that listen to Faux News and then spout their nonsense verbatim. He certainly has all the 'buzzwords' down!
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Portland Human Rights Commission Seeks Award Nominees
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 2013 – The Portland Human Rights Commission is seeking nominations for the 2013 Emily G. Gottfried Human Rights awards.
Nominations in two categories will be accepted until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25. The categories are Emerging Leader, and Outstanding Organization.
Recipients in each category will be selected based on efforts to eliminate discrimination and bigotry, to strengthen inter-group relationships and to foster greater understanding, inclusion and justice for those who live, work, study, worship, travel and play inPortland.
To nominate an individual or group for a Human Rights award, visit the commission's website. Or send nomination information to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The commission will present the winners of the Emily G. Gottfried Human Rights awards at a luncheon on Dec. 5, in celebration of International Human Rights Day.
Celebrate Diverse Cultures at Portland Roots Festival
FRIDAY, AUG. 23, 2013 – The first annual Portland Roots Festival explores the food justice movement and celebrates the flavors of African Diaspora food culture in an urban landscape.
The event is set for noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Admission is free.
The event will highlight the food practices of African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro- Latin and African Diaspora populations of Portland. It will feature dozens of food vendors, micro-entrepreneurs, artists and performers, youth activities, and a keynote speech from Will Allen, founder and chief executive officer of Growing Power Inc. Allen is widely considered a leading authority on urban agriculture and food policy.
The festival is hosted by Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc., in celebration of their Healthy Foods Access Initiative. The organization is a nonprofit, community development corporation with a mission "to preserve, expand and manage affordable housing in the City of Portland, and to provide access to and advocacy for services to our residents."
The organization owns and manages 700 units of affordable rental housing consisting of single family homes, apartments, mixed-use and commercial properties located primarily in North and Northeast Portland.
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, 2013 -- The city of Portland will celebrating the 50th anniversary of the famed March on Washington, Saturday, Aug. 24.
The march, on Aug. 28, 1963, saw thousands of Americans standing on the steps of the nation's capital, demanding jobs and freedom. The march helped the United States finds its way to such changes as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Portlanders will come together at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Terry Schrunk Plaza, under the leadership of the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition, the Urban League of Portland, NAACP of Portland, ACLU of Portland, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, and others.
Speakers at the City Council meeting on Aug. 14 included the Rev. LeRoy Haynes of AllenTemple Community Church; Rabbi Joseph Wolf of Temple Havurah Shalom; Jo Ann Hardesty, executive director of Oregon Action and a former Oregon state representative; and Aubrey Harrison, program director, Basic Rights Oregon.
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Point Beach Workers Save 3 Trapped in Inlet Rocks
Point Beach- Point Beach police, fire and first aid responders worked in the cold, rising tide of the Manasquan Inlet waters Thursday night to save a woman and a boy who had tried to save her himself.
Read more on Point Pleasant Patch.
New Case of West Nile Virus Confirmed in Ocean County
Ocean County- An eighth Ocean County resident has contracted West Nile virus, according to the county health department.
Public Health Coordinator Daniel Regeneye said the department received notification of the case this week. The resident, from the southern part of Ocean County, had underlying health conditions. The resident has since recovered, Regeneye said.
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FMERA OKs Lease of Former Fort Property for County DPW Site
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On Wednesday the board of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority approved a resolution to lease the former Fort Monmouth motor pool as the new home of the county's department of public works.
About a dozen Eatontown residents came to voice their anger over what they see as a quality of life issue in their backyards.
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John Geiser: Fisherman, Writer, Local Icon
Monmouth County — Take a walk along the beaches in Sandy Hook, Island Beach State Park, or Long Beach Island, or stop at the marinas or any of the fishing tackle shops around the Jersey Shore, and if you mention the name "John Geiser," most fishing folks know his name.
Today, those comments will likely be of the same vein: He will be missed.
Read more on Manasquan-Belmar Patch.
Man Shot Outside High Velocity Had Blood Alcohol Level Above Legal Limit
Berkeley- The man shot and killed by a Beachwood police officer in July near the High Velocity Bar and Grill had blood alcohol above the legal limit, Ocean County Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michel A. Paulhus said.
The autopsy on 52-year-old Mark Tanouye was performed in July, he said, but today Paulhus released details about the blood alcohol levels of the man shot by Beachwood Police outside the Route 9 bar.
Read more on Berkeley Patch.
Tales from the Comic Crypt
Shrewsbury- Drive along too quickly and you'll likely to miss the sign, settled among a collage of colors and fonts and sharing space with a combination architect and planner and a company that installs automation controls. Even if you happen to know where you're going, actively seeking it out, the blackened windows facing the street can be a deterrent to the uninitiated, giving the place a kind of shades drawn, do not disturb vibe.
It's the Comic Crypt, a place for the collector, the lifelong fan. It's off the beaten path on White Street, without a prominent downtown location or backing from a prominent filmmaker. Located on a corridor without any other retail and virtually little promise of the walk-in customer, the Shrewsbury comic book store could be considered a hidden gem. That designation suits them just fine.
Read more on Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch.
Genuardi's in Barnegat Set to Close in December
Barnegat — Southern Ocean residents looking to stock up for their holiday feasts will have to find another store besides Genuardi's on West Bay Avenue in Barnegat, because as of Dec. 16, this location will be closed.
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Camp Evans Named National Historic Landmark
Wall — Officials from federal, county and local government gathered Thursday at the Marconi Hotel to celebrate the rich history of Camp Evans, the newest addition to the list of National Historic Landmarks.
Read more on Wall Patch.
PHOTOS: Navy Blimp a Training and Data-Gathering Tool
Ocean County- Spotting the U.S. Navy blimp as it flies over Ocean County has become a seemingly common occurrence. But, just what is the 180-foot long MZ-3A airship doing up there?
Read more on Manchester Patch.
TELL US: Where Are You Seeing Deer on Monmouth County Roads?
Monmouth County- After the state Dept. of Environmental Protection issued a warning to drivers that this is mating season for white-tailed deer, Patch asked motorists to share where they've been spotted. We got more than three dozen reports from readers who had close encounters.
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Man Accused of Groping Girls at Middletown Halloween Costume Shop
Middletown- Police arrested an employee of a temporary Spirit Halloween costume store in the New Monmouth section of Middletown on Thursday afternoon for allegedly touching five pre-teen girls at at temporary Spirit Halloween costume store.
Read more on Middletown-NJ Patch
School District Considering Drug Testing Students
Lacey — The school district will be moving forward in developing a policy that will permit random drug testing of its students, Board of Education Vice President Eric Schubiger said.
Read more on Lacey Patch
13-Year-Old Crashes Stolen Car After He Unexpectedly Sees Mom
Toms River — A 13-year-old driving a car believed stolen was injured and arrested after he unexpectedly saw his mom while driving in Squire Village and then crashed the car into a tree.
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In the fall of 2009at the request of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), the Office of Statistical and Science Policy (Office of Management and Budget, OMB), and the Under Secretary of Education (OUS)the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) began a new interagency effort to improve federal statistical data on the education, training, and credentials that out-of-school youth and adults need for jobs. An Interagency Working Group on Certificates and Certifications was founded to oversee this work. In 2012, the group's scope expanded to include federal statistical measures of participation and enrollment in work-related education and training and its name changed to the Interagency Working Group on Expanded Measures of Enrollment and Attainment (GEMEnA). GEMEnA consists of senior representatives from the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, as well as CEA, NCES, OMB, and OUS. GEMEnA meets regularly to review on-going work and plan future work; the notes from these meetings are available here.
With GEMEnA's expert guidance and support, NCES has embarked upon a multi-faceted effort to apply best-practice survey development principles towards the goal of developing valid national measures of the participation in and credentialing of education and training for work, and to build government-wide consensus for the adoption of these measures.
GEMEnA's portfolio includes four main strands of work:
GEMEnA has established an Expert Panel to ensure the relevance of its work for answering critical policy and research questions. The Expert Panel consists of thought leaders from the worlds of education, economics, and workforce development who use data to understand the role of human capital development in fostering and sustaining economic growth. Thus far, the Expert Panel has met once, in November 2012 (see meeting summary).


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Authorities arrested a man whose finger had to be reattached after being cut off during a knife fight.
San Benito police arrested 21-year-old Luis Angel Romero on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Romero is accused of stabbing 23-year-old Sean Adrian Ramirez early Saturday on Woodford Street.
Police said Romero accidentally cut of his own finger during the attack.
A San Benito Municipal Court Judge set bond for Romero at $5,000 dollars.
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Grilled Cheese
4 slices country bread, 1/3-inch-thick
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 teaspoons basil pesto
1 small ripe tomato, cored and thinly sliced
4 ounces shredded mozzarella
Sea salt
Ground black pepper
Brush one side of each slice of bread with some oil. Place 2 slices, oiled sides down, on cutting board. Spread each with teaspoon of pesto. Arrange tomatoes on 2 slices. Sprinkle with cheese, salt, pepper. Top with remaining slices of bread, oiled sides up. Preheat gas grill to high or light charcoal. As it heats, clean, oil grate. Turn heat to medium. Place sandwiches on grill, cover, cook for 2 to 3 minutes. (If using a 2-level charcoal fire, cook sandwiches on cooler part of grill). Turn sandwiches, pressing firmly with spatula to flatten. Cook uncovered for additional 2 to 3 minutes until undersides are golden brown, cheese is melted. Cut sandwiches in half. Serve.
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As its a bit quiet I thought I would have a nose round LinkedIn and see if theres any juicy jobs postings. Turns out there is, regardez la liste des emplois.
Sony Computer Entertainment Americas Research and Development department has a summer internship opportunity available. This intern will work within the Acoustic Analysis Group and the team is looking for motivated and enthusiastic students who will contribute to the voice recognition system and technologies for the PlayStation platforms.As the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita do not have a voice recognition system then its a pretty safe assumption this can only be for a future PlayStation product.
The job listing was posted on March 29, 2012.
Also lurking around on LinkedIn is a job listing for Zindagi Games, the chaps behind Medieval Moves and Sports Champions.
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It should be interesting. I don't see why not. There are so many gadgets now that have good speech recognition you wouldn't think it would be too hard to throw it into a PS4 whenever that comes out. I just hope that when it does come out all of the games don't make you sit there and talk to your PS4.
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As much as it'd be nice, I highly doubt we'll ever see it again.
But this article is misleading, PS3 has speech recognition in its development tools from what I remeber hearing, it's just not built in like it is with Kinect. It's something you have to ad in software just like custom music but it's capable of it._____________________________________________
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Well, Singstar has voice recognition...don't see why it wouldn't be something PS4 shouldn't have!
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Sony's next console has the potetial to be pretty badass when you look at the various patents and such coming up. 3D sensing eyetoy, interactive 3D with custom controller and 3D glasses, voice recognition, couple that with Move and Sony's first party under whip and chain to put the tech in their games... It's cool to think that the console could function by voice control...
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Could already see the feature used so many ways..lol
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Lets hope Sony don't make the next Japanese Siri.
These days what every console organization does it add so many features to one console that it ends up turning in'to a monster.
Back in the days all they did was concentrate on the gaming and for the console to actually play the games instead of putting 100 extra features in one machine.
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Agreed, it evens comes natural now, because let's face it whenever a new gadget comes out everyone's like howcome it doesn't have this feature and this and this and so on. So yeah the more features even if non gaming related the better because you put it the best way it can be put, people want a media entertainment hub withing a gaming console.
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Considering that the Xbox has had voice recognition for years, and even Samsung televisions are now coming with facial and voice recognition, I would certainly hope that Sony would also have it. They will look pretty "last gen" if they don't.
Features like voice recognition, facial recognition, gesture based interaction, and 3D are not new of innovative at this point. Pretty much every new television will have them within the next 2-3 years, it would be rather pathetic if a next-gen console didn't.
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This is stupid. The power to do voice recognition has been around for a couple generations, and it's be used to little effect because nobody wants to be telling their game system what to do. It's on our smartphones and the only time you see it being used is when you have a 'Friend/Coworker/Idiot' trying to show you how lame they are by telling their phone to do something that could be done quicker with a few swipes/presses, etc. The only time this is somewhat viable is when you're driving down the road in a car. In a gaming console, it's just lame as you're going to be looking at the screen and you're going to be using a controller at all times. That said, some games can potentially integrate it well such as telling an AI 2ndary team member to do something.
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Its not lame to me. I like using it to navigate the dash and while watching movies. Sony would be smart to get this too. I bet it would be a welcome feature for most PS3 gamers. I remember back in the day when people said using game pads for FPS games was lame and and would never work and look at where we are now.
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I hope so..but I think kinect can do that already..
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16-05-2012 05:42 PM - edited 16-05-2012 05:45 PM
Project - Cinema
After the fantastic success of our first group project Timeship, we now turn our attentions to the silver screen and set about 'modifying' some of the greatest movies of all-time! After the first project interest was extremely high, so this is a much more grand scale endeavour, with participants spanning across the entire globe, truly a mark of this games' phenomenal global following!
Once again OnePoppa has been the driving force behind this whole project, marshalling the troops and making sure everyone knew exactly where they stood with regard to guidelines and deadlines. Also, special thanks to Biver_ for creating a truly remarkable template which (like the Timeship in the previous project), stands as the unifying factor in all of the entries you see here before you.
Well, without further ado, let the show commence!
Coming Attractions
Wizard Of Modz – Based on the timeless classic The Wizard Of Oz, follow the yellow-truck road on a journey of wonder and enlightenment! - OneMama (1939)
Live & Let Die – Stuck on an alligator-infested island? What would James Bond do? - jefferzone (1973)
Orient X-press - Race through the chaotic aftermath of the Orient Express crash. - bentaipei76 (1974)
JAWS OF DEATH – Loosely based on a film called Big Tooth - about a herring that swam in radioactive human waste and transformed into a man eater that we now know as JAWS OF DEATH! - RADMANROB (1975)
Mod Max - Inspired by the Mad Max trilogy, race through an anarchistic and chaotic future among surviving humans after a global nuclear holocaust. - Biver_ (1979)
The Jazz Sisters - Help Jane & Ellen Jazz save the orphanage by getting the money to the top floor of the court house on time! - MagicalHamster (1980)
Phonehome – Based on the movie E.T, embrace the innocence of this timeless adventure. - OnePoppa (1982)
Back In Time - Race through the past, present and future as you bid to course-correct history time and again! - dad_knows_best/rainbowhillbilly (1985)
The Moodnies – Investigate the trap-laden underground caverns that lead to an epic discovery of riches! - Itachifox (1985)
Teddy Blade Hands – Based on Edward Scissorhands, take a tour of the neighbourhood and the road up to the top of the mountain where the gothic castle stands! - Meepcow (1990)
*^Warp*Gate^* – A staggering discovery in the present day leads to an incredible journey of discovery to an ancient yet highly advanced civilization among the stars... - Laidbackcat (1994)
Swarm of Insects – The frontline base of cosmic forces have been attacked by a swarm of insect-like aliens. Your mission is to break through the base of cosmic forces filled with insects and reach the cave that is the home of the enemy. If you finish in 1st, you will be given citizenship. Good luck! - marusarusa (1997)
Snakeland – Based off of Anaconda (small hints of Snakes On A Plane & Anaconda: Hunt For The Blood Orchid as well). - John31269 (1997)
The Modtrix – The world as we know it is cruelly exposed as an elaborate virtual fabrication as you are thrust into a raging battle between humans and machines and only one mod can save us all… - atheistsw (1999)
Gods In The Public Baths - At the end of the tunnel was a strange town… - big-village_920_ (2001)
Johnny British – Race through some of the funniest and important scenes in the comedy spy film, Johnny English, as Johnny tries to stop England being taken over! - mackAttack8000 (2003)
Troy – Ancient Greece created an army with one mission… to conquer TROY… but the walls of Troy were too great to be breached… only the trickery of the Greeks got them through… they made a giant horse and hid inside. The Trojans then took this horse inside their gates! The rest is history… prob_alex (2004)
On behalf of this truly global gathering of creative talent we hope you enjoy our community offering, all comments and feedback are very much appreciated.
We'll see you on the track!
on 16-05-2012 05:49 PM
Incredible! So many great tracks to try out. Very interesting to see if I can spot movie scenes in these tracks.
on 16-05-2012 08:30 PM
Raced a few online just now; All of them were very impressive, especially prob_alex's (and mine) LOL
on 16-05-2012 10:03 PM
What a tremendous job with the presentation of the Cinema project ath! The project is made complete with your outstanding additional efforts. Biver's incredible start section was nothing short of inspirational. I am incredibly proud of each of the tracks and of the efforts of all of the entrants. I guess you could say I'm one proud poppa LOL. The success of this and the Timeship project are owed entirely to the participants. Isn't MNR great? Creative friends spanning the entire globe, with styles as different as our countries, together creating one excellent, fun series. Thanks everyone!
on 16-05-2012 10:07 PM
I decided not to try any last night as I want to play them all in a row, like I did with timeship! Expect Feedback!
on 16-05-2012 11:13 PM
Do they all have ''Cinema:'' in front or ''Project: Cinema:''?
Must download them.
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on 17-05-2012 06:02 AM
This is much better than Timeship in my opinion, almost race all of the and i say my chaps... those are wonderful works in so many ways!
on 17-05-2012 08:30 AM
great presentation Athe
short and precise
love these project's and expect us to do more like it
next one is a multicreator-project though.
but it'll proberbly B just as fun
though only one track is coming out of it
very impressed with all the Cinema-tracks
shows people took it serriously and did their best
think a few more will come from folk's who couldn't meet the deadline.
and in a week or 2
i'll publish Cinema-template for good
so all can have a go at it
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The homeowners say the blasting is leaving cracks in their property.
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Hyte is one of 27 homeowners who have filed complaints against the blasting company hired by the contractor building the new school.
Kaarina Kvaavik can see the worksite from her bedroom -- and the damage on her walls.
"I would say 90 percent [of the rooms in the house are cracked]," said Kvaavik.
Yet the homeowners say no one is helping them. Letters from the blasting company deny responsibility, claiming jumping or slamming doors could have caused it.
The town says, "The town is very much concerned about the impact the blasting activities are having on the neighborhood…unfortunately we are limited by law as to what we can do to pursue damages on behalf of the property owners."
Which leaves the homeowners to fight the blasting company that once had its permit pulled because it failed to respond to their complaints.
"The problem is not that we have sustained damage but that no one is taking responsibility," Hyte said.
The blasting company told 7News it had no comment on the matter.
The homeowners who have filed complaints say they may come together and file a law suit as well.


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