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DOMA XX: Best Country/Roots Act Nominees
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin', we figured we'd give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category's nominees.
Best Country/Roots Act Eleven Hundred Springs 100 Damned Guns Doug Burr Tejas Brothers The King Bucks Quebe Sisters Band
Burr's up for six other awards; Eleven Hundred Springs is up for two more; Tejas Brothers are also nominated for Best New Act; The King Bucks are up for Best Cover/Tribute Act, too, and member Joe Butcher is up for Best Instrumentalist; and the Quebe Sisters Band is perhaps the most true-to-its-roots act in this competition. So, yeah, this one's a tough pick. Then again, this is Texas, so no surprise there...
Eleven Hundred Springs Matt Hillyer and Co. are practically an institution 'round these parts by now. Certainly the fact that Eleven Hundred Springs is up for two other prominent awards this year--Best Band and Best Album--is an indication of that. A nod in this category would hardly come as a surprise given the band's rabid fanbase. See why their classic country sound is so popular with this, the video for the band's "North Side Blues":
100 Damned Guns More country than alt-country--even though there's more than one riff on the band's Songs of Murder, Pain and Woe album that call to mind thoughts of younger Old 97's days--100 Damned Guns might not have the name recognition of some of these other acts, but they're certainly in the same class, if not above the others altogether. See for yourself with this clip of the band playing "Tonight I Lose Again" at Hailey's in Denton back in December:
Doug Burr The most-nominated artist in this year's DOMAs, Burr more than deserves all the praise he's receiving. His down-home sound is a perfect match for his down-home persona. And both are a perfect match for Denton, the town he calls home. Beautiful, understated and heartbreaking--that's Burr in a nutshell. Here he is, performing his Best Song-nominated "Slow Southern Home" at SXSW in Austin earlier this year:
Tejas Brothers The Tejas Brothers are, more than anything else, a country act. But that doesn't mean you won't find hints of blues and rock blended into the band's sound. There's also a distinctly Latino feel to it all, no doubt the result of the ancestry of most of the band's members. Think of them as a less-wussified, Dallas version of Los Lonely Boys. And feel free to put them up against the best acts in town--the Toadies do, as they've invited the Tejas Brothers to perform alongside them on the bill for the inaugural Dia De Los Toadies celebration coming up next month. Here's the guys performing "Boogie Woogie Mamacita" at the Horseman in Ft. Worth:
The King Bucks It takes a special breed of cover act to be able to throw its own songs into a set without the crowd calling foul, but The King Bucks do manage to slip an original past the crowd at its Adair's residency on Monday nights every now and then. The fact that the band's just plain good helps. So does its taste for the long-forgotten country gems of the '70s. Here's the band performing at the Granada in May:
Quebe Sisters Band The Quebe Sisters couldn't be any more different than fellow Burleson native Kelly Clarkson. But has Clarkson performed at the Kennedy Center? Didn't think so. With a sound so traditional and straight-up born for the Prairie Home Companion crowd, the Quebe Sisters aren't a band you go see to rock out to; they're the band you go see to get amazed by. See for yourself--here's the band playing the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., earlier this month:
Now, go do your thang and vote for your pick of the bunch. --Pete Freedman
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A sunny Southland day attracted a record crowd of more than 7000 people, many dressed to the nines, to Ascot Park's annual Christmas at the Races on Saturday.
The smell of barbecued food wafted through the air and green lawns were transformed into squares of colour as racegoers sprawled out, quenched their thirst and applied sunscreen in the scorching sun.
A mixed crowd of business Christmas parties, hen parties, school-leavers and friends on social outings enjoyed the day.
New Zealand Racing Board member Tony Russell travelled from Christchurch for the day.
It was the biggest turnout that he could remember and there was no more space to put any more people, he said.
"What's great about these races is that 30 per cent of the people had never been to the races and they had a great time."
Malcolm Little, from Gallop South, said the day had a great atmosphere, with the sun shining and racegoers having a good time.
Almost everyone dressed to impress which made Fashion in the Field a hard decision for the judges this year.
Hundreds of people watched the fashion heats and cheered for their favourites. Southland Racing Club Ascot women's judge Anne McFarlane said the standard of entries was high and it was good to see women of all ages taking part.
Pale pinks, florals and bright-coloured dresses teamed with matching fascinators, bags and shoes were favoured by the women, with the trend for men being black and white suits and ties, with statement shoes.
New Zealand's Got Talent crooner Jack Fraser belted out a few songs during the competition as sun-kissed spectators danced on the lawns.
Trudie Clay and Andrea Thomas enjoyed the competition. "It's good to see Invercargill glammed up and the sun has made it an enjoyable day," Ms Thomas said.
Best-dressed woman was awarded to Maria Wright, of Christchurch, whose mother had made her dusky pink dress and jacket.Samantha Lindley, of Winton, who wore a burnt red, floral dress, came second.
Best-dressed man, Brian Scully, said he did not normally attend the races but had enjoyed himself and had not expected to win.
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MOORE, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM) – Tuesday, May 20, 2014 marks the one year anniversary of the day an EF-5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma.
Residents who survived the mile wide tornado are reflecting on a year of pain and progress. Survivors such as Louis and Cindy Henderson, who lost their home spoke to CBS 11 News.
"It's a routine thing you expect in Oklahoma, but you don't expect it to happen to you," said Henderson of the small town that sits in tornado alley. Homes were obliterated, neighborhoods, schools and businesses — destroyed.
"It looked like a war zone. It looked like a bomb had went off," said Louis Henderson.
It was the second deadly tornado to hit the town in 14 years. Two dozen people were killed, including 7 children.
The Hendersons waited out the storm inside their neighbor's storm shelter. The Red Cross has provided the couple with their own storm shelter now. The devastation they witnessed that day was the impetus to lead a more altruistic life. The Hendersons volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, which is the same nonprofit that helped rebuild their home.
"I said this house is meant to be. It is a gift that we've been given," said Henderson.
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MILWAUKEE -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said discussions on a new collective bargaining agreement have been very constructive, and he sees no reason to set a timetable for getting a deal done.
"I hope we'll continue on that path," Selig said of the positive talks Monday night before Game 2 of the NL Championship Series.
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1. Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A washed-up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his Broadway play.
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Raymond Carver | Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 263,182
2. The Hunger Games (2012)
PG-13 | 142 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
Writers: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray | Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 614,917
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
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The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Writers: Stefan Zweig, Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness | Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 342,245
4. Bronson (2008)
R | 92 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
Writers: Brock Norman Brock, Nicolas Winding Refn | Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Tom Hardy, Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews, Katy Barker
Votes: 65,162
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Romance
An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
Writer: Stephen Chbosky | Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd
Votes: 299,416
6. Monster (2003)
R | 109 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
Writer: Patty Jenkins | Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen
Votes: 95,246
7. The Outsiders (1983)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
Writers: Kathleen Rowell, S.E. Hinton | Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze
Votes: 51,949
8. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
Writer: Spike Jonze | Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 284,133
9. The Notebook (2004)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance
A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences.
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi, Nicholas Sparks | Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Votes: 347,518
10. V for Vendetta (2005)
R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.
Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, David Lloyd | Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea
Votes: 682,245
11. The Lion King (1994)
G | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Tricked into thinking that he caused the death of his father, a lion cub flees and abandons his destiny as the future king.
Writers: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton, Brenda Chapman, Burny Mattinson, Barry Johnson, Lorna Cook, Thom Enriquez, Andy Gaskill, Gary Trousdale, Jim Capobianco, Kevin Harkey, Jorgen Klubien, Chris Sanders, Tom Sito, Larry Leker, Joe Ranft, Rick Maki, Ed Gombert, Francis Glebas, Mark Kausler, J.T. Allen, George Scribner, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Jenny Tripp, Bob Tzudiker, Christopher Vogler, Kirk Wise, Noni White | Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 528,195
12. Spider-Man (2002)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.
Writers: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, David Koepp | Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
Votes: 474,284
13. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Writers: Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples, Philip K. Dick | Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 406,467
14. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
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Writers: John Boyne, Mark Herman | Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Zac Mattoon O'Brien
Votes: 111,622
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Writers: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb | Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
Votes: 190,614
16. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Writers: John Logan, Brian Selznick | Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 221,520
17. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.
Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger | Director: David Frankel | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Emily Blunt
Votes: 246,581
18. Elysium (I) (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Writer: Neill Blomkamp | Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga
Votes: 283,795
19. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.
Writers: Paulo Lins, Bráulio Mantovani | Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 464,867
20. About a Boy (2002)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.
Writers: Nick Hornby, Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Stars: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Sharon Small
Votes: 133,743
21. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
NC-17 | 179 min | Drama, Romance
Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Writers: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix, Julie Maroh | Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 70,042
22. The Green Mile (1999)
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.
Writers: Stephen King, Frank Darabont | Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 649,343
23. Into the Wild (2007)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Writers: Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer | Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 362,258
24. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Writer: Richard Curtis | Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 285,559
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R | 155 min | Drama
The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 170,447
26. Up in the Air (I) (2009)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
With a job traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham enjoys his life living out of a suitcase, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a new hire and a potential love interest.
Writers: Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner | Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman
Votes: 250,058
27. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Writers: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Alvin Sargent, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 326,208
28. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar | Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 507,178
29. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
G | 91 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.
Writers: Geefwee Boedoe, Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Jonathan Roberts, Victor Hugo, Sue C. Nichols, Christine Blum, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Jim Capobianco, Brenda Chapman, Francis Glebas, Ed Gombert, Kirk Hanson, Kevin Harkey, Burny Mattinson, Floyd Norman, Denis Rich, Jeff Snow, Kelly Wightman, James Fujii, John Sanford | Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Demi Moore, Jason Alexander, Tom Hulce, Mary Kay Bergman
Votes: 85,223
30. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
Writers: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth | Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 573,947
31. Cloud Atlas (2012)
R | 172 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Writers: David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski | Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 256,673
32. Easy A (2010)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Writer: Bert V. Royal | Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd
Votes: 236,944
33. Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
R | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Writers: Rowan Joffe, S.J. Watson | Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 32,077
34. Shame (2011)
NC-17 | 101 min | Drama
In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.
Writers: Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan | Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters
Votes: 126,792
35. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Darius Marder | Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook
Votes: 165,047
36. The Spectacular Now (2013)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Tim Tharp | Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Votes: 79,860
37. Fruitvale Station (2013)
R | 85 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Writer: Ryan Coogler | Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand
Votes: 41,568
38. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
Writers: Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, C.S. Lewis | Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes
Votes: 253,593
39. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Writers: Peter Morgan, Philippa Gregory | Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Votes: 76,321
40. A History of Violence (2005)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Writers: John Wagner, Vince Locke, Josh Olson | Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
Votes: 172,086
41. There Will Be Blood (2007)
R | 158 min | Drama
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer
Votes: 323,326
42. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber | Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 330,815
43. Hairspray (2007)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
Writers: Leslie Dixon, John Waters, Mark O'Donnell, Thomas Meehan | Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 89,155
44. Movie 43 (2013)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Writers: Rocky Russo, Jeremy Sosenko, Ricky Blitt, Bill O'Malley, Will Graham, Jack Kukoda, Matt Portenoy, Claes Kjellstrom, Jonas Wittenmark, Tobias Carlson, Will Carlough, Jonathan van Tulleken, Elizabeth Shapiro, Patrik Forsberg, Olle Sarri, Jacob Fleisher, Greg Pritikin, James Gunn | Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken, Bob Odenkirk | Stars: Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant, Richard Gere, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 70,336
45. Adore (2013)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.
Writers: Anne Fontaine, Christopher Hampton, Doris Lessing | Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville
Votes: 19,485
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon | Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 596,259
47. Big Fish (2003)
PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life.
Writers: Daniel Wallace, John August | Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange
Votes: 325,584
48. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Writer: Will Reiser | Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 245,873
49. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
R | 134 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years.
Writers: Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana | Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid
Votes: 236,603
50. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam war impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
Writers: Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker | Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 205,105


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LAUREL, Md. (WJZ) — A woman is charged with assault after she used a screwdriver to stab a man multiple times.
Police say they were called Sunday at approximately 1:35 p.m. to a 7-Eleven, located at 9250 New Hampshire Ave. in Silver Spring, Md. for a reported stabbing.
The victim, 46-year-old Elmer Alexander Montiel, of Greenbelt, and the suspect, 45-year-old Elsa Torres, also of Greenbelt, were traveling on Route 98 at Route 198 when they had an argument.
Torres stabbed Montiel with a screwdriver several times.
Montiel drove to a nearby 7-Eleven, where he asked for medical assistance.
He was transported a local hospital for treatment.
Officials say Torres was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, first and second-degree assault.
She is being held at the county detention center.
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Restoring three large stained-glass windows from an earthquake-destroyed church is proof that "if something can be picked up it can be put back together".
Graham Stewart has rescued glass from shattered windows in many Canterbury churches but he has never restored one before now. It is a centrepiece of the Quake City exhibition that opened in Christchurch yesterday.
The North Loburn conservationist salvaged "thousands and thousands of tiny pieces" of stained glass from the Church of Holy Innocents near Peel Forest.
The church was badly damaged in the September 2010 earthquake and Stewart, along with Mt Peel Station owner Rosemary Acland, carried broken glass out in sheets and piled the "dust-like" pieces into bags before the 18-month job of restoring the windows started.
"It's been a very big job," he said.
"The windows are about 3 metres tall at least, and we had nothing to go on. It was smashed to smithereens and it took weeks to go through every piece."
Computer modelling was used to work out the dimensions of the window, and the pieces were put together "like a jigsaw puzzle" using a photograph.
He said watching the windows "slowly come back to life" had been "simply brilliant".
"It has been so sad to see the damage caused," he said. "All those beautiful windows that have broken and we may or may not see again, so this has been really positive."
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Remnants of well-known buildings will be on display, including the bell and spire from the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, as well as the statue of John Godley.
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How Saudi Arabia Sets The Global (Currency) MarketsSubmitted by Secular Investor on 05/14/2015 08:10 -0400
Want to know where the USD is headed? Call Riyadh!
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Varoufakis Has Futuristic Greek Debt Plan That "Fills Mario Draghi's Soul With Fear"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/14/2015 08:05 -0400
Germany throws its support behind a Greek referendum on euro membership while Putin invites Athens to join BRICS Bank. Meanwhile, Yanis Varoufakis has a plan for resolving Greece's debt problem — and he imagines the ECB chief is terrified of it.
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Frontrunning: May 14Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/14/2015 07:37 -0400
- Bank of England
- Barack Obama
- Barclays
- China
- Citigroup
- Corporate America
- Gambling
- Iran
- Iraq
- JPMorgan Chase
- Market Manipulation
- national security
- Natural Gas
- Nelson Peltz
- Real estate
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- Toyota
- Trian
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Verizon
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- Yuan
- Amtrak train in Philadelphia wreck was traveling at twice speed limit (Reuters)
- The engineer has no recollection of the crash and "no explanation" for what happened (WSJ)
- Taliban claim attack on Afghan guesthouse that killed 14 (Reuters)
- Chicago's Junk Rating From Moody's Puzzles Investors (BBG)
- House votes to end spy agencies' bulk collection of phone data (Reuters)
- Wesley Clark: The Penny-Stock General (BBG)
- AOL's Armstrong to Leave $213 Million Richer After Verizon Deal (BBG)
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Despite Surging Euro S&P Futures Jump On Stop Hunt, Lack Of Daily Bund RoutSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/14/2015 06:55 -0400
- Australia
- Bank of England
- Bond
- Central Banks
- China
- Continuing Claims
- Copper
- Creditors
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Equity Markets
- Eurozone
- Finland
- fixed
- Foreign Central Banks
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Jim Reid
- Netherlands
- Nikkei
- Norway
- Price Action
- Switzerland
- Unemployment
- Volatility
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It has gotten to where just the lack of a rout in Bunds or any other government issue is enough to activate the "bullish" outside stop hunting algo, which is probably why ES has jumped overnight in another illiquid, newsless session. Curiously, Bunds shave not sold off even though the EUR has jumped sharply by almost 100 pips overnight to a 3 month high also on no news (with some amusing acrobatics by the USDJPY alongside) traditionally a bearish indicator for the Dax and thus the S&P. Perhaps the algos are just late, or maybe the "weak dollar is good for stocks" thesis has been activated, but in any event this morning's ramp higher in the ES will continue until all upside stops are hunted down by Virtu and crushed mercilessly.
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Chinese Iron Ore Prices Plunge After CISA Warns Of Persistent OvercapacitySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/14/2015 01:17 -0400
Having rebounded along with practically every other risk-asset class in the world over the last month or so, Chinese Iron Ore futures are collapsing tonight. Despite the promise of Chinese LTROs expanding credit (just like they didn't in Europe), iron ore prices are down around 4% - the biggest drop in over 2 years - to as low as CNY419 (or around $62) as China Iron & Steel Association warns that overcapacity in the seaborne iron ore market will persist through to at least 2019 as the world's largest suppliers expand production further.
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China Goes "Unconventional" In Effort To Tackle Trillions In Debt, Rescue EconomySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2015 20:30 -0400
China has officially entered the realm of "unconventional" monetary policy, joining the Fed, the ECB, the BoJ, and a whole host of other global central banks in an attempt to bring the supposedly all-mighty printing press and the unlimited balance sheet that goes with it to bear on subpar economic growth. We suspect the results will be characteristically underwhelming (at least in terms of lowering real interest rates, although in terms of boosting risk assets, the results may be outstanding) meaning it's likely only a matter of time before LTRO becomes QE in China just as it did in Europe.
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Former U.S. Government Official: U.S. Is ALREADY at War with China and RussiaSubmitted by George Washington on 05/13/2015 17:19 -0400
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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China Lashes Out At US: "Refrain From Provocative Action"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2015 12:09 -0400
While apparently the US does not have its hands full already with orchestrating (and profiting from) two proxy regional wars, one in Ukraine and one in the Middle East, and feels compelled (by shareholders of US "defense" companies) to prove to the world it has long since lost its globocop status when China roundly ignores American threats, China wasted no time to do just that and overnight Beijing strongly condemned a proposed U.S. military plan to send aircraft and Navy ships near disputed South China Sea islands to contest Chinese territorial claims over the area. It didn't end there and China escalated verbally to a near breaking point when Beijing urged "relevant countries to refrain from taking risky and provocative action."
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Payroll Friday (aka Bubblevision's Live Action Romper Room)Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2015 11:15 -0400
In short, the very project of counting "jobs" is essentially laughable in the context of the US economy as it is currently structured - for better or worse. But regardless of the equities and efficiencies of the current labor market, one thing is abundantly clear. The Payroll Friday report amounts to virtually meaningless noise. It is bad enough that the bubble vision Romper Room and the casino robo-traders are oblivious to this reality. What is scary is that the Eccles Building is just as clueless.
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Silver Bullion Buying Outstripping Supply As JP Morgan ($JPM) BuysSubmitted by GoldCore on 05/13/2015 08:06 -0400
Artificially low prices for the metal have forced mines to close in recent years. Supply may not be able to match increasing demand in the coming years.
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Frontrunning: May 13Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2015 07:45 -0400
- Obama, McConnell missteps undercut trade pact in U.S. Senate (Reuters)
- Bears Beware: Rout Puts Investors on Wrong Side of Central Banks (BBG)
- U.S. Set to Rip Up UBS Libor Accord, Seek Conviction (BBG)
- Greece's Creditors Said to Seek EU3 Billion in Budget Cuts (BBG)
- Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, killing at least five (Reuters)
- Oil glut worsens as OPEC market-share battle just beginning (Reuters)
- China Stimulus Aims at Restructuring Trillions in Local-Government Debt (WSJ)
Return Of Bond Market Stability Pushes Equity Futures HigherSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2015 06:56 -0400
Following yesterday's turbulent bond trading session, where the volatility after the worst Bid to Cover in a Japanese bond auction since 2009 spread to Europe and sent Bund yields soaring again, in the process "turmoiling" equities, today's session has been a peaceful slumber barely interrupted by "better than expected" Italian and a German Bund auction, both of which concluded without a hitch, and without the now traditional "technical" failure when selling German paper. Perhaps that was to be expected considering the surge in the closing yield from 0.13% to 0.65%. Not hurting the bid for 10Y US Treasury was yesterday's report that Japan had bought a whopping $23 billion in US Treasurys in March, the most in 4 years so to all those shorting Tsys - you are now once again fighting the Bank of Japan.
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America's Achilles' HeelSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2015 23:00 -0400
Instead of collapsing quietly, the US has decided to pick a fight with Russia. It appears to have already lost the fight, but a question remains: How many more countries will the US manage to destroy before the reality of its inevitable defeat and disintegration finally catches up with it? As Putin said last summer when speaking at the Seliger youth forum, "I get the feeling that no matter what the Americans touch, they end up with Libya or Iraq." But there is another question that deserves to be asked: Do the Americans "touch" themselves? Because if they do, then the next candidate for extreme makeover into a bombed-out wasteland might be the United States itself...
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Chinese Stocks Overtake US As Most Actively Traded Futures Contract In The WorldSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2015 22:30 -0400
Having lost its mantle as largest economy in the world to China... and world's biggest oil importer (again to China), 'exceptional' USA appears to have just lost its Number 1 status in financial market depth to China also...
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US May Use Military To Confront China In South China Sea Islands DisputeSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2015 20:45 -0400
Just days after Japanese PM Shinzo Abe leaves Washington (having stepped up his nation's military assertiveness), The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Secretary of Defense has asked staff for military options in the South China Sea (as we have detailed China's land reclamation efforts): U.S. MAY USE MILITARY TO CONFRONT CHINA IN SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE: WSJ Having ironically commented on China's "bullying," it appears Nobel-Peace-Prize winner President Obama is preparing for an even bigger objective, amid China's rising threat to USD dominance (with Yuan liberalization and AIIB success).
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After Paul Scholes scored that late winner against City last season, Gary Neville did what any proper red would, and showed his feelings in their shining glory. He grabbed Scholes by the face and kissed him on the lips but has had to put up with some stick as a consequence.
"A few people have given me a bit of stick," said Neville. "But I've spoken to a lot of my mates, who said they'd have done exactly the same if they'd been able to get to him! I was just so happy."
O'Shea has confirmed that people having be ribbing Neville and offers his sympathy to Scholes.
"Nev did get some stick for that, but poor Scholesy couldn't do much, could he?" confirmed John O'Shea. "He was the poor victim who tried to push him off, but it was too late. That's Gaz for you. I don't think it was for his benefit, mind you. I think it was to make the City fans feel that little bit angrier!"
But what about the poor victim, Scholes?
"A kiss on the lips from Nev is worth it any time after a winner against City!" he said.
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The party is walking through the forest at night when they come upon a clearing. Half a dozen black-robed corpses lie scattered across the ground, and a pentagram of blood is shoddily drawn in the dirt.
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Blanchard, who helped steer the Fund since 2008 and guided it through the global economic recession, told the newspaper he needs to digest the issues he's grappled with during that time.
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Hawthorne Heights lose drummer
yay for Poppy! I met him at Asbury Lanes in NJ. he was selling merch for Circle Takes the Square!
This band still exists?
I hope they find him soon
For some reason the site was saying I had already commented on this when I didn't earlier. o_o
Digging: John Wiese - Deviate From Balance
These guys are still around?
Omg guys
Someone can be the first to update Wikipedia if they act quickly.
EDIT: Too late.
Can anyone tell me why this band needs 3 guitarists?
holy shit props to these guys for not disbanding ages ago
the preteen tang must still be rolling in at a decent rate
The Silence in Black and White is 10 years old already? Woah
Where did they lose him?
I hope they find him soon [2]
How will they ever replace such a talent as his?
You know what pisses me off most about this band? They play 12 songs without an encore when they're
headlining. Lazy bastards.
I actually called out the drummer on this as he was taking down his set. He pretended he didn't hear
me. Tool.
That's weird. I saw them a month back in Prague (tiny club show, 50-60 people), and they were really energetic and played a cool set. I also got to speak with them afterwards and I was really blown away by how humble and down to earth they seemed - and how much they enjoyed being on stage (for a platinum selling band to play every night in front of max 100 people it's really a miracle they are still going on, no one seems to care about them nowadays
I wouldn't call this a "loss"...
Good thing we have user jslavos to keep us all up to date on Hawthorne Heights.
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To be fair, I've met the singer and the guitarist, and they were both really nice people.
They're still lame for playing 12 songs at a headlining show.
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I'm Eating What?! "Authentic" Filipino Cracklins
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My first experience with cracklins came when I moved to Houma, Louisiana, after college. I'd make the hour drive to New Orleans on weekend nights, and along the way, there were two important stops: the drive-through daiquiri shop and one of the gas stations where they'd cook up Cajun finger foods. At the gas stations, they served amazing shrimp boudin and Cajun-flavored cracklin. Ah, there's nothing quite like downing a piña colada while crunching on spicy, fried pork skin.
The bag of Super-Sarap cracklins I picked up recently at a Filipino market look
fairly similar to
Cajun ones. The label describes them simply as "Fried out pork fat with attached skin." Now, I like pork fat and dig pork skin, but there's something not so appetizing about that sentence.
result of that attached skin is a shoe-leather-looking layer on some of
the pieces. With the bumpy exterior, it looks more like tripe (the only
food to date that I refuse to eat again).
The package also
promises that these cracklins are an "authentic Filipino recipe," so
I'm expecting something spicy or covered in chili powder.
the cracklin is similar to the plain ones eaten across the South.
They've got that unmistakable crunch of deep-fried pork fat. They taste
like the lard layer on the outside of bacon, and with one piece, the
outside of my mouth feels fairly coated with grease. It's a good
feeling, really.
Who should eat these? Anyone with a large daiquiri to finish and a long drive to New Orleans ahead.
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Mast cells accumulate in the renal capsule adjacent to transplanted pancreatic islets in rats
Article first published online: 2 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2006.09.016
© The Author(s) Journal compilation © 2006 International Federation for Cell Biology
Cell Biology International
Volume 30, Issue 12, pages 1054–1056, December 2006
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Kampf, C. and Jansson, L. (2006), Mast cells accumulate in the renal capsule adjacent to transplanted pancreatic islets in rats. Cell Biology International, 30: 1054–1056. doi: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2006.09.016
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- Article first published online: 2 JAN 2013
- Received 21 December 2004, revised 11 August 2005, accepted 19 April 2006
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- Pancreatic islets;
- Mast cells;
- Transplantation
Mast cells are important mediators of normal angiogenesis, and participate in normal would healing, i.e. processes involved in pancreatic islet engraftment. The aim of the study was to evaluate if mast cells are present in islet grafts. For this purpose, male normoglycaemic Wistar—Furth rats were either untreated or syngeneically implanted with 250 islets under the renal capsule. The animals were killed 1 month later, and the kidneys and endogenous pancreas were removed, fixed and embedded in paraffin. The distribution of mast cells was studied in Alcian Blue stained sections. Mast cells were rarely encountered in endogenous islets, but were frequent in the renal capsule adjacent to islet grafts. Mast cells interspersed between graft endocrine cells were as rare as in the endogenous pancreas. We conclude that mast cells may contribute to the engraftment after islet transplantation.


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Today you're being asked to reach into your pockets and help make your stadium debt-free - with a $100,000 donation marking the start of the "Rattle the Tin" fundraising campaign throughout Southland.
ILT Stadium Southland bosses hope the donation from the Invercargill City Council's Active Communities Fund will be the first of thousands throughout the south as fundraising gets serious to make up the shortfall so that generations of Southlanders to come can enjoy the stadium.
The Stadium Trust has calculated that it still needs $5 million "to get across the line".
The tin-rattling was started last month by the Community Trust of Southland, which granted a further $1m to the tin. Fundraising efforts now stand at $1.1m.
Now it's over to you.
Active Communities chairman Graham Sycamore said there had not been many applications for funding grants, and that had resulted in funds accumulating to more than $1m.
A one-off grant to the stadium was ideal because it fitted into the ethos of the committee, which was to get more people in the region active, more often, Sycamore said.
The trust has accepted Prime Minster John Key's challenge that if "local tins were rattled", the Government would be prepared to contribute a shortfall.
It was asking the Southland community and businesses in the region to make a donation.
Stadium Southland general manager Nigel Skelt said the campaign was a fantastic opportunity for the wider Southland community to work together.
"For the venue to be 'debt free' it will give the stadium the wings to fly and take a huge amount of the pressure off the cashflow.
"It will allow the management team to focus on the community events as well as attracting as many national and international entertainment acts as possible."
The challenge was to make what seems impossible, simply happen, he said.
"It's certainly quite a large tin but we might just have to rattle it
a bit harder, and certainly, when everyone plays their part, we will get there."
Sport Southland chief executive Brendon McDermott said the stadium was an asset to all of Southland.
"It is a real a benefit to us all to have a debt-free stadium so that the venue can have the appropriate balance of big events and community usage."
Community sport and recreation was hugely important to the region and, given its inclement weather, the stadium provided so many all-weather options, he said.
Stadium Southland trust chairman Acton Smith said he hoped the trust would get maximum support from the community to bridge the gap in funding and take the PM up on his challenge.
The stadium was probably the best in the country and had been build to the highest earthquake standards, making it the safest building in the region, he said.
"I encourage corporates and individuals to participate in this cause, which is a wonderful future for the children of the region."
ILT Stadium Southland Trust deputy chairman Alan Dennis said the trust wanted to demonstrate every effort had been made before Parliament finished at the end of next month for the election.
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The head of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has been fired following a series of scandals at the world-famous ballet company.
Anatoly Iksanov's contract was not due to expire until December 2014 but the Ministry of Culture announced today that he was being removed from his post immediately.
His replacement will be Vladimir Urin, director of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre in Moscow.
Mr Iksanov was named general director of the Bolshoi in 2000 but the last year has seen the company mired in controversy and even violence.
In January, a masked man threw acid in the face of Sergei Filin, the company's artistic director, causing serious burns and damage to his eyesight.
A fellow dancer, Pavel Dmitrichenko, later confessed to hiring two accomplices to carry out the attack, though he said he had only expected the men to beat Mr Filin. All three men are awaiting trial.
Mr Iksanov then became embroiled in a war of words with the Bolshoi's principal dancer, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, implying that he also had something to do with the acid attack.
In turn Mr Tsiskaridze alleged that there was widespread corruption at the Bolshoi and called for the entire management board to be sacked and for himself to be put in charge.
In an interview earlier this year Mr Iksanov said "evil has entered the Bolshoi" and accused the Russian government of trying to oust him.
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WASHINGTON Foes of President Barack Obama's healthcare law lost a bid on Tuesday to put an immediate stop to a key part of the law - the insurance subsidies in the 34 U.S. states that declined to establish their own online marketplaces.
At a court hearing, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., declined to grant a preliminary injunction sought by a group of individuals and small businesses that in a lawsuit call the subsidies unlawful.
Friedman ruled their lawsuit could move forward and said he would rule on its overall merits by mid-February, rejecting an argument from the Obama administration that the suit was too speculative to be considered.
The latest round of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," focuses on whether the 2010 law allows for subsidies in all states or only in states that have set up exchanges.
Only 16 states and the District of Columbia chose to set up the online marketplaces where people without private health insurance can shop for it, forcing the federal government to create them in the remaining states.
Subsidies, in the form of tax credits, are available to people with annual incomes of up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or $94,200 for a family of four. The Obama administration views the subsidies as essential if the law is going to work, because otherwise many people could not afford private insurance.
The suit was brought by a mix of individuals and businesses from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia. The plaintiffs argue the subsidies are unlawful and impose a burden by forcing them to purchase the insurance or else pay a penalty.
David Klemencic, who does flooring work in West Virginia, is one of the plaintiffs. In court papers, he said he cannot afford insurance and wishes to forgo coverage entirely in 2014, using an exemption in the healthcare law for people with low income.
But the availability of the tax credits means he is not eligible for the exemption, his lawyers said, so he must either buy subsidized insurance at about $18 a month or pay a penalty equal to about $12 a month.
In rejecting a preliminary injunction, Friedman said there was no need for such an emergency measure because Klemencic has until the end of March to apply for an exemption from Obamacare, by which time the lawsuit may be over.
"As long as we get a decision in a timely manner, that's what we've been looking for," Michael Carvin, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told reporters after the hearing. Carvin was among the lawyers who appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012 to argue that the healthcare law should be struck down entirely.
Two similar lawsuits are pending in federal courts in Oklahoma and Indiana. Neither has reached a final ruling.
Complicating the situation for the Obama administration is the wording of the law, parts of which were drafted in haste in 2010 as the legislation wound through Congress.
The law says subsidies may be given "through an exchange established by the state," not through one set up by the federal government, a point that the suit emphasizes.
The administration says the subsidies should be available to people in every state because Congress intended the online exchanges to be uniform.
At the core of this claim is what Congress intended when it wrote the law, not expecting that some states would fail to set up an exchange or would, as in the case of Texas and other Republican-controlled states, refuse to do so out of political opposition to Obamacare.
The case is Halbig v. Sebelius, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 1:13-cv-623.
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