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However, a bigger test awaits the government in Rajya Sabha where it is in a hopeless minority when it takes up the debate on FDI in retail trade on Thursday.
Both, SP and BSP members in the Lower House trooped out noisily ahead of the vote thereby giving the Manmohan Singh-led UPA numbers to get its major reform measure through.
After a two-day intense debate between members of 18 political parties, the Lok Sabha rejected a motion moved by opposition leader Sushma Swaraj asking the government to withdraw its decision on allowing foreign direct investments in $450-billion retail trade.
The 253-members from Congress, NCP of Sharad Pawar, RJD of Lalu Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal of Ajit Singh and 18 others voted for FDI in retail trade.
The 218-members from BJP-led national democratic alliance (NDA), left parties, AIADMK of Jayalalithaa, Trinamool Congress of Mamta Banerjee and about 20 others opposed the move to open up the retail sector to MNCs companies like IKEA, Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour.
Tension in treasury benches could be witnessed in the run up to the vote as both BSP and Samajwadi Party kept the UPA 'guessing' till the end.
Though, both BSP and SP members walked out before the crucial vote in Lok Sabha, they voiced their opposition to FDI in retail trade.
BSP and SP siding with Congress on FDI hints at prospect of both parties vying for tie up with the grand old party in Uttar Pradesh and half a dozen other northern states in Lok Sabha elections slated for 2014.
Without tacit support and staged walk out by BSP and SP, the government would have lost the vote on FDI in retail sector as it won by just 35 votes. Even if it would have lost in vote under rule 184, there was no threat to centre's stability, but only serious embarrassment and censure of the government.
BSP and SP backing UPA also points to the possible beginning of realignment in political forces in a run-up to next Lok Sabha polls. Interestingly enough, Janata Dal - Secular led by former prime minister Deve Gowda voted with the opposition for first time in years. JD-S and Congress are in the midst of negotiating a deal for jointly putting up a fight against ruling BJP in Karnataka.
Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy's motion seeking to omit 51 per cent FDI in FEMA notification also fell by 39 votes. This motion does not mean amendment to FEMA act as such, but a sub-ordinate legislation.
Earlier, winding up the two-day debate, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said states were given flexibility to either allow or prohibit foreign retail chains to set up shop in their respective areas.
He appealed to opposition parties not to spread fear amongst the stakeholders and asserted that interests of small traders were adequately protected with safeguards in FDI policy.
Sharma also scoffed at hints of corruption or bribery made by opposition leader Sushma Swaraj referring to reported pressure from MNCs and the Obama administration for opening up retail sector.
Meanwhile, the industry welcomed the Lok Sabha approval to FDI in retail trade. "It is a welcome development. We fully support the government on the issue. The country needs to move forward. We need to send a strong signal to foreign investors," said Ficci president R V Kanoria.
CII director general Chabdrajeet Banerjee said, " The approval will boost the government's confidence to implement key economic reforms. This will definitely help government to pass other important and pending reform measures very quickly."
Pantaloon Retail India joint managing director Rakesh Biyani described the Lok Sabha approval as a "welcome development". He hoped that the policy will be implemented soon. FDI will be good for the Indian retail sector.
Assocham president Rajkumar Dhoot said that the move "would become a milestone in the economic reforms saga. The economy in particular and the nation as a whole will derive lot of benefit from this move."


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BOSTON The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named its 17th president.
On Wednesday, the school's governing body named L. Rafael Reif to the position. The 61-year-old electrical engineer has been provost at MIT for seven years.
Reif succeeds Susan Hockfield, the university's first female president, who announced her resignation in February after seven years in the position.
The Venezuelan-born Reif (pronounced "rife") has been on the MIT faculty since 1980.
As WBUR's Curt Nickisch tweets:
Interesting, if inside, choice for new MIT prez. Rafael Reif electrical engineer, faculty since 1980, yet strategic thinker on ed's future.
Indeed, according to MIT, as provost Reif "led the development of MITx, the Institute's new initiative in online learning; and led MIT's role in the formation of edX, the recently announced partnership between MIT and Harvard University."
Reif will assume the presidency on July 2.
Hockfield resigned as MIT begins a multibillion-dollar fundraising campaign. Hockfield told the school community that the effort will "require the focus and sustained attention of the Institute's president over many years."
Update at 11 a.m.: Before becoming provost, Reif led MIT's electrical engineering and computer science departments.
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Update at 11:05 a.m.: MIT reports that the school's search committee generated a list of more than 100 candidates. Said James Champy, the search committee chair, to MIT:
As a hundred became dozens, and dozens a small handful, one name kept coming up. … [W]e heard not only about Rafael's impressive record of achievement in service to the Institute, but also about people's enthusiastic support for him as a leader fully engaged with the MIT community.
Update at 1:45 p.m.: WBUR's Curt returns from the news conference with this quotation from the school's first Latin American president:
I cannot tell you that this is a dream come true. Because it's a dream I never dared to imagine.
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XAnimator is a small library I have written to support the loading and playback of x files containing animation. Writing code to read and play back animated .x files is a pretty onerous task (see Load X Hierarchy) and so I have written this small library to wrap the functionality in a simple interface. It is freely available for anyone to use for any purpose although I would appreciate a reference. Please do not distribute the actual library files directly, link to here instead.
- Rebuilt using Visual Studio 2012- Added 64 bit versions- If a texture is not found in the path indicated by the mesh it is looked for in the working directory If the mesh is then saved this filename is saved rather than the original path If the texture still cannot be found the texture filename is retained- Fixed a memory leak- Added a call to discard a model- You can now provide an interface instance to get XAnimator debug output- added flag XANIMATOR_NO_CACHE_MESH to prevent an XAnimator optimisation where the same mesh are opnly loaded once- fixed a problem when saving the .x file the animation set ids were reversed- XAnimator no longer adds a root frame by default when saving- added Extended/Advanced functions in order to provide external access to the model dataExGetHierarchy and ExChangeHierarchy- added ExTransformRoot to apply a transformation to the root frame of the model
The below library download contains release and debug .lib files for 32 and 64 bit development, the XAnimator header and a ReadMe.txt with changes / version history etc. The example project shows how to use XAnimator. Rather than waste space in the download this does not include the XAnimator library files. So before building please unzip XAnimator into the project directory. You should end up with a directory path: /XAnimatorTest / XAnimatorTest/XAnimator/ (all the library files should be here).
XAnimator library: XAnimator_v100.zipExample Project: XAnimatorTest_2012.zip
XAnimator library: XAnimator_v093.rarExample Project: XAnimatorTest.rar Bounding Shapes Example Project: XAnimatorBoundingShapes.rarThis example shows how to use the bounding shapes returned from XAnimator to create bounds in world space
Installation is relatively easy, just follow these steps:
Note: the paths in these steps assume you have extracted the library compressed .rar file to your project directory i.e. the one containing your .vcproj file if you are using Visual Studio. Of course you can put it where you want - just adjust the paths below.
Note: XAnimator requires linking to a Win32 application and was built using the DLL runtime libraries (/MD or /MDd)
To use XAnimator you must include the header XAnimator.h. This header defines the interface for the library.
The first thing to do is to create an instance of the library (only one is needed) via a call to CreateXAnimator. This will return a pointer to the library object which provides all the functions of the library. e.g.
IXAnimator* xAnimator=0;xAnimator=CreateXAnimator(d3dDevice);
the library requires that you pass a valid Direct3D device. Optionally you can specify a second parameter as true to get verbose output from XAnimator
Call LoadXFile with a filename and the address of an int that will be filled with a unique id (which you can use in later calls to refer to this model). Note that if the function fails it will return false. Also check the output pane in Visual Studio where XAnimator will write more details of any error.e.g.
int skeletonGraphicId;if (!xAnimator->LoadXFile("skeleton.x",&skeletonGraphicId) // an error occurred
Optionally you can provide a flag to carry out certain actions (see LoadXFile below for details). You can also specify a root matrix that will be applied at the top of the model hierarchy. This could be useful if your model is upside down or facing the wrong way.
To draw the x file you need to call the Render function. This function takes the model id returned earlier in the LoadXFile call, a world matrix and the amount of time that has passed in milliseconds since the last render. The time is needed to advance the animation. e.g.
If you find the animation is playing back to fast or to slowly try calling ChangeAnimationPlaybackSpeed. If the model has more than one animation set you can change sets by calling ChangeAnimationSet.
Function Name
To initialise XAnimator and return a pointer to an instance
IXAnimator* CreateXAnimator(LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 device, bool verbose=true)
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 device (IN) required valid Direct3D device
bool verbose (IN) optional flag. If true then XAnmator outputs useful information to the output pane in Visual Studio. If false output is limited to errors and warnings.
bool false if an error has occurred. Check the output pane in Visual Studio for details.
The following functions are all members of the IXAnimator instance returned from the call above.
To load a .x file and set a unique model id that can be used in later calls to refer to this model.
bool LoadXFile(const std::string &filename,int *modelId,const D3DXMATRIX *rootFrameMat=0)
const std::string &filename (IN) required full path and filename of the .x file to load. Note that XAnimator will look for the model's texture files in the same directory as the .x file.
int *modelId (OUT) required address of an integer variable. Will be set to a unique value so that you can refer to this model in later calls to XAnimator.
DWORD flags (IN) optional flags: XANIMATOR_OPTIMISE_MESH - attempts to optimise the mesh for faster rendering XANIMATOR_CLEAN_MESH - attempts to clean the mesh of problems.
D3DXMATRIX &rootFrameMat (IN) optional matrix. If provided XAnimator will add a new frame to the top of the model hierarchy with this matrix meaning the whole hierarchy below will be transformed by this matrix. This can be useful if you have loaded a .x file that was saved facing the wrong way e.g. your application assumes that all models face down z but this one was saved facing -z. In this case your matrix would contain a rotation around Y to permanently adjust the direction the model faces.
Advances the animation and then renders the a .x file in world space specified by the supplied matrix
bool Render(int modelId,const D3DXMATRIX &mat,float timePassed)
int modelId (IN) required unique id for this model as returned from LoadXFile.
const D3DXMATRIX &mat (IN) required world matrix created to transform the model from model space into your game world space
float timePassed (IN) required time in milliseconds since the last render was called. This value is used to advance the animation.
Returns the number of animation sets in the .x file. x files can contain a number of animation sets e.g. run, walk, jump, die.
int GetNumberOfAnimationSets(int modelId)
int number of animation sets in the .x file
Changes the current animation set by merging it into the old set over the time specified
bool ChangeAnimationSet(int modelId,int setIndex,float transitionTime=250)
int setIndex (IN) required index of the new animation set. Note: must not be greater than the value returned from GetNumberOfAnimationSets.
float transitionTime (IN) optional time in milliseconds to take merging from the old animation set into the new one. If you were to just change animation set abruptly it would look odd as for example a model in mid run suddenly does a die animation. Therefore this function allows two animation sets to be more gradually merged leading to a smooth change in animation. If not provided a default of 250 milliseconds is used.
Returns the name of an animation set as specified in the .x file
bool GetAnimationSetName(int modelId,int setIndex,std::string *name)
std::string *name (OUT) required pointer to a standard library string. If the function is successful this will be set to the animation name on return.
Alters the play back speed of the animation
bool ChangeAnimationPlaybackSpeed(int modelId,float speedRatio)
float speedRatio (IN) required new speed ratio. The default of 1.0f uses time values from the model itself. Sometimes however these can be wrong or to fast so you can apply a ration here e.g. 0.5f would be half speed
Calculates and returns bounding shapes for the model and individual mesh in the model. These can then be used for collision detection. Note that this call updates all the shapes to take the latest animation into account.See the example project for code on using the bounding shapes.
TMeshBounds *GetBoundingShapes(int modelId, D3DXVECTOR3 *modelMinBounds,D3DXVECTOR3 *modelMaxBounds, D3DXVECTOR3* sphereCentre=0,float *sphereRadius=0, int *numMesh=0)
D3DXVECTOR3 *modelMinBounds, *modelMaxBounds (OUT) required addresses of vectors to hold the returned minimum and maximum object space axis aligned bounds of the whole model.
D3DXVECTOR3 *sphereCentre (OUT) optional address of a vector to hold the centre of a model space bounding sphere that encompasses the whole model
float *sphereRadius (OUT) optional address of a float to hold the radius of the model space sphere
int *numMesh (OUT) optional address or an integer to hold the number of mesh contained in the return array
TMeshBounds* a pointer to an array of TMeshBound holding data for each mesh in the hierarchy. The array is numMesh in size. The TMeshBound type holds a frame name, mesh name and the 8 corners of the mesh oriented bounding box in model space.
Adds animation sets from a physically identical .x file to a currently loaded one
bool AddAnimationsFromXFile(int modelId,const std::string &filename)
int modelId (IN) required unique id for the model (as returned from LoadXFile) to which to add the animation to.
const std::string &filename (IN) required full path and filename of the .x file to add animations from.
Saves a loaded model with various options
bool SaveModel(int modelId,const std::string &filename,bool binary=true,bool compressed=true)
int modelId (IN) required unique id for the model to save
const std::string &filename (IN) required full path and filename to save to
bool binary (IN) optional flag to specify if the file should be saved in binary format. Use false to save in text format
bool compressed (IN) optional flag to specify if the file should be compressed.


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Chatting with Deweyoxberg last night, he was interested in how I do my automated harvesters. They're nothing special, but they are scalable in both length and width, so can be used to create huge amounts of food in one go.
I don't have one on frontier currently, but this is how I build'em:
Create two lines of block, 8 long with a space between them. This will be the receiving channel.
Cap the far end and give it wings. Then, make a box around the wings and remove the two upright guide blocks. You should get a 5x1 channel with a hole in the centre.
Using dirt, create the bed that will be used for your grow-op. It'll be 5 wide, and 7 deep for the first section, then 5 by 6 for any sections further up. You want to do this as you'll have a bumper strip that you can walk on and the water will flow over the edge. This can be made as long as you really want. I'm showing 3 sections, but can go quite far.
Give each field a set of bumpers on either side as water guides. Thes should be raised up 1 block from the field. At the end of each section, box it off so the beds are raised one, and you establish your bumper strip.
When you have it as long as you want it, you'll want to create the water spreader at the end to flush the fully grown wheat to the collection trough.
Make a box something like this:
Then add baffles.
Stand under those holes and place upside down pistons like this, then fill in the holes. Fill the blocks behind the pistons with water, and check the flow. I had to add another row of stone blocks to get the flow on mine to settle out here.
Place a block over the water, and behind the pistons for your redstone.
Add the redstone like so...
Run it all the way down to wherever you want your toggle to be. I usually have mine at the front by the collection chute. Place repeaters (arrow facing towards the water source) as needed. Place a lever at the end and toggle the water flow off.
Once everything looks good there, then start on the irrigation. Make a 1 block high pipe on both sides for water to travel through, as I have here:
Be sure to block it off on the bottom too. (and light the place up while you're underneath. Creepers can make a mess of the thing.)
Block up the sides, leaving the space inside the pipe for the water to flow. Place your water source 2 blocks in from the rear of the high point. If done right, you'll see water at the end of your pipe. If you see that on both sides, you're done. Till the soil, plant it from the bottom up to avoid compacting the dirt, and flip the lever when you want to harvest.
You might notice that I moved the redstone onto the top of the pipe so I could place torches. Just be careful that you do this either on an empty field or have some way to ensure the pistons are down or you'll lose your crops.
The harvester in action:
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One should note however that in the construction above, anything that is planted on the soil that is directly after each "fall" will get destroyed and not harvested. The problem is that the water falls down on that block and it doesn't work with harvesting, so avoid planting on the blocks under falling water.
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I should mention that I used 5 buckets of water - 2 for the collection chute, and 3 for the flush.
And this one could feed a small city should anyone feel the need to expand. The largest one I built was 4 sections wide, 4 deep. It provided roughly 450-500 wheat at a time if I remember right
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The second one was pretty large, and pretty laggy
I wonder where all the seeds in the first one went though, perhaps they didn't drop in that version of minecraft? making automated farms pretty useless as they wouldn't be able to supply themselves with seeds
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Don't expect to see gobs of gore in TriStar's "So I Married an Axe Murderer." The comedy is a tres hip slice of life about the dilemma of marital commitment with just a pinch of Hitchcock providing the cutting edge.
Don't expect to see gobs of gore in TriStar's "So I Married an Axe Murderer." The comedy is a tres hip slice of life about the dilemma of marital commitment with just a pinch of Hitchcock providing the cutting edge. Fueled by an anarchic style and a winning cast, it looks like an appealing commercial prospect perfectly aimed at the twentysomething crowd.The San Francisco-set yarn finds poet Charlie Mackenzie (Mike Myers) glibly fashioning a verse (supported by multimedia trappings) concerning his umpteenth failed relationship. Both his weird Scottish family and his best friend Tony (Anthony LaPaglia) understand Charlie's fear of commitment is irrational. In fact, he's desperately in need of a strong centering influence. By chance, he catches sight of Harriet Michaels (Nancy Travis), a butcher at the not-too-elegant Meats of the World. Quicker than you can say "hae ye any haggis," they are kindred souls. However, Charlie's evasive pattern is soon in play. He begins to believe that Harriet might be an uncaught husband killer who is a reigning queen of the tabloids. Is it just paranoia or is the young versifier apt to be the mystery killer's next statistic? Robbie Fox's screenplay finds a telling modern metaphor linking society's physical and emotional perils. The emphasis is decidedly on the latter but the script never abandons hope that the unkindest cut might also be lethal. Director Thomas Schlamme milks the ambiguity pretty much for all its worth. Despite a few narrative lulls and some humor in questionable taste, the film has an oddball spirit of invention in both its characters and situations. It aspires to the deft deadpan style of Bill Forsyth with splashes of Monty Python and Grand Guignol. With such a diverse mix, it's not surprising a few ingredients fail to jell. As both Charlie and his father Stuart, Myers gets an opportunity to display a variety of personae. His Scottish elder comes off as the more assured, but his vulnerable leading man is pretty convincing. Travis, as Harriet, pulls off an acting sleight-of-hand that keeps the audience guessing whether she wielded the cleaver away from the shop. She is gracefully disarming, with enough intelligence to suggest another agenda. The supporting cast is delightfully colorful, ranging from Amanda Plummer as Harriet's weird sister to Brenda Fricker as Charlie's slightly dotty mom. LaPaglia displays comic flair as the lead's slightly thick cop buddy and Alan Arkin is brilliantly effective in an uncredited role as LaPaglia's superior. "So I Married an Axe Murderer" may have to dodge some angry Scotsmen but otherwise should click with those looking for slightly upscale humor that's not averse to a few well-placed cheap shots. It's a delightful and unexpected surprise.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
TriStar pictures presents a Fried/Woods production. Produced by Robert N. Fried and Cary Woods. Executive producer, Bernie Williams. Co-producer, Jana Sue Memel. Directed by Thomas Schlamme. Screenplay by Robbie Fox.
Camera (Technicolor), Julio Macat; editors, Richard Halsey, Colleen Halsey; music, Bruce Broughton; production design, John Graysmark; art director, Michael Rizzo; set decorators, Peg Cummings, Jim Poynter; costume design, Kimberly Tillman; sound (Dolby), Nelson Stoll; casting, Mindy Marin. Reviewed at Sony Pictures, Culver City, July 16, 1993. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 93 min.
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Patriots announce media schedule for next couple of days
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According to the Patriots, power outages throughout the area contributed to the cancellation of coach Bill Belichick's conference call with reporters on Sunday afternoon. The team arrived home safely after a bit of an adventurous plane flight home (check some of the post-flight Tweets from players here and here) early Sunday, but were given the day off on Sunday. In addition, the Patriots announced that Belichick would hold a press conference at Gillette on Monday at 3:30 p.m., followed by media access to the locker room at 4:45 p.m.
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Abbie is a hot young amateur that hasn't appeared in many XXX movies but her appearance on First Time Amateurs is still a favorite for thousands of Reality Kings members. Abbie's first appearance on the RK Network was back in 2006 when she appeared in the episode, "Peach Fuzz." You can still see the video on FirstTimeAuditions.com and RK.com.
Site: First Time Auditions
Date: Monday, December 6, 2004
Abbie is a Georgia girl who has not experienced much until now. We turned her out the minute her she walked in the door. This inhibited freak found out that she loves to suck on the bone down to the gristle and get her tight wet pussy pounded while her ass is up in the air. She had a good time with us and did not want to leave so we served up something hot and gooey all up in her mouth. She just loved it.


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Given the problem: How do you pump water into a boiler using only steam pressure from that boiler? I would come up with some sort of piston-based steam engine connected to a piston-based water pump. Which identifies me as a thermodynamic dunce – as a much cleverer no-moving-parts answer was invented 150 years ago; which I came across in a book on steam engine technology. Basic thermodynamic theory flourished in the mid-19th century, which puzzled me until Richard Wilson, editor of Electronics Weekly, explained it thus: "Because they had big brains and nothing else to think about."
I hadn't though of it like that, but now I agree. When the steam engine was the state of the art, lots of clever people got involved. Anyway, the water injector is unbelievably clever and I suspect any self-respecting member of the IMechE would understand it immediately. I don't. If you are interested – there is a diagram and explanation in Wikipedia (click the image below). The simple bit is that steam from the boiler goes through a narrow nozzle and sucks up water – I remember this bit from the 'scent spray' demonstration at school. Then it gets cleverer, as the mixture of steam and water goes through a convergent-divergent nozzle which, through the magic of Carnot, comes out at a higher pressure than the boiler. Wow. The whole steam engine book is full of equally clever mechanisms, which I hope are still taught to mechanical engineers as someone ought to be remembering them just in case society needs them in the future. Just like electronic engineers are remembering how thermionic circuits work – oh…. 'Alice' (Picture "Valley Railroad Steam Engine, Essex CT" – Professor Bop, under Creative Commons Attribution Licence)


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'Tis the Season for Holiday Movie Classics!
Written by Katie Marzullo
Christmas movies have been a staple of the medium since Thomas Edison first cranked a roll of celluloid through his Kinetoscope, and you can bet that, as long as movies keep being made and Christmases continue to be celebrated, there are plenty more holiday-themed flicks yet to come.
The first Christmas movie is widely believed to be The Night Before Christmas from way back in 1905, directed by Edwin S. Porter, the same man who helmed the revolutionary film The Great Train Robbery (1903). But you have to go back even further, into the previous century in fact, to find what might be perhaps the earliest Christmas film ever, a barely one-minute short from England simply titled Santa Claus, which was shot in 1898! The short clip shows Santa visiting an abode to do his thing and employs some rather impressive special effects for the 19th century. Check it out below:
Obviously, we've come a long way since those hand-cranked silents, and the proceeding century has given us a seemingly endless list of holiday films to fill us with Christmas cheer every year. Here are 5 of my personal favorites:
1 – A Christmas Story (1983)
Well, duh. This is pretty much a staple, and TBS has been dutifully hammering it into our subconscious for a few years now with its Christmas Day 24-hour marathons. Even for such a great movie, that's a bit of overkill, but no one can deny or weary of this gem's charm and appeal. The movie revolves around little Ralphie, a typical suburban kid from the 1940s, and his quest to obtain the ultimate Christmas gift: a Red Ryder BB Gun. We can all relate to the feeling of wanting that one present soooo bad, it practically consumes all our thoughts the entire month of December, and it's pretty hard to choke back the tears of joy when Ralphie finally opens his prized possession at the end of the film. "Frah-gee-leh!"
2 – Elf (2003)
This is still a fairly new flick, and as such has only recently been added to my Christmas repertoire. Regardless of what your feelings about Will Ferrell may be any other day of the year, most of us can agree that he was pitch-perfect as the wide-eyed innocent elf-human Buddy who ventures from the North Pole to New York City (by way of the Candy Cane Forest, of course) to meet his real father (James Caan), who happens to be on the Naughty List. Along the way, he falls for Zooey Deschanel, who is perhaps the only person on the planet who can match Buddy the Elf in adorkability. Fun fact: The elf who scolds Buddy for not making enough Etch-a-Sketches is none other than Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie from A Christmas Story!
3 – Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
This is a sentimental favorite. I grew up on this film and literally watched it every Christmas Eve with my mom before I went to bed. Not too many people these days have heard of it though. The film tells the origin story of Santa, how he began as a humble peasant named Claus from the Middle Ages who delights in making woodcut toys for kids. One night, during a bad blizzard, he and his wife end up at the North Pole, and Father Christmas declares Claus the Santa we all know and love! Hooray! The movie pulls back the veil on many factors of the Santa mythos, like how the reindeer came to fly, how Santa gets up and down those chimneys, and how he got so fat (all the cookies!). Along the way, evil John Lithgow tries to take over Christmas and stuff, and Santa has to save the day with the help of a scrappy street urchin who doesn't believe in him. Let the heartwarming commence!
4 – It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's hard to believe, but this film initially bombed when it was released in 1946. But after television was invented and became more common in households, airings of the film reached a whole new audience, and it's since become a classic. And why not? It's the ultimate story of triumph over adversity. All George Bailey (James Stewart) wants to do is see the world. But tragic circumstances keep him nailed to his small town of Bedford Falls where he has to run his family's Building and Loan. Fed up with the bullcrap, he makes a wish that he had never been born. An apprentice angel named Clarence grants his wish, and George sees his life before him without him in it – the town's gone to hell, his little brother is dead, and his wife ends up a spinster thanks to a lack of good ol' Bailey lovin' to save her. George sees the error of his ways and begs for his old, crappy life back. His duty fulfilled, Clarence ascends to Heaven or something and finally gets his wings. And everyone George knows, including his poor maid, shows up at his house and gives him all their money. Atta boy, Clarence!
5 – Scrooged (1988)
For as many Christmas movies that exist out there, at least half of them are adaptations of Charles Dickens's yuletide allegory, A Christmas Carol. Seriously, I think at least two new versions come out every year (usually on either Lifetime of ABC Family). But none of them were quite as clever or memorable as Richard Donner's 1988 update of the story of a miserly a-hole learning the "true meaning of Christmas" thanks to a series of ghostly encounters. Bill Murray stars as the Scrooge character, Frank Cross, who is the President of a television network. In a shrewd meta twist, that TV network happens to be preparing for a live broadcast of Dickens's original tale. Cross, who has stepped on everyone he knows to rise to the top, goes on a series of wacky adventures with the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future, ultimately realizing that there's more to life than winning Emmys. (wait... what??) A tremendous cast and an ingenious script make this one an annual must-watch!!!
What's YOUR favorite Christmas movie? Let us know in the comment below!
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Winter is long in Norway and it has been a pretty cold May this year. Suddenly summer is here and today there was a record temperature for this time of year of 30.3 centigrades. Tomorrow morning at six o'clock the 600 k brevet for PBP starts. I usually need some time to get used to the heat so I had a really bad day at work today (aches and pains everywhere), and I am a bit worried about cycling in this heat for a full day and more.
The upside of a high pressure is that there will little or no wind.
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Tolleson police issued an Amber Alert on Monday night after they said a man sexually assaulted a woman and abducted a child.
Police say 32-year-old Israel Celis broke into the home in Tolleson and sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint. He duct taped her and abducted a 3-year-old boy, police said.
Celis is believed to be driving a blue 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe with an Arizona license plate ABJ-8126. Police said he could possibly be fleeing to Mexico.
Celis is described as about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He has a tattoo on his forearm and a full back tattoo.
Police said Celis may be armed.
The boy is about 3 feet tall, weighing 30 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a light green shirt, gray pants with white stripe down the legs and Transformers flip flops.
Anyone who sees the car that matches the description of the vehicle Celis may be driving is encouraged to call 911.


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I dusted off my old bookmarks today and reminded myself how amazing Kozyndan is.. are… (two wonderful people, Kozy and Dan). Make sure you head to their site and look at all of their panoramic work (they're too wide to squeeze here). Beautiful.
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City councilman changes mind; no cell tower on his property
After drawing heavy criticism from fellow council members, Scranton Councilman Pat Rogan announced Friday night he is no longer pursuing a contract with Verizon Wireless to erect a cell tower on his land.
"Although everything I have pursued has been legal and in accordance with the Ethics Act, I have notified Verizon that I am no longer interested in renting my land to them to remove the mere appearance of impropriety," he wrote in an emailed statement to The Times-Tribune. "The city of Scranton is facing many challenges, and I do not want this issue to be a distraction from the important work that needs to be done on behalf of the residents of Scranton."
Last year, the communications company pitched a plan to council that would install towers in three city parks. In March, just five months later, Mr. Rogan purchased a vacant lot at 905-907 W. Locust St. for $1,810 at a sale of tax-delinquent properties. To the surprise of at least two other council members, Verizon has filed a request with the city's zoning board to allow a tower there.
Contacted by phone Friday night, the councilman confirmed the email was authentic, but said little else.
"The statement speaks for itself," he said.
When asked if he had been tipped off by the company before making the land purchase, Mr. Rogan again directed a reporter to the statement.
"I did not receive any information from the Verizon representative or anyone else at any time that was confidential in nature surrounding this project," it reads.
Others on council have had plenty to say about the controversy.
"It looks bad either way," Councilman Joe Wechsler told the Times-Tribune earlier this week. "Whether it's legal or not, it looks bad."
Councilman Bill Gaughan said the situation "stinks" and questioned whether the rest of his legislative body had been "lied to."
Asked if his decision was prompted by council anger, Mr. Rogan deflected questions by once more pointing to the statement. He refused to reveal how much money he stood to make by renting land to the wireless company, but said in the statement he was one of many who responded to the Verizon request for land.
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Images: Soldiers evaluate TCAPS during NIE 13.2 [Image 2 of 8]
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U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division prepare to search a building at a cordon and search of Palmiyah Village during the Network Integration Evaluation at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 2, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Pawlak/Released)
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03/23/2012, English Harbour
I am happy to report that the windlass is back on the boat and works, the hatch over the bed has been rebidded and the water pump is working. Dassa is an excellent mechanic and we can highly recommend him. Meantime I have been busy sanding teak and writing. At this point this is a record year for the number of my articles published in the Caribbean Compass and All At Sea.
03/20/2012, English Harbour, Antigua
We attribute the small and unexplainable malfunctions of gear aboard the boat to "gremlins". A few months ago both heads (toilets) mysteriously were in need of repair. We left Saint Martin where you can buy just about any boat part easily and duty free and out of the blue the fresh water pump quit working. It had served the boat for 16 years, so it owed us nothing, but the timing was not great. We do have a hand pump, but before we primed the hand pump and got it going Hunter was able to use the sea water deck pump to pump water into the accumulation tank. This was not a perfect fix, but it worked well until Hunter could buy the correct pump.
Gremlins also attacked a hatch over our bed and on the sail from Nevis to Montserrat we had waves pouring over our bow and the hatch leaked and...one more for Hunter's list. We cannot attribute the next problem to gremlins, but the windlass (the motor that hauls the anchor chain up and down) has been in need of servicing and Hunter just lacked the tools to pull it off. We got in touch with a man named Dassa and he brought his wheel puller and as I type two brains and two tools boxes are attacking that problem. It appears that we need a can of Gremlin Be Gone.
03/17/2012, Nevis
Nevis, the little sister island of two island country of St. Kitts and Nevis, is 36 square miles with a population of about 12,000 people. As you approach Nevis from any direction Nevis Peak (3,232 feet) stands out as the major landmark and almost always wears a shroud of clouds. I mention this for two reasons: the first was the welcome rain shower from the cloud on the peak that we got our first night here after a wet salty passage; the second is of course our desire to get onto the peak and into the forest. We did find a hike that got us onto the peak and into some very nice forest. The hike is called the Source and takes you to the source of the drinking water for much of the island. When you get to the "Source" you can climb a 55 plus rung rusty ladder, or you can just admire the forest. We both climbed the ladder.
03/11/2012, Saint Martin
Okay, I did not surf any waves on my first day out on a surf kayak, also called a surf ski, I just paddled and wobbled a bit and said whoa and a few other words, not appropriate for my blog. . A surf ski is a long, narrow, lightweight kayak with an open cockpit and a foot pedal controlled rudder. It kind of feels like sitting on a long tube with an indent for you butt cheeks. When you get past the wobblies you can catch waves. Hunter looks very relaxed in this photo, but he has a few more kayak hours under seat.
Our friend Thomas is a coach for the Saint Martin surf kayak club and offered us the opportunity to try out the surf kayak. It was really fun and I think I would enjoy the sport, but the kayak is nearly 12 feet long and would not fit on our deck. We are getting ready to leave St. Martin and head south. It has been a busy and fun four weeks, but it is time to go.
02/25/2012, Simpson Bay Lagoon, St. Martin
Saint Martin is a great place to buy stuff for the boat, get work done and do work. We both have project lists and today Hunter serviced the outboard motor. We used the boom to hoist the motor into the cockpit so Hunter could change the oil, change the impeller and lube the engine. The cockpit is not the ideal workshop, but it is better than working in the water, especially with high winds. This has the potential to be a very greasy job and Hunter did a great job keeping the mess contained.
02/22/2012, St. Martin
For us St. Martin is mostly about doing boat work and taking advantage of really good boat supply stores that are duty free. We always meet friends here on similar missions and we have a few friends who have settled here and it is nice to visit with them.
It is carnival week and we finally took a break from chores and errands (buying stuff) and went to the French side to watch the evening Carnival parade. A band is a group of people in similar themed costume. There is a sound truck, usually an 18 wheeler with really BIG speakers and a beverage truck behind the people. The people dance to the music behind the monster sound truck and do this for hours. At one point one of the band staff made his rounds with buckets of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)- yeah, for real.
Carnival happens once a year and people really let loose. As I took photos a few of the band members came up to me to get me to dance or pose for a photo. Of course I complied in all cases.
02/14/2012, Whitehouse Bay, St. Kitts
I did not expect this much red on Valentine's Day. Yesterday we left Montserrat and sailed to St. Kitts in very light wind. Hunter thought it would be great to fly the spinnaker (actually it is an asymmetrical sail). This sail is rigged when needed and lives in a long sock made of very light nylon. Hunter rigged the sail and did not get it quite right and the red monster got in the rigging and the sock got torn.
The task today was to patch the hole and repair two ten foot rips in the sock. The sock is about 50 feet and is quite a monster when out of the big sail bag. Not to worry we did the repairs and the red monster is back in the bag.
02/12/2012, Montserrat
The people of Montserrat are pretty amazing. In 1989 hurricane Hugo wiped out much of the island's infrastructure. Over 90% of the houses were damaged. People rebuilt and resumed their lives. In August 1995 the volcano that had been dormant for four hundred years awoke and buried almost half of the island in ash rocks and debris, including the capital city. People evacuated the area and got on with life. Many folks were evacuated and told that it would be a just a few days. That was 17 years ago. Just two years ago in February, 2010 a dome collapsed sending more ash and rock fall onto the island.
We have dropped our anchor here a few times but never went ashore. There is very little protection in the anchorage so you need good weather conditions. We took advantage of the opportunity and spent two days in Montserrat. We took a tour which in included a visit to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Our guide took us to lookouts where we could see the impact of the lava and debris flows. In this photo our guide, Joe, is showing us what the house looked like before the lava flow and you can see that afterward you can only see the top of story of the house.
PS. The Jimmy Buffet song "Volcano" is about Montserrat.
02/09/2012, Ilet a Fajou, Guadeloupe
I spent my birthday anchored in a beautiful secluded anchorage in water so clear we could see starfish beneath the boat. We had a great birthday lunch aboard Oceania. Kathy cooked colombo curried chicken, rice and salad with birthday cake and wine. Lunch was delicious, the company was great. It was a lovely day!
It is always a gift to take a minute out of my bureaucratic day and read about your latest adventure. Sue.
02/08/2012, Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe
We are in Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe and took a trip to the Aquarium. This little fellow is a yellow headed jaw fish.
02/04/2012, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe
We are in Les Saintes, Guadeloupe. We left Dominica yesterday for Marie Gallant, but a few gusts over 25 knots helped us decide that it was not a day to go into the wind.
02/04/2012, Portsmouth, Dominica
Yesterday we (Kathy and John from Oceania and Deb and Chuck from Neytiri) set out to take a short hike to a nice swimming hole, take a swim and return to the boats to do chores. When we got to the swimming hole on Picard River a man was taking a swim and we did not want to disturb him so we continued walking up the trail and found signs for the Waitukubuli Trail. Hunter and I realized that this was the piece of trail that we saw a few days ago that connects to the Indian River. We explained to the group that this trail would have to go up and the ridge between the rivers and then down again. Well, it turns out the trail went up, up, up and then down and did that two more times before we got to the Indian River. The trail passed through beautiful tropical forest and offered a few great views. Here is the group descending into a creek bed.
02/01/2012, Bense, Dominica
Today Kathy and John form Oceania, and Deb and Chuck from Neytiri joined us on a hike to Chaudiere Pool. We took a bus to the trail head at Bense and hiked through plantation and into the deep jungle, where a small waterfall pours into a pool. The falling water creates air bubbles and the effervescence gives you the feeling of swimming in champagne. In this photo Hunter is climbing the rock beside the waterfall and the rest of the group is testing the water temperature with their toes.
01/27/2012, Portsmouth, Dominica
The Waitukubuli Trail follows the spine (more or less) of this very mountainous island and is broken into segments from south to north. We have hiked segments in the past and yesterday we walked part of segment 11. Typical of most trails in Dominica it weaves through groves of grapefruit, banana, cocoa and coffee, and then goes through stretches of jungle. The trail was climbed rapidly and gave us an excellent view of the bay
01/25/2012, Fort de France, Martinque
We have been in Martinique for almost two weeks and have really been enjoying the people and the country. We have taken a few hikes and many walks around town. Of course we have stocked up on wine, cheese and other goodies. I am finding that my high school French still lives in crevices of my brain and I can actually understand quite a bit and can often make my self understood.
We are anchored at Fort de France and have been entertained by flash mobs and drumming circles and practice for carnival. We discovered this little store in town that sells: olives, olive oil, capers, sun dried tomatoes, spices, grains, dried fruit and poulet roti (rotisserie chicken).
01/18/2012, Trois Islets
Trois Islets is a quaint town. We enjoyed this well pump.
01/18/2012, Le Marin
We are in Martinique visiting some old favorite spots and exploring new places. This photo was taken from our favorite anchorage in Le Marin. We stayed in Le Marin for a few days and took a hike on the west side of Le Marin with Kathy and John from the boat Oceana. Of course we bought some wine and cheese and other French goodies.
We sailed north to Grand Anse D'Arlet and hiked over to Petit Anse D'Arlet. The hike took about an hour and Hunter, with his well tuned nose for French bakeries, found a bakery and of course we replaced the calories we expended on the hike. We returned to our boats and enjoyed a late lunch ashore to celebrate Kathy's **th birthday with Ti punch , white wine lunch.
Ti Punch is a local drink made of one part cane syrup and three to four parts rum with lots of lime. You can add water if you wish. Kathy asked for a glass of white wine and the waitress asked "Petit or Grande". Well, who wants a small glass of wine of your birthday? The Grande glass turned out to be a large bottle. We helped her- that is what friends are for.
01/05/2012, Soufriere, St. Luica
Did I mention that the view from the top is spectacular?
The red arrow points to Arctic Tern.
01/04/2012, Soufriere, St. Lucia
As you approach St. Lucia from the south two large cone shaped volcanic plugs rise from the azure and emerald sea. These spectacular features, Gros Piton and Petit Piton, are often used as an icon for St. Lucia; even the national beer is named Piton. The Pitons are part of a World Heritage site that also includes a coral reef and several other volcanic features. We have hiked up both Pitons and enjoy the challenge of the climb up the Petit Piton, which rises 2,461 feet above the sea.
Getting up the Petit Piton is a climb and I spent much of the two hours up and two hours down in four wheel drive (hands and feet engaged). There are ropes hung to aid you in the most difficult places and contrary to everything I have ever learned about rock climbing I made liberal us of roots and vegetation. The view from the top is spectacular.
01/03/2012, Soufriere, St. Lucia
After an 8 ½ hour lumpy, bumpy and wet passage yesterday we got to St. Lucia too late to go to customs and immigration so we checked in this morning. It turns out that the town of Soufriere considers January 3 a holiday. It was explained to me that - New Year's Day fell on a Sunday, so Monday was New Year's Day and Tuesday is the holiday. I really did not follow the logic, but I could clearly see that most stores were closed. We really did not need anything in town, but Hunter had a hankering for the local bread bake in a wood stove.
The "local" bakery that we remembered from previous trips was closed so after some asking around we found the open bakery. There is no sign to let you know that this nondescript alley leads to a window to the bakery- this is clearly local knowledge about the local bakery.
We got on line and listened to complaints like "you said the bread ready in five minutes, ten minutes ago". A kind person in front of us mentioned that you can get loaves buttered, with cheese or plain. Cueing up, as in getting in a line and staying there, does not seem to be embedded in the culture. There is no pushing and shoving, just people getting in front of you and calling their order to the window. We got our hot buttered and cheesed bread and found a bench in the square and savored the slightly smoky flavor of the bread. Okay, we snarfed the bread and enjoyed every bite.


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Delaware Electric Co-op relaunches LED Poultry Light Grant ProgramCo-op will provide lights for one poultry house per member: applications due July 19
Poultry farmers will soon receive a helping hand from Delaware Electric Cooperative. The co-op is relaunching its LED Poultry Lighting Grant Program to help farmers convert incandescent poultry lights to energy-efficient LED lights.
LED lights use about 80 percent less energy than traditional poultry lights. Delaware Electric Cooperative will offer the bulbs to growers for only $7 per bulb through the grant program. The high-efficiency LEDs usually cost $28.
According to data compiled by the University of Arkansas, growers will be able to save $983 per year by installing the LED lights, assuming their poultry house produces six flocks per year.
DEC has set aside $50,000 for the program in 2013. DEC President and CEO Bill Andrew said, "This grant program will provide a 75 percent discount to farmers looking to install energy-efficient poultry lighting. The LED lights can last up to nine years and will save growers money over the life of the lights."
To qualify for a grant, growers must be served by Delaware Electric Cooperative. Because of the high level of expected interest, grant recipients may be chosen through a lottery system. The co-op will only provide enough lights for one poultry house per member, and grant money will not cover any costs associated with installing the LED lights.
Delaware Electric Cooperative will purchase the lights, and they will be shipped directly to farmers. For more information on the program, contact Kevin Yingling, manager of business development and energy services, at 302-349-3120 or email@example.com or visit www.delaware.coop. Applications are due by Friday, July 19.
Delaware Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric utility serving 85,000 member-owners in Kent and Sussex counties. For more information go to www.delaware.coop or www.beatthepeak.coop or follow on Twitter and Facebook.


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Wake Forest Knocks Off Charlotte 8-4
Feb. 27, 2013
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By Steven Wright, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeBaseball)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Freshman Luke Czajkowski hit his first-career home run and recorded his first multi-hit game, and Brett Armour added a two-run homer in Wake Forest's 8-4 win over Charlotte on Wednesday night at Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park.
The win improves the Demon Deacons to 7-3 on the year, which is the best 10-game start to a season that Wake Forest has put together since 2007. That year, the Deacs went 34-29 and earned a berth in the NCAA Regionals. The loss drops Charlotte to 4-2.
Czajkowski was one of three Deacons to collect two hits, as he went 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored. Evan Stephens went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Matt Conway went 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Armour was 1-for-3 at the plate with a two-run homer, while Pat Blair reached base four times and scored two runs by drawing three walks and getting hit by a pitch.
Justin Van Grouw earned the win on the mound to improve to 1-1 on the year, pitching 6.0 strong innings. Van Grouw struck out a career-best seven batters, scattered five hits and allowed just one run to cross the plate. Charlotte used nine pitchers on the day with Micah Wells (0-1) taking the loss.
Jack Carey helped the Demon Deacons get on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Stephens, who led off the inning with an infield single.
Charlotte tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning on its own sacrifice fly, but Wake Forest scored at least one run in each of the next four innings to take the lead for good.
With one away in the bottom of the fourth, Czajkowski sent a missile over the left field wall for his first-career bomb and gave the Demon Deacons a 2-1 advantage.
Wake Forest then got two runs in the fifth, two in the sixth and two in the seventh. Conway drove in both runs in the fifth on a bases-loaded single to put the Deacs up 4-1. Wake Forest took a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth on Armour's two-run blast to left field, scoring Conor Keniry.
The 49ers added a run in the top of the seventh to make the game 6-2 before the Deacs added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh. Charlie Morgan hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded to score Blair and also moved up the other two runners. Czajkowski followed with a ground ball to third base that brought Joey Rodriguez home to score.
Wake Forest will have a day off before getting back to the field on Friday to begin a three-game series at home with New Mexico State. Game times are scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday, 4 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.


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Rion, Arsenault, Westhoff featured
Published: Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 4:30 a.m.
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ASHEVILLE -- Woolworth Walk's featured artists for Nov. 16, through Dec. 20 will be Kathy Rion, Jon Arsenault and Katie Westhoff. An opening reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16.
Rion's philosophy is that beauty is all around us, in the flowers, trees, sky and ocean. She is a graduate of Furman University with a minor degree in art. She also has taught at Camp Rockmont's youth camp as their arts and crafts director for three years. She is a member of Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League.
Arsenault received his bachelor of fine arts degree in ceramics from East Carolina University in 1996 and moved to Asheville to fill a position as resident artist at the Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts. He lives in Candler where he lives and works in his studio. He has been called upon to be an assistant to many known clay artists and graduate teachers at Penland School as well as being a kiln-building technician for them.
Westhoff was born in Germany and is now a resident of Black Mountain where at the age of 89 she lives a very full life. An accomplished artist, in years past her oil paintings were exhibited in Detroit and New York where she has collectors.
Woolworth Walk is at 25 Haywood St., Asheville. For more information, call 254-9234.
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