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Every now and then on the Criticwire Network an older film gets singled out for attention. This is the Criticwire Classic of the Week.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Criticwire Average: A+
At 83 and after over 100 feature films and shorts, Jean-Luc Godard is still making films that start arguments among cinephiles. His latest, "Goodbye to Language," found mostly positive reception at Cannes this year, but the likes of "Film Socialisme" and "Notre Musique" polarized critics between cries of "genius" and "impenetrable rubbish." Godard first divided people with his 1960 debut "A bout de souffle," or "Breathless," between those who balked at its characters' amorality and Godard's breaking of laid out film "rules" and those fascinated by its jagged rhythms and cool detachment. Years later, it stands as one of the most important films of its era, a film that signaled the French New Wave's run of movies that were in love with movies.
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg star as a hood on the lam for killing a cop and his lover, respectively, but the film is less about the crime or its implications and more about its characters' attitude. Belmondo's character is more fascinated by the idea of being a gangster (and more of a movie gangster than a real one) than anything else, and his every movement and gesture is calculated for effect, for maximum "cool," all to hide how much of a kid he really is. Seberg is more difficult to read, with purpose: we can never really tell what she thinks of Belmondo, of his crime, and whether she'll go along with or betray him out of strong feelings or curiosity.
But close readings of "Breathless" almost seem beside the point, since its greatest pleasures are more immediate. Its use of jump-cuts were revolutionary, but even without that knowledge they're still playful and perfectly suited to the film's irreverent mood and energy. They're also a great match to Raoul Coutard's handheld camerawork, which only add to the on-the-fly feel of both the filmmaking and the characters' lives. And years later, when Godard's interviews and late-period films give the feeling of a grouchy and deeply frustrated man, it's great to remember a time when he was just having fun.
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Eric Kohn, Indiewire
"Breathless" offers a lesson in the principles of cinematic meaning by systematically confronting them. That Godard chose to use the jump cut as a quick strategy for whittling his two-and-a-half hour version down to ninety minutes almost seems irrelevant. Godard's cheap shortcut underscores his devotion to realizing his ideas in steadfast resistance to failure. Out of that resistance emerged a new kind of style: stream-of-consciousness filmmaking of the highest order. Read more.
Jeannie Kermode, Eye For Film
That said, "Breathless" is a visually innovative film. It looks startlingly modern when viewed alongside other work of the period, partly due to Godard's use of jump cuts to pull us in and out of the action (and perhaps to illustrate Michel's distracted state). By contrast, the long climactic take verges on the surreal, bringing emotion back into focus after all those studied denials. There are some things our bold antihero cannot escape from. Patricia muses on the nature of freedom; Michel, by contrast, seems to have so much of the stuff that he is condemned by his own indecision. Read more.
Joe Leydon, Variety
If you're a true-blue cinephile, you'll be amused by the movie allusions Godard cheekily tosses about like flavorsome garnish. For example: There's a witty, in-jokey reference to a certain "Bob Montagné," the protagonist of Jean-Pierre Melville's street-smart "Bob le Flambeur" ("Bob the Gambler"), a 1956 drama often cited as an influence on New Wavers. (Turnabout is fair play: In Jim McBride's under-rated 1983 remake-in-name-only of "Breathless," someone is accused of ratting out a hood named "Johnny Godard.") But, really, you don't need to know anything about the movies that Godard references to appreciate that his film remains, even after five decades, almost shockingly vital and involving. Read more.


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I just started racing this year and have 2 races under my Cat 5 belt.
I learned a TON of things in my 2 races and gradually getting the hang of doing crits.
In my last crit, I tried moving up the pack, going nearly OTF, middle and back of the pack, learning about the best lines to take in corners etc.
Anyway, one thing I noticed in my 2 races is that nobody ever succeeds in their attacks and nobody goes into a successful break.
In my next crit, I plan on launching an attack/s just to see how it is like.
Question is, in your experience, when is the best time to launch this that may be successful? Is it during a lull in the pace, before/during/after corners, on straightaways, during the last X laps?
The answer might be "it depends," but what signs are you looking for in the peloton, or any tips in general, if you want an attack to succeed?

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South Jersey Cares will be hosting a benefit for a very strong young man who is battling Ewing Sarcoma, a treatable, but not curable cancer. Dylan is a strong, always smiling individual and is a hero to so many. We heard about the troubles the family was having and decided we wanted to give back and help out a family who if you met them, would never know the trials they face on a day to day basis. Since Dylan loves music and it helps him get through his chemo and radon treatments, we are having a few bands and a very popular DJ play together with a chinese basket auction, a 50/50, celebrity guests and food and drinks. Tickets are $30.00 pp or $50.00 for couples and includes the buffet, one drink and half priced drinks all night. We have many big names such as the Eagles, Flyers and local businesses donating awesome baskets! So come on out and have fun and meet Dylan and support a young boy who is not allowing cancer to define him If you cannot attend and would like to help or donate and for more details email South Jersey Cares.
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Austin Walther, a member of the North Carolina National Guard's B Company, 3-20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), shows what his team uses during a tour of the NCNG flight facility for members of the USA Baseball 15U National Team in Morrisville, N.C., July 19. The team of 15 years old and younger youth visited NCNG soldiers during a break in competition from a series of warm up games in the area in preparation for the upcoming Pan American Championships in Barranquilla, Columbia. The soldiers watched the young athletes squirm as they tried on heavy body armor and helmets. Some players even got to hold weapons that were made safe for display. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released)
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So: I had no idea George Clooney was dating Stacy Keibler, which is probably why I don't write celebrity gossip. But! I am a fashion writer and that makes me more qualified to talk about style than someone who has never seen a dress before. Maybe. Anyway, Hollywood's distinguished professor of motion pictures, George Clooney, showed up at the New York Film Festival to premiere his latest film The Descendants* and brought along this season's George Clooney Girlfriend model, former WCW long leg haver Stacy Keibler. Then things got weird. And tacky. More


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Once our breakfast settles we head out on the adventure. We walk about 2 hours on a gravel road that winds through the jungle with river crossings until we reach the entrance of the cave.
I am floored by the pristine beauty of the cave. This is a picture you would see on a post card. Once we get a safety briefing and learn the history of the cave (I have actually met the first Archeologist to discover and uncover the ruins inside the cave), we are on our way.
We start out by swimming in the mouth of the cave and then it is dark. I am glad we have headlamps and helmets. I have so much adrenaline for what lies ahead.
The trip inside takes us about an hour and a half. On our way to the main cathedral, we climb over rocks, swim and traverse cave walls. Because of rocks under the water, we work as a team to help each other navigate the terrain.
With one last climb up a large boulder, we reach the main cathedral. The rest will be for you to find out for yourselves. All I will say is that the experience is so spiritual and surreal. It is unlike anything you can imagine.
After we make our way out of the cave, it is time for lunch. The sandwiches, fruit and cookies taste gourmet after our strenuous adventure in the cave. While I did get cold in the middle of the cave, I am thankful for the wet clothes for the walk back as it is hot.
When we get to the lodge we all part ways to relax, shower and unwind. Mom and I grab a beer and sit on the porch. While the Belizean Belikin beer is not the best, it is an amazing reward after our day of adventure. Sitting on the porch, I am reminded of our family cabin in Montana...just different scenery...jungle instead of pine trees, humid instead of hot and dry, macaws instead of meadowlarks.
We decide to take our next beer in the room while we enjoy a much needed HOT shower. I feel weird getting cleaned up for dinner in the jungle but dinner by candelight seems slightly dressy so I manage to do something with my hair.
We arrive at dinner a little early. The owner Ray hands us a beer and sits down with us to enjoy some pre-dinner chips and salsa. We really enjoy visiting with him about the history of the lodge, how his kids grew up in the jungle and how they were able to do homeschooling in the jungle and go on to great Universities for college. Having a desire to live and work abroad, I enjoy hearing about how couples manage to live life out of the norm.
Dinner again is a wonderful meal. We all enjoy sharing our days excursion and learning more about each other. It is mom's birthday today and I had made prior arrangements for a cake. She is surprised when the staff brings out a cake covered in candles and we all sing 'Happy Birthday'. Mom of course is embarrassed but I know deep inside, so excited to be spending a birthday with so much action.
After dinner, we all retire to the common area where we enjoy an after dinner drink (mostly beer). Cat and David also sit and relax with us, only making them feel more like family. David grabs his guitar and serenades us the rest of the evening.
As the evening progresses, signs of a thunderstorm warn us that rain is inevitable. My mom is very very afraid of lightning. I am not sure how she will handle an open air cabana with a thatched roof. Luckily the storm is small and passes quickly. We fall asleep to the sound of rain falling on the thatched roof...very cool!


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By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in Legislation, Medical, News
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 5:07 pm
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|Alexander Kolanek's lost his medical marijuana case before the Michigan Supreme Court. The Oakland County man was arrested with marijuana before he formally met with his doctor.
In a 7-0 decision, justices said Alexander Kolanek can face cannabis charges because he did not satisfy the requirements of the 2008 law, reports David Eggert at mlive.com.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, overwhelmingly approved by 63 percent of the state's voters, allows patients with ID cards immunity from prosecution if they have no more than 2.5 ounces of marijuana and 12 plants kept in a locked, enclosed space.
Patients are protected, whether or not they have a card, if a physician has said marijuana will help treat their serious or debilitating medical condition.
But Justice Mary Beth Kelly said because the medical marijuana law does not apply retroactively, Kolanek needed a doctor's statement before his 2009 arrest. Kolanek said he smoked cannabis to deal with problems from Lyme disease.
He came to the attention of police on April 6, 2009, when he and another bank customer got into an argument in a bank's parking lot. A sheriff's deputy who responded to a 911 call searched Kolanek's car and found a pill bottle containing eight joints.
Kolanek submitted an application for a medical marijuana registry ID card on April 12, 2009, along with a qualifying patient certificate from his doctor. His card was issued May 1, 2009.
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Robotic prostatectomy - removal of the prostate gland to treat prostate cancer - is currently the #1 treatment option for prostate cancer. Given its dramatic adoption rate by urologists since its introduction in 2001, this approach has already surpassed open surgery to become the most-often performed approach to prostate cancer surgery in the United States.
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KEN HENSLEY Proud Words gatefold 1973 USA LP Uriah Heep
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USA original 1973 edition on the Mercury red label LP "Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf" with gatefold cover (SRM 1-661).AMG REVIEW: This is the solo debut of Uriah Heep's resident keyboardist and top songwriter, but it isn't the heavy metal epic one might expect. In fact, Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf uses electric guitar sparingly and instead goes for a moody soundscape built on acoustic guitar and piano. Songs like "Black Hearted Lady" and "The Last Time" even evoke a bit of a country and western feel, thanks to their use of mellow-sounding slide guitar. This subtle sonic style puts Hensley's songwriting in the spotlight and that is a good thing because each of the songs is well-crafted and tuneful: a subtle combination of acoustic guitar and synthesizer brings out the haunting, delicately crafted melody of "From Time To Time" and "Black Hearted Lady" effectively evokes its mood of heartbreak with a descending acoustic guitar riff. The album's subtlety also highlights the strength of Ken Hensley's vocals, which often sound close to his Uriah Heep bandmate David Byron. However, Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf doesn't fully abandon the rock and roll muscle that made Uriah Heep famous: "Fortune," is a mid-tempo rocker whose complex, dramatic arrangement gets the closest to sounding like Uriah Heep and "Cold Autumn Sunday," subtly deploys some heavy electric guitar and pounding drums to convey its mood of churning emotions (note: this track also became an FM radio favorite). The only song that feels like a filler is a remake of Hensley's Uriah Heep track "Rain," a pleasant but unnecessary addition that sounds too close to the original to make it worth including. Otherwise, Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf is a solid, likeable album that will definitely please Uriah Heep fans and may even win over other classic rock fans with its combination of strong songwriting and old-fashioned rock production values. SONGS: A1 When Evening Comes 4:35 A2 From Time To Time 3:35 A3 King Without A Throne 3:51 A4 Rain 3:14 A5 Proud Words 3:15 B1 Fortune 5:22 B2 Black-Hearted Lady 3:36 B3 Go Down 3:10 B4 Cold Autumn Sunday 5:29 B5 The Last Time 2:48 CONDITION: The record is excellent with just the slightest wear & some spindle marks on the label, the cover is VG+(+) with minor wear on the corner tips, about a 1" crease on the right side edge & some other very minor & light wear. THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT MY ITEM ON EBAY BUT PLEASE READ ALL INFO ABOVE & BELOW BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS, ABOUT 90% OF QUESTIONS I'M GETTING FROM EBAY CUSTOMERS ARE ALREADY ANSWERED EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW OR ON MY SHIPPING RATES PAGE, THANK YOU.
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DETAILSLaw enforcement officials are seeking information which will lead to the identification of this unknown suspect. Images of this person show him sexually abusing a young girl. The whereabouts of this individual are unknown.
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At the state capitol in Jackson, Gov. Ronnie Musgrove issued a proclamation calling on Mississippians to fly American flags at their homes and businesses. He also observed a moment of silence Wednesday morning at 7:46 a.m. local time when the first plane struck the World Trade Center.
Alabama also paid tribute to those who lost their lives during last year's terrorist attacks. About 500 people turned out on the lawn of the state capitol. A wreath-laying ceremony, along with a moment of silence and a cannon salute, memorialized people who died a year ago or in the war Against Terrorism.
Sandra Washington Conway lost her brother-in-law, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Stephen Bryson.
"If he were here today, how proud he would be for having had the opportunity to fight for his country," said Conway. "so I know he's at peace. And I'm at peace with that."
"September the 11th brought to our nation an unspeakable tragedy and suffering," said Gov. Don Siegelman, "yet we have emerged stronger and more united as Americans."
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With millions of Americans expected to confront an array of voting technologies on Nov. 4, yesterday election administration experts from the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause and Verified Voting issued a 50-state report card that grades each state on its preparedness for election system breakdowns and offers concrete steps election officials can take in the weeks before the election to make sure every vote is counted accurately.
The report, Is America Ready to Vote? State Preparations for Voting Machine Problems in 2008 finds that many states have made dramatic improvements in their voting systems, but nevertheless urges election officials to have backup measures in place-like emergency paper ballots and sound-ballot counting procedures-to ensure the integrity of the vote.
"There's no question that in the last few years, election officials around the country have made dramatic improvements that will make it much less likely that voters are disenfranchised due to voting system failures," said Lawrence Norden, director of the Voting Technology Project at the Brennan Center. "Unfortunately, there is still much work to be done to ensure that every voter will get to vote and every vote will be counted if something goes wrong with voting systems on Election Day," he stated.
Is America Ready to Vote? evaluates each state by four criteria: procedures for issuing emergency paper ballots, reconciling ballot tallies, providing paper records of votes cast, and post-election audits. The report reveals a broad range of preparedness across the country to address Election Day voting system meltdowns.
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- Of the 24 states that use voting machines, eight states, including Colorado and Virginia, have no guidance or requirement to stock emergency paper ballots at the polls, said the report. In contrast, 12 states, including Ohio and North Carolina, recommend emergency paper ballots to be given to voters if machine failures are causing long lines.
- While all states do some form of ballot accounting and reconciliation, the 50-state report card finds that the requirements in nine states (Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia) fall far short of best practices-meaning there are insufficient provisions to make sure that every vote is counted, and only once.
- 28 states get "inadequate" on post-election audits because they lack paper records from which to conduct audits (like Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia) or because they do not mandate manual audits even where paper is available (like Michigan, Montana and others).
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Eminem Manager Paul Rosenberg On The Evolution Of Slim Shady
How did you guys get Rick Rubin involved?
It started off with Rick wanting to produce tracks with him. I had had several conversations with Rick over the course of the past few years—I had met him through some mutual friends—obviously, we've been a longtime fan of him and his career and what he's done. After talking to him and learning how interested he was in potentially working with Em, it was just about finding the right time and the right project. So one of the things that I keep pointing out to people is that prior to Recovery, Em didn't really work with a whole lot of producers. He worked with Dre, and he produced his own stuff himself and his small crew of people that he worked with, and that was it. So moving forward with Recovery, for whatever reason he opened the door up a little more and realized that he enjoyed the experience of working with more people and keeping it a little more open. So it was really about timing, and the timing worked out because he had just opened up to that concept. So the difference from working with Rick and a lot of other producers who may just send tracks is that they went into the studio together and created the stuff that they had made from complete scratch. There was no pre-existing beats, there was no pre-existing anything, there was just a couple of guys going through break beats and seeing what moves the needle for them.
And it's crazy hearing some of the songs that have come out, the way they put it together. Some songs have four, five, six different parts to them, and that's wild.
Yeah it is. Part of that is the stuff they sampled. The Joe Walsh record, "Life's Been Good," [on the Eminem track "So Far"] has all those different parts in it naturally. But then the thing I think is so awesome about "Berzerk," it really sounds like something that could have been pulled from the License To Ill sessions from The Beastie Boys, especially with the way that the beat changes and these sort of random breakdowns and variations in the beat. It reminds you of something like "Hold It Now, Hit It" or "Slow And Low" or something like that.
How did you pull together the marketing rollout? You guys had the Call Of Duty placement, and then the College Football appearance—were you trying to get the biggest possible platform with those?
It's not really about being on the biggest scale possible ever. It's about doing things that make a lot of sense and that have some sort of connection to Eminem and his fans. So when we look at what the possible partners might be and the ways to creatively—or as they call it, strategically—market the album, we look at things like Beats, because there's a natural relationship obviously with Eminem and Beats, being that it's Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's brand, and they're the guys that put him in the game. [Based on] the obviously long-standing relationship that they have, nobody's gonna look at that and say, "Oh, that's weird." And then similarly, with Call Of Duty, not only have we done stuff with Activision in the past with the DJ Hero game we did with them through licensing music and being involved with previous Call Of Duty games. But when they do research for their fanbase—and trust me, they do a lot of it—they continually get feedback that Eminem is one of the most popular, if not the most popular artist for their fans. So when we can connect to that fanbase through something that they love with a game like that, it makes total sense as well. But then also, those are bigger-scale—and obviously with Call Of Duty being the biggest entertainment property in the world that's a big benefit, and of course we look at that—but also, it just has to fit. So we had this song "Survival," which is just a natural fit for a game like that, so that makes sense, too.
And then it's not just about being big, because we've done stuff with things that have been on a smaller scale. But when we talked about ways to do things differently… And that was the outset from the beginning; okay, we know how to market and promote a record, obviously, but how can we do it differently?
Do you remember how you'd worked the original MMLP?
I mean, it was very traditional; I don't even remember us having a marketing partner for that album. Back then, that was kind of less common, frankly. And because the industry was twice the size it is now, there was more money. And when there's more money, you don't have to necessarily look for more ways to be more creative. And I'm not saying that Eminem albums don't generate a lot of money, I'm saying that the extra dollars to just throw around don't exist as much as they used to.
How else has the music business changed for you in the past 15 or so years? Is that mainly it—you have to get more creative?
Well, you know, I look at it like this—there's two separate things, there's the music business and then there's the record business. The music business is doing fantastic; the record business is having problems and we all know why, and it's half of what it was 10 years ago, maybe even less. So when we approached things in terms of selling a record, yes, we have to look at things differently and have to be more creative sometimes, 'cause we can't do all the stuff that we used to do, and we can't take the things for granted that we used to be able to.
It's incredible—Recovery still went platinum in two weeks. Em still moves records like that.
Yeah, on a very consistent basis. He's got an amazing fanbase that really connects with him, and I think that the interesting thing about him is that he doesn't just have this sort of static fanbase, but he's still continuing to grow new fans. He's an artist that has kids that like him that are 12 years old and adults that like him that are 40 years old. So it's really broad.
Previously: Review: Eminem Battles Slim Shady On Marshall Mathers LP 2
The 50 Best Eminem Verses
Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP 2 By The Numbers
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Pandora Vanderpump Rushes to Her Mom's Defense During RHoBH, Slams Lisa's "Friends"
This week's episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was definitely a tough one to watch if you're a Lisa Vanderpump fan, as several of the ladies share negative opinions of Lisa. And Lisa's daughter isn't happy about it.
We haven't seen Lisa and Ken's daughter, Pandora Vanderpump, on the show much in Season 4, other than when she and husband Jason tell Lisa and Ken they're probably moving to NYC. However, Pandy has showed up at pivotal times on the show throughout the years, particularly with her beautiful wedding to Jason in Season 2.
Now, Pandora — who has also been seen on Vanderpump Rules — has harsh words for the RHoBH gals who aren't firmly in Lisa's corner. "Sorry @LisaVanderpump but I'm turning it off now," Pandora tweets halfway through the episode on February 17. "I can't watch the lies that your 'friends' keep spewing out #rhobh #withfriendslikethese."
Whoa! So which ladies are making Pandy so upset? Well, it's safe to say that Brandi Glanville is at the top of that list, given what Brandi was saying this week about Lisa knowing that Scheana Marie had hooked up with Eddie Cibrian. And Pandora can't be too pleased about some of the things that Yolanda Foster, Kyle Richards, and Kim Richards have been saying about Lisa either.
Ah, the perils of having a mom who's a reality TV star.
Do you agree that the ladies are unfairly turning on Lisa?
Source: Pandora on Twitter


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DUNEDIN — Dunedin High baseball's co-MVPs from this past season have officially signed Letters of Intent.
Eric Sexton, a left-handed pitcher and first basemen, signed with Rollins College, in Winter Park.
Aaron Turman, a right-handed pitcher and outfielder, will be headed to South Florida State College, in Avon Park.
Both seniors helped guide a young Dunedin team to a 14-11 overall record this spring and garnered a number of individual honors in the process.
Sexton, who played this season while still coming back from ligament replacement surgery in his pitching elbow, was named a North County first-team utility player by the Pinellas County Athletic Conference.
The southpaw posted an impressive 1.88 ERA over 22 innings and struck out 28 batters. Sexton was equally impressive in the batter's box, hitting .346, leading the Falcons with 20 runs scored and driving in 15.
Turman joined Sexton on the PCAC first team as an outfielder. He was second on the team in batting average (.386), first in doubles (6), and tied for first in home runs (3).
Turman led all Falcons pitchers with 40 innings pitched and often got the call to start Dunedin's biggest games. He struck out 28 and walked only six while carrying a 3.10 ERA.
Both former Falcons ended their prep playing careers in style by participating in the annual Tampa Bay High School All-Star Classic at Tropicana Field in May.
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Inflation could be lurking in the shadows
When it comes to the question of inflation —— not just random prices creeping higher, not just runaway gasoline prices, but real, hungry inflation, the kind that steals your savings and lowers your standard of living —— there is not a consistent interpretation of the signs, even among economists.
But signs there are, and some people —— among them a leading San Diego economist and an investment expert —— are interpreting them to mean the road ahead could be a bumpy one.
"The big question is this: Will there be a significant amount of inflation?" said Alan Gin, an economics professor at the University of San Diego. "I think that's why the Federal Reserve Board has been moving rates up, to choke off inflationary tendencies."
Consumers, who, unlike economists, form their opinions based on their personal real-world experiences, seem to expect inflation to burst upon the economy as a voracious predator.
As measured by the Conference Board, a New York-based nonprofit business organization that studies trends in the economy and public sentiment, consumer confidence was down in April. That's the fourth straight month consumer confidence has dipped. It's still higher than it was in November, but in November it was headed up. Today it's declining on an ever-steeper slope.
Worse news: Consumers interviewed for the survey said they thought prospects for business weren't looking very hot, either. And only one in six thought he'd be making more money within six months.
Local economy at risk
The San Diego region has been lucky in recent years, its economy surging ahead while performance in most of the land was ho-hum. As recently as March, net job creation in the area outstripped that of the state as a whole and the nation.
But runaway inflation, which some people say is possible by year's end, is something to be taken seriously here because of the peculiar characteristics of our local economy.
Per-capita personal income in the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos metropolitan area, according to figures gleaned from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a paltry $36,000 per year. That ranks 28th in the nation, well below the metro area's ranking on the basis of population. Our earnings are below average.
But a substantial part of our economy, and one of the strongest economic growth areas in recent years, is the hospitality and tourism industry. It's an industry that pays poorly but provides lots of jobs. And it is heavily dependent upon discretionary spending by people who don't live here.
That dependence on other people's discretionary spending may be worrisome if inflation rises, because the first place those other people are likely to cut back is in their discretionary spending.
USD's Gin sees in the consumer confidence numbers cause for concern.
"A productivity downturn could lead to more inflationary pressure," he said. "It's something to keep a lookout for."
Understanding inflation
To grasp the problem, it is important to understand what inflation is. Most people see inflation and rising prices as one and the same thing, but that is an oversimplification. Medical care, for example, costs much more than it did 40 years ago. Few people would be happy to pay those prices today, however, if it meant being treated using the tools and knowledge available to doctors in the mid-1960s. Some of the medical care price increase in those four decades has been because of qualitative improvements.
Price increases are actually a symptom of inflation, not the cause. That's why economists such as Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan don't react strongly to wild swings in the price of energy, especially gasoline, though they do keep a wary eye on them.


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Life on the ocean wave. What a life it is.
There's nothing better than being out on the boat on the open ocean when the sky is blue, the waves are non existent and there's nobody else around to disturb your peace and tranquility for miles.
I like to take my boat out most weekends, drop the anchor overboard and just relax.
I like to fish and when the weather is warm and the sea is calm I set up my fishing gear and drop a line into the ocean, sit back and wait for something, anything to take the bait.
Certainly I like the peace I get form being out at sea with just myself and my thoughts, but I also at times like to have my marine radio switched on with some nice music or a talk radio channel on to keep me entertained, if I ever need it.
What Marine Radio?
My marine radio, or marine stereo if you prefer is what I would call top notch.
It has all the bells and whistles so I always have something to listen to when I'm on my way out or on my way in from the harbor.
I'm able to stick on a CD of my favorite music from the 60′s.
I can turn on the radio and simply tune into my favorite station and catch up on the latest goings on in the world, or catch up on the latest pop music from around the world.
It has USB connectivity so I can easily hook up my iPod and listen to the endless amount of songs I have stored on it.
What I thought About Before Buying My Marine Radio
There were several points that I considered before jumping straight into the deep end and buying my own marine radio.
I thought about points such as:
- What I wanted to listen to. Sometimes just having radio stations to listen to isn't enough. I have a varied taste in music on different devices such as my iPod. I have CDs with mp3 files on that I wanted to be able to listen to. The more the merrier as far as I'm concerned.
- What features do I want, or need? I'm lucky in that I had an unrestricted budget. I basically bought a marine radio that gave me everything I could need. You might not want to. So if you have limited funds think hard about what you actually NEED your marine radio to do. Many of the features my radio has, I don't use. Some say this is a waste of money paying for things you don't need, and just possibly they are right.
- What protection does it have? My marine radio is well protected from what nature has to throw at it. Some cheaper models may not be so well protected, and let's face it, when you're at sea you're going to get salt water and moisture and those things are not good if they can find their way into your marine radios internal components. Heck, if you want you radio to last then keep it well protected.
It's good to have a quality marine radio on board. You can buy these devices from numerous stores around the country, but for me personally I like to make my life easy. So what do I do?
I buy online of course. It's so simple and convenient, and simplicity and convenience is what I like.
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These of course help to make our lives even easier. I rounded down my choice of the best marine radios to only 3. I still wasn't certain of what I wanted until I started reading the marine radio reviews online.
This made my choice so much easier. I checked their recommendations then headed over to Amazon.com to take a gander at what customer feedback there was. To my surprise there were lots of reviews left on the many marine radios they have on there.
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Panthers OT honors 'Mr. Mira Mesa'
Nate Chandler, NFL player from Mira Mesa, is staying true to the do-good legacy of his late father, Garland "Bubba" Chandler.
"He was a big mentor and role model to kids around my area, Mira Mesa," said Chandler, an offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers.
The 25-year-old plans a charitable foundation, Beyond Believers, that will fund academic and athletic scholarships at his alma mater, Mira Mesa High. Also in the works is a free football camp led by NFL players, July 6 at Del Norte High, for ages 7 to 15.
"My main goal is to just reach out to kids," Chandler said.
Inspired by his father, he envisions Beyond Believers counselors teaching San Diego youths "what hard work is and how it will help you in the long run."
"Everyone wants to be successful," he said, "but there's a lot that goes behind that."
A San Diego State center in 1972-'73, Chandler's father worked in the construction trade. After being diagnosed with cancer, he remained a mentor to Mira Mesa students.
Bubba Chandler died in 2007 at age 56. He left behind not only wife Cheryl, daughter Nicole and sons Nate and Preston, but numerous students and former students who benefited from his guidance.
"He was Mr. Mira Mesa," Mira Mesa football coach Gary Blevins said. "He impacted so many kids, it was unbelievable. He drove his truck down the street and if he saw a kid who should've been in school, he'd pull over, make that kid get in the car and take him to school.
"He really cared about somebody's soul."
Nate began his NFL career in Charlotte, just 79 miles from where his father was born in High Point, N.C.
Though undrafted out of UCLA, he earned a roster spot. There wasn't much playing time for him as a lineman within Carolina's stout defense.
But Chandler, 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds, parlayed a move to offense last year into eight starts and a three-year contract announced June 18. The Panthers went 7-1 in those starts, winning their first NFC South title in five years.
"When you have young guys that buy in and work their fannies off and they show ascending talent, you're crazy not to do something about it," Panthers General Manager Dave Gettleman said, via the Charlotte Observer, of the extensions for Chandler and two teammates.
Other NFL teams had interest in him following the 2012 draft, but the confidence in him expressed by Carolina's defensive line coach, Eric Washington, drew him some 2,400 miles east. It didn't hurt that the coach, like Chandler at Mira Mesa, had played tight end. Nate said his father's Carolina roots tugged at him too.
Though not expected, he embraced the switch to offense.
"I didn't look at it like, 'Oh, they're trying to get rid of me,' '' he said. "I looked at it as an opportunity to better myself and make a career in the NFL."
He didn't lack for guidance before starting six games at right guard, plus two at right tackle.
He consulted with Chargers offense tackle Mike Harris, a friend and former roommate at UCLA. In practices he went against two of the NFL's better pass rushers, ends Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson. His line coach, John Matsko, owns a Super Bowl ring from his days teaching St. Louis Rams blockers.
Panthers head coach Ron Rivera and Chandler were good for each other too.
Entering 2013, Rivera was rumored to be in jeopardy of losing his job. The team answered with a 12-4 season before losing to the 49ers in the Divisional Playoffs.
Chandler is motivated to "lay his body on the line" for the coach, a former Chargers assistant.


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Conjecture: If $m^3 = n^2$ and $n$ is even, then n is divisible by $4$.
The proof falls apart from the beginning.
$n$ is even therefore there is a number $k$ such that $n=2k$
$m^3 = n^2$
$m^3 = (2k)^2$
$m^3 = 4k^2$
$4|4k^2$ therefore $4|n^2$
However, I can't think of an example where a cubic is equal to a square. I also ask with hesitation because we have been studying prime numbers and the Euclidean Key theorem as well as other proofs using the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. So, this approach seems out of place for the section of homework that I'm doing.


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07/21/2008, Whittaker Dock
Isn't that just the way it is when cruising. Sunny all week and then when I arrive it rains. No matter, I'm back on the boat, I've got the dogs, they are fine and resting comfortably. I'll be cruising again in a few days. All is well. The boat is rocking at the dock, but I hardly feel it now and actually enjoy it anyway. When I step off the boat it still feels like I'm rocking, but that's a sign of living on a boat. The sun is starting to go down, but it won't be dark until well after 8:00 p.m. How fortunate I am to be able to do this.
07/20/2008, Near Oriental
As I was driving the Rebounder to Oriental, I came across a turtle in the middle of the road with it's head extended in some sort of crazy game of turtle chicken (so to speak). This time I knew better. This turtle wasn't going to get squished on the highway on my watch. I turned the motorhome around, went back, picked him up, put it in the shower/bathtub, and eventually put him into the forest near Whittaker docks. When I came back to check on him, he was gone. Another good sign, I think.
I can't say I had the best night's sleep or that I felt particularly great when I awoke this morning, but I headed out anyway, stopping at a McDonalds for some particularly horrible decaf coffee. About 100 miles later I finally stopped for that Bojangles Chicken meal - I ordered a breakfast combo consisting of a fried chicken fillet and some potatoes and 1/2 sweet ice tea. When I received my bag of food, it contained three sandwiches and three orders of potatoes. Incredibly, the same thing happened with the pizza last night. I ordered a slice and my bag contained a super sized hunk of za as big as two or three slices. I had a chicken sandwich for lunch before taking a long nap this afternoon and I'm going to have another chicken and potatoe meal for dinner tonight. A good sign.
07/19/2008, Somewhere along the way to Oriental, NC
Ahh, the Rebounder. I'm relaxing in it as I write this outside some small town in North Carolina. Nevertheless, I've got several bars of broadband internet. I hope they don't kick me out of the Food Lion parking lot I've camped in. There are signs for camping just up the street, but I prefer this tonight. I'm about 60 miles from the airport, about 130 to go to Oriental. I've got a special appointment to pick up the dogs at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. I've got a slice of pizza from a joint in the strip mall here and whatever I have left from the bag of food Pam and my Mother sent me off with. I'm fine. I will be better than fine tomorrow morning when I reunite with Jake and Anne.
07/19/2008, Nashville, TN
Again, I'm sitting in the airport doing a live blog entry. It is 2:37 p.m.. The flight leaves at 3:20 p.m. We should start boarding in 10 or 20 minutes. It looks like a 2 hour flight or so. Then its back to the rebounder (stored, as you may recall, in the long-term parking lot), drive part of the way tonight, wake up tomorrow, drive the rest of the way to Oriental, pick up the dogs at 1:00 p.m., and continue my cruising adventure. I have a court hearing later this week that I can appear at telephonically, so I probably won't depart until its over, then I'm finally off.
07/19/2008, Somewhere between Los Angeles and San Diego
My mom hooked me up with a business class train ticket to San Diego for a very short visit at their summer place in Coronado. I wound up taking a later train so that I could spend some time with Aunt Rhoda, who came up from San Diego on the same day I traveled down there. Pamela, Cameron, Rhoda, and I enjoyed a pleasant walk together. There is a historic latino district just outside the station where I picked up a burrito lunch for the trip. It was only ok. The 2.75 hour trip turned into about 4 hours due to problems with another train. That would have really bothered me in the past, but I've become much more patient over the last few months and I'm no longer in a rush all the time. I read a book and enjoyed the scenery. I picked the book up at a used bookstore in Tucson before I left town. It is about a father and son who sail around the tip of South America together. My dad helped me with my taxes last night and by phone message and e-mail today. That may be as close to Tropical Dreamer as we're likely to get together.
I wanted to get in this shot of Pamela even though the guys are about to crash on me. She was very kind to hang out with me so much while I was in town. Between taking care of the kids and me during the day and working at night these days as a set designer for hollywood, she is busy. My brother Kevin similarly puts in 12 hour work days to support the family. I remember when I devoted most of my life energy to work. I didn't even have a family to support. The work regimine we follow here in the US doesn't leave much left for one's self or others. With all this time and energy on my hands in this coming period, I hope I will not waste it and that I will savour and appreciate the freedom. Before he left for work this morning, my bro assured me that if I needed money, I could call on him. What a guy. Lets hope I don't have to make that call.


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Are we winning the abortion debate or just having more babies?
Americans may be growing more pro-life because pro-life families are having more babies, according to a recent paper by two Northwestern University sociologists.
Examining data from the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Survey (GSS) from 1977 to 2010, researchers J. Alex Kevern and Jeremy Freese found public opinion on abortion has "lagged behind a liberalizing trend of other correlated attitudes." While younger generations are embracing gay rights and sex before marriage at higher rates than their parents, they also are more pro-life than their parents.
Looking at GSS data, Kevern and Freese found a period of increase in pro-abortion support right after Roe v. Wade, but it soon reversed. Looking at two generations—the first born between 1950 and 1955 and the second born between 1975 and 1980—the GSS data revealed that when surveyed in their 20s and 30s, 44.7 percent of the earlier generation supported abortion, compared to 38.8 percent of the latter group.
Recent Gallup numbers show the same trend among the entire U.S. population. In 1995, Gallup found 56 percent of people were pro-abortion and 33 percent pro-life. In 2001, support for both sides equalized at 46 percent. Since then, the plurality has jumped back and forth between camps—pro-abortion in 2005, pro-life in 2009, pro-abortion in 2011, pro-life in 2013—but mostly split down the middle.
In their paper, Kevern and Freese defend a hypothesis that "differential fertility"—basically the different fertility rates of a group of people—explains why public opinion on abortion has stayed split down the middle while other liberalizing trends have grown.
"The comparatively high fertility of pro-life individuals has played a role in making the population less pro-choice," they conclude.
The same is not true of other social issues, like support for gay marriage, the researchers acknowledge. They attribute that difference in part to the rapidly changing attitudes toward issues of sex and sexuality across all generations.
According to 34 years of GSS data, pro-life people have, on average, 27 percent more children than those who support abortion. Put another way, for every two children born to pro-abortion families, two-and-a-half are born to pro-life families. Kevern and Freese also found a high parent-child correlation, concluding that children of pro-life parents adopt their opposition to abortion.
Some trends happen because people change their minds. Other trends happen because people with a certain opinion enter the population at a higher rate. Kevern and Freese argue the trend in abortion attitudes is an example of the second. They conclude that if pro-life and pro-choice families had the same amount of children, the population would be about 5 percent more pro-abortion.
"For the pro-life activist, this study may offer both hope and discouragement," said Rachel Lu, a philosophy professor at St. Thomas University, in an article for First Things. The hope is that pro-life families have bolstered their position by faithfully teaching their many children: "Perhaps over the long run, liberal progressivism will sterilize itself into irrelevance." The discouragement is that the pro-life movement may not be changing as many minds as some hope.


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My car broke down in Pollocksville in front of the Ford dealer's business, as best as I can remember, which made it convenient to get a ride to the New Bern Post Office.
I hitched a ride back after taking the test and picked up my car after it was repaired. I mailed the payment later.
I have never forgotten what a nice man Mr. Parker was. I have thought of him very often over the years. In my mind, he was a very fine man.
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This will be the second presidential directive to be imposed on CIL by the government after an earlier directive on signing of fuel supply agreements with power firms.
Coming in the wake of direction issued by the Prime Ministers Office, the coal ministry has sought approval on pooling prices of nearly 20 million tonnes of coal to be imported from abroad with that of domestic fuel this fiscal. The matter is to come up before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday. Imports have been necessitated by the shortage of domestic coal production.
The proposed mechanism would be implemented for 2013-14 and 2014-15 under a special dispensation, wherein fuel security would be ensured not only for 60,000 MW capacity to be commissioned during the Twelfth Plan period but also for an additional 7,000 MW to be operationalised during the period.
The power ministry had earlier suggested that CIL should import coal to bridge the supply deficit, duly adjusting the gross calorific value of indigenous and imported coal by factoring in supply at a trigger level of 90 per cent and 80 per cent of the assured offtake for plants commissioned before March 31, 2009 and after that date, respectively.
But to do so, it would be necessary to approve issuance of another presidential directive to CIL to act upon the proposed mechanism, a senior coal ministry official said. The reason is that while coal imports have been incorporated in the FSAs, price pooling is yet to be part of such agreements. However, CILs buyers have been given the choice in the FSA of opting out of the supply of imported coal by foregoing the portion pertaining to imported coal in their annual contracted quantity.
The coal ministry has computed the price of pooled coal to be around Rs 4,000 more on a cost plus basis, while electricity generation cost would increase by 13 paise a unit. CIL would also levy


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Facebook makes users more social in real life: Study
The results of a new study suggest that Facebook may actually enhance real-life social experiences, contrary to the popular belief that Facebook triggers the disintegration of face-to-face interaction.
Research from the University of Texas probed nearly one thousand students and recent graduates and made some unexpected discoveries. Quoth The Province:
"Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues," said S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team. "In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community."
More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends.
The research also suggests that, although Facebook is used by both males and females equally, eeach gender does so in different ways.
"There is a noteworthy difference in orientation in how to use a tool like Facebook. We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and (they) are especially interested in using it for connection," said Watkins. "For men, it's more functional," he added.
Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link.
The last interesting point raided is how Facebook audiences are everyone - from friends to family to your boss. Yet, historically people act very different in front of these seperate groups of people, often even in front of different friends.
"Facebook brings all our different networks and social scenes together. We present ourselves in different ways, whether to friends, co-workers, or family," Craig noted. "Facebook engagement is not uniform. It's constantly evolving and in a state of flux, and that presents a challenge."


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Following Georgian slider's death, the mood and dynamic of Olympic competition all differentBy Tom Withers, AP
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Dynamic of luge mood _ and races _ have changed
WHISTLER, British Columbia — On the ice, the dynamic of the event has changed.
Off the ice, so has the mood.
Olympic luge competitors arrived Saturday and found a track they barely recognized.
The Canadians said their home-ice edge disappeared when the courses were shortened in response to the fatal crash of Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili on the final curve of a training run Friday. A top American luge official wondered if some changes were really in the racers' best interests.
One thing is clear: This Olympic luge competition is clearly unlike anything anyone expected.
"That home-track advantage? It's basically gone," Canadian women's luger Regan Lauscher said.
The changes by international luge officials are anything but cosmetic.
The most significant one involved starting men's, women's and doubles events from lower on the track than originally planned.
"They had to address it," said women's world champion Erin Hamlin of Remsen, N.Y.
Starting farther down the track means speeds will be lower, as proven by Saturday's training sessions, during which men were going 5 mph or more slower.
Accordingly, slower means safer.
And while no one disagreed with added safety measures like installing a wall along the final curve where Kumaritashvili crashed or reshaping the ice along that turn to help sleds stay where they're supposed to be, some lugers couldn't help but wonder if shortening the course was the ideal move.
"I'm conflicted because of obviously what happened." USA Luge CEO Ron Rossi said. "But as a competitor, I don't want to see us go down. I want to see us race from the top. The elite deserve to race from the hardest test. But we did see a Romanian girl get a concussion, and we have to take into account the quality of the field, from first to 30th. I think they made their decision with 30th place in mind, and given what happened here yesterday, I can't sit here and argue."
The International Luge Federation said the decisions about moving the the start ramps were made with grieving athletes in mind; slowing down the track was almost secondary.
Nonetheless, the game plan every slider brought to Whistler is now worthless. The men's track is now nearly 600 feet shorter than before, the women's and doubles course now 800 feet shorter. And for the women's and doubles sliders, what's now the first turn — a very tight one not far from their start ramp — could essentially decide the whole race.
"Getting in there is the tricky part. It slows you down," said Olympic rookie Megan Sweeney of Suffield, Conn. "Speed makes this sport easier, so slowing things down makes it harder to race."
Hamlin said she's hopeful for a return to some sort of normalcy — and quickly.
"What I want people to know about luge is that it's not that scary," Hamlin said. "We're all paying our respects. We all know what happened. It's a small community. We lost a fellow athlete. But people need to realize that we're still here. We're still racing on this track and when they dwell on the tragedy … they're making it harder for us."
Canadian luger Meaghan Simister said she expected the FIL to do what it did.
That doesn't mean she was thrilled with the changes.
"It certainly doesn't help me," Simister said. "I haven't taken one run from down there until today. I trained for two years from the ladies' start. The best part of luge for me is the start and that was ripped from my grasp.
"It's tough," she added, "but everyone has to do it."
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Artisan; "Carlo's Wake" Shoots In L.A.
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>> Barbieri Follows Up "One"
Currently shooting in Nova Scotia is the low-budget drama "The Magic of
Marciano," from writer-director Tony Barbieri ("One") for Lumiere
International. The film stars Nastassja Kinski ("Your Friends and Neighbors")
as the mentally ill mother of a 10 year old boy, played by Cody Morgan, with
whom she shares a special bond. Robert Forster ("The Black Hole", "Jackie
Brown") plays a kindly former psychiatrist who takes custody of the boy after
Kinski descends into insanity and violence.
>> Koepp Shoots For Artisan
Quintessential big-time Hollywood screenwriter David Koepp ("The Trigger
Effect") is going the indie route with his next film, "A Stir of Echoes,"
currently shooting for Artisan Entertainment in Chicago. Koepp wrote and is
directing the thriller, based on a story by Richard Matheson ("What Dreams May
Come"). It deals with an ordinary guy suddenly gifted with the ability to see
the future which eventually threatens both his sanity and his life, and stars
Illeana Douglas ("Grace of my Heart"), Kevin Bacon ("Wild Things"), Liza Weil
("Whatever") and Kathryn Erbe ("Dream with the Fishes").
>> "Carlo's Wake" Shoots In L.A.
"Carlo's Wake," a low budget black comic farce written by Rosie Taravella and
Mike Valerio, is currently shooting in Los Angeles. Taravella and director
Valerio co-wrote the script, based on Taravella's stage play "Pa's Funeral."
The ensemble cast includes Taravella, Martin Landau ("The X-Files"), Rita
Moreno ("Slums of Beverly Hills"), Michael Chiklis ("Nixon"), Juliet Landau
("Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence"), Theresa Saldana ("Illusion Infinity")
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Taylor Berger: "I just figured it would be nice to show up"
Taylor Berger is about to start holding office hours.
The restaurateur – who recently launched a group called Make Memphis as a kind of city improvement launchpad – has decided to start something he's calling the Buena Vista Business Club.
What is it? I asked him.
"Basically an excuse for me to go to a couple places once a week and see if anybody shows up and wants to talk about stuff."
Those places would be Republic Coffee on Friday mornings and The Four Way for lunch on Tuesdays.
The purpose? Berger says people frequently want to bend his ear about various business and civic ideas.
"I just figured it would be nice to show up and be available for anybody."
Got to hand it to a guy who wants to make Memphis better and who's willing to show up.


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Good Sunday to you fine fellow mentalists! My name is Gary (@mentellhealth), a freelance writer with my own blog over http://www.mentellhealth.org (not a typo) and this is my first post for TWOM so be gentle with me! I don't think there are too many triggers in here, but, as always, use caution when reading. I hope you enjoy!
To paraphrase Douglas Adams; "The Mental Health universe," it doesn't say, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to the blogosphere".
That being the case I asked myself just where do I start? Where do I even begin collating and assembling the more interesting stories to share with you fine people. The answer struck me whilst I was out shopping on Thursday! Of course, it's obvious….pirates!
It may have passed your attention but on the 19th September every year it's 'International Speak Like A Pirate Day'. I didn't know either until I saw not 1, not 2 , not 4 but 3 shops in my local town carrying signs prominently in their window showing their support for this day of celebration. Of course, it's a only bit of fun but it struck me that I hadn't seen anything about it online, nothing on the news, no literature had dropped through my letterbox and the Twitterverse was as quiet as Davy Jones' locker! Yet, despite the lack of mainstream support,10% of the retailers in my small town had jumped onboard (pardon the pun), when just a week earlier World Suicide Prevention Day had passed many outside the mental health blogosphere without so much as a cursory nod. The common statistic for mental health that gets quoted, particularly in the mainstream media, is that 1 in 4 people suffer mental health problems, yet despite 25% of the world coming under that umbrella, important events like WSPD aren't supported where they should or could be. We all need help to remove the stigma that comes with any mental health condition, let alone something as important as suicide. However, talk like a pirate and you're fine! Oh, and if thought mental health and pirates was a tenuous link….think again!
If any of you have dipped out to read my blog, you'll already know I suffer with PTSD, depression and acute anxiety. A trio of conditions I sometimes struggle to manage separately, let alone together. Stories that relate to any of my conditions are particularly interesting for me, and I hope you too. Having PTSD, a question I generally get asked first is if I've been in the military. I haven't, but I understand why they associate it to that vocation, so it isn't always easy to find non-militarian stories for PTSD. That said, my 'trauma' was nothing compared to what forces across the world face and the Huffington Post is running a series of articles on Military Suicides. It makes for some harrowing, but hopefully insightful, reading.
Unofficially, on his own, he began arranging to speak with groups of soldiers, parents, veterans — anybody — about PTSD and suicide, telling them what he'd learned about navigating the tricky and sometimes dangerous transition from the battlefield to civilian America. These talks turned into a national campaign to spread his message: If you are suffering from war trauma, you are not alone. And it's not a sign of weakness to get help.
Often in some of my therapy sessions I've referred to myself as 'the dullest man alive'. I don't drink , I don't do drugs, I'm a family man (and proud to be) with a loving wife and son. I sometimes forget how much having my condition affects them too. This touching post helped to remind me, I'm not going through it alone.
He snaps easily, and apparently has put hands on a few people at work. He has little to no patience, not like he really had a whole lot before the deployments.
He's on medication. Two from what I understand. Both for depression. I guess they work, if you can call it that. He doesn't get as angry as he used to around the house. Now he just comes home from work, and if he's got time, he sleeps. A lot. He's always tired, always sleepy. He doesn't sleep at night, unless he's taken his sleeping pill. One of his sleeping pills works better than the other, mainly because one causes the nightmares that keep him awake in the middle of the night.
He's distant. Some days, I have no idea who I'm living with. I mean, I really have no idea.
The good and sometimes the bad times are shared, despite my best efforts, with my loved ones.
I'm taking small steps to find 'normality' (whatever that is!) in my life. I write a lot, I read even more. It feels like I'm constantly fighting off negativity from encroaching into my life – maybe you feel the same?. Sometimes I win, occasionally it wins, sometimes we call it a draw. I do love finding a blog post somewhere from someone who manages to articulate it in a way I never could; like this one!
To let go, to accept all of you and your situation right now, relinquishes the dream of some special nirvana still exists out there.
What will you do, if large chunks of the day usually spent ruminating are empty spaces now?
Will life be boring living in a no thought space at times.
Understand the ego we created, wants to direct our being through life, cognitively wanting to dominate and control us.
Life is brilliant below the ego, below the judgments, below the doubt and worry, free to let go and explore, risk, live vicariously.
Life is so small when we judge us or others!
Life is so enormous when we let judgment fade from lack of attention.
There is a beautiful photo on there too!
As I said I love to write (look, I'm doing it now!) but I've never been one for drawing. Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes. Anyone who has felt its weight will tell you that, but have you ever tried to illustrate it? This blog has. It has some really interesting drawings (I think). It would be easy (I imagine) to expect everyone to be all dark, grey and black, monsters and demons but I love that there is so much colour in the drawings.
Finally, for those of you outside of the UK you probably missed this article from a UK newspaper, The Guardian. Now I'm not particularly religious but certainly have nothing against those that are. In fact, having that sense of belief must offer a nice sense of comfort in times of hardship (or anytime). Evangelists like those in the article are pretty rare in this country and certainly don't get the same sort of prominence that they recieve in the US (if you've ever seen the documentary Religulous you'll see why) but who knows….maybe they know something!
Nearly half of evangelical Christians believe mental illness can be overcome by Bible study and prayer instead of medical intervention, according to a survey.
Lifeway Research found that 35% of Americans and 48% of those who identified themselves as evangelicals believed that people with serious mental disorders can overcome their illnesses with "Bible study and prayer alone".
Hallelujah anyone?
So that was my first go at TWOM. I hope it pointed you in the direction of something positive and inspiring. Happy reading, be strong. Don't look back…you're not going that way.


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A recipe with spirit. Literally. This month's Recipe Redux theme is a lively one as we were challenged to use liqueurs, extracts, and other alcohol in our recipes. I've been wanting to make popsicles (haven't made any yet this summer!), so this was the perfect opportunity to create something a little unconventional. A couple years ago, I helped out with a wine and cheese pairing class at the Salud! Cooking School at Whole Foods and tried port wine for this first time. I wish I could remember the name of it because it was soooo good. Since then I've been in search of a similar port, but have learned a few things along the way about the different types of port wine. I prefer the Tawny variety, which is sweet dessert wine that's fortified with brandy. Normally I pair Tawny with dark chocolates, but when I came across some perfectly in-season cherries, I thought this would be a match made in heaven for frozen treats! The out-of-place-but-totally-necessary ingredient in this recipe is coconut milk. Just trust me on this on this one. Add the coconut milk and don't look back. You'll be glad you did. Besides adding a some creaminess to the popsicles, it lends just the slightest coconut flavor that will leave people wondering what it is they're tasting as they devour the frozen treat. How many popsicles you end up with depends on the size of the molds you have. You'll have approximately 14 ounces of liquid to use for popsicle-making.
Port Wine & Bing Cherry Pops
2 cups bing cherries, cut in half, stem and pit removed
1/2 cup Tawny Port wine
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. sugar, divided
1 tsp. lime juice
1/2 cup light coconut milk
1. In a small saucepan, heat cherries, port wine, water, sugar, and lime juice over medium heat for 15 minutes, or until cherries are softened. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
2. Puree cherry mixture in a blender. This should make about 1 1/2 cups of liquid. Pour liquid into a bowl or glass measuring cup and allow to cool completely in the refrigerator.
3. Pour coconut milk into a small saucepan and add sugar. Allow sugar to dissolve into coconut milk over low heat. Once sugar is dissolved remove pan from heat.
4. Combine the cherry-wine liquid and the coconut milk in a pitcher or large measuring cup that will allow for easy pouring into popsicle molds. You should have about 1 3/4 cup of liquid total. Fill popsicle molds.
5. Let popsicles set in freezer for at least 8 hours. To remove popsicles from mold, run cool water over popsicle mold for about 60 seconds. You'll see the popsicle start to release from the sides of the mold, then you can gently remove the popsicle.
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Officials say 40 percent of the hospitalizations are among people age 65 and older.
No deaths from the flu have been reported.
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Teams Farina Iron, CJ Avery crowned Lakes Region Flag Football champs
- Published in Local Sports
On August 11, the Lakes Region Flag Football League's Men's summer adult league held its Super Bowl games and winners were crowned champions in each of 2 divisions.
The grown-up version of our exciting NFL Flag youth league Fall & Spring program (boys & girls ages 4-17; lrffl.com), the LRFFL's summer league had a total of 12 teams participating in our fourth summer of action. All games were played on the Inter-Lakes High School turf field.
All of the teams made the playoffs, with the 12 teams divided into an "A" and "B" division. The "A" division consisted of the top 6 teams based upon their regular season record, while the "B" division was made up of teams seeded #7 thru #12 based upon their record. The playoff games were spread out over 3 separate nights to enhance the competition.
The Round 1 games saw plenty of action, with the "A" division 3 Seed Team Ramrod facing the 6 Seed Globo Gym Purple Cobras and the 4 Seed Franklin's Finest battling the 5 Seed Easy Company. The "B" division 3 Seed CJ Avery team took on the 6 Seed Off At Church team, and the 4 Seed Vipers met the 5 Seed Frog Rock team. The top 2 seeded teams in each division waited upon the outcome of the Round 1 games to see who their opponent would be as they battled for a trip into the Super Bowl game.
The Round 2 games did not disappoint either, with each of the remaining teams doing their best to make it to the big game. In the "A" division the 1 Seed Farina Iron team took on the 4 Seed Franklin's Finest (in a re-match of a Week 1 battle) and the 2 Seed White Lightning team took on the 3 Seed Team Ramrod in the first meeting of the season for these two teams. The "B" division Round 2 match-ups saw the 1 Seed Warriors against the 4 Seed Vipers for the first time this season, and the#2 Seed Turn Down For What battling the 3 Seed CJ Avery team. Turn Down For What met CJ Avery in the first week of the Regular Season, with Turn Down For What winning a shootout 48-46.
The "A" Division Super Bowl featured the 1 Seed and undefeated Farina Iron team (6-0) taking on the 3 Seed Team Ramrod (6-1), whose only loss of the season came at the hands of Farina Iron in Week # of the Regular Season. The first half saw both teams come out on fire, and Team Ramrod got a QB sack in the end zone to take an early 2-0 lead and after taking over on offense, quickly scored a touchdown and extra point to go up 9-0.
Farina Iron's offense began to click midway through the half, and the score at halftime was Farina Iron 25, Team Ramrod 22.
The second 22 minute stanza saw Farina Iron's offense come out firing, and the defense began to put the kibosh on Team Ramrod's offense. Final score saw Farina Iron win their first LRFFL Men's Summer League Super Bowl after their second trip in a row to the big game, 63-28.
The "B" Division Super Bowl saw the 3 Seed CJ Avery team (3-4) playing the 4 Seed Vipers (3-4) for the championship. CJ Avery was on a three game winning streak, and the Vipers had won two in a row going back to the Regular Season and the first round of the playoffs. With both teams looking to extend their winning streak, CJ Avery took a 26-6 lead at the half and outlasted a scrappy Vipers team 38-18.
It was CJ Avery's second Super Bowl win in three seasons, having won the 2012 "A" division Super Bowl.
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John Lindenberger - December 18, 2013
John David Lindenberger, 46, of North Platte, Neb., died Dec. 18, 2013, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center after a battle with leukemia. He was born Sept. 8, 1967, to David Allen and Karen Kay (Grose) Lindenberger in Englewood.
He graduated from Farmington High School in Farmington, N.M. On Feb. 4, 2006, he was united in marriage to Sali Gale in North Platte.
John was employed for eight years as news editor at The Holyoke Enterprise, five years as education reporter for The North Platte Telegraph, and for the last three and half years he was a mentor coordinator for Community Connections.
He enjoyed coin collecting, model trains and geocaching. He attended Bethel Church, was president for the board of Rape and Domestic Abuse and on the board of directors for Lincoln County CASA.
John is survived by his wife, Sali, and son, Joshua, both of North Platte; his parents of Arvada; two brothers, Jeff Lindenberger and wife Lisa of Arvada and James Lindenberger and wife Tracy of Jackson, Calif.; nieces, Anna and Alex; nephew, Zack; aunt, Doris Donaldson; cousin, Tracy Donaldson and her son Andrew.
Memorial services were held Dec. 21 at Bethel Church with Rev. Dan Reimer officiating.
Memorials are suggested to the Mentoring Program or the Lindenberger family.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's convictions on 45 child sex abuse counts will send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Jurors announced the verdict Friday night after weighing 48 charges accusing him of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period.
Sandusky has been led away to jail in handcuffs.
Defense attorney Joe Amendola says Sandusky is disappointed by the verdict. Many of the charges carry mandatory minimum sentences that will keep the 68-year-old Sandusky behind bars for decades. Amendola calls it a "life sentence."
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly is thanking the accusers who testified, calling them "brave men."
She says the trial was forced on them and that she hopes the verdict "helps these victims heal ... and helps other victims of abuse to come forward."
Sandusky's attorney, Karl Rominger, says it was "a tough case" with a lot of charges and that an appeal was certain.
He says the defense team "didn't exactly have a lot of time to prepare." He says Sandusky "took it well" upon hearing the verdict.
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