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Animal events
Woof walks in nature
SAT Bellevue Parks guided walk for all ages, leashed dogs welcome, 10 a.m. Saturday, Lake Hills Greenbelt, 15416 S.E. 16th St., Bellevue; free (425-452-7225).
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HeartChase Snohomish County
SAT Teams of two to five people complete challenges while collecting as many points as possible using a smartphone, for all ages; 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Providence Everett Tower, 1321 Colby Ave., Everett; $50 (206-632-6881 or www.HeartChaseSnohomishCounty.org).
Chili dinner and singalong
SAT All you can eat chili dinner and "The Sound of Music" singalong, raffle, to benefit University Churches Emergency Fund to help local residents, 6 p.m. Saturday, University Congregational United Church of Christ, 4515 16th Ave. N.E., Seattle; $10, $25/family maximum (206-524-7885 or www.uchurchesemergencyfund.org).
Everett Philharmonic Spring Fling
SUN Performance featuring music by Duke Ellington, dinner, silent auction, to benefit the orchestra, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Comcast Event Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett; $80, by reservation (206-270-9729 or www.everettphil.org).
Raising Dough for Seattle Public Theater
MON Auction, dinner, show to support Seattle Public Theater, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Teatro ZinZanni, 222 Mercer St., Seattle; $60 (www.seattlepublictheater.org
Sexy Syrah
WED Syrah from 40 Northwest wineries, appetizers, chocolate; proceeds benefit FareStart, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Salty's on Alki Beach Seafood Grill, 1936 Harbor Ave. S.W., Seattle; $45 (getinvolved.farestart.org/sexysyrah).
UW Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention
PLAN AHEAD Walk to honor loved ones, provide support for survivors of suicide loss, help with mental illness; 10 a.m. April 13, University of Washington, Seattle; free, minimum $100 fundraising goal suggested (www.hspauw.com).
One Day 5K — One Day We Will Eradicate Malaria
PLAN AHEAD 5K walk/run, all proceeds provide insecticide mosquito nets to save lives in Kenya, 9 a.m. April 13, Shoreline Stadium, 18560 First Ave. N.E., Shoreline; $25-$30 (www.oneday5k.weebly.com).
Walk MS, Seattle
PLAN AHEAD Four-mile walk to support programs and research, 9 a.m., University of Washington, Seattle; suggested fundraising goal $250 (206-284-4254 or walkwas.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/WASWalkEvents?fr_id=20468&pg=entry).
Eat Run Hope
PLAN AHEAD 5K run/walk, Chef's Tent food, beer, proceeds benefit Fetal Health Foundation, 11 a.m. April 14, Seward Park, Seattle; $95/eat and run, $80/eat only, $35/run only (www.eatrunhope.com
Spokespeople to UW Cherry Blossoms and Self-Service Bike Stations
SAT Six-mile, easy-pace ride for all ages and skill levels to learn about UW bike self-repair stations and future campus plans for cycling, 2 p.m. Saturday, Wallingford Playfield, 4219 Wallingford Ave. N., Seattle (206-547-9569 or www.cascade.org
Day of Paris Roubaix
SUN Bicycle demos, self-guided ride on Queen Anne cobblestone streets, 9 a.m.; watch party for 111th Paris Roubaix bike race, 11 a.m. Sunday, Cascade Bicycle Studio, 180 N. Canal St., Seattle (www.cascadebicyclestudio.com).
Birding Basics: 101
SAT How to be a backyard birder, walk through the park learning how to spot and ID birds, recommended age 10 and up, 8 a.m. Saturday, Seward Park Audubon Center, 5902 Lake Washington Boulevard S., Seattle; $3-$5 (206-652-2444 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/310406
Bird walk
SAT Walk to learn about birds in the park's varied habitats, bring binoculars if you have them, 8 a.m. Saturday, Discovery Park, 3801 W. Government Way, Seattle; $3 preregister (206-386-4236 or www.seattle.gov/parks
Family Bird Walk
SAT Kid-friendly presentation to learn basics of birding, outdoor bird scavenger hunt through the forest, binoculars available to borrow, for families with children ages 5 to 12, 1 p.m. Saturday, Seward Park Audubon Center, 5902 Lake Washington Boulevard S., Seattle; free (206-652-2444 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/310404
Skandia dance
FRI Norwegian folk-dance lesson, 7:30 p.m.; dance to live music, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $10, kids free (206-784-7470 or www.skandia-folkdance.org
Emerald City Contra Dance
FRI Beginner's dance workshop, 7 p.m., dance, no partner necessary, all dances taught, don't wear cologne, perfume or other scented products, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle; $5-$8 (206-440-9839 or seattledance.org/contra/emerald.city.html).
Seattle Balkan Dancers
FRI Balkan-dance lesson, 7:30 p.m., Balkan line-dance party, partners not required, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Russian Community Center, 704 19th Ave. E., Seattle; $12/lesson and dance, $5/dance only (www.seattlebalkandancers.org
Viennese Ball
PLAN AHEAD Austria Club of Washington formal dinner and ballroom dancing, dance demonstrations, 6 p.m. April 13, Nile Shrine Center and Golf Course, Mountlake Terrace; $40-$80, reservation deadline April 5 (www.austriaclubwa.com).
SAT-APRIL 18 Entertainment, inflatable rides for ages 12 and younger, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday through April 18, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle; $7.50/all-day pass, $4.50/all-day toddler pass, or $1.50/ride; free rides on Thursdays (206-684-7200 or www.seattlecenter.com
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
THRU APRIL 30 Tulip and daffodil fields in bloom in a 15-mile area bordered by Highway 20, the Skagit River and Swinomish Channel, bloom dates vary, events at several venues in Mount Vernon, Anacortes and surrounding area through April, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Office, 311 W. Kincaid St., Mount Vernon (360-428-5959 or www.tulipfestival.org); tulip-show gardens, gift shop, buy cut flowers, •Roozengaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, $4-$5/person admission, ages 10 and younger free (360-424-8531 or www.tulips.com); and •Tulip Town 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily (later if weather permits), $5/admission, ages 10 and younger free (360-424-8152 or www.tuliptown.com
World Rhythm Festival
PLAN AHEAD Drum and dance workshops from world cultures, performances, International Marketplace vendors, drum rental, noon-4:30 p.m. April 12, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. April 13; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. April 14, youth programs featured April 12; Seattle Center Armory, Seattle; free (206-902-0987 or swps.org).
Food events
Downtown Issaquah Wine Walk
FRI Music, art events, wine tasting at several locations on Front Street, bring your own glass, all ages welcome, 5 p.m. Friday, Hailstone Feed store, 232 Front St., Issaquah; $20-$25 includes 10 tastes (www.downtownissaquah.com
Cooper's Alehouse IPA Fest
FRI-APRIL 26 Tastings, specials featuring IPAs through April 26, Cooper's Alehouse, 8065 Lake City Way, Seattle (206-522-2923 or www.coopersalehouse.com).
Around the World in 60 Wines
SAT Wine tasting, cheese and bread, coffee and dessert, proceeds benefit scholarship and building-redevelopment fund, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Lakewood Seward Park Community Club, 4916 S. Angeline St., Seattle; $25 (lspcc.org)
Swedish Pancake Breakfast
SUN Pancakes, ham, beverages, music and folk dancing, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Swedish Cultural Center, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle; $5-$9, ages 4 and younger free (206-283-1090 or www.swedishculturalcenter.org
Dining at Downton Abbey
WED Food historian explains the manners, menu and accouterments of a formal dinner as would have been served at Downton Abbey in the early 1900s, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Maple Valley Library, 21844 S.E. 248th St., Maple Valley; free (425-885-1861 or www.kcls.org).
Garden Lovers' Book Sale
FRI-SAT Wine and cheese preview party and book sale, 5-8 p.m. Friday, $20 by reservation; sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 6, free admission, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 N.E. 41st St., Seattle (depts.washington.edu/uwbg/visit/calendar.shtml
Seattle Audubon Spring Plant Sale
SAT Plant sale by seven nurseries, including many native plants; a portion of sales benefits Seattle Audubon, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Seattle Audubon Nature Shop, 8050 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle (206-523-4483 or www.seattleaudubon.org
Favorite NW Native Plants
SAT How to add color and texture to your garden using Northwest natives, 11 a.m. Saturday, Bellevue Nursery, 842 104th Ave. S.E., Bellevue; free (425-454-5531 or www.bellevuenursery.com
Perfect Perennial Pairings
SAT Tom Fischer, author of "Perennial Companions," on which plants look good together, 11 a.m. Saturday, Molbak's, 13625 N.E. 175th St., Woodinville; free (425-483-5000 or www.molbaks.com
Northwest Orchid Society Show and Sale
SAT-SUN Displays by orchid societies and vendors, information, repotting, thousands of orchids from five vendors, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday; seminar 10 a.m. Saturday, Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline (skynursery.com).
Bloedel Reserve Premier Plant Sale
SAT-SUN Plants grown at Bloedel Reserve and from 13 Northwest growers, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, The Bloedel Reserve, 7571 Dolphin Drive N.E., Bainbridge Island; free garden admission (206-842-7631 or www.bloedelreserve.org).
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
ONGOING Rhododendron garden in bloom, conservatory, plant nursery, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, 2525 S. 336th St., Federal Way; $5-$8, ages 11 and younger and military personnel free (253-838-4646 or www.rhodygraden.org).
Disney Fanniversary celebration
FRI Program on animated classics, live-action features, TV shows, characters, theme parks and attractions, 7 p.m. Friday, Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle; $35 (d23.disney.go.com/events/).
Vogue Knitting Live
FRI-SUN Knitting event focusing on fashion, fiber and education, hand-knitting classes, marketplace, knit-couture fashion shows, special events, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Meydenbauer Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue; $20-$699 (www.vogueknittinglive.com).
Northwest Rodarama Rod and Custom Car Show
FRI-SUN Hundreds of customs, hot rods, roadsters, motorcycles, Ford Gran Torino from "Starsky and Hutch," KITT from "Knight Rider," original General Lee from "The Dukes of Hazard," life-size replica of Mater from the movie "Cars," information and demonstrations by custom-car professionals, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Puyallup Fair and Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave. S.W., Puyallup; $13-$16, ages 12 and younger free with paying adult (www.nwrodarama.com
Seattle Bot Battles
SUN Western Allied Robotics robot-enthusiasts competition with combat robots, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle (206-684-7200 or www.seattlecenter.com
Museum events
Coast Salish Art in the 21st Century
FRI Panel of artists discuss challenges of transporting the vision of their ancestors into the modern world, 7 p.m. Friday, Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; free, preregistration recommended (206-543-5590 or www.burkemuseum.org/events/browse/coast_salish_design_discussion).
Spring Open House at The Henry
FRI New exhibits including "Laffoley: Premonitions of the Bauharoque," music, beer, cupcakes, activities, 7-10 p.m. Friday, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; $10-$15 (206-543-2280 or www.henryart.org).
Railroad Lecture Series
FRI Open house, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, White River Valley Museum, 918 H St. S.E., Auburn; Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association slideshow and lectures, 7:30 p.m. Auburn Senior Activity Center, Auburn; $4-$5 (253-288-7433 or www.wrvmuseum.org/events.html
Paws-on Science: Husky Weekend
FRI-SUN Activity stations with University of Washington scientists and interactive activities for all ages, workshops, science demonstrations, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N, Seattle; $9-$16 (206-443-2001 or www.pacificsciencecenter.org/Research-Weekends/paws-on-science).
Coast Salish Art and Artists Day
SAT Display and demonstrations of Coast Salish artists including weaving, sculpture and printmaking, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle; $7.50-$10 (206-543-5590 or www.burkemuseum.org
Cellar to Attic Tours at the Meeker Mansion
SUN Tour all four floors of the historic, Victorian mansion, proceeds benefit continuing restoration, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Meeker Mansion, 312 Spring St., Puyallup; $3-$6, no discounts (253-848-1770 or email@example.com).
Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London
ONGOING Old Master paintings, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays through May 19, Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle; $12-$20, ages 12 and younger free (206-654-3100 or www.seattleartmuseum.org).
"The Art of Video Games"
ONGOING Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibit explores the 40-year history of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on graphics, creative storytelling and player interactivity, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through May 12, EMP Museum, 325 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle; $12-$20 (206-770-2700 or www.empmuseum.org
Park events
Schmitz Park Getting Dark — Owling Under Seattle's Oldest Trees
SAT Look for owls, learn about nature, all ages welcome, 7 p.m. Saturday, Schmitz Park, Southwest Admiral Way and Southwest Stevens Street, Seattle; $10-$15 (206-932-7225 or www.stewardshipadventures.com).
Urban Composting Event
SAT Exhibits by local agencies and companies to learn to be an urban composter, 1 p.m. Saturday, Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, 1625 118th Ave. S.E., Bellevue; free (425-452-2565).
Salamanders and Slugs, Spring Butterflies and Birds of Camp Long
SUN See and learn about salamanders, slugs, butterflies now flying, birds now migrating, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Camp Long, 5200 35th Ave. S.W., Seattle; $10-$15 (206-932-7225 or www.stewardshipadventures.com
Kubota Garden Art Walk
SUN Feet First walking-advocacy group hosts tour of Japanese garden for all ages, 2 p.m. Sunday, Kubota Garden Park, 9600 Renton Ave. S., Seattle (feetfirst.org).
Botanical Exotica at Volunteer Park Conservatory
APRIL 11 Opening gala for exhibition of glass works inspired by plants at the Conservatory, 5-8 p.m. April 11, Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle; $12 (206-388-4112 or www.facebook.com/events/283614121772104/).
Breath of Aire
FRI Performance to benefit Terrific Tuesday Meals community program, 7 p.m. Friday, St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church and Parish Hall, 13055 S.E. 192nd St., Renton; free, donation suggested (breathofaire.org
SMC/SWC Free Children's Concert
SAT Seattle Men's Chorus, Seattle Women's Chorus, Village Theatre's KidStage and Book-It Repertory Theater music, theatrical pieces and workshops for toddlers to teenagers, 2 p.m. Saturday, McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle; free, by reservation (206-388-1400 or flyinghouse.org/smc/childrens/).
Magic Tree House Passport to Adventure Tour
SAT Twenty-minute performance from the kids' history adventure-book series, meet the actors and get one book from the series stamped, 10 a.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 19401 Alderwood Mall Parkway, Lynnwood (425-771-2220); 2 p.m. Saturday, University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle; free (206-634-3400).
Outreach Benefit Concert
SAT Seattle Symphony's Xiao-po Fei and Andrew Young with accompanists perform works by Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak to benefit local community services, 7 p.m. Saturday, Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; donation requested (206-499-8535 or www.prlc.org
Flute Festival
SUN Seattle Flute Society competition, vendors, performances, 11 a.m. Sunday, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $5-$25 (206-795-1177 or www.seattleflutesociety.org
Buccaneer 5K and 1 Mile Run and Walk
SUN Challenging 5K and 1 mile race on trails, proceeds benefit 2013 safe Graduation Night celebration party, 9 a.m. Sunday, Kingston High School, 26201 Siyaya Ave. N.E., Kingston; $10-$15 (www.databarevents.com/buccaneers.asp).
Pickering Barn Vintage & Antique Show
FRI-SAT Vintage, antiques and collectibles, jewelry, furniture, yard décor, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W., Issaquah (425-413-1004 or www.countrycreation.blogspot.com).
BevMo Grand Opening In Ballard
FRI-SUN Specialty-beverage opening, ribbon cutting, 9 a.m. Friday; in-store events and demonstrations including wine and beer tastings, Friday-Sunday, BevMo Ballard, 849 N.W. 46th St., Seattle; free (206-673-3150 or www.bevmo.com/).
Brides for a Cause Charity Wedding Dress Sale
FRI-SUN Hundreds of discounted wedding gowns, $150 and up, benefits Wish Upon A Wedding nonprofit that provides weddings and vow renewals to couples facing terminal illness; VIP sneak peak, 6-9 p.m. Friday, $15/bride and 1 guest; general admission 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, free admission, Alexis Hotel, 1007 First Ave., Seattle (www.bridesforacause.com).
Vintage Sale
FRI-SUN Quality antiques, collectibles, home décor, proceeds benefit Bellevue Botanical Garden Society capital campaign, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue (425-452-4216 or www.bellevuebotanical.org/events_vintagesale.html).
Just Between Friends Kids and Maternity Consignment Sales Event
FRI-SUN Sale of gently used children's and maternity clothing, toys, baby equipment, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. S.E., Monroe; $2/Friday, free admission Saturday-Sunday (www.jbfsale.com/everett
Saturday Marche Flea Market
SAT Antiques, vintage items. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Pacific Galleries, 241 S. Lander St., Seattle (206-292-3999 or www.PacGal.com).
Antiques & Great Finds Sale
SAT-SUN Antiques, treasures, Swedish food, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Swedish Cultural Center, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle; $3 donation suggested (206-283-1090 or swedishculturalcenter.org
Spring Book Sale
SAT-SUN Friends of The Seattle Public Library sale of thousands of books, CDs, DVDs, hardback books $2, paperback and children's books $1, section of "better books" priced individually, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N., Seattle (206-682-7567 or www.friendsofspl.org/booksale.php).
SAT-SUN Trunk show of fabrics for quilting, fashion, home décor to benefit La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, La Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St., La Conner (360-466-4288 or www.laconnerquilts.com).
Special interest
Summer Camp Fair
SAT Representatives and information on a variety of summer camps for kids, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 N.E. Eighth St., Bellevue (www.crossroadsbellevue.com
Ravishing Women Show
SUN Beauty pageant, performances, speakers, exhibits to encourage, motivate and inspire women, sponsored by API Chaya nonprofit organization working to prevent sexual and domestic violence, exploitation and human trafficking, 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sammamish High School, 100 140th Ave. S.E., Bellevue; $5 (www.facebook.com/RavishingWomenShow?fref=ts
Reign of Style Hair Show & Competition
SUN Barbers, stylists, and cosmetology-schools competitions, vendors, classes, Sunday, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 299 Mercer St., Seattle; $15-$45 (206-723-3432 or www.ReignOfStyle.com).
Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day
SUN The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center memorial service for Holocaust victims and their families, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island; public lecture, a liberator and a survivor of Buchenwald share their stories, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; free (206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org/news/news.aspx).
Remembering History: The Sammamish Slough Boat Races
SUN Presentations by local boat-racing historians on Slough boat racing in the Sammamish River from 1933 through 1976, with Slough Boat Race drivers, classic-boat show, origami boat workshop, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Kenmore City Hall, 6700 N.E. 181st St., Kenmore (www.kenmorewa.gov/events
Travel events
Solo Travelers
SAT Informal gathering to learn from other's travel experiences, 9 a.m. Saturday, Wide World Books & Maps, 4411 Wallingford Ave. N., Seattle; free (206-634-3453 or wideworldtravelstore.com).
European Travel Festival
SAT Rick Steves' Europe travel classes, European travel skills, Paris, packing light and right, Italy, Spain and Portugal; Greece; Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Croatia and Slovenia; Provence and the French Riviera; Ireland, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Edmonds Theatre and Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds; free, preregistration required (425-771-8303 or www.ricksteves.com).
Travel seminars
SAT Cultures of India, 10 a.m., cruising the ports of southern France, 1 p.m. Saturday, Savvy Traveler, 112 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds; free, reservations required (425-744-6076 or www.savvytravelerstore.com).
NEST Information Session
SAT Learn about volunteering with nonprofit organization that helps people to live in their homes as they age, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Northeast Library, 6801 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle (206-525-6378 or www.nestseattle.org).
SCA Earth Day 2013
PLAN AHEAD Student Conservation Association (SCA), UW Botanic Gardens and Seattle Parks and Recreation Earth Day volunteer projects to remove invasive plants and other projects to improve the Arboretum, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. April 13, Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle; preregister (206-324-4649 or www.thesca.org/seattle
Bellevue Southern Views Walk
SAT Interlaken Trailblazers club guided 10K (6.2 mile) walk with groups of various walking speeds to explore Mercer Slough Nature Park, Enatai Park and Bellevue neighborhoods, 9 a.m. Saturday, South Bellevue Park and Ride, 2700 Bellevue Way S.E., Bellevue; free (www.interlakentrailblazers.org
21 Acres: Joy of Chickens
SAT Basic coop design, breed selection, raising chicks, 10 a.m. Saturday, 21 Acres Farm, 13701 N.E. 171st St., Woodinville; $25-$29 (425-481-1500 or 21acres.org
DIY History Workshop: Oral History
SAT For documenting family history or creating a memoir, film or podcast, two-part workshop to use oral history for gathering material, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, MOHAI at Lake Union Park, Seattle; $30-$40 (206-324-1126 or www.mohai.org/visit-us/mohai-calendar/eventdetail/436/-/diy-history-workshop-oral-history-i).
Steampunk University
SAT Learn what Victorian retro-futurism literary genre and subculture Steampunk with vendors and classes, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E., Seattle; free (www.steamcon.org/steamcon_v/index.php/steampunk-university/).
Salvaged Garden Gates Workshop
SUN How to build and install a salvaged gate and other creative landscaping ideas, 11 a.m. Sunday, Second Use Building Materials, 3223 Sixth Ave. S., Seattle; free, reservations required (206-763-6929, ext. 110 or www.seconduse.com


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** FILE** An Aug. 2, 2007, file photo shows Tiger Stadium in Detroit. With the awarding of a demolition contract Tuesday, April 22, 2008, by the City of Detroit, the debate over old Tiger Stadium is shifting to whether to knock down all of the historic ballpark or to save a corner of it. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
DETROIT (AP) -- Going to a baseball game in Detroit used to mean heading to Michigan and Trumbull, the intersection that became shorthand for Tiger Stadium.
Go there today, and all that remains is a small slice of the arena that once drew throngs of fans to see legends like Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg play.
The rest of the ballpark, which hosted thousands of games between 1912 and 1999, has been demolished, loaded into trucks and driven away.
But it's not gone forever.
Bits and pieces of the old stadium may soon turn up in the body of a new Ford F-150 truck or underneath a freshly paved Wal-Mart parking lot in the suburbs.
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The owner of the company is aware that I cashed out some of my retirement. He is hounding me for the funds from that withdrawl (in cash). I have no problem giving him those funds as long as it towards a repayment of what I've taken. I have come up with an estimated amount but he has yet to disclose any amount. He just keeps advising my husband that it is a lot. My husband ask to see a list or to give him an amount. The owner then advised us that he doesnt have to show us anything. He is planning on meeting us tomorrow at the bank to cash the check. He was upset when I advised him of the amount of the check even though it's 80% of what I feel is owned in one big chunk. The question is should I still give up the funds in cash if we both sign a peice of paper that we get noterized stating that the funds are payment towards the debt - even though the amount has not been agreed upon yet?
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After last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, many feared India would respond by using its military to escalate tensions with Pakistan. Now, reports indicate India will take a diplomatic approach.
Because there is not substantial proof that Pakistan coordinated or sponsored the attacks, India does not want to make a move that could put the civilian Pakistani government in a difficult position. Any military action by India would likely increase the Pakistani military's power, weakening civilian control. Additionally, Pakistan would likely respond to Indian aggression by redeploying troops from the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border to the Indian border — a move that would play into Taliban and al-Qaeda hands.
The hope is that Pakistan will fully cooperate in the investigation to uncover the ringleaders behind the Mumbai attacks. The shear brutality of those attacks should give Pakistan plenty of cause to round up the perpetrators who are likely hiding within Pakistani territory. This attack is not like previous assaults on Indian governmental establishments. This was a horrific and indiscriminate attack on civilians. I would hope there would be little sympathy for the attackers and little desire to help them remain hidden.
Many militants would like nothing more than a war between Pakistan and India. As of now, it doesn't appear either nation is going to fall into that trap.


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June 14, 2014
Being A Son On Father's Day
I am not yet a father (as far as I know), but I thought I would like to write something about Father's Day, especially considering my father also writes for redOrbit.
It is not always easy to look to deeply at the mechanisms of any family relationship, or the dynamics of any close personal relationship at all. Well, certainly not for British people, anyway. But doubtless thinking about it helps to make us a little better at those relationships, and talking about it even more so, if we can bring ourselves to do it.
San Francisco State University recently published some advice to fathers, and to families in general, that is aimed predominantly at those with children and teenagers, but which could easily apply to any stage of life. It talks about conflict resolution– domestic diplomacy, if you will — and the need for a peace envoy, such as a mother, to mediate in conflicts between a father and child. The most important thing, the study says, is that the child should understand why their father is angry. This may not be easy for pops to explain at the height of annoyance, so better that the child has it explained to them by someone else.
"When kids get explanations and good reasons that fit with the world they see, it helps them feel better," Jeff Cookston from SF State tells us. "It's sometimes hard to change how adolescents feel about situations, but we can talk to them about how they think about those situations." It is part of a theory he calls "guided cognitive reframing," a process that it is claimed can reduce depression in young people.
I don't particularly remember having any major conflicts with my father, except for him hogging the guitar or the computer games. Which he had earned the money to pay for. And had gone out and bought. And set up. Hang on, maybe I was the problem! Now I am beginning to realize the importance of having things explained to you at a young age…. In seriousness, although I don't remember any big conflicts, I do remember that time in life that we all experience when we slowly realize that our parents are human, that they are not professors in parenting (Jeff Cookston aside) and that it must be a bloody difficult job.
One late stage of those kinds of realizations may be reflected in the Fleet Foxes lyrics, "So now I am older than my mother and father, when they had their daughter, now what does that say about me?" One would hope that when we realize we are now older than our parents when they had ourselves and our siblings, we might start to look at the whole relationship more objectively. But as the SF State study points out, it is better if those kind of analytical understandings come about at a younger age, rather than feeling resentment for years and then only realizing later that expectations of parents are too high.
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Spartak Lecce
For those who aren't familiar with the Italian lower leagues, the name Spartak Lecce won't be a familiar one. Paul Grech looks at the remarkable club from Lecce, the Football Club with a Fighting Mentality.
If by some flight of fancy you ever happen to be going through the tables of Italy's Terza Categoria, the lowest level of Italian football, you will come across a host of clubs who have clearly been inspired by some of the game's giants; clubs like Real Vidigulfo, Sporting Nissa and River Platani.
Among the most exotic of such clubs there is Spartak Lecce whose name you would imagine is a nod to the Russian side from Moscow. But you would be wrong.
"The name is an homage to Spartacus, the slave who challenged the empire for his and his friends' freedom," explains the club's president Sabrina Abbrescia. "We see modern football in today's society as the empire and want to fight it so that we can get back that which is ours by right."
For those whose history of Imperial Rome is a little bit rusty (or who haven't caught any one of the various cinematic adaptations detailing his life) Spartacus was a gladiator who turned on his owners and became one of the leaders in the slave uprising that came to be known as the Third Servile War. For this reason he is often projected as an example of the downtrodden fighting back against those who oppress them.
Spartacus, wearing a barbarian's helmet, features prominently on Spartak Lecce's badge that also features a leather ball - a symbol of a by-gone era where football was more than a business - and a broken chain that represents the club's ambition to be a break from the way things are currently done. On the captain's armband, then, there are the images of black and red flags; the emblem of the anti-fascist group 'Antifaschistische Aktion'.
"We see modern football in today's society as the empire and want to fight it so that we can get back that which is ours by right."
All of which indicate that this isn't a normal club. Again, Sabrina picks up the narrative.
"The team is the result of a project called Football Without Frontiers (Calcio Senza Confini) which is organised by the cultural association Bfake. This is a 9-a-side football tournament organised in Lecce for the past 5 years where the main messages are against racism and any form of discrimination. That tournament is played every weekend from March to July, hosting migrant communities, associations and common citizens."
"After five years we decided to take our battle to a national level and as a result set up Spartak Lecce."
Given the largely empty stadia that regularly host Italian football games - particularly outside of the Serie A - and the racism that still blights the game, as witnessed by Kevin Prince Boateng's decision to leave the pitch after being abused during a friendly with Pro Patria, it is hard not to appreciate her view of things.
"Today's modern sport system has lost all traces of social value and gradually is losing anything remotely positive about it. Football in Italy has become a degrading experience and we feel that starting from the bottom we can bring about change and promote a sport which is of a social value. The same is happening in other cities all over Italy."
Having set up the club there was then the need to build up a squad. "Initially, the idea was to ask every team who used to take part in our tournament to provide two players. Not everyone managed to stick to that guideline but ultimately the squad reflects all the realities of the football without frontiers project."
"Football in Italy has become a degrading experience and we feel that starting from the bottom we can bring about change and promote a sport which is of a social value. The same is happening in other cities all over Italy."
Indeed, with players from Morocco and the Tamil region of India among others - "they come from all walks of life: workers, students, immigrants." - this team is the living proof of such a concept.
For all the good intentions behind this team's formation getting the approval to play with such a multi-cultural team wasn't straightforward. With rules for clubs at this level clearly stating that there can only be one extracomunitario (players from outside the EU) it looked as if Spartak were going to have to ask for a special dispensation in order to get to play.
But then a more in-depth analysis of the regulations and a fair bit of ingenuity provided them with a loophole. Indeed, it was discovered that if the foreign players were never registered with their home federation and their first registration was with the Italian FA then they would count as local players. Given that most of the players Spartak were looking to register were either born in Italy to immigrant parents or had pre-occupations more serious than football before they left their home country, this has allowed them to register the players they want. To boot, their knowledge of the rules is such that they've become the reference point for other clubs.
Spartak Lecce are also being seen as a model club for the way that they are structured. "We're owned by the members," Sabrina explains. Community owned clubs are increasingly common in England but in Italy they are still a novelty. "There are different types of shares which can be bought and every shareholder is effectively the owner of the club. Then we organise get togethers, meals and sell merchandise to raise funds."
With a sizable following intent on having fun and partying during the team's games - unsurprisingly, German side St. Pauli are cited as one of the club's inspirations - Spartak might well prove to be the inspiration for the revolution that they're hoping to bring about.
Written by Paul Grech
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As finance minister Arun Jaitley prepares to present his maiden budget next week, one of the main concerns he has to address is escalating tax disputes. His party, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), has also promised to end tax terrorism but the task requires a concerted effort. If he, however, starts working on the recommendations of the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), headed by Parthasarathi Shome, it will go a long way in cleaning up the country's taxation scenario, which is excessively dispute-ridden.
In FY13, the total number of direct tax disputes that were pending in various courts was close to 2.7 lakh while the corresponding figure for indirect tax was 1.13 lakh. There are more than 733 direct tax cases pending with high courts for more than ten years. The success rate of the taxman in litigation is considerably lower than that of the taxpayer. Mumbai accounts for most of the tax disputes followed by Delhi and Pune.
Though there is little time to accommodate the TARCs suggestions in the July 10 budget, Jaitley would do well to announce a roadmap to create a separate tax dispute resolution structure within the revenue department. This was even underlined in the BJP manifesto. Such a roadmap will provide a non-adversarial and conducive tax environment for investment in the country.


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Entrepreneurs take pride in Nadella becoming Microsoft CEO [Asian News International]
(Asian News International Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Bangalore/Hyderabad, Feb.6 (ANI): Several entrepreneurs have expressed their pride in home universities in the wake of India-educated Satya Nadella becoming the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft.
Microsoft named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next Chief Executive Officer on February 4, and said co-founder Bill Gates would step down as the chairman and advise the new CEO on technology, marking an epochal change of control at the company that drove the PC revolution.
Nadella, a 46-year old born in India who led the creation of Microsoft's Internet-based, or "cloud" computing services, is only Microsoft's third CEO in 39 years, taking over from Steve Ballmer, who inherited the job from Gates in 2000.
Mohandas Pai, the Chairman of Manipal Global Education from where Nadella graduated, said: "I think his appointment sends a message to everybody that America is a land of opportunity, it's a land based upon merit, it welcomes everybody and anybody who is merited and talented to come and work. American companies appoint the most talented, the best person they have to run companies. I think it's a great message for India that we have to build a culture based upon merit and allow the flowering of merit. It's a great day for India, great day for Satya and I wish him all the best." Mohandas Pai also said that the challenge for Nadella is to bring Microsoft back on track, which has done extremely well, dominated the enterprise market and was dominating the consumer market which is now seeing competition.
Manipal University CEO Ranjan Pai said: "It's a challenging task for him I think. It is a huge role that he has to play in bringing back Microsoft. So I wish him all the best and I am sure he will do very well." Biocon Limited Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said: "I think it's a great pride for India that people who have been educated in this country are making their mark on the global stage." The move ends a five-month search process at the Redmond, Washington-based company, triggered by the August announcement of Ballmer's decision to retire. That was longer than many investors had expected.
Residents in Hyderabad welcomed the move and said it instills hope in the next generation that even Indians could shine bright at global level.
"I am very happy that an Indian has become the CEO of Microsoft. I hope that he brings many laurels to Microsoft in future also and make India proud," said Hyderabad resident Dipika Rao.
"Being an Andhra guy I am really happy for that and it's very good to have him as the CEO of Microsoft," said another resident of Hyderabad, Prasad Nichenametla.
Born in 1967 and educated in India and the United States, Nadella's tech career started at internet software pioneer Sun Microsystems. He joined Microsoft in 1992 and quickly climbed the corporate ladder with leading roles in the Office and Bing search-engine teams.
The new Microsoft focuses on "devices and services" rather than licensing software, and seeks to emulate Apple's success in marrying popular online services with attractive gadgets.
Set by the retiring Ballmer last year, that vision has proven unpopular with investors hoping either that Microsoft will stop ploughing billions into mobile devices - as it is doing with its Nokia acquisition - or come up with new products to take on mobile leaders Apple Inc and Google Inc.
Nadella has pushed the company in the direction of an Internet-based future, using its network of vast datacenters to host products such as Office 365, a subscription-based online version of its ubiquitous business software.
The move is also a significant shift for Gates, who along with Apple's Steve Jobs was one of the key forces who shaped the personal computer revolution of the late 20th century, making him an icon of the new information economy and the world's richest person in the process.
Gates, 58, left day-to-day work at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy at his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he says is still his main job. He owns 4.3 percent of Microsoft's outstanding shares.
Investors and analysts are already weighing how effective Nadella will be in re-igniting the company's mobile ambitions and satisfying Wall Street's hunger for cash.
Microsoft faces a slow erosion of its PC-centric Windows and Office franchises and needs somehow to challenge Apple Inc and Google Inc in the new realm of mobile computing. At the same time, some investors are campaigning for retrenchment and a bigger cut of the company's massive cash pile.
Most agree that Nadella's background makes him a safe pair of hands to take the company forward, but there remains a question over his ability to make Microsoft a hit with consumers or with impatient shareholders.
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This important town at the crossroads of the Le Moule, Les Abymes and Anse-Bertrand roads has a large market that takes place daily on Route du Stade. Morne-à-l'Eau's principal curiosity is its cemetery, sited above the entrance to the town. This city of the dead with its lines of tombs symbolises a kind of transcendence of the burial practices of the slavery period, when slaves were usually interred at the periphery of graveyards exclusive to whites.


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Why Janet Yellen Is Hoping California Chrome Wins The Triple Crown
With The Fed tapering proceeding as scheduled and complacency having reached 11 on the Spinal Tap amplifier of over-confidence, Janet Yellen and her fellow PhDs have one last best hope... a second-half pick up to magically confirm escape velocity and 'prove' monetary policy is not simply the enrich-the-rich scheme we all know it is. For that reason, we suspect Yellen, Lew, Obama, and every bull out there will be screaming "move yr arse" to California Chrome in The Belmont on Saturday...During years when there is a Triple Crown winner, the U.S. economy has averaged 4.85% growth in real GDP.
As Bloomberg notes,
Winning horse racing's Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and Belmont States in the same year) is no easy feat. It's only been accomplished 11 times in history. On June 7, California Chrome will have a chance to join this elite crowd. During years when there is a Triple Crown winner, the U.S. economy has averaged 4.85 percent growth in real GDP, an elevated 8.1 percent unemployment rate, and a 6 percent pace of inflation.
There were 19 occasions when a horse won the first two legs of the Crown, but failed to capture the victory in the Belmont – this excludes those races where the horse did not compete in the Belmont. During those periods, the economy fared worse with an average 3.6 percent pace of real output, though milder unemployment (5.2 percent) and a considerably less daunting inflation rate of 3.7 percent.
When it comes to rooting for a victor, essentially it comes down to choosing between stronger growth or a less encumbering set of the twin evils of unemployment and inflation.
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So she can pretend she is Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet?
all my money goes on kerry by a face....
Fuck that. They will just report 5.6% because it sounds right
If that we're the case they'd have snipers on the field to shoot all the other horses.
That's the way America works....right
There's a difference between real correlation - where there's an actual relationship between factors - and sheer coincidence
and coming round the club house turn.......
Chrome dome haircut winner, what's the Federal Reserve liquidity odds?
Where's a space ship when you need one.
"Dr Evil is escaping on his Big Boy! I say again...Dr Evil is escaping on his Big Boy, over."
Triple Crown Cargo Cult.
I still can't believe Real Quiet got beat !!!
i am betting on "the field"... mile and a half is a whole new ballgame...
Yeah, well, 1978 was when we started off-shoring production and career employment.
Janet Yellen needs the Titanic Captain's hat for this one.
Unless she sends us all our check for $3 Million tax free.
1978 was a pretty crappy year - major inflation and getting a job was a real bitch..... but at least they were still reporting real statistics then instead of making things up
Inflation was double digits but at least they paid you 3/4's of the inflation rate in interest... now inflation's really at 9% and you get 0.025% interest on your money (if you have any)
Zero is hoping for a nuclear device in NYC so he can blame that for the recession.


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O thank God Im free at last . Not from my lovely wife but from my silly bike computer. I use to watch cadence, average speed, miles per ride, ride time,
you know all the things that make you a slave to the time and distance not to the ride itself. Im not saying I will never use on again but not on every ride.
I commute 4 or 5 time a week and I got so caught up in did I shave a few seconds of my ride time or hows my average speed doing - O my Ive got to do better.
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You say to-may-to, they say to-mah-to…and there's NO WAY they could be wrong.
In a gut-punch tantamount to finding out Santa isn't real, the "Jersey Shore" cast discovers in this bonus scene that they've been mispronouncing the name of their favorite Italian eatery, Rivoli's, since they first started vacationing in Seaside Heights! But JWOWW, Pauly D and the rest of the gang refuse to go down without a fight. They'll be damned if it's "Ree-voli's," not "Ruh-voh-li's."
After placing a takeout order for dinner during a lazy night in, JWOWW's told by Rivoli's hostess Monica that the restaurant is pronounced differently than Jenni and her roommates have always believed, but after considering the correction, Deena just ain't havin' it. "I think Rivoli's definitely mispronounces their own name," the meatball says. "Because it's spelled Rivoli's, not Rivoli's." You can always depend on D for a good dose of logic.
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The TIFF Review Report rounds up some of the festival's notable premieres, along with a sampling of their reviews and tweets from Ontario's capital. Here are some of the highlights from Tuesday's critical chatter.
"The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her"
Category: Special Presentations
Director: Ned Benson
Starring: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds, William Hurt, Bill Hader, Viola Davis
Synopsis: "Following a horrific tragedy, the enviable marriage between Conor (James McAvoy), a restaurant owner, and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain), a returning college student, begins to fall apart. With each day worse than the last, their connection starts deteriorating, until one day Eleanor just disappears...."
Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
"Many will be quick to recognize the Rashomon conceit, in which different, highly subjective viewpoints contribute information about the same event, information that may be true or false. Since Benson's characters are almost frighteningly sincere and truthful, the slight discrepancies that crop up in their overlapping scenes seem owing to tricks of memory rather than a desire to deceive."
Nikola Grozdanović, The Playlist
"Perhaps it sounds all a bit too Hallmark (to use one of the characters phrases), and in the hands of some of other less talented artists these kinds of stories can nosedive straight into the territory of some bad made-for-cable Lifetime movie. But Benson's multi-layered, organically paced, delicate and quite often hilarious screenplay holds it all together with wit and brio."
Adriana Floridia, Movie Mezzanine
"Director/writer Ned Benson is a truly original talent that everyone needs to keep their eye on. It is absolutely astounding that this is his first feature, as he has crafted something so beautiful, poetic, and profound that many filmmakers spend their whole lives trying to achieve."
Norm Wilner, NOW Magazine
"Benson's two-part study of a relationship torn apart by grief is not only a remarkable directorial debut but a stunning emotional study, in whichever order you experience it...Benson has been working on this project in close collaboration with Chastain and Cassandra Kulukundis for nearly a decade, and the compassion he has for his characters shines through in every frame."
David Ehrlich, Film.com
"ELEANOR RIGBY: Chastain kills in a heartfelt & cleverly mirrored 2-parter about love on the ropes, but too many knots in flat script."
John Oursler, Sound on Sight
"DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY tore my heart out. Beautiful, compassionate filmmaking. Incredible debut by Benson."
Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest
"If you're at TIFF, you owe it to yourself to see Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. Completely destroyed me & my favorite film in 4 years here."
Noel Murray, The Dissolve
"DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: Indie drama in duplicate, first thru his eyes then hers. Gimmick's rarely illuminating but often affecting."
"The Sacrament"
Category: Vanguard
Director: Ti West
Starring: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds, William Hurt, Bill Hader, Viola Davis
Synopsis: "Patrick (Kentucker Audley) is a fashion photographer. When his colleagues Sam (AJ Bowen) and Jake (Joe Swanberg, who also stars in Proxy in this year's Vanguard program), correspondents for Vice magazine, catch wind of a letter he received from his estranged sister Caroline (Amy Seimetz), they decide her story would be a great subject for a documentary — she's living in a "sober" commune at an unnamed location outside the United States. The three set off for a visit. While Patrick reunites with his sister, Sam and Jake investigate why members of the isolated community have followed a mysterious leader they call Father off American soil. Understandably skeptical at first, the guys slowly come around to the group's utopian claims."
Samuel Zimmerman, Fangoria
"While often excellent, West's previous films are essentially campfire stories; "A girl takes a babysitting job and…," "Two innkeepers are alone for the weekend and…". THE SACRAMENT, rather, finds parallel with the worrisome hold political and religious leaders have over sects and parties with increasingly extreme and isolating worldviews."
Ryland Aldrich, Twitch
"The performances are strong across the board. This has been a hallmark of West's other films and it is no different here. It's also a big part of the reason the film works so well."
Andrew Parker, Dork Shelf
"A lengthy showdown between the equally excellent Bowen and Jones giving an interview in front of an audience is some of the best writing and directing West has displayed, and the film itself is a tightly contrasted, slow burning thriller."
Kamran Ahmed, Next Projection
"With hand camera movement, direct address, and a sharp narrative style, the film has a gritty sense of realism that is only surpassed by its ability to increase suspense up until its final moments."
Scott Tobias, The Dissolve
"THE SACRAMENT (West) West still a master at building tension, but repurposing Jim Jones as docu-horror is really in questionable taste."
Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com
"Ti West's THE SACRAMENT, an eerie modern realization of a Jonestown-like community is his most effective work to date."
A.A. Dowd, The AV Club
"THE SACRAMENT (West '13): Can this dude just get back to riffing on old horror movies? He's not so great at found-footage."
Sean Dwyer, Film Junk
"Ti West's The Sacrament: a fictionalized found footage take on Jonestown. Effective but maybe a little too straightforward."
"How I Live Now"
Category: Special Presentations
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay
Synopsis: "Drawing on Meg Rosoff's prizewinning young-adult novel, this is the story of Daisy, a tough, blond punk (Saoirse Ronan) sent from her ultra-urban life in America to stay with distant relations in remote rural England. With her black t-shirt and eyebrow piercing she's immediately out of place, but that's the least of her worries. In this near-future, war has broken out, and as white ash falls from the skies and the military evacuates the cities, she's forced to depend on people she barely knows."
Mark Adams, Screen Daily
"Kevin Macdonald directs with grace and ease, and imbues the scenes of the youngsters embracing their rural idyll with a delightful bucolic charm. He seems less at ease in the scenes involving gunplay and danger, but the film is not really about action...but is simply a tale of young love divided."
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
"From this low-key and moderately promising set-up, 'How I Live Now' descends into by-the-book romantic longing as well as inane survival melodrama flecked by a handful of arresting doomsdayish imagery."
Charlie Schmidlin, The Playlist
"Commercial prospects be damned—it results in an intense, fascinating character study nestled in an inconsistent shell. Macdonald's unique direction and Ronan's jittery performance makes the film a worthy watch; now let's hope the book's younger fans find guardians aware of 'Grave of the Fireflies' and its disturbing merits."
Henry Barnes, The Guardian
"The production design looks tired and despondent. The opportunity to show England on the curdle is wasted. There's a lack of imagination at play - it's OK if a broken society looks drab, but it shouldn't look boring."
Leora Heilbronn, Ioncinema
"Central character Daisy spends the majority of the film wrestling with her dueling voices but eventually she finds her own true voice. 'How I Live Now,' however, does not."
"Dom Hemingway"
Category: Special Presentations
Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon, Jumayn Hunter, Madalina Ghenea, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Synopsis: "Released from prison twelve years after taking the fall to protect his benefactor, Mr. Fontaine, Dom admits to 'anger problems,' which he vents as soon as he tastes the heady oxygen of freedom. The years of bottled frustration and anger and pent-up emotions are released like a champagne cork before he is summoned to France to see the big boss. Accompanied by his longtime sidekick, given a beautiful turn by the incomparable Richard E. Grant, Dom luxuriates in the bucolic pleasures of a country estate whilst also ogling the expansive allure of Fontaine's high-class moll."
Jordan Hoffman, Film.com
"'Dom Hemingway' is a success because it finds the balance. No, this isn't the BEST crime movie or the BEST redemption story or even the BEST British character-based comedy. But it is nevertheless a very pleasant combination where all the spokes compliment one another."
Brad Brevet, Rope of Silicon
"Violent, vulgar and coked out of his mind, Shepard and Law have conspired to create the kind of character I love to see on screen. But his rage-filled antics, and pent up aggression after 12 years behind bars aren't all that define Hemingway, which is why the film ultimately works."
David Sexton, London Evening Standard
"For half its length, Dom Hemingway is a pastiche of Tarantino, complete with mock chapter-headings: extremely stylised verbal obscenity combined with brutal physical violence, emphatically performed not only by Law but by his languid sidekick, Richard E Grant."
Matt Goldberg, Collider
"Law approaches Dom with all of the seriousness of a Shakespeare character. The actor's commitment to his character makes Hemingway's unrelenting vanity and spite truly mind-blowing. Shepard's vulgar language rolls off Law's tongue like beautiful poetry."
Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist
"While there's no doubt that Shepard's film is frequently laugh-out-loud funny and impressively, wittily written, with a finely tuned ear for the perfect bit of foul language, it stumbles slightly on the story side. For all the script's inventiveness, there are some plot contrivances within that strain just a little too hard to attempting wrap things up in a bow, and the movie doesn't quite hit the dramatic notes it wants to."
You can read more Review Report dispatches on the following films below:
"August: Osage County"
"Devil's Knot"
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text: Photo Gallery Space Photos This Week: Falcon 9, Jupiter Impact, More A commercial craft heads into orbit, a fireball smacks Jupiter, a new planet hunter debuts, and more in the week's best space pictures. PUBLISHED June 9, 2010 0 1 / 6 Flight of the Falcon 9 In a picture taken by an onboard camera, an engine nozzle glows orange with heat as the Falcon 9 launch vehicle nears a circular orbit 155 miles (250 kilometers) above Earth.On June 4 the Falcon 9—built by commercial spaceflight company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)—successfully completed a test launch into Earth orbit carrying a mock-up of the company's Dragon cargo capsule.With the space shuttle fleet due to retire by the end of the year, NASA has contracted SpaceX to provide at least 12 flights using the Falcon 9-Dragon combo to ferry supplies to the International Space Station. Image courtesy SpaceX Map of Mars's Lakes A suite of Mars orbiters combined forces to create a new geologic map of Mars, released June 7, that adds to evidence the red planet once hosted expansive lakes. Using data from the Viking, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Global Surveyor orbiters, scientists created a false-color picture of rocks and minerals in the Hellas Planitia region in Mars's southern hemisphere.The map reveals sedimentary deposits that match what would be found as material gets washed downhill into standing bodies of water. These deposits date back to between 4.5 and 3.5 billion years ago, to a period when scientists think Mars could have hosted liquid water. Image courtesy USGS Jupiter + Fireball Jupiter's had it tough lately: Almost a year after an asteroid impact had left a dark scar on the planet, another fireball was spotted smacking the planet's bottom. In the picture above, taken from Australia, the Earth-size fireball appears as a bright spot at right.On June 3 backyard astronomers in both Australia and the Philippines saw the white flash—evidence of an as yet unidentified object slamming into Jupiter. (Get the full story and watch video.) Image courtesy Anthony Wesley TRAPPIST Sees a Tarantula The star-spangled swirls of the Tarantula Nebula feature in one of the first pictures, released June 8, from a new remote control telescope.TRAPPIST, or the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope, sits at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla site in northern Chile. But it's operated from a control room in Liège, Belgium—about 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) away. The telescope will look for planets outside our solar system by watching for periodic dips in a star's brightness as a planet passes in front of its host. A low amount of dust between Earth and the Tarantula make the nearby nebula a promising target for planet hunting, according to the TRAPPIST team. Image courtesy E. Jehin, TRAPPIST/ESO The Voyage Home A deployed parachute creates a huge, round shadow over Kazahkstan on June 2 as a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying crew members from the International Space Station returns to Earth.NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi made a successful landing after spending six months aboard the orbiting laboratory. (See pictures of Earth from space Noguchi posted via Twitter.) Photograph courtesy Bill Ingalls, NASA Mount Cleveland Plume Seen by a NASA satellite June 1, the clouds part to reveal a dark plume rising from Mount Cleveland, a volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The false-color thermal image shows white snow, pink clouds, red vegetation, and black waters. The Alaska Volcano Observatory reported ash rising above Mount Cleveland up to 16,000 feet (4,900 meters) on May 30. This particular peak is frequently restless, and the current activity is not unusual, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. Image courtesy NASA Earth Observatory Related Stories This Week's Night Sky: See Mars and Jupiter Compete This Week's Night Sky: Catch the Moon Cruising by Jupiter This Week's Night Sky: See Jupiter's 'Water World' Moon


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BrightFarms Wants to Keep New Yorkers in Hydroponic Veggies
A planned 100,000-square-foot rooftop farm in Sunset Park should help.
New York's rooftop farming trend has been gaining steam: Green patches, beehives, and even micro fish hatcheries have cropped up on top of brownstones and skyscrapers. But the urban-agriculture boomlet is about to get a turbo boost. On Thursday, a company called BrightFarms will unveil plans for a massive garden in the sky, a 100,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse atop a warehouse in Sunset Park. When fully up and running later this year, BrightFarms says the operation will harvest 1 million pounds of local produce per year — enough to keep 5,000 New Yorkers in salads.
BrightFarms' long-term goal is to plant more micro-greenhouses above supermarkets and restaurants all over the city, so the picked-to-plate lag for lettuces, cucumbers, kale, herbs, and several varieties of tomatoes would be reduced to hours. Spared the up-to-six-day journey by truck from West Coast farms, these veggies would taste way fresher — they also require less water and no chemicals to grow.
Details aren't out yet on who will be selling the bounty of the Sunset Park rooftop, but BrightFarms is in talks with major supermarkets. And they have some big-name support: Mario Batali, always keen on serving fresh produce at his restaurants, is supporting the venture by appearing at Thursday's launch. No word yet on whether we can expect to dine on BrightFarms-grown tomatoes at our next Babbo pasta feed, but here's hoping.


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Songo Songo Opens the Field: Tanzania's Songo Songo Gas Field Has Encouraged Oil Independents to Take an Exploratory Dip in the Hitherto Marginalised East African Waters
After years of planning, discussion and development, the first gas has finally flowed in the $350m Songas Songo Songo gas-to-power project in Tanzania. The turbines were delivered at the Ubungo thermal plant in Dar es Salaam towards the end of last year and gas production on the one trillion cubic feet Songo Songo fields has begun.
Two of the five turbines at Ubungo that were scheduled to start operating on natural gas by the middle of this year have been operating on liquid fuel since December, providing an additional 75MW of generating capacity to the national grid.
Although the reserves involved are relatively small in comparison with gas projects elsewhere in the world, even those offshore in West Africa, the scheme's success marks a breakthrough for oil and gas exploration off the east coast of Africa.
Small oil independents have taken a dip into the waters of Africa's Indian Ocean on various occasions over the past four decades but have rarely come up with economically viable finds.
The industry maxim that any hydrocarbon find is generally made within 100 miles of an existing discovery surely discouraged many potential exploration firms--but now that the first wells are in production, other investors may now be tempted to take up acreage anywhere from maritime Mozambique, through Tanzania and Kenya and perhaps even one day as far north as Somalia.
Companies with interests off the East African coast include the UK's Aminex, Antrim Resources and Tanganyika Oil Company, both of Canada, US company Phoenix Explorations, South Africa's Energy Africa and Petrom of Romania.
Aminex has recently drilled the Nyunil well offshore and is scheduled to sink another exploration well off Okuza Island. The British firm has sold a 30% stake in its licence to Petrom in return for 50% of development costs. The other main area of activity is around Zanzibar, where Antrim is carrying out exploration work, while data collected by Jebco Seismic (UK) in the Pemba Channel and offshore Tanga could open up new areas.
Such firms were encouraged to take up acreage in Tanzania in the 2000 and 2002 licensing rounds by improved terms of investment and seven production sharing agreements (PSAs) are now in effect. …


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Wisconsin Election Watchdogs Jump Into Action to Save Their Own Bacon
Any question of whether GAB is a partisan joke was answered by their rapid lobbying to save their own behinds People who follow Wisconsin politics should remember this truism: For the GAB, the SOP is CYA. It's accurate, easy to tweet, and it's family friendly. The translation – For the Government Accountability Board, the standard operating procedure is "Cover Your Ass." As I've written here | Read More »


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I know Python (and a bunch of other languages) and I think it might be nice to learn Perl, even if it seems that most of the people is doing it the other way around.
My main concern is not about the language itself (I think that part is always easy), but about learning the Perlish (as contrasted with Pythonic) way of doing things; because I don't think it'll be worth the effort if I end up programming Python in Perl.
So my questions are basically two:
- Are there many problems/application areas where it's actually more convenient to use Perl rather than Python?
- If the first question is positive, where can I found a good place to get started and learn best practices that is not oriented to beginners?


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PayPal and IBM are teaming up to offer an easy way for Java developers to quickly get started with the PayPal's Adaptive Payment APIs. As PayPal noted on their blog, "The image provides a few sample apps along with the PayPal Adaptive Payments & Accounts Java SDK and a fully integrated development environment using Eclipse IDE and Tomcat connector. This allows developers to quickly create an instance on the IBM cloud, experiment with the sample apps, make code changes, or add new functionality to suit their business needs."
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Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Home of the Boy Who Would Be President
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Bridging the Watershed
Bridging the Watershed (BTW) is an outreach program of the Alice Ferguson Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service and area schools, whose purpose is to provide personally meaningful, educational experiences that connect students to their place in the natural and cultural world. BTW offers 5 core modules, as well as a host of park-specific curriculum units, that offer classroom lessons to prepare students for their field studies, guidance for data analysis after a field study,
Park Geology Tour -- Geologic Features
This site offers geologic field notes, maps, and photographs of the national parks. The site is organized around 14 thematic areas, such as fossils, plate tectonics, and volcanoes.
Voicing Your Views: Letter to the Editor
Students will explore the editorial section of the newspaper and understand what it is.
You Decide: Should the U. S. government pay African-Americans reparations for slavery?
This educational guide focuses on whether the United States should pay reparations to modern African-Americans as compensation for the era of slavery. Students are invited to examine the arguments on both sides of the debate, developing critical thinking skills as they work through the activities. Students will learn how to support their arguments with evidence and reason. It is expected that at the end of this guide students will determine where they stand on this controversial issue.
Protesting Corporate Globalization
In this lesson students will explore the different ways that corporate globalization affects society.
The Right to Bear Arms
This lesson explores the issues surrounding the Second Amendment and the issue of gun control.
The aim of this lesson is to develop students' understanding of the importance of proofreading. It is the sixth lesson in the study skills series and is intended to support adult learners who are embarking on a course of study and need to acquire skills which will help them to be successful. The lessons are designed as a package with key skills reinforced in each subsequent lesson so that a study culture is developed over time. They can be delivered sequentially or used individually, as a whole
California Gold: Northern California Folk Arts from the Thirties
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Pelicans and Flying Rays (Narrated by David Tennant) - Earthflight - BBC One
The BBC's nature series, Earthflight, showcases nature's wonders from the perspective of birds across the globe. And from the look of this promo, it's all pretty spectacular-looking. Watch pelicans soar above a school of California devil rays as the rays perform flying somersaults through the air. The kid should seriously see this! (2:10)
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בימים אלו עלה לפא"ר כרך א' בסדרת ספרי הקורס "בטהובן - מורד ורומנטיקן" (10934). את הספר כתב פרופ' רון וידברג, והוא כולל שתי יחידות. יחידה 1: תקופת בון (1792-1770). יחידה 2: וריאציות וינאיות (1792-1800).
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Calisphere Themed Collection - 1929-1939: The Great Depression: Everyday Life in Hard Times
The images in this topic provide a look at the everyday lives of Californians during the decade of the 1930s. Although many people struggled to survive during the Great Depression, these photographs also show that some still found employment, and many managed to enjoy themselves despite the hard economic times.
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Using Medication
What advance preparations should I make?
How should I plan if I would like to have an epidural?
How should I plan if I would like to use other pain medications?
How can I minimize the likelihood of having problems with narcotics?
How can I minimize the likelihood of having problems with narcotics?
What advance preparations should I make?You will need to look at the options and decide about your preferences. Narcotics and epidurals (and nitrous oxide, if it is available to you) pose very different benefits versus risks. Epidurals come in several varieties, each with its own pros and cons. (See Options: Labor Pain and Best Evidence: Labor Pain for information about your options with and without medications.)
You will also want to learn ways to reduce the chances of having a drug- or procedure-related complication (see below).
You should also be prepared to cope with labor without medication. Things don't always go as planned. Pain medication may be inadvisable in your particular case. You may arrive at the hospital too late in labor to start medication. An anesthesiologist might not be readily available. The staff may encourage you to wait until your labor is better established before using medication. You may be one of the women who find an epidural doesn't take or leaves "windows" of pain. Finally, because of the wide variation in women's experience of labor pain and the difficulty of predicting your experience in advance, you may find that labor isn't as hard as you thought it would be.
How should I plan if I would like to have an epidural?If you think you will probably want epidural analgesia, make sure you have chosen a hospital where anesthesiologists or nurse-anesthetists are on the premises at all times. Otherwise, you may not be able to get an epidural when you want it. If your plan is to delay an epidural, you will want to investigate whether the hospital provides comfort measures (showers, rocking chairs, etc.) and has policies that encourage their use (such as freedom to be up and around in labor and no routine intravenous drips).
Even if you expect to have an epidural, consider arranging for a doula or other labor support companion. This person can help with comfort measures and mental strategies until the time when your epidural takes effect, and can provide critical help if the epidural doesn't work for you. Many women find that a doula continues to be helpful after an epidural takes effect. Relief of pain doesn't mean you and your partner cease to need emotional support, information, or ideas to promote good progress and minimize adverse effects. Take care, however, to choose a doula who is comfortable working with women who plan to have an epidural.
How should I plan if I would like to use other pain medications?You cannot expect complete relief from labor pain medications other than epidurals, and a doula or other labor support companion can help with remaining discomfort, as well as many other needs.
If you expect to use narcotics, they should be generally available in U.S. hospitals. If you have an interest in nitrous oxide, you will need to make some inquiries. It may not be available in any hospital maternity units in your community.
How can I minimize the likelihood of having problems with narcotics?Avoid narcotics in situations where the baby might already be compromised. This would include: preterm labor, underweight baby (small for gestational age, intrauterine growth retardation), and your high blood pressure. Narcotics depress your respiration and thereby decrease the level of oxygen in your blood. Although a healthy, full-term baby may be able to handle this, it could be challenging for a compromised baby.
Anticipate that the baby might have difficulties suckling in the first few days. Narcotics have known adverse effects on newborn behavior — including ability to breastfeed. These effects will pass as the baby gradually metabolizes the drug and its breakdown products. Recognizing this can help prevent frustration or discouragement if breastfeeding doesn't go well the first few days. To maximize your chances of early breastfeeding success and avoid making any difficulties harder to overcome:
How can I minimize the likelihood of having problems with an epidural?
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Favorite ArticlesStories from the Prayer Shawl MinistryCharity Stories
My husband was at work, my three daughters had left for
school, and I was in the basement of our old house on
Mount Curve Boulevard in Saint Paul, Minnesota, ironing
and listening to Minnesota Public Radios morning show
with Bob Potter. Outside it was a beautiful fall day, I
could see the sun shining through the small basement
windows as I watched wrinkles disappear under the warm
Finally. Alone in my house after a busy summer with kids,
alone with my own adult thoughts. This was a luxury:
killing time ironing what easily could have been left
un-ironed, allowing my mind to shift gears from summer
parenting concerns back into my work as a childrens book
writer and illustrator.
Pausing a moment, I looked up at the dusty, exposed pipes
in our basement. Should I clean them? Somewhere in the
middle of my mindless mediations, Bob Potters calm,
steady voice acquired a nervous edge. "I have just
received a report," his new voice said. A plane has
crashed into the World Trade Center.
The pipes never got cleaned and I gave up ironing, folding the
rest of the laundry into sturdy, neat piles. Quietly. Not wanting
to miss a word of the news, I moved my hands soundlessly, and
It is September 11, 2001, Bob Potter repeated as he broadcasted
the latest reports: the second plane, the third plane, the
Pentagon, the fourth plane, the crash. I headed upstairs and
called everyone I knew.
Turn on your radio, I said. Terrible things are happening.
Thinking they might need an extra adult that day, I called my
youngest daughters school and volunteered to come right over.
Not necessary, the principal told me, The kids dont know
anything yet.
Could he be right about that? I thought it was in the
air. The world was now a different place. The kids were sure to
feel that.
Could you come tomorrow? he asked.
Of course, I said with false confidence. Who knew what tomorrow
would be like?
I wasnt sure what to do next. It was clear that no matter what
had happened, my kids would be in school all day. That part of our
life was going to stay the same. My husband was still at work,
busy cancelling all the trips and meetings he had planned for that
week, listening to news there, checking on colleagues and friends
scattered over the country. Planes were not flying. Our usually
noisy neighborhood near the airport suddenly was very quiet.
I work alone. In my studio, I can happily pass hours by myself
with my stories and pictures. But on September 11, 2001, work was
out of the question. Would I ever work again? What would I write
about? I could not write or draw or even iron that day, but I was
sure I could knit. Listening to the radio and trying to find a way
to understand what was going on, I could let my hands knit and
purl, back and forth across rows of careful stitches.
During the French Revolution, women knit while heads rolled from
the guillotines. Madness, maybe, but what better what to calm a
soul? By hearths and heaters, in fields and bomb shelters, women
have knit through all wars and disasters. How many times in
conversations and in writings had I quoted Elizabeth Zimmerman,
the matriarch of American knitting, who advised us to knit on
with courage and confidence through all crisis?
I had been working on a pair of socks for myself, bright
ones--yellow and orange, blue and green. They were so cheerful
that I could not bear to look at them, almost like archeological
finds belonging to another time, another world.
For me, on the morning of September 11, 2001, it was a gift, a
small comfort amidst the profound shattering of our country to
discover in my stash, half a skein of yarn in a Babysoft®
pastel. Yarn probably left over from a gift made years ago and for
a baby now old enough to join me in my worries. I grabbed my copy
of Projects for Community Knitting by Carol Anderson and
found her pattern for a preemie hat. It was my first confident
gesture for the future.
I knit stacks of preemie hats in what remained of the year 2001
and the first half of 2002. In June, my middle daughter, Flory,
became Bat Mitzvah, and at the luncheon following, baskets of
preemie hats graced the tables. My friends and fellow knitters,
Katherine Goldman and Sarah Herren, helped me knit over three
hundred hats, which we donated to Childrens Hospital in St. Paul.
In August my husband and I packed up our house, loaded the kids
in the car, and moved to Iowa City, Iowa just in time for the
start of the school year. It took a long time to settle in. My
knitting was mixed up with the inaccessible, unmarked, unpacked
boxes stuffed payload style in our garage, waiting for my studio
and the lower level of our new house to be completed.
On September 11, 2002, I was not ironing. After my husband left
for work and my kids for school, I took a new skein of baby yarn
bought the day before, and began to knit. A preemie hat, of
Each of us has struggled to find her own way to deal with the
death and devastation that happened on September 11, 2001. My way
is by knitting preemie hats. And I try to knit it the way
Elizabeth Zimmerman advised, with confidence and courage.
For those of you who would like to do the same on this fifth
anniversary, I offer you the Babysoft® Preemie Hat pattern.
Several other knit and crochet patterns for preemie hats are also
available at the online Lion Brand pattern archive. And for those
of you unsure of where to send or donate your hats, please
consider The Preemie


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Riviera Beach to decide next phase of marina projectUPDATED 6:36 PM EST Feb 06, 2014
Voters will decide next month whether they want to transform the Riviera Beach Marina into a complex complete with more restaurants, shops, marine vendors and a host of entertainment venues.Video Transcript
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE READY TO BE SPENT ON EVEN MORE UPGRADES ALONG THE RIVIERA BEACH MARINA. BUT THAT MONEY WON'T GO ANYWHERE UNLESS VOTERS GIVE THE GO-AHEAD TO ADD THE PROPOSED RESTURANTS AND SHOPS. TED WHITE IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE STORY THAT'S ALL NEW AT FIVE, TED? 3 VOTERS IN RIVIERA BEACH GO TO THE POLLS NEXT MONTH FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION. IT CENTERS AROUND THE CITY'S MARINA AND IF THEY WANT PRIVATE COMPANIES TO BE BUILD ON CITY-OWNED LAND. 3 LAST YEAR THE RIVIERA BEACH MARINA WAS GIVEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AFTER. AFTER A YEAR AND HALF OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE 10-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, A NEW SEAWALL WAS ADDED, UNDERWATER L-E-D LIGHTING AND PLENTY OF NEW BOAT SLIPS. TONY BROWN IS DIRCTOR OF THE CITY'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. HE SAYS THE NEXT PHASE WILL BEGIN IN A FEW MONTHS TO MAKE MORE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SEAWALL THROUGH THE MARINA. Tony Brown/Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency 5:23-:34"We are going to raise elevation to meet new FEMA requirements. We're going to rebuild the old Newcomb Hall to create a nearly 30-thousand square foot event center." BROWN SAYS 26-MILLION DOLLARS IS IN THE BANK AND READY TO GO FOR THE PROJECT. BUT VOTERS WILL DECIDE NEXT MONTH IF THEY WANTED TO GREEN LIGHT A LARGER PROJECT THAT WOULD INCLUDE, A NEW TIKI BAR, RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, MARINE VENDORS, A SMALL BOUTIQUE AND A HOST OF ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. Tony Brown/Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency5:51-:04 "What's at stake is 4 million dollars in annual revenue to the city. 145 million dollars in development just on city owned land. And over 2000 jobs when everything is built out."BROWN SAYS THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM PRIVATE COMPANIES. HOW DO SOME PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT IT?Leo Jerome/Homeowner22:18-:27 "totally in favor of it. You know what? It will help clean up some of the blight and more investment means higher property values and it better for everyone."Paula Graham/Homeowner 23:10-14"I think that be nice. Something nice to take the kids." Glenna McElhone/Homeowner23:45 "It would be nice to have some good restaurants around." 3 THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS MARCH 11TH. IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THE TIKI BAR'S DAYS COULD BE NUMBERED THE MARINA BESCAUSE IT IS NOT CITY OWNED, MANAGED AND OPERATED.TED WHITE WPBF 25 NEWS.
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