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Early mornings in Eastern Canada are now becoming the norm it feels. I spend a quick night at the Comfort Inn St John's Airport which is a very short free shuttle bus ride to the airport as I am booked to fly to Montreal today on WestJet, with a couple of stops enroute. My first flight out of St John's is scheduled to depart at 7am. The hotel is friendly, relaxed and my room is clean and comfortable. I hardly have time to explore it as I am in dire need of sleep. Before I know it, the alarm has gone off, and I am back in the shuttle bus being dropped off at departures at YYT – the third time being at this airport in just over a week. I feel almost like a local now. I also manage to shake off the shock and depression that followed the "Goose Bay disaster": see To Twotter Or Not? Air Labrador & Air Canada (by palmjet Oct 31 2012 in Trip Reports).
Another day, more flying.
Again, when searching for WestJet flights, it became clear that it was only marginally more expensive to add the stop in Halifax, and being a crazy A.netter, I elected for the flight combination with the maximum stops. This seemed entirely sensible especially as it would be my first time on WestJet and I had heard and read great things about this airline. My first encounter with WestJet was not as a passenger, but I am pretty sure I remember seeing one of their "new" 737-200s in British Columbia when I was last there in 1997 and it seems that since then, this little airline has grown from strength to strength. How could I not try and factor a WestJet flight into my travel plans when I was in Canada then?
My flights today are scheduled to look like this (thanks to Great Circle Mapper)
I have approximately an hour on the ground in Halifax before continuing on to Toronto. The aircraft will then (as I find out later) go on to Calgary. I am scheduled to spend 3 or so hours at Pearson International before boarding another WestJet aircraft –scheduled to be a B737-600 for the 1 hour flight up to Montreal. This would also be my first 737-600 flight, so another first for me on this trip.
Check in at St John's proves challenging as the two SSKs that I try don't seem to want to let me type in my Booking Reference. I think they are defective. Please WestJet can you fix these? I find one SSK that is working and it spits out two paper boarding passes for the two flights. I then head straight to the desk to get rid of my bag. No extra fees to check in my bag and the friendly young guy tags the bag through to YUL. There is a sign on the desk advising passengers that one of the WestJet staff was highly allergic to seafood and for passengers to notify them if they were carrying or checking in any seafood products. I ask the guy if he hates fish and he laughs and says no – it's not him.
Check in is pain free. This time I don't hang around landside and make my way to the security area – not before pausing to take a quick picture of the Air Saint Pierre check in desk (which is closed at this time). I had desperately tried to incorporate a flight with these folks when in Canada but their schedules and my schedules did not work out. Plus I recall they had no ability to process an online booking on their website which seemed very odd for an airline in the year 2012 AD. In the end I gave up, and held on to the hope that at least I might spot one of their rarely seen ATR42s (well at least rare for this author).
Security is also pain free and I am soon back to where I was only a few days ago. It almost feels like a lifetime ago and I feel I have covered so much territory since then.
I manage to grab some coffee to wake me up - again from the Tim Hortons airside and then take a seat looking out of the window.
Given the number of people milling around for this early morning post sunrise flight to Halifax, it looks like it is going to be a busy flight for WS699.
Cabin crew are at the door greeting passengers in a cheerful manner – so far I've had very positive impressions. As they say, first impressions count.
Boarding calls are made and I am soon in my seat just behind the wing on the port side. Unfortunately the windows are fogged with condensation indicating the aircraft had night stopped here. The day is dawning another beautiful crisp fall day in St John's. Certainly a nice contrast to soggy Halifax from yesterday.
Legroom is sufficient. The seat pocket contains a few items, including WestJet's inflight magazine "Up".
I am excited about travelling with a new airline, although this is tempered slightly by the fact that I am on a bulk standard 737 again: nowhere near as interesting as the Beeches I had sampled, nor the Twotter that I so badly wanted to experience again. Sorry WestJet.
The crew are introduced and safety demonstrations are completed manually (with an automated message in French). The vibe I am getting is very Virgin Blue-esque from my many flights with them in Australia. The flight attendants come across as relaxed, approachable, friendly and happy to be there. A great start. One of the male flight attendants has a quick joke with the passengers two rows in front of me while we are boarding. Again, small things like this do not go unnoticed and I feel there is a considerable contrast to that "onboard feeling" compared to my Air Canada flights so far.
Also, to make things better still, we get a friendly and detailed announcement from the cockpit crew, welcoming us aboard and some flight information to Halifax. Again, quite different from the cockpit silence I experienced so far on Air Canada mainline.
After pushing back, we start our taxi, passing an overnighting Porter Dash 8 on the way.
Our taxi is fairly lengthy today as we head out to RW29 for departure. There is not much activity going on and it feels like the airport is largely still sleeping (as some of the passengers are on my flight!)
The B737-700 makes a powerful departure and we are soon rapidly climbing – giving us some interesting views of the countryside below – where there are some small and wispy looking fog patches on the ground.
The rising sun also makes for some nice soft light on our aircraft as we climb toward our cruising altitude. Similar to last night's flight from Halifax, we are expecting a flight time of just over an hour. It's a glorious morning for flying today in this part of Canada!
The view once we get to our cruising height of 40,000ft.
Limited cabin view from my seat at 17A. I paid extra to be able to select my seat at the time of booking as I wanted to be just behind the wing for any views down below.
Unfortunately the weather there has not improved at all and we are destined for a few bumps as we enter Nova Scotia airspace.
Service consists of two phases a) the BOB run and then b) the complimentary snack and drink. Snacks are either sweet or salty. I don't see many passengers buying anything so the crew spend most of their time handing out free drinks and the snack. Service is with a smile throughout and my positive impression of WestJet continues.
I opt for something sweet. No idea why I do – just seems right at this time of the morning. I feel like I am on a Delta flight at this point
I have two seat neighbours in my row. Both are American and are travelling together. One of them tells me they are heading back down to La Guardia and then Charlotte from Halifax this morning. They seem nice enough and we have a short chat mid flight.
I don't make a visit to the lavatorial facilities on this occasion – and a number of WestJet reports have been made on A.net covering detailed aspects of their operations including lavatories!
Passing over New Glasgow
The flight is uneventful. I spend some time snoozing and the rest of it listening to music and flying conditions are mostly smooth. I am getting comfortable when I feel the aircraft starting its descent into Stanfield International Airport.
The crew is right - the weather in Halifax is less than sunny
Flaps down and on final approach
We land on the same runway as I did yesterday on the CRJ200 and just like yesterday – the weather here stinks! Great views from my window -
We pull into our gate and passengers continuing to Toronto are given the choice of deplaning or remaining on board. Our transit time in Halifax is only 30 minutes or so before reboarding, but in any case, I decide to stretch my legs and head out into the terminal.
Here's C-GMWJ resting in the rain after arriving from St John's with Air Canada kicking up some spray in the background! She was delivered new to WestJet in 2006 and is fitted with 136 Y seats.
Close up
We reboard and I take my assigned seat - still 17A and get settled for the just over 2 hour flight to Toronto Pearson.
Time to leave a rainy and grey Halifax - our location on the map
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Ray Sherman of Lake Stevens was charged Tuesday with first degree theft. Snohomish County prosecutors say he wrote checks to pay bills for himself and people close to him. The thefts began in 2007 and didn't come to the attention of others until late last year when the bank said the account was empty.
Just recently, Sherman confessed to the VFW and then to police.
Thursday, he confessed to KOMO News.
"I am very ashamed of what I've done," Sherman said. "I'm not scared to admit that or I wouldn't have told the deputy up here.
"I am guilty."
A Vietnam vet himself, he says he hurts deep inside for letting down his fellow vets.
"Yeah, I understand that," he said.
Prosecutors say Sherman was in charge of writing all the checks at the VFW office, but starting in 2007 Sherman wrote one check to himself for more than $17,000, one to his daughter for more than $26,000, another to his son-in-law for over $22,000 and the rest to friends.
VFW commander Chuck Donahue says here's not one penny left now for charities, for college scholarships or to help veterans just back from Iraq and Afghanistan recover.
"It hurt and I considered the guy a good friend," he said. "It's a real sick feeling to know right now we can't help people when they need it."
And he's not sure if he'll see any of the $90,000 again.
Sherman explained that first, his family needed the money, then things got out of control.
"I even offered to pay it back a little at a time because I'm on Social Security -- I don't have a job," he said.
Charged with a felony and facing possible jail time and heavy fines, he wants the VFW to know he is ashamed.
For Donahue, it still hurts.
"I don't know that you can ever trust somebody that's done that to you," he said.
The VFW says if they don't recover some of the money, they'll have to close this chapter in this church.
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Android App Video Review: Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner
by Erik Fikkert
Allrecipes.com is a wonderful resource for anyone looking for great recipe ideas or just general cooking advice. They've released an Android app as well that gives users the ability to search through their massive online collection of recipes, upload and store their own, and create shopping lists for ingredients.
When the app initially opens, you are presented with a spinner very similar to the one found in the Urbanspoon app. This spinner will help you decide a meal randomly if you're not sure exactly what you are looking for. Once a recipe is found, tapping on it will bring up the ingredients and instructions, as well as any reviews or comments made by other users.
The app had a great list of recipes to choose from and it was exciting to see the variety of different meals I could pick from. Users can also add a recipe to the favorites section along with their own recipes via the online website so they will always have them on hand. The app's overall design is extremely clean and simple, perfect for finding what you want. If you find a recipe that you absolutely enjoyed, it can also be shared via email or on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Overall, the app was perfect for the kitchen and totally worth the money for the full version. Check it out.


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NBA Trade Rumors: 76ers in talks with Nets for Marquis Teague
For the second time in his young NBA career, it looks like Marquis Teague is getting traded. The former Kentucky Wildcats point guard is on the verge of getting traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Philadelphia 79ers, according to Yahoo Sports. The Philadelphia 76ers are in talks with the Brooklyn Nets to acquire guard […]
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While the Kentucky Wildcats are coming off a Final Four season thanks in large part to twin brothers Aaron and Andrew Harrison, there actually has been a set of brothers involved with UK. Marquis Teague was the point guard for the 2012 National Championship team. Just a few years prior, his brother, Jeff, was the point guard for Wake Forrest. Now, both are in the NBA, though Jeff...
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Lea Michele Remembers 'Unbelievable' Moment With Cory Monteith: See Pic
This is sooo sweet, but also very sad! On the seventh anniversary of 'Glee's' debut on Fox on May 19, Lea Michele shared a very sentimental message about her deceased former boyfriend Cory Monteith, and the rest of her co-stars on the hit show. See the touching photo, right here.
Aww, Lea Michele, 29, is feeling super nostalgic on the seventh anniversary of the debut of Glee on May 19. Clearly she's missing her former boyfriend Cory Monteith, while remembering an "unbelievable" moment with him and the rest of the original cast. Here's the sweet photo giving us all the feels.
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Lea Michele Shows Off Tattoo For Cory Monteith & Monchele Fans Flip Out — See Pic
Three years after Cory Monteith's death, the actor still lives on in Lea Michele's heart…and on her body. She debuted a sweet new tattoo for her late boyfriend on April 12, and even though it's small, it holds a whole lot of meaning — especially for 'Glee' fans who fell in love with the couple on the show.
We're not crying, YOU'RE crying! Lea Michele, 29, gave Gleeks all the feels when she showed off her symbolic tattoo for Cory Monteith on Twitter April 12. The tiny artwork is a nod to Cory's role on Glee, where the pair met and fell in love before his untimely death in July 2013. See it here.
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Lea Michele Honors Cory Monteith In Loving Birthday Tribute
In honor of what would have been Cory's 33rd birthday on May 11, Lea posted a heartfelt message to her late love. Click to read Lea's beautiful birthday tribute.
Cory Monteith's former love Lea Michele, 28, remembered him on his special day in a sweet Twitter message. The Glee star's birthday is today, May 11, and Cory would have been 33. It's been nearly two years since Cory's tragic and sudden death, and it's still hard to imagine a world without him.
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Cory Monteith: 'Glee' Star Remembered On His 33rd Birthday
He is dearly missed! May 11 is Cory Monteith's birthday and the young actor would have turned 33. Though he passed away in 2013, Cory is certainly not forgotten. On his birthday, let us look back at the life of the man who captured our hearts as Finn Hudson!
We wish we could say we were filled with "glee" in celebrating Cory Monteith's birthday, but there is part of us that is sad that he's not here to celebrate. May 11 marks what would have been Cory's 33rd birthday. Though he was only with us briefly, Cory touched a lot of fans – Gleeks and non-Gleeks alike. Join HollywoodLife.com as we us look back in a celebration of Cory's life!
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Mark Salling Remembers Cory Monteith: No 'Closure' On 'Glee'
Mark Salling (aka Noah "Puck" Puckerman) is excited about returning for the final season of 'Glee.' Unfortunately, his excitement is hindered by the overwhelming sadness he still feels over his friend, Cory Monteith's, death.
So sad — Mark Salling, 32, feels as though there is major void in 'Glee's' final season with the absence of Cory Monteith. "I still think about him all the time," he reveals — check out the rest of his heartbreaking interview.
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Lea Michele: Inside Her Private Grieving For Cory Monteith On His Death Anniversary
Cory Monteith tragically died on July 13, 2013. For the one year anniversary of his death, Lea Michele tweeted a loving message about her former boyfriend for the whole world to see. She also mourned privately — and "didn't want to be out and about," a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
It's been a difficult year for Lea Michele, 27, as she grieves and tries to move on after her boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith's shocking and sudden death. Lea's heart has found happiness again with new man Matthew Paetz, but a source tells us Lea "didn't want to be seen" with Matthew during the emotional weekend.
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It's been one year since the heartbreaking tragedy of Cory Monteith's death. His death has been tough on the entire 'Glee' cast, but his love and co-star Lea Michele took the time to pay tribute to Cory in the most loving way possible on Twitter on July 13.
The past year hasn't been easy for for Lea Michele, 27. The Glee star has coped with the devastating July 13 death of her boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith. On the one year anniversary, the actress/singer tweeted a loving and heartbreaking message about her love.
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July 13, 2014 marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating death of 'Glee' star, Cory Monteith. It's no surprise that his co-stars have taken to social media to remember their close friend.
While we remember the late Cory Monteith in pictures, his friends and Glee co-stars took to Twitter on July 13 to mourn the loss of such a young, great man. Cory passed away at 31 leaving behind a huge family, including a girlfriend, Lea Michele. Read what the cast and crew — including Ryan Murphy and Matthew Morrison — said about Cory below.
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On July 13, 2013, 'Glee' star Cory Monteith was found dead in his room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver at the young age of 31. We're remembering the actor in pics.
We at HollywoodLife.com are shocked that it has already been a year since the horrific death of Cory Monteith, the actor we loved just as much as character. Finn Hudson, on Glee. Today, we're celebrating his life by looking through a gallery of pictures of his best times.
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After meeting Matthew Paetz on the set of her 'On My Way' music video, Lea Michele is reportedly dating him. As her first boyfriend since Cory, HollywoodLife.com has learned exclusively that she actually sees a lot of her late costar in Matt.
Lea Michele is reportedly dating again, and we're so glad to hear that Matthew Paetz has been treating her "like a princess," because she deserves it. A source close to Lea told HollywoodLife.com exclusively that she's the "happiest she's been in a long time," which is great since she was so heartbroken by the horrible death of Cory Monteith.
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Lea Michele Is Dating Even Though She Is Still Not Over Cory Monteith
Lea is quietly dating Matthew Paetz — a gorgeous model she met while shooting her 'On My Way' music video — but a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY the relationship is 'not serious' and the Glee starlet is still not over Cory Monteith.
It's been nearly a year since Cory Monteith's tragic heroin overdose and Lea Michele is still reeling from the loss. The Glee star isn't ready to replace her former love, but she is trying to move forward by having fun with hot model Matthew Paetz, explains a source to HollywoodLife.com.
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- Globalization Versus Normative Policy: A Case Study on the Failure of the Barbie Doll in the Indian Market by Priti Nemani
In his often cited opinion on trademark law, Judge Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals succinctly identified both the significance and the tension embodied in the Barbie doll figure. Barbie leads in the world of young females, with her vast wardrobe, her extensive life experiences, and her many diverse friends. In a drive […]


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Towson is one of the most exciting suburbs in America. Easy for us to say, but don't just take our word for it. A new survey by Business Insider ranks Towson #11 in the U.S. The survey ranked nearly 140 suburbs across the country by what they call "excitement factors," looking at:
- Nightlife per capita (bars, clubs, comedy, etc.)
- Live music venues per capita
- Active life options per capita (parks, outdoor activities, etc.)
- Fast Food restaurants per capita (the fewer the better)
- Percentage of restaurants that are fast food (the lower the better)
Towson has more than 60 restaurants, including new downtown destinations Cunningham's and Oyster Bay. Towson's 55,000 residents can go for a run around the Towson University or Goucher campus, through welcoming neighborhoods, around the Towson Y, in one of four County parks, and soon at the new L.A. Fitness in Towson Commons. New bike lanes will make cycling easier throughout Towson. Turn up the music at a WTMD live lunch at Olympic Place, in Towson University Center for the Arts and Stephens Hall, or Goucher's KraushaarAuditorium. This summer, Towson Square adds 15 Cinemark movie theatres and eight new restaurants to downtown Towson.
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This article is a guild information page for Sanctuary for Old Souls of Darrowmere US.
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.
General InformationEdit
Sanctuary for Old Souls (SFOS) is primarily focus on PvE content and both casual and progression raiding. It typically has at least 2 raid teams running at any given time. New members are always welcome; there is no application to join. This guild was formed on Darrowmere. For more information you can ask any members who are online in-game to have a guild officer whisper you.
This guild was originally formed by OldSoulDK and a group of friends. Guild leadership transferred to the current guild leader Clintonn later on.
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Schedules vary, especially at the beginning of an expansion during progression before every boss is on farm mode and more attempts are necessary to ensure every boss is downed that week.
Guild rulesEdit
- Keep guild chat PG-13 and take arguments to wsp.
- No drama.
- Be respectful to guildmates.
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Since 2004, the Nevada-based Minden Grill Company has turned its focus on design and manufacture of contemporary gas grills and gas grill accessories into a winning business strategy centered on the highest quality gas grills on the market. Situated in the picturesque beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the border with great California, Minden's greatest asset is its young, spirited, and energetic workforce, powered by a love of quality work and a desire to produce the best gas grills available. There, among the beauty of peaks and coniferous forests, Minden's workers find the inspiration to design, engineer, and manufacture the absolute best barbecue grilling work on the market today. Because Minden grills are designed to match your personal taste, these grills are a spectacular alternative to a generic big box barbecue grill. Every product Minden makes carries with it the spirit of the West: independence, honesty, adventure, and the grandeur of the wilderness.
You see, Minden Grills are the first outdoor gas grills designed to be customized by you, to suit your needs. With customizable features including everything from the burner to the cutting board to the side wings. Enhancements available include stainless steel grates, ceramic pizza stone, and bamboo cooking boards. Every Minden grill offers remarkable features that place it far above its competition, and that's why Minden grills are great for every level of grilling enthusiast, from gourmet to amateur. While still new to the grilling scene, Minden is rapidly building a well-earned reputation for top-tier quality.


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With the New Directors/New Films Series underway at MoMA and The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater, New York movie site The Reeler takes a lengthy look at three films from the series in a roundtable discussion with three New Yorkers. As S.T. Van Airsdale notes, the directors joined him for, "a wide-ranging conversation about -- among other things -- New York audiences, joining the ND/NF legacy and filmmaking in the city."
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Here's a round-up of some stuff (and things) currently making waves online:
--They hosted a Zombie Dance-Off in Los Angeles over the weekend as part of Thrill the World '08 where, according to LA Weekly, folks gather to perform the zombie dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller in 91 cities in 12 countries across the world "in an attempt to hold the world record for the most people to do the 'Thriller' dance at one time ..." Check out the photo above and this video of the actual performance (and is that a zombie slave Princess Leia -- right on!) ...
-- Natalie Portman is taking on some more adult roles as Variety reports the gal has signed on to star in Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, opposite Scott Cohen and Charlie Tahan. Portman will play a woman who fixes her marriage through bonding with her stepson.
-- While Anne Hathaway stars in Dancing with Sheba, Amy Adams has signed on to headline the film Daughter of the Queen of Sheba. This one, based on the life of NPR correspondent Jacki Lyden, tells of a woman who "uses her mother's madness and delusions to empower herself." See, and all I did was use my mother's cupcakes to gain weight. Clearly I came out a winner in the end.
-- Cracked has up some leaked excerpts from Miley Cyrus' "Memoir", and since we're talking about those warped minds over at Cracked, I wouldn't exactly take this too seriously. Among the different chapters ("Chapter Twelve: Insanity Fair! Lol. No, But Seriously, This Was Humiliating") was this image of Cyrus as Venom. [via Superpunch]
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-- FilmGeek has located what they claim are the French posters for Watchmen and Star Trek (though the former looks a little doctored-up if you ask me). The Watchmen one is pretty standard, though I'm still waiting for them to unveil a Star Trek poster that doesn't immediately put you to sleep with its boringness.
-- Check out this new clip from Twilight of Robert Pattinson's vampire character kicking an apple. See, now that's how you pick up a human chick.
-- One Iron Man fan who's not crazy about Don Cheadle taking over for Terrence Howard was so far as to create a website dedicated to fans who want to take a stand. Check it out over here. Oh, and here's my two cents: Too late.
-- Slashfilm has images and a detailed script review of Judd Apatow's Funny People.
-- Finally, someone gets it right: In Bruges, Slumdog Millionaire and Hunger dominate BAFTA nominations.
-- Famed porn director Gerard Rocco Damiano (Deep Throat) has died after suffering a stroke. He was 80.
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text: Put a lawn in front of this house and place it on a cliff and it could be a grand country house in the UK. You can almost imagine couples in elegant 1920s clothing draped underneath the colonnades sipping champagne. This stunning building, casting a lonely figure on a huge building site in Shanghai, has intrigued me since everything around it was demolished at the start of the year. It sits on a 63,000 sq metre plot which last year was covered with other similar houses and networks of traditional shikumen blocks and lanes. I thought it may have been a nail house or dingzihu, inhabited by people refusing to make way for development like one famous example in Chongqing where a family lived in the middle of a building site for two years. Every time I passed it, like many others, I wondered why it had not been razed along with everything else, glad at the same time that it hadn't. The site is bounded by Nanjing West Road, Shimenyi Road, Weihai Road and Qinghai Road in a central location in Shanghai. It will accommodate a new Line 13 metro station by 2014, plus the typical mix of hotels, shops, apartments and offices seen all over the city in developments like this. Ellen Chan of Swire Properties, which is developing the land with HKR International, said: "The building, most recently known as Block 4 of Minli Middle School, was built in the 1920s by two brothers Qiu Xinshan and Qiu Weiqing, who were paint tycoons. The Qius Residence originally comprised two blocks. One was demolished for the reconstruction of Minli Middle School in the 1990s. The structure was used as the middle school's office building. It was identified as an outstanding historical building in 1999." And according to Shanghai Daily, both the building and its inhabitants were truly "outstanding". Apparently missing their wild, rural home in Shandong province, the brothers kept tigers, snakes and anteaters in the garden and crocodiles in the pond. They also had a stable of 10 horses for hunting. The plan is to move the building 57 metres forward on rail tracks to sit on Weihai Road. It's apparently quite common here for selected 'saved buildings' to be moved to fit in with the new development they lay witness to. The 74-year-old Shanghai Concert Hall, for example, reopened to the public after being moved 66 metres southeast in 2004. And while I wish more of the historical buildings on the site had been preserved, at least this remarkable building is again the conversation point it undoubtedly was in its heyday. Back to Expat home page


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Archive - Dec 8, 2010
Duke's Irving could miss a month with toe injury
Players seek end of age restriction
Can Selby make KU great?
Self's new task: Integrating Selby
John Calipari says his Kentucky team 'will be better than we are'
Big Board Updated
Here is a look at the first update of the big board. I will try to update this Top 100 list at the beginning of each month.
This prospect list is based on every player coming out for this year's NBA draft. This list is not necessarily a projection of where they would be drafted, but where I see their value currently going into the 2011 draft. The projections are based on scouting numerous games and talking to a handful of NBA scouts.
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Sky Sports: Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert hopes his side can spoil the party at Loftus Road on Saturday by beating QPR. Harry Redknapp is set to take charge of struggling Rangers for a home game for the first time, but Lambert is aware that a Villa win will lift them 11 points clear of the Premier League's basement club.
Sky Sports: Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp has played down talk linking him with Joe Cole and Darren Bent. Redknapp has been linked with both players when the transfer window reopens in January as he looks to bolster his squad at Loftus Road.
Sky Sports: Aston Villa starlet Jordan Lyden is looking to become the next Australian to make the breakthrough in England. Lyden put pen to paper on a three-year deal in November and he is now looking to kick-on after international clearance was recently finalised.
RTE Sport: Enda Stevens' run in the Aston Villa first team has come to an end ahead of this weekend's league clash with QPR. The former Shamrock Rovers defender started the last four league games for Villa but Stevens picked up an ankle injury in their midweek clash with Reading.
ESPN: Paul Lambert insists claims that Darren Bent is being left out of his Aston Villa side for financial reasons are "absolute drivel." The Villa manager has made it clear he will continue to exercise his right to omit the club's £24 million record signing, if it is in the best interests of the club, as Bent's future remains under intense scrutiny ahead of facing Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
ClubCall: Paul Lambert wants Aston Villa to move away from relegation danger by spoiling Harry Redknapp's first home game in charge of QPR. Boss Lambert is aware that a Villa win will lift them 11 points clear of bottom-placed Rangers, who replaced Mark Hughes with Redknapp a week ago.
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation gets into the news when they are taking file, win and lose lawsuits, but there are smaller victories that they can be credited with that many people probably don't even notice. Those victories occurs when the FFRF doesn't have to file a lawsuit.
The FFRF caught wind of a teacher proselytizing in class in a public school and sent the district a letter. The district promptly took action and (hopefully) the teacher will stop.
These little victories are just as important as the big lawsuits because it keeps school districts and governments accountable by educating them. This is a win-win for all involved.


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Socialist Design at the Fin de Siècle
Biology, Beauty, Utopia
Everything made by man's hands has a form, which must be either beautiful or
ugly; beautiful if it is in accord with Nature, and helps her; ugly if it is discordant
with Nature, and thwarts her; it cannot be indifferent: we, for our parts, are busy
or sluggish, eager or unhappy, and our eyes are apt to get dulled to this eventful-
ness of form in those things which we are always looking at.
—William Morris, "The Lesser Arts" (1877)
There is grandeur in [the fact that]… from so simple a beginning endless forms
most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
—Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
Form is everything. It is the secret of life.
—Oscar Wilde, "The Critic as Artist" (1890)
The luxurious world of British aesthetes has often seemed a distant one to the fiery socialist art communities of the 1880s and 1890s. Aestheticism's orientation around passive consumption would seem to offer a sharp contrast to the active productions of radical crafts-makers, who saw the decorative arts as political symbols of a more egalitarian society. The Arts and Crafts movement has traditionally been seen as a legacy of Ruskin's social conscience, producing art objects in the name of progress for working people.1 Yet, as we have just seen, aestheticism's political subtexts and public presence gave it a more active role than might be visible to our contemporary eyes. And in this chapter, I explore how certain late-Victorian writers espoused anti-realist visual styles in the name of progressive social change.2 Though many of these authors were also artists, their writings and theories align them with the tradition of art writing that this book has been outlining, prescribing didactic goals for the best consumption and judgment of art.
The rise of the aesthetic has typically been located in an avant-gardist formalism that avoids any legible political message. Here, though, I show how certain


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Game 1 of Jacksonville American Legion Post 265�s second-round Area II-East playoff series at Morehead City Post 46 on Friday was postponed because of rain.
The game is now scheduled for Saturday at West Carteret HS. Game 2 of the best-of-five set will be Sunday at White Oak HS and Game 3 will be Monday at WCHS. If necessary, a fourth game will be Tuesday at White Oak and a fifth game will be Wednesday back at WCHS.
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The Junior American Legion Area II-East district championship game between Swansboro (13-2) and Morehead City A (10-4) on Friday at Swansboro HS was postponed because of rain.
The title game is now scheduled for Sunday at 5 p.m. at Swansboro HS.
The winner will be a top seed in the state tournament in Kernersville, but both teams are assured of a spot in the field.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — On her worst day as a meth addict -- on that very worst day -- one of Betsey DeGree's young sons tried to hang himself.
During a knock-down, drag-out fight between his strung-out parents, the boy freaked. He ran to his basement bedroom, locked the door and fashioned a noose out of a belt in his closet.
The date was Aug. 26, 2010.
"I got woken up right then. That was it for me," DeGree said. "It was horrible, and I feel terrible. To this day, it chokes me up every time I talk about it.
"I was going to call 911, but I was too scared. I was too afraid to bring him into the hospital because I had so many scabs on my skin, I was sure the doctors would know, and I would lose my kids."
The next day, DeGree stopped using methamphetamine, she told the St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/SA45oB). She's been sober ever since.
The road to recovery hasn't been easy. First, she had to kick her husband, Bob, out of the house. When he was in the house, he was using meth, she said, and she couldn't stand the temptation.
"That summer was awful," DeGree said. "It was explosive around here. I kicked him out every other day. I kept trying to get him to quit. I finally told him, 'This is the last of it for me. I can't put my kids through this for one more second.' "
Now DeGree, who lives in White Bear Township, is sharing her story through her blog -- momoffmeth.com -- and national TV appearances.
DeGree, 42, started sharing her story in June when she appeared on ABC News' "Nightline."
"I went back and forth on it," she said during an interview Thursday in her suburban home. "I talked to Bob. I didn't want to come out to everybody about my drug use. I didn't want to hurt my kids."
But DeGree, who is attending Metropolitan State University to become a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, said talking about addiction "in an honest way ... helps to break the stigma of it."
"If you remove the shame and stigma of addiction, people start to see it as a disease," DeGree said. "My whole goal is to be open and honest -- to be really honest -- in case anyone else is going through the same thing. Drug addicts aren't bad people; they just have a bad disease."
The reaction to her appearance on "Nightline" was mostly positive.
"I got emails, phone calls, messages saying, 'You're very brave. We're really proud of you,' " she said. "But some people in my immediate family asked, 'Why would you say that?' I just told them: 'Because it's the truth, and I don't want to be ashamed of it. It's what happened to me.' "
DeGree's blond hair is stylishly cut. Her face isn't pockmarked. Her teeth are in full working order.
But in 2009 and 2010, DeGree didn't look good.
"I picked my skin. I had scabs everywhere. I still have some scars on my arms you can see," she said, pulling up the sleeve of her shirt and pointing to the tiny white marks on her right arm. "I have scars on my face. I wear a lot of makeup."
Meth made DeGree think she had "ingrown hairs and pimples on my face that weren't there, and I would just pick the heck out of them," she said. "That summer of 2010, I remember I had to wear makeup on my skin and long sleeves. I never went outside. I didn't want anyone to see. I hid out a lot."
DeGree grew up in Maplewood and White Bear Lake. Her parents, Tom and Beverly Berry, owned Selby Ornamental Iron in St. Paul, a wrought-iron fence company.
"It was a pretty normal childhood," DeGree said. "My dad worked a lot. My mom stayed home and did the books (for the business) from home."
DeGree said she started smoking pot and drinking when she was in eighth grade -- "a bad year for me."
"I had a group of friends and that's sort of the way that they went," she said, "and I just went with them."
Her drinking and drug use grew worse after her mother died of cancer at the age of 46.
"The day she died I went to a party -- it was a Saturday -- and I just got wasted," DeGree said.
DeGree continued drinking heavily through high school and while taking classes at Lakewood Community College in White Bear Lake. "I was voted 'Biggest Partier' of my class," she said. "So was Bob."
She married Bob DeGree, a high school classmate, when she was 21. He was in the Marines and stationed in California. She moved to Twentynine Palms, Calif., to be with him.
"We were just madly in love, and we didn't want to be apart," she said. "It actually saved me -- getting married. I was in such a tailspin, and I had been since I was 16. I had no place. Getting married gave me a place."
The couple would binge drink together on the weekends. "He was always my partner. Always," she said. "He would never be sober, if not for me."
DeGree said she started using speed while working for a car rental agency in Palm Springs.
"My boss one day asked me if I'd like to try it, and I didn't even know what she was talking about," DeGree said. "There was a line in the bathroom."
The drug was meth -- "they called it crank, but it's the same thing" -- and then, "for the rest of the time that I lived there, I was chasing meth," she said. "Every penny went to that."
When the couple moved back to Minnesota in 1993, DeGree stopped using drugs but continued drinking.
"My friends had all gone to college and were all starting to be professional people, and I was trying to not be that (drug-using) person around them," she said. "Although they drank a lot, it was never a drug thing for them."
DeGree returned to school -- this time to the University of Minnesota -- and came close to finishing a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She and her husband went to work for her father at Selby Ornamental Iron.
Daughter Millie was born in 1998. Son Gus came in 2001. After he was born, DeGree said, she started using diet pills to lose the baby weight.
"I got down to a size 6," she said. "I was on the prescription phentermine. I got it from a weight-loss doctor. I thought I'd hit the jackpot. I thought, this can't be real. It was the greatest thing. I had all this energy. It was great."
She stopped taking the pills when she became pregnant with twins Frank and Charlie, who were born in 2003.
When the twins were just a year old, she got a part-time job as a bartender at Wildwood Bowl in Mahtomedi. "That was the worst decision I ever made," she said. "I was feeling suffocated and terrified. ... So getting the job at the bar was just sort of an escape."
It took 2 1/2 years, but DeGree finally sought treatment for her meth and cocaine habit in the summer of 2007. "Every penny we had was going to cocaine," she said. "Our financial situation was dire, and I was concerned about losing the house."
Her sobriety lasted until she and her husband went out to celebrate her birthday at a show by comedian Lewis Black. "We said, 'Well, we'll just do it this one time,' " she said.
DeGree spiraled out of control until she finally checked into Hazelden for the second time that year, on Dec. 27. "I was there for 28 days, and I loved every second of it," she said. "It was a wonderful place. I learned that addiction is a disease, and I learned that I had to take it very seriously, and I couldn't put anything in front of my recovery."
Sobriety lasted a year.
When her daughter and husband were diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and prescribed Adderall, DeGree couldn't resist.
"I knew it was a stimulant that people abused, and that's all I needed to know," she said. "I thought, 'I'm just going to try one. Millie's not going to need to take them on the weekend, so I can just take her weekend ones.' It quickly got out of control."
From Adderall, DeGree and her husband returned to cocaine.
But years of abuse had left a hole in DeGree's nasal septum, so snorting coke was no longer an option. "It hurt really bad," she said. "I tried to smoke it, but it's tricky, so then the guy we got it from suggested we try meth."
During their worst days, the couple was smoking meth every day -- a $400-a-week habit. Their house went into foreclosure, and they declared bankruptcy.
And then that very worst day happened.
DeGree, who has a 12-step support group, was able to lean on them during her recovery. Her husband went into treatment at the VA Medical Center at St. Cloud, then moved back home with her and their kids.
On her way to school, Betsey DeGree sometimes passes the road that leads to her former dealer's house.
"I honestly have to pay attention so that my car doesn't suddenly turn in that direction," DeGree wrote in a blog post dated Oct. 15. "It's like there is a monster living inside of me that will take over if I am not totally on guard and careful. It is that crazy in my head."
DeGree said she is open with her kids about her disease.
"Addiction is hereditary, so I talk with the kids about it," she said. "That they need to be aware of that, and they need to be careful."
But, she said, watching someone go through recovery can be powerful too.
"I'm really banking on that," she said. "I just want to be an example that this life is better. And if they don't (abstain), well, at least they'll know that there is a way out."
DeGree has this advice for addicts: "It doesn't matter how far down you go, there's always hope. It sounds so corny, but it's true. ... To deal with life sober is way easier than trying to deal with it and also juggle your addiction. It's so hard to see that at the beginning because your immediate response to any stress is to use. But when your head clears, you get to see that it's definitely easier this way."
Looking back, she said, she wishes she had made better choices.
"I wish I had done things the way I had planned on doing things in my life, especially as a parent," she said. "I'm definitely not the mom that I set out to be.
"Every day gets better though, at least for me. I still have my moments, and I still freak out and yell and all that stuff ..."
"But not like you used to," Millie interjected.
"We're trying, man," DeGree responded. "We're trying."
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Just finished riding CicLAvia today. It was a huge turnout! This was the third event they held here in LA. I didn't make the first two. I have never seen so many Cyclists in one place before. Los Angeles is catching on and finally trying to accommodate more biking alternatives in this city.
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Books | Books explore the intersection of faith and knowledge
Clifford Williams tries to justify his Existential Reasons for Belief in God by its subtitle: A Defense of Desires & Emotions for Faith (IVP, 2011). He succeeds partially. Sure, desires are important. Yes, rationalists undervalue emotion. And yet, as the apostle Paul rightly argued, facts matter: If the resurrection did not occur we are pitiful idiots to profess Christ. Paul ruled out the wish-fulfillment defense-that we yearn for Him so He must be there, and that if we don't believe we'll be disconsolate in facing our mortality. As I was coming to Christ in 1975, I read Christian existentialists like Gabriel Marcel. They helped a little but hindered more.
Dallas Willard's Knowing Christ Today (HarperOne 2009) stares down secularist dogma that morality is "harmful to any prospect of a full and free life." Willard sets out the "stark alternative: Either the physical universe was not produced by anything or it was produced by something that is not physical-something spiritual in that minimal sense. The former cannot be, so the latter is the case." This means we should pay attention to the will of the producer, God.
Willard refuses to accept the notion that we can only know things by scientific testing. We can know things about ourselves. (For example, I know that without Christ I'd be thoroughly rotten, and that Jesus twice in my 60 years has made me radically change direction.) We can know things about the world. (I know that our existence is miraculous, that bad people salted by Scripture become better, and that those with power often act in beastly ways.) Willard is right to say that we cannot satisfy ourselves with feeling. We need to know.
Willard also notes that "moral standards have come to be regarded as mere displays of social and economic power and those who employ them as blind or hypocritical." He wonders why we should grant any legitimacy to professors who preach on the hypocrisy of others, particularly because "they do not seriously study the spiritual life in those who actually live it. They content themselves with psychological 'explanations' of the 'saints' they happen to know about, with citations of what 'science says.'"
After reading Willard, I picked up a new study Bible sent to me and was delighted. The ESV Study Bible was WORLD's Book of the Year in 2009, but the HCSB Study Bible (Holman, 2010) is also useful, with study notes, maps, and charts all emphasizing Christianity's factual basis. I particularly liked its boxes that bring out the meanings of Hebrew and Greek words.
Plumbing the depths
Michael Wittmer's Christ Alone (Edenridge, 2011) is a lucid response to Rob Bell's Love Wins. Wittmer notes that "to understand God we need full and equal parts of divine love and divine justice," yet Bell is one-sided. A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions (IVP, 2010) provides highlights of Veritas Forums on dozens of campuses over the past two decades that have helped students recognize God's existence.
Edgar Andrews' Who Made God? (EP, 2009) deals with savants who can't detect God through their instruments and therefore think He doesn't exist-and yet, as Andrews writes, "If the God of the Bible does indeed exist, the first consequence is that the ultimate origin of material things will never be explicable in material terms."
Brian Hedges' Christ Formed in You (Shepherd, 2010) is a solid account of how God changes us. He notes that suffering is not good but God "tailor-makes our suffering" so bad things work together for our good. Philip Graham Ryken's Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters (Crossway, 2010) is a clear introduction to the book that shows how nothing works apart from God.
Kelly Kapic's God So Loved, He Gave (Zondervan, 2010) describes well the generosity of God. Jean Bethke Elshtain's Sovereignty: God, State, and Self (Basic, 2008) shows our frequent response: We selfishly declare our independence from Him.


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Running Time: 118 mins.
Genre: Adaptation, Romance
A young political activist is driven to desperation after she is released from prison and finds her former lover and mentor happily married and assimilated into the mainstream of the "new" Taiwan. Through flashbacks we see their shared political fervor during the Formosa incident of 1979 at which time he was imprisoned and she turned zealously to terrorist tactics.


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Pamela Westberry charged with leaving two young children home alone
RIVERIA BEACH, Fla. - Riviera Beach police say they arrested a woman on Saturday after two young children were found home alone.
Officers say that they received a call from a family member who told them that two children, ages 3 and 6, were home while their mother Pamela Westberry had gone to the store.
The children, according to police, said their mother made breakfast and then left to go to the store.
Officers who located Westberry were told that she left them with her boyfriend.
The boyfriend told police that he left the house early that morning and was never asked to watch the kids.
Westberry told police that she went to get a beer and did not leave them alone for more than thirty minutes.
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Ashwaq is 26 years old and is the president of the group. She has four children. She sells food items like potatoes and eggs. She's been involved in this activity for three years. She says that she began with a small amount and, thanks to sacrifice and daily hard work, she has been able to grow and continually improve her business.
She is asking for a youth loan of 50,000 YER from AMB to purchase potatoes and eggs in order to be able to continue her business. She hopes to open a retail shop and buy a refrigerator for selling ice cream.
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This loan is helping support a borrower who is 30 or under. Because many young people lack business experience or established credit histories, it can be even more difficult for them to access financial services. By funding this youth loan, you are expanding opportunity for a young person with limited resources.
About Al-Amal Microfinance BankAl-Amal reaches out to low-income micro-entrepreneurs and small business owners in Yemen with a suite of credit, savings, and insurance products tailored for Muslim borrowers. Before lending through Al-Amal, please consider the following:
1) Due to ongoing security concerns, full due-diligence of Al-Amal was conducted remotely rather than on-site. This makes Al-Amal atypical among Kiva's Field Partners, as Kiva staff have not conducted an on-site assessment. Al-Amal's assessment included in-person meetings with the top management in other, more secure locations in the Middle East.
2) Because Yemen is a new and unstable environment, there is a possibility that future loan repayments could be held indefinitely in the country for regulatory reasons, even if individual borrowers pay back their loans. As a lender to borrowers in Yemen, you accept this additional risk.
Additionally, all of Al-Amal's products are Sharia compliant and customized for its Muslim clients. Most of the loans are structured as Murabaha interest free loans. Al-Amal purchases goods for its borrowers and charges them a markup or fee. Al-Amal is also experimenting with Ijarah loans (an Islamic leasing product). For more information on Islamic microfinance, please click here.
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This Is 40's Judd Apatow On Taking Stock And Making Life Work Better
By Eric Eisenberg 2012-12-20 13:03:58 comments
So do you find yourself waiting for those bits of inspiration to hit you and then you just start developing them?
Usually what happens is, like right now a movie comes out December 21st Im not going away during the Christmas break, and Ill just be hanging out with the family and my brain will just start regenerating and hopefully something will just pop into my head [laughs]. Thats how its happened before. If you force it you get too anxious about it. And if it doesnt its fine because Im working hard on Girls and Im producing Anchorman 2, so I dont need to have it for a while.
So youre waiting for the project to find you.
Yeah. I mean, Ill take time to gaze at a notepad and see what my hand writes down. But Ill know it when it happens.
And just knowing how much you like to work with the same group of actors, how much influence does that have on the projects you develop?
Sometimes. Sometimes Im thinking about what I should do next, and part of it is, Who would it be fun to hang out with for two years? Oh, I havent worked with him in a while, I wonder And sometimes I think about them, sometimes an idea just pops in your head, Oh, that would be fun. I didnt plan on making Knocked Up with Seth [Rogen]. We were just talking, and I did think Seth could carry a movie, but we were working on Superbad and then one day he said he wanted to do this science-fiction comedy, and I said, Well, you dont really need to do that. Youre kind of funny just standing there, you dont need science-fiction. You be funny just getting a girl pregnant. Just how that would go down would be funny. And then I thought, that would be a good idea! And that was it! [laughs]
To talk a bit more specifically about This is 40, I wanted to ask about casting Albert Brooks and John Lithgow as Paul Rudd and Leslie Manns parents. In Knocked Up you cast Harold Ramis to play Seth Rogens dad, which I thought was an ingenious bit of family casting I dont think you could have done any better with that. And the same goes for this movie with Brooks and Lithgow, who are both fantastic. Im curious how you picked them for their parts and how you went to them about the movie.
I wrote Alberts part for Albert. I spent a long time in a room alone trying to think of, conceive of a way to use him well, and then I had lunch with him and told him about it and left him the script and he liked it. I had met him in the early 90s and had dinner with him a couple times with Garry Shandling and knew he was a great guy. So that was simple.
It was more difficult with John Lithgow because the character as written in the script doesnt have a lot of dialogue, but he has a strong presence. And the whole movie is driven by his ghost in a lot of ways. We end up seeing why Debbie acts the way that she acts because she has this dad who started a new family when she was a kid and didnt pay much attention to her. So it makes her needier with her husband and more controlling of their world. But it was hard for actors to understand what the part was going to be like in the movie.
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Bickford Set For K&N West Home Game
SONOMA, Calif. – In professional sports, playing a home game is considered an advantage for the competitors.
For James Bickford, driver of the No. 6 Sunrise Ford in NASCAR's K&N Pro Series West, this weekend's Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway can't come soon enough. The sixteen year-old Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, currently seventh in the series championship points standings, lives just 15 minutes from the track in Napa, California.
"I couldn't be more excited about this race," Bickford said. "Sonoma presents a lot of challenges, but I'm really looking forward to it."
Saturday's race will be Bickford's first on a road course, and he expects a strong contingent of family and friends to be at the track. He will also be carrying a bit of veteran's knowledge into the event, courtesy of his cousin, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon.
"He took me around the course in a rental car when they were here for a tire test, and told me what he does in a Sprint Cup car in every corner," Bickford said of Gordon, who has five wins at Sonoma and nine road course victories in his career, most all-time in NASCAR's premier series.
Bickford said the first three races in his inaugural K&N Pro Series West season were "a little rough," but his two most recent outings have been encouraging for him and the entire team.
"At Iowa, we had a solid fourth-place finish among the West cars, and at Kern County, we ran near the front all night and finished sixth. We are definitely headed in the right direction," Bickford said.
Bickford knows getting his first win of the season on the twisty, 1.99-mile road course won't be easy.
"There is zero room for mistakes, and you have to stay focused every single lap."


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After spending much of the governor's race touting prevention-based health care as a way to save the state hundreds of millions of dollars, Jay Inslee has cut his estimate for how much the plan would actually save.
From Pullman to Puyallup, gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee has trumpeted prevention-based health care for state employees as a way to save hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
But now the Democrat has cut his cost-savings estimate by as much as two-thirds, raising new questions about the feasibility of his vow to boost education spending without raising taxes.
Campaign staffers insist the proposal would still generate significant savings. But some government officials, health-care experts and union leaders say that isn't clear without further study.
Inslee and his Republican opponent, Rob McKenna, agree that controlling health-care costs is crucial to adequately funding education without new taxes, as both have pledged.
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McKenna wants to cap health-care spending and raise the share of premiums paid by employees unless they switch to a consumer-directed plan, which pairs higher deductibles with health-savings accounts. Persuading unions to accept those changes could be a challenge.
Inslee's plan would shift state employees to a health-care system similar to the one adopted in 2005 by King County, which lowered costs through wellness programs, greater use of generic drugs and other strategies. Inslee has said it could save between $300 million and $455 million a year if implemented statewide.
However, his campaign recently discovered that King County actually saved only a third of what Inslee has been saying on the campaign trail. Because the state savings estimates are based on the county's experience, the campaign has scaled back its numbers.
"If you want to argue that $200 million or $100 million in savings to the state is insignificant, I think everybody in the world would argue with you," said Sterling Clifford, a campaign spokesman. "Frankly, if it's $50 million, it'll be helpful."
State health officials also note they've already adopted parts of King County's system, would have trouble doing some other aspects of it and, of course, would have to negotiate changes with many labor unions.
"There are 100 moving parts in this type of discussion," said Lou McDermott, the director of the public-employees benefits division of the state Health Care Authority. "None of it is simple."
Still, officials and experts praised Inslee for proposing something comprehensive to address one of the largest parts of the state budget and potentially improve employee health.
Traditional model
David Rolf, president of Service Employees International Union 775NW, says the state's health-care system is too focused on a traditional model in which patients often wait to go to the doctor or think about health until they get sick.
"It's not the way of the future," said Rolf, whose long-term-care workers union has endorsed Inslee. "Fifty years from now, we'll look back on it as we now look back on leeches."
Doctors say it's cheaper and better for patients to get checkups, know their health status and work to address potential issues, such as with exercise or diet.
The state, which covers some 337,000 employees, family members and retirees on several plans, generally does not encourage that kind of preventive care.
Systems geared toward prevention have saved private companies money, especially long term. But their record in government agencies has been spotty.
In fact, health-care policy experts say King County was the country's first governmental entity to demonstrate cost savings and improved employee health.
The county's system got significant cost reductions — $46 million over its first five years — by providing financial incentives to employees to get healthy, use generic drugs and avoid unnecessary visits to the doctor, budget director Dwight Dively said. It also lowered obesity and smoking rates.
Many mistakenly believe King County saved much more — $61 million over just two years — because the county announced in 2011 that its overall health-care costs for 2011 and 2012 were $61 million below projections. That was partially due to the new health-care system, but also the result of layoffs and problems with the original projections.
Inslee has long used the $61 million figure, including in debates and on his website, extrapolating the savings from the 30,000-member King County plan to get his state savings estimate.
The error was due to bad information, said Clifford, the spokesman. He said the county's experience has always only offered "the scope of the potential savings."
Obstacles seen
Health-care experts agree parts of King County's model could produce savings if implemented statewide.
But a closer look reveals the state would have trouble saving money on at least three of the four major pieces of King County's plan.
For one, Inslee says he does not "prefer" one of the pieces — an across-the-board increase in deductibles and co-payments paid by all employees on its preferred-provider plan. That move shifted some costs to employees and reduced unnecessary doctor visits.
Meanwhile, state officials say they have focused on two other pieces: raising employees' contribution for brand-named drugs while lowering it for generics, and encouraging employees to switch to a less costly health-maintenance plan, Group Health.
In fact, the state is ahead of King County on both measures. The county has increased its generic-drugs utilization rate to 68 percent and Group Health usage to 27.5 percent. But the state's generic utilization rate already is 84 percent, and 35 percent of its members are with Group Health.
Officials also said it could be hard for the state to greatly expand its use of Group Health because that provider does not have partners in every corner of the state.
That leaves the centerpiece of King County's plan: the wellness program.
Called Healthy Incentives, the program raises deductibles and co-pays unless employees take an annual online health assessment and participate in a 10-week program to address their health. Most employees do, and their improved health lowered costs by $15 million over its first five years.
State officials said putting in place a wellness program could save money, and some agencies have already pursued a version of it — including McKenna's attorney general's office.
Inslee does have other health-care ideas.
Among them, he said he would consider encouraging employees to go to a primary-care physician by reducing reimbursements for emergency-room trips.
He also wants to push Medicaid recipients toward prevention-based care and would accept the Medicaid expansion in President Obama's health-care law, which could save the state $120 million in its first seven years, according to the left-leaning Washington State Budget and Policy Center.
But those savings are far short of the more than $1 billion lawmakers say is needed next biennium to meet a state Supreme Court ruling ordering them to fully fund basic education.
Gov. Chris Gregoire, a Democrat who has endorsed Inslee, said last week that neither candidate's education-funding plan is realistic.
Another challenge facing both Inslee's and McKenna's health-care proposals is that several labor unions would have to sign on.
State health officials approached labor last summer with a wellness proposal but could not reach an agreement. And attempts to get state workers to pay a larger share of health-care premiums came up short this fall.
Tim Welch, a spokesman for the Washington Federation of State Employees, said the union would likely support a proposal from Inslee, though members would have to see the details.
Inslee said he's confident about getting support. "This is not just a financial exercise," he said. "The primary goal of this is improving our fellow worker's lives. I think we can all agree on that."
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Call me crazy, but 90 minutes of Milla Jovovich doing anything is worth watching -- doubly so when her activities deal with zombies, monsters, and ridiculous high-tech weaponry. Yes -- deep sigh -- I'm a (slightly) reluctant fan of the Resident Evil series. (Yep, there's even some stuff I like in Part 2. Like Sienna Guillory.) When I'm writing or net-browsing or playing hours of Zuma, I often like to have a familiar movie playing in the background (like most people do with, um, music) and the Resident Evil flicks fit the bill quite nicely sometimes. (Depending on my mood, of course. Last night my relaxation movie was The Mask of Zorro.)
So it's my relative fandom for the series that leads me to share this half-piece of semi-news: According to the always-fun MTV Movies Blog, series master Paul W.S. Anderson has started speaking to Sony about a Resident Evil 4. And don't even dare act surprised when a series that grossed this much money moves forward on another adventure. How many Police Academy movies were there? (OK, bad example that isn't exactly helping my argument, but I seriously lost count. There were about 28 Police Academy movies? Or it only felt like that many.) Mr. Anderson doles out the reliable "Oh, once we get a good script ... We're not gonna do it just to do it" schpiel, which means he's probably about three weeks away from hiring a writer.One would assume that Ms. Jovovich's participation would be a foregone conclusion. Actors get paid pretty dang well once you start getting into Part 4 territory. And good for her. For whatever these movies are worth, Milla certainly earns her paycheck on each one. I also like the fact that Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and Resident Evil: Extinction are alphabetical (which makes my DVD shelf all tidy). Perhaps the next one should be called Resident Evil: Obliteration. (What else would come after extinction?)


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Product Review: Tarn-X Jewelry CleanerPosted by Hilary Topper in Reviews On September 27, 2013
I've tried a lot of different jewelry cleaners. I've bought them in Jewelry stores, supermarkets and even online. They all seem the same, except when I tried Tarn-X Jewelry Cleaner at a recent Blogher event in Chicago.
I went to the booth and had the PR folks clean my rings. I was very impressed. But I couldn't believe it. Could it be that the spotlights that made the rings look so shiny? So I requested a sample at home.
Tarn-X Jewelry Cleaner comes in a round container. It's specifically for gold, silver, platinum and gems. You place the smaller jewelry in a little basket that is enclosed in the jewelry cleaner. For bigger items, you just place in the solution without the basket. You close the lid and rotate the solution for 30 seconds. After about 60 seconds of soaking, you remove the jewelry and use the brush to take off those hard to clean areas. You rinse the jewelry in cold water and wipe dry.
Tarn-X Jewelry Cleaner is not to be used with antique or enameled jewelry, pearls, opal or other porous stones.
I opened up the jar and placed my rings in the basket. I did as instructed and when I took them out, they were spectacular. They were so shiny. They looked as if they were brand new. I started to go through all of my jewelry and see what else I could clean. I cleaned my gold, my silver and even my platinum. It was actually fun. I didn't find it to be a chore at all. There's nothing better than to wear jewelry as it looked the day you bought it.
I'm looking forward to trying other products by Tarn-X to see if they work as well as the Jewelry cleaner…
The retail price on Amazon is $13 a jar. I don't believe you can buy this product in the retail stores but you can certainly find it online.
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When It Comes to Charter Schools, What Do Americans Really Care About?
A look at the latest Ednext poll convinces me that the charter school movement needs to do one and only one thing to succeed—prove that charters can be effective in the classroom.
Charters need a series of spectacular achievements that prove they can teach Americans across the board. Breakthroughs for the disadvantaged are part of the story, but charters also need to show they can enhance middle class learning. To do that charters need to broaden the population they serve beyond the educationally disadvantaged. As long as charters are for the poor, and only for the poor, they will not transform American education
For three years running Ednext has been asking a nationally representative sample of Americans their opinions about charter schools. Each year the poll asked whether the person surveyed was in favor of, opposed to, or neither favored or opposed charter schools.
Surprisingly, in 2009, 44 percent refused to take a stand on the charter issue, a percentage that differed little from the 42 percent in 2007 and the 41 percent in 2008. Despite the hullabaloo about charters in the media and blogosphere, nothing has changed.
Support for charters remains twice as large as outright opposition. In 2009, 39 percent said they supported permitting their formation, while only 17 percent opposed. The recent Phi Delta Kappan poll also found a 2-1 positive ratio (64 percent to 33 percent), but they did not provide the respondent the option to say they neither favored or opposed charter schools, thereby giving a misleading indication of the level of charter support.
Those numbers show the charter movement still has legs. But the fact remains that middle America has yet to take a clear position on charters. The bulging middle can still be moved decisively in one direction or another.
So what causes opinion to shift on charter schools? Support by a popular president can shift opinion, our poll found, not a big surprise. But just as important is solid information that charter schools are working.
Ednext told one random group of survey participants that a study showed that students learned more in charter schools. (The survey told the truth, as there are such studies, though there are other studies that find the opposite.)
When so informed, public support for charters jumped upward by 14 percentage points.
The policy wonk debate over charter schools has focused too long on matters Americans care little about. Do charters select the most dutiful students? Do they teach religion? Do they collect fees? Do they drain district schools of their tax dollars? Do they cost more—or less—than district schools?
Debates over these questions are lost on most Americans. In the 2008 Ednext poll, random groups of survey participants were given different versions of the survey question on charter schools. In one version, the survey question began by noting that charters do not teach religion and cannot charge tuition. In another version of the survey question, survey participants were informed that charters select students at random, if the schools are oversubscribed. We expected the additional information to boost support for charters, as it addressed concerns raised by many wonks inside the Beltway. But public opinion in the aggregate hardly budged—though social liberals became more favorable and social conservatives became more opposed.
To move mainstream opinion, only one thing counts—prove charters are effective for all.
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Paul observes, "…[C]harters need to broaden the population they serve beyond the educationally disadvantaged. As long as charters are for the poor, and only for the poor, they will not transform American education."
I concur and believe the same point can be made about voucher programs. In general they now are limited in who they can serve, a political accomodation that produces schools with enrollments of low-performing children from poor families who are seeking a lifeline. These schools don't have the kind of political clout would come from the large group of parents that Paul alludes to, i.e., those who vote and who want results.
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Kids' Movies For Adults
This Week's Category Is: Kids' Movies For Adults
There is a little part in all of us that refuses to grow up. A lot of girlfriends and wives might argue that this isn't necessarily a good thing, but savvy filmmakers don't mind. For years, they've been producing "children's" movies that appeal to adults on a whole other level. It's a win-win scenario, actually. Hollywood's cash-hungry studios double their audience, and we get to watch classics like Toy Story, Robin Williams' underrated Popeye and scores of other great adult-friendly movies for kids. Read on for five great choices, and get in some quality time with your little ones. Who knows? You might also get in touch with your inner child — if your kids' video games and fart jokes haven't already had that effect, of course.
Just discovered a new genre of film, and you're looking for some shining examples of it to rent? If there's a certain type of flick that's been eluding you, just drop us an e-mail here and we'll do our best to build a list around picks for you.
Spirited Away(2001)
- Michael Chiklis,
- Jason Marsden,
- Daveigh Chase
Why you should rent it:
This won an Academy Award, proving that it is no kiddie cartoon. Instead, it is a seriously fantastic, utterly engrossing movie.
The Muppet Movie(1979)
- Kermit,
- Miss Piggy,
- Mel Brooks
Why you should rent it:
It is witty, filled with great music and self-referential jokes, and has countless cameos, from Orson Welles to Richard Prior. In other words, it's not your average puppet show.
Wallace & Gromit(2005)
- Ralph Fiennes,
- Helen Bonham Carter,
- Peter Kay
Why you should rent it:
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won an Oscar in 2006, and they don't exactly hand those out to any old movie (Shakespeare In Love might be an exception).
Princess Bride(1987)
- Cary Elwes,
- Robin Wright Penn,
- Billy Crystal
Why you should rent it:
Unless you've been living in a cave, you've probably already seen this classic, but it is truly one of those movies you can watch again and again, and find something new to like each time.
Lemony Snicket(2004)
Why you should rent it:
Director Brad Silberling's basic style sets Jim Carrey loose, then puts a camera on him. The results are classic Carrey, which for some is a good thing, while it might be a bit too much for others. We'll let you decide.
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Nina Dobrev Debuts Blond Ombre Hair at the 2014 CW Upfronts! (PHOTOS)
The stars of the CW were out in full force on Thursday, May 15, as the network held its annual Upfront Presentation at the London Hotel in NYC. Joined by the stars of The Originals (including a newly engaged Joseph Morgan!), Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley represented The Vampire Diaries as the CW announced its 2014 Fall Schedule.
Proving once again one she's one of the hottest stars on TV, Nina debuted a striking a new hairstyle. Instead of sporting her signature brown locks, the 25-year-old actress showed off long, textured waves with dramatic ombre highlights. She paired the stunning look with a plunging Alberta Ferretti blazer and a matching black skirt, then finished it all off with sexy metallic heels by Christian Louboutin.
Inside the event, Paul spoke to Just Jared about his character's shocking death in last week's episode. "I didn't really know until I was at the table read," he said with a laugh. "I thought it was fantastic. I love twists and turns. It really got me. Maybe he'll come back, I don't know. It was wonderful."
Click through to see more photos of Nina's new hair at the 2014 CW Upfronts, then make sure to tune in tonight (May 15) for the Vampire Diaries Season 5 finale! ;


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