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WANDERERS have completed the signing of Neil Danns from Leicester City.
Dougie Freedman made the industrious midfielder one of his top targets of the transfer window and it appears he has agreed a deal with the Foxes to loan him until the end of the season.
Danns scored four goals in a three-month loan spell, which started in October and will be eligible for tomorrow's FA Cup third round encounter with Blackpool.
Danns' contract at the King Power Stadium is up at the end of the season – after which Wanderers would be in pole position to convert the transfer to a permanent deal.
"He's done well for us," he said. "He's still fit and looks after himself really well.
"He still plays with that hunger and desire, he's still got it.
"I think he's been a good addition for us. He's obviously someone I know but I think the group have taken to him and he's helped the group.
"I think the fans have really taken to him and seen what he can produce and the fact we have gone out and signed him. I think they'll be happy.
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She is one of the most promising young Australian Rules footballers in the land, but Raven Leatherby-Ford says she would prefer to play netball for her country. Canberra's Leatherby-Ford and and Jess Stramandinoli were picked in the All Australian under-16 side for the School Sport Australian Football Championships. "It's a massive achievement and I'm so thankful for it," Leatherby-Ford said. "AFL is still important to me, so I'm glad I can keep playing but I'd love to hopefully one day play in the ANZ Championship and hopefully play in the Australian netball team as well". Stramandinoli was involved with soccer, but made the switch and was recently selected for a youth academy camp in Melbourne. "We were put through different training drills at the Carlton footy club and we stayed across the road [from the club] and it was really good to get to use their facilities," Stramandinoli said. "It was a group made out of the best youth girls in Australia who gathered in Melbourne and the camp was a lot of fun."
Brumbies tackle AFL head-on
The ACT Brumbies are going ahead with their threat to move their Anzac weekend game to April 25, going head to head with the AFL's Greater Western Sydney Giants. The Brumbies have contacted ruling body SANZAR to see if their match against New Zealand's Highlanders, drafted for Friday, April 24, can be switched to their preferred timeslot of Saturday evening. It would mean the Brumbies would go head to head with AFL, after an announcement the Giants would play an Anzac Day match at Manuka Oval against a Melbourne heavyweight club. Edwards said SANZAR was meeting with the broadcasters this week. "We're probably about two weeks away from finalising that draw ... we're not pushing, we're just exploring the opportunity," Edwards said. "Once we work out what our options are, we'll work with our ticketing people to see what we think might happen if we go head to head with the AFL. That'll shape our decision." A decision is also close on the appointment of coach Stephen Larkham's assistant, following the departure of Laurie Fisher. "We should have that finalised this week hopefully, we're talking to a couple of people," Edwards said.
Swin opts to rest, says no to Caps
The Canberra Capitals may have lured Lauren Jackson back for next season, but the club was at one stage holding out hope WNBA legend Swin Cash would join her. The 34-year-old forward, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, was flirting with the idea before deciding her body needs a rest after the WNBA season. While the Caps would have needed to find sponsorship to pull it off, her signature would have ensured Canberra fielded the best ''bigs'' rotation the league has possibly seen. Jackson, Cash and Abby Bishop would have been a juggernaut hard to stop as the Caps look to make the finals for the first time in four years.
Murray challenges Kyrgios
Andy Murray once used social media to laud Nick Kyrgios as ''the next big Aussie star''. However, the Canberran's penchant for playing late-night video games clearly got under his skin during the recent ATP Tour event in Cincinnati. Kyrgios was doing battle with the other half of ''Special K'', Thanasi Kokkinakis, on the latest FIFA game when Murray took to Twitter to tell them to keep the noise level down. Murray, who was staying in an adjoining room in the same hotel, also fancies himself as a FIFA expert. "@NickKyrgios @TKokkinakis let me know when you want a real challenge on fifa... can hear you through the hotel walls! #rookies," he tweeted. Murray is already one-up on Kyrgios, beating him in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto the week before.
Rapana builds on his strike rate
It has been a woeful season for the Canberra Raiders, but what a find fullback Jordan Rapana has been for the club over the past two weeks. Rapana made his NRL debut as an 18-year-old for the Gold Coast Titans in 2008, scoring a double in his first match and five tries in the five games he played in his rookie season. It had him dubbed Air Jordan. Rapana has finally found his way back to the NRL after six years, following a two-year Mormon mission and a stint in rugby union. But his try-scoring strike rate continues, after his first touchdown for the Raiders against the Dragons on Saturday. He has six tries in seven NRL matches. It should be seven tries from as many games, after referees boss Tony Archer said Rapana should have been awarded a try against the Parramatta Eels in Darwin last weekend. It was disallowed because of an obstruction, but Archer said during the week that his men got the decision wrong.
Raiders successor as skipper?
Who will be the next Canberra Raiders captain? It is a question Raiders fans are asking after revelations this week that skipper Terry Campese could be forced to start next year in NSW Cup. Vice-captain Brett White is retiring, meaning somebody will have to step up. Tireless lock Shaun Fensom has long been touted as Campese's successor by some close to the Raiders. But after recently rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament, there is no guarantee he will be fit at the start of next season. Others sure to come under consideration are David Shillington, Jarrod Croker and Josh McCrone.
Junior game could be cancelled
After deciding to lockout the crowd from an under-12s game between Canberra FC and Canberra Olympic, Capital Football is considering cancelling the match altogether. A violent incident marred the first encounter between the two teams in June, which involved a scuffle between players and then parents entering the field of play. Capital Football had ruled to lock the parents out of the return fixture, scheduled for Deakin Stadium on Saturday. But Capital Football chief executive Heather Reid confirmed they were considering cancelling the game. She expected a final decision to be made on Monday or at the Capital Football board meeting on Tuesday night at the latest. "One of the clubs is very adamant that the parents should be allowed to watch the game, but the other club is not so keen on that, so a compromise could be that the game is not played and a nil-all result and one point each," Reid said.
Larkham hero for sick kids
Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham will be a special guest at the Bon Voyage dinner, which has a superheroes and villains themes, on September 11 to help Team Canberra compete in Camp Quality's esCarpade event in October. The esCarpade is a week-long outback motoring adventure to raise funds to help children living with cancer and their families. The dinner will be held at the Hellenic Club, Woden at 7pm. To book, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Larkham is off overseas next month, heading up an advanced coaching course in Minneapolis on September 27-28. It is part of the Brumbies' push into the US where they are setting up an academy at Arizona State University, with a long-term view of recruiting American talent to the Super Rugby franchise.

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Yes, you read right, cheesecake in the crock pot. Oh my!
My sister came over Wednesday night for dinner and a visit so I made crock pot cheesy chicken spaghetti and french bread. I wanted a dessert that I wouldn't have to fool with while I cleaned house and took care of N. This cheesecake was the perfect dessert. While I don't usually make dessert for just us, I wanted to try this recipe. It took me maybe 10 minutes to prep and I threw it in the crock pot and left it for 3 hours, awesome!
Crockpot Cheesecake: modified from A Year of Slowcooking
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 Tbsp brown sugar
3 Tbsp melted butter
16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (unwrap them and zap them in the microwave for about 30 seconds; mine needed a little more)
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup heavy cream (I actually didn't have heavy cream, so I used half-n-half as a substitute)
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp flour
Find a heat resistant dish that will fit in your crockpot. You will be making a water bath for the cheesecake.
I used a 9 inch round cake pan in my 6 quart oval crockpot. The cake pan sat on the rim of the crockpot and somewhat floated in the crockpot filled with water, but was still stable.
You could also try a 1.5 qt Corning Ware dish in a 6 qt oval. I didn't have this so had to opt for the 9 inch cake pan.
Place graham crackers in a plastic zipper bag and crush; I used my rolling pin. Put a cup of the crumbs into a bowl with melted butter and brown sugar and stir until wet and crumbly; it's best to use your hands. Press crumb mixture into bottom of pan you're using (I tried to push mine up the side of the cake pan a little bit too). Use the bottom of a drinking glass to make an even layer of crust.
In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, flour, cream and vanilla. Pour the cheese mixture on top of the crust.
If you use the cake pan like I did, fill the crockpot almost to the top so it covers the majority of the cake pan; 1/2 to 3/4 up the cake pan. If you use a Corning Ware dish, add about a cup of water to the bottom of the pot. Be careful not to splash any of the water on the cheesecake.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2-3 hours, checking after 1 hour of cook time, just in case. The cheesecake is done with the edges are no longer shiny and have set. Gently touch the cheesecake, if you don't get a bunch of cake on your finger, it's done.
I cooked mine for about 2 hours and 10 minutes. After yours is done, keep cheesecake covered and unplug crockpot. Leave it in the crockpot for 1 hour; transfer to refrigerator for about 2 hours before serving. I left mine in there about 3 hours, I like my cheesecake cold.
The Verdict.
Awesome! Hubby and Sister loved it. They all said it was really creamy and delicious. I loved mine as well. It was the consistency I like in a cheesecake and was really creamy. Hubby would of liked a little fruit topping and I agree. I love plain cheesecake but I do like a fruit topping too, preferably strawberry.
I also loved it because I didn't have to turn on the oven and heat the whole house. And using the crockpot to make cheesecake just blew my mind.
Note: As most cheesecakes are, it was even better the next day.
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Gill Previews Liberty's Home Opener Against Monmouth
Following the Flames' final full practice on Thursday before they open their 2013 home schedule against Monmouth on Saturday, LFSN reporter Alan York had one last chance to talk with head coach Turner Gill.
The Flames will begin their 25th season of competition at Williams Stadium on Saturday against a first-time opponent, but one that will become a familiar foe.
Liberty will face the first of four first-time teams on its 2013 when it welcomes the Hawks to Lynchburg on Saturday. Liberty will start to regularly face Monmouth in the future as the Hawks will join the Big South Conference as an associate member for football only in 2014.
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A Colorado woman was told to decrypt her laptop in court on Monday in order to aid prosecutors in her bank fraud case.
Ramona Fricosu, the defendant who was accused of bank fraud in 2010, had her laptop seized by authorities during the investigation. However, authorities stumbled upon a big problem while attempting to search her hard drive --
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Voters also strongly disapprove of the forced ultrasound bill, by almost 3-1. Maybe they should close their eyes and pretend the state's not getting governed badly!:
Public dissatisfaction over the Republican's plan to cut funding for Penn State and other public universities by as much as 30 percent netted Corbett a 41 percent approval rating in the telephone poll of 1,256 registered voters. An equal number said they disapproved. That's down from the 47-34 percent approval rating the first-term governor enjoyed in a December 2011 poll.
Corbett's approvals haven't been this bad since June 2011, in the heat of the debate over the administration's first budget proposal, where just 39 perecnt of voters said they approved of the former attorney general's job performance […]
Female voters gave Corbett a split 38-39 percent approval rating, down from the 44-36 percent favorability he enjoyed in the December Q-Poll. Unusually for a Republican, men also deserted him, giving him a 45-42 percent approval rating, down from the stronger 51-32 percent approval rating in December.


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Some of our readers may still have some Superbowl adrenaline left in their system, but today I want to talk about another kind of game… video games. Like contact sports, these games sometimes get a bad rap, but having grown up in the 80's with my trusty Atari, Nintendo, and Sega Genesis, the games I played served as creative inspiration. In fact, without those games, I probably wouldn't be doing what I do now. Inspired by Noelle's post last week, I thought I would explore the various ways that creativity can be expressed in a video game. I'll take the framework that has been used by game reviewers in the past and break it down into the facets of graphics, audio, gameplay, and story. I'm also going to focus mostly on console games.
Starting off with perhaps the most obvious, graphics in video games have evolved considerably since the 80's. Pong, one of the earliest arcade games (from the 70's actually), graphically consisted solely of linear elements; two rectangular paddles, a square ball, a dashed line for the "net", and numerals for keeping score. Progressing from there, Asteroids (another 70's game) made use of 2D polygonal shapes. The games that I played on the Atari, Nintendo, and Genesis made heavy use of sprites, which Matt covered earlier in his great post on Pixel Art. That pixel art is what inspired me to sketch my own sprites and those of my favorite games on graph paper, in order to use in my own attempts at making games on the family's 286 generation PC. I then had my first taste of computer science. The next big shift that I experienced was with Star Fox, which made use of 3D polygonal objects for the first time. The beefier graphics processing power of the Playstation made these games more commonplace. Because the storage medium for the Playstation was a CD, it also had the capacity to play pre-rendered full motion video. From there on out, graphics hardware improvements in consoles and PCs have been providing more and more options for performing advanced texturing and shading techniques, to the point where it can now be difficult to determine which video clips from a game preview are pre-rendered and which are in-game, and almost any special effect imaginable can be achieved.
The ability to express creativity via audio has progressed in much the same way. The earliest games only made use of sound effects, while most games from the Nintendo generation had background music. Although these systems were not capable of playing truly natural-sounding tones, background tracks from games such as Megaman and Castlevania had their own distinctive timber. When the Playstation came along, CD-quality music could be played as a background track, and since then the biggest improvement has been the addition of Dolby Digital quality output on the PS2 generation of systems. Now, the Video Games Live concert celebrates the rich diversity of video game music.
While video and audio quality have steadily progressed, gameplay is a tricky beast. Some might argue that the early generations of games thrived in the golden era of gameplay. If the controls were not well thought out or the tactics uninteresting, a game didn't have much else to rely on. Pac Man, Frogger, Dig Dug, Tetris, and Breakout are a few great examples. These days, it seems that gameplay can get lost in the dazzle of sound effects and eye candy. On the flip side, I also gained great respect for game designers and developers when I realized how difficult it is to combine an idea for a game with graphic design, sound effects, and background music. Gameplay has seen advances recently as new peripherals have come out. Key examples are the Dance Dance Revolution pad (allowing players to "dance" to music), microphones, Taiko drums, guitar controllers, and the Wii Remote and Balance Board. In the most modern games, online multiplayer interaction is becoming a must-have feature. As a result of these new modes of interaction, Rock Band has actually improved my appreciation of rock music, and the Wii has opened up a new realm of creative flexibility. I have to admit that the thought of all of those plastic peripherals is a little unsettling, from an ecological perspective. When they become obsolete, will they be recycled? Can manufacturers take a cradle-to-cradle approach to design in the future?
The last aspect I'll mention here is story. It doesn't apply to all game genres, but I couldn't leave it out because just about every game from my favorite series, Final Fantasy, excels in all of the categories I mentioned previously in addition to weaving some of the most interesting and moving tales in game history. While my impression is that most fans go nuts for Final Fantasy VII, I can't get over the way in which Final Fantasy VI wove together the paths of fourteen distinctive characters. Another series known for fine storytelling is The Legend of Zelda, although the character development is not quite as deep. I'm wary of losing myself in another Final Fantasy story (they tend to suck you in for hours at a time), but I'm very tempted to pick up the next installment.
I hope this has been enlightening to some of our readers. As I mentioned earlier, video games inspired my interest in computer science, as well as my interest in Japan, which led to my interest in Japanese art, language, and culture. So who knows what I'd be doing if not for their influence? If there are any other video game fans out there amongst our readers… what are your favorites?
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Matt Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Nice post Ed! I too, credit most of my career ambitions and inspiration to video games. ColecoVision will always hold a special place in my heart! Zaxxon was and still is amazing (though I'm terrible at it), DigDug was great too. I remember a Smurfs game I had for Coleco that was also on Atari I believe… not to mention the classics like Frogger, Donkey Kong, Q*Bert, etc. Ah man those were the days!!
Keith Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Video games. I must say I am addicted to it, so must so I created blogs on that. Still remember the days of Atari… That's pretty old school. Nonetheless, love it. NIce article. Good day!
Chantal I. Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I still love the old skool Nintendo. Castlevania is my favorite game, by far, and I'm also fond of Legend of Zelda and Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I used to enjoy Skykid too—my brother and I would play two player, and instead of working together as a team, I'd always shoot him down.
Daniel Incandela Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Video games pretty much raised me (including Sky Kid). But it's the designs of these games that really stand out – Super Mario Bros, Grand Theft Auto, FIFA, Grand Turismo – the look and creativity behind the development is amazing.
Phil Says:
February 4th, 2009 at 12:48 am
Ed, I'm with you on the Final Fantasy VI tip. Steampunk ftw. Just so happens the wallpaper on my iPhone is an illustration by Yoshitaka Amano, the FF VI character designer. Also, I'm not sure this makes anyone "cool" but if you played six on a Super Famicom, in Japanese, then my mind may blow apart. What are your thoughts on Chrono Trigger? I might say it's perfect gaming.
Anyway, MIS and New Media brothers/sisters, we got to, got to, got to, geek out over this stuff sometime. I'm serious.
addictive games Says:
February 4th, 2009 at 5:48 am
I still love the old skool Nintendo.
Charlie Says:
February 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Remembering Q*Bert brings a tear to my eye.
Ed Says:
February 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Awesome comments, everyone! Here's another great tribute to retro gaming: MegaMan 9 for the PS3 and Wii. I was just playing the demo version yesterday.
Phil, I didn't play Final Fantasy VI in Japanese on the SNES (i.e. the first three or four times). Since I bought my Playstation in Japan and ordered a Japanese PS2, I have played VII through XII in the native language (minus XI, which I played in English on the PC). And I started playing VI again in the Japanese Final Fantasy Collection, but like I said, I don't have as much time to play RPGs these days.
Chrono Trigger is another classic from Squaresoft. I also really enjoyed Chrono Cross.
Amber Says:
February 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I still have Nintendo hooked up at home. Now the music from Dr. Mario will be stuck in my head all day, thankyouverymuch. The picture in this blog is from the opening of Ingrid Calame's show, November 2007. We had a racing themed party and decided to hook up the game on the wall – it was a HUGE hit. Anyone want to bring Wii in for the next Forefront opening?
Tim h Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 9:07 am
The museum of the moving image in NYC has had two separate exhibitions dedicated to video games. One aboutvthe history and the other featuring contemporary artists working in the medium.
3snake3 Says:
February 14th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Ed, if you could invite some notorious person in the field to come and speak about the larger issues related to video games, who would it be?
Ed Says:
February 16th, 2009 at 11:36 am
That's a great question… it would be amazing to have someone like Shigeru Miyamoto. Then again, is there anyone else like Miyamoto-san?


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From Mobb Deep and J Dilla, to El-P, DOOM and DJ Shadow, Giorgio Moroder's soundtracks and pop productions have been spliced, diced, referenced and remixed by the best beatmakers of the last 20 years. To celebrate our Daft Punk vs Giorgio Moroder cover feature, we asked Another Music head honcho Wriggly Scott to dig deep into the crates for a career spanning overview of the Italo rhythm master's discography and some of the classic tracks that sampled him. Covering his Scarface gangsta rap credentials and Teutonic electronic experiments to the Donna Summer pop smashes that inspired two certain robots, this hour long mix will take you deep into the mind of a Moog loving musical visionary. Mr Moroder, the dancefloor is yours...
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dope mix! Big up
Slamming mix, nice work Wriggles!
Organ Donor "la-la-las" are ACE !!
The ultimate synth hero! Props Wriggly Scott
AWESOOOMMEEE! can't listen to something else at the moment.
g r e a t .
Effing amazing!
Freaks of the industry - filthy... :)
wicked - where can we download this
gangster intro! nice
So intense and awesome! Can we get a download link?
awesome! post the playlist! :D
it was there earlier...
jaja yes there is! thanks :$
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I really like Facebook Scrabble – I spend far too much time on there, with only a vague justification that it "increases my vocabulary." Over my Christmas holidays, I spent the vast majority of my 10 days off napping and finding new Scrabble opponents. All my grandiose plans of completing my Special Studies proposal (Sex and Jane Austen – woo!), preparing my section of the introduction for the book I'm working on, editing chapters for said book, submitting papers to journals and/or conferences – yeah, none of that happened. Well, the barest minimum of it happened anyhow.
In between naps I found time to email the ever-so-wonderful Mary Churchill [2], my editor here at the University of Venus to tell her that I was simply incapable of doing a post every month. I was beginning to have anxiety attacks over it. After sending that email, but before my tenth nap of the holidays I began to berate myself. Am I lazy? Unmotivated? Do I deserve to be here? I was convinced that I was about to get my first B+ in a course towards my degree, had no idea how to contribute to a book, and just generally felt like a pile of exhausted goo.
Fast forward a few weeks, and I found myself editing my share of the chapters for the book. As I wrote in my notes that this sentence was awkward, or she really should have considered that primary source, I was suddenly struck by the seeming absurdity of it all. I am a Master's student. Who am *I* to be telling tenured faculty that they neglected to consider Freud when constructing their paper? Surely they had already thought of that themselves and had positively brilliant reasons for not including him. I fell back into my gooey state of self-doubt.
I expressed my concerns about my seeming laziness to a trusted confidante and was greeted with (somewhat comforting) jaw-dropping shock. She first attempted to talk me down off the ledge over the B+ (Will it ultimately matter if I didn't get straight A's in this program? Will I still get the degree? Who is judging me other than myself?) and then started deconstructing this laziness fallacy.
Are you working full-time? Yes. Are you doing a graduate degree at the same time? Yes. Do you have extra-curricular activities? Yes. What? Well, there's the book, and writing for the University of Venus and assisting with the coordination of the Winnipeg SlutWalk and my new involvement in a sexual empowerment and education group on events and writing and… OK, do you have a family? Yes. Friends? Yes. Romantic relationship? Yes. Laundry? Groceries? Housecleaning? Bills to pay? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Honestly? I had to go through the entire exercise before I got the point. I genuinely interpreted my sleep and lack of accomplishments over the holidays as a sign of failure. Confession: it's sometimes a challenge to work for Senior Administration at a University. I see everything they do – committee work, supervising staff, teaching, publications, meetings upon meetings upon meetings, travel, research….How dare I aspire to anything less than that? Doesn't it mean that I'm a lesser person? Weaker somehow? How do they accomplish such superhuman feats of productivity and still remain…pleasant?
I don't actually know the answer to that question. But it does reinforce the importance of this mental health [3] initiative [3] that the University is constructing. And while the details of the large initiative are still being sorted out, I am on a sub-committee that is becoming increasingly important to me, as I wade through my own journey of exhaustion, potential over-achievement disguised as laziness, and self-doubt.
"Take 5" is the name of the event. It will be a week-long program of activities on campus that provides free yoga, dodge ball tournaments, massages, prizes, tea breaks and so much more. Last year when working on this, I viewed it as something "for the students." This year it struck me that I am one of those students. And I could certainly benefit from taking a 5 minute break for some tea. It's a simple enough concept, take a breather, appreciate what's going on around you, and take care of yourself without feeling guilty for doing so. It's funny how much easier it is to give advice than to take it.
This year though, I think I really want to throw a dodge ball at someone – it sounds deliciously C-A-T-H-A-R-T-I-C.
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If you happen to stumble upon photographer Susannah H. Snowden '95 on assignment, look down.
"In my pursuit of the unique angle, I find myself on the ground constantly," she says. "It's not uncommon for me to be lying in the middle of the street for a photojournalism assignment. When I'm looking through that lens, nothing else intrudes. I block out the world and sensation. I am concentrating so hard that I can hold a position like that without it bothering me."
That's a good thing because one of her recent photo assignments had her 150 feet under the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey, where she had to concentrate on shooting while avoiding poisonous scorpion fish. The shoot was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream that combined all of her passions-archeology, photography, scuba diving and travel-into one adventure.
Last summer, she shot the underwater excavation of a 1st-century B.C. Roman shipwreck at Kizilburun, Turkey. The excavation was through the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, based out of Texas A&M University, under archeological director Deborah Carlson. Snowden's images will provide a valuable historical record for use in research and publications for archeology scholars.
Since she was 11 years old, she has wanted to be an underwater archeologist.
"In sixth grade, we studied oceanography. There was a chapter on underwater explorers, including underwater archeologists. I declared then and there that I was going to be an underwater archeologist! My goal has been unwavering since then. This excavation represents years of studying, training, researching and networking," says Snowden, who majored in anthropology, with a focus on archeology.
In fact, within the first few days of arriving at Wheaton, she pronounced her plans to her art history professor, adding: "I'm going to find the rest of the Riace Bronzes" (5th century B.C. Greek statues that were recovered off the coast of Italy, presumably from a shipwreck).
"Finding the rest of those bronzes is still one of my goals," she notes.
In the meantime, the windsurfing fanatic travels the world shooting in Greece, Peru, Bolivia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, England, Ireland, Turkey, Morocco and elsewhere. This year alone, she likely will be traveling for nearly five months.
"When I'm traveling, the world opens up and my senses are heightened," she says. "I'm addicted to travel photography-when I haven't had it for a while I need, need it. I thrive on the adrenaline that my solo travel provides."
Interestingly, her first time on a plane was on a flight to Athens, Greece, for her Junior Year Abroad at Wheaton. That trip to Greece was also her first travel photography experience.
"Wheaton was a major stepping stone on this journey," says Snowden, who owns Omnia Photographics. "I chose Wheaton because I felt the college would foster my learning and be supportive of my aspirations. I was right. Enthusiastic and involved professors helped steer me in the direction of my goals. The challenging curriculum imbued me with a thorough background in classics, art history, archeology and photography.
"Wheaton fostered my growth as a person, both academically and personally. Wheaton demanded academic excellence, which in turn instilled in me a great work ethic. That work ethic is what drives me to excel in my career today."
Here are some photos from Snowden's excavation adventure in Turkey. View the gallery of all of her work at omniaphotographics.com.


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Approximately £50,000 worth of illegal tobacco was seized from an address in Melksham yesterday, as part of Wiltshire Police's largest ever singe operation.
The day of action, supported by Operation Harness, was focused on disrupting the county's drugs trade, and saw over 70 addresses raided with 47 people arrested.
It was largely concerned with locations in Swindon and London, but did also include investigations in Melksham.
A police spokesman said: "It was from one of the people arrested in Swindon at one of the shops raided. It was a follow-up enquiry, so at their home address in Melksham, in the Sandridge Road area.
"It's a combination of hand-rolled tobacco and cigarettes, which was seized in the afternoon by one of the Harness teams."
Senior investigating officer for the covert operation, Detective Inspector Mike Rees said: "Yesterday's activity sends a strong message out to anyone who sees Wiltshire as an easy target, or Wiltshire Police as a soft touch.
"The operation was the culmination of over a year's hard work from our undercover officers who are putting themselves at risk by associating with known criminals, often without any protection, to build up the intelligence we need for an operation like this.
"I would like to pay my personal respects to these officers – I have total admiration for what they do."
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The current, barely concealed antagonism between President Nixon and Vice President Agnew is a reminder that the nation's top two officials seldom get along. That is not the way it was supposed to be. The founding fathers not only expected them to work closely in tandem, they worried about it. During the debates at the Constitutional Convention, Elbridge Gerry, who would become Vice President in 1813, complained: "The close intimacy that must subsist between the President and Vice President makes the relationship absolutely improper." To which Gouverneur Morris replied: "The Vice...
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Oconee Democrats have announced their support of a candidate next month for State Superintendent of Education. Dr. Tom Thomson is one of four candidates entered in the June 10 primary to decide the Democratic Party's nominee. Last Saturday Thomson spoke to Oconee Democratic Party members and guests during a meeting at Seneca's Gignilliat Center. In a news release, the Oconee Democrats say they have endorsed Thomson because they feel his credentials and experience are superior to all other candidates. Currently, Thomson serves as Dean of Graduate Studies at South Carolina State University.


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In this paper we derive the correct solution of optimal closure of the state sector studied in Section 6.4 of Aghion and Blanchard (1994). Aghion and Blanchard only present an 'approximate' solution which entails a constant unemployment rate in what they call a turnpike approximation. We show that optimal unemployment paths have two features. First, unemployment is increasing up to a certain point in time, when, second, the remaining inefficient state sector is closed down. At that point in time, which we may define as the end of transition, unemployment is discontinuous. The approximate solution presented by Aghion and Blanchard is thus found to lead to welfare losses compared to the optimal policy. In particular, the unemployment rate corresponding to the solution presented in Aghion and Blanchard is too low. Our solution is formally based on transforming the dynamic optimization problem to a scrap value problem with free terminal time.
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Famed piano maker Steinway sold for $499M
The famed piano maker Steinway is being sold for $499 million.
The company terminated an existing sales agreement with Kohlberg & Co. after it was outbid by another investment firm, Paulson & Co.
Paulson topped Kohlberg's offer by $3 per share.
Steinway, which is being taken private, will have to pay a termination fee of about $6.7 million.
Paulson will ultimately pay $40 per share for the Waltham, Mass., company. Steinway valued the sale at about $512 million.
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Iranian Women Are Wed And Raped To Make Their Executions "Legal"
Warning: This story is not for the faint of heart. Under Iranian leader Ali Khamenei's ruthless regime, Iranian women are being forcibly married and raped before they are executed because, according to Islamic religious law, it is illegal to execute women who are virgins. Oddly enough, this despicable regime actually cares about religious law? It seems to me that torturing and killing women is bad enough but, oh no. This crazy Iranian death squad thinks it's OK as long as the gals have been deflowered first. So, the night before the execution women are forced to get married. They are then raped by their new "husband." Many women allegedly fear their "wedding" night more than their execution and are given sleeping pills because they are so hysterical.
The man who came forward about this was a member of the Basiji militia, which is fiercely loyal to Ali Khamenei's regime. He was arrested for being too lenient with the prisoners. Meaning, he let a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl free. The source impressed his superiors at a young age, so he was given the authority to conduct "legal" weddings. He saw many horrible things, including one girl who scratched herself all over after she was raped.
In Iran females are considered responsible for their own actions at age 9 and males at 13. This is just another example of the hypocritical tangle that is Iranian politics. If women supposedly mature faster than men why are they subservient? Also, I cannot understand how a regime that commits such blatant atrocities against others uses such small details in Islamic law to justify their actions. It's like leaders really think that although they have tortured, imprisoned, and raped women, no wrongdoing has been done because, at the time of their death, the victims were no longer virgins. [Jerusalem Post]
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He is expected to touch down in Australia in the next two or three days, having taken off from the same country on 19 June.
His balloon called Spirit of Freedom is being carried along by a super fast stream of air at 138 miles an hour.
Flying around the world can be dangerous, and Fossett nearly died on one of his earlier attempts when the weather ripped up the balloon and sent him plunging into the sea near Australia.
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The White House is calling it a victory for the middle class and the economy — the passing of legislation to avoid falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. Is it really a victory for the middle class?
Some small businesses would fall into the middle class category. As The Wall Street Journal pointed out in an editorial, the overall tax increase for small business is "substantial."
"The new listed top rate of 39.6 percent doesn't include the phaseout of deductions that will take the actual rate to 41 percent for many taxpayers. Add the ObamaCare surtaxes on investment income (3.8 percent) and Medicare (0.9 percent), as well as the current Medicare tax of 1.45 percent (employee share), and the real top marginal tax rate on a dollar of investment income from a bank savings or money-market account will be about 46 percent. Throw in the state taxes, and the marginal rates in many places will be in the mid-50s-percent-or-higher-range," The Journal stated.
Overall, the measure amounts to the biggest tax hike in 20 years and there will be spending increases. Some special-interest businesses will receive tax subsidies, such as $12.1 billion for the wind industry, and $248 million for Hollywood producers. The president said he wants to work toward tax reform this year. The Journal calls the bill "a walking repudiation of that concept."
It is questionable whether there really will be any deficit reduction because much of the new revenue will be given away as special-interest favors. Also, the bill increases spending by $30 billion in extending jobless benefits.
All we heard from the White House is that the rich must pay more in taxes and the middle class must be spared tax hikes. That message really worked for President Obama, but let's face it, what happened is not exactly what was promised. Overall, the majority of taxpayers will pay more of their income to the federal government, and that includes the middle class, according to reports by the various news outlets. There are many unresolved issues and the bill merely postponed additional budget decisions.
Only a dent was made in the long-term deficit. Financial experts are calling the passage of the bill "a stopgap, not a solution." There is a need to raise the debt ceiling. If it isn't raised, the federal government will not be able to pay all of its bills by the end of February. There will be a battle over that issue, with the White House and Republicans still far apart. Republicans still are intent on curbing spending. They don't want the debt ceiling raised unless there is a cut in spending.
Also ahead is a partial shutdown of the federal government at the end of March. Congress last year agreed to fund the government only through March 27. This issue will be another one that goes down to the wire, and the division in Washington, D.C., will result in another major confrontation.
The economic issues that loom ahead will have an influence on the economy, which is in a slow recovery mode.
The fiscal cliff bill merely postponed action on a number of budget issues. The government is hanging onto a limb that is overloaded with fiscal and tax issues.


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Your Flight Is Confirmed
A heavy thunderstorm delayed our flight to Frankfurt, causing us to miss our connecting flight. We were told that we had been confirmed on another flight the next evening. But when we arrived at the gate, we were told that we were on standby. The flight was full.
A Person Of Influence
If you Google "person of influence," the search will take you to various lists of "the most influential people in the world." These lists usually include political leaders; business entrepreneurs and athletes; along with people in science, the arts, and entertainment. You will not find the names of cooks and cleaners who work for them. Yet those in so-called lowly positions often influence the people they serve.
What's Love?
When asked "What's love?" children have some great answers. Noelle, age 7, said, "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day." Rebecca, who is 8, answered, "Since my grandmother got arthritis, she can't bend over and polish her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even after his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Jessica, also 8, concluded, "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
The Wisdom Of Crowds
The online description of The Wisdom of Crowds reads, "In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future."
The Rules Of Disengagement
In her book Throw Out Fifty Things, Gail Blanke outlines four "Rules of Disengagement" to help people clear the clutter from their lives. The first rule states: "If it . . . weighs you down, clogs you up, or just plain makes you feel bad about yourself, throw it out, give it away, sell it, let it go, move on."
Taking Root
A small area of my yard just couldn't seem to get going. The grass always seemed sparse in that spot, no matter how well I watered it.
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
Wisdom is the beauty of holiness. James says wisdom is reasonable; flexible; forgiving; peaceful; caring; given to friendly visits, small acts of courtesy, and kind words. It is humble, transparent, simple, gentle, and gracious to the core (James 3:17).
Too Blessed
On my daily commute to and from the office, I have plenty of time for reading—bumper stickers on cars, that is. Some are surly, others clever, and still others downright distasteful. One bumper sticker I saw recently, however, gently challenged my heart about the way I often engage life. The sticker simply said, "Too blessed to complain."
Road Construction
Here in Michigan we joke that we have two seasons: winter and road construction. Harsh winters damage road surfaces, so repair crews begin their work as soon as the ice melts and the ground thaws. Although we call this work "construction," much of what they do looks like "destruction." In some cases, simply patching holes is not an option. Workers have to replace the old road with a new one.


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The most sobering aspect of Australia's crash from mediocrity to desperation is that there is no obvious way back.
The Argus report now looks like an expensive navel-gazing exercise. Several of its key recommendations are in mothballs.
The coach brought in to restore a winning culture has been sacked. The captain, Michael Clarke, is no longer a selector - a flawed concept to begin with. Australia, far from climbing back towards No. 1, is facing its sixth consecutive Test defeat - a streak not seen since the team was pummelled by the West Indies when they were kings in 1984.
Had Australia played eight Tests in India in the autumn instead of four, the technical and off-field problems were so entrenched that it's hard to imagine that this team wouldn't have lost all of them.
Argus' push for a performance-based pay system was only partly embraced; talent is so thin that young, modest players are still guaranteed lavish contracts well before they have earned them.
The sacking of coach Mickey Arthur two weeks before the Ashes, which caused a bounce in the polls, now looks like a rush for the panic button with nuclear fallout in the form of an expensive and bitter lawsuit.
The optimism created by the appointment of Darren Lehmann, who genuinely made the team feel good about itself again, evaporated in the time it took for Australia to lose 6-54 in a session at Lord's and create all manner of self-inflicted wounds in being bowled out for 128.
The consequences of that performance were laid bare as Joe Root, with a technique and temperament to make an Australian selector weep, ground the Australians into the dust on Saturday.
Don't blame the bowlers, who had to back up in half a day.
Ryan Harris couldn't maintain the potent mix of pace and movement that yielded five wickets in the first innings. Peter Siddle charged in as he always does, and didn't overstep again after a no-ball cost a wicket and plenty of runs in the first innings.
James Pattinson improved on his wayward first outing at Lord's. Shane Watson grimaced and trudged and brooded. And Ashton Agar looked like the teenager he is, wheeling through overs with a sore hip. The valiant loss at Trent Bridge can now be viewed through the prism of two 10th-wicket partnerships that carried Australia closer than it should have got.
Which brings us back to the batting.
David Warner was sent to Zimbabwe for match practice, and has so far made a total of 17 runs. Usman Khawaja waited almost two years for another crack at Test cricket, was reprieved by a dropped catch and still didn't go on, marking his return with a windy attempt to hit Graeme Swann over the top.
Lehmann knows there are no quick fixes. ''At domestic level we haven't made enough hundreds either,'' he said after the first innings batting disaster. ''Batting time is hard work and you see the England players have had a lot of hundreds in their top five. It's going to take time for the players to trust and believe they belong at this level.''
The three leading batsmen in the Sheffield Shield last season were Ricky Ponting, since retired, Mark Cosgrove and Test opener Chris Rogers. Of the next bracket, Alex Doolan has five first-class centuries and has made a couple of recent 50s for Australia A, but no one is beating down the door.
So, now that the Argus report has all but unravelled, where can Australia go from here? Whatever happens, it will be a long road back.


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Wow, it has been a crazy month for wolves in WA and beyond! Here is all the news, flipbooks, TV spots, sounds, and other wolf goodies all in one place.
OK, you have to admit they are adorable! But more than just cute, these pups signify a huge win for WA wildlife as wolves return after decades of absence.
If you are anything like me, you have been seeing and hearing wolves everywhere...in the news that is! Here is some of the Conservation Northwest exclusive wolf fun for your perusal.
A digital flipbook of the wolf pup parade
Wolf pup howls resound in WA
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Don't forget Facebook fans and cause members, MySpace friends, and blog readers (that's you!) often get unique access to special content. So keep your eyes peeled here for more. We also have a YouTube channel. Wow; we are everywhere!
Erin also put together this great rundown of the latest news on wolves.
August 8, 2008: Washington is working with stakeholders, like Conservation Northwest, on a plan for welcoming wolves back. "The biggest threat to wolves once they're on the ground is social acceptance," Knowles said. If ranchers, farmers, and rural residents aren't included in making plans for recovery, "people are more likely to take matters into their own hands."
August 7, 2008: Our recording of wolf pups in the Methow hit the airwaves on KUOW's Weekday. Hear the Podcast here.
July 31, 2008: The re-emergence of wolves is no cause for hysteria, and most people who live in the Methow don't seem to be running to lock up the kids and bar the gate...
July 29, 2008: Wildlife biologists and volunteers monitoring Washington state's first wolf pack near Twisp say the parents and pups appear to be doing well....
July 29: Are wolves a danger to humans? "You're more likely to get attacked by someone's dog while you're hiking on a trail than you are to have a threatening contact with a wolf," said Derrick Knowles, outreach coordinator for Conservation Northwest.
July 24: King 5 News features the return of wolves and Conservation Northwest's Joe Scott
July 24: DNA samples confirm gray wolves are back. Six pups are part of first confirmed wolf pack in the valley in more than 70 years.
July 23: State's first purebred wolf pack since 1930s found near Twisp.
July 22: Conservation Northwest blogs on wolves, including a flipbook of images taken.
July 19: Biologists capture suspected wolves in Okanogan County, a development that could confirm the first wolf pack in Washington since the animals were eradicated decades ago.
July 16: Using howling surveys, an interagency team of biologists is hot on the trail of what is believed to be the first wolf pack in Washington state since the 1930s in western Okanogan County.
July 15: Possible return of wolves sparks planning for their presence. The echoing, spine-tingling howls of a pack in full cry shows they're coming back on their own.


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Michael Lohan Was Drunk, High During Arrest, Also Thought He Was Spider-Man
"Now there's a vagina I'd like to kick. In the vagina…"
When Michael Lohan was arrested last night, it was reported that he attempted to jump out his hotel window only to land in a tree. Turns out it's way more hilarious than that, mainly because he was shit-faced drunk and high on who knows what. (Please be meth, please be meth, please be meth…) RadarOnline reports:
"I saw a subject on the second floor hiding behind a pillar," the police report states. "I yelled the def's name and told him to come down and talk. This def tried concealing himself a little more but decided to run up a stairwell as we approached him.
"As we went out to the balcony to look around, we saw the def fall from a 3rd floor balcony next to the one we were standing on. The def apparently leaped up from his balcony and grabbed a hold of the roof. He then must have scurried across the roof (about 30 feet) until he thought he was hanging over top of the next balcony. The def then let go but missed this balcony.
"He came crashing down on top of wooden high chairs that were laying on the ground. This fall was 34 feet (measured with laser). The def then hid in some trees directly below where he was apprehended.
You know somewhere Lindsay's jotting all this down for her next arrest. "Let's see, climb out window, grab hold of roof, shimmy over to nearest balcony, use drunk vision to gauge distance, miss, crash into patio furniture, hide until wound festers. Ha! Try to put me in jail now, suckers!"
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DVD reviews: 'Gravity,' 'Nebraska' and 'Blue is the Warmest Color'
"Gravity" (2013, PG-13, 91 min., $28.98) The advances in cinema continue to astound viewers, and filmmakers are always raising the bar. With "Gravity," director Alfonso Cuaron effectively blew us away. Cuaron's flick, which he wrote with his son, Jonas, is a gripping thriller set in outer space. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, "Gravity" finds four astronauts on a routine mission in space. When their shuttle is destroyed in a disastrous series of events, Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) and Lt. Matt Kowalski (Clooney) are left floating out into the darkness with not much chance of survival. It will take tremendous wherewithal if the astronauts want to find their way back to Earth. Bullock is tremendous here, as is the work done by the director in making "Gravity" a reality. The story of survival is wonderfully played out, and it puts the viewer through a remarkable experience that won't soon be forgotten. Perhaps that's why Cuaron's "Gravity has been widely regarded as one of the best of 2013. Blu-ray and standard DVDs carry some fine special features, especially in capturing the intense production of the film. Most of the answers are here, in regard to how Cuaron put "Gravity" together. 3.5 Stars.
"Nebraska" (2013, R, 115 min., $29.99) Whether it be "The Descendants" or "Election" or "Sideways," Alexander Payne is a director who consistently puts out terrific work. With "Nebraska," the filmmaker has again made a movie that solidly stands as one of the best movies of 2013. Its six Oscar nominations can back that up. Brilliant performances from Bruce Dern, June Squibb and Will Forte as well as cinematography that captures the spirit of the country's Midwest are terrific, but it's the simple story of a father and son on a road trip that grabs the viewer. The picture finds an older man named Woody (Dern) determined to get from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million-dollar marketing prize. His family knows it's a scam, but Woody won't budge. So, his son David (Forte) agrees to drive him. It's a trip that brings Woody and David to a better understanding of each other. Standard DVDs are without any extras, but Blu-ray packages feature an extended making-of featurette that explores the script, characters, locations, working with Payne and putting together the family. No commentary is available. 3.5 Stars.
"Blue is the Warmest Color" (2013, NR, 179 min., $19.95) One of the most-discussed movies of 2013 was Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue is the Warmest Color." This romantic coming-of-age drama — based on a graphic novel of the same name — is a wonderfully emotional tale that covers the ups and downs of a young lesbian's relationship with another woman in France. While the film is just under three hours and carries with it some intense sexual sequences, it is above all else a remarkable love story that's played out with incredible performances from Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux. The 2013 winner of the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Kechiche's film passionately clutches at the heart. The feature follows Adele (Exarchopoulos), a teen who's experiencing a sexual awakening in high school after she falls for Emma (Seydoux), a girl who's a few years older. They begin a relationship that finds them falling in love with each other. Some years later, though, Adele has a misstep, and it causes much heartbreak. Released on to the Criterion Collection, "Blue is the Warmest Color" is without any special features, which is a shame. 3 Stars.
"Thor: The Dark World" (2013, PG-13, 111 min., $29.99) Chris Hemsworth returns to the role of Marvel's Thor in this sequel to the successful 2011 picture. In this latest adventure, Thor faces off against an ancient race set out to control the universe. With help from his evil brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the task turns out to be a great one.
"Narco Cultura" (2013, R, 103 min., $29.95) In this interesting documentary, filmmaker Shaul Schwarz takes a riveting look at narcocorridos, a musical phenomenon that's headed toward the mainstream. Narcocorridos is a genre that pays tribute to the traffickers and drug lords in Mexico, and openly glorifies violence, drugs and money.
"Twice Born" (2012, R, 127 min., $24.98) Starring Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch, director Sergio Castellitto's picture — based on the European bestseller of the same name — follows an Italian professor returning to Sarajevo with her son to show him where she fell in love with his father, a photographer who died in the Balkan war.
"Muscle Shoals" (2013, PG, 111 min., $26.98) Featuring interviews with music legends like Gregg Allman, Bono, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys and Keith Richards, filmmaker Greg Camalier's documentary focuses on the genius of Rick Hall, a genius producer who was responsible for creating the magnetic "Muscles Shoals sound."
"You Will Be My Son" (2011, R, 102 min., $24.98) Paul (Niels Arestrup) is the domineering proprietor of his prestigious family wine estate, and he has little faith in his son (Lorant Deutsch) to take over the business after he's gone. As a result, his son has lost confidence in his own ability, and it makes for a difficult relationship in the Bordeaux region.
"Mr. Nobody" (2009, R, 155 min., $26.98) Jared Leto, Sarah Polley and Diane Kruger have lead roles in this film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The picture tells the story of a fellow named Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man who stands as the last mortal on the planet Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality.
"Lost in Thailand" (2012, NR, 105 min., $24.98) Two rival businessmen hit the road to Bangkok in an attempt to track down their boss and secure a patent on a revolutionary new product. When one of the men gets sidetracked by a happy-go-lucky travel partner, he realizes he's been putting all of his priorities in the wrong place.
"Scarecrow" (2013, NR, 86 min., $14.93) Director Sheldon Wilson's film made its debut on SyFy around Halloween, and it follows a group of teens working on a farm in a small town. The teens are aware of an urban myth that haunts the area, and eventually, they find that there's truth behind the story of a blood-thirsty scarecrow.
"King of the Hill" (Jesse Bradford and Karen Allen, 1993, PG-13, 103 min., $39.95)
"The 300 Spartans" (Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson, 1962, NR, 114 min., $19.99)
"Legit: Season 1" (one disc, 13 episodes, $29.98)
"Mama's Family: The Complete Season Three" (four discs, 25 episodes, $29.95)
"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: Season 1" (one disc, 14 episodes, $29.93)


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Brad Laabs: Don't become a creature of habit with your fishing
It is easy for most of us that fish to fall into habits of past success and not risk change at times. We will tend to stay with the same baits, the same colors, the same techniques, and the same locations. This is a normal tendency not just for fishing, but for many things in our life. Taking risks and getting out of our comfort zone can be hard. We tend to stay with what we know has worked or what we have confidence with.
I think this can be a good and bad thing for us as fisherman. The good part of staying with one style, is that we will refine our skills, and that fishing with confidence is important for success. The bad part of not trying new things is we may miss out on some more active fishing by staying only to what we know or feel comfortable with. We may not grow or learn as much as an angler by not learning new techniques.
We have all been guilty of going out on our trips and "fishing memories". We go to the spots on certain lakes, at certain times of the year, and do certain things, and it worked. So we keep going to that pattern and expecting it to work the same. Sometimes it does, but many times it doesn't. When "fishing history or memories" doesn't work, we may just think that "they just weren't biting today." When really, the fish may have been active somewhere else on the lake doing something else.
I know I struggle with changing sometimes as I just keep expecting what I am doing is going to work! I am stubborn at times and also like to catch fish the way I want to catch them.
Many years ago I made a conscious decision to become more versatile and focused attention on learning different techniques. I also wanted to meet the challenges of learning the variations of these styles of fishing to be successful on rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. The hard part of taking risks to try new equipment, new styles, and new locations, is knowing that you will not always have success. Like anything we do, we need to practice to get better. It is a great feeling when you take a risk to try something new, maybe somewhere new, and you get it figured out and have a little success.
I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity over the years to get to know, visit with, fish with, and fish against, some of the anglers that are at the top of the walleye game. One thing that stands out for me as part of the lessons of these experiences is that even the best have some bad days on the water. Consistently, all have found that they have sometimes learned more from the challenging days than the days when it came easy. A common thread for those that have consistency is that they have expanded knowledge and versatility. They change things up, try different locations, and try different techniques to try and figure out what will work for that day and those conditions. Being able to translate the experiences of what works — and what doesn't — can make us better anglers.
I also know about myself, that there are a couple things I like to do to catch fish above all other strategies. Sometimes I will stay at what I am doing as a conscious decision, knowing that something else may work better. I sometimes just prefer to catch them the way I like, and I would rather catch a few my way, than more a way that I don't prefer as much. I like the techniques that are about having a rod in my hand, feeling a bite, and setting the hook. That is also the experiences I prefer to try and give my clients.
At the end of every open water season, I do reflect on the past season. I always set a goal for the next season to make sure I try some things I didn't, or get back to doing some things I have done before in certain situations that I need to go back to. Set a goal for yourself for next year to learn a new technique. Part of what I really like about fishing is not just the catching, but figuring out how to do the catching.
Fishing is always fun, but catching can make it even more fun. Get out on the open water this fall and have some fun, and if you want to even have more fun, you may want to try something new.
(Laabs runs Brad Laabs' Guide Service in Detroit Lakes.)


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TOWN councillors in Pickering have given a lukewarm response to a plan to stage the annual national conference of market towns in Ryedale next year.
Originally planned to be only in Malton, the organisers of the event, run by Action for Market Owns, now known as Towns Alive, suggested that each of the district's towns, Helmsley, Pickering, Malton, Kirkbymoorside and Norton should be involved in showing off their assets and potential.
Jan Devos, a project manager and consultant who is promoting the idea on behalf of Fitzwilliam Estates and Towns Alive, said: "I am passionate about developing our market towns, they have so much potential and appeal. The conference enables them to showcase themselves."
But Councillor William Oxley questioned the potential of holding the conference in Ryedale, believing that the district's towns were now building up their own business organisations. "I fail to understand what this will bring to Ryedale," he said. Councillors heard that it was likely to cost about £10,000 to stage the conference.
They decided that Pickering should not be involved in the event, but voted to contribute £50 towards the production of bags for life encouraging the public to buy produce at their local markets, on condition that Ryedale's other towns alsosupported the initiative.


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A New Bishop for Los Angeles
Whispers in the Loggia and New Advent have exciting breaking news for the church in the US:
Pope Benedict will name Jose Gomez, 58, archbishop of San Antonio since February 2005, as coadjutor-archbishop of Los Angeles.
In the process, the native of Mexico — the lone American bishop professed as a numerary (full member) of Opus Dei — will make history, becoming the first Hispanic prelate placed in line for a Stateside red hat.
The appointment would bring to a close several months' worth of intense consultation and speculation since word of Cardinal Roger Mahony's request for an understudy began circulating late last year. A coadjutor will first spend some months learning the ropes alongside the 74 year-old cardinal before succeeding to the helm of the 5 million member local church — its Catholic population estimated to be three-quarters Latino — shortly after Mahony reaches the retirement age of 75 next February 27th.
Born in Monterrey and ordained for Opus Dei in 1978, Gomez served in Texas from 1987 in both Houston and San Antonio. A former executive director and president of the National Association of Hispanic Priests, in 2001 Pope John Paul II named him an auxiliary to Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, then rocketed him into the lone senior US post customarily held by a Latin cleric on his appointment to San Antonio in late 2004. Six months after his installation there, TIME magazine named Gomez one of the nation's 25 most influential Hispanics.
7 Responses to A New Bishop for Los Angeles
Praise God! Truly excellent news, and the Archbishop will be a tremendous blessing to the L.A. archdiocese, if he can get his assistant bishops to fall back in line with orthodoxy, something I have to question after seeing their "performances" at the LA education conference Mass.
Maybe we'll see a new proliferation of the Latin Mass here now.
For a few years I've been hoping that Archbishop Gomez would be the successor to Cardinal Mahony. This is terrific news.
I don't know how Archbishop Gomez governs, but my understanding is that he is an improvement over the previous archbishop of San Antonio, the Mahony of Texas Archbishop Flores.
I only hope that he is as orthodox as some of the comments are saying about him.
I don't want an improvement over Cardinal Mahony, I want an orthodox bishop that will change the diocese back to being an orthodox Catholic diocese.
The ramification for Anglo Catholics is huge here too
Also see
Archbishop Gomez: Everything you need to know
I had been involved in various ministries in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for many years after entering the Church in 1997 and before moving to Houston in 2006. I worked for a brief time at the downtown chancery office as well (which I have to say I enjoyed immensely) several years ago. And yet, based on my very limited experience, I can only see things as benefiting from this transition. I think Archbishop Gomez is a good pick, and I wish him well. He has a lot of work ahead of him. St. Josemaría Escrivá, pray for us!
For the record, Cardinal Mahony seems happy with this pick: http://cardinalrogermahonyblogsla.blogspot.com/2010/04/coadjutor-archbishop-named.html
Does he have a choice? 😉


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Add style and comfort with a microfiber sectional sofa. Asian pine hardwood sofa enhances your home decor. Sectional furniture is trimmed with espresso bi-cast leather. From Overstock.
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Deltona Sectional Sofa
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