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In an interview with Swedish Newspaper Aftonblat, the newly minted Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom –better known as isildur1—talked about his recent history as a high-stakes poker player, and his roots as a poker player.
According to Poker.org –who was kind enough to translate the Swedish from Aftonblat into English–Blom told the newspaper: "I started playing poker when I was 14 years old I think. With my friends and my brother. There was this program on TV, Pokermiljonen (The Poker Million) that made us pick up the game… "It always went well for me, but it wasn't until I was 18 that I realized that I could become really good,"
Blom made his online poker bones by quickly ascending the ranks of the European poker rooms as a teenager, before taking his bankroll to Full Tilt Poker, and testing his skills against the best players in the world. And as Blom would tell Aftonblat, he was not prepared for what he found:
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This shocking admonition that he had no idea there were player's better than he was may help put a finger on why he continued to challenge the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed players, despite suffering massive losses.
Playing under the now infamous handle of Isildur1, Blom first started playing on Full Tilt Poker in late 2009 and quickly went up almost $5 million; Blom quickly gained a cult following with his penchant for big stakes, and big pots –having been involved in the 10 biggest pots in online poker history—and his willingness to multi-table against Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey and others, AT THE SAME TIME! He would go on to lose that $5 million plus a couple million of his own money, most notably to Brian Hastings in a session that would see Blom drop $4.2 million to the Full Tilt Poker pro and Cardrunners instructor.
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Rescuers have found more traces of the Vietnamese ship that went missing with 22 crewmen off the Philippines on December 25 but the ship is still nowhere to be found.
In a report on Sunday, the delegation of Vinalines Shipping Co., which was assigned to the Philippines to search for the Vinalines Queen and its crew, said a lifeboat alleged to be from the freighter has been found.
The boat, which was empty and damaged, was found drifting at 20-04.3N; 119-25.9E by the Hong Kong Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center on Saturday.
In the meantime, Nguyen Anh Vu, director general of Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center, said the crewmen's families claimed that three of their mobile phone numbers still rang when called.
It is likely that the mobile phones are somewhere else, not onboard, because they would have been broken when the ship sank, Vu said.
However, the families said the company has sent proposals to Interpol agencies in foreign countries asking for help in identifying the phones' locations.
Previously on Friday, Dau Van Hung, believed to be the sole survivor, was rescued on a lifeboat some 350 kilometers from the site where Vinalines Queen was located before it went missing.
He claimed that the carrier, which was carrying 54,000 tons of nickel ore, sank at around 7 a.m. on December 25 after it tilted too much to the left.
Because the ship sank quickly, the missing crewmen did not have high chance of surviving, according to the Vinalines' delegation.
However, rescuers will search the vacant islands within the Balintang Chennel area of the Philippines, where the crew would probably drift to if they are still alive RELATED CONTENT Oil streak found, Vietnam missing ship's fate still unknown Missing Vietnamese ship sank, says sole survivor
Nguyen Van Hanh, director of Vinalines Shipping Co., said the deadline for the rescue mission has not been determined, adding that the top priority is to search and rescue the ship before learning about the accident's cause.
Meanwhile, the families of the missing crewmen are dissatisfied with the company's performance in the rescue mission, saying that the company hasn't been "bold" enough and hasn't fulfilled its responsibilities.
Le Ba Hop, former deputy general director of Vietnam Maritime Safety Cooperation, whose younger brother Le Ba Truc was among the victims, said the rescue efforts were improper.
Ships should have been mobilized when helicopters failed to find the ship, Hop said. "The National Committee for Search and Rescue needs to take part; it wasn't enough to have maritime rescue forces only."
A representative for the victims' families, Tran Thi Thang, wife of chief mechanic Le Ba Trung, also said Vietnamese agencies needed to act more urgently in their rescue efforts.
"We are wondering if the rescue efforts of the company and rescue centers are urgent enough. Moreover, why did such an accident happen to Vinalines Queen, one of the most advanced ships in Vietnam?" Thang said.
"Lastly, it is a sensitive matter, but we also want to know whether the insurance is decent or not," she added.
A source has told Thanh Nien that the insurance for each sailor is estimated at $40,000.
In response to the families' request and criticism, Vu said all involved agencies have agreed to hire more ships and helicopters, regardless of how much it will cost, to find the sunken vessel.
Vinalines Queen, one of the largest ships of the state-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), was lost at 20-00N; 123-47.1E, to the northeast of the Luzon Island. The waters were estimated to be some 5,000 meters deep.
Vinalines said before disappearing, the ship, which was on its way from Morowali in Indonesia to Ningde, had tilted 18 degrees. About an hour earlier, the vessel also reported that it had tilted 20 degrees due to unknown reasons, and that it was being buffeted by strong winds.
According to Vinalines, the ship was built in Japan in 2005 and has an advanced self-protection system that can send out emergency signals in dangerous situations. This would allow rescuers to detect its location even when it is under water.
However, since it went missing, the vessel has not sent any signals.
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CURTAINS, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from John Kander and Fred Ebb, the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, will play its final performance on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Sunday, June 29th at 3:00 PM following 511 performances and 26 previews.
Speaking on behalf of producers Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley and Center Theatre Group, producer Roger Berlind said, "CURTAINS has been delighting audiences at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre over the past year, and we have had just as much fun behind the curtains. All good things must come to an end, but we're happy that Theatrical Rights Worldwide will handle stock and amateur rights for CURTAINS, so that this great show will reach new audiences with productions planned all over the world. Meanwhile, those who haven't seen CURTAINS on Broadway have over three months to catch our supremely talented cast, who will see to it that CURTAINS goes out with a bang."
Composer John Kander said, "Fred just loved this show, and would be so thrilled with this remarkable cast, led by our great stars David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk and with Scott Ellis's beautiful production. In one of our songs for CURTAINS, Fred wrote 'the show must go on.' I am so grateful to everyone that made it happen."
CURTAINS opened on Broadway on March 22, 2007 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The production had its world premiere on August 9, 2006 at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Name: Robert (Of Nutfield) Weir
Sex: M
Birth: BEF 1682 in Ulster, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: in Ireland
Notes for ROBERT (OF NUTFIELD) WEIR:
"The surnames, with the same Christian names of the early Scotch-blooded settlers in New Hampshire, were often duplicated at the same dates in the Scotch settlement in Pennsylvania, and among them are Allison, Park, Morrison, Cochran, Boyd, Dickey, McAllister, Stewart, Wilson, Mitchell, Steele, Campbell, and others. Nor is this strange when we remember that as early as 1718 no less than five vessels of immigrants from the North of Ireland arrived on the coast of New England, but, forbidden to land at Boston by the intolerant Puritans, the immigrants moved up the Kennebec and there settled. The winter of 1718-19 being one of unusual severity, the great majority of these settlers left the Kennebec and came overland into Pennsylvania, settling in Northampton County."
Letter of Wm. H. Egle M. D., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, dated April 13, 1878. He is the author of the ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA" published in 1876
In 1717 a Robert Weir (son ? of the Rev. John Weir) was a Commissioner in Antrim County, Northern Ireland. In less than a year he and his wife Martha boarded one of the five ships from County Antrim bound for Boston. Zella Armstrong, Weir descendant and author of NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES, says that James McKee was one of the leaders of the group. Another leader, mentioned in many books, was the
Rev. James McGregor
who was the Presbyterian minister in the Parish where Robert and Martha lived in Ireland.. Elmer Roy Collier begins his book WEIR, WEAR, AND WARE WITH: "The Moore, Rankin, and Weir families petitioned in 1718 to the Governor of New England to come to America..." They arrived in Boston Harbor in August 4, of 1718 but, "forbidden to land by the intolerant Puritans, the immigrants moved up the Kennebec (to Maine) and there settled." Sixteen families sailed to Casco Bay to claim a tract of land there but were frozen in the Bay by early winter weather. It was a severe winter even by New England
standards and they suffered greatly from lack of shelter and food. When the ice broke in the Spring they journeyed to Haverhill and heard of a fine tract of land about 15 miles away called Nutfield. James Gregg and Robert Wear (Weir) sent a request to the Governor and Court (assembled at Portsmouth, New Hampshire) for a township ten miles square. The majority of the Scotch-Irish could not wait any longer and traveled overland to the Scotch-Irish settlement at the Forks of the Delaware (Northampton County, Pennsylvania). "The surnames, with the same Christian names of the early Scotch-blooded settlements in New Hampshire, were often
duplicated at the same dates in Scotch settlements in Pennsylvania, and among them are ALLISON, PARK, MORRISON, COCHRAN, BOYD, DICKEY, MCALLISTER, STEWART, WILSON, MITCHELL, STEELE, CAMPBELL, and others."
The second week of April the remaining families gathered under a large oak tree on the east side of Beaver Pond on land that would soon be theirs. The Rev. McGregor delivered the first sermon ever preached at Nutfield, and the first Presbyterian Church in New England was formally organized. Robert Wear and James Gregg remained to receive the deed for the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire on June 19, 1719. They voted to give lots in the town to the first comers "which is the number twenty". Robert Weir was one of the twenty to receive a lot. IF he indeed was related to the Bucks County Weirs, then they built their first bark covered log home with the help of young sons. In 1723 a daughter Elizabeth was born. Robert Weir was evidently well regarded in the community because he became the first Sheriff of Londonderry.
One of the first threats to the new community was a " War with the Eastern Indians". James Gregg (1678-1735) immediately raised a company of men from the town to fight and he was commissioned a Captain. His sons and grandsons followed in his footsteps as an Indian fighter and one was sent on a special Canadian Expedition for that purpose.
Soon a meetinghouse was built in the eastern part of town with the Rev. James McGregor as pastor. Children learned to read and write and the Rev. McGregor listened to their recitations of the Catechism (Westminster Confession). Much of the Sabbath was spent in the meetinghouse and as the town spread to the west many complained about the long distances they had to walk in the winter (with children in arms) to get to the meeting. The inconvenience of distance prompted a petition to a town meeting in 1730 asking that the western part of town "be set off as a parish, for the better enjoyment of religious privileges". The "meeting" refused this petition but the western settlers persisted. Most likely there were existing divisions in the community as well, even more serious than the threat from
the Indians! The elders in the community may have resisted any action to aggravate that division.
But in 1735 the petitioners' request was granted and sixty families became part of the West Parish of Londonderry. They chose the
Rev. David McGregor
, son of the pastor, to lead their church. Soon parishioners wanted to shop for the church of their choice. It wasn't long before there were Easterners in the West Parish and Westerners in the East Parish. George Wiley, in his BOOK OF NUTFIELD, records the resulting confusion:
"For many years, these families (traveling to the opposite parish) were accustomed to meet and pass each other on their way to church, and sometimes these meetings were attended with ludicrous scenes. Persons would go miles on foot, carrying their shoes in their hands, and putting them on just before reaching the church. Two or more would use a single horse, each riding a short distance, and hitching the animal for the other to ride when he came up. It is said that two lovers, one belonging to the East and the other the West Parish, though engaged to be married, remained single all their lives and died of old age, because they could not agree on which church to attend."
Such a division in a close knit community is not surprising but no less distressing. Those in leadership may have grieved over the state of their community and prayed for God's rule in the hearts of men and women. A grandson of James Weir and Janet Ferguson wrote about his grandfather," He was a steady, industrious and pious man....The family were all pious and raised under the faith of the Presbyterian Church.... Margaret was a woman well acquainted with history, both sacred and profane." I would like to think that those words described Robert who may have been raised in (or acquainted with) that pious household.
Not far from Bath, the overflow (from Bucks County) Scotch-Irish Settlement at the Forks of the Delaware in Pennsylvania
(Northampton County), a spiritual awakening rumbled. Students from the Rev. William Tennent's "Log College" on the Banks of the Neshaminy in Bucks County, as it was derisively called, traveled as far north as Londonderry, New Hampshire and preached in the meetinghouse to all who would attend.
The name of Weir began to show up in the Scotch Irish community along the Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County along with the names of other Scotch-Irish families from Londonderry, New Hampshire and elsewhere. There were Craigs, Walkers, Grays, Creightons, Barclays, and McKinstrys by 1740. The Carrell family lived on the farm adjoining the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church. The Log College was a mile down the road across from the Tennent home. By 1740 Robert Weir (who may have been a son of Robert and Martha of Nutfield) had fallen in love with and married Rebecca Carrell. By 1740 John Weir and James Weir owned land about 10 miles from the
church and a William Weir owned land in Springfield Township, Bucks County. By the late 1750's Samuel Weir was living on John Weir's tract and Robert and Rebecca Carrel Weir had moved to Augusta County, Virginia (now Rockbridge County) where many of the same names in Londonderry, New Hampshire and Bucks County appeared.
Thanks to the research of Evelyn Eisenhard, I do have DOCUMENTATION for the family of Samuel Weir and his descendants. According to JoAnn Wear Spore, Samuel was the son of John Weir. I have read Samuel's will, walked through the restored homes of Samuel Weir and his son John, and visited the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church and site of the famous "log college" at Neshaminy. By reading about the ministers who served the congregation at Neshaminy in the 1700's, about the Log College (which served as a model for the more formal college its students helped establish at Princeton), and about the Great Awakening......I have learned quite a lot about the religious and historical context of my ancestor's life.
Just ten years before the names of John and James Weir appear on the records, central Bucks County was little more than a wilderness with no roads. Each year more and more Scotch-Irish "dissenters" were among the refugees attracted to William Penn's Colony and the ones who, after landing at Philadelphia (the largest port in the colonies), made their way up the Delaware River to the mouth of the Neshaminy. Then they headed north using the Neshaminy Creek as their highway and finally built primitive homes on its banks. By the time John and James arrived in Pennsylvania (from New England or Ireland), the Scotch-Irish in the area had formally established two townships and erected a building for their Presbyterian Church.
More About ROBERT (OF NUTFIELD) WEIR:
Accuracy 1: 1999, The Rev. John Weir and Janet Ferguson had a son Robert and a Robert Weir came to New England in 1718 from Ulster. There is NO EVIDENCE THAT Robert of Nutfield is the Son of The Rev. John Weir and Janet Ferguson. The notes below concern Robert of Nutfield.
Accuracy 2: At this point in November I am using most of Zella Armstrong's "PROBABLES".She believe it is probable that this
Robert Wear was the father of the Robert Wear who took advantage of the Borden grant in Augusta Co. Va. and who was the father of Col. Sam. Wear.
Charter: June 22, 1722, Granted to Londonderry, New Hampshire (16 original grantees)
Emigration: August 1718, To New Eng. from N. Ire. with 100 other families in 5 ships. Rev. James McGregor was the pastor of the Parish of Aghadowey, County of Londonderry, from 1701-1718 and Mr. Allison accompanies the Rev. McGregor to Boston and then to Nutfield in April 1719.
Migration patterns 1: 1719, The five ships tried to land in Boston but the "intolerant Puritans" forbade their landing. They then went to Kennebec and settled for the very severe winter of 1718-19. The great majority of the settlers left Kennebec in the spring.
Migration patterns 2: While later his brothers went to Jamestown, Virginia ...and Savannah, Georgia where he died. The other remained in Jamestown, Virginia and is the ancestor of Allisons in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio..."
Migration patterns 3: The majority left Kennebec in the spring and came overland to settle in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Office held 1: 1717, A Robert Wear was Commissioner in Antrim County, Ireland
Office held 2: 1719, Sheriff of Nutfield after asking the court assembled at Portsmouth, New Hampshire for a township 10 miles square.
Petitioned 1: 1718, The Moore, Rankin, and Weir families petitioned the Governor of New England to come to America from Ulster. Permission was granted and they and almost 100 families came and settled in Nutfield, Massachusetts (now Londonderry, New Hampshire)
Petitioned 2: 1719, The Court assembled in Portsmouth, N.H. for a township 10 miles square (with James Gregg)
Father: John Weir b: BEF 1643 in In Lowlands, Near Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mother: Jane(t) Fergusson b: ABT 1652
Marriage 1 Martha b: ABT 1701 in Nutfield, Massachusetts
Married: 1706 in Ireland
Has Children John Weir , Sr. b: AFT 1700 in Londonderry, Ireland
Has Children Robert Weir b: 1715 in Ulster, Northern Ireland
Has Children Elizabeth Weir b: 1723
Has Children James Weir b: AFT 1700
Has No Children William Weir b: AFT 1700
Moses of Scotch Irish' Rev James McGregor to be honoured in Aghadowey
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A man from Magilligan, dubbed the Moses of the Scotch Irish in America, is being commemorated.
Rev James McGregor was an 18th century pioneer who is credited with founding Londonderry Mark II in north America.
He is being honoured with the unveiling of an Ulster History Circle blue plaque and reception at Aghadowey Presbyterian Church on Monday.
Mr McGregor (1677-1729) was a veteran of the Siege of Derry.
He led hundreds of his congregation to America in 1718, where they founded the towns of Londonderry, Coleraine and Antrim.
He was the leader of the pioneers that in 1719 settled the Nutfield grant in Southern New Hampshire - now the towns of Derry, Londonderry, Windham, as well as portions of Manchester, Hudson, Salem, and Pelham.
He is also the great, great, great, great grandfather of US Secretary of State John Kerry.
In 1701, Mr McGregor, who was a fluent Irish speaker, became the pastor of a small Presbyterian church in Aghadowey and in 1710, the synod gave him the privilege of preaching in Irish.
At that stage, Presbyterians were not allowed to hold office, teach or to conduct most civil ceremonies such as marriages and funerals.
In early summer 1718, Mr McGregor and the major part of his congregation set sail for Boston on the brigantine Robert.
The group consisted of about 200 people, primarily from 16 families and ranging in age from babies to an elderly couple aged 90.
Arriving in New England, they found they were not welcomed by the Puritans of Boston. They were diverted to Maine where they suffered a long, cold winter.
Returning south in the spring, they heard about an unoccupied piece of land in the province of New Hampshire that had been previously named Nutfield.
By the end of the first year, the Nutfield colony was judged a success. Under McGregor the community soon built a meeting house, church and a school.
Nearly every house was soon spinning and weaving linen. In 1722 Nutfield was incorporated as a town and took as its official name: Londonderry.
The news of the success of Londonderry soon spread back to Ulster and thousands were inspired to follow McGregor across the Atlantic to the New World.
Mr McGregor died on 5 March 1729, at the age of 52.
Chris Spur, chairman of the Ulster History Circle, said: "James McGregor was a man who saw and made history.
"The Ulster History Circle is delighted to honour the Rev James McGregor with this blue plaque in Aghadowey where he became minister in 1701. The circle would particularly like to thank the Ulster-Scots Agency for their financial support towards this plaque."
Ian Crozier, CEO of the Ulster-Scots Agency said: "The Ulster-Scots Agency is delighted to be able to highlight the contribution to another Ulster-Scot who has made a huge difference to the religious landscape of New England and of Ulster-Scots diaspora."
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Cessna 414, Port Jefferson, N.Y., May 26, 2003–At 2:28 p.m. EDT Cessna 414 N1234 was substantially damaged during a forced landing into Long Island Sound approximately six miles north of Port Jefferson, N.Y. The commercial pilot/ owner was not injured. N1234 was on an IFR flight plan and was flying in IMC. The flight originated at Orlando International Airport, Fla., earlier that morning and was destined for Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y. The pilot told investigators that he had been in Orlando to attend a three-day Cessna 414 recurrent flight-training course.
Before departure the pilot purchased 100 gallons of avgas, filling all five fuel tanks for a total of 183 gallons, yielding an estimated endurance of 5.5 hours. During his preflight inspection the pilot said he visually examined each fuel tank and sampled the fuel confirming each fuel tank was completely full and that all samples were debris and water free.
According to the pilot, the flight was uneventful through the arrival into the New York area. Fuel remaining was determined by comparing the fuel gauges to an after-market electronic fuel computer, along with noting the time each fuel tank was selected.
As he approached New York, about four hours after departing Orlando, the pilot was instructed by ATC to fly the Bono Three arrival and maintain 16,000-feet. The pilot requested a lower altitude, but due to poor weather conditions and air traffic congestion the controller told him that "it would be a while" before he'd be able to give him a lower altitude. The pilot became increasingly concerned about ATC delays, and informed the controller that he had "minimal fuel," about 20 gallons per side, though he did not declare an emergency.
The controller then instructed the pilot to descend to 4,000 feet and provided radar vectors. The pilot stated he reduced both throttles to idle and while the airplane was descending he noticed that the fuel gauges indicated a rapid decline in available fuel, which was "not normal." As the airplane approached its newly assigned altitude the pilot increased the power setting on both throttles and the right engine stopped producing power. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude and informed the controller that he had "lost an engine and needed vectors to the nearest runway." The controller provided radar vectors to Igor Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Bridgeport, Conn.
About 1.5 minutes after the right engine failed, the left engine stopped producing power. After realizing how far offshore he was, the pilot told the controller that he was going to ditch the airplane in the water.
According to the pilot, he maintained a "safe airspeed," turned the airplane into the wind and raised the landing gear. He broke out of the cloud layer 280 feet above the water, noted the direction of the six-foot waves and made a "soft" water landing.
After touchdown, the airplane began filling with water. According to the pilot,
he donned a personal flotation device, grabbed a flare gun, ate a nutrition bar and dialed 911 on his cellphone. The 911 dispatcher connected him to the Coast Guard for further rescue assistance, and afterward the pilot exited the airplane. The airplane came to rest in 80 to 90 feet of salt water.
The pilot also noted that he had not experienced any mechanical problems with the airplane before the flight. The airplane was recently painted, during which time he had the tip tanks resealed.
The pilot reported approximately 1,000 flight hours TT, of which 70 were in make and model. He also stated that he was very conservative and kept a flight log in the airplane that detailed his fuel-management calculations for the flight. However, the log sank with the airplane.
Weather at Igor Sikorsky Memorial Airport, about nine miles north of the accident site, at 1439 was wind from 020 degrees at eight knots, visibility one statute mile, heavy rain, mist, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, overcast clouds at 3,500 feet, dew point and temperature 52 degrees F, and pressure 29.96 inches Hg.


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Shortly after an invocation by program instructor Pierce Dodson, singer/songwriter Roxie Dean took the stage. Dean was asked by coordinators if she would be willing to sing A Soldiers Wife and dedicate it to Hubbard from her husband, Thomas, who currently serves with the United States Army in Afghanistan.
Hubbard was overwhelmed by the gesture and even more excited when Dean invited her to come up on stage and get a signed CD. As the women posed for pictures, Hubbard turned to see why the crowd was clapping and looking behind her - only to realize that her husband had traveled home to surprise her on graduation night.
Tears filled both of their eyes as she went running into his arms. Only moments later, the couples two sons, Joshua and Emerson, came running up on the stage - shouting, Daddy! Daddy!
The surprise went better than what I had planned, Thomas later said. I am excited to be home.
Hubbard said she was not expecting to see her husband until the fall of 2013 and added that they will not see each other again until early 2014. The couple met in middle school when they both attended West Wilson in Mt. Juliet.
Hubbard said their relationship was friendly for many years before becoming romantic. He was serving in Iraq and was home on a break. We went on three dates before deciding to get married, she explained.
The couple married at the Wilson County Courthouse on April 3, 2008 with her parents in attendance; however, they held festivities with family and friends at a later date.


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As you may have read in some of my prior posts, I was invited to be a "bridesmatron" in my friend's wedding this summer. Let's just call this friend "Green", because that's her favorite color! Green's mom did a great job organizing Green's bridal shower, and included a lot of personal touches that I wanted to share with the garden! There was marriage advice collected on pieces of paper that got folded up and put into a picnic basket with some picnic essentials, there was bridal bingo with scratch-off lotto tickets for the winners, there was a beautifully framed picture of Green and her fiance placed at the escort card table for all guests to see upon their arrival, there were green decorations at the tables and on the cake, there was a raffle for each table's 3-piece candle set centerpiece (which I won!) and there were of course favors. Green's ceremony was held outdoors in Long Island in late August (more to come on that!), so Green's mom gave each shower guest a beautiful wooden fan to help keep cool at the ceremony:
Along with the fan came this cute poem:
Thank you for attending Green's shower.
Now, we are looking forward to that special hour!
Please bring this fan as we celebrate the joining
of Green and her mate, on August 28th!
The fans were given out in little gift bags tied with Green ribbon (of course!) and a thank you charm:
Also inside the bag was a set of Bamboo coasters:
Definitely some of the more useful shower favors I've seen! Hope this post gave the rest of the garden some inspiration!


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This article was published 18/7/2013 (1495 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers head into battle Friday with a full sick bay, a decimated receiving corps and an offence under the microscope.
But quarterback Buck Pierce and company can't wait to get at the Toronto Argonauts (7 p.m. TSN/CJOB) in front of another rabid house at Investors Group Field.
"I'm excited to go against this type of defence and the challenges they pose," said Pierce as the Bombers wrapped up final preparations Thursday afternoon. "We've got a good plan going in this week, so I'm excited about it.
"(The Argo defence) is going to go out there and show you who they are. They're going to do a lot of things up front, they're going to come after you and they're going to say that our guys are better than you. They're going to try and hit the quarterback, they're going to take chances.
"I always kind of relayed it as (Argos defensive coordinator) Chris Jones as a guy who wants to go out there and brawl. He wants to say that his guys are going to come after you, and they're going to hit you, and they're going to hit you and they're going to hit you and they're going to try and hit you. My mentality coming into this game is it's going to be a fight and I'm ready for 12 rounds of it."
But Pierce will be leading an offence missing receivers Terrence Edwards, Chris Matthews and Cory Watson and still struggling to establish some consistency. Watson was hit by back-up safety Dan West near the end of practice on Wednesday and has suffered a hamstring injury that head coach Tim Burke said will keep him out for two to four weeks. Burke, who also called out West Wednesday -- suggesting in a radio interview he would have cut him on the spot if the club had more depth at the position – apologized to his defensive back a day later.
"You never should say anything until after you've watched the video," said Burke. "I apologized to Dan for making him the villain. Cory had a part in it, he shouldn't have stiff armed Dan. When you get highly-motivated individuals with a lot of testosterone and it gets down to everybody trying to prove who is a man and who isn't... we want to stay away from those situations."
The Bombers have added former Winnipeg Rifles receiver Brett Carter to the roster to take Watson's place. The 20-year-old Winnipeg-born slotback who grew up idolizing the Bombers officially signed his first contract Wednesday.
"I got a call right after practice (Wednesday) from (assistant GM) Kyle (Walters) and he said come down to my office," said Carter. "It was pretty unreal. And walking down the stairs Coach Burke said, 'Congratulations and welcome to the roster.' I can't put it into words… it's unreal and I'm just so thankful for this opportunity and I'm looking forward to putting on the Bomber uniform."


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The rapper's new album has managed to live up to its expectation after taking the top spot on the U.S. album's chart
Just as it was predicted Nas' new untitled LP has indeed topped the Billboard Hot 200 chart this week replacing the previous chart topper Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III". The untitled LP's success was triggered by its sale that reached the 187,000 copies this past weekend.
Nas' new album's success in leading the U.S. Albums chart this week becomes the fifth time for the rapper until this year. His latest LP that managed to top the Billboard Hot 200 was "Hip Hop Is Dead" in 2006.
On the chart, Wayne's new album's sale decrease that only managed to sell 105,000 units this past weekend was the reason he fails to keep its #1 position. Meanwhile, at #3 comes the soundtrack album for the new movie "Mamma Mia!", that was sold about 91,000 copies.
Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" starting to lose its ground on the chart after dropping 2 places 2-4 after only selling 90,000. The same thing also happened for Disney's "Camp Rock" soundtrack that slips 3-5 with 78,000 units sold. Following at #6 is Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" with 73,000.
Taking the #7 with 56,000 copies sold is John Mellencamp's "Life, Death, Love and Freedom" and just behind John at #8 is David Banner with his latest outing "The Greatest Story Ever Told" which sold 52,000 units on its first week. Young country star Taylor Swift takes the #9 seat with her new exclusive Wall-mart EP/DVD, "Beautiful Eyes" which sale reached 45,000 units. The last position on the chart this week goes to Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded", after selling about 41,000 copies.
Billboard Hot 200 Top Ten Chart:
- Nas: Untitled
- Lil Wayne: "Tha Carter III"
- Soundtrack: "Mamma Mia!"
- Coldplay: "Viva la Vida"
- Soundtrack: Camp Rock
- Kid Rock: "Rock N Roll Jesus"
- John Mellencamp: "Life, Death, Love and Freedom"
- David Banner: "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
- Taylor Swift: "Beautiful Eyes"
- Rihanna: "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded"


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Bereavement, Loss, and Grief (cont.)
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Grief and the phases of a life-threatening illness
1. The phase before the diagnosis: The phase before the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness is the period of time just before the diagnosis when a person realizes that he or she may develop an illness. This phase is not usually a single moment, but extends throughout the period when the person has a physical examination, including various tests, and ends when the person is told of the diagnosis.
2. The acute phase: The acute phase occurs at the time of the diagnosis when a person is forced to understand the diagnosis and make decisions about his or her medical care.
3. The chronic phase: The chronic phase is the period of time between the diagnosis and the result of treatment. It is the period when a patient tries to cope with the demands of life while also undergoing treatment and coping with the side effects of treatment. In the past, the period between a cancer diagnosis and death usually lasted only a few months, and this time was usually spent in the hospital. Today, people can live for years after being diagnosed with cancer.
4. The recovery or death phase: In the recovery phase people cope with the mental, social, physical,
religious, and financial effects of cancer.


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100+ RSS Subscribers! Or How to Count Them
SEO 2.0 reached 100 RSS subscribers! After roughly ten weeks of blogging. At least 100. AFAIK. 91 at Google and 9 and Bloglines. In case you subscribe using any other service (I use Netvibes for instance) say "yeah!"
Come on! Somebody say yeah! Yippie, yippie yeah!
The people on the right say hooo! The people on the left say hey!!! Did you know that I also was a rapper once when I was young and wild? Unlike now where I spend all day in front of the screen?
I assume that I got at least 120 or so. How can you count them? Don't scream at me Feedburner! I hate Feedburner. They basically steal your content and send all your data to the Google mothership. Besides they look ugly and sometimes I click on your Feedburner feed or find it in the Google SERPS. I puke each time.
Is there another method to determine the number of RSS subscribers? Without programming please, I'm so busy lazy!
Anyway as I hail my subscribers I will reward them. So who is the RSS subscriber #100? Tamtaramtam! It's Derek J Edmond of Cape Cod SEO!
What strikes me most is that in his public Bloglines subscriptions I am among the best of best of the best of the SEO industry and blogosphere. There is just one dark horse I did not know before, but a really good one. I stumbled it the minute I read it.
So Derek, as you are my subscriber number 100 you can choose one of these rewards:
- Small banner for free advertising of your SEO company at SEO 2.0 (It should be the standard size of the 125*125px blog ad) for at least 3 months.
- One guest post at SEO 2.0 with a topic of your choice.
- One latest issue of Search Marketing Standard (I got 5 of them as a contributor this time).
So choose or refuse, but you're my subscriber honoris causa.


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Hands-on History: Make Me a Portrait - King Manor Museum
Hours: 12-3pm
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150-03 Jamaica Ave - 718-206-0545
Jamaica, NY 11432
Description: A picture can tell 1,000 stories, and every portrait tells a unique story all it's own. Have you ever made a portrait? Children can learn about the people and meanings in the portraits at King Manor, and then tell their story and show their creativity when they make their own special portrait.


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Looks like Apple (AAPL) is gearing up to enter the world's biggest mobile market: China Unicom's Shanghai branch's Web site now includes an information page about the iPhone 3G.
AppleInsider: According to Macworld UK, the site changes come one week after China Unicom representatives met stateside with Apple executives in what was described in media reports as a "breakthrough" session geared towards offering the iPhone 3G on the Chinese carrier's network.
A spokesperson at China Unicom headquarters could not explain why the information had been posted on one of the carrier's regional websites, though it's reportedly not uncommon for the company's branches to operate independently.
So when will the iPhone go on sale? The last report we saw, last month, said May.
As of the end of last month, China Unicom had 136 million GSM subscribers. (Larger rival China Mobile has more than 415 million subscribers, but is launching a 3G network that is not compatible with Apple's current hardware.)
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A life-lesson reminder from a trailer.
A few months ago I caught the trailer for "The Blacklist." I remember being intrigued. It looked like an interesting, entertaining idea for a show. I also vaguely remember thinking that I knew everything I needed to know about the premise from that short little four minute commercial. I must have forgotten that in the intervening months however, because when iTunes offered the Pilot episode for free I downloaded it and watched it.
That is 46 minutes wasted that I'll never get back.
It is not that it was bad. In fact it was indeed the entertaining show I imagined it to be. The problem is that I had already seen everything I needed to see in the 4 minute version. My advice to others would be to watch the trailer instead of the Pilot, and then get on to the rest of the show. Pilots are all about setting up a premise, and this one doesn't add anything that the trailer left out.
Then again, I am all about consuming stories as economically as possible… time-wise that is. I left commercial television behind years ago. I can't remember the last time I saw a commercial away from YouTube. Why spend an hour watching a 40-42 minute story? Watch three episodes of your favorite show THAT way and you have spent one hour of your life letting sales-people pitch you products you likely don't need.
And—as far as older shows and movies go—technology these days is there to save you even more time. Those older shows and films ran at a much slower pace. People spoke slower and they felt a need to have long pauses in between lines. These days, I watch a lot of those shows at 1.6 to 2 times speed. I can consume a classic episode in 20 minutes, a film in 45. When I watch Star Trek episodes at normal speed these days, it feels like they are caught in some sort of "time-slowing-down" zone—the most boring sci-fi plot-line imaginable.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Consuming Stories on Our Own Terms
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The ASX turned negative on Wednesday afternoon, losing early gains following data that showed new home sales dropped in February.
At 1.52pm AEDT, the S&P/ASX200 was down 45.7 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4939.8.
The Australian dollar was at $US1.0446, compared with $1.0448 late on Tuesday.
New home sales dropped in February after four months of moderate growth, with multi-unit sales experiencing the biggest falls, according to the Housing Industry Association.
Diversified property major Stockland has indicated that it expects the first lots of its 3000 new residential sites at East Leppington in Sydney's south-west to be released in fiscal 2014. The $1 billion project also includes delivery of a primary school, shops, sports fields and recreational areas. Shares rose a per cent.
ANZ Banking Group international and institutional chief Alex Thursby has resigned to become chief executive of a bank in the Middle East. ANZ fell 1.4 per cent, while Westpac lost 0.2 per cent and NAB was down 0.2 per cent and CBA dropped 0.9 per cent.
Santos shares were down 2.6 per cent. The oil and gas producer has hit back at claims aired in ABC's 4 Corners program on Monday that environmental oversight of its $US18.5 billion liquefied natural gas project in Queensland has been inadequate.
Origin Energy fell 3.1 per cent after announcing it is considering whether to exercise its early redemption rights on its $900 million subordinated notes (due 2071) and $500 million capital securities (due 2071) after S&P Ratings Services' revised criteria for the assignment of equity content to hybrid capital instruments. Under the changes, the securities no longer qualify for 100 per cent equity content. Origin will provide an update after the revised equity content is confirmed by S&P.
Sundance Resources is expected to terminate its takeover talks with China's Hanlong Mining as soon as Wednesday, as speculation mounts that the Africa-focused iron ore explorer will strike a new deal with a state-owned Chinese player.
A number of Australian coal miners including London-listed Xstrata are locked in negotiations over major supply contracts with Japanese utilities and appear unlikely to reach an agreement before mid-April.
BHP Billiton was down 0.4 per cent and Rio Tinto was down 1.0 per cent.
This year's slump in the Yancoal share price is likely to force its parent, the Chinese coal giant Yanzhou, to stump up $262 million in cash to avoid losing control of the company, delivering a windfall to hedge funds that have been acquiring Yancoal's "contingent value rights". Yancoal shares dropped 0.6 per cent.
Alternative sharemarket operator Chi-X Australia has appointed John Fildes as chief executive, effective May 1, replacing current boss Peter Fowler.
US stocks ended higher on Tuesday, though off their session highs. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 89.16 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 14,662.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 8.07 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 1570.24.
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Diasporian News of Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Source: Ekow Agyeman Prempeh
Only a few days gone by, determined men and women, and indeed, Ghanaians from all walks of life symbolically assembled at the birthplace of some of the great pioneers of our Great Party to elect officers who will steer the affairs of the NPP for the next four years and probably, beyond. Armed with nothing, but their only weapon: vision, fortitude and the message of hope, they braved the vagaries of the weather and toil to embarked on a political pilgrimage, not only to show their commitment to the timeless ideals of the Great Party, but more important, to sound a clarion call to the oppressive powers that be, that, after the die has been cast, tomorrow, Moses is going to tell Pharaoh, "Let my people go". As it is, who needs a canvass painting to be reminded of the socio-economic tribulations and bondage the masses had had to endure under the current incumbent; and who, after the conference in Tamale, had any shred of doubt the NPP is solidly poised, more than ever before, to undo the economic albatross that perpetually hangs on the necks of the suffering people of Ghana.
But thankfully, now that God has spoken through the people in Tamale, NPP Republic of Ireland is, again, more than confident the best is about to unfold; that Ghana, our beloved country is just about to take its rightful place amongst the comity of nations. Buoyed by this writing on the all, we congratulate the newly elected Chairman of NPP, Mr. Paul Afoko and his able team, and equally pledge our unalloyed support to seeing their ultimate mission accomplished. It is our fervent prayer that the good Lord shall grant the entire team, all the spiritual and physical wherewithal for the successful prosecution of the noble, but daunting tasks ahead. To the runners up, we wish them better luck in future. May we also use this platform to extend our sincerest gratitude to our teeming faithful, the delegates, organisers, the electoral team, security forces, outgoing executives, representatives of those from the other side of the political divide, and verily, each and everyone who supported in diverse ways, for a wonderful work done.
To the incoming administration, we respectfully pray they meditate upon these words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, that, "When you are in a crowd and you stand out from the crowd; it is usually because you are being carried on the shoulders of others". May it be well with them in all ways. Let it be!
Ekow Agyeman Prempeh
NPP Republic of Ireland Branch
(On behalf of executives and Branch)


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The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
By Cecilia C. on February 16, 2012 in Books
OK — I LOVE this series but some of the more recent ones of the series have been just so-so. As with all of them in the Lady Julia Grey series, Raybourn pairs Grey with her now-husband, private investigator Nicholas Brisbane, who is trying his best to control Julia's wild and un-ladylike impulses. In this […]
A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch
By Cecilia C. on October 12, 2011 in Books
Akin to Deanna Raybourn and her Lady Julia Grey series and Anne Perry's William Monk series, Charles Finch puts together a smart, fresh historical mystery series with a debonair gentleman detective Charles Lenox. In this book, the fourth in the series, Lenox begins working as a Member of Parliament in 1860s London, but called upon […]


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There are movie fans, then there are Harry Potter movie fans – seriously, Sorting Hats off to you guys; you know how to really love a franchise. Over the past ten years we've seen such extreme dedication from Potter fanatics that it was a real challenge to pick the weirdest of the lot. Still, we met that challenge head on and have made you this list of the strangest online Potter moments / things ever, from puppets to tattoos, proposals to pillows. It's all here, and it's all slightly worrying. Still, if there's a piece of Potter madness we feel deserves to join this hallowed ranks, then let us know in the comment box below, and we'll see what we can do.
For those not in the know, Potter Puppet Pals are a series of YouTube videos created by a man called Neil Cicierega. They are… mad. Yes, that's the right word, mad. For proof, here's one video of the Pals that descends into some sort of freestyle rap, accompanied by a "mysterious ticking noise" and Hermione leaping across the stage shouting her name. Oh, and Dumbledore doing something similar, except it looks like he's naked.
Did we mention this clip has over 100 million views? Well, it does. And a naked Dumbledore puppet screaming "Dumbledore" and flapping his arms about. As you do.
This video is so weird, so embarrassing, so… cute, we dare not describe it to you – but know this: it involves one huge Harry Potter fan from Japan touching Rupert Grint's eyelashes, then giving him an oriental-style flatcap in return. Seems like a fair swap, right?
The more time we spend on Reddit, the more we think it's run by some of the sweetest, geekiest, most romantic people on the internet. Sure, there are more than a few Nyan Cat videos flying about on there, but there's also stories of love, life, and Harry Potter – and here's one such story.
Basically, it's all summed up by this picture, posted by a Redditor by the name of "trehlo" with only these words to accompany it: "This is how I proposed to my girlfriend." She said yes. Of course she did, wouldn't you? Sure, we'd have preferred the ring to be in the Deathly Hallows, but hey, beggars can't be choosers…
Saying goodbye to a much-loved film series is difficult for any die-hard fan. One solution YouTube user "genrocks" went for was to compile a four-minute long retrospective video, featuring snippets from all the films mixed together to remind himself – and us – of everything Harry and Ron and Hermione have got up to over the past decade.
It's also a great way of playing that ever popular look-how-they've-all-grown-up game a lot of Potter fans enjoy. Damn it they were cute little buggers back in the day…
Now there are many, many, many cool Harry Potter t-shirts out there, so it's a little unfair to share with you just one, but as it's such a gem, we couldn't help ourselves.
As you might have guessed, it's called "Harry And Dobbs" and it mixes two of our favourite things – Dobby the house elf and Calvin And Hobbes. The result is… magnificent. Oh, and if you're a David Bowie fan as well as a Potter obsessive, this shirt might be up your alley too…
Again, highlighting just one example of Potter craftiness seems unfair to all the other Potter crafters out there – but look at the Potter pillows! Look how cute they are!
Honourable mentions should go to all those crafty geniuses who made themselves (and the world) time turners, Potter quilts, and, um, cuddly Ron Weasley iPhone holders, but we just can't ignore how sweet these pillows are. The scarves! The glasses! Oh, it's all too much.
Okay, one more crafty thing – it's a pug! In a Gryffindor hat! With pom-poms! For $20 (not including P&P)! Bargain! Dog not included!
Oh, and here's a Harry Potter dog costume – perfect for when you really, really, really want to embarrass your pet pooch. Magically.
What's better than Harry Potter on the big screen? Harry Potter on stage. Singing. With that curly-haired guy from Glee (Darren Criss, fact fans) as the lead. A huge round of applause, then to "Team StarKid", the troupe of Potter-loving maniacs who came up with what fans are now calling "AVPM" – an acronym that makes us immediately think of "AVP:R". Which is seriously disconcerting.
Oh, and if you're looking for lyrics – such as, say, "We gotta get back to Hogwarts / Where everything is magic… cooooool" – then head to their YouTube site, which has got the lot.
Think you're a Harry Potter nerd? You ain't nothing on this guy. After all, he's got tattoos of the Hogwarts crest, Sirius's prison numbers and even J.K. Rowling's signature about his person, as well as three month's worth of Harry Potter clothing to wear, on top of a poster collection so vast there's barely a square inch of wall in his bedroom that doesn't have some sort of Harry Potter-related paraphernalia on it.
Truly, Steve Petrick, you are obsessed.
Not a member of the International Quidditch Association? And you call yourself a Potter fan…
Taking Rowling's magical sport and bringing it down to earth might sound impossible at first, but with a little bit of imagination, it just about works. Instead of a real, flying, metal Golden Snitch, there's a cross-country runner wearing yellow – and instead of actually flying, you just hold onto a broom in one hand as you run about like a total loon.
Cape, scarves and full moon glasses are completely optional, but by our book, if you're not wearing house colours, you shouldn't be playing. We're sticklers for the rules, what can we say?
Harry Potter has been making glasses cool for years, and now it seems that Warner Bros. are using the boy who lived to encourage people to wear 3D glasses too. Certain special screenings have had these limited edition bad boys on offer, so look out for them at your local Worlds Of Cine! (Other cinematic worlds are also available).
So you've got your Harry Potter t-shirt, cape, cup, hat, posters, LEGO sets, cauldrons, soundtracks, underwear, ties, DVDs, tattoos and stained-glass windows, but do you have a Harry Potter-themed vanity plate? Because you should, you know. If you live in America, that is, because in the UK it would just look lame and we all know it.
Anyway, here's a selection of some Potter plates for you to gaze at, and if you want to see even more – and marvel at the puns – you best head to mugglenet.com/plates, sharpish.
As shown by the two examples on the left, Potter fans aren't above tattooing themselves with Rowling-inspired bits and bobs. Be it of broomsticks, owls or the Deathly Hallows symbol, almost everything you can think of has been seen on Muggle skin across the globe.
One blog is dedicated to these ever-so-nerdy body mods, and that blog is called bloodyhellhptattoos.tumblr.com – so if you want some inspiration for your own ink, or just fancy a giggle at some obsessives' expense, then click this way…
Some people love Harry Potter more than you ever could. They love Harry Potter so much that they write the whole first chapter of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone on a bathroom stall.
Created by Buzzfeed's Amy Sly, these book covers imagine a Harry Potter universe which isn't completely filled with wizards. Some are SEO experts, others, PR agents, brand managers… It's not all teachers and ministers out there, you know.
There have been many, many Harry Potter cakes over the years – just take a look at this amazingly amazing list over at CakeWrecks – but this gem from Charm City Cakes really is above and beyond anything we'd ever expected from a Harry Potter-loving cake baker.
Seriously, just look at the lighting, the half-smashed tower… That said, considering it was commissioned by Warner Bros. for the Deathly Hallows part 2 premiere, it better have been good, or they'd be all hell to pay from The Ministry Of Magic. Possibly. Kind of. Maybe.
Love Harry Potter, but don't have the time to sit down and read all the novels every day? Then what you need are these abridged comic book versions, as condensed and drawn by Lucy Knisley, a professional cartoonist from the US of A.
They're also handy for anyone who needs a quick reminder before they watch the final movie. See, they're entertaining and genuinely useful. Always a good mix.
Wait, that's wrong?
The amount of time required to make this happen is… mind-boggling. It's clear that a huge amount of love went into making these – you can tell by the way Ron looks almost cool and Hermione has even better hair than normal… no mean feat.
In other words: Brittney Lee, we salute you.
After his Extras appearance, there was no doubt that our man Daniel Radcliffe was not only a funny guy, but willing to take the mickey out of his squeaky-clean image too. So when we heard he was going to appear on Funny Or Die – directed by Judd Apatow, no less – we knew it was going to be good.
So sit back, relax, and rest easy in the knowledge that Harry Potter actually exists… and also happens to look a lot like Daniel Radcliffe. Which is handy.


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Spanish Pottery
Mainland Spain is dominated by high plateaus and mountain ranges, such as the Sierra Nevada. Running from these heights are several major rivers such as the Tagus, the Ebro, the Duero, the Guadiana and the Guadalquivir. Alluvial plains are found along the coast, the largest of which is that of the Guadalquivir in Andalusia.
After a long and hard conquest, the Iberian Peninsula became a region of the Roman Empire known as Hispania. During the early Middle Ages it came under Germanic rule. Later it was conquered by Muslim invaders. Through a very long and fitful process, the Christian kingdoms in the north gradually rolled back Muslim rule, finally extinguishing its last remnant in Granada in 1492, the same year Columbus reached the Americas. A global empire began. Spain became the strongest kingdom in Europe and the leading world power during the 16th century and first half of the 17th century; but continued wars and other problems eventually led to a diminished status. The French invasion of Spain in the early 19th century led to chaos; triggering independence movements that tore apart most of the empire and left the country politically unstable. In the 20th century it suffered a devastating civil war and came under the rule of an authoritarian government, leading to years of stagnation, but finishing in an impressive economic surge. Democracy was restored in 1978 in the form of a parliamentry constitutional monarchy. In 1986, Spain joined the European Union; experiencing a cultural renaissance and steady economic growth.
In 2008 Spain officially reached 46 million people registered at the Padrón municipal, an official record analogous to the British Register office. Spain's population density, at 89.6/km² (231/sq mi), is lower than that of most Western European countries and its distribution along the country is very unequal. With the exception of the region surrounding the capital, Madrid, the most populated areas lie around the coast.
The population of Spain doubled during the 20th century, due to the spectacular demographic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s. The pattern of growth was extremely uneven due to large-scale internal migration from the rural interior to the industrial cities during this period. No fewer than eleven of Spain's fifty provinces saw an absolute decline in population over the century. Then, after the birth rate plunged in the 80s and Spain's population growth rate dropped, a new population increase started based initially on the return of many Spaniards who had emigrated to other European countries during the 70s. More recently, it has been boosted by a large numbers of immigrants, mostly from Latin America (39%), Eastern Europe (16%), North Africa (15%) and Sub-Saharan Africa (4%). In 2005, Spain instituted a 3-month amnesty program through which certain hitherto undocumented aliens were granted legal residency. Also there are some significant pockets of population that have come from other EU countries - 21% of foreign residents - especially on the Mediterranean costas and Balearic islands, where many Europeans choose to live their retirement or telework. These are mostly English, French, German, and Dutch and, from outside the EU, Norwegian.
The Spanish Constitution of 1978, in its second article, recognises historic entities ('nationalities', a carefully chosen word in order to avoid the more politically charged 'nations') and regions, within the context of the Spanish nation. For some people, Spain's identity consists more of an overlap of different regional identities than of a sole Spanish identity. Indeed, some of the regional identities may even conflict with the Spanish one. Distinct cultural groups within Spain include the Basques, Catalans, and Galicians. It is this last feature of 'shared identity' between the more local level or Autonomous Community and the Spanish level which makes the identity question in Spain complex and far from univocal.
Spain is known for its culturally diverse heritage, having been influenced by many nations and peoples throughout its history. Spanish culture has its origins in the Iberian, Celtiberian, Latin, Visigothic, Roman Catholic, and Islamic cultures. The definition of a national Spanish culture has been characterized by tension between the centralized state, dominated in recent centuries by Castile, and numerous regions and minority peoples. In addition, the history of the nation and its Mediterranean and Atlantic environment have played strong roles in shaping its culture. After Italy, Spain has the second highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, with a total of 40.
The term Spanish literature refers to literature written in the Spanish language, including literature composed in Spanish by writers not necessarily from Spain. For Spanish American literature specifically, see Latin American literature. Due to historic, geographic and generational diversity, Spanish literature has known a great number of influences and it is very diverse. Some major literary movements can be identified within it. Miguel de Cervantes is probably Spain's most famous author and his Don Quixote is considered the most emblematic work in the canon of Spanish literature and a founding classic of Western literature.
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Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chili Peppers Among MTV EMA Nominees
MTV recently released the nominees for their 2011 Europe Music Awards, with bands such as Foo Fighters, Linkin Park and Red Hot Chili Peppers attaining multiple nominations. In some of the EMAs' specialty categories such as Best World Stage and Biggest Fans, these bands are battling some of pop music's most dominant artists.
In the Best Live Act category, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers are both nominated. To win, they'll have to beat out Coldplay, Katy Perry and most notably Lady Gaga, who is well known for her over-the-top stage show and powerful live musicianship.
The Foos and the Chili Peppers are accompanied by Linkin Park for the Best Rock Award, competing against Coldplay once again as well as Tennessee rock giants Kings of Leon.
In the coveted Best Video category, the Beastie Boys are nominated for their hilariously awesome video for 'Make Some Noise.' The Beastie Boys are known for their iconic music videos including 'Sabotage,' 'Intergalactic' and 'Fight for Your Right,' the last of which is continued in 'Make Some Noise' with the Beastie Boys (played by Seth Rogan, Danny McBride and Elijah Wood) escaping the party house. The Beastie Boys will have to fight amongst stars such as Beyonce and Lady Gaga to capture the trophy.
My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds to Mars are both nominated for the Best Alternative and Best World Stage Awards. The duo are up against the Strokes, Artic Monkeys and Arcade Fire for the Best Alternative Award and will have to beat out Linkin Park and Ozzy Osbourne for the title of Best World Stage performer.
Finally, 30 Seconds to Mars are one of five nominees for the Biggest Fans Award. 30 Seconds are known for their rabid fan base, but they're competing with pop titans Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga for the award.
The MTV EMAs is set to air on Nov. 6 from Belfast, Ireland.


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Photo Flash: Fountain Theatre Opens U.S. Premiere of Athol Fugard's THE BLUE IRIS Tonight, 8/24
Continuing its 12-year relationship with Athol Fugard, The Fountain Theatre celebrates the master playwright's 80th birthday with the U.S. premiere of his newest play. Directed by Stephen Sachs and starring Morlan Higgins, Julanne Chidi Hill and Jacqueline Schultz, The Blue Iris opens at the Fountain tonight, August 24. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!
Athol Fugard celebrated his 80th birthday on June 11, but the prolific writer shows no signs of slowing down. On June 28, The Blue Iris premiered at The National Arts Festival in his native South Africa.
The Blue Iris is set in Fugard's beloved and desolate South African desert, the Karoo. In a burnt-out farmhouse, a widowed farmer, Robert Hannay (Higgins) and his housekeeper, Rieta (Hill) sort through the fire-ravaged debris of their lives. The discovery of a miraculously undamaged painting of a flower – a blue iris – created by Hannay's deceased wife (Schultz) unlocks long-forgotten memories and hidden secrets. Fugard digs deep into the human heart, and the result is a love story full of tender, soul-touching and surprising revelations.
The author of over 30 plays and recipient of countless accolades including the Academy Award, Obie Award, and Tony Award, Fugard is best known for his plays about the frustrations of life in contemporary South Africa and the psychological barriers created by apartheid. Widely acclaimed around the world, his plays include Boesman and Lena (Obie Award, Best Foreign Play), Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (Tony Award, Best Play), A Lesson from Aloes (New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Best Play), the semiautobiographical Master Harold...and the Boys (Writers Guild Award, Outstanding Achievement) and The Road to Mecca (New York Drama Critics Circle Citation, Best Foreign Play, London Evening Standard Award, Best Play). The first white South African playwright to collaborate with black actors and workers, some of his works, such as Blood Knot, were initially banned in South Africa. In his first two post-apartheid plays, Valley Song (1995) and The Captain's Tiger (1998), Fugard addressed more personal concerns, but in Sorrows and Rejoicings (2001) he focused on the complex racial dynamics of South Africa's new era. In 2005 his novel, Tsotsi (1980), was adapted for the screen, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2011, Mr. Fugard was honored with a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. Even though this prolific playwright, novelist, actor, director and teacher now lives and works in San Diego, he continues to be inspired by the dynamics in his land of birth.
The Fountain Theatre's special relationship with Fugard began when co-founder/co-artistic director Stephen Sachs directed the L.A. premiere of Fugard's The Road to Mecca in 2000. Fugard was so impressed that he offered the company world premiere rights to an as-yet-unwritten new work. When Sachs directed the world premiere of Exits and Entrances in 2004, it received recognition for Best Production and Best Director from both the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (garnering a total of five awards) and the Ovations (receiving a total of three awards). Mr. Sachs went on to direct acclaimed regional productions ofExits and Entrances around the country, an Off-Broadway production at Primary Stages, and the UK premiere at the 2007 International Edinburgh Festival. Since then, he has directed premieres of Fugard's plays at the Fountain including the American premiere of Victory (two LADCC awards and four LA Weeklynominations, and named "Best of 2008" by the Los Angeles Times); the West Coast premiere of Coming Home (three LA Weekly awards including "Ensemble" and "Direction," LADCC award for "Lead Performance"); and the U.S. premiere of The Train Driver (three LA Weekly awards). Athol Fugard has stated that he "considers The Fountain Theatre his artistic home on the West Coast."
Set design for The Blue Iris is by Jeff McLaughlin; sound design is by Peter Bayne; prop design is by Misty Carlisle; the dialect coach is JB Blanc; the production stage manager is Terri Roberts; and Simon Levy and Deborah Lawlor produce.
Morlan Higgins starred in Fountain Theatre productions of Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances, Victory and The Train Driver, as well as in Shining City by Conor McPherson (LA Weekly Award), After the Fall (Ovation award for Best Production) and The Boys in the Band. Other credits: Forgiveness (Black Dahlia Theatre), King Lear (Antaeus), Dealing with Clair, Water Children, Mad Forest, The Birthday Party (The Matrix Theatre Company); Dylan (Skylight Theatre);Equus (Pasadena Playhouse), A Skull in Connemara (Theatre Tribe), Hughie (Eugene O'Neill Foundation at Tao House); and numerous other plays on local stages. Morlan has received multiple Ovation, LADCC, LA Weekly, Back Stage Garland, Drama-Logue, and Ticketholders Awards. He was nominated for the Lucille Lortell Off-Broadway Actor of the Year Award for his performance in Exits and Entrances at Primary Stages in NYC, He was nominated for a Carbonell Award for E and E at Florida Stage and received a New Jersey Tony for E and E at New Jersey Rep. He is also the recipient of Santa Barbara Indie Awards for Hughie and Victory at SBT. Morlan also plays Celtic music in the local band Staggering Jack.
Julanne Chidi Hill is a graduate of the prestigious SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film and was classically trained at Oxford University where she studied extensively with John Barton (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Katie Mitchell (Royal National Theatre). She has worked at the McCarter Theatre, Seattle Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Stages 52, McCadden Stages Theatre, Ebony Rep and Kirk Douglas Theatre, and she most recently appeared at the Celebration Theatre in the Ovation award-winning Women of Brewster Place. Television credits include guest-starring on the Jerry Bruckheimer drama The Whole Truth (ABC) and FX series The Shield, and recurring roles on NBC's My Name is Earl and Showtime's Weeds. Feature films: Crank: High Voltage (as "Dark Chocolate"), Barbershop 2, and alongside Tom Everett Scott and Lee Tergesen in 2nd Take, directed by John Suits.
Jacqueline Schultz was last seen in the critically acclaimed production of Park Your Car in Harvard Yard at International City Theatre. She costarred in the West Coast premiere of String of Pearls at both North Hollywood's Road Theatre Company and the Santa Barbara Theatre, appeared at the Pasadena Playhouse in the world premiere of Open Window, and starred in the critically acclaimed L.A. premiere of Lee Blessing's Going to St. Ives at the Fountain (Best Actress nomination, NAACP Theatre Award), later reprising her role for the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Other leading roles at the Fountain: After the Fall (Ovation Award for Best Production), The Road to Mecca; The Night of the Iguana; The Darker Face of the Earth; Fighting Over Beverley (LA Weekly Award); Duet for One (Ovation Award nomination, Best Actress); Ashes (Drama-Logue Award); The Golden Gate (Drama-Logue Award); and Orpheus Descending. Other theater credits include To Kill a Mockingbird and Awake and Sing! (International City Theatre) and Sorrows and Rejoicings(Mark Taper Forum). She has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre (NY) and the Mark Taper Forum's New Works Festival. TV credits include The Practice, ER, My Wife and Kids, 7th Heaven, Crossing Jordan, Judging Amy, the HBO movie Tyson, and many more.For tickets, scheduling and further information, visit www.FountainTheatre.com.
Photo Credit: Ed Krieger
Julanne Chidi Hill and Morlan Higgins
Morlan Higgins and Julanne Chidi Hill
Jacqueline Schultz and Julanne Chidi Hil
Julanne Chidi Hill and Morlan Higgins
Julanne Chidi Hill and Morlan Higgins


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Yuba City Vacation Packages
Yuba City in Northern Interior California is inhabited by roughly 65,000 people.
Sacramento, the state capital, is located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) to the south of Yuba City, while Lake Tahoe is 85 miles (137 kilometers) to the east.
If you need a break from the great outdoors set aside some time to explore the Sacramento Valley Museum and the Mary Aaron Museum, two of the most visited museums in Yuba City. Of the many interesting collections in the city these are two of the more praised.
Venice Park and North View Park are two natural options when it's time to take a break and soak up the sunshine. These are just two of the pleasant local parks and gardens that visitors of all ages can check out while staying in Yuba City.
Head to Ellis Lake, an idyllic spot where people love to slip away to enjoy the scenery. On a sunny day this delightful destination is the perfect location to head to for a little relaxation.
Yuba Sutter Mall is the perfect place to visit if you have a passion for shopping and people watching. It is a vibrant place packed with clothes and accessory stores and fresh food venues.


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Anticipating several more years of suppressed demand for private aviation, NetJets Europe is seeking further voluntary redundancies from its pilot workforce. The fractional ownership and jet card provider is in consultation with its flight crews in the hope of avoiding compulsory layoffs, with some of the temporary payroll reduction measures it took in 2009 set to expire by the end of next year.
"In 2009, due to the global economic environment, we launched a voluntary options program to manage excess crew levels at NetJets Europe due to a decrease in flight demand," the company said in a written statement. "Forecasts indicate that market growth will not resume to previous levels for a number of years. In order to align our crewing levels with customer demand, we have put forward a voluntary redundancy proposal to our pilots and are undergoing a consultation process. As this is an internal matter, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
The options offered to pilots in 2009 included long- and short-term leave of absence, job sharing, part-time work or voluntary redundancy. This approach achieved the company's goal of reducing flight crew capacity by 60,000 pilot duty days per year. At the time it employed 1,046 pilots, and 87 of them took voluntary redundancy; many more opted for job sharing.
According to sources close to NetJets Europe's pilots, the company wants to reduce the payroll to around 650 pilots. However, factoring in reductions achieved through job sharing and leave of absence, the company says that the actual number of pilots on its roster stood at 719 after the 2009 consultation.
Letter Outlines Plans
However, the full situation facing NetJets may be more complicated, if a recent post to the AIN website is to be believed. On October 12, in an online response to an earlier AIN story, a reader posted what appears to be a letter sent to staff by NetJets Europe COO Mark Wilson to explain the need for a further round of downsizing. NetJets would neither confirm nor deny the authenticity of the letter (a spokeswoman declined comment because the company's consultation with staff is an "ongoing legal matter"), but the contents of the posted letter are consistent with what is already known about the structure of the NetJets workforce. In the letter, Wilson reveals that the company is seeking to cut the number of pilots-in-command (PIC) by 128, from 529 to 401. Combined with the 251 second-in-command (SIC) pilots, this would result in a total flight crew count of 652. The letter indicates that the current total is in fact 780.
The letter outlines a consultation process in which pilots were asked to elect representatives by October 12, with a view to starting discussions with management by October 31. The company expects to complete the consultation by January 31.
Another factor revealed by the letter to staff is NetJets Europe's concerns about changes to European social security regulations that could increase the annual cost of employer contributions by an estimated €6.3 million ($8 million). This is because European rules will now require social security obligations to be based on the European Union state in which each pilot's "gateway" base city is located. Under current rules, NetJets Europe has been able to apply the UK system of social security contributions for crew employed by the UK-based company NetJets Management Ltd.
The reader-posted letter indicates that NetJets intends to offer voluntary redundancy to pilots whose "gateways" are in the six countries with the highest employer social security contribution, namely France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Italy and Hungary. It shows that 105 PICs now have their "gateway" in France, compared with 61 in Belgium and much smaller numbers in the other four countries (totaling 188 pilots).
Those taking voluntary redundancy will, according to the letter, receive the equivalent of 15 months base salary (less tax and social security payments). In the event that compulsory redundancies become necessary, the letter explains, PICs will be selected for layoff based first on according to how high employer social security rates are in their gateway country and then according to how high their overall salary costs are.
According to the letter, NetJets Europe further reduced staffing levels last year when 152 employees signed up for a "Voluntary Separation" program, which followed on from 2009's "Voluntary Options" program. But the letter says that this move did not completely resolve the company's pilot over-capacity issue, prompting the need for the new process just begun.
"We expect that trading conditions across Europe will remain fragile and, based on our current forecasts, we do not expect to see a return to the levels of demand that would require our present crewing levels for several years," says Wilson in the letter anonymously posted to the AIN website. "In the circumstances, it is critical for the future of the business that we take steps now to address this issue."


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Still Watching for a Major Low
A few of months back, we began to look at 1295 in the S&P 500 as a likely support level because it was an important stopping point on the way up in October. Old levels of resistance often become new levels of support. So from time to time, I have suggested in this column that it was a possible objective if the markets turned weak.
Last Friday, the three-week slide in the averages had erased nearly everything gained since the start of the year, and the S&P 500 was all the way back down to that critical level. So the bounce off that level yesterday was very much to be anticipated, in spite of the apparent free-fall....389 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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