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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER to Host Halloween Costume Party, 10/30
The producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony® Award-winning play by Rick Elice which tells the back story of Peter Pan, announced today that the show will host a post-performance Halloween costume party on stage at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street) on Tuesday, October 30. Both the young and the young at heart are encouraged to come to the 7:00 PM performance on Halloween Eve of Peter and the Starcatcher in their best Peter Pan inspired attire. After the show, ticket holders dressed in costume will be invited on stage to meet the cast and participate in a group photo.
Directed by Tony® Award-winner Roger Rees and Tony® Award-nominee Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher began performances on Wednesday, March 28 and opened to rave reviews on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Tickets are now on sale through January 6, 2013. The production recently took home five Tony® Awards, the most of any play this season, including Best Scenic Design (Donyale Werle), Best Lighting Design (Jeff Croiter), Best Costume Design (Paloma Young), and Best Sound Design (Darron L West).
In this innovative and imaginative new play, based on The New York Times best selling Disney-Hyperion novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, a company of twelve actors plays more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? This epic origin story of one of popular culture's most enduring and beloved characters proves that an audience's imagination can be the most captivating place in the world.
The cast of the acclaimed production includes Adam Chanler-Berat, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Matthew Saldivar, Teddy Bergman, Arnie Burton, Matt D'Amico, Kevin Del Aguila, Carson Elrod, Greg Hildreth, Rick Holmes, Isaiah Johnson, and Eric Petersen, Betsy Hogg, Orville Mendoza, Jason Ralph and John Sanders.
The full creative team for Peter and the Starcatcher includes: Wayne Barker (Music), Steven Hoggett (Movement), Marco Paguia (Music Direction), Donyale Werle (Scenic Design), Paloma Young (Costume Design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design) and Darron L West (Sound Design).
The performance schedule for Peter and the Starcatcher is as follows: Tuesday – Thursday at 7:00 PM, Friday at 8:00 PM, Wednesday at 2:00 PM, Saturday at 2:00 & 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM. Please note that due to the Halloween week, there will be no Wednesday night performance on October 31. Instead, there will be a 2pm and 7pm performance on Sunday, November 4.
Peter and the Starcatcher is produced on Broadway by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes, Disney Theatrical Productions, Suzan & Ken Wirth/DeBartolo Miggs, Catherine Schreiber, Daveed Frazier & Mark Thompson, Jack Lane, Jane Dubin, Allan S. Gordon/Adam S. Gordon, Baer & Casserly/Nathan Vernon, Rich Affannato/Peter Stern, Brunish & Trinchero/Laura Little Productions, Larry Hirschhorn/Hummel & Greene, Jamie deRoy & Probo Prods./Radio Mouse Ent., Hugh Hysell/Freedberg & Dale, and New York Theatre Workshop.
Tickets ($59 - $129) are currently available via Ticketmaster.com or in person at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre box office (256 West 47th Street). For more information on group offers (12 or more people), call 877-321-0020 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. A ticket lottery, open to the general public, takes place outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre beginning two hours before each performance. Patrons can enter their names into the lottery, with an official drawing an hour and a half prior to curtain. Each winner may purchase up to two tickets at a price of $27 each (cash only).


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Hey independent film lovers! Don't be blue if you couldn't make the pilgrimage to Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival this year. You can check out a collection of past and present Sundance short films from home in the YouTube Screening Room.
YouTube announced today on the Official YouTube Blog that film lovers around the globe will be able to watch some of the best that YouTube has to offer on the web. They'll be featuring four career-staring short films from past Sundance Film Festivals, four short films from past Sundance Director's Lab participants, and twelve short films that are screening at this year's 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Films will be added to the YouTube Screening room over the next few weeks. The first week's installment includes a number of new 2011 Sundance films from up-and-coming directors. There's 'Skateistan', a beautiful documentary about skateboarders in Afghanistan; 'High Level Bridge', a dark film in which the camera is dropped from Edmonton's High Level Bridge in memory of those who have jumped; 'Andy & Zach', a silly short about a guy trying to set up his life when his best friend moves out; and a cool game-themed animation called '8 Bits' where 8-bit and high-def go head to head.
I for one and totally psyched that I'll be able to see at least part of Sundance on YouTube (and I'm really, really excited for the premiere of Ridley Scott's YouTube documentary 'Life In A Day' on January 27!!). I think it's cool that more and more events are being live-streamed and put on YouTube so we can virtually attend events that we wouldn't be able to attend otherwise. I may not be able to make it to Utah, but I'm excited that this will be the first year that I get to participate in Sundance. Will you be watching Sundance content in the YouTube Screening Room?

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|2,863 sq. ft.
|Property type
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About Cliff House
Recently crowned winner of 2017 BEST BOUTIQUE STAY in DEVON. Welcome to luxury holidays in Devon - and a hugely more enjoyable, and modern way to enjoy self catering whilst on holiday in the West Country. Cliff House has been designed and equipped to provide you with the "feel" and modernity of a boutique hotel whilst at the same time allowing you the comforts of being totally independent. We have recently just shot a short film showing Cliff House and some of the places you can visit whilst you are here - see the Youtube link at the bottom of the page [below the facilities section] to watch 'A Postcard from Torcross'.
Cliff House is one of the oldest houses in the village, brimming with extensive period features and character, including stone walls, flagstone floors, original timber beams, doors and fireplaces. Recently redecorated, doors from virtually all the rooms lead out to the secluded terraces or balconies that make the most of the wonderful seaviews and track the sun all day long. Several reception rooms means that everyone has room to relax and four large bedrooms sleep 8 in comfort. Spacious, light-filled and very welcoming, this house really is a must for those looking for something special.
Located on the top of the cliff, the stunning views across the sea are uninterrupted ; from the Mew Stone and the mouth of the Dart Estuary, sweeping around Start Bay and including Slapton Sands and Ley to Start Point Lighthouse and over the beautiful South Hams countryside. From local croissants and coffee at breakfast to the very last glass of Sharpham's wine before bed you will find it hard to tear yourself away from an ever-changing vista of boats, sunrises, sunsets, seagulls and stars – all accompanied by the soporific breaking of the waves directly below.
Cliff house is the ideal location for an extended family or two families holidaying together who are looking for relaxation right by the sea, but close enough to Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe, if you are feeling more energetic.
Further details indoors:
The accommodation at Cliff House comprises of plenty of space for everyone to be able to relax and enjoy themselves with a family room, drawing room, sitting room and dining room. A large, modern kitchen adjoins a morning sun room/wet room and lobby alongside a downstairs WC/shower room. Upstairs, there are four large bedrooms [one king-size, one double and two twins] , two of which have balconies and stunning seaviews. There are two en-suite bathrooms [ one with a further balcony] as well as a separate WC. There is also a lovely upstairs sitting area with French windows.
Further details about the house includes;
Ground Floor: Entrance door into a decked walk-through sunroom with plenty of storage for all your wet suits/body boards/beach stuff. Delightful L-shaped family room with inset woodburner and sofas, and includes our art gallery [see more details on this later]. The dining room with a large table has patio doors to the terrace and spectacular views. A central hallway opens out to the seaward side of the house, off which are two further comfortable sitting /drawing rooms both amply furnished with sofas; one for children and provided with games, TV / DVD and featuring an ornamental fireplace; the other, a more formal room for 'grown-ups' and featuring an open fireplace, music system and ipod speakers. Both rooms have feature window seats and sea views. The new fully fitted, well equipped kitchen overlooks Slapton Sands/Ley and Torcross and has a range cooker with double oven and grill, integrated dishwasher, microwave, American fridge/freezer and radio. A utility cupboard houses a washing machine and tumble dryer. Downstairs Cloakroom with shower, basin and WC.
Upstairs: Master bedroom, with kingsize bed, French doors to balcony and glorious en-suite bathroom with bath, separate shower, heated towel rail, WC and basin with a further door to another balcony. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room with shower, basin and WC. Spacious twin bedroom with wash basin and stunning views over the sea, Slapton Ley and Torcross. Further twin bedroom with hand wash basin and French doors to balcony and sea views. Landing with quiet seating area with views through French doors to balcony. Separate Cloakroom with basin and WC.
We have begun an art gallery within the family room and you will find that there are empty frames already hung on the wall and water colours/paper and a table top easel available. Please paint or draw us a picture, sign and date it and put it in one of the frames....at the end of the year, which ever one we judge the best at depicting a holiday at cliff house, will win 50% off a week's holiday back with us in cliff house the following year [excluding July/August/Xmas]. So, don't be shy - unleash the inner artist in yourselves.....
Throughout the house there are plenty of local books, O.S maps, board games, cushions, candles and throws. Please make plenty of use of everything – we really want you to feel at home and relax. After all, it's your holiday, and you deserve it!
Included: Duvets, pillows, bed linen, towels (not beach towels) night storage heating , electricity. The telephone is free to use for local calls, but calls to national, international, premium rate or mobiles will be charged and deducted from the security deposit. Wireless broadband is also free to use but you must bring a wireless-enabled laptop to use it. Please note that mobile reception is patchy. We do have one travel cot [with a basic travel mattress] but no linen for it and 2 travel high chairs that attach to the dining room chairs. They are suitable for babies that can sit up un-aided and up to 15kgs.
No smoking
Dogs – we accept two, well behaved dogs @ £25 per dog per booking. Please note – the dogs are not allowed upstairs or on the furniture, and we expect the garden to be free of any unwelcome "presents" on departure! Dogs are allowed on Slapton sands all year round.
Further details outdoors:
Outside, there is a secluded Mediterranean-style garden with terraces and balconies providing different vantage points for the panoramic sea and beach views. The kitchen, sun room and Ley Terrace capture the morning sun, the first floor balconies, Garden Terrace and Lookout enjoy sun throughout the day, while the Lighthouse and Western terraces are ideal for the setting sun. There is a BBQ provided but you will need to bring your own charcoal. Please note that the Lookout patio is perched on the edge of the cliff, and whilst all of the garden is railed, supervision of all young children whilst in the garden is required. There is plenty of outdoor seating and a mature tree and other shrubs offer shade as required. Finally, from the garden you can descend the 69 steps onto the beach/promenade and into the village or, go the other way , and go down onto Cove beach.
Approached by its own lane there is parking for 2 cars.
Further details
Whilst all of the garden is railed, supervision of all young children /dogs whilst in the garden is required.
Luxuries: Log fire, DVD player, Sea view
General: TV, CD player, Telephone, Pool / Snooker table, Wi-fi available
Standard: Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
Utilities: Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
Rooms: 4 Bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 2 en suites and 1 shower room
Furniture: Single beds (4), Double beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seating for 8, Lounge seating for 12
Other: Linen/towels provided,
High chair available
Outdoors: Balcony / Terrace, Private garden, BBQ
Access: Parking spaces
We had been looking for a holiday property for some time before we found Cliff House in Torcross. It is a spectacular property with panoramic sea views, white washed walls, open fireplaces, first floor balconies and terraced gardens which together create a unique coastal property with a lovely 'beach house' laid back ambiance. Cliff House is still used today by the Royal Navy as a navigation aid and some of the training for the D-Day landings was overseen from the house. We loved its location ,its history and importantly for us, dogs are allowed on many of the local beaches all year round.
When we were trying to decide how we needed to furnish Cliff House, each member of the family had to say what was important to them- particularly when you're on holiday. The results were illuminating! My husband said a decent sized t.v and a good pub in walking distance [surprise, surprise!], my children wanted an internet connection and an ipod docking station and I wanted sparkling bathrooms, a well-equipped kitchen [if only for breakfasts!] and ready made-up beds. We also wanted the furnishings and accessories within the house to reflect and highlight its location on the Devon coast.
When you stay at Cliff House, hopefully, the only things you'll have to bring are your clothes, some food and drink and an appetite for enjoying yourselves...oh, and a sense of humour/patience for driving around the Devon lanes. Welcome to a modern self-catering holiday in Devon - and welcome to our home at the coast, we know you'll love it.
Tracy and David Rist.
Tracy Rist purchased this house in 2011
Cliff top location.
Beaches on two sides.
A different view from every balcony, patio, window.
Private, secluded garden.
Panoramic views.
Slapton Ley and coastal path, close to Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Salcombe.
Sleeps 8, 2 dogs welcome, car parking.
Great local pub, restaurant, cafe, dog-friendly beaches.
Thank you. Staying at Cliff House exceeded our expectations - we all had a wonderful holiday. The house is perfect for an extended family. There are plenty of rooms so although we had three people who had to work/study for part of the time, they could find a quiet place and the babies could play and make noise without disturbing them.
We enjoyed two meals at the Britannia at Beesands, a couple of lunches at the farm shop on the way to Stokenham, crab sandwiches at the Start Bay Inn, but found the kitchen at Cliff House very well equipped and we all took turns cooking dinner the rest of the time and were grateful to relax afterwards over a couple of glasses of wine, and not have to negotiate the narrow lanes to return home. Although the weather was mixed, it didn't stop us getting out for walks and we had two rucksacks to carry the babies in. I especially enjoyed the longer walk to the lighthouse. We also managed to visit Dartmouth, Salcombe and Sharphams Vineyard.
It was kind of Quintin to say that we were good guests (we tried to look after the house as though it belonged to us). He is very personable and approachable - well suited to what he is doing.
We would love to return in a few years (we are saving the tractor ride over to Burgh Island until the boys are a little older).
The Torcross area
Holidays in Devon have always had a nostalgic rosy glow about them, and Torcross is no exception. It is an unspoilt coastal village located in a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty and enjoys glorious views of Start Bay which extends from the Mew Stone and encompasses the famous Blackpool Sands beach, the glorious 3 mile sweep of Slapton Sands and culminates in the craggy cliffs that curve round to Start Point Lighthouse. The village nestles between the beach on one side and the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley on the other and is a great location for bird watchers, walkers, sailors and beach lovers alike. Small as it is, Torcross offers all the facilities you need for a successful and enjoyable self-catering holiday with a celebrated inn and restaurant, cafes, post office/village store, family butchers, pottery and nearby farmshop. Cliff House is a mere 5 minutes walk away from the centre of the village [this is downhill– its more like 10 minutes going back!] and as we offer 2 dedicated car parking spaces you won't want to take the car.
As holiday accommodation in Devon, Cliff House is ideally situated for exploring all of the best local attractions including the historic port of Dartmouth, Salcombe, Kingsbridge, Dartmoor, the coastal path and many local beaches and coves. Have a look at our "Out & About" section on our website for extensive details on where to go, what to eat, what to do etc over a wide area of Devon. From walking to kayaking, from pubs to fine dining, from farmers markets to pick-your-own, from beaches to spas, from gardens to golf, from sailing to ferries, we hope to give you so much to do that one week won't be enough!
We loved Cliff house- with its beautiful views ( even from the amazing bathroom), access to the South west coastal path and Torcross. The house is spacious, with several 'living rooms', all very elegant and relaxing, giving our family of four adults plus dog all room to do our own thing at times. The area around Torcross has lovely countryside and interesting towns such as Dartmouth and Salcombe. The owner was very helpful and prompt in her communication. We would heartily recommend this property - and were very sad to leave!
Very impressed with the house great decor with a lovely homely feel.
Plenty of space for us all especially with a 2yr old and large dog
Will definitely be back
We have rented many properties for a full extended mature family holiday and Cliff House is the best ever over 30 years.
It all starts with an owner who has thought of everything and has designed and equipped a property with great attention to detail. Perfect is made of many small details and they are all here.
If you are seeking the penultimate seaside beach experience this is it. The House is well equipped and has many unexpected extras. Great views, veranda terraced seating, dining alfresco, safe fencing, comfortable interiors and good bedroom facilities. We love it so much we plan an annual 2 week event and the enlarged family can come and go.
Although high on a cliff perfectly safe for supervised children, good access and ideal for dogs. The area is great and although you do not need transport if you want to get out and about a car is best. Do check out taxi firms in advance as there are few good ones.
We spent 2 weeks bonding with Cliff House, relaxing, fishing and eating World class seafood.
Can't wait to do it again.
Thanks Tracy for a great holiday.
We were away for a celebration of a special birthday & Mother's Day so we're very pleased with the accommodation and extras included. There is so much room in the house we could each have our own space if required with a bathroom to die for including amazing sea views all the way around the house. A lot of thought has gone into whT is required for a good holiday including beach toys etc. Highly recommended would love to go again!!!
The property was spacious but still very cosy, and well fitted.
It's situation was idyllic with incredible panoramic views of the coast,
and the area contains lots to do and see
What a great house to stay in with family and friends. Fantastic views from every room, lots of space for everyone and everything you could need for a 'home from home' stay. Lovely welcome pack and lots to do come rain or shine.
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1 Sep 2017 - 26 Oct 2017
Changeover Day: Friday
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
|Pet Fee
|Damage Deposit
Booking deposit of 25% with booking. Security deposit of £400 with balance refundable on return of keys and no damage. Balance due 6 weeks prior to holiday start date.
Dogs - 2 well behaved dogs permitted at £25 per dog per booking.
Use of garage @ £70 per week.
Discount of up to 15% available for late availability booking.
All prices shown are in pounds sterling and includes electricity, night storage heating, bed linen, towels, use of the telephone [for all landline local calls – national/international calls, mobiles and premium rate numbers are chargeable], use of the wireless internet. Change-over day is Friday and whilst prices shown are for a weekly let, shorter stays are available. Cliff House is non-smoking.
Short breaks
Short break holidays can normally be arranged outside of the main holiday periods at the following percentages of the weekly rate, 3 nights 70% (Friday to monday) 4 nights 80% (Monday to Friday), If you wish for a short holiday break that does not conform to these set dates, please do ring as we can be flexible in most cases.
Deposits- We require a non-refundable deposit upon booking of 25% of the total rent. The balance is due 6 weeks (42 days) prior to the commencement of the holiday.


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© Stillwater Gazette, Friday, 17 April 1931
Mrs. Fannie Cullers Crispin
Mrs. Fannie Cullers Crispin, 52, died April 11, 1931, at her home northeast of Perry, Ok.
Fannie Cullers was born in Kansas, June 12, 1879. She was united in marriage to Joseph Elonso Crispin January 15, 1894. To this union were born nine children. Three have preceded the mother in death. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Crispin, and six children who are Myrtle Wheatley, Stillwater; Ollie Lewis, Andrew Crispin and Avery Crisin, of Perry; Stella Reynolds, Orlando, and Lewis Crispin, of Stillwater.
There are five surviving brothers, Robert Cullers, York, Neb.; James Culler, Bradshaw, Neb.; Jesse and Oles Cullers, of Orlando; Arthur Cullers, Little Rock, Ark. There are eleven grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
The decedent has been a citizen of Oklahoma most of her life, having come to the state when a girl.
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Rex Design is one of Brazil's most decorated studios. Their first foray into the world of product design is a series of cushions. Their intent to be both pictorial and utilitarian. The chosen subjects for the project are the Ramones and French writer Marcel Proust. For the Ramone foursome, Rex gave the cushions leather jackets. Mr. Proust gets an elegant satin suit. 20 of each cushion have been produced. Available from Zupi Magazine.
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Billy Bob Thornton straddles two worlds. He's the guy who accepted a Best Adapted-Screenplay Oscar for his film Sling Blade while wearing a trucker hat, tuxedo jacket and bad facial hair—without a hint of irony. He's also a musician who has been performing with rock and country bands for more than 30 years.
There is a double standard that forgives successful musicians who become actors (Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Justin Timberlake) but frowns upon actors who become musicians (Scarlett Johansson). This has proved to be a cruel twist of fate for Thornton. He probably never will be taken seriously as a musician because of his onscreen fame—even though he's been making music for most of his life. But the newly minted self-titled double-CD from his band, The Boxmasters, might shift the tides in his favor.
One disk of The Boxmasters' double CD contains 12 original tracks penned and arranged by Thornton (who was unavailable for an interview for this story) and JD Andrew (who also plays electric, acoustic and bass guitar as well as sings background vocals for The Boxmasters). The band is rounded out by Mike Butler, who plays electric guitar, lap steel and dobro, with the added talents of country musicians Donnie Fritts and Marty Stuart on the tracks, "Build Your Own Prison" and "That Mountain." There's also the single "Poor House" and a little gem called "Shit List," which captures the band's sensibilities to a T with the lyrics, "Just know that you're sorely missed/and I want to lend a hand/even though I'm on your shit list/I'll always be your man."
The second disk is a collection of 11 cover songs from artists as varied as Ernest Tubb and Kenny Loggins.
"We're not trying to hide our influences at all," Andrew says. "In fact, the reason for doing a two-record set, with one being all covers, is that we wanted to pay tribute to the artists that really influenced us. We have a wide range of eras represented but it generally stops around 1968."
This particular era is a passion The Boxmasters share both artistically and personally.
"That's the great thing about Billy. He's an amazing musical historian and he's still that guy that grew up poor in Arkansas and remembers what it was like. Having a talent like that writing the lyrics for your band is something we're extremely proud of," Andrew says.
Andrew and Butler are no backup band though. Both have solid careers outside of The Boxmasters. Andrew won a Grammy in 2005 for his engineering work on Kanye West's The College Dropout and Butler keeps busy behind the boards for bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Shins and Death Cab for Cutie. If you've been to the movies or turned on a radio in the last 10 years, chances are you've encountered a project touched by Thornton, Butler or Andrew.
Andrew, Butler and Thornton (who handles lead vocals and drums) are the nucleus of The Boxmasters, while a whirling cloud of pickers and pokers act as the electrons that provide the band with its unmistakable country vibe, which is reminiscent of the stuff people usually make fun of when they think of country music: My wife left me, the tractor died and so on.
"The songs are narratives about people in a lower middle class lifestyle, which Billy writes about amazingly," Andrew says. "For the sound we'll use what we call the 'Cash guitar.' It naturally occurs in the way that we all play and the way we like to hear things, so it ended up sounding like a record made in the 1960s."
The obvious question about The Boxmasters is if the band members will ever be taken seriously as musicians despite Thornton's fame.
There will always be people who want to see the spectacle, the celebrity in captivity," Andrew says. "There's definitely a lot of people who come to our shows that want to see him and know his movies and don't necessarily know his music very well, but when we toured last year we found that those people that came out to the see the celebrity left as music fans."
Johnny Cash's performance as Tommy Brown on a 1974 episode of Columbo was one of the definitive musician cameos in television history. There was no illusion of who he was, but we were willing to suspend our disbelief and accept him on camera because deep down he was the same person from Jim Marshall's photograph, where he defiantly flips the bird at the camera during his 1969 gig at San Quentin Prison.
Rather than crumble to the pre-existing stigmas of actor-turned-rock star, The Boxmasters' release of a double album of 1960s-era country music puts Thornton on par with Cash as a rebellious musician.
And much like Cash, Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters are who they are, no matter who is listening.
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Author: Pat PtacekSeptember 19, 2013
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Pat Ptacek
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Prescott, WI
Serviced by: Affiliated Foods MidwestIGA retailers have a long history of being some of the most creative fundraisers in the business. Today, Pat Ptacek of Ptacek's IGA shares how working with a Red Oval Partner, he and his team set a second record for the world's longest brat while raising money to build a park for his community.
It all started as a chance encounter at the Global Rally in Chicago last year. On our second night at the Rally we stopped by the Anheuser-Busch reception and started talking to a guy from Anheuser-Busch about how we'd like to build a park for the city of Prescott as a thank you for all they've done for Ptacek's IGA. Turns out he had heard about our record setting brat from the year before, and he said if we did another brat with Budweiser beer in it for a park fundraiser, he would bring the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales so we could get more people and publicity around the event.
Six months, 75 pounds of pork, 144 ounces of Budweiser Beer, six pounds of spices and 70 pounds of bread dough later, we had our world record setting Budweiser brat!
Now we just had to cook it... A crowd of about 7,000 people, 180 volunteer workers and the Budweiser Clydesdales spent their Labor Day in our parking lot, where we grilled the 152 foot 9 inch brat on a charcoal grill we made out of cinder blocks. Believe it or not, it worked, and the sale of the brat, other food and beverages, t-shirts and hats raised $64,533 for the park in just around six hours!
We were blown away by the crowd that came out to support us, and also by the coverage that this event generated. We sent emails about the event to our local news stations and newspapers, and from there it just snowballed. In the course of a week or so, bigger news stations picked up the local coverage and soon our world record was all over the place, with coverage in Progressive Grocer, MSNBC and USA Today.
So would I do it again? Well, there's no doubt that it takes a lot of time and money (editor's note: Ptacek's donated the $37,000 it took to host the event), but it was such a great time and great cause that you certainly can't complain. We feel like we owe the success of this one to Anheuser-Busch and we want to make sure everyone in Prescott knows it, so that's why the new park will be named Clydesdale Park!
Pat Ptacek
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What should the following costs be around if i choose a contractor to build:
1) 22ft x 28ft cement slap with at least a 6 inch overlap for the garage walls to rest on so that the walls are not in contact with the ground.
2) a new 2 door garage or a large single door garage 22ft x 28ft
I have noticed that there are any garage kits from such places as Cabannos Foutaine so i'm interested in seeing what the prices are from private contractors.
The location of the project would be in Glengarry Ontario.
Attached is a sample of the garage I would like to have.
The garage walls would not rest on the slab floor, you would need to dig down and pour footings then your walls rest on those. Once the footings are in and the walls are up you would pour the cement floor.
As far as a cost for the one in the picture, $25,000.00 and $35,000.00 but keep in mind that, that is a ball park figure only.
Building a garage you should budget around $50 per sq ft for a standard build, $65 for upgraded
Then you have to budget for electrics, windows, insulation etc. and any other upgrades. Also your permit fees, and drawings.
If you are planning on building a garage call lumber stores see if they have any doors or windows that are on sale, then you can incorporate them into your design, this will allow you to save a bit of money.
Two ways you can build a garage on floating slab or with a foundation, the option is yours. We have built both ways.
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Please note that the 22 x 25 garage KIT in the picture of my post is from Cabannos Foutaine. I have received quotes as low as 12000 installed and up to 18300 installed. This does not include the cement slab/flooring.
Thank you all for your feedback.
Well, slab is around 8 bucks per square foot and excavation would cost a couple thousands with no extra conditions. So just on this part you're looking at around 7k plus tax.
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UFO-Sweden (UFO-Sverige in Swedish) is a Swedish non-profit organization dedicated to the investigation of UFO sightings in Sweden. The organization was founded in 1970 and has 26 local groups all over Sweden with the central unit in Uppsala. UFO-Sweden cooperates with organizations such as the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and corresponds with most of the major UFO organizations around the world. Their attitude towards the UFO phenomenon is "based on research and not speculation". They are open to any answer to the phenomenon and do not advocate any pet theory.
On UFO Sweden's report page it is possible to file reports of UFO sightings in Sweden to be investigated by the organizations specially trained researchers.
According to the organization itself, they have one of the largest UFO archives in Europe and possibly in the world. It contains a couple of thousands books and magazines from all over the world and a news clipping archive encompassing articles from 1946 to this date, mostly from Sweden but also from United States, Norway and other countries. More than 13.500 case histories are also placed here together with videotapes, audiotapes, pictures and UFO-paraphernalia.
Archives for UFO Research[edit]
Archives for UFO Research was founded in Sweden in 1973.[1] Today the AFU foundation is one of the most complete repositories for UFO data & UFO-related folklore in the world.The collection represents more than 600 meters on our shelves. Archives for UFO Research manages UFO-Sweden's archives and library.[2]
The organization also produce a number of different publications
- UFO-Aktuellt a magazine with four issues a year which have today about 1.400 subscribers.
- Rapport Nytt a small publication, released six times a year, with all new reports.
- A newsletter - in English, since 1990 - (published by the Archives for UFO Research) four times a year.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Archives for UFO Research" at "Archive for UFO Research site", Retrieved on 2012-01-28
- ^ " at "Archive for UFO Research site", Retrieved on 2012-01-28 (in Swedish)


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This week's open threads will highlight more African-Americans firsts. Today's post will talk about the first free black community.
Fort Mose Historic State Park (originally known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mosé) is a U.S. National Historic Landmark (designated as such on October 12, 1994), located two miles north of St. Augustine, Florida, on the eastern edge of a marsh. The original site of the fort was uncovered in a 1986 archeological dig. The 24-acre (9.7 ha) site is now a Florida State Park, administered through the Anastasia State Recreation Area. Fort Mose was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994 and is the "premier site on the Florida Black Heritage Trail." The fort has also been known as Fort Moosa or Fort Mossa.
Fort Mose (pronounced "Moh-say") was the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in what would become the United States. The community began when Florida was a Spanish territory. As early as 1687, the Spanish government had begun to offer asylum to slaves from British colonies. In 1693, the Spanish Crown officially proclaimed that runaways would find freedom in Florida, in return for Catholic conversion and a term of four years of service to the Crown. In effect, Spain created a maroon colony as a front-line defense against English attacks from the north. Spain also intended to destabilize the plantation economy of the British colonies by creating a free black community that would serve as a destination for slaves seeking escape and refuge
Incoming freedom seekers were recognized as free, taken into the Spanish militia, and placed into service at the Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mosé military fort north of St. Augustine, which was established in 1738 by the Colonial Governor, Manuel de Montiano. The military leader at the fort was a Creole man of African origin, who was baptized as Francisco Menendez by the Spanish Fort Mose. Word of the settlement reached the South Carolina and Georgia to the north, attracting escaping slaves. It helped to set off the Stono Rebellion in September 1739, led by slaves "fresh from Africa" in South Carolina, who were more likely to revolt. During the Stono revolt, several dozen blacks tried unsuccessfully to reach Spanish Florida.
In 1740, British forces, led by James Oglethorpe of Georgia, attacked and destroyed the fort in the Siege of Fort Mose. During the siege, a force consisting of Spanish troops, Indian auxiliaries, and free black militiamen counterattacked Oglethorpe's troops, forcing them back to Savannah. Because the fort was destroyed, its inhabitants relocated to St. Augustine, where they stayed until Fort Mose was rebuilt in 1752.
After East Florida was ceded to the British in the Peace of Paris of 1763 most of the inhabitants, including many black militia troops, migrated to Cuba with the evacuating Spanish.
A haven for escaped slaves from the British colonies to the north, Fort Mose is considered the "premier site on the Florida Black Heritage Trail." It is also a precursor site of the Underground Railroad. This was the network in the antebellum years by which slaves escaped to freedom, most often to the North and Canada, but also to the Bahamas and Mexico.


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In selecting students to study abroad, the Off Campus Studies Committee is looking for a number of qualities that we believe students must possess in order to have a successful experience away from Willamette and come back home again with much to offer the entire Willamette community. These qualities are measured based on your entire application.
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It's out with the tired and wrinkled and in with the fresh and taut, as stressed Cantabrians slowly resume the search for their perfect selves.
Despite an economic recession and the crippling effects of the Canterbury earthquakes, Christchurch surgeons are reporting that cosmetic procedures are once again on the rise.
Dr Ken MacDonald noticed a fall in clients following the earthquakes, but says it was expected. Now, people are finding time to look at themselves in the mirror. "When the buildings were shaking, people had other priorities," he said.
MacDonald says "need-led" rather than "dream-led" procedures ticked over following the earthquakes, but cosmetic clients had slowly come back.
"I think events like this affect people in so many ways, you can't generalise. Some people adopted the `life's short' attitude and went for surgery, others said `life's more important than cosmetic surgery'."
Nonetheless, he sees the earthquakes as having an indirect effect on people wanting surgery.
"I think people have their concerns. Stress might heighten certain concerns, and if you've been focusing on an aesthetic issue and you don't like how you look, it could well be that if you're under stress you respond more readily to that."
As they recover financially, Cantabrians are visiting the doctor's office for "fresh, happy" appearances, cosmetic medical physician Dr Phil Frost says.
"People are trying to get on and there has been that huge down-time. They just want to get back to their normal patterns. And as they get back to their hair and buy some new clothes, they start looking in the mirror more and noticing things."
Frost says southerners tend to be discreet about having procedures, and while surgery was mainstream, it was still "slightly behind closed doors".
"Christchurch people are conservative, they don't want people to know they've had something done, unlike in Europe where it's almost like a badge of honour to have had these things done."
Frost's clinic, which deals solely with appearance medicine, such as botox and dermal filling rather than surgery, had also seen a recent trend towards more natural procedures.
He noted in particular that there had been a shift away from wrinkle filling, and for the "big, trouty lips" that had once been in high demand.
"The trend is for less .. They'll still leave their forehead, they'll leave their smile lines, because they're positive expressions."
And for many women, surgery and appearance medicine has become just another tool in their maintenance regimes.
In fact, compared to looking after your hair, Frost says getting a round of botox is actually more affordable.
"Some women spend about $2000 a year on haircuts and colours and not many spend $2000 a year on botox."
These days women generally spend $350 on average every four or five months on botox injections, he says.
MacDonald agrees with Frost's opinion that people now want a much more natural look.
However, the reasons behind plastic surgery are still the same as they have always been, MacDonald says.
"I think [people] become aware that something can be done and that they have a problem that can be fixed. I think it's as simple as that."
Cosmetic surgeon Dr Howard Klein agrees.
"I think that people always want to look as good as they can. And I think people come to realise over time that there are some things that you cannot diet or exercise away."
While he says there have been few changes in the cosmetic surgery industry of late, he has noticed an air of "comfort" in his patients seeking cosmetic surgery.
People are now also more open to maintaining procedures as a regime.
"A lot of people who, when they start getting these things, they really like this idea of maintenance," he says. "And if you have one good experience, you're open to another."
Having practised in California prior to coming to New Zealand, Klein has seen the more extreme world of cosmetic surgery.
He says New Zealand "has more balance", and he moved here for that very reason.
Agreeing with Frost, Klein says while cosmetic surgery is considered mainstream here, it will never experience the prominence it has in other parts of the world.
"Well, we're certainly never going to be Brazil where it's a rite of passage," he says.
Cosmetic surgeon Dr Jesse Kenton-Smith says New Zealanders, as a rule, "don't want to look operated on".
"I've seen some great facelifts done overseas but they wouldn't be accepted here because those women looked like they've had surgery."
Since the quakes, more people have been coming in for facelifts and botox, Kenton-Smith says.
"It surprised me because I didn't think that would be the case," he says. "I think, overall, people are thinking, `Why wait to sort things out? Let's have something nice happen to me.' With people in their 50s and 60s, they're thinking, `I don't know what's next, but whatever happens, I'll still look my best."'
Another surgeon, Dr Rob Beulink, says his business suffered with the economic downturn, and was hit further by the quakes.
"It's disposable income and right now cosmetics is being overshadowed. People are more worried about their jobs and houses."
However, he also recently noticed an upswing.
Liposuction and eye tucks are still the most popular procedures at his clinic.
The oldest patient Kenton-Smith had seen was a 91-year-old woman who had originally come in for treatment for her varicose veins in the 1990s.
"She asked me what I could do for her, and when I asked why, she said, `Because I still feel the same inside.'
"Most of the time people come back to the fact that they still feel the same inside but the wrappings are perhaps not as fresh."
While people who have procedures done are usually over 30, Beulink says in recent years, younger people in their late 20s were opting for surgery.
"Some people start coming in for fills and botox in their 20s," he says. "That was virtually never done a decade ago. There's a broadening age spectrum."
Kenton-Smith says women who underwent breast augmentations were usually over the age of 30 because they were more likely to be able to afford it.
"Facelifts are generally for people in their 50s to 60s, and eye tucks begin in the 40s," he says.
A Christchurch woman spoke to the Sunday Star Times about her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery two years ago.
She does not want to be identified because she does not want others to know she has had work done.
The woman, now 48, says she underwent a facelift because she felt she no longer resembled herself.
"I was getting heavy jowls and I was getting depressed looking at myself, because I didn't look like me any more," she said.
"I felt really good afterwards. I never regretted it for one minute. I didn't look drastically different; I just looked more like how I should have looked. I looked the way I felt.
"No-one noticed that I had had anything done. They just thought I was happier and prettier, which was what I wanted. When my sister saw me, she asked: `Did you get new foundation?' My skin looked really good.
"People don't really look at your flaws the way you do yourself. I definitely did it for me."
Another woman, who also did not want to be identified, said she began Botox treatments 10 years ago.
She says that while she was working in the appearance medicine industry staff were allowed to try the products and she became hooked.
However, she says she did it for herself rather than to boost her career.
Now 52, the woman says she can easily pass for a 40-year-old.
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