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This family-friendly Columbia hotel is located in the historical district, within 1 mi (2 km) of Stephens College and Columbia College. Museum of Art and Archaeology and University of Missouri are also within 10 minutes.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features 3 restaurants, a nightclub, and 3 bars/lounges. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a 24-hour fitness center, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 62 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free WiFi and Tempur-Pedic beds. Free wired Internet and iPod docks are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with digital channels.
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- Comfortable rooms
- Central location
- Helpful staff
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- Guestroom size
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The Tiger Hotel features a 24-hour fitness center and complimentary bicycles. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 3 bars/lounges. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This family-friendly hotel also offers a nightclub, spa services, and a terrace. Onsite parking is available (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in February 2013.
The Tiger Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 62
- Number of floors - 9
- ATM/banking
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1928
- Number of restaurants - 3
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Free long-distance calls
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Digital TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- MP3 docking station
- iPod docking station
- Room service (24 hours)
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Tempur-Pedic mattress
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Heating
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 11 AM.
The Vault - This cocktail bar specializes in American cuisine and serves dinner and light fare. Happy hour is offered. Open select days.
Glenns Cafe - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
The Velvet Cupcake Cafe - This café specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
The Industry - This bar specializes in American cuisine and serves light fare only. Happy hour is offered. Open select days.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center and complimentary bicycles.
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Free bicycles on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Rock climbing nearby
Spa Services
- Deep tissue massage
- Sports massage
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 5 AM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 10 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 50 per stay.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Tourism fee: USD 2 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 5 and USD 15 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 12 per night (in/out privileges)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 50 per stay
Hotel Name
- Hotel Tiger
- Tiger Columbia
- Tiger Hotel
- Tiger Hotel Columbia
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Up to 2 children 10 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King opens in tight close-up on the rather awe-uninspiring image of a single, squirming earthworm pinched tightly in the fingers of a distinctly hobbity fisherman. The fisherman is Smagol, which is to say the schizophrenic antihero Gollum before a certain misbegotten ring forever altered his fate. The sequence that follows, finally detailing for us the various stages of devolution between Smagol and Gollum—both portrayed by the dazzling Andy Serkis—is one of the most assured and lyrical in a trilogy of films that has provided no shortage of memorable set pieces. But more important, I'd say, is the opening image itself, definitive of the sustained interplay between things intimate and grand, organic and computer-generated, that has allowed Peter Jackson's unprecedentedly ambitious undertaking to emerge as the most buoyant and sentient large-scale Hollywood fantasy in recent memory—maybe ever.
The Return of the King is, of course, where it all comes together—where, as the title suggests, the erstwhile Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) finally ascends to his rightful place on the throne of Gondor (a sort of Zion with better fashion sense). Where, long before that can happen, there is the matter of the ring, still being toted to the hellfire of Mount Doom by the noble Frodo (Elijah Wood) and his tireless traveling companion, Sam (Sean Astin), under the suspect navigation of Gollum. Where there is also the matter of the growing, Third Reich–esque Orc army, little deterred by its watery defeat at the end of The Two Towers. And where there is much, much more: battle scenes that equal or exceed anything that Jackson has previously staged; new characters, including a giant, agile spider that is perhaps the most terrifying arachnid ever to appear in a movie; and expanded roles for Bernard Hill, as the august King Thoden, and for Astin, who has been blessed with one of the cinema's great sidekick roles and who inhabits it with beautifully realized second-banana deference.
At 200 minutes, The Return of the King is both the longest film in the series and the most confidently paced, striking an ideal balance of combat and camaraderie—of those tender, character-building scenes that give the series its heart, and of those torrential combat engagements that give it its warrior soul—not quite present even in the extended, home-video versions of the first two films. Spoilsports will continue to claim that they're not "Middle-Earth people," failing to see that the powers of the films lies not in their elaborate otherworldly trappings, but in their eternal mythic resonance. (Middle-Earth might just as soon be the Middle Ages or the Middle East.) Others will find more defensible reason to fault Jackson—and even I might concede that, of the movie's eight or 10 "final scenes," there are two or three that should have found their way to the cutting-room floor. But the overall thrust of the film is so persuasive that such concerns end up seeming hardly worth the bother. After two years of waiting patiently to find out how this thing ends, the deep satisfaction of The Return of the King is in surrendering ourselves to the finale, in letting Jackson's superb storytelling (with due credit to co-screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens) surround us like a blazing campfire tale—which it does, gloriously.
In the annals of movie trilogies, few have managed to seem more essential than opportunistic. By the time George Lucas and Francis Coppola—and, more recently, the Wachowskis—arrived at the end of their famous franchises, it felt as though they had run out of things to say, as though their Part 3's were motivated more by financial than artistic considerations.) And so, The Lord of the Rings stands nearly without precedent among modern movie trilogies, not only in its conception but in the fact that the films themselves really have gotten better, deeper, more enthralling as they've gone along.As it draws to its volcanic, Wagnerian close, what surprises most about The Return of the King is how it begins to affect us emotionally in ways that we had no reason to expect a Lord of the Rings picture ever would. At which point, I was reminded of that lovely scene between Sam and Frodo that ended The Two Towers, wherein Sam wistfully pondered: "I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales. I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the ring.'" Well, this much is for sure: There will be songs sung and tales told about these movies for many generations to come. About how a wily Kiwi named Peter Jackson talked a Hollywood studio into risking hundreds of millions of dollars on a project that he would make on his home turf, far away from executives' prying eyes. And about how, at a moment when there are so many indications that the classic achievements of the American film industry are long since past, he returned with one—or rather, three—for the ages.
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David Moyes has hinted that a second Manchester United bid for Leighton Baines is imminent by insisting that there is no gentlemen's agreement preventing him from trying to sign Everton players.
Moyes, who took charge officially at Old Trafford on Monday after 11 years as manager at Goodison Park, has seen a £12 million bid for Baines rejected.
Roberto Martinez, who has replaced Moyes as manager at Everton, described the England left-back as an "icon" on Wednesday.
And Martinez added that he sees Baines, 28, is a vital part of the club's future.
Everton chairman Bill Kenwright said on June 5, when he appointed Martinez, that he had no intention of selling the full-back.
And he also stated that he had warned Moyes off making approaches for any of his players, although he acknowledged that midfielder Marouane Fellaini had a release clause in his contract, thought to be worth £24 million.
Moyes, though, has taken four members of his Everton backroom staff with him to Old Trafford – assistant Steve Round, first-team coach Jimmy Lumsden, goalkeeping coach Chris Woods and chief scout Robbie Cooke.
He has also taken former Everton captain Phil Neville to Old Trafford in a coaching role.
Asked if there was a gentlemen's agreement between him and Kenwright with regards to Everton players, Moyes said: "No, I don't think that is the case.
"Bill was fantastic to me over my time at Everton. He really was.
"The club have been great. They've got a great staff. They've actually got a very good team and very good players.
"And I've brought some of my staff with me as well.
"But all I can ever say is thanks to what they did for me at Everton. They've been really good."
Everton have insisted that Baines, who was named in the PFA's Team of the Year at the end of last season, is not for sale.
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I can't complain too much with what the Pacers did. Sure I can sit here and nit pick and say they shouldn't have drafted Miles or that they overpaid for Hill and Hibbert but at the end of the day I like what they did overall. I love the addition of Gerald Green and I think DJ was a nice addition to replace Darren Collison. I am not sold on Ian Mahinmi but he will be better than Lou. I think the Pacers are going to be a better basketball team next year than they were this past year.
The new front office faces a tough task next summer when deciding on what to do with David West. He will be a free agent and 32 years old. Even though his numbers don't back it up I think he had a quality year as a starting power forward but I don't expect him to be able to keep that up for long. I think he can be a very good backup though and is worth re-signing. Who do you replace him with in the starting lineup though? It is very important for the Pacers to have, at the least, a good player at every position in the starting five. The Miami Heat don't have to do this because they have Lebron but the Pacers do. Part of the reason Roy was so interested in Portland was playing with a top power forward in LaMarcus Aldridge. I am a little worried on how this will play out.
The interesting thing will be next offseason.
West comes off the books
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Hans probably comes off the books, he'll be a RFA, and I doubt he is back unless he has a stellar season. Personally, if Ian/Plumlee do well, I hope Hans is just traded.
So the Pacers could have 0 PFs next season, if we aren't considering Ian a PF.
Millsap and Jefferson will be UFA. I do hope West resigns though.
That's all a long way off. Although I haven't liked the Pacers offseason as a whole, I'm truly looking forward to watching this team on the court. Should be a lot of fun.
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First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
No chance they keep Tyler i cant see it he will never be our PF of the future. hopefully they trade him so they at least get something in return rather than letting him walk
I expect us to re-sign West for 3 more years and use the rest of the cap space in another bench player, Josh Smith, Monta and others are going to be free agents but the Pacers don't like to go after those.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Thanks. So, re-thinking this, can you really call "not stalling re-signing your own FAs in case someone good gets amnestied" the same as "not going after high profile FAs?" We're starting to throw an awful lot of potential deals under the heading of "don't go after major FAs" (or, as sarcasted from vnzla81 above, not going after FAs at all).
Do we have any good source to tell us the Pacers definitely did or definitely did not bid on those two anyway? I don't remember when we actually signed Hill & Hibbert but I would think we would still have been under the cap to bid on Brand at least.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I believe Hibbert and Hill were officially signed just before the winner of the Brand bidding was announced. So it's possible that we have put in a bid, I guess, but the timing is a bit suspect. And KP's interview seemed to indicate that we didn't make any amnesty bid at all (but were considering to do so).
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Reading between the lines especially because the press conference was on Friday afternoon, my guess is that the agents for Hill or Hibbert pushed to get things done by the end of the week, and the front office agreed to that. That's just speculation, but it seems to fit the available evidence, especially because Pritchard implied they were willing to bid if the amnesty process/timing had been a little different.
You can hear the interview here:
http://www.1070thefan.com/podcast/Ep....aspx?PID=2161 (page 3 currently, Kevin Pritchard Interview 07/13/12, amnesty question is around the 4:15 left mark)
I'll say it just once more and then I'll be done with the negativity regarding the front office. I'd give them a D- or F. I think we had two possible strategies that would've worked out. One was spend available money on an impact-making player and the other was to be patient and get fillers after their market price dwindled.
Instead, we spent money on bench players that might make us better for one season while unnecessarily giving up assets, missing on impact-making players that happened to also be available at bargain basement prices, and signing a player that makes our already questionable draft pick even more questionable. And we overpaid to retain both Hill and Hibbert, and I really doubt a team was going to step up and pay Hill $8M/year for 4 years, but we did it for 5. And the D.J. Augustin situation played out terribly. If he plays poorly, then we're back at the drawing board again next season. If he plays really well, then we're extremely likely to lose him as an unrestricted free agent because of the amount of money we'd be able to offer him, also putting us back at the drawing board.
OJ Mayo at $4M to the Mavs. Scola at $3.5M to the Suns. Brand at a low amount to the Mavs. Ian Mahinmi at $4M to the Pacers.
The one good move we made was Green. That's it. Plumlee? Don't get me started.
It was the offseason that could've been, and I think we swung, missed and fell down. We'll still be a good team, but no longer a good team in one hell of a good position. DJ Augustin, Gerald Green and Ian Mahinmi... I'm 100% sure this isn't what Bird was thinking when he was patient all those years about conserving our capspace.
Question is why didn't the Mavs? Or maybe they were only willing to let him walk if they could get a decent starting quality PG in return. Who knows?
Brand and Scola are nice players, but pretty old, a (starting to be) liability on defense and not really that great on offense.
For that team, I think Brand is a better fit. Brendan Wright made Mahinmi a bit redundant last season. What they needed, and what we already have in abundance, is a low post scorer to compliment Dirk. What we needed, and what the Mavs had enough to spare, was athleticism and size at the back-up forward and center positions. Both teams got what they needed, at a really good price.
I've always liked Brand, Scola and Mahinmi, so I would have been more than happy to get any of them. In my opinion Mahinmi is a far better fit for this particular Pacer team right now though, which is why I'm so pleased with this off-season.
I really like scola and getting him in B&G would be great, but once Roy and Hill were signed, there was no chance to bid on him. Brand, not to much. IMO, he's done. His value is about what he's being paid.
IIRC, the Mav's are interested in short term contracts. Mahinmi would require a multi-year contract. Cuban doesn't want to spend money long term right now. He's gone on the NBA equivalent of a snipe hunt. The search for a big FA next summer.
I'm really shocked at the number of people giving the moves made by our F.O. a thumbs up. I know it's just an opinion but I just can't understand it.
We had a summer that would have been decent for a team dealing with only the MLE but it's terrible for playoff team with cap space.
We gave up assets for a player that we could have signed for nothing. We made a slight upgrade at our backup pg, and signed a decent backup wing player.
If anyone thinks Ian is the answer as our backup center, they didn't see him in the playoffs. He shows potential but he's weak, doesn't protect the rim or guard in the post, is a poor to mediocre rebounder and scorer. I honestly think that Solomon Jones is the better player today. Ian may develop but he's been in the league for 5 years so I think the odds are against it. I wouldn't have wanted him on more then a 2 year contract even if we signed him outright without giving up an asset for him. I guess I'm against the Ian trade from every aspect, it just doesn't make sense to me when better players were available for less if the F.O. didn't let themselves be cornered to where time wasn't on their side by our free agent signings. I see a mismanagement of the teams assets and mismanagement of time that I don't think Bird would have made
Ian doesn't score, doesn't rebound and doesn't defend in the post. If you mean he's a quick athletic big man for guarding perimeter bigs, I guess I could give him that edge but I'd never, ever want Ian over Scola. I don't see our 4/5 rotation issues as being addressed at all during this offseason. We still need someone who can put the ball through the net, rebound and defend the post when Roy and West sit down, or at the very least do some of those things. Can you imagine the offensive production we'd get from our front court if Ian and Plumlee are on the court together?
Personally I'd much rather have had Kaman for 8 mil and give him all the backup 4/5 minutes then to have Ian for the next 4 years at 4 mil per year.
If we needed more cap space, I'm sure it would have been easy to dump DC for a 2cd. and I think he could have brought us a 1st. if the team took their time.
Mahinmi never got any real minutes until last season because he had a strong front court in front of him and he was a young guy on championship contending teams. His per-36 numbers aren't bad and I wouldn't be surprised if he puts up around 8-7 this year with more minutes and more responsibility. He's got the tools to get points when he gets the chance. I like his jumper and he's active on the court. I have high hopes that he'll be a solid part of our rotation going forward, especially working every day in practice against Roy and West.
As for Collison netting us a first. I'll take your word for it but I don't see the market there. What team in this league do you see giving up a first for Collison?
Off the top of my head I'd think that Dallas, the Hornets, or the Knicks before the grabbed Felton might have given up a 1st. DC is a starter on a lot of teams or at the very least a backup getting starters minutes. The way Cuban fleeced us on the Ian trade he should have thrown in a pick anyway IMO.
I know big men can take time to develop, but Ian isn't that young. All I saw of his play last year was in the playoffs but I don't think his ceiling is very high as an nba player. From what I see he isn't even at the Solomon Jones level yet. He's played is career to date practicing against Tim Duncan and Dirk and still hasn't figured it out.


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New Era Cap will temporarily lay off about 60 workers at its Derby plant within the next two weeks. The company plans to hire them all back in a few weeks, union and company officials said.
"This temporary layoff is not uncommon as we wind down the end of the year," said Paul Murphy, senior public relations manager for New Era, in an e-mail.
A union official was told a project with a major sports league fell through, forcing the company to reduce its workforce of about 200 by 30 percent. Debora Hayes, Upstate New York's area director for the CWA, said she was notified Thursday morning by a New Era executive about the pending, temporary layoffs.
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Every year around this time, Las Vegas arena rockers the Killers write and record a Christmas song which they sell to benefit the Red Foundation.
Every year around this time, Las Vegas arena rockers the Killers write and record a Christmas song which they sell to benefit the Red Foundation.
Speculation has been running rampant about the lineup for this year's Lollapalooza festival at Grant Park in Chicago. The "leaked" event poster turned out to be pretty accurate as organizers have announced the official roster today. Goth rock pioneers The Cure, Trent Reznor's resurrected Nine Inch Nails, The Killers and more will headline the 3-day weekend this summer.
U2 are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 1991 album Achtung Baby in a big way. A documentary film, entitled From The Sky Down, was released earlier this year chronicling the making of Achtung Baby. The obligatory special releases will also hit stores next week. Perhaps the most interesting tribute is AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, a compilation of Achtung Baby covers from artists like Garbage, Jack White, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode and more that British magazine Q will include in their upcoming issue.
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Resident Evil: Retribution
Running time: 96 minutes | IMDB Rating: 5.9 | Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Release: September 2012
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Bingbing Li
ZSG Rating: 5/10
Synopsis (from IMDB): Alice fights alongside a resistance movement in the continuing battle against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.
My Review
You know those cut scenes in video games, where you get the basics of the plot in a short movie, and then you play through all the mindless killing of monsters so you can get to the next cut scene, and next segment of the storyline?
Well, this movie was the exact opposite of that.
It's a 90 minute clip of watching someone play a video game level where he has to kill a load of zombies and get to a helicopter.
I'm serious, that's pretty much it.
There are some highlights, though.
The first intro played backwards was cool. The second intro was awesome. The "second intro" part will make sense when you see it.
That's about it for highlights.
But, what I found most interesting is that I wasn't bored. It was non-stop action, without much acting, and while there was nothing special throughout, the movie itself flew by.
Plus I'm pretty much a sucker for a bunch of hot chicks kicking ass.
There was also a between-the-lines plot tidbit most reviews on IMDB seem to miss: it would seem that the Umbrella Corporation isn't the bad guy, but just the facilitator. Watch out for that.
You get told at the end of the movie that the resistance group are preparing to make their last stand. Guess there will be at least 1 more movie.
If you're a true fan, you'll watch this anyway. If you're not a true fan, but think you probably need to watch it in case you want to see the next one – just watch the trailer and save yourself 94 minutes.
Here's to hoping the next movie has a storyline!
Zombie Details
Cause of: T-Virus
Special abilities: Weird mutations, pretty much a recap of all previously seen in the series
Weapons used against: Mostly guns – which magically appear when you've run out of ammo. Again, this is obviously a video game you're watching.


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A wee lean foward and I'll be able to feel smooth reassuring vibes...
Two week-ends of shows/exhibition and a mile stone "Back to School" have been at the forefront of my life.
Drawings hanging in the club house under the watchful eye of wee "Taxi".
Last week-end, my pencil drawings made their annual appearance in the Ostenfelde club-house for the annual Ostenfelde Kutschfahrturnier show.
They were hung alongside the brilliant work of fellow artist Dirk Gross for three days of showing.
Dirk's work is exceptional.
Poles apart from my black and white realism. His paintings ooze energy, reel the viewer into an novel abstract world. Into a world brimming with new life, normality having crumbled at the way side in the wake of soul searching colours and gravity defying movements.
For a realist like myself one heck of a fascinating and awe inspiring world to have been introduced to.
Torrential heat discouraged many visitors to "just pop round" for a refreshing drink. The show, as it does, went on and the driving was as thrilling and amazing as ever.
Business for the studio was good.
New drawings will be shared in the near future but until then I'd love to share a few of the images I took of a glorious sunny week-end.


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Groene at the Legislature: Teacher absences, substitutes
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Three people were sentenced Monday in Lincoln County District Court, including a man who stole a car from the KODY radio parking lot.
Lindsey was arrested Sept. 14 after a car was reported stolen from the KODY radio station parking lot around 4:30 a.m. The car was a 2009 Lincoln MKS.
The victim told officers that the car was in the lot at 2:45 a.m. but was discovered missing just a few minutes before officers were called.
A couple of hours later, a Nebraska State Trooper found the car in the Wal-Mart parking lot, but the driver, Lindsey, refused to stop and a chase began. North Platte police joined the pursuit, which ended a few minutes later in the parking lot of Platte River Kidney Care at 785 E. Francis.
Lindsey had been staying at the Lincoln Connection homeless shelter a few blocks from the radio station. He is originally from North Salt Lake, Utah.
Dwight Coleman, 32, of North Platte was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with credit for three days served, for attempted possession of methamphetamine. Coleman pled guilty in a deal with the county attorney that reduced the charge form felony possession to a misdemeanor.
Coleman was charged when police answered a domestic disturbance call on April 20. While searching Coleman, he took a pipe out of his pocket and gave it to officers. The pipe tested positive for meth.
Coleman said in court that he took the pipe away from a girl that was hanging out with his son. He said he was only trying to keep the stuff away from his son.
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney Tanya Roberts-Connick responded, There you go -- it was on your person.
Coleman told Lincoln County District Judge Richard Birch that he accepted the plea deal because he knew his record would work against him. He seemed resigned to jail time and said he wanted to get things over with.
According to jail records, this is Coleman's first possession charge in Lincoln County, but his record includes charges of domestic assault, third-degree assaults, driving offenses, trespassing, fugitive from justice and contempt of court.
Royalene Beauvais Hernandez, 44, of North Platte, admitted to a probation violation and was sentenced to time served (253 days) in jail.
Hernandez was arrested on a first-degree arson charge on April 2, 2012 after setting fire to the carpet in front of her roommates bedroom door because the roommate had refused to move with no notice.
Originally facing up to 50 years in prison, Hernandez charge was bargained down to attempted second-degree arson by the time her case worked through district court on Nov. 19, 2012. She was sentenced to a year of probation at that time.
She was arrested again in October for failing to meet the terms of her probation and she spent another 91 days in jail.
In other court action:
Accused of trying to rob a North Platte home at gunpoint on Nov. 13, Jim Bob Cassell pled not guilty to charges of use of a gun to commit a felony, burglary, robbery and terroristic threats. Cassells bond was left at $250,000 and he will be back for a status hearing on Feb. 3.
Cassell allegedly beat on the front door of a home in the 800 block of N. Jackson around 3:25 a.m. but when the residents opened the door he was out of sight. A short time later he pounded on the back door and before the residents could open it he forced his way in, along with another man. Cassell carried a gun and the other man was wielding a club, police said.
Cassell and his partner then demanded property, specifically a safe. The victims told them there was no safe and at one point Cassell allegedly put the gun to the head of one victim and demanded the safe.
When no safe was found the suspects took $500 cash, some other property and left.
Apparently Cassell was a former roommate of the victim. Cassell was arrested the next day and the second offender is still at large.
Dustin Lankster, 31, of Lincoln, pled not guilty to charges of fleeing to avoid arrest, child abuse, obstruction of an officer, willful reckless driving, driving under revocation, driving under the influence of drugs, and leaving the scene of an accident.
His bond was lowered from $50,000 to $25,000.
Lankster was arrested Nov. 14 in Sutherland after being stopped for a traffic violation by a Nebraska State Trooper. When the trooper asked for identification Lankster sped off, drove through a residential fence. The trooper later found the car south of the school in the parking lot of the Methodist Church.
Lankster, also wanted in Tennessee, was gone.
According to Sgt. Boje of the state patrol, a woman, April M. Crowley, 31, of Wahoo, was still in the car with a five-year old child.
Lankster was found a half hour later after a Sutherland resident reported a man was trying to get into a car outside his house. Lankster was found hiding in the backyard of a home not far away.
On June 25, 2013 Lankster had been released from the Nebraska State Penitentiary after serving nearly four years for theft and meth possession.
Crowley was also arrested on a warrant from Lancaster County for failure to appear on a drug charge. The child was put into protective custody with Health and Human Services.
In other pleadings:
Kelly Dike, 47, of North Platte, pled not guilty to one count of felony theft, one count of misdemeanor theft, felony evidence tampering and driving under suspension. Dike is held on a $25,000 bond as well as a $50, 000 bond as a fugitive from justice in Lancaster County.
Stacy Talbot, 37, was convicted of shoplifting. Talbot accepted a plea deal and pled guilty to felony shoplifting, over $500. A charge of habitual criminal was dropped. He will return for sentencing on Feb. 24.
Cash Brewer, 47, of North Platte, pled not guilty to possession of methamphetamine and will be back in court for a status hearing on Feb. 24.
Several cases were continued as the result of the retirement of Patrick Hays from the public defenders office. Hays active cases will be assigned to other attorneys.
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Perfect or not, Booth will get his shot for the Indiana Hoosiers. The Indianapolis Pike High School standout is part of a 26-player class designed to finally get the program into the bowl scene.
Booth, a four-star prospect rated as the state's No. 4 player, is ready to make instant impact, and whether it's at inside or outside receiver doesn't matter.
"You've got to work to get your spot," he said. "That's what I plan on doing. That's what it is."
Booth did the work at Pike. He set school career records for catches (145), receiving yards (1,851) and receiving touchdowns (21). In his last two years he totaled 99 catches for 1,266 yards and 16 touchdowns.
He is one of six recruits who enrolled early and who are participating in winter workouts. He picked the Hoosiers after decommitting from Tennessee and then passing on offers from almost every big-time program around, including Alabama, Michigan State, Missouri and Wisconsin.
"That wasn't what I was looking at. I'm a future-oriented guy. I see this program as being something wonderful. I'm not scared to do what's never been done before. I don't like to follow in line. I want to create new paths. That's why I'm here."
Coach Kevin Wilson is glad he is.
"We got on him early. He'd been to a camp here as a 10th-grader. He'd been here a bunch. We were very lucky when he opened up his recruiting again. We needed receivers. It fell our way. We're excited we have a (five) Indiana guys here, but we don't need them to be here, we need them to do well. Them coming doesn't help us or them. They have to be successful to bring more successful in-state guys. We need them to do a great job.
"(Booth is) a quality receiver. He can play inside or outside. We don't think it's a big deal. We'll figure it out. Him being here midyear will help with attrition. He's a mature kid and a great student."
Is Booth a great blocker? Booth insists he takes such pride in it, he even made a high school highlight video of his blocking called, "Smack Down."
"It was all me pancaking people," he said. "On offense you're supposed to score, not pancake people. People thought it was my real highlight film. I'm pretty good at blocking. I take pride in that. On offense you don't get a lot of chances to hit someone, so when you do, take advantage of it."
Booth picked IU for many reasons, including the fact it was close enough for his family to see games.
"I never knew much about a lot of the colleges that were recruiting me, but this is one school I did know a lot about growing up. It's only an hour from home. My family can easily get here. It's a good situation."
It also helped that Booth grew up with defensive lineman David Kenney, who also went to Pike.
"I've known him since I was 3 years old," Booth said. "He's a character. He's a great guy to be around."
Booth said the Hoosiers are a program on the rise. The rankings reflect that. Rivals.com, a national Internet recruiting service, rates this year's class as No. 37 nationally, one spot better than last year. That represents the best consecutive years of recruiting in school history.
Rivals.com also rates this class as No. 7 in the Big Ten.
"The program is on the way up," Booth said. "The last two years it led the Big Ten in passing. We have a young defense and all they can do is get better. In four years we can be at the top of the Big Ten."


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Conservative backbencher David Wilks was caught red-handed this week telling his Kootenay-Columbia constituents how Ottawa really works. The 12 minutes of amateur video taken during a frank and open discussion in Revelstoke, B.C. about the budget bill might mark the last time Canadians ever hear from Wilks — beyond the "yay" he has now promised to give C-38.
Let's remember the Top 5 things Wilks taught Canadians about their democracy:
1) Stephen Harper gives his backbenchers less face time than his soon-to-be-published hockey book — he reportedly worked on that 15 minutes every day. When asked about the opportunity


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Brace Yourself for Another Round of Greece on the Edge
Everyone's focused on tomorrow's presidential election, and rightfully so, but the rest of the world hasn't come to a standstill.
There's still Greece, for example. The print on that country's election results won't even be dry on Wednesday — if they're known at all — when the Greek parliament holds a critical reform vote.
Yes, the future of Greece will once again be at stake.
The Greece parliament is to vote on a highly contentious reform bill on Wednesday, which is part of the conditions for the next tranche of bailout loans. If the bill fails, the country could be out of cash by Nov. 16, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has warned, with chaos ensuing. A fractured and shaky coalition government could also fail.


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Enhancing Resiliency Against Routing Layer Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks: Gradient-Based Routing in Focus
This paper focuses on the resiliency of wireless sensor network routing protocols against selective forwarding attacks by compromised nodes. Informally, resiliency should be understood as the capacity of the routing protocol to endure and mitigate the presence of a certain number of compromised nodes seeking to disturb the routing process. To provide for security when nodes may be compromised, cryptographic solutions must be completed by algorithmic solutions considering "Beyond cryptography" approaches. In this paper, after discussing the shortcomings of existing routing protocols against packet-dropping malicious nodes the authors describe some protocol behaviors enhancing routing resiliency under several combined routing attacks.


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|15th December 2007, 03:32 AM
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Why is this thread getting so much attention? Is it because it's a high price item? Would it be the same response for a $400 pair? Is it because of the magic involved? The dream of all diyers? In a free economy the crooks must (will) survive. The love of sound must not blind us. It's only a hobby, like fishing, hunting, painting or photography. Experience, science and will. No need to clone anything.
Just create. That's what diyAudio is all about.
|15th December 2007, 03:39 AM
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A water beam cutter does 25m/s with a precision of 0.025mm. Give it a standard-size multiplex board and it will cut you the parts for ten magicos within a few seconds.
|15th December 2007, 04:15 AM
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lost and found...
Ok , so I looked in on this thread, and read through a portion of it.
We all need to understand what the "real cost" of manufacturing is, and what the gross cost of manufacturing is.
the $50 Eddie Bauer "slacks" had better not cost more than $7-$8 to make, else someone is loosing out big time, and stores would be closing.
Think of it this way:
and now once in the US or Canada or where ever, often 10-15% in local expenses
So when one pays $50 for an item, it costs the store in "real" money something in the neighbourhood of $30 or so.
And no real "engineering" or R&D occurs other than getting a cut right or a colour right.
This is the reality of business, ask any one you might know that is a manufacturer of any goods, I'm sure they will agree. And of course, we haven't started to talk about warranty costs.
For most DIYers, it is a matter of what they can afford , regardless of what something will cost them. A good example may very well be the Magico Minis. Could you build a comparable sounding , comparably built and engineered product for USD $3.5-$4.5k? I think so, and in fact I think for a lot less than $3.5-$4.5k.
So if one is likely to want to clone a product or develop a similar quality product, allow yourself a budget of say (maybe) up to 35%. That should include calculating your labour cost as well--just to allow a fair comparison.
The beauty of DIY (in my limited view) is that if one wishes to either follow a known "recipe", one can end up with something very good for a fraction of the cost of something that may be mediocre at best, or become creative and inspired to use a known commercial design as an inspiration.
Case in point:
So whether any here wanted it or not, there's my view.
Of course if well healed enough and too busy, and time is money (for some people it may very well be), then please go buy the product you really want. For the rest of us, know that there is pride and some comfort in enjoying this hobby more than any possible financial savings that might occur.
Peace out.
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|15th December 2007, 08:08 AM
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Hi Nanook,
Interesting to see that we came up with about the same figure to do something very similar , on a one-off basis !!
I suspect that the real cost for a manufacturer would be around the $2000 mark or less.
Its all those advertisements and reviews to pay for, and all the middlemen !!
x10 ???
except Bose x20+
|15th December 2007, 03:41 PM
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If you run into a situation where the price of the driver is -3x the retail $, when OEM'ing it, then someone is dipping their hands very deeply into the money trough. Many times that driver is one that has been manufactured in china through the use of copied and stolen European and US technology, with little to no respect for the effort, money and time spent on getting to that understanding an implementation of the given technological aspects. Violation of patents and intellectual property is as common as the huge # of drivers coming out of china.
For the most part, the ideas are copied, with little to no understanding of the function of the given technological aspect. Added to that..for the larger part, it is 'hit and miss' for finding the driver that has decent implementation of all aspects, to make for a 'properly working' driver.
I've been approached more than once by a given manufacturer out of China who has offered to implement any given 'modifications' I may have for drivers. I've turned them all down, as I cannot assure myself that they won't take my work and use it as their own and sell it to everyone who asks for it, and then destroy the integrity of my enterprise. I've even had the given manufacturer hang themselves right in front of me, when the tell me a story about how they 'create' a driver for a guy, to his exact spec....and then sell it to 8 other manufacturers. Such activity is basically criminal, in my mind. It shows a severe lack of integrity.
If you have never attempted to make or create and operate a loudspeaker company on a daily basis, and that...at the cutting edge of the technology real loudspeaker work, ie, full understanding of all aspects, which goes from basic addition ..all the way to chaos theory and encompasses about 7 branches of physics....then you have no idea how difficult and expensive it is.
Essentially, it's cheap to copy when you have no idea what is actually going on. When you have to engage in a commercial enterprise to exceed the efforts of the folks who made this $20k speaker and have to compete in the same marketplace..rest assured.. your speakers will retail for the same $, if not more.
In the end, I am not attempting to get anyone angry, by verbally urinating in there general direction, but there is much ignorance here -ignorance of technological, financial, marketing, exporting, distribution, and 'long term stability and viability' of the given aspects.. of what it takes to get such audio equipment to market.
I hear alot of self justification and self created logic here that is not valid in the real world.
Please, do NOT dump on the manufacturers of such gear. Rest assured they are not doing it specifically for the money. They love music and they want to show you the best that can be done in terms of having that in your home. The nightmare of manufacturing high-end loudspeakers can practically kill people or drive them insane. It is not easy. the money is secondary and barely, if it does at all, cover up the pain and stress of trying to 'get it done'.
If the loudspeakers are being manufactured in a 'first world' economy, with carpenters getting about $20-25Us per hour, etc, then it is going to be an expensive speaker. I've seen guys sitting on floors in China, sorting washers by hand and then making $1 per pair binding posts in a single-by-single machining -hand run operation. How about watching a man die in the streets when he is run over by a car..and practically no-body noticing? I'm simply trying to show that there is mix of values and aspects here that is far from complete and understood in this little thread.
Suffice it to say, that if the full realities (all aspects) were known by all who are in this thread...then there would be a quiet respect for the manufacturer of the speaker..and then a quiet effort to copy it, with respect still intact, and remaining intact. Ignorance, willful or otherwise, breeds contempt. For all the wrong reasons.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan. Sometimes the claims aren't extraordinary. Sometimes the weakness of men's minds are the culprit. Mass mentality has nothing to do with obviousness or truths.
|15th December 2007, 06:30 PM
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Sense at last. Amen brother.
I w isH i cuold typpe bettr
|15th December 2007, 07:25 PM
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********! 20k to make a speaker, is ********.
just use your common sense: compare the speaker with, lets say VW Passat.
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I agree that those mostly gifted audio engineers would earn way more money in industry (defense , automotive etc) than in audio.
Some say this is what gifted engineers actually do and all the rejects and misfits design audio . As to one poster saying that they almost die of struggle to bring the product to market -judging by the effects of their effort I'd let them die ...
Who and why is buying this kind of speakers ,I wonder .People who can afford $20k
on speakers don't live in shoe boxes .I don't see any advantages of mini monitors but size (questionable if you include massive stand ) Those inefficient little woofers must lump tons of distortion driven hard to get any sound out of them.
|15th December 2007, 09:25 PM
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and here I was thinking the magico mini uses sourced drivers (of course modified in a magical way) from companies totally willing to sell said drivers, uses crossover components from companies perfectly willing to sell those components, uses the latest technology in cutting to manufacture the laminations for the box...and all the while it's one guy doing ALL the development work on the drivers, builds the drivers and must make his own caps, inductors and resistors in house etc etc etc. Or did I totally misunderstand KBK's post?
And I also find out the cabinets are all hand made in the US paying a craftsman $25/hr..
what is it about my skeptical personality which continues to cry 'bull' in the face of such overwhelming evidence?
yep, let's compare the price for these speakers with a comparable motor vehicle as already mentioned.
The original post was 'can we manufacture a duplicate for less'. All sorts of reasons have been forwarded why we can't, even down to to the 'magical' glue used...if we can't get that right then we can not even come close because of the magical sonic qualities glue contributes. (puhlease)
Using the deqx and buying said stock drivers, (admittedly) a bit of hard work with a router and yes, I honestly do believe I can not only match the sound, I can better it. And with enough experimentation with x-over points and slopes, I can get it sounding perfect for MY ears and tastes.
How can I not do better?
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By Tom Murphy
Caledonia Argus
Wrestling coach Dan Goergen gave his wrestlers the weekend off but he is planning intense practice for the end of the season and the tournaments.
"Doing well in the tournaments has been our goal since practice began in November," he said. "We'll be working extra hard the next two weeks."
Goergen sounded a positive note about his team's attitude. "Our spirits are coming up. We know our goals. We want our timing to be right."
Section team competition is Feb. 16 and 18. Section individual competition is Feb. 24-25. The state tournament is March 1-3.
Four TRC meets remain
Last Friday night's postponed meet with GMLO needs to be re-scheduled.
The Warriors' final home meet with Dover-Eyota will be Parents Night this Thursday.
Upcoming TRC meets on the road for the Warriors will be at St. Charles on Friday, Feb. 3, and at Lewiston-Altura with Rushford-Peterson/Lewiston-Altura, on Friday, Feb. 10, which concludes the regular season.
Lake City Tournament
On Saturday of this week, Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove travels to Lake City for a tournament with 10 other teams.
"It will be good for us as it will let us know where we stand in preparation for the section competition," Goergen said.
Teams from Blooming Prairie, Chatfield, Eagan, Hayfield, Lake City, Medford, Plainview-Elgin-Millville, Rochester Mayo, St. Charles and Wabasha-Kellogg are listed as participants on the website of "The Guillotine."
It will also set a likelihood of where the wrestlers will compete. From now until the tournaments, half of all matches have to be at the weight where wrestlers will compete in the tournaments, Goergen said.


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The name may have changed once or twice over the years, but the mission at Family Resources of Natick remains to same — to provide information, services and lots of programs for families in town who have children from preschool to elementary grades.
The name may have changed once or twice over the years, but the mission at Family Resources of Natick remains to same — to provide information, services and lots of programs for families in town who have children from preschool to elementary grades.
On May 4, Family Resources held its "A Day in the Life of a Preschooler" at the Community Senior Center on East Central Street. At various stations sponsored by various preschools, children and their parents could do some seed planting, bang on some drums, paint, play in the sand, visit the Morse Institute Library's Bookmobile and much more.
Family Resources operates out of the Cole Center on Boden Lane, and is directed by Pam Koskovich, with Brita Vittelo as its service coordinator. The organization offers playgroups, parent programming, story times, among other things; in its latest Connections newsletter, it offers ways to enjoy the outdoors, from visiting the Natick Community Organic Farm to starting a nature journal.
To find out more about Family Resources of Natick, visit www.natickfamilies.org or call 508-655-2557.
What a stretch of beautiful weather we've had of late. Makes you forget all that snow we endured just a couple of months ago.
… On May 2, the Morse Institute Library presented its annual Poetry Slam at The Center for Arts in Natick. The field was not as large as in previous years, but participants were willing and able to present their verse. This year, the field was divided into two categories, the Dr. Seuss division for poets up to age 14; and the Edgar Allan Poe division for age 14 and over. Participants received certificates; winners received gift certificates from Barnes & Noble. On May 3, Common Street Community Church presented a coffeehouse organized by area youths. Performers included musicians and some jugglers.
… The first Farmer's Market on May 4 drew a good crowd, and a good corps of volunteers from Natick and Framingham helped clean up the Route 135 corridor, which is a magnet for trash and other debris. On May 5, I took part in the annual Project Bread Walk for Hunger. Not as many walkers as in years past (a lot more police officers, too), but organizers still managed to raise about $3.1 million. … Speaking of officers, imagine my surprise driving Route 135 toward Wellesley early Monday morning to see a Natick Police officer, standing in the middle of the road, trying to get a big, fat swan to cross the street. Insert your "cross the road" joke here.
For the weekend:
… Visit the Farmer's Market on the Common on May 11 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for the best in local produce, meats, crafts … and flowers for Mother's Day, of course. A reminder — leave your pets at home, or at least outside the market's perimeter. Pets are no longer allowed at the market.
… The Letter Carriers' annual Food Drive is May 11. Leave a nonperishable item or two, such as canned soups, pasta or personal care products (nothing torn or expired, please), and the letter carriers will pick up the items and distribute them to the local food pantries. The drive helps the pantries stay supplied through the summer.
… The Vetetima Women's Society of the Albanian Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, 37 Washington St., will hold a Mother's Day Bake Sale on May 11 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the church hall. The sale will feature spinach pie, baklava and traditional ethnic pastries. Proceeds to benefit special church programs.
… On May 12 from noon-1:30 p.m., come to the First Congregational Church, corner of routes 135 and 27, for a "Climate Reality" slide show with Quentin Prideaux. The Climate Reality Project is Al Gore's new initiative to form grassroots support and encourage people to take action themselves and ask our leaders to address the climate crisis. The talk will cover the impacts and causes of climate change, the actions we need to take, and what it all means for Massachusetts and the Northeast.
After the presentation, you can take action by talking with representatives from Citizens Climate Lobby, First Congregational Church, Natick High School Earth Club members, Next Step Living and the Lake Cochituate Watershed Council. For information, visit www.fcc1651.org or call 508-653-0971.
… Happy Mother's Day.
And just beyond:
… Beyond Fitness will present a free lecture on "Cellular Health and Wellness" on May 14 at 11 a.m. at the Natick Community-Senior Center. The lecture will focus on the many physical and mental benefits of rebounding. Call the center at 508-647-6540 to sign up.
… The Friends of the Morse Institute Library will conduct its Book and Music Sale on May 18 and 19. Volunteers are needed to help set up the sale on May 16 from 3-7 p.m.; work a few hours during the sale on May 18 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and/or May 19 from noon-3 p.m.; and pack up the unsold books on May 19 starting at 3 p.m. For information, contact Maria Tumang, email@example.com. At the sale itself, paperbacks are 50 cents and hardcovers are $1; LPs, CDs and cassettes priced as marked. Audiobooks, videotapes, DVDs, and puzzles are also available. Out of consideration for all shoppers, scanners and strollers are not allowed on Saturday, but are welcome on Sunday. Proceeds benefit the Friends (www.morsefriends.org), a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization that supports the library with funding and service. The library is accessible to all.
… Come one, come all to the annual Natick Garden Club Plant Auction at the (new location) Natick Community-Senior Center, 117 East Central St., on May 16 beginning at 6:30 p.m. This evening features the sale of plants from our members' gardens, plants that have been proven to grow successfully in our sometimes-challenging weather conditions. Most of the plants are perennials and will be offered as individual plants or groups of three to five plants for bid and sale. Compared to plant retailers, the prices are cheap, cheap, cheap. This is an easy way to start or enhance your own garden for years of summer enjoyment.
There will be door prizes raffled off during the evening. In years past these have included large hanging baskets, small rose bushes, specimen plants, gardening hand tools and hand-care items. Besides plants there will also be garden tools and decorative items. The plants are labeled for height, spacing needed, sun and moisture requirements, but any member would be happy to answer your gardening questions. For more information, visit http://www.natickgardenclub.org/
… Come to the Natick Elks Lodge on Speen Street on May 17 from 7 p.m.-midnight for a "One Fund … From Natick" to benefit the One Boston Fund. Fun with Hands will be performing, and there will be tapas appetizers from local restaurants. There will also be "balloon pop" prizes for gift certificates from local merchants. Admission is $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Call Joanne at 508-245-1991 for details.
… The Natick/Metrowest Anti-Bullying Coalition will hold its third annual event on May 17 from 5-8 p.m. at the Natick Community/Senior Center. The theme of this year's event: "From Tolerate to Celebrate: A Community Event Celebrating EVERY Child for Who They Are." It is a theme based upon promoting inclusion and acceptance from preschool through high school and beyond. Representatives from any organization that works with Natick/Metrowest youths and their parents will be there to discuss how to promote a more inclusive and supportive community for all. An expert panel discussion will take up a new Natick youth center; supporting and celebrating students with special needs and gifts; supporting and celebrating LGBTQ youths; and more. For information, visit www.natickparents.org.
… Congratulations to Gary and Marcia Hoyt on being named Senior Man and Woman of the Year. They will be honored on May 23 at the Natick Community-Senior Center. Reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets are $18 and must be purchased before May 17 at noon from the Community-Senior Center front desk. One of the perks of being named Senior Man and Woman of the Year is that they get to ride in the 4th of July parade … does this mean they ride in one of Gary's classics?
… The Relay for Life of Natick, Framingham and Sherborn will be held from noon on May 18 to around 8 a.m. on May 19 at Memorial Field, Natick High School. For details, visit http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY13NE?pg=entry&fr_id=52054
… The seventh annual Natick PMC Kids Ride will be held May 19 from 8-11:30 a.m. at Belkin Lookout Farm in South Natick. The event is for ages 2-12. Registration fee is $10, with a fundraising minimum of $25 (due day of the ride). For the littlest riders, there will be a "mini fruit loop" ride, and an "adventure express," a 1.1-mile circuit for older riders. There will be a postride party afterwards, with refreshments, music, a silent auction and more. Volunteers are welcome as well. For information, visit www.kids.pmc.org/natick.
… The Natick Community Organic Farm in South Natick will conduct its annual Spring Spectacular on May 19 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Activities include hayrides, face painting, nature-based crafts, petting pasture, boating in the stream, ongoing agricultural demonstrations, live music by the Golden Wedding Band, local and organic food, including gluten-free and kosher options, and an organic seedling sale. Admission — members, $6 for adults, $5 for children over 3, and free for children under 3; nonmembers — $10 for adults, $5 for children over 3, $3 for children under 3. Game and craft tickets — $2 each or six for $10. Save $1 off admission by walking, biking or taking public transportation to this event.
… The Friends of the Bacon Library will present a South Natick Historic Homes and Kitchen Tour with a Tea on May 19 from noon-4 p.m. All five of the South Natick kitchens on the tour demonstrate how to combine modern convenience with historic charm.
One kitchen is in a reconstructed farmhouse containing parts of earlier houses. Another was owned by the last of the Praying Indian families of Natick. One unique kitchen is in a converted cider mill. The Sherman Baldwin House, on the bank of the Charles River, was built in Connecticut as the ancestral home of the prominent Sherman and Baldwin families. The house was dismantled and brought to its current location. This home will host a traditional tea, and Natick Historical Society Executive Director Roberto Rodriguez will discuss the history of the area. All the food for the tea will be donated by Roche Bros., Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 the day of the event, and can be purchased at www.baconfreelibrary.org, by calling 508-653-6730, or by visiting the library at 58 Eliot St., Natick.
The town's annual Memorial Day observances will begin May 20 at 9 a.m. with the decorations of veterans squares with wreaths and flags (meet at the Community Center, 117 East Central St.) On May 22, the annual Transfer of Flags will take place at Wilson Middle School at 7 p.m. On May 23 at 6:30 p.m., the veterans' graves will be decorated with flags (meet at Old Dell Park Cemetery on Pond Street – rain date May 24). On May 25 at 8:30 a.m., the veterans' graves will be decorated with geraniums (meet at Old Dell Park Cemetery on Pond Street).
On May 27, parade units will meet at Moran Park at 8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m. — flag raising
9 a.m. — parade marches to Common
9:15 a.m. — ceremonies at Grand Army of the Republic Memorial
10 a.m. — parade resumes, marches to cemeteries (East Central to West Central to Forest and Pond) for services
11 a.m. — parade resumes to Indian Burial Grounds for a memorial service at 11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m. — parade disbands
Collation at American Legion Post #107.


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Four Days Before U.S. Election, a Better-than-expected Jobs Report for Obama
U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first thought; unemployment rate up to 7.9 percent from September's 7.8 percent.
The final key economic report four days before the U.S. presidential election held something for both candidates Friday, showing the monthly unemployment rate ticked up slightly but created far more jobs than expected, as voters decide between a second term for President Barack Obama or a change to Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
With polls showing the candidates locked in one of the closest presidential contests in recent U.S.history, Obama argues that the economy is well, if slowly, on the road to recovery from the Great Recession. Romney disagrees, calling the jobs report a "sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill."
Obama will face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any incumbent
since Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
U.S.employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first thought. The unemployment rate inched up to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in September because the work force grew.
Unemployment remains below 8 percent, the lowest rate since Obama took office in January 2009.
While the report could attract undecided voters toward Obama in the closing
days of the long and brutal campaign for the White House, the candidates were
expected to go into Election Day in a virtual tie.
The economy is easily the biggest issue for voters. Throughout the campaign,
Obama has claimed credit for preventing deeper problems, reminding voters that
the economy fell into under Republican predecessor George W. Bush. Romney
argues the continued economic weakness demonstrates Obama's policy failures and says his own record as a successful businessman proves he can do better.
Friday's report came after other signs that the economy is on the mend. Most
important, consumer confidence is up to its highest level since February of
2008, according to the Conference Board.
"We're not where we all want to end up, but we are making serious important progress moving forward," Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs said on "CBS This Morning" before the jobs report was released.
"While more work remains to be done, today's employment report provides
further evidence that the U.S.economy is continuing to heal from the wounds
inflicted by the worst downturn since the Great Depression," said the chairman
of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger.
With the new report in hand, both candidates were plunging into a hectic
pace of campaigning, with Obama eager to fend off Romney in the crucial
battleground state of Ohio. Romney pushed to expand the contest to other
states, notably Pennsylvania, to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
Pennsylvania has routinely backed the Democratic standard-bearer and has been seen as reliably in the Obama column.
"It means the Romney-Ryan campaign is desperate to try to figure out how to
win this race outside of the states that they've been contesting it in for 15
months," Gibbs said. "Look, John McCain spent the last weekend in 2008 in
Pennsylvania in a desperate attempt to do this as well."
Polls show Obama holds a slight lead in a majority of the battleground
contests where the outcome of the vote is likely to be determined. Under the
U.S. system, the nationwide popular vote does not determine the winner. Romney and Obama are actually competing to win at least 270 electoral votes in
state-by-state contests. Those electoral votes are apportioned to states based on a mix of population and representation in Congress.
Obama paused three days this week to manage the crisis surrounding Superstorm Sandy. Romney muted criticism of the president during those days for fear of appearing to seek political advantage while Americans were suffering, and his campaign watched awkwardly as a once-prominent Obama critic, New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie, praised the president and toured storm damage with him.
Obama on Thursday scored the endorsement of New York City's popular mayor
Michael Bloomberg, who said the storm had made the election's stakes even
clearer. Bloomberg, whose city was hit hard, said the climate is changing and
that Obama has taken major steps in the right direction on that issue.
The vote of confidence from the politically independent third-term mayor of
America's largest city was a major boost for Obama. Both candidates had eagerly sought the backing of Bloomberg, a former Republican who didn't endorse a presidential candidate in 2008.
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Wolves end interest in Newcastle's Andy Carroll
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has decided against making a fresh move for Newcastle striker Andy Carroll during next month's transfer window.
McCarthy revealed he was interested in signing the England Under-21 international in the summer, but will not be stepping up his interest in Carroll.
"We were interested in Andy Carroll in the last window but Newcastle didn't want to sell then and I haven't enquired since," he said. "In any case, I would imagine with them being top of the Championship, they don't want to sell now either."
Wolves' record signing Kevin Doyle netted his fifth goal of the season during Sunday's 2-0 win over Burnley at Molineux and has impressed since his £6.5 million move from Reading. McCarthy is also delighted to see Sylvan Ebanks-Blake starting to show the form which brought him more than 20 goals last season.
"I think Sylvan's last three games have been different class," he said. "He has just had a child and probably sleepless nights and lifestyles change because of it. In the last three games, Sylvan and Doyle have been brilliant together and a good partnership is blossoming."
McCarthy is also not set to pursue any interest in Birmingham's veteran midfielder Lee Carsley after reports he was poised to bid £1 million for the 35-year-old. Carsley has lost his place at St Andrew's because of the form of Lee Bowyer and Barry Ferguson.
Blues boss Alex McLeish confirmed: "I've not heard anything about Lee and Wolves. No-one has been in touch with me."
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FMX 30th B-Day Bash KoRn Meet-N-Greet (3-5-11) [PICS]
After the Disturbed meet-n-greet, we were given an hour to enjoy the music. During In This Moment's set we once again met at the secret meeting place and were secretly escorted down a hall, out a back door across an alley and into what appeared to be a secret Warehouse 13/Area 51 hanger. Shadowy figues came at us, probes in hand.


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Taeyang's Big Brother Takes a Beating in 'Flower Boy Band'
Big Bang Taeyang's older brother Dong Hyun Bae made an appearance in Shut Up: Flower Boy Band as a bully.
Dong Hyun Bae picked a fight with the members of the band Easy on the Eyes in the January 31 broadcast of tvN's Flower Boy Band.
He was set up as a bully who kept running into the Easy on the Eyes members. Although he fell behind in looks and fighting skills, he showed he had a strong nerve by taking the band on after learning that Joo Byung Hee (Lee Min Ki) had made his friend wear a woman's one-piece dress.
Dong Hyun Bae teased the band members by saying, "You pretended you were such big stars just because you thought you looked good, right? Now when you go to Jeongsang High School you're going to be trash. Trash bags that can't even be recycled." At this, Byung Hee countered, "Want me to fix you up and make you pretty for the last time?" Dong Hyun Bae then shot out with his fist, but was beaten down by Byung Hee.
Viewers commented on his role, saying, 'The comical character fits him well,' 'I thought he looked like him, and it really was Dong Hyun Bae' and 'I wish the other Oh! Boy members would make appearances too'.
Dong Hyun Bae first became known through tvN's Oh! Boy, an audition program for actors.
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Jailed Lord Hanningfield arrested over council expenses
Former peer Lord Hanningfield, who was jailed for expenses fraud, has been arrested over money he claimed from a county council, the BBC understands.
The Conservative was released last week after being jailed for nine months for falsely claiming £14,000 while in the House of Lords.
He has been arrested by police investigating expenses claims he made while leader of Essex County Council, BBC correspondent Sally Chidzoy said.
He has been released on police bail.
A spokesman for Essex Police said a "70-year-old man from the Chelmsford area" had been arrested on suspicion of fraud.
'Flight to India'
He has been released on police bail until 18 January pending further inquiries.
Commenting on the arrest of his client, Lord Hanningfield's solicitor Mark Spragg said: "This is hitting a man when he is down... it's a complete travesty.
"The prosecution said at his trial that there was nothing wrong with his council expenses.
"He was taken to Braintree police station for questioning. Why did the police not interview my client when he was in prison? Why did they wait until he came out? It's shocking."
Lord Hanningfield was released from prison after serving only one quarter of his sentence.
The former pig farmer, from West Hanningfield, near Chelmsford, had claimed for Parliamentary expenses for overnight stays in London when he was not in the capital.
On one occasion he had claimed for expenses when he was actually on board a flight to India.
Giving evidence, he claimed that most other peers treated the House of Lords as a "club", turning up there for only 10 minutes to claim their daily allowance.
The peer suffers from ill-health and has been diagnosed with clinical depression, his trial heard.
At his trial, Mr Justice Saunders said Lord Hanningfield had broken the public's trust in peers and would now be partly remembered as a "benefits cheat".


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My friend told me about it last night and I have to be honest, just his description scared me a little bit. After seeing it, I am even more shocked. I will warn you, after the news account in the beginning of the video there is about 6 minutes of real-time video captured by one of the bikers.


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SHANGHAI, May 22 (Reuters) The Chinese government is unlikely to interfere directly in the domestic stock market, a Chinese central bank adviser was quoted today as saying.
Some securities analysts and fund managers have said Beijing might take stronger measures to rein in the current bull run in the stock market and drive out speculative money.
The Securities Times quoted Fan as saying the latest monetary tightening moves were largely aimed at reducing money supply and excess liquidity in the economy rather than at the stock market itself.
''The government is not going to take steps to support or intervene in the stock market. The market will be left alone to undertake its own risks,'' said Fan,a member of the central bank's monetary policy committee.
''The market is getting mature and so is the government.'' China's stock market shrugged off the central bank's decision on Friday to raise bank interest rates and reserve requirements, ending up 1 percent yesterday, fuelling concerns more market-cooling steps may be on the cards.
In 1996, the government halted a bull run in the domestic currency A share market by using the People's Daily, the Communist Party's mouthpiece, to warn in an editorial against ''excessive speculation''.
Early this month, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said he was concerned by a stock bubble and would monitor asset prices.
Fan was quoted as saying that the central bank always kept a close eye on asset prices when it came to drafting monetary policies because fluctuations in asset prices will lead to fluctuations in the economy, a key lesson of the 1997/98 Asian economic crisis.
China's inflationary pressure was easing due to softening grain prices, but the possibility of a sharp rebound could not be ruled out yet, Fan said.


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As British GQ presents its annual "Man of the Year" awards, the publication has selected none other than Kim Kardashian as its "Woman of the Year" for 2014 — an occasion that sees Mrs. West posing inside the mag on silver satin sheets in her birthday suit. Shot by photographer Tom Munro, the spread can be seen in its entirety above.
The digital edition of British GQ's October 2014 issue, which features the starlet's cover, is now available while print copies of the magazine — which see Kardashian joined by "Man of the Year" award winners Pharrell Williams, Jonah Hill, Ringo Starr, Van Morrison and Colin Firth — are set to hit newsstands this Thursday, September 4.


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June 1, 2012 at 7pm to June 3, 2012 at 6:30pm – high desert yoga Learn how to make Yoga accessible to seniors, those with disabilities or limited mobility, the chronically ill, Alzheimer patients, pre-/post-surgery patients, those with injuries, yoga at work and a… Organized by High Desert Yoga | Type: yoga, teacher, training
June 2, 2012 from 9am to 2pm – Idalia Road Marketplace "Young Artists & Entrepreneurs Weekend" Young people from 10 to 18 years of age will be on hand to sell and market their art, crafts, products and services at Idalia Road Marketplace. This is a s… Organized by Marc Calderwood | Type: outdoor, fun
June 2, 2012 at 10am to June 3, 2012 at 2pm – Spanish ABQ Spanish Immersion Weekend. Saturday and Sunday June 2 and 3 Our program will provide an intensive Spanish language training. We are offering 3 sessions:Beginner IntermediateAdvancedThis immersion we… Organized by spanishabq | Type: spanish, immersion, weekend
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June 2, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm – The Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater Multi-talented musician Matt Catingub wears many hats: Saxophonist, Woodwind Artist, Conductor, Pianist, Vocalist, Performer, Composer, and Arranger. He has performed on hundreds of albums by artist… Organized by The New Mexico Jazz Workshop | Type: live, jazz, music
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