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SIX-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER Paul Harney died this week. You would have to be a student of golf history to know Harney, who played alongside greats such as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Billy Casper. Along with the legendary Francis Ouimet, Harney is considered to be one of the best golfers to hail from Massachusetts. He attended Holy Cross and was captain of the golf team. Harney joined the PGA Tour in 1955 and played the circuit full time through 1962. His first victory came at the 1957 Carling Open. A second win followed two weeks later at the Labatt Open.
A dedicated family man, Harney became a part-time player in 1963 when his oldest child (he and wife Patricia would raise six children) entered school. He took a club pro job in Northern California and then returned to his native Massachusetts to work for Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton.
Harney still managed to compete and win as a part-time player on the PGA Tour. He won three more events, the last trophy coming at the 1972 San Diego Open where he edged Hale Irwin by a stroke. He won no majors but did have six top 10s, including a fourth at the 1963 U.S. Open. He was 0 for 4 in playoffs. Three losses came to Palmer, one to Tony Lema.
Harney's kids now run the golf course (Paul Harney Golf Club) their dad opened in Falmouth using prize money from his win in San Diego. Son Mike is the head pro. Daughter Erin is the general manager. In 2006, Mike recalled his dad's days on the winter tour, a family affair.
"The family station wagon was dad's office," he said at golholycross.com. "We'd all jump in the car and go to work with him."
Harney and family would log 10,000 miles in the station wagon driving from event to event. In 1971 the part-time player finished in the money in 14 of 15 tournaments, earning in excess of $40,000. That was good money in those days.
Later, Harney made $436,063 on the fledgling Senior Tour, more than what he collected in 18 years on the PGA Tour.
"I've been lucky," Harney said in 2006. "Holy Cross gave me a tremendous education and the Jesuits gave me a good perspective. Patti gave me six terrific children, and now we have 14 grandkids."
−The Armchair Golfer
Friday, August 26
Paul Harney, 1929-2011
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Part of my youth was spent in Massachusetts. Mr. Harney was big news in the local papers when he competed.
I've been lucky," Harney said in 2006. "Holy Cross gave me a tremendous education and the Jesuits gave me a good perspective. Patti gave me six terrific children, and now we have 14 grandkids."
How can you top that.Talk about being grounded,Mr Harney certainly was.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
It's not all about money and trophies.
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As the information technology field continues to grow, competition for candidates to fill key IT positions is heating up, says Julia MacKenzie, an IT recruiter with Goldbeck Recruiting in Vancouver.
MacKenzie initially worked in advertising in Toronto, then spent five years working in the United Kingdom for GDS International, a company specializing in staging business-to-business events.
"I arranged a lot of pharmaceutical events, partnering buyers with manufacturers and service providers and helping to facilitate strategic alliances and private meetings between major players," she says.
MacKenzie completed an 18-month stint in Malaysia to kick-start the company's Australasian office, then settled in Vancouver, closer to family members, and found herself embarking on a new career.
"I was trying to leverage what I already knew, creating partnerships with senior personnel at various companies. But the Canadian market doesn't have the same level of B2B events as they stage in Europe," she says. "I thought that IT recruiting would be an interesting avenue to explore. Then I met Henry Goldbeck, the president of Goldbeck Recruiting. He had just hired a recruiter in the financial sector and wasn't looking to hire, but I guess I must have dazzled him. He hired me two days later and we launched the IT recruitment division soon after in 2010."
Clients in the sector range from wireless companies and software development firms to Internet service providers.
IT recruiters require a good basic knowledge of the field, she says, including relevant programming languages, computer platforms and other technical information. Understanding the difference between the recruiting needs of a web development company, a video gaming company and a telecommunications firm is essential.
MacKenzie's position pays both salary and a commission based on the compensation of the person hired. "I handle placements at any level, but I've become know in Vancouver for developing a niche in C-level placements," she says. Those placements include chief executive officers (CEOs), chief technology officers (CTOs), and chief information officers (CIOs).
Discretion plays an important part in the recruitment field, MacKenzie says. She doesn't consider herself a poacher or headhunter; instead, she approaches IT professionals about positions that may appeal to someone they know. "If they tell me they're looking to make a move, we can continue the discussion," she says. "But never during working hours and never at the person's current workplace."
The most difficult part of the job for MacKenzie is eventually relinquishing control of "the deal."
"I come from a sales background where I had a lot of control in overcoming the objection of a sales prospect," she says. "However, if I'm presenting someone with an IT candidate, I'm not there to overcome an objection for them. I have to stand back and let the candidates overcome objections themselves. Once you fill the technical requirements of the position, you have to trust them to be savvy during the interview process."
It's also challenging to meet the needs of clients who want their candidates to possess a knowledge of all the major programming languages, every database and every server. "Some clients ask for the stars," she says. "And the demands are often more difficult to meet at the junior levels than at the senior levels."
The best part of the job is building relationships. "I really enjoy the client side," says MacKenzie. "I have built a great network of executives, with some of those relationships becoming friendships."
Neil Patte, publisher of The Directory of Canadian Recruiters, has reported on the Canadian recruiting field since 1993 and says that domestic recruiting is showing continued resilience.
"The number of recruiting firms has held in Canada through the past few years," says Patte. "We're currently listing almost 4,000 recruiters and IT recruiters represent more than 800 of them. While the recent recession might have diminished billings somewhat, the companies are all still there and the ones that were stars before the recession are still stars afterward."


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"Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music" was an impressive documentary made by director Mike Connolly for the BBC.
It was originally shown in 2002 and the documentary traces the evolution of Reggae Music from Mento and Ska, all the way up to Roots, Dub, and Dancehall. The film traces the story of how Jamaica conquered the world through its music. With interviews and commentary from reggae legends this is well worth investing some of your time in watching.
Interviews include Buju Banton, Shaggy, Sly and Robbie, Capleton, Max Romero, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff, Gregory Isaacs, and many many more.
The documentary has been hard to find in recent years, and doesn't get too many repeats, so it was with great pleasure that we found it had been made available to watch online. We have aggregated it into 3 parts below……so enjoy!
The early roots of reggae music, and its rise to popularity. How the music was used to recount experiences and songs of social commentary were written. In the sixties immigration from Jamaica to the UK increased and brought Jamaican music. Ska picked up a white fan base. The programme also covers both the music scene and the social climate in Jamaica during the sixties. By the end of the sixties reggae had established itself as mainstream pop music in Britain, and was increasingly recorded in this country by Dandy Livingstone, Eddy Grant and Greyhound etc.
A look at reggae in the 1970s, when, ten years after independence from Britain and the harsh economic conditions were taking their toll, the disillusioned and dissatisfied Jamaican youth channeled their anger into roots music. The era gave rise to Bob Marley, the country's first superstar, Lee "Scratch" Perry, reggae's most notable producer, and King Tubby, who popularised 'dub', the remixing of existing records. In Britain, black youth latched on to the roots sound to create their own version, Brit reggae, with bands such as Steel Pulse and Aswad emerging.
Examines the progression of reggae after the death of Bob Marley, including the start of dancehall. In America reggae had a connection with hip-hop and DJ Shabba Ranks saw his popularity rise and fall. Looks at how Jamaican street styles have achieved a dominance in Britain and the rise of New Roots in Jamiaca.
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What's in your bag, Lola Marsh?
This folk-pop band from Tel Aviv (latest release: "Wishing Girl") evokes the atmosphere of a balmy spring night with Yael Shoshana Cohen's gritty vocals and multitalent Gil Landau's clever arrangements. Lufthansa Magazin peeked into their bags at Hamburg Airport
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When Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies went to serve papers on a Laurel Hill man, they discovered a methamphetamines lab in his trailer, according to an arrest report.
On Dec. 7 two deputies delivered an ex partae order to 35-year-old Charles Wesley Kemp of Kemp Road in Laurel Hill. When they arrived they discovered the trailer did not have a door.
"Inside the living room, a gallon-sized Zip Loc bag was observed tacked to the wall," the deputy wrote in the report. "The Zip Loc bag contained a clear, bi-layered liquid. A gallon-sized container of muriatic acid was observed underneath the Zip Loc bag."
Such chemicals are consistent with methamphetamines manufacturing.
Kemp walked into the living room with a loaded pistol tucked into his pants. They took away the gun and found a cut straw and prescription pill bottle containing meth in his shoe.
The deputies said that while they were in the trailer, they saw several soda bottles containing unknown liquids. The trailer was smoky inside, and their eyes were burning. They also reported a strong odor of solvents, consistent with a meth lab.
The county's Multi-Agency Drug Task Force arrived and found precursor chemicals for the manufacture of meth, along with 100 grams of suspected meth oil.
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Just seven months after it filed its third bankruptcy, the Grant family-run farming cooperative in northern Colorado has launched a new effort at bringing locally grown products to area consumers.
Called Grant Farms CSA and again based in Wellington, the operation for now hinges on vegetables grown on 18 acres of land it controls, and the ground tilled by a number of other supporters.
"My thoughts are just to try to start small and revive," former Grant Family Farms owner Andy Grant told KUNC radio.
Grant could not be reached Wednesday. The CSA sent emails to a number of former customers to the bankruptcy GFF cooperative, which was one of the nation's largest organic CSAs.
A community-supported agriculture program is where people pay to cover a portion of the expense to raise crops, then later are given a share of the harvest.
The new venture originally formed in late May as Sixdog Farms CSA, which was a venture run out of Grant's home address and owned by his partner, Nick DiGiorgio. Sixdog was the poultry-arm of Grant's business operations.
Information from the emails and the venture's website say Grant and his father, Lew Grant, are not owners but rather volunteers in the operation, lending "their guidance and wisdom."
The family-run operation had his troubled times last year when it was borrowing money just to purchase seed, collecting funds from would-be customers who likely would not have received any product for their investment.
A group of investors, Localization Partners, put up about $1.5 million to keep the CSA from closing, then emerged as its primary buyer out of bankruptcy.
"It was apparent by summer's end that what they actually had in mind was to overtake the farm," Sixdog offered in a May email announcing the venture. "We no longer had financial control of our own farm."
A number of other controversies followed including the slaughter of chickens that were then buried in a ditch, a move Grant said was necessary because of a lack of funds to feed the poultry. In one case, would-be saviors to some of the chickens due for disposal scooped up the wrong ones, instead plucking them from a different farm.
The business was awash in about $6.9 million of debt when it filed for bankruptcy in December 2012, and another $3 million in liabilities.
Emails announcing the CSA's name change to Grant Farms say it is limiting its membership to just 250 shares of vegetables.
Other farmers are to offer additional products including cheese, poultry, jarred goods, eggs and a variety of meats.


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Jennifer Lawrence
"Female empowerment is totally liberating!"
Jennifer Lawrence
Young, successful Jennifer Lawrence is the face of the new Hollywood. She talks about her fears, about life as a star, about fighting for fair wages and her admiration for Joni Mitchell.
Ms. Lawrence, You have been winning one award after the next. Are you just luckier than the average star?
No, what makes you say that? I work extremely hard and have to fight for every role. But you are right, when it comes to awards, I've had some good fortune.
Was winning an Oscar important to you?
I didn't turn to acting so I could collect awards all the time. But I would be lying if I said that it didn't elevate my mood a little bit. It's like the icing on the cake.
The Hunger Games made you famous. Looking back at the four-part film series, what have you learned?
The importance of having a voice. And that war has consequences. Everyone is affected, it doesn't matter which side you're on. It's easy to say they need to go to war at the beginning of the franchise. But at the end, when something horrible happens to the hero, we see that heroes are not spared the pain and consequences of war. That's an important message.
What do you mean?
Well, we see war on television every day. We feel disconnected because it's on TV. But you can fight for freedom, fight for a just government and think you are on the right side of a conflict, but you cannot escape the consequences of war. It's a good lesson to take away – it was for me.
What has Hollywood taught you?
With every movie you learn something new, you become more comfortable in front of the camera and in your own skin.
Are you constantly beleaguered as a celebrity?
Every morning when I wake up, there are at least ten photographers in front of my house. Of course it's not nice.
But you don't complain …
No, because I know people would have a fit. These movie millionaires! Now they complain about the attention they're getting! It's a battle I can't win.
How do you deal with fame?
To be honest, I never really think about the fact that people might recognize me in the street. Even with colleagues, I sometimes feel insecure whether they know who I am. Maybe I am just a little too naive, or maybe I just don't take myself too seriously.
Is it getting harder to lead a normal life?
I don't really get to experience all that excitement about my person. I work so much that I am mostly on sets. And I love my job. I would be dumb if I complained. My job takes me around the world, it's almost like an ongoing education – and it pays well, too.
Is it true that you only travel by private jet?
I am a frugal person, but I admit that today I enjoy being flown around in a private jet. I flew First Class for the first time when I was 21 years old, and I felt I didn't belong there. I felt too young and too awkward.
I love my job. I would be dumb if I complained.
You are only 26 but you have already played in box-office hits like The Hunger Games, X-Men, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook and most recently, Joy. Do you feel pressure to succeed?
I guess there are certain pressures, but I don't really feel them. I live on my own island in L.A., and I'm mostly at my friends' houses in Malibu. They all work in the same business.
Due to your popularity, you now have more influence, which you have used to demand fair pay for women in the entertainment industry.
Well, it's pretty obvious to me. Same wages for the same kind of work, right? It's about time Hollywood found its way into the 21st century.
How do you feel about being seen as a representative of a new generation of women in Hollywood?
I have no problem with that. Women not only have the same rights as men these days, they also don't have to hide from challenges anymore that used to only affect men. Female empowerment in 2016 is totally liberating. I love it!
Who would you most like to portray in a biopic?
I love Joni Mitchell and I thought Blue was the most beautiful album in the world. Joni Mitchell is an interesting character, and I'm very fascinated by her.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
To be honest, I have no idea. I'd like to quit this vagabond life of traveling all over the globe and settle down some day. But I'm not sure this is going to happen in the next five years.
What's your biggest dream?
Peace on earth, total emancipation, no more wars. Too idealistic? Maybe, but I'm young, and I'm allowed to be this idealistic.
Your red-carpet falls are legendary. Why do you keep tripping?
I am just really clumsy when it comes to public appearances! Sometimes it's because of my high heels, and then, when I was going to accept my Oscar,it was that waxed floor that was just too slippery. I hope this gets better with the years.
In the new X-Men movie, your character, Mystique, is a mutant who can shift shapes. Would you like to be able to do that in real life?
I would love to have that ability! Just for purely egotistical reasons. If I could do that, my life would be close to perfect.


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Because Connie Britton and I are roughly the same age, I've never seen her as old. To me, she's just one of those actresses I've loved since Spin City and will probably always see her as she was when that show debuted in 1996. Now that she's on TV every week again, as Rayna James on Nashville, I refuse to see her as even middle-aged. And it sounds like she agrees. "When I read the pilot script that Callie [Khouri] wrote, I never saw it in those terms," Britton recently told CMT Radio of the old vs. new stigma some might see in the plots. Rayna is often caught in some kind of drama with her half-her-age tourmate Juliette Barnes. "I never saw the roles that way," she said. "My experience is not that somehow you hit 40 and you get put out to pasture. That has not been my life experience on any level, and so it was important to me not to put that perspective out into the world."


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My red hat is made from a wool blend using the first design I drafted.
Once again I kept the details simple, using only topstitching with a single button on the hat band to add interest.
My second new design has more whimsy to it, partly because I couldn't resist using Kaffe Fassett fabric for the hat band, brim and self cover button (on the top of the hat).


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A sequel to Disney's Enchanted is reportedly in the works.
The script for the follow-up to the live-action romance film is being written by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, who together wrote Daddy Day Camp and Shrek 2. Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, The Guilt Trip) will direct, reports Deadline.
In Enchanted, Amy Adams played animated Princess Giselle, who made the crossover into real-life New York. The 2007 film also starred Idina Menzel, Patrick Dempsey, Rachel Covey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, and Susan Sarandon. It is not yet known if any original cast members will return for the sequel.
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Film Face-off: 'Bad Boys' vs. 'Pain & Gain'
You love Michael Bay. You hate Michael Bay. Is there any other option? Most movie nerds say there isn't, but I believe in a world where you are actually allowed to judge each Bay film separately, and decide if they are good or bad. Sure, it's sometimes awkward to admit I loved Armageddon the first time I saw it (when I was 20). See, even there I tried to qualify my appreciation of a Bay film by using the past tense.
Bay has to know he's a tough one to like, especially when he makes sure to squeeze in homophobic characteristics into almost all of the characters we're supposed to be rooting for. For this Film Face-off we're taking his first, and his latest and putting them head-to-head. It's Bad Boys vs. Pain & Gain, let's see who is more Bay-er for Bayer (that's me).
Michael Bay
Bad Boys
In 1995 Michael Bay was a music video director for people like Meat Loaf, directed a "documentary" for Playboy bunny Kerri Kendall, and was Goon #3 in a Miami Vice episode. Before any of that, when he was just 15, he says the first thing he ever said to Steven Spielberg was, "I really thought Raiders of the Lost Ark was going to suck."
Pain & Gain
In 2013 Michael Bay is loved/hated. Those who say they love him are also hated. He ruined Pearl Harbor for people who already correctly hated the occurrence of the Pearl Harbor tragedy. His formula of throwing in scantily clad women to random scenes is insulting. Plus, he keeps ruining our childhoods by making terrible movies about toys we used to play with ... OK, we should probably get over that one.
Winner: Bad Boys. Hope is a very powerful thing. That's what 1995 Bay had. Also, he admitted he was wrong about Raiders. With present-day Bay, we are desperately, ignorantly holding on to hope, but it doesn't feel pure. The perfect example is the upcoming Transformers movie. We're going to see it, but do we even want to? Do we actually believe he's finally figured out how to make us care about robots in disguise? We know it can't be good, but will spend months of false hope trying to decide otherwise. With '95 Bay, he showed some promise with Bad Boys, and there was a project on the horizon that was bringing Sean Connery back to a flat-out action flick.
A wise-cracking Miami detective named Mike (Will Smith) and his partner, an even more wise-cracking detective named Marcus (Martin Lawrence) investigate a large amount of herion that was stolen from their precinct. Luckily, a woman (Téa Leoni) went with her escort/roommate to a party, and can identify the evildoers. There are homophobic jokes, they say the title in the film, and plenty of pop-culture references.
Based on a true story, Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a Miami bodybuilder who is chasing after the American dream. He gets his friends Paul (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian (Anthony Mackie) to take a shortcut to that dream with him, and they kidnap and extort the very wealthy Victor (Tony Shalhoub). There are homophobic jokes, they say the title in the film, and plenty of pop-culture references.
Winner: Pain & Gain. Bad Boys has Wesley Snipes, Shaft and Arnold Schwarzenegger's "I'll be back" for its pop-culture "jokes." Pain & Gain has Rocky, Scarface and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Let's call all of that a toss-up. I didn't even mention the laziest part of Bad Boys, which is an identity-swapping subplot where Marcus must act like Mike. Perhaps this concept would have worked a little better if it wasn't attempted until the sequel, when we actually would have known Mike and Marcus better. Pain & Gain seems more original, even though its story is based in truth.
Star Power
Smith was known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and some people had seen him in Six Degrees of Separation. Lawrence had Martin and supporting roles in House Party and Boomerang. Leoni was unknown. Tchéky Karyo never became known. Joe Pantoliano and a young Michael Imperioli were also in the film, which I don't think is saying much.
Wahlberg is a box office success with comedy (Ted) and drama (The Fighter). Johnson is an established star who is happy to jump into franchises (G.I. Joe, Fast & Furious, Journey). Mackie is getting work in everything that he can. Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson and Ken Jeong round out the cast.
Winner: Pain & Gain. Even if we give all of the actors in Bad Boys their post-1995 work, it would still be Pain & Gain, especially because of the supporting cast. While Smith is one of the biggest movie stars of all time, have you really focused on Lawrence's other films? Almost unwatchable.
There is a very repetitive flow to this film. Our characters chat, then someone shoots at them. They converse at Club Hell, then someone shoots. They hang out in Mike's lobby, and someone shoots. You see the pattern? Finally the boys take the action to the bad guys, and shoot some more.
The action is hinted at in the beginning as Daniel evades the police. Otherwise there are odd moments with Johnson punching an old guy who hits on him, Johnson doing a cash grab, and a bloody situation involving his toe.
Winner: Bad Boys. Yes, the action varies in Pain & Gain. It doesn't compare to one action sequence in Bad Boys. Mike chases the bad guys. He's on foot, they're in a car. The entire time, while Smith's shirt is oddly unbuttoned, you completely believe Mike is going to catch them. It's some of the best movie running of all time.
We have finally arrived to the reason Bad Boys exists. Smith and Lawrence feel born to play off of each other in this standard genre. Do you know they weren't the first choice? It was originally for Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz. Their chemistry was so good, it led to a sequel, and there are currently rumors of a Bad Boys 3.
Chemistry for Pain & Gain takes on a completely different meaning. Johnson and Wahlberg are both big boys, who look like they bulked up even more for these roles. Johnson is getting comically large at this point. I've decided to be happy we don't live in a world where we test our actors, like we do our athletes.
Winner: Bad Boys. Sure, if Smith and Lawrence weren't really good together, we would have been spared the bloated awfulness that is Bad Boys 2, but what are you going to do when they come for you? Their chemistry is so good you almost forget that Marcus only wears a vest (not the bulletproof kind) for most of the film. Pain & Gain isn't about friendship, but more the illusion of it. Plus, Johnson and Wahlberg have most of their best moments when the other isn't on the screen.
OVERALL WINNER: Bad Boys over Pain & Gain, three to two. Bad Boys leaves you wanting more. I'm not referring to the tired idea, traded identities, or the basic shoot and chase. It leaves you wanting more of Smith and Lawrence working together. Pain & Gain has some really good moments, but Bay is a little chaotic while trying to get back to his "roots" of a smaller budget and less CGI. Pain & Gain makes you feel a little dirty in the end, with no characters to hold on to, or concepts you feel you've learned. Even though Bad Boys isn't as good as you think (give it another watch, you'll see), you feel like you want to remember it.
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The Open Source JavaScript framework qooxdoo just shipped two new releases 1.2.2 and 1.3. While the first one is a regular bugfix release, the latter one includes substantial improvements across almost the entire range of the framework. Some highlights of the 1.3 release: New virtual List widget to visualize even huge data sets with supports Read the rest…
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SWANSBORO � Every player and every coach on Swansboro Post 78 is obviously looking forward to its second straight trip to the N.C. Junior American Legion championships that begin today.
SWANSBORO � Every player and every coach on Swansboro Post 78 is obviously looking forward to its second straight trip to the N.C. Junior American Legion championships that begin today.
No one, however, is likely looking forward to the five-day, double-elimination tournament more than left fielder Casey Perry, who missed last year�s state tournament in Swansboro because of what he thinks was his 10th bout with pneumonia.
�It�s awesome actually because last year I had pneumonia and I couldn�t play,� Perry said during practice Wednesday. �So it ended up working out really well because now I�m healthy. It was terrible. I had to sit and watch everybody play.�
Not this year.
Perry and Post 78 (14-2), which is coming off its second straight Area II district championship, will square off against West Rowan today at 4:30 p.m. in the opening round at East Forsyth High School in Kernersville.
Swansboro will start right-hander Jake Barton (3-0) while West Rowan (17-14), which is a first-year program, will go with left-hander Bryan Ketchie (6-1).
The winner will play Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and the loser at 9:30 a.m.
�I�m ready. I think the boys are ready,� coach Scott Mastranunzio said. �I�m a little nervous for the boys, of course. I want them to do well, which they will. They�ve done well all year. So they should be able to just continue along.�
Having hosted the state tournament a year also should help, Mastranunzio added. Beyond smoothing out all the logistical things that go into such an event, Mastranunzio said the players also have a better idea of what to expect on the field, including the heightened level of play.
�You can�t play a normal game here � going to those levels. It�s two different things,� he said. �They�re a little more comfortable this year. They�re a little more relaxed. They know what to expect. Some of the newer ones are really wide-eyed and not quite sure what to expect, but that comes with time and some experience.�
Barton agreed.
�It�s nice just be able to go back,� he said. �I feel like we�ll be more comfortable this time because a lot of this group was there last year. So I feel like as a team we�ll feel like we�ve been there before and hopefully not go two-and-out like we did last year.�
Last year, Swansboro committed four errors in a four-run sixth inning in falling to Kernersville 4-2 in its opener and then fell 7-0 to South Chatham to finish the season 21-6. Kernersville, which beat West Rowan in the district finals, is again in the state championships along with Cary, which won the 2012 title.
Barton, a rising senior at Swansboro High School, said he �definitely� felt Swansboro was a bit nervous going into last year�s state tournament.
�I think just hosting a state tournament and being in there really got to us,� he said, �and then you get into the losers� bracket and it�s dog eat dog.�
Having had that experience, however, �absolutely� helps this time around, he added.
As does, he added, having been on the mound in Post 78�s 6-1 win over Topsail on Thursday, a win Swansboro had to have to earn a trip to the state tournament.
�There definitely is pressure (starting the state tournament opener), but I really felt like that (Topsail game) was the most pressure-packed game of the year just because if we lose we�re not going to go,� he said.
�I think now knowing that even if we do lose (today), we can still fight through the losers� bracket, I think I�ll be more calm really, more confident, especially with the Topsail game and having us win that game.�
Shortstop Jordan Behan, who likely will get the start in the second game Saturday, and Dillon Herbert, who combined with Behan to pitch a no-hitter in a 2-1 win over Morehead City A to win the district title Sunday, lead Post 78 at the plate, with both hitting over .500.
Herbert also had a team-high 14 RBIs along with three doubles, three triples and a home run.
Six players are hitting at least .300 for Swansboro.
But numbers aren�t what�s keyed Post 78 this year, according to the coach and players.
�I�ve coached a long time and I have yet to have a chemistry like I do on this team,� Mastranunzio said. �They all get along. They�re friends. I don�t ever hear any negative attitudes in the dugout. Even if somebody does strike out or make a bad play, I can look to the dugout from the third base box and two or three of them are like, �Hey, pick your head up. Let�s move on.�
�Normally at this age you don�t see that. These guys all work together.�
Perry agreed.
�Our camaraderie (is) probably the best I�ve ever seen on a team,� the rising junior at Swansboro High said. �We all just get along. We all hang out together. �. Everybody�s out here to have fun. No one is here to say, 'I�m better than you'�. You�re here to have fun and play baseball.�


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Brown Marmorated Stinkbug?
Halyomorpha halys. That is the link that Teri left in the comments of the previous post.
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Well, nevermind ominous music. Cue the bleeding Funeral March.
It eats FIGS!
I'm going out onto the terrace tomorrow with a blowtorch and a shotgun.
The ID process has been very interesting. Because everyone's opinion seems accurate at first glance.
Frank's comment reminded me about Bug Guide, to which I'd forgotten I belong (eep). So I posted the pictures and one person there voted for these Brown Marmorate Stinkbugs, and another, with an MS in entomology, said no nymph this young (referring to the creature walking up the stick in the previous post) could be ID'd without "rearing". I asked him to clarify, but he may sense ignorance and dilettantism and depart in an academic huff.
From Invasive. org:
"The bug is indigenous to Asia and is considered an agricultural pest in Japan. The insects have been found in trees and in houses, where they produce a pungent, malodorous chemical. The insect can be an agricultural pest, threatening apples, pears, peaches, figs, mulberries, citrus, persimmon and soybeans. It was found in Allentown, PA in October, 2001."
From New York Times, 9/27/10: Marmorated stinkbugs
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Oh NO!!! Ahhhhh! Oh Marie, I'm so worried for your beautiful fig tree! I do hope you find all these buggers and squish the heck out of them. Yuk!ReplyDelete
Best of luck in your extermination endeavour, those figs are too yummy to be served as those little buggers' meal.ReplyDelete
Bad luck Marie! You SHOULD have squished them, but then again they MAY have been friendly insects which would have been a shame!ReplyDelete
Extreme vigilance is now called for to catch the little buggers that will undoubtedly stick around and feed off your fig tree.
Good luck!
Eeek. They did not appeal to me from the first picture you posted. Good luck with the search and destroy.ReplyDelete
Time for war!!! Save the fig.ReplyDelete
I think the fact that you found them on your fig is mighty suspect. Do them in! Good luck finding them. Is there something you can spray on the fig leaves that isn't going to poison you?ReplyDelete
To war.ReplyDelete
No spraying - I don't spray - all I can do is squish if found. The ridiculous thing is I remember seeing the parent, a while ago.
To think I was worried about the iddy biddy ladybug babies.
Nymphs. Sorry. Must use correct nomenclature. Nymphs.
Oh, those little stinkers. Down here in rural Virginia, they are reaching Biblical plague proportions. I'm talking millions of 'em. One word of caution: when you squish these little horrors, the smell they release serves as a beacon to all the other stink bugs to come and feast on your figs. I moved my tomatoes to pots on the deck this year to escape the ravenous deer, but the stinkers devoured them all. Good luck. By the way, they are all looking for a nice cozy place to spend the winter. They don't need to eat or drink all winter, just wait for warm weather to go back outside and start eating/breeding/swarming again.ReplyDelete
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ORMOND BEACH — Residents could soon be able to enjoy a frozen dessert drink as they build a sandcastle on the beach.
City staff is expected to recommend to the City Commission that Golden Eagle Associates Inc., which operates several Rita's Italian Ice locations throughout Volusia County, run a location at the soon-to-be complete Andy Romano Beachfront Park.
"I think we can do a real service to the city of Ormond Beach," said Roy Savoca, president of Golden Eagle Associates. "We're very excited about the opportunity."
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Spider Rider Halloween 2011
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Labels: atmosphere, blue, candles, cemetery, giant spider, green, lighting, spider rider, tombstones, yard haunt, yard haunts
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- Jay's Shadow said...
Great haunt. The colors are wonderful....
- November 28, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- wicKED said...
Lots of detail here! Love the lighting. That spider rider is right out of a fantasy novel.
- November 28, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Pam Morris said...
always one of my favorite haunts!
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Thanks for including our haunt. I am on a crusade to get Spanish moss growing all over my neighbors yards so I have a ready supply. Your collection of haunt pics this year is truly inspiring.
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I love that he's my neighbor and I can run over and get inspiration/my haunt fix during the season! Great work from a great guy!
- November 29, 2011 at 2:45 PM
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Robbie Deans believes that the criticism aimed at the All Blacks in recent weeks is a disadvantage to his Wallabies ahead of their Test in Wellington.
Deans has named an unchanged XV for the final Tri-Nations Test of the year and is hopeful of a first win on New Zealand soil for eight years. The All Blacks conceded the title with defeat to South Africa last weekend but have retained the Bledisloe Cup after twice seeing off the Wallabies.
"That's the concern because they normally respond to that sort of criticism," Deans said. "We're just concerned about what we're doing. We're delighted to have taken a step in Brisbane, but clearly they're travelling better than us. We're still the chasing group. "They're taking a lot of criticism; they are an experienced combination so there's only one way they're going to respond to that."
All Blacks boss Graham Henry has delayed the naming of his side, with Deans expecting to face a new-look centre combination of Isaia Toeava and Ma'a Nonu. The Wallabies are eager to get going and Deans is unsure for the reasons behind the wait.
"Obviously they're contemplating something, whether that be injury or combinations or form, I don't know," he said. "We'll know shortly, then we'll get on with it."
Confidence in the squad is at a high for the first time since their opening loss to the All Blacks on July 18 and Deans' young players are growing in to the international game. James O'Connor, Will Genia and David Pocock have all impressed in recent weeks. Wing Lachie Turner believes that there are a few people beginning to take note of their new-found belief.
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"It's been a strange season throughout baseball," Thomas said. "I don't want to say anything but I think something's going on with the baseballs. A lot of guys been hitting a lot of balls close to the wall and they're not flying." (Globe and Mail)It might be tempting to write off Thomas' comments as sour grapes after a less than stellar power season, until you look around the Majors and see all of the other sluggers who are having down years.
Injuries might play a part for some of these guys, but seeing a number of players who will likely not 30 homers this season is definitely surprising.
- Manny Ramirez - 19 HRs
- Travis Hafner - 18 HRs
- Richie Sexson - 19 HRs
- Andruw Jones - 22 HRs
- Matt Holliday - 21 HRs
- Carlos Delgado - 18 HRs
- Derek Lee - 13 HRs
- Troy Glaus - 15 HRs
It could be (as we speculated over tasty beverages on Friday) that the quality of pitching has finally caught back up to the caliber of hitting, but to do so in the space of a single season?
Supposing that the balls are dead, there would be few teams that would be affected more by this change than the Blue Jays, a team whose offense was built around the big blast.
So, instead of blaming Gibby, Josh Towers, or Mickey Brantley for the Jays' offensive woes, perhaps we should be blaming Bud Selig?
And not to get reckless with our speculation, but do you suppose MLB might have ordered the balls to be deadened as a last resort to slow down Barry Bonds' chase of the home run record?


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Sharon uses an oil painting technique called trompe l'oeil, and it's hard to distinguish the photos of her paintings from photos of actual comic books. Every last detail, from the perspective to the gradients in the shadows, is perfect. And it's all the more impressive given she paints the comics all rolled up, weathered, and curled in the corners.
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I was just talking about this for a friend of mine who's interested in getting me to code for him. Quite a coincidence actually.
Anyway I love your equation that's just brilliant. I've never tried out the JavaScript method before I usually use the conditional style sheets. I was thinking of actually using the script from IEDeathMarch on my own site. But I think instead giving ie6 users a more basic version of the site is a better option. How basic I haven't figured out as yet.
Wow imagine having to whip up a design just for IE. Dam we're really going to have to wait till forever to use CSS3 aren't we…


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Smithsonian Crowns 2 Video Games 'Art'
Dec 19, 2013 11:06 AM PT
The Smithsonian American Art Museum this week announced the addition of two video games to its permanent collection: the 2009 title Flower by Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago of the Thatgamecompany; and the 2010 title Halo 2600 by Ed Fries, former head of Microsoft Games Studios.
These new acquisitions will build upon the museum's collection of film and media arts and further its commitment to the study and preservation of video games as an artistic medium.
"The Art of Video Games," a 2012 exhibition that is currently on a 10-city tour of the United States, explores the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium.
"The best video games are a great expression of art and culture in our democracy," said Elizabeth Broun, the Margaret and Terry Stent director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. "I am excited that this new medium is now a permanent part of our collections alongside other forms of video, electronic and code-based art."
Games and Art
There has been a long -- and at times, heated -- debate on whether games could rightfully be called "art." Such notable critics as Roger Ebert famously maintained that games are not art, while those in the electronic entertainment industry have long argued that games do have artistic qualities.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's first two selections for its permanent collection could help showcase the artistic nature of video games. Flower was chosen in part for its innovative gameplay, which has players taking the role of the wind, and with just minimal control affecting the in-game environment. The creators of this title saw it as an interactive poem, one that cannot be fully appreciated through still images or video clips.
While not nearly as popular as the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto V, Flower could now be a title that endures the test of time, thanks to its inclusion in the museum's collection.
"Our culture is defined not only by what we celebrate, but ultimately by what we choose to archive," Jon M. Gibson, founder and co-owner of Iam8bit, an interactive art gallery devoted to video games, told TechNewsWorld.
"As a species, when we launch into space to colonize new galaxies, it's the collection from the Smithsonian that we'll tow along as cargo," he said.
"Video games most definitely play a significant role in our modern day culture," commented Wanda Meloni, principal analyst at M2 Research.
"In my mind, the timeless games are simply our modern form of storytelling; they have the ability to transport someone into another time period, another dimension, or another world through the use of graphics, music and narrative, and exploration," she told TechNewsWorld.
"Video games are most definitely an art form -- they have the ability to evoke emotions in people it the same way music, dance, film, painting and architecture can," she argued. "The problem, as with any art form, comes when the commercial incentives outweigh the artistic sensibilities."
Halo's Old-School Approach
The Smithsonian's other choice, Halo 2600, is especially notable in that this 2010 take on the 2001 game actually was presented as it would have been made more than 25 years ago, during the first true golden age of home video game consoles. The 3D first person shooter was re-imaged on a 2D plane.
Designed by Ed Fries, who formerly headed up Microsoft's game division when it released the original Xbox console and the first Halo title, this "de-make" was recreated and envisioned as it would have appeared if developed for the Atari 2600 system in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
"Halo 2600 stakes out some very interesting ground identifying the video game as a democratic mode of expression," Michael Mansfield, curator of film and media arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, told TechNewsWorld.
"As a home-brew game -- albeit by a recognized brewmaster -- authored in the margins, Halo2600 offers a kind of haiku-like virtual essay on the reach and potential of video game culture, and on the character of human imagination with technology," he explained.
Other titles should grace the Smithsonian, suggested Meloni. "Some early games such as Pac-Man need to be included from an historical perspective."


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How much access do needy Charlottesville residents have to fresh, healthy food? Why is this important? How is access to healthy food reflected in the community's health and physical infrastructure, its food safety net, and food production?
Those are some of the questions that students at UVA in the School of Architecture's Department of Urban and Environmental Planning have attempted to answer. This is the sixth year that students in Tanya Denckla Cobb's Food Systems Planning course have presented their findings.
The semester-long projects focus on access to healthy food, challenges in food production, and food assistence programs. This year, students also studied Southwest Virginia's food system.
Want to know what they found out? Head on down to the Charlottesville Community Design Center on the east end of the Downtown Mall on May 4 from 4:30 to 6:15pm, where students will reveal their findings and hold a discussion.


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Yesterday I managed to astound a software engineer for a semiconductor company just by turning on a computer.
I had dragged the Thinkpad to the office to show a few pictures, and right now it has a very slim Crux installation in place. It starts in 16 seconds with all the goodies, straight to Openbox, network, file manager — you know the routine. It's very responsive and very quick.
And of course, to an engineer who uses quad-core machines running Vista, a 550Mhz laptop (and a Celeron, at that) with 192Mb that's ready to go in 16 seconds is bewildering. She said her staff regularly turns on their computers, gets coffee, then stands around waiting for the desktop to finish loading.
I admit part of the allure of working with Linux on older machines is reminding the owners of newer computers (Windows and Linux systems) that all that power and speed is going to waste if it's burdened by an overweight operating system or a heavyweight desktop. Sure, if it's what you want or need, then for goodness sake, use it.
Just don't look so astonished when I'm online and surfing and you're watching the "Loading …" progress bar creep across the screen. 😈
As for my software engineer, she said she's going to tell her staff about the laptop and I offered to let her borrow it, if she wants to show it in person. Something like that is best seen, and not just heard word-of-mouth. 😀


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Since you are posting this question here I assume you haven't discovered FNFAL.com / The FAL Files
Ive been wanting to add a Para stock to my FAL for a few months now... I'm a Very Very DIY kind of guy, so I don't think it can be too hard. I just need a little direction here.
This is my one complaint about the FAL rifle: Its shielded behind a curtian of mistery!!! There is Very little info on the FAL on the internet... Its nothing like the AR-15, M1a, and so on. There is just not alot of info on the rifle, and what info there is, Its not very well put together. (sorry to hate a little)
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SO, here is the deal, I have a few questions:
Is there a step by step DIY FAL Para 'conversion' page on the interwebs?
Im guessing I need at a minimum a Para Top cover, Spring/spacer kit, Para Bolt, And a Para stock... Anything else???
Whats the deal with the front nose? Can I grind it in with my dermel tool? or should I just get a Top cover without??
Whats the deal with the rear sight? is it because it sticks out past the lower? can I work around this or do in need a new lower?
Whats the absolute cheapest one could do this conversion for?
Thanks for the link, but Fal Files suck! It takes 30min just to log in, I have a hard time searching for a Step by step thread (i dont even know if there is one) For whatever reason, I cant click on anything on the left side of the link you provided...
I just want an easy Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 kind of thing...
If you convert to a Fal conversion you will need to buy a lower with the stock, also you will need the top cover, bolt and carrier. you can use the rest of parts from your old lower.
Can't remember about the rear sight, as it's been several years since I did my conversion.If I remember correct, the cost is around $500.00.
Of all the 308's I like the FN Fal most. GOOD LUCK
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If you do some searches on this forum you'll see some answers to your questions... has definitely been asked before
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Seems like he's in too much of a hurry to do searches or even finish logging into falfiles.
Just wants to be spoonfed the answers I guess.
Here's some good info on the receiver mods and pics of the parts:
The FAL Files Forums - A really STUPID para kit questionm (receiver mods required?)
DSA has complete kits for converting, some have the nose that needs the receiver cut, some don't. If you buy the kit all you need to do is swap lowers, the carrier and topcover/recoil assembly. The Paras use a special short sight that doesn't overhang the lower.
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Kernel, thanks for the help!!! Just what I was looking for...
Eyegun, sorry to ask a few questions... Jeez
I think he's just a little touchy since you asked the same question last October
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pookie, I did ask a some similar questions 6mo ago... I had some more specific questions about the 'nose', and if there was a guide for this... I still have not found a guide that show's all the steps together. There is just not a page that has a guide to this, Maybe I will make a guide of what parts, places to get them, how to install them and so on...


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Lindsay's Fitness Routine
Lindsay Price hates labels, except when it comes to being called fit. She hits the gym at least four times a week, in addition to running, hiking, surfing, and biking. "I'm not the kind of girl who picks up a couple of dumbbells and lightly jogs," Lindsay, 32, says. "I push myself constantly — and I have the sweat stains to prove it!" She admits, though, that she was nervous when FITNESS asked her to be on the cover. "Even though I'm in shape, the idea of my picture on the magazine under the word fitness was daunting," Lindsay says. "But I saw it as a challenge." Here, she fills us in on her kick-butt secrets.
You sometimes exercise at 4:30 a.m. What's your motivation trick?
It's not easy. I make a nonnegotiable deal with myself every week that I'll get up four out of five days to hit the gym. I don't have a 20-year-old's metabolism anymore, so I know I need to put in the work if I want to continue to do what I love, which is act. If that's not motivation, I don't know what is.
What's your favorite workout?
I go to Pulse Fitness Studio's Tread & Tone classes in Sherman Oaks, California, where I do 30 minutes on the treadmill, then 30 minutes of circuit training. Trainer Mark Harari will tell me when to raise or lower my incline and my speed on the treadmill so that I get optimum fat burning. One day I'll work on my back and arms; the next, my abs. I also surf. Lugging the board is a workout in itself. But it feels more like fun than exercise.
What's your top fitness goal?
To run a marathon. I trained three years ago for the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego. I was up to 23 miles, but I injured myself before the race. It's heartbreaking to put in that amount of time on something and not be able to complete it.
Working out with your boyfriend, Josh Radnor [star of How I Met Your Mother]: a do or a don't?
I think it's great if you surf, hike, or bike as a couple. Hitting the gym with a significant other is not my thing. I see it as work, and I wouldn't take my boyfriend to the office with me.
What fitness move is pure torture?
The worst has to be biceps work — I feel like I'm going to throw up every time I do it. I might forget to breathe, or maybe the burn just makes me woozy, but it never fails. My trainer backs up just in case and jokes, "Do I need to get the barf bag?"
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On Lipstick Jungle, you played a sexy fashion designer. Did you feel pressure to live up to that?
I'd be lying if I said I didn't. It was a dream to be able to step into couture clothing straight off the runway, but zipping into size 0 samples made me feel like I had to mold my body into a fashion ideal. I have scars from zippers cutting into me. There was no way I was going to starve myself. So I had to get up in the morning and work hard to tone up. As much as I loved the show, in some ways I was relieved when it was canceled.
You revealed a lot of skin on the show. Did that freak you out?
It was terrifying! I've been skydiving, and believe me, taking off my clothes for the camera was scarier than jumping out of a plane.
Is Brooke Shields really jealous of your booty?
Brooke and [Lipstick Jungle costar] Kim Raver are fans of my butt. I had a frightening thing happen last year when we were filming in New York City: I had a bunch of spider bites — three on each, um, cheek. I developed an extreme allergic reaction that made me break out in hives. So I sent Brooke and Kim an e-mail with a photo of what happened. Instead of saying, "Oh my God, I hope you're okay," they said, "Oh my God, I would do anything for that butt!" That made me feel better, I have to say.
What do you like best about your body?
My legs, because they're strong and they get me where I need to go. But I'm not liking my knees right now. I'm zoning in on a little pudge there. And yes, I know that's insane.
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If you could eat anything, what would it be?
A huge wheel of Camembert cheese with fresh-baked bread and a glass of wine. I used to be a big-time cupcake girl, but Lipstick Jungle killed the cupcake for me. Every time my character was sad — which was often — she ate cupcakes.
How do you keep from pigging out on the junk food that's on set?
I bring almonds or apples to munch on. The only thing that's really tough to turn down is fresh-baked cookies. If I see them, I run the other way.
If you give in to the cookies, do you do crunches to compensate?
No. During the week, I allow for some indulgence, and I don't beat myself up about it. I think it's a slippery slope to do the this-food-equals-this-much-punishment thing.
Your character on Eastwick is a little bit of a...nerd. Is she anything like the real you?
She's a witch who's just coming into her magical powers, but she puts her foot in her mouth all the time. In a lot of ways I think she's more like me than any of my other characters, because I try to repress that awkward, nerdy, fumbling girl.
Has your inner dork ever surfaced in public?
Yes. Just the other night I was chewing gum on the red carpet and someone made me laugh. Suddenly, my gum went flying over the velvet rope and into the photographers.
What's the klutziest thing you've done lately?
Yesterday I bought an iced coffee on the way to the gym, and, of course, I spilled it down my shirt. It gets worse — there were photographers waiting for me after my workout. I'm not one of those girls who glistens when I exercise. I sweat like a fountain and turn bright red. And even though I was mortified, you know what was going through my mind? Okay, coffee stain, red face, and gross hair aside, how do my abs look?


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A Conversation with Carl Schramm
As a precursor to Global Entrepreneurship Week, Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
The discussion is part of Kansas City – Cradle of Entrepreneurs, an ongoing series of discussions with some of Kansas City's most iconic and innovative business founders.
Recognized internationally as an authority on entrepreneurial innovation, job creation, and economic growth, Schramm's research on how entrepreneurship fuels economic expansion led him to play a prominent role in the White House jobs summit in December 2009.
In 2008, Schramm, along with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, launched what is now Global Entrepreneurship Week. The initiative involves 115 countries and directly engages seven million people while celebrating innovators and job creators who launch start-ups that bring ideas to life and drive economic growth. The Library will take part in celebrating the week with three public discussions in the Kansas City – Cradle of Entrepreneurs series. The business leaders featured include Danny O'Neill of The Roasterie on November 15, Ollie Gates of Gates BBQ (November 16) and Clara Reyes of Dos Mundos (November 17).
Admission to the Schramm discussion is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the presentation. RSVP online or call 816.701.3407. Before the presentation, 75 copies of Schramm's book, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, will be given to audience members.
Major funding for programs at the Kansas City Public Library is provided by a generous grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.