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LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — The fiery crash of a sightseeing balloon that killed 19 tourists has cast a further pall over this city of ancient temples and tombs, already perhaps the hardest hit by Egypt's two-year drop in tourism, which has left hotels here empty and residents desperate for income.
Some connected to the tourist trade in Luxor, a city utterly dependent on foreign visitors to survive, were seething with anger Wednesday at the country's Islamist president for his silence over the crash.
Mohammed Morsi has yet to publicly speak about the tragedy — and some here took that not just as insensitivity to the victims' families but as indifference to the vital tourism trade.
"Morsi should have taken a plane and come here," Salah Zaky, one of the owners of the five-star Steigenberger Hotel in Luxor , 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo . "The whole world is watching and he is asleep. It's as if there is no government."
Morsi spoke by telephone to Luxor's governor to discuss the balloon disaster, according to state media. Hours after the crash, he spoke live on TV at a meeting with political leaders — but only about upcoming parliamentary elections, without mentioning the crash.
"They don't care if this hotel closes. They only care about the ballot box," Zaky said, referring to the Muslim Brotherhood, the fundamentalist group from which Morsi hails and which has dominated all elections held since Mubarak's ouster.
Nine of those who died in Tuesday's crash were in a tour group from Hong Kong that was staying at the Steigenberger. The husband of one of the victims had chosen not to go on the balloon ride and watched from the ground as it burst into flame and plummeted to the earth, with his wife, daughter, sister and brother-in-law on board, hotel staffers said. The man flew out of the country Tuesday evening.
Investigators were still gathering evidence about the cause of the crash, the head of the probe Walid el-Moqadem told The Associated Press, refusing to give details. He said investigators had not yet questioned the balloon's pilot, who survived the crash with severe burns.
"He could barely open his eyes," el-Moqadem said.
The hot air balloon was carrying 20 tourists from Hong Kong, Japan, Britain, Belgium and France on a sunrise flight over Luxor's dramatic pharaonic sites and desert landscape.
The disaster occurred when it was trying to land, just after 7 a.m. Tuesday. Initial investigations suggested that the fire broke out when a landing cable tore one of the balloon's fuel tubes, used to fire the burner that heats the air in the balloon. Investigators said it appeared the pilot jumped out of the balloon's gondola when the fire first broke out, still relatively close to the ground. The investigators spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe was not complete.
The balloon then rose back up, to some 300 meters (1,000 feet), the fire spread to the balloon itself, which burst. Amateur video taken from another balloon flying nearby shows it crashing it back to the earth like a fireball.
The only other survivor was a tourist from Britain, who may have gotten out at the same time as the pilot. He and the pilot were being treated in military hospitals in Cairo, as families of some of the victims arrived in the country to identify their loved ones.
For residents of Luxor, the main city in a province of around 1 million people, the tragedy only further added to their worries over the tourism trade on which they rely. Tourism is the main employer in the area — and practically the only industry besides farming and a sole sugar factory processing the region's sugar cane crops.
Nearly everyone relies in some way on the visitors who come to visit the monumental ancient temples in Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, the desert valley where many of ancient Egypt's pharaohs, including Tutankhamun, were buried.
With little else to keep it going, the city has been hit hard with many foreign visitors staying away from Egypt amid the turmoil, protests and instability that have plagued the country since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.
The number of tourists coming to Egypt fell to 9.8 million in 2011 from 14.7 million the year before, and revenues plunged 30 percent to $8.8 billion. Last year, the numbers climbed up to just over 10 million, but most tourists go to the beach resorts of the Red Sea, staying away from Nile Valley sites like Luxor.
In Luxor, "when tourism stalls, it affects the tour agents, the drivers, the boat owners, vegetable and fruit sellers, the groceries, the butchers and everybody else who are part of the cycle of life of tourism," said tour agent Medhat Ramadan, who nervously checked his IPad for the latest news on the crash.
"Even farmers who plant the food for horses that drive tourists in carriages are affected. It's all one cycle," he said.
Along with the depressed tourism, Egypt's economy in general has suffered amid the political turmoil. Constant protests, often turning into riots or clashes, along with political uncertainty, have dried up foreign investment. Foreign reserves, a key indicator for the economy's health, have shrunk by two thirds since Mubarak's ouster in February 2011.
The crash had one immediate effect with the suspension of all balloon rides in the area.
"This was one of the pillars of tourism here in Luxor. Now it is gone," said Ramadan. With tour companies forced to offer cheaper and cheaper packages to draw visitors to the city, offering balloon rides — which draw a higher price — was one way to pull in extra money for the companies, he said.
For months, hotels here have been reporting occupancy rates below 30 percent — often well below, even in the winter high season, when normally they are nearly full.
Zaky said the Steinberger has averaged only 25 percent occupancy and has had to cut a quarter of its 400-member staff. At the same time, his gas bill has doubled and electricity costs rose 20 percent in recent months because of price hikes by a government trying to close rampant deficits.
Hesham Youssef, who runs a sailboat offering trips for tourists on the Nile River, said he sometimes goes for three days without a client.
He said Morsi is good — "a man of the poor, he always mentions God's name." But, Youssef said, "he needs to come out and say something about what happened to those tourists. It is not his fault because what happened was something from God, but he must say something."
Tharwat Agamy, from Luxor's Tourism Chamber, said there was no immediate word on cancellation as a result of the balloon crash, but he feared they would soon happen.
"The whole world is talking about this right now. We are doing our best to push tourism forward but this will take us back many steps back,' he said.

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he C.V. Starr Center and the Department of Drama had the honor of hosting legendary musical theatre composer John Kander, librettist David Thompson and actor Forrest McClendon on the stage of Decker Theatre to discuss their recent musical, The Scottsboro Boys.Forrest McClendon conducted a Master Class for Drama majors in the afternoon. This session, part lecture, part question and answer, provided students insight into the life of a working actor, from the rigors of auditions to the process of creating a character. In the early evening, a lively onstage discussion was lead by Professor Michele Volansky and included a song performed by Mr. McClendon, accompanied by Stef Scaggiari. The evening concluded with a dinner in the Hynson Study Lounge where students had the opportunity to interact with the special guests.


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STOCKTON - A couple in their 90s were held at gunpoint Sunday afternoon in the 5500 block of Governor Circle after two masked men threw a rock through a rear sliding glass door to enter their home, Stockton police reported.
STOCKTON - A couple in their 90s were held at gunpoint Sunday afternoon in the 5500 block of Governor Circle after two masked men threw a rock through a rear sliding glass door to enter their home, Stockton police reported.
The man, 92, and woman, 96, were asleep when the suspects first entered their home at 4 p.m. Police reported that one of the suspects kept a gun pointed at the victims while the second victim ransacked the home. They took an unknown amount of property before fleeing the area on foot, police reported.
The only description police provided of the suspects was two black males wearing dark clothing, masks and possibly latex gloves.
STOCKTON - Firefighters spent nearly six hours early Sunday morning battling and mopping up a fire in a vacant multifamily housing structure at 835 W. Fremont St., four blocks west of the Stockton Ballpark.
The structure that included five units had been boarded up and surrounded by security fencing, hampering firefighters' initial efforts after the call came in at 2:24 a.m. Sunday, the Stockton Fire Department reported. The fire appeared to begin in the back of the building and spread throughout the common attic.
Firefighters who had entered the structure were pulled out for their own safety during the battle while water was continuously sprayed on the fire. Once they got the upper hand, they were allowed back in to fully extinguish the blaze. The roof eventually collapsed into the structure. They finished at the scene around 8 a.m.
No injuries were reported and, since the building was vacant, no one was displaced. The department valued the structure at $175,000 and declared it a total loss. No information was available on the specific cause or origin of the fire.
STOCKTON - Sheriff's investigators are seeking the public's help in providing information that led to a fight between six to seven men during which two men were stabbed.
The fight was reported at 8:40 p.m. Saturday in front of a home in the 3000 block of West De Ovan Avenue. One of the victims was stabbed in his right calf. The second victim was stabbed in his upper back. Both were transported to an area hospital for treatment and reported in stable condition, the Sheriff's Office reported.
Investigators were unable to gather much information from the victims, one because he was uncooperative and the other because of his medical condition. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office at (209) 468-4400 or send a text to 274637 and type SJSO in the message area followed by a space and your tip.
STOCKTON - Two police officers were injured and two suspects were arrested Sunday evening following a traffic stop during which a loaded handgun with an extended magazine was discovered and a lengthy struggle ensued, police reported.
Officers from the Community Response Team and San Joaquin Countywide Multi-Agency Gang Task Force made the initial traffic stop just before 8 p.m. Sunday near Center and Oak streets. While speaking with the driver, Patrick Kamkong, 38, the front passenger, Iman Daily, 28, got out and fled on foot, police reported. He was apprehended but not before fighting with officers, during which a sergeant and an officer received minor injuries. During the fight, police say, Daily had the loaded gun in his possession. He and Kamkong were arrested on suspicion of weapons charges, police said.
STOCKTON - Authorities on Monday identified 20-year-old Charles Edward Saultz Jr. as the bicyclist struck and killed by a vehicle the night before.
Saultz was struck near Thornton and Wagner Heights roads about 7 p.m. Sunday, police said.
No details about the circumstances of the collision were available Monday. Police previously said the driver was cooperating and that no arrests had been made.


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Four NH teen killers to get day in court on sentencesBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 12. 2013 9:52PM
CONCORD — Four teen killers who claim their life without parole sentences are unconstitutional under a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision want new hearings so they can argue for reduced sentences.
Attorneys for convicted first-degree murderers Robert Tulloch, 30, Robert Dingman, 34, Michael Soto, 23, and Eduardo Lopez Jr., 39, maintain their clients are entitled to retroactive relief, even though their clients' convictions were final.
All four were 17 when they committed their crimes. As such, they were "children," a class of offender "constitutionally different from adults" in terms of sentencing, the Supreme Court ruled last June in Miller v. Alabama and its companion case, Jackson v. Hobbs.
In Miller v. Alabama, the court declared unconstitutional automatic life prison terms without chance of parole for juvenile murderers. The court ruled this violated the Eighth Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
A judge could still sentence a juvenile murderer to life without chance of parole, but only after a sentencing hearing at which evidence of mitigating factors — such as immaturity, recklessness or mental health issues — could be presented.
The defense claims the Supreme Court determined the rights contained in Miller are retroactive for juvenile homicide offenders even if their convictions are final.
The state disputes that claim.
Whether Miller applies retroactively to the four cases will be the sole issue argued in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord Tuesday morning. Tulloch waived his appearance at the hearing, the court's clerk said last week. It was not known last week if the other three defendants intend to appear.
Tulloch, 30, formerly of Chelsea, Vt., pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the 2001 slayings of married Dartmouth College professors Half and Suzanne Zantop inside their Hanover home.
Dingman, 34, was convicted with his younger brother of the 1996 murders of their parents, Vance and Eve Dingman, in their Rochester home.
Soto, 23, was convicted of accomplice to first-degree murder in the 2007 shooting death of Aaron Kar in Manchester.
Lopez, 39, was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1991 shooting and robbery of Robert Goyette in Nashua.
To date, just one juvenile killer was deemed eligible for resentencing in New Hampshire under Miller v. Alabama. Steven Spader, 21, had his resentencing hearing held April 22. He waived his right to appear at the hearing and was sentenced in absentia. He received the same sentence — life without parole plus 76 years — that he did when originally convicted at trial.


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Roger Simon: Why the President looks so exhaustedROGER SIMON
September 28. 2013 1:48AM
BARACK OBAMA looks exhausted these days. He looks about as tired, in other words, as the nation feels.
He knows this. At a recent speech, he said that people are always telling him to "hang in there."
"Don't worry about me!" Obama said. "I am still fired up . because I still see the work that needs to be done!"
The audience cheered and applauded his old slogan from 2008 - "Fired up! Ready to go!" - the old fire in the belly, the old Obama.
But by last Sunday, he seemed drained again. Speaking at a memorial to those slain in the Navy Yard shooting, he pointed out it was the fifth time in his presidency that he has addressed communities "ripped apart by mass violence." And his presidency is not even 5 years old.
Though his words were elegantly written and delivered and, I do not doubt, of genuine comfort to the families of the victims, Obama offered no solutions.
"By now," he said, "it should be clear that the change we need will not come from Washington, even when tragedy strikes Washington. Change will come the only way it ever has come, and that's from the American people."
So in the world's greatest democracy, our national government is so broken that it cannot act to save the lives of its citizens from mass slaughter. And the President admits it.
How sad. How true.
I do not blame the President. I do not blame the nation. Nor will I say "the system" is to blame.
The system is not to blame. The scorpions are to blame.
It is the fable of "The Scorpion and the Frog," which dates back at least as far as Aesop and has many forms. It goes like this:
A scorpion comes to the edge of a stream and asks a frog to carry him across. "But if you sting me, I will die," the frog says. The scorpion replies, "But if you died, I would drown." So the frog begins to take the scorpion across, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog.
"Why?" the frog gasps, knowing they now both will drown.
"It is my nature," the scorpion says.
There are scorpions among us. They sit in Congress, committed not to solving problems but to blocking solutions.
They would take the food out of the mouths of children. They would put the insurance companies back in charge of health care. They would shut the government down, refuse to pay the nation's bills, destroy the trust that other countries place in us when they buy our bonds. They would do all this rather than give President Obama the slimmest of political victories.
Why? It is their nature.
I am not talking about the entire Republican Party. I am talking about a faction of far-right, Tea Party-driven congressmen who do not care who drowns. They don't have real alternate plans to help people. They weren't, they believe, elected to help people. They were elected, they believe, to keep the other side from helping people.
"It's just they're not focused on you; they're focused on politics," Obama told a group of autoworkers in Liberty, Mo., earlier this month. "They're focused on trying to mess with me."
The audience laughed, but Obama was deadly serious. Our government lurches from crisis to crisis. Our nation staggers from brink to brink. And why? To mess with the guy in the Oval Office, that's why. (And now that you mention it, where was he really born?)
Obama wants Congress to pass a budget. (Fat chance!) He wants it to raise the debt ceiling so our nation can pay its bills. (Ha!) And he wants something else.
"You should expect some compassion; you should expect some compromise," Obama told the autoworkers. "You should expect the conviction of leaders who wake up and go to work every day not to tear something down but to build something better." (Oh, stop. You're killing me. This is just too funny.)
Unlike some, I don't fear a shutdown of our national government. I fear a shutdown of our national conscience.
The week before last, Congress voted to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program over the next 10 years, even though food stamps keep many working people, including military families, from slipping into poverty.
Cutting off food? Really? Is this what our country has come to?
The good news is that this probably won't happen. In the unlikely event the bill were to be passed, Obama would veto it.
It is just more games. More politics. More meanness of spirit. More trying to tear down rather than build up.
It is just, sadly, what passes for normal in Washington these days.
Roger Simon is Politico's chief political columnist.


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Some people call them water cures. Others call them The Baths. Scandinavian-style spas are age-old European institutions involving a curious mix of pleasure-through-pain. The pleasure comes via hot tubs, Finnish saunas and Turkish steam rooms, or hammams. The pain follows, when you jump into a cold-water bath, dunk into a stream or stand under a waterfall. It's all worthwhile, as the bracing sensation resets our nervous system and gives us a happy jolt. Don't take my word. Try it yourself. The Montreal area has top-notch hammams and Nordic spas, ranging from urban oases to alpine retreats in the country.
Why it's worth it: Tucked inside the Hôtel Place d'Armes, a winning boutique hotel, Rainspa gives busy travellers and knowing locals a chance to decompress and sweat out their stress. Decorated with glittering swaths of turquoise tiles and textured walls, Rainspa transports visitors to another realm. Hotel guests whisper in foreign languages, adding to the exotic thrill of the hammam experience ($30/day). Wearing comfy robes and swinging bottles of water, clients mingle in the relaxation areas outside the hammam before getting massages, facials and special body treatments. Sign up for The Hawaiian Mauna Lua ($195 for 90 minutes) and experience a coffee/orange peel exfoliation, with rose petal butter massage, a body wrap and scalp treatment. Or treat yourself to a Dead Sea Detox exfoliation ($199, 120 minutes) to benefit from a salt scrub, a mud wrap and a Swedish massage. Bring a bathing suit and let the massage artists do the rest. Hungry after all that pampering? Head downstairs to Suite 701 restaurant for a pear and spinach salad ($10).
When: Open Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m; Sunday from 9a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Hôtel Place d'Armes, 55 St. Jacques St. W.
How to get there: From Réne Lévesque Boulevard, turn south on St. Urbain Street. Drive five blocks to St. Jacques Street West. Turn left. Park under the hotel for $12.
Contact: 1-514-282-2727 or www3.rainspa.ca
Studio Beauté du Monde
Why it's worth it: It's closer than Casablanca. This downtown hammam is an ode to Morocco and its exotic beauty rituals. The Turkish hammam is a big part of those rituals, involving 20-minute steam sessions followed by exfoliation with black Alep soap ($73). The hammam, lined with earth-tone tiles, has three chambers -- two for the treatments and one for taking steam. Guests can order body wraps and body oils ($127) or simply bake in the steam. The best-selling treatment is the 1001 Nights ($199), featuring a post-hammam hair treatment with argon oil, an exfoliating facial scrub and mask for hands, face and feet. Saturday, the hammam is open to both sexes, but Sunday is reserved exclusively for women. Couples can book a private session. Access to the hammam is $29, including towel, robe and a locker with key. Bring your own bathing suit and flip-flops please. Leave yourself time to enjoy cups of mint tea while sampling plates of date cookies.
When: Sunday and Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: 1455 Drummond St.,
Suite 2B.
How to get there: From St. Catherine Street West, turn north onto Drummond Street. Park on the street or in the city lot for about $15 an hour.
Contact: 1-514-841-1210 or studiobeautedumonde.com
Balnea Spa
Why it's worth it: High design meets country quiet. Mingle with the beautiful people at Balnea and experience what life is like in the pages of a fashion magazine. This day spa has a futuristic white hammam, as well as high-tech waterfalls, a separate sweat lodge, saunas, four new cedar hot tubs by the lake and a new outdoor bar where you can order a glass of bubbly Mumm Nappa ($14.50) or regular wines (from $7). Want a challenge? Sign up for the boot camp ($155-$185). It's a 60-minute workout, followed by a 60-minute massage, bath access and lunch. Another highlight is the Quattro Balnea ($205), a four-hand massage with chocolate oil. Finish the day with a piece of vegan cake ($7) from the bistro, where signature dishes include Thai soup ($14.50) and plates of tasty grilled veggies ($13.50). You can swan around the Balnea all day for $49. Call and reserve.
When: Closed Tuesdays. Monday and Wednesday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m; Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday to Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: 319 Chemin du Lac Gale, Bromont, Que.
How to get there: Take Highway 10 East out of Montreal, take exit 78, turn right on Shefford, follow the signs.
Contact: 1-866-734-2110 or balnea.ca
Nordic Station
Why it's worth it:the drive: Talk about alpine! Outdoorsy and rustic, the Nordic Station is all about authenticity. Located near Magog in the Eastern Townships, the Nordic Station keeps the focus on Scandinavian-style bathing and unpretentious fun. There are Finnish saunas, hot tubs, Turkish steam baths, Nordic waterfalls and even a babbling brook. The layout is roomy, so guests have space to sprawl. Antique signs, retro skates, fishing gear and old snowshoes hang on the walls, making a statement: we are not trying to impress you city folk. Cosying up to the wood-burning stove in cold weather, guests prepare for a bracing dip in the stream or a snooze on a lounger. Quiet chit-chat is tolerated, so it's an ideal destination for groups of gal pals and families. The day rate is great ($38, students $24 with I.D.) and no reservations are required.
When: Open every day 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: 285 Chemin des Pères, Magog, Que.
How to get there: Take Highway 10 East. Drive about 55 to 65 minutes. Turn south on Highway 112. Drive two minutes.
Contact: 1-866-414-5200 or nordicstation.ca
Scandinave les Bains
Why it's worth the drive: Where else would you wear your new bikini from Brazil? This is the urban sister location of the original Tremblant flagship. And it's beyond stylish. Designed by superstar architects Saucier + Perrotte, Scandinave is a 12,000-square-foot grotto with heated black slate floors. There's a reverential silence in the spa, as guests contemplate the benefits of "taking the cures" -- or jumping into cold water after sweating in a sauna or hammam. The steam bath is along the south wall, with a waterfall down the frosted window. There are no deer grazing on the property, as in Tremblant, so don't expect the alpine experience. It feels more like a boutique hotel with the Latin motto Sanitas Per Aquam, or "health through water." The Zero Stress Lounge must be the city's coolest place to loiter in your bathing suit, sipping soya milk smoothies ($6 to $8) and sharing a chocolate Cookie Stephanie ($2.95). Admittance is $46, including two towels, locker and sandals. Bathing suits are mandatory. Treatments cost extra.
When: Open every day 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: 71 de la Commune West, near St. Sulpice Street.
How to get there: It's best to take the metro to Place d'Armes. If driving: from Réne Lévesque Boulevard, turn south on St. Urbain Street. Drive 10 blocks to de la Commune. Turn left. Parking on the street is difficult. Consider paying for a parking lot. Parking can be $20.
Contact: 1-514-288-2009 or scandinave.com


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Obamacare's choice: DHHS misleads Granite Staters
October 01. 2013 8:42PM
Obamacare's rules are so labyrinthine and complex that the law appropriates $67 million to fund "navigators" — people hired to guide citizens through the process of obtaining insurance coverage on the "exchanges." The law's mind-boggling complexity is so great that the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services webpage designed to explain the basics of the law gets the most basic point of all wrong.
"As of January 1, 2014, most New Hampshire citizens will be required to have health coverage," according to the official state "NH Medicaid and Federal Health Care Reform" page. That is incorrect.
The law does contain what is known as the "individual mandate," but there is a critical caveat. Citizens can choose to pay a fine rather than buy insurance. In 2014 the fine is $95 or 1 percent of family income, whichever is greater. It rises to $325 or 2 percent of family income in 2015 and $695 or 2.5 percent of family income in 2016.
The optional fine is crucial to the very existence of Obamacare. Without this provision, the Supreme Court would have struck down the law as unconstitutional.
Chief Justice John Roberts, in his famous decision last year, wrote for the court majority that the federal government did not have the power under the Commerce Clause to compel people to buy health insurance. Rather, the court upheld the individual mandate because he was willing to "construe what Congress has done as increasing taxes on those who have a certain amount of income, but choose to go without health insurance."
The Department of Health and Human Services needs to correct its website and accurately inform the citizens of the "Live free or die" state that they still have a choice, as dictatory and unAmerican as that choice may be.


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Nashua woman wins Miss New Hampshire titleBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent April 27. 2013 10:21PM
Samantha Russo, 22, of Nashua, reacts after being crowned Miss New Hampshire by outgoing titleholder Megan Lyman. (APRIL GUILMET/Union Leader Correspondent)
DERRY - For Samantha Russo, the first time was a charm.
Russo, 22, of Nashua, was crowned the newest Miss New Hampshire Saturday night. Unlike many other contestants, this was Russo's first time on the Miss New Hampshire stage.
The Emerson College graduate, who works for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, wasn't afraid to show off her goofy side, even agreeing to an impromptu moonwalk across the Stockbridge Theatre stage at Pinkerton Academy.
An aspiring sports reporter whose platform cause is "Kick Butts: Tobacco Education and Prevention,'' she dedicated her performance of "Don't Rain on My Parade" to her grandfather, who sat in the audience.
Twenty-eight women, each of whom had earned a regional title over the past year to qualify for the contest, competed in the 54th annual event. Russo held the Miss Souhegan title.
A dozen finalists made it past the preliminary rounds. In addition to Russo, the other finalists were: Miss Lakes Region Holly Blanchard of Derry; Miss Monadnock Region Jillian Granucci of Manchester; Miss Capital Area Lauren Campbell of Raymond; Miss Greater Derry Kendall Wipff of Goffstown; Miss Deerfield Fair Lauren April of Auburn; Miss Kingston Sarah Mousseau of Stratham; Miss Londonderry Megan Cooley of Auburn; Miss Winnipesaukee Jessica Avelar of Nashua; Miss Rockingham County Kristin Crossland of Seabrook; Miss Seacoast Elysha Greenberg of Windham; and Miss Bedford Julia Neveu of Manchester.
Neveu earned fourth runner-up, Avelar was third runner-up and Mousseau was second runner-up. Wipff was first runner-up.
During the three-hour final round, the finalists were judged on talent, eveningwear and swimwear as they competed for the title and for thousands of dollars in college scholarship money.
Departing Miss New Hampshire Megan Lyman, whose platform cause this past year was in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, had one last surprise before she passed down her crown.
Lyman crowned Abby Strover, a Make-A-Wish-child, as the state's first ever "Miss NH Princess." The Merrimack first-grader has cystic fibrosis.
Lyman had a few words of advice for this year's contestants.
"Have the time of your life," she told them. "And don't forget to smile."
Open to women ages 17 to 24, the Miss New Hampshire competition has awarded $141,450 in scholarships to date.
As the newly crowned Miss New Hampshire, Russo will travel to Atlantic City this September, where she'll have a shot at the Miss America title. That 13-day pageant begins Labor Day weekend, and the finale will be broadcast nationwide on Sept. 15.
Although the pageant had recently been moved to Las Vegas, it will return to its traditional home in New Jersey this fall by popular demand, with the Miss American Parade making its way down the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
No comparable event leading up to the competition was held during the years the pageant was in Las Vegas, aside from an event in 2010 celebrating the pageant's 90th anniversary, according to Sharon Pearce, the pageant's vice president.
"This is an incredible opportunity for all of us to enjoy the rich history of the pageant and its return to Atlantic City," Pearce said.


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That Mont Blanc, as we say, is good enough to sit in. Oh yum! Enjoy.ReplyDelete
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Brilliant set of paintings below<3
What a day! I'm loving it:) Those Mont Blancs are really something! I don't know if I could eat a whole one these days but I'd like to give it a try:)ReplyDelete
The scarf if by Ben Vautier (aka "Ben"), a french artist (don't know if it's him on the pic). He makes paintings and drawings and things with words or sentences. The online shop is closed for now but you can find merchandising in a lot of decoration/souvenirs shops here.
Try the Religieuse à la rose chez Ladurée :)
Enjoy your stay :)
Looks like a lot of fun- AND loads of fodder for future pictures!!!ReplyDelete
What is in that Mont Blanc??!!! Looks amazingly delicious!ReplyDelete
hmmm. oysters. What a combination: L'amour + Paris + des huîtres, if they live up to their reputation as aphrodisiacs ;-)
C'est très dangereux!
Thank you so much for getting your splendid watercolour to me so quickly! I thought perhaps that you would not have time to send it until you got back from Paris and that would have been fine, so I was happily surprised to find it in my mail on Monday. It is now framed and hanging with your Chateau Vaux le Vicomte; a lovely pairing.
Thanks again,
oh what a wonderful post. So much for you to paint here. I love the flower shop and the candy shop. The view of the Eiffel tower..I could go on. Won't tell you to have a good time as I see you already are. How long will you get to be there this trip? oh heck.. have fun. :))ReplyDelete
TWO BITES? Is Paris wasted on you???? Please come to your senses and indulge!
As for the doggies and the windows...the only thing they're doing is putting their slobbery nose prints on the windows! Take it from one who knows....
Wow - totally craving oysters now!
Keep up the posts, this is bliss for me.
PS - what is life? What is happiness? Even French children are such existentialists!
Glad you are having a wonderful time in my city...
where are you staying on rue Cler...address...?
It was my home for many years when I studied there in art and architecture school...
Have a great time chêre Carol...
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this RED message is crazy...sorry my message is not half what I intended to write...
bonne journee.........
i so love rue Cler ...
thanks for taking me along--
to remember the past
to plan for the future.
{{ you do such good things
for the economy of paris, you know }}
I can picture your Jeff de Bruges painting nowReplyDelete
Love those tiny books! And the philosophy books for children... marvelous.ReplyDelete


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April 04. 2013 10:07PM
No ID yet for officers in Walpole shooting
By MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
WALPOLE - The officer-involved shooting death of a Grafton man came after the man refused commands from police to get out of his vehicle and would not comply with officers' orders, Senior Assistant Attorney General Janice K. Rundles said Thursday.
Rundles stayed mum on other details surrounding the death of Larry A. Bohannon, 51, citing the ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
Bohannon died from gunshot wounds to the head, chest and abdomen on March 29.
Bohannon had allegedly robbed a store at gun point in Bellows Falls, Vt. earlier in the day. When he fled into New Hampshire, Alstead and Walpole officers pursued his vehicle until they were able to stop him on Upper Walpole Road in Walpole, where the shooting occurred.
Rundles would not identify the shooter, only saying that Alstead and Walpole officers were the only police on the scene.
"When an officer is involved in the discharging of a firearm that results in either the death or injury of another person," the officer is relieved from duty, "until he or she is ready to go back to regular police work."
Rundles would not comment on whether Bohannon had a firearm.
"We're not releasing any further details surrounding the shooting yet," she said.
Results of the investigation are expected to be released early next week, she said.
Lebanon police Lt. Phil Roberts said Thursday his department is looking into whether Bohannon committed two unsolved armed robberies that took place in March.
In both the March 8 robbery of the Little Store on School Street and the March 27 robbery of the Family Dollar store in the Miracle Mile Plaza, witnesses said a white man, about 6 feet tall, brandished a handgun and demanded money.
When asked if Bohannon was being investigated for unsolved Keene crimes, Keene police referred questions to the Attorney General's Office.
Bohannon had a criminal record. In 1994 he received two concurrent 20-year sentences for a kidnapping conviction in Sullivan County and a bail-jumping conviction out of Cheshire County.
Bohannon was first paroled on the sentences in 1996, then returned to jail two more times for technical parole violations.
He had been wanted as a fugitive from justice since July 2011 when he failed to meet with his parole officer.


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Droning on: Obama's easy way outEDITORIAL
February 10. 2013 12:42AM
John Brennan, President Obama's nominee for the position of CIA director, said during Senate hearings last week that it is better to capture and interrogate suspected terrorists than to kill them from the sky. This is undoubtedly true, which is why Obama's take-the-easy-way-out and just drone-strike them policy is potentially harmful to the long-term security interests of the United States.
"I never believe it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him," Brennan said. The President, though, does. Through an unprecedented use of drones to kill terrorists in places like Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan, the Obama administration has taken out a lot of bad guys. The President boasted of that during last year's election campaign. He presented it as evidence that he is tough on terrorists. And he is, for which we have given him due credit in the past.
However, there always is a tradeoff, and in this tradeoff we get corpses instead of intelligence. The President who famously said there is no military solution to the problem of terrorism is applying a military solution to the problem of terrorism.
Though it is nice to see Obama acknowledge that we are engaged in a war and not a criminal prosecution, his overreliance on drones has become a serious problem.
The President would rather kill with drone strikes and keep his hands clean than capture these guys and take them to Gitmo, where we could learn enough to, maybe, dismantle their networks for good. It's how we got Osama bin Laden, after all, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta admitted on "Meet The Press" last week.
The Obama administration's greatest coup in the War on Terror came from the interrogations of captured terrorists by the Bush administration. But the President won't use those same successful methods to finish the job. Rather than risk being called a torturer, he just orders the terrorists executed via remote control. It's so much easier that way, for him, at least.


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Large drug bust occurs on Chestnut and Third streets
Boonville — The Boonville Police Department, along with the M.U.S.T.A.N.G. Drug Task Force, the Cooper County Sheriff's Department, the Missouri Highway Patrol and the Cooper County Prosecuting Attorney's Office executed two search warrants Thursday evening at 315 Chestnut and 923 Third Streets, resulting in multiple arrests.
Both arrests were served after investigations into drug activity in Boonville.
According to Boonville Police Chief Bobby Welliver, Bridget Trimble, 41, Joseph Rainsbarger, 23; Samantha Rainsbarger, 25; George R. Hale, 36; and Arttavis M. Ferrell, 23, were all arrested for marijuana, methamphetamine and other pills, drug paraphernalia and items associated with the sale and distribution of drugs.
All suspects were taken to the Cooper County Detention Center, and charges are pending from the Cooper County Prosecuting Attorney.
By law each of these personnel are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
Chief Welliver expressed appreciation for each of the agencies who participated in the investigation and execution of the search warrants.
An earlier report named 305 Chestnut as one of the locations for the drug bust, the correct address is 315 Chestnut.


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Robert S. Pech was born May 13, 1945 in San Jose, Calif., the second of three sons born to Allison Everett and Esther Erler Pech. Bob graduated from the University of Oregon in 1969. He married Meredith Ayer in 1973 and worked in the electrical industry, taking early retirement when Multiple Sclerosis prohibited him from working.
Bob was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland, Ore. and his beliefs guided and sustained him throughout his life. He was gifted with an ability to engage with those he met along in his journey, and he touched many people in meaningful ways. As MS relentlessly diminished his physical capabilities, Bob became an inspirational model of courage and grace as he continued to live a life of optimism, joy, and love.
Bob was a proud father and was well-loved by his three daughters. He was a hands-on dad, and he loved welcoming other children into the family circle. He chaperoned school and church field trips. He loved playing volleyball, and in addition to playing on city league teams, he spent countless hours bumping and spiking with youngsters developing their skills. Bob played the banjo and guitar and enjoyed playing in groups throughout his life before MS claimed his dexterity. Bob was a diehard football fan with special affection for the Ashland Grizzlies, and he could be seen in his wheelchair cheering the team at home games.
Bob's commitment to helping others directed his life. He was a trained Stephen Minister, served on the Vestry at church, was on the board of the Ashland Emergency Food Bank, and facilitated a support group for those with MS.
Bob was a steadfast friend to many. He was instrumental in the life of the Bandidos, a group of high school buddies that met yearly; men whose lifelong connection forged deep, abiding bonds. Those who counted Bob among their friends knew him as a loyal and encouraging friend, and he touched people deeply.
Bob entered the Kingdom Saturday, June 8, 2013, leaving a legacy of love and faith. He considered his family his greatest accomplishment.
Bob is survived by his wife of 39 years, Meredith; his daughters, Margaret Pech, Tessa (Tim) Johnston, and Laura Pech (Jeremy). In his final years Bob took great delight in being "Papa" to his six grandchildren, Kekoa and Lucy Kaho'okaulana, Brooke and Alex Johnston, and Loki and Ayla Foust. He is also survived by brother, Allison James Pech (Rosemarie); nieces, Lisa Hord (Jeff) and Louise Texiera (Todd). He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Daniel G. Pech.
The family would like to thank Ashland Home Health, his kind and loving caregivers, and the many friends and neighbors who helped him through his final days.
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 N. Second, Ashland, Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. A celebration of Bob's life will follow in the Parish Hall. All are invited to join as we celebrate a remarkable life - Bob style - with barbeque and bluegrass. Donations in Bob's memory should be sent to the Ashland Emergency Food Bank, the Multiple Sclerosis Society or the Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.


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Wife of hepatitis C victim, claiming she's now infected, sues Exeter HospitalBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
October 30. 2013 10:56PM
BRENTWOOD — A Hampstead woman is suing Exeter Hospital and other agencies, claiming she became infected with hepatitis C through contact with her husband after he contracted the virus from "serial infector" David Kwiatkowski while being treated at the hospital.
In a lawsuit filed in Rockingham County Superior Court, Linda Sanborn says her husband, Alden "Butch" Sanborn, transmitted hepatitis C to her through "intimate contact" that occurred before they were aware of his infection.
"Certainly it's a fear of spouses and an understandable one," Linda Sanborn's attorney, Paul Kleinman said of the partners of those affected by the hepatitis C outbreak caused by Kwiatkowski's drug diversion scheme while working as a hospital lab technician.
According to the suit, Butch Sanborn was admitted to the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab on Jan. 27, 2012, for a procedure.
The suit said he became infected with hepatitis C through Kwiatkowski, who has admitted that while working at Exeter Hospital he would "swap out" the pain killer fentanyl by taking a syringe of the drug and replacing it with a syringe containing saline. He would inject the drug and then refill the syringe with saline. The syringe's dirty needle was then reused on unsuspecting patients.
Butch Sanborn was diagnosed with hepatitis C, a potentially fatal viral infection of the liver, in late March 2012 after he was admitted to a Boston hospital.
Linda Sanborn was tested for the virus last year, but the test result was negative at the time, according to Kleinman of Bouchard, Kleinman & Wright of Manchester.
"What happened was it was one of those situations where the disease hadn't shown up at that point. This was a unique situation and one where it was passed on by someone who had a very, very significant viral load in terms of the disease," Kleinman said Wednesday.
New Hampshire Director of Public Health Dr. Jose Montero said Wednesday he could not discuss any particular patient, but he did confirm that only one person contracted hepatitis C through secondary transmission.
Experts say hepatitis C is transmitted when blood from a person infected with the virus enters the body of someone who is not infected.
The suit was brought against the hospital, the American Healthcare Service Association, Triage Staffing Inc., the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, and Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. The suit accuses all of the defendants of negligence.
In August, Kwiatkowski, 34, pleaded guilty to 14 charges related to the outbreak after making a deal with federal prosecutors following a nationwide investigation into the hepatitis C scare that infected 32 patients at Exeter Hospital and at least a dozen more at other hospitals he worked at in Maryland and Kansas. One patient in Kansas has since died.
Kwiatkowski, who is expected to be sentenced to 30 to 40 years in prison in December, admitted that he's been diverting drugs since 2002, according to court documents.
Kwiatkowski told investigators that he swapped out fentanyl-filled syringes about 50 times while working at Exeter Hospital and did the same at other hospitals where he worked.
"Despite the fact that there were various red flags that should have alerted the hospital to the fact that its employee David Kwiatkowski, who was working in patient care, was drug-seeking, the defendant did not take reasonable and appropriate action to supervise, monitor and implement appropriate discipline to its employee, who ended up infecting patients including Butch Sanborn with hepatitis C," Sanborn's suit said.


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As the end of 2010 draws near, Stanczyk feels the need to recall his family to mind. The duties of the family historian are felt most keenly. Joys are larger and the sorrows are most burdensome.
Please say a prayer for the loved ones lost to us this year:
9-JAN-2010 – Stephen E. Eliasz, my god father died. I miss his strong wisdom
25-FEB-2010 – Phyllis M. (nee Darbe) Gawlik – my 2nd cousin's mother. My father was their best man at their wedding
Peace be with them. God grant Stanczyk a respite from the sorrow.
There is an old saying…
When a man dies, his wife is a widow,
likewise, when a woman dies her husband is a widower
If a child's parents die, that child is an orphan,
But if a man's child dies, there is no word for that,
for God could not bear to hear it
So a bitter adieu to 2010 as it joins the days of long ago. Stanczyk is looking forward, but like Orpheus, I could not help myself from sneaking one last peak backwards.


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March 08. 2013 12:24AM
Panel recommends raising Manchester mayor's pay 59 percent
By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
Sen. Kelly Ayotte administers the oath of office to Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas during the City of Manchester Inaugural Ceremonies in January 2012. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
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MANCHESTER - City voters may get the chance to sign off on a hefty pay raise for the mayor.
The Charter Commission this week approved a motion that would hike the compensation for the office from $68,000 to $107,937, a nearly 59 percent increase.
The proposal is the first to have broad support among the commissioners, who approved it by a wide margin on Wednesday. The only two dissenting votes on the nine-member panel came from Commissioners Rich Girard and Will Infantine, who agreed that the salary of the city's highest elected officer was too low, but differed on the means to change it.
The mayor's salary has not changed since 1997, after the 1996 Charter Commission raised it to $68,000. The mayor of Manchester, the state's largest city, makes considerably less than the mayor of Nashua, the next largest city, where the position is governed by regular raises. The current mayor there, Donnalee Lozeau, earns $113,000 a year.
The 1996 charter vote that established the mayor's salary also gave aldermen the authority to raise it. They never did.
"I don't think there was the will to do it," said Commissioner Mike Lopez, the longtime member of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen who proposed the motion that was passed by the commission. "It was talked about, but there never was a motion made in reference to it ... It always came up in an election year, and nobody wanted to get involved."
Lopez, a Democrat, arrived at the figure of $107,937 by taking the current entry level pay for department heads, excluding that of the airport director and district superintendent. The salary would still be low paid compared to those of other department heads, who enjoy mandated yearly raises.
Lopez had originally proposed a graduated pay scale for the mayor, but the commissioners rejected the idea.
The public will get a chance to weigh in on the pay hike and other proposals when the commission holds public hearings later in the month.
For his part, Mayor Ted Gatsas said he would let the Charter Commission propose the changes it deemed prudent. "Whatever the appropriation, I ran not based on the salary, but because I love the city," he said.


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(in honour of the 3,000th post in this part of the forums)
I took a trip to the year 3000
This song had gone multi platinum
Everybody bought our seventh album
It had outsold Kelly Clarkson
Little miss, little miss, little miss can't be wrong
Wha'tcha gonna do to get into another one of these here rock 'n' roll songs?
Nerd Anthem, Marian Call
All the cool kids keep enthusiasm rationed
Right down to the last explosive ounce
But I'd rather indulge my many passions
Even if my squaritude is overly pronounced
Perhaps I do not strike you as a geek
Without the horn-rimmed glasses or knee-high argyle socks
But nerdery is more than wardrobe-deep
And I'm a nerd down in my heart, and that's where nerdhood rocks
Oh, I'm better acquainted than a good girl ought to be
With Aragorn and Yo-Saff-Bridge and Worf and HAL and Han
But you don't really know me and my culture don't control me
So don't you pigeonhole me, cuz my phaser's set to stun
Oh, I have been a nerd since long before I could have heard that
Bookish girls should look and act a certain way
And I'll still be a geek when I am utterly antique
Because I do not care what normal people say
My superpower's draining fun from parties
But if I am a misfit then I'm in good company
With Auden, Austen, Hawking, Galileo, and Van Gogh
And countless other weirdos whom you really ought to know
So stow your expectations — no — I won't fix your PC
And I don't mind being underrated or ignored
The world is much too interesting to entertain ennui
So I will never play it cool, and I will never once be bored
Oh, I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard that
Pale and scrawny was the latest fashion trend
And I'll still be a geek after nobody thinks it's chic
Because I don't require approval in the end
In aught-four, D-Kwon's Dance Grooves swept the country
And suddenly old moon boots were Italian haute couture
Time Magazine reported that our hour had finally come
I guess they didn't know that we already run the world
Oh, I have been a nerd since my first (five-syllable) word
And no TV series or movie changes that
And I'll still be a geek now Vote for Pedro's so last week
I do not care whether Milan endorses plaid
Oh, I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard
That pale and scrawny was the latest fashion trend
And I'll still be a geek after nobody thinks it's chic
You will find that I have nothing to defend
Oh, I don't need your approval in the end
Swingin' the Alphabet!
B-A-bay, B-E-bee, B-I-bicky-bi, B-O bo, bicky-bi bo, B-U bu, bicky bi bo bu.
I sing that song sometimes and used to sing it to the son. Fun song once you figure it out.
When you greet a stranger look at his shoes
Keep your money in your shoes put your trouble behind
When you greet a stranger look at her hands
Keep your money in your hands put your travel behind
Who are you going to call for, what do you have to say
Keep your hat on your head home is a long way away
At the end of the day, I'll forget your name
I'd like it here if I could leave and see you from a long way away
When you greet a stranger, look at her shoes
Keep you memories in your shoes, put your travel behind
Who are you going to call for, what do you have to say
Keep your hat on your head
Home is a long way away
At the end of the day, when there are no friends
When there are no lovers, who are you going to call for
What do you have to change
A familiar face a foreign place I forget your name
I'd like it here if I could leave and see you from a long way away
Who are you going to call for, what do you have to say
Keep your hat on your head
Home is a long way away
-- Good Advices, R.E.M.
O Superman. O Judge. O Mom and Dad.
...when force is gone, there's always Mom.
Hi Mom!
Whoa Black Betty, Bam ba lam
Whoa Black Betty, Bam ba lam
She's From Burlyham, bam ba lam
Went down in Alabam, bam ba lam
Well, She's shaking that thing, Bam ba lam
Oh she makes me sing, Bam ba lam
Whoa Black Betty, Bam ba lam
Whoa Black Betty, Bam ba lam
Slow ride, take it easy
Slow ride, take it easy
Slow ride, take it easy
I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night
When tragedy befalls you
Don't let it drag you down
Love can cure your problems
You're so lucky I'm around
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
...to your heart
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl...
How much does it cost? I'll buy it!
The time is all we've lost- I'll try it!
But he can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine!
Sunshine go away today,
I don't feel much like dancing
Welcome to the grand illusion!
Come on in and see what's happening!
Pay the price!
Get your tickets for the show!!
"I'm never coming back!" they heard him cry
...and I believe him
Well, he never meant to do anything wrong
It's gonna get worse if he waits too long
Billy, Billy don't lose my number
'Cos you're not anywhere that I can find you
Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl!
SkekTek wrote:
I want to do something that matters.
kenney9226 wrote:O Superman. O Judge. O Mom and Dad.
...when force is gone, there's always Mom.
Hi Mom!
It's a long story but I've been looking for this song for almost 30 years...Thanks Kenny!
...don't analyze what I'm doing here!
wanna be impulsive? reckless?
...but now you're running away with my heart!
Too much magic bus!
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed,
Someone's taken my place!
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart...
Darkness makes me fumble for a key to a door that's wide open...
Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
Sonny, if you want it, here it is come and get it!
The low rider is a little higher...
Take a little trip
Take a little trip
Take a little trip with me
We've been together since way back when
Sometimes I never want to see you again
But I want you to know, after all these years
You're still the one I want whisperin' in my ear...
The drinks flow
People forget
That big wheel spins, the hair thins
People forget
Forget they're hiding
The news slows
People forget
The shares crash, hopes are dashed
People forget
Forget they're hiding.
Behind an eminence front
You may hate me but it ain't no lie,
Baby Bye, bye, bye...
Bye Bye!
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed
strange days indeed.
Everybody's runnin'
and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner
and no one seems to lose.
You don't have to be born into this society
You pay for love, but the hate comes free
...You get so stoned you think you could fly
But you won't get high on the low life
I remember finding out about you
Every day, my mind is all around you
Looking out of my lonely gloom, day after day
Bring it home, baby, make it soon
I give my love to you...
You know the demon's in the design
A good idea at the time
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at time
If I knew all about this one thing,
Wouldn't that be something?
I don't want to be the girl you tame
an oddity, locked away somewhere safe.
What's all these crazy questions they askin' me?
This is the craziest party there could ever be
Don't turn on the lights, 'cause I don't want to see
Mama told me not to come...
I seen so many things
I ain't never seen before
I don't know what it is
somebody shut that door
Mama told me not to come...
I dreamed I was in a hollywood movie
And that I was the star of the movie
This really blew my mind!
Spill the wine, take that pearl!
...And everyone but me is destined just to be
Slaves to the remorseless grind
But I found myself an easy way out,
Sticking that givling djoy into my arms
Into my arms
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a givl!
Never ever have I ever felt so low
When you gonna take me out of this black hole?
The mountain is high, the valley is low
and you're confused 'bout which way to go
So I flew in to give you a hand
and lead you into the promised land
Come on and take a free ride (free ride)
come on and take it by my side
come on and take a free ride!
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all...
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together
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Hot and Spicy Jerky Seasoning 25pk.
Hot and Spicy Jerky Seasoning 25pk.
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If you like your jerky hot and spicy, this is the flavor for you. Our hot and spicy jerky spice has just the right kick for all of you serious hot and spicy lovers.
Our Food Dehydrator line makes beef jerky easy to prepare.
Can't decide? Want more choices? You can also try the Variety Pack! It includes an assortment of flavors, so you can choose a favorite! Just click on the Variety Pack on the menu bar on the left.
Make great tasting Beef Jerky or Venison Jerky at Home!
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Great for watching the game.
For your health, it is a nutrient dense, high-protein food.Great tasting satisfying snack, or you could eat potato chips?
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Use our kits to make delicious beef jerky, venison jerky, poultry jerky or wild game jerky.
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• Each 25 pack includes 25 Spice Seasoning packs of the same flavor. 25 Cures packs are also included.
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5 out of 5
Too C
Savanna, IL
Mix Hot and Spicy with Sweet Hardwood
Nov. 27, 2015
I like to mix the spicy with the sweet. Been doing this for a couple of years now and people go crazy about it! Gave some to a farmer friend, now he gives me free meat just so I make some for him! Try it, you won't be disappointed!
5 out of 5
Laura B
Cody, WY
Delicious when mixed half-half with original
Apr. 28, 2015
Excellent seasoning . We mix packages of hot or cracked pepper & garlic with original so isn't overwhelming. I want to still taste the meat. And the price on website kicks the socks off what I could get locally...including Walmart.
5 out of 5
Don H
Glen Ellyn, IL
Kick **s
Oct. 2, 2013
I've been using both hot and spicey and the original for over 10 years and recommend both without any hesitation. For those of us who like a little more kick...try adding a couple of habenero peppers to the mix (usually make 7-10 lbs at a time). I usually let it marinate for 24 to 48 hours before dehydrating for 5 1/2 hours.
5 out of 5
Laura C
Front Royal, VA
Deliciously hot & spicy
Feb. 3, 2013
If you are looking for a real kick of heat & spice, this hot & spicy jerky seasoning is the one for you! We've always purchased the original mix (which is truly amazing) but our family wanted us to kick it up a notch in the spice/heat dept. We added our own pepper flakes to original flavor but it didn't add the kick we really wanted. I purchased the smaller pack of the hot & spicy to tried out and my husband and I were immediately hooked. The hot & spicy flavor is phenominal but it is not for the faint of heart. This is for those of you who really like to hot & spicy food. It has the kind of heat that hits you right away but keeps you wanting more and more. With that said, I just ordered the 25 pack. Venison jerky never tasted so good! Nesco, thank you for such a wonderful product.
5 out of 5
Joseph J
sydney, NS
This stuff is awesum
June 18, 2012
Want to be a hit with your jerky loving buddies. Try this spice and watch them reach for more. This stuff is awesum, just enough to offer you that heat loving taste, just cool enough to have you wanting another piece. I love it and my friends love it and if that's not good enough then try it yourself. You will be thanking me in your comments after you give this spice a try. And here is a little tip, Make Lots, Joey
4 out of 5
James C
Ochelata, OK
This is a very good Jerky mix
May 7, 2012
I add ground jalapeno's I grow in my garden to the mix.
5 out of 5
Alice H
Lufkin, TX
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Apr. 28, 2012
I use this jerky seasoning in all my jerky. It is the best of all I have tried.
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: I have worked to discover the truth about the Benghazi attacksBY SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN
January 28. 2013 6:13PM
The terrorist attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, resulted in the tragic loss of four Americans and has shaken our country and our diplomatic corps. It represented the first murder of a U.S. ambassador since 1979 and was a stark reminder that our diplomats around the world put their lives on the line every day for our country. Simply put, the U.S. government did not do enough to protect those diplomats, and we need to do better in the future.
I take that responsibility very seriously, and since the day of the attack my focus has been on learning what mistakes were made and taking steps to prevent them from being repeated in the future. Unfortunately, the Jan. 24 Union Leader editorial completely misrepresents my work over the past several months and its criticisms are simply not factual. In reality, I have been quietly focused on rising above the political rancor and working in a bipartisan fashion to find out the facts and ultimately limit the risk of another Benghazi.
I joined my colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a bipartisan Sept. 27 effort demanding the State Department provide an accurate and full accounting of the events that took place before, during and after the attack, as well as an assessment of the state of security of other diplomatic missions around the globe.
I participated in the Foreign Relations Committee's investigation of the matter and have attended six formal hearings and classified briefings on this issue. I have spent hours listening to testimony of administration officials. At two public hearings on the Benghazi attack, I raised the concern about having too few military assets in the region to respond to such an attack. I asked how we identify and prioritize "high risk" posts like Benghazi and pressed the administration to assess the cooperation between the Pentagon and State in the lead-up and aftermath of the attack.
I had the opportunity to view classified video which showed real-time footage of the attack in Benghazi and question intelligence officials on the events.
I have also read the Accountability Review Board's (ARB) well-documented report on what went wrong in Benghazi and attended a briefing on the report by the two independent co-chairs. The report, a direct and honest account of the mistakes that were made, outlines the insufficient security platform that was in place, the gaps in intelligence, and detailed "systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies." As a result of the report, four ?high-level officials have been put on administrative leave.
The ARB also explicitly stated that Congress failed to provide the kinds of resources the State Department needed to do its job safely. This is exactly why I raised the issue of resources with Secretary Hillary Clinton, who understands more than most that empty words of support without real, actual resources will do nothing to protect our diplomats abroad. Congress must make sure the State Department has these necessary resources in the future.
I have spent my career focused on real, bipartisan solutions. That is how I always approach contentious issues, and the attacks in Benghazi and its aftermath are no different.
It is my job as a U.S. senator to not only get to the bottom of what happened, but also to make sure Congress and this administration take steps to avert future attacks. We failed to do enough to protect Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11. We have to be honest about what mistakes were made, learn from them, and make sure we don't repeat them.
Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, represents New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.
Editor's note: The Union Leader stands by its editorial which noted Sen. Shaheen's failure to ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton important questions about Benghazi.


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NEGATIVLAND: Fair Use (book)
A thick 270 pp A4 book containing fully comprehensive materials surrounding the release, withdrawal and subsequent legal cases surrounding Negativland's 'U2' release. The documents you'd never normally see, memos, legal letters, faxes as well as a wealth of press material, commentary, interesting insights into Island records, U2, American radio, the current chaos and inequity of copyright law, 'alternative' record labels and more. Actually, as well as being a sustained argument about copyright, and a sustained advertisement for Negativland, it is also an extremely well made, readable and excellent insight into one of the more critical art questions of our time. Any serious student of contemporary culture should have it. Plus you get a classy Negativland CD which deals with the same issues as art; funny, sharp, technically accomplished and good to listen to. A media montage, cunningly orchestrated and mostly plundered. And you get an introduction by Gary Powers Jnr. The cherry on the top! L
Weight means we have to add postage to this - sorry £3.00 UK, £4.00 Europe, £6.00 World.
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - Jozef and Anton - FULL CONTACT
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We brought the lovely Jozef Vavrich together with the equally handsome Anton Malac for this duo. Jozef is standing on a couch, in just his undies, groping himself. Anton, also in only underwear, walks in and stands in front of him. Jozef's hands move to Anton's shoulders and begin to massage them. The guys then kiss each other and Anton turns and pulls down Jozef's underwear, releasing a very hard cock. He bends forward and takes that cock in his mouth and starts sucking on it. He takes his time, making sure he does a good job of sucking. Jozef moans with pleasure as Anton's hot mouth does its work. Anton then turns Jozef around, and bend his over, so that his gorgeous ass is available. Leaning forward Anton starts to rim that ass, his tongue landing on Jozef's hot little hole. Anton does a great job with his tongue, lapping all over the hole. Then Anton lays down, wanking himself as Anton postions himself so that his balls can be licked. It is a natural move from that into a full 69 as Anton bends over Jozef and they suck each others' hard cocks. Anton then replaces Jozef on the couch, his cock rock hard. Jozef sits his ass down on that big cock and starts to ride it. His ass slides all over Anton's dick taking it all as deep as he can. Anton loves the feeling and starts fucking that hot hole. A change of position has Jozef bent over with Anton's dick ramming into his ass. As Anton's cock works in and out of that tight ass, stretching it very well, Jozef's own cock stays rock hard. Moving into a spoon position allows Anton to continue to fuck as Jozef wanks himself. His hand, wrapped firmly around his cock, Jozef soon shoots his creamy cum all over himself. Anton is ready too and moves up to unload over Jozef's face. Having cum he then leans down and kisses Jozef before feeding his cock into his mouth for cleaning off. What a lovely scene from two very hot guys.
Newcomer Karel Lumil came in for a massage. We see him, wearing just his undies as he walks into the room and begins to feel that great looking body. He removes his underwear so we can see him in all his glory as his hands explore his body. Then he lays down awaiting the masseur. The masseur arrives and after covering Kamil's sexy ass with a towel, gets to work massaging his back. The hands work all over Karel's back, with nice, long strokes, going deep into the muscles. Removing the towel the masseur begins to massage that sexy ass. Then it is onto those thick, athletic legs. The oil makes the legs glisten as the hands glide over them and onto the feet. As they work back up the legs, to that hot ass, the hands dip between the thigh and caress Karel's cock and balls. It seems that Karel's cock has got quite hard from the sensitive touch of the hands. Karel moves onto his knees, with his ass being shown perfectly. The masseur's hands run over that ass and reach underneath Karel to push his cock back. It is nice and hard and, pulling on the balls brings it back thru the legs very well. That cock is wanked as Karel's ass is played with. A finger slips into his hot, tight hole as his cock is wanked. Then a vibrator slides into that hole, going nice and deep. As it fucks his ass Karel's cock stays nice and hard, as it is wanked. He turns over, onto his back, with his legs in the air and the vibrator goes back into that hot ass. The masseur then wanks on that cock to give us a great view of it as Karel looks into the camera. He is a very good looking guy and took his massage very well indeed.
Kamil Jezek is aged 18 and lives in Prague. He is a student who enjoys chicks, athletics and football. Kamil is a lovely looking guy. He does a very nice interview and then stands to start his video show. His hands begin to roam over his body, lifting his black tee-shirt to show off his abs. Then he opens his shorts and takes out his good sized cock. He begins to tug on that cock and it quickly grows to its full size. Kamil then removes his tee-shirt, showing off his fit looking torso as he continues to wank on his cock. Sitting down on the bed, and leaning back he pulls on his cock and lowers the shorts some more. We get a great view of that big cock and heavy balls as he wank. Moving up the bed, with the shorts off Kamil's legs spread as he looks into the camera while he wanks. With the legs spread we can now see his tight ass hole. Kamil keeps that cock nice and hard as we close in on his hole. He turns onto his side and then fully over so he can get onto his knees with the ass in perfect view. Wanking all the while Kamil continues to move, so that we get some great views of his ass as he uses a hand to spread the cheeks so that the tight pucker hole is shown. Soon he is ready to cum and lays down on the bed and wanks himself to a full, creamy climax with the cum landing on his hot body. Then it is off to the shower to clean up.
Hugo Zuzka is from Holice and is aged 24. He is a student who enjoys sport, squash and boxing. What a good looking guy Hugo is. As he poses for the camera and begins to remove his clothes he is very impressive. With his chest, hair intact, nicely developed he looks most enticing. The abs are well developed too and as he lowers his jeans we are teased with his sexy ass. Then we get to see his cock and what an impressive sight that is too. When he is fully naked and posing for the camera Hugo really shines. Things get even better as he gets that cock fully hard and poses some more. It is a very impressive erection. Hugo also ensures that we get a full measure of ass shots, with the cheeks spread to show us that hot, tight pucker hole. All in all a most impressive model, one who makes us want to see more. I can hardly wait for his erotic video.


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Granite Status: Sen. Kelly Ayotte in the political catbird seat right nowBY JOHN DISTASO
Senior Political Reporter
October 20. 2013 5:45PM
"ROCK STAR" KELLY. U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, elected nearly three years ago, has become the rising Republican star on Capitol Hill — establishment Republican, that is.
She had already been gaining prominence before the partial government shutdown, taking a lead role in probing and criticizing the Obama administration over the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
She had been a target of gun controlers like New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns," after voting against a universal background check measure in the spring of this year. For the same vote, she had become a hero of pro-Second Amendment advocates.
And she has been prominent, along with her "amigos" Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, on several issues including fiscal and foreign policy.
Ayotte had been successfully straddling the line between Tea Party favorite and establishment Republican — until the shutdown occurred.
It was time for Ayotte to pick a side, and she chose against the "de-fund Obamacare" move. And not in a shy way.
During the shutdown, Ayotte turned up prominently on talking head TV. Her mantra was yes, Obamacare should be repealed — or at least delayed — but shutting down the government was the wrong avenue, from a political and a policy perspective.
Here was the one-time "Mama Grizzly," backed in 2010 by none other than Sarah Palin in her primary over the more conservative Ovide Lamontagne, now taking the lead role in a highly-publicized confrontation with de-fund/shutdown champion Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
This was the same Cruz who, in August, had come to New Hampshire for a state GOP fundraiser and called Ayotte a "rock star" and "tough as granite."
Granite, indeed, when Ayotte took Cruz to task in a Republican Senators meeting for his strategy. She blamed him for a conservative group's attacking her and other Republican senators for supporting the key procedural vote that allowed the Senate to vote down the House-passed de-funding of Obamacare.
That got her a lengthy, scathing piece in The American Spectator, titled, "Kelly Ayotte's Lynch Mob."
No matter. Ayotte strongly disagreed with the shutdown approach. And she assumed a leadership role in the legislation that ended the partial shutdown. She was the first senator to publicly announce the Senate deal.
Ayotte told us in an interview at the weekend that Maine's Susan Collins reached out to her and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski to try to build a bipartisan plan. The three Senate Republicans then worked with other Republicans and Democrats — mostly women, by the way — to work on their own agreement, which, she said, "in the end did not end up being the final agreement."
The group of 14 went to the leadership "to say there is a group of us who were tired of this," Ayotte said, and were ready to announce their own agreement if the leadership did not reach its own.
"What we did was prompt our leadership and push the leadership to get something done," Ayotte said. Acting as a "catalyst," she said, "is the best way to frame it."
"It was a time when no one was reaching out or looking across the aisle. It helped prompt some movement on the part of the leadership."Ayotte shrugged off the criticism from the far right.
"I was just looking to call it as I see it," she said. "I ran against Obamacare and my voting record is very strong against Obamacare. But nobody who was pushing this de-funding movement could describe for me what the end game was.
"You've got to bring some common sense to this and say, yes, I believe in my position on Obamacare but we need to get a result for the people of the country," she said. "And to shut down the government in my view was just never a winning strategy. So that's where I differ with those people."
Ayotte said that as a member of the Senate Budget Committee, she will be on the House-Senate conference committee working on a long-term budget agreement. So she will continue to have a key role.Did she expect to have such a high profile after less than three years in office?
"No," she said, "but I also knew I wanted to get things done. I want to solve problems for the country and it's obviously a challenging environment. Trying to find people to work with an drive to get things done has drawn my interest."
A LITTLE SELF-PROMOTION? If anyone in the media had missed all the praise for Ayotte, her office saw to it to make us keenly aware.
Last Thursday, her office sent out an email with the subject line: "What They're Saying: Ayotte Praised for Bipartisan Leadership and Showing 'Needed Spine' to End Government Shutdown, Address Debt Ceiling."
It included pro-Ayotte material from the Boston Globe, Sen. Collins, Time, the Concord Monitor, the Union Leader and even Josiah Bartlett Center's Charlie Arlinghaus, as well several quotes from Ayotte and about Ayotte from broadcast or published sources.
Self-promotion is nothing new in politics. But wouldn't this sort of email have been more appropriate from a campaign committee, donor-funded source, rather than her official, taxpayer-funded, electronic stationery?
One veteran Capitol Hill Republican aide pointed out that these "What They're Saying" emails, issued under congressional Senate letterhead, are common.
The aide noted that Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and both House members, as well as Senators and House members across the country on both sides of the aisle, often do the same.The aide said the email was "an update on (Ayotte's) legislative work" and such emails in general are "informational in the same way the press releases that members of Congress issue every day are informational.
"They don't have anything to do with the core functions of campaigns, influencing the outcome of elections or raising money."
Really? Self-promotion has nothing to do with influencing elections or raising money? Since when?
FUND-RAISING. The third quarter fund-raising figures are in from the 2014 candidates for federal offices and not surprisingly, the incumbent Democrats have substantial leads over Republican challengers.
Senators' figures are not yet posted on the Federal Election Commission web site, but Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office tells us she reported having raised $950,000 from July 1 through Sept. 30 and entered October with $2.8 million on hand.
Her only major announced Republican challenger, former state Sen. Jim Rubens, announced Thursday he had put $250,000 of his own money into his campaign and had raised an additional $20,000 in the 12 days between his formal announcement on Sept. 18 and the Sept. 30 filing deadline. Rubens said he had $260,000 on hand.
(Ayotte is not up for reelection until 2016, but her office was unable to provide us with her third-quarter fund-raising totals as of Friday. She had $1.1 million on hand as of the June 30 end of the second quarter.)
In the House races, Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter raised $183,110 during the third quarter and $381,474 so far in the election cycle. She reported having $281,000 on hand as of Sept. 30.
Neither of her 1st District announced Republican opponents, Frank Guinta and Dan Innis, raised money during the third quarter.
Guinta campaign consultant Ethan Zorfas has said, however, that the campaign collected $200,000 for a fund-raiser that had been scheduled for Oct. 8 featuring Ayotte and 2012 vice presidential nominee and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. The fund-raiser was cancelled due to the government shutdown but the Guinta camp kept the money as campaign contributions.
Innis did not announce his candidacy until Oct. 9.
U.S. Rep. Ann Kuster, meanwhile, raised $330,275 in the third quarter and $1.02 million so far in this election cycle. She reported having $809,000 on hand.
Her lone announced 2nd District GOP opponent, Gary Lambert, reported raising $173,571 since he announced his candidacy on Sept. 4 and had $172,681 on hand.
OBAMACARE: LOVE IT OR HATE IT. Two polls released last week showed wildly different results on how Granite Staters supposedly feel about Obamacare.
First up was a New England College poll, released Tuesday. The survey of 1,063 registered voters taken on Oct. 7 to 9 showed 58 percent of Granite Staters support the Affordable Care while 38 percent disapproved and 5 percent were unsure.
Two days later came a poll conducted by the UNH Survey Center for WMUR. This one, surveying 663 "randomly selected adults" between Oct. 7 and 16, showed only 40 percent favored the law, while 47 percent opposed it and 14 percent were neutral or did not know enough about it to say.
So, go figure.
The NEC poll, by the way, showed that 49 percent blamed Republicans in Congress for the recent government shutdown, while 30 percent blamed President Barack Obama.
MATCH-UPS. The New England College polls tried to look ahead to potential 2014 state primary and general election matchups.
A hypothetical U.S. Senate Republican primary contest had former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown receiving support from 47 percent of those polled, with former U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass at 21 percent, Rubens at 5 percent and conservative activist Karen Testerman at 4 percent.
In general election matchups, NEC did not poll Shaheen vs. Brown or Shaheen vs. Rubens. In did poll Shaheen vs. Bass, with the incumbent ahead of the former congressman 51 to 32 percent.
In House matchups, Shea-Porter, with 43 percent, and Guinta, with 42 percent, were in a statistical dead heat, (as usual), while Kuster was ahead of Lambert, 46 to 26 percent.
The poll also looked at a hypothetical matchup in a governor's race between Gov. Maggie Hassan and Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas. Hassan led, 53 to 25 percent.
A UNH-WMUR poll, released late Friday, had Shea-Porter ahead of Guinta, 48 to 32 percent and ahead of Innis, 43 to 32 percent. It had Lambert and Kuster in a statistical dead heat, with Lambert actually edging Kuster, 34 to 33 percent.
HELLO MAGGIE. Guess who's "featured" on the front page of the Republican Governors Association web site (and not in a kind way)?
Our own Maggie Hassan.
The Republicans have no candidate, or even prospective candidate (with the exception of Brad "I Won't Take The Pledge" Cook) to put against her, yet. But the RGA is apparently trying to soften her up with a cutting web ad that likens her to the big spenders in Washington.
"Politicians in Washington just can't seem to grasp the idea that you can't spend more money than you have. Sound familiar?" says the narrator. "You bet it does. That's how Maggie Hassan governs."
The ad accuses Hassan of proposing a budget "with massive spending increases" that would have been paid for "with a casino that didn't even exist. That's a new one that not even the politicians Washington have tried."
John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and folllowed on Twitter: @jdistaso.


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Beautiful ballads, singing orphans, a poignant storyline, huge production numbers full of dancing pickpockets, dramatic sets, costumes, lighting, and a live orchestra of some of the best musicians in the area combine for Fine Linen's upcoming production of the beloved musical "Oliver!"
The Tony Award-winning musical by Lionel Bart is based on Charles Dicken's classic novel 'Oliver Twist,' and has been delighting audiences since it premiered 50 years ago with the vivid portrayal of Dickens' timeless characters and the ever popular story of the boy who asked for more.
Fine Linen is presenting the show with all the traditional songs including "As Long as He Needs Me," "Consider Yourself," "Reviewing the Situation," with revised orchestration and a brighter, more energetic adaptation which will be fun for the entire family.
With a cast of 75 from five to 60 years in age, this all local volunteer community theatre production is a must see event. Many of the elements that Rolla audiences expect in a Fine Linen show – Tracy McBride's choreography, Amy Hobb's costume designs, Josiah Nisbett's lighting designs are all featured in this huge production. Joel Nisbett is music directing the actors and orchestra. Many of the talented performers from previous shows (Tale of Two Cities, Suessical) will be on stage, along with terrific new-comers to the Fine Linen family.
Fine Linen is once again offering tickets to this wonderful performance for $8-$12 for adults and $4-6 for children/students 16 and under.
"Oliver!" opens Thursday, February 28 at 7 p.m. Shows begin at 7 p.m. March 1-2, 4-5 and 7-9. Matinee performances are at 2 p.m. March 2 and March 9. All shows are at the Cedar Street Playhouse, (home of OAT).
Tickets are available online at www.finelinendrama.com or by calling the friendly box office staff at 573-341-5180.


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Events around the area. Regular Weekly and Monthly Meetings:
Regular Weekly and Monthly Meetings:
• City Council: First and third Mondays at 7 p.m., at City Hall.
• Countryside Public Health WIC voucher pickup:
-July 1: MN W Comm. & Technical College, Canby 9:30-1
• Fiesta Flora Society: First Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center, Call Barb Morseth at 269-9774 for info.
• Gluten Intolerance Support Group - For individuals with an intolerance to gluten/wheat or diagnosed with celiac disease. Jan Bartell: (320) 297-1103 or (320) 598-3355 or Anna Landmark: (320) 226-4569.
• Lions: First and third Mondays at noon at The Rivers.
• Sexual Abuse Survivors Support Group: Meets weekly. For more information, call (320) 269-7397 or 888-564-4894.
• Women's Issues Therapy Group: Call (320) 235-5411.
• Weight Watchers: Mondays at Hope Reformed Church in Montevideo (Lincoln & 17th St.) Weigh-in at 5:30 p.m., meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
• Writer's Ink: First Monday of each month at the Montevideo-Chippewa County Library.