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EBay's online ticket exchange StubHub was targeted by hackers who used stolen passwords and credit card numbers to buy and sell thousands of tickets for pop-music concerts and Yankees games, New York authorities said.
Six men were indicted Wednesday, including two Americans arrested in New York and New Jersey, a third American who is wanted, two Russians whose whereabouts are unknown and a third Russian awaiting extradition from Spain, where he was detained in front of a Barcelona hotel while on vacation, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said at a press conference Wednesday.
The scheme, including at least another four accused money launderers who were arrested separately in London and Toronto, shows criminals' "sophistication and speed" requires international cooperation, Vance said. "Cybercriminals know no boundaries — they do not respect international borders or laws."
The arrests follow last week's report from New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that security breaches exposing customers' personal information are growing and cost state businesses $1.37 billion last year. StubHub, based in San Francisco, was defrauded of more than $1 million, with the money laundered through U.K. banks, according to Vance.
Two of the Russians stole personal data online and used it to buy tickets on StubHub for events including Elton John and Justin Timberlake concerts, the "Book of Mormon" on Broadway and prime seats at Yankees Stadium, Vance said. The three Americans were fences who re-sold the tickets online shortly before the events, he said. The third Russian helped launder the money abroad, Vance said.
The two Americans who were arrested were to be arraigned Wednesday in New York state court, and the third American indicted is expected to turn himself in soon, Vance said. Data from their Gmail accounts shows they knew the tickets were acquired illegally, he said.
Vadim Polyakov, 30, and Nikolay Matveychuk, 21, are charged with using stolen data to buy the tickets, according to a statement from Vance's office. Polyakov was detained in Spain, while Matveychuk hasn't been apprehended, according to the statement. Sergei Kirin, 37, a Russian who advertised his money-laundering services online, also hasn't been arrested, Vance's office said.
Daniel Petryszyn, 28, Laurence Brinkmeyer, 29, and Bryan Caputo, 29, all U.S. citizens, are charged with possession of stolen property and money laundering, Vance said. Petryszyn was arrested in Manhattan and Caputo was detained in Hudson County, New Jersey, he said. Brinkmeyer, of Bergen County, New Jersey, hasn't been arrested, according to the statement.
The investigation was carried out in cooperation with New York Police Department, City of London police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a case spanning from Russia to New York, Vance said. A German bank was also used, he said.
The hackers obtained login and password information through data breaches of other websites and retailers, or by deploying malware on personal computers, StubHub said in a statement today. StubHub's systems weren't affected, the company said.
"We are pleased to see these cybercriminals brought to justice," Glenn Lehrman, a StubHub spokesman, said in the statement.
StubHub said authorities "around the world" had been investigating organized crime targeting the ticketing industry.


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So I'm sitting here, lamenting how visually uninspired the New Super Mario Bros. games are, and trying to imagine what I would do if given the opportunity to direct the next title in the franchise. What new hook would be so so expressive and attention-grabbing that it would rekindle our imaginations and bring back the spirit of mystery and discovery to the Mario series?
In a Twitter exchange, I stumbled across the solution by complete accident. Remember the cover of the very first issue of Nintendo Power? It was a Super Mario Bros. 2 diorama made entirely out of clay. Mario's color scheme may have been accidentally inverted, but the scene was nevertheless striking.
Imagine an entire game that looked just like that cover...
It's the next logical step. I mean, where does Mario go from here? He's traveled to a dream land, a dinosaur land, the depths of the ocean, and the far reaches of space. One minute, the hills look like a kindergartener's crayon scribbles, and the next minute, the trees are made of cardboard and Mario can turn into a paper airplane. A world of clay sounds like the perfect new frontier!
Should Nintendo be looking to a magazine cover from over 20 years ago for inspiration? Why the hell not? Ever see the above Japanese commercial for Kirby's Adventure, featuring a stop-motion Kirby made of string? Two decades later, Kirby's Epic Yarn happened. See? There's a precedent for sourcing old promotional materials!
This is the perfect chance for Nintendo to corner the clay niche. It's not like there have been many other games that tackled the medium. You've got Claymates and the ClayFighter series from Interplay, neither of which exactly set the world on fire.
Then there's The Neverhood.
The Neverhood is a point-and-click adventure in which everything from the characters to the environments is molded out of clay. Movements and environments were filmed and then digitized, giving the game an incredible visual style that has only been matched by its platforming sequel, Skullmonkeys. That more people weren't aware of these titles when they originally came out is unfortunate, but perhaps a little star power is exactly what's needed to draw attention to the style.
The process of using physical models to produce The Neverhood and other clay-based games may have worked for their specific cases, but I understand how expensive and time-consuming it could be to adhere to the same method for a grand Mario platformer on the scale of Super Mario Galaxy. Claymation is simply not feasible for this purpose. However, even if the Wii U is only as powerful as the Xbox 360 or PS3, it ought to be beefy enough to render a plasticine universe via CG.
Hey, it worked for Flushed Away!
Aardman Animations is famous for its stop-motion films like Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, but Flushed Away instead used CGI to approximate the clay visuals of the studio's previous endeavors. The results aren't half bad! Just add a few imperfections, like fingerprint smudges and slightly uneven surfaces that would typically be flat, and you can have a game that looks nigh indistinguishable from a claymation movie!
Just imagine an adorable Mario clay figurine with round, black eyes that look as though they were just pressed on his face. Imagine rolling hills dotted by puffy, towering mushrooms with conspicuous seams separating the head from the stem as though one was stacked atop the other. Imagine a hulking Bowser with a shell full of soft, pointed spikes that fall off whenever he takes a hit, because such tiny accents have difficulty adhering to surfaces without something rigid like a toothpick holding them in place.
Doesn't that sound like the most wonderful place ever? Don't you wanna go there? I do!
What exactly would Clay Mario do, though? That's a stupid question! What wouldn't Clay Mario do!? That's the best part! Any child who has ever goofed around with Play-Doh knows that there is no limit to the material's possibilities.
What happens when you stomp on a Goomba? It'll be flattened into a brown Goomba pancake. Do you just walk away? Nope! Roll up that Goomba clay! You may need it later! Maybe you have to collect enough clay from defeated enemies to build a bridge, or you can shape the clay into objects like balls or bricks. Maybe you can create power-up costumes by collecting clay of different colors.
Maybe Mario picks up stencils during his adventure. The stencils come in a variety of shapes and serve many purposes. You might happen across a patch of special yellow clay imbued with magic. If you have an circle stencil, you can punch out circles and they'll turn into coins! If you have a star stencil, you can punch out a Starman for instant invincibility!
There's not just one type of modeling clay in the real world, so obviously each land in Mario's clay universe would feature clay with unique attributes. Maybe you'll bump into some Silly Putty baddies who bounce around like rubber. When you defeat them, you can form bouncy balls of your own or lay the putty down atop a map, peel it off, and have the map transferred to the putty so you can carry it around with you!
Fire zones would be bad news for Mario since he runs the risk of melting into a puddle. The bad guys in these areas would feel just fine, since they are made of clay that hardens in heat. When you stomp on these enemies, instead of flatting out, they'll shatter into hundreds of pieces!
What about water zones? Clay and water isn't supposed to mix, right? Doy! Ever heard of Aqua Sand, that miraculous substance that can be molded underwater but turns into powder the second it's removed? Imagine looking at river and seeing a Cheep Cheep swimming just below the surface. As it jumps out of the water, it turns into a stream of powder that arcs through the air. When it hits the water again, it immediately reforms.
Maybe during your travels, you'll find a bottle of some weird sand mixture hidden in a castle. Later on, you come across a lake and decide to pour the sand into the water. Once you do, the sand reforms into a mermaid, who thanks you by giving you a special gift! Maybe she'll give you the power the change your own attributes so that you too can dive into the drink!
This is but a humble suggestion of mine. I think... scratch that... I know a Mario game based around clay would be absolutely brilliant. If Nintendo wants to run with this idea, I won't complain one bit.
Next, Nintendo needs to develop a Star Fox based on the puppets Miyamoto made for the original game's promotional materials!
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Review Roundup (11/27): LES MISERABLES Movie
Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when LES MISERABLES hits the big screen. Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year.
Helmed by The King's Speech's Academy Award-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Journalists who attended the first screening could not yet 'review' the film, but were allowed to reveal their general reactions. Check even more below!
Jon Weisman, Variety: Best picture nominee? Fer sure. Best picture winner? Not necessarily, because while it is a film that soars in many places and is rock solid in others, "Les Miserables" also displays enough bumps and bruises to hurt it (and director Tom Hooper) in a close race. Some of the flaws I identified come from comparing it to the musical that I've held near and dear to my heart ever since I saw it Thanksgiving week 1987 in London – no doubt, a huge swath of Academy members have their own personal relationship with the film, and I find it a little hard to believe that they won't nitpick it.
Marlow Stern, Daily Beast: Nearly every number in Hooper's film is brilliantly performed, with other highlights including Jackman's rendition of "What Have I Done" following his silver theft, the camera skying upward to reveal a beautiful "eye of God" shot (a nifty trick repeated to equally thrilling effect several times throughout the film); the quodlibet "One Day More," with Hooper cutting to different members of the cast; and the heartbreaking ballad "On My Own," magnificently sung by Barks (who played the role on the West End). And of course, the revolutionary anthem "Do You Hear the People Sing" soars to the heavens.
Oliver Littelton, Indie Wire: Standing ovations and tear-stained handkerchiefs greeted showings on both coasts, along with a general consensus that the film is a triumphant screen version of the stage musical hit destined to be a big Oscar player. And while we wouldn't want to jump in until reviews officially drop next month, it's certainly the biggest threat to "Lincoln" at present, and might well turn out to be the big dog of the season.
Scott Feinberg, Hollywood Reporter: Whether or not the use of actors' live on-set singing (as opposed to re-recording it in post-production) actually enhances the believability of a film more than it compromises the quality of the music, audiences seem to have been sold on the former, thanks in large part to Universal's recent featurette about the practice. Moreover, any "first" makes for a great talking-point on the awards season campaign trail. (Incidentally, all of the musical numbers were also shot in close-up and uninterrupted takes.)
Steve Zeitchik, LA Times: There will be plenty of review takes later, so suffice to say that in-between the movie offers some rousing emotion and vivid set pieces, uneven pacing and the sight of Russell Crowe singing. (He's fine as the law-enforcing Javert but, like Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean and the other males in the cast, pales next to the women, Amanda Seyfried's Cosette and particularly Anne Hathaway's Fantine, whose single-take, close-up "I Dreamed a Dream" is bound to bring down multiplexes and land her on Oscar ballots.) Other Kleenex-producing musical numbers include the large-scale "Do You Hear The People Sing?," offered in reprise later in the film. (Samantha Barks' "On My Own" did not have the same effect on this reporter; others may disagree.)
Mike Ryan, Huffington Post: I will say, as a complete novice to the world of Les Miz (I've decided to go with Les Miz, by the way), I thought the film was wonderful and found myself momentarily confused only a handful of times. (This is arguably my fault for being easily confusable.) My personal favorite movie this year is still Argo, but after seeing Les Miz, my gut is telling me that it will beat both Argo and Lincoln for Best Picture. And the talk you may or may not have heard about Anne Hathaway being a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actress as Fantine is true. (Though, again, not knowing anything about Les Miz, I was honestly shocked by how little she is in this movie.)
Tom O'Neil, Gold Derby: Reviews are embargoed until Dec. 11 so it's tricky to discuss the film, but here goes. The audience flipped for it. It's (nearly) everything that "Les Miz" nuts hoped for. Eddie Redmayne is the big surprise. His performance wows and, yikes, who knew he could sing like that? Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter try to steal the film -- and the contents of every pocket in 19th-century Paris. But Carter can't win. Anne Hathaway has Best Supporting Actress in the bag and Hugh Jackman poses a serious threat to Daniel Day-Lewis' dominion over Best Actor.


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CLEVELAND (AP) — A man convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for fatally shooting his ailing wife in her hospital bed has asked the governor for clemency, his attorney said Thursday.
"John Wise is in poor health and is not likely to survive his prison sentence," his attorney, Paul Adamson, said in an email announcing the clemency filing.
A grant of clemency could lead to a reduced sentence or release for Wise.
Wise, 68, of Massillon, said he shot his debilitated wife out of love in August 2012 after she suffered aneurysms and appeared to be in pain at an Akron hospital. Mercy is not a defense to a murder charge in Ohio.
The governor's spokesman declined to comment on the clemency request.
The prosecutor's office has said it would oppose any reduction in Wise's punishment.
"John Wise received an appropriate sentence based on the unique facts of his case," Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said in a statement Thursday. "My office does not support any further acts of clemency."
Adamson said a Change.org online petition backing clemency has landed more than 400 signatures.
Wise's sentence handed down Dec. 13 was in line with a prosecution recommendation that he receive punishment lighter than the minimum 23 years on his most serious conviction, an aggravated murder count.
Prosecutors said the case warranted leniency, but they stressed that Wise's actions were illegal.
Police say Wise calmly walked into the hospital room on Aug. 4, 2012, and shot his wife of 45 years at her bedside. She died the next day. Wise told police he intended to kill himself, too, but the weapon jammed.
"My recollection is that I walked in there, and within two minutes, I kissed her on the cheek and shot her," Wise told jurors.
Barbara Wise, 65, was in the intensive care unit at Akron General Medical Center after suffering triple cerebral aneurysms that had left her unable to speak, a family friend has said.
A doctor testified that Barbara Wise wasn't terminally ill and appeared to be responding to treatment.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The worst may be over for drivers in the upper Midwest who have been grappling with the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S.
Analysts said one major Illinois refinery is back online and another big one in Indiana is on track to ramp up production again soon. The refineries' ongoing maintenance — which led to reduced supply and higher prices — are the primary culprits for the surge at the pump.
"On balance, I think the worst is over," Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at GasBuddy.com, said Tuesday.
Exxon Mobil's refinery in Joliet, Ill., was offline longer than expected, he said. Assuming there are no hiccups with BP's plans to soon restart a crude unit at its refinery in Whiting, Ind., prices could drop below $4 a gallon within weeks throughout a five-state region stretching from Wisconsin to Ohio, according to experts.
"You just have one refinery issue after another. As they're coming back on, that should be a big thing," said Phil Flynn, chief energy analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.
AAA said Michigan's average price of a gallon of unleaded regular gas was $4.20 on Tuesday, topped only by Hawaii and well above the national average of $3.63 per gallon. Motorists in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin were paying above $4 on average while drivers in Ohio were shelling out $3.90.
Gas prices in the five Midwest states ranked in the top nine states nationally.
With many people preparing to hit the road for their summer vacations, public anger over the high price of gas is building in Michigan. One Republican lawmaker is drafting a bill designed to entice construction of a new refinery in the state and Democrats are questioning the state attorney general's commitment to investigating high prices.
Anton Fellinger, who lives near Detroit in Macomb County's Washington Township, finds the high pump prices particularly acute with his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado.
"My blood boils every time I put gas in it," he said. "I'm biting the bullet right now, but if this continues I might pull the trigger and get something that gets me 30 miles per gallon."
Fellinger, who drives about 18 miles to work, found a more economical mode of transport on Tuesday: his motorcycle. But that option is limited in northern states such as Michigan. His saving grace on days he drives the Silverado is a local gas station that offers free car washes for customers who buy at least eight gallons of gas.
"I've just been racking up the free car washes," he said. "I might as well get something out of it."
Analysts said it will take some time for the refineries to ramp up production, but the upgrades — which took longer than expected at the Illinois refinery — ultimately could pay dividends because some maintenance is being done so facilities like the one in Whiting can refine Canadian crude oil.
"This is the busiest (refinery) reconfiguring quarter we've seen in a generation," Kloza said. "A year from now you should be beneficiaries of all the cheap crude coming from Canada. It's a little pain this year but perhaps it means gain next year."
Continuing of a time-honored tradition of politicians from either major party seizing on gas prices whenever they spike, Democrats in the Michigan House on Tuesday said the public deserves answers.
House Minority Leader Tim Greimel of Auburn Hills said he does not believe most gas station owners are taking advantage of the refinery issue to gouge drivers. But in calling on the Michigan's attorney general to investigate, he questioned if there is broader price manipulation higher up in the supply chain.
"It's time the state government stood up and tried to protect Michigan families in every way possible," Greimel said.
Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, said a myriad of factors contribute to fluctuating gas prices. He warned retailers against taking advantage of customers while at the same time saying his office routinely investigates the issue and will not hesitate to act if laws are broken.
Mary Jo Godard, a home health care worker, said fuel costs are taking a "big chunk" out of her paycheck. Godard said she was spending between $250 and $300 a month on gas, and figures that has increased in recent weeks. She said high gas costs and long work hours conspire to keep her from doing much in her off hours.
"I don't have time — and I really can't afford it," said Godard, who lives in Sterling Heights in suburban Detroit. "Thank God I don't have a house payment. How do people do it?"
Associated Press writer Jeff Karoub in Detroit contributed to this story.
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Zombie paradise action game Dead Island may have been out since early September, but it's only now that the Germans at the wonderfully-named Federal Department of Media Harmful to Young Persons have got around to banning it.
"This isn't unexpected," Techland, the developers of the game, told Eurogamer. "Germany has its unique regulations regarding video games and violence and the industry can only comply.
"Both Deep Silver and Techland were aware of such a possibility from the very beginning."
The game has been put on the organisation's "List B", which is normally where you find games featuring "extreme torture or Nazi content".
The exact reasons for the game's belated banning have not been made publicly available, so I'm just going to assume it's for the worst intro song ever forced upon mankind.
You can read Crecente's Dead Island review here.
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Some creationists claim that unique species formed cos when they were let off the ark pangea split and seperated taking isolated populations that got trapped on the drifting islands hence more proof of god.how can i approach a counter argument the rate of drift is countered by the fact it was much greater in the past. the evidence of other cultures is irrelevent to them and the catastrophic event that caused the split and rapid drift leaving no evidence of such catastrophe. and the slow formation of structures evidenced on different continents that show they were together much longer than flood dates say they would have been apart for doesn't seem to work.any suggestions or links.


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Writer and lecturer Alfie Kohn takes issue with the idea that kids these days are spoiled. His new book is called "The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Children and Parenting."
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The College of New Rochelle was the latest school to be put under lockdown in Westchester County on Friday.
According to police, the college went into lockdown mode at approximately 1 p.m. after a student made a veiled threat over the phone while arguing with a school official.
Classes proceeded as police continue to investigate to determine who made the threat. The school declined to provide comment on Friday afternoon.
The College of New Rochelle is one of four Westchester County schools that were threatened on Friday. Mount Vernon High School was locked down earlier in the day after a bomb threat was called in, and two similar threats were made at Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt and Lakeland High in Shrub Oak.
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Here is a no-frills Vocabulary Flashcard Drill for White's First Greek Book that I wanted to do 3 years ago but got sidetracked. More to follow as I go through the lessons again up to where I left off previously and then as I complete new lessons. After clicking on the link, click on the "Start presentation" button on the top right to begin if it didn't automatically skip to the Start Presentation screen which Google Docs Presentation does sometimes. Once you have the full screen to start the slide drill, you have an option to just click anywhere on the screen to advance a slide or click on the "Actions" tag on the bottom and then click on Play for automatic slide advance (btw, The default setting is 3 seconds for each slide. If you want me to increase the time between slides, let me know). Of course you can click on the arrows to the left to go forward or backward as you like. If there are any inadvertent errors, post a reply and I will correct them. Thanks.
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WASHINGTON — By approving a government spending bill that would halt money for President Obama's healthcare law, the House on Friday provoked a confrontation with the Senate, which is likely to engage in a contentious debate leaving little time to avert a government shutdown.
After having voted about 40 times to curtail or repeal outright the 3-year-old Affordable Care Act only to see the Senate either dismiss or ignore the proposals, House Republicans celebrated the latest measure's approval. They hope that the leverage of a tight deadline will force Democrats and the White House to delay the president's healthcare law. The current authorization for the government to spend money runs out Sept. 30.
Party leaders were initially reluctant to adopt the strategy, which was championed by some conservative lawmakers and tea-party-aligned advocacy groups. They worried about the possible fallout for Republicans if the government were forced to shut down all but the most essential operations. The bill would allow the government to function through Dec. 15, potentially setting up another budget showdown then.
But Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) was cheered by dozens of rank-and-file members as he arrived at a news conference after the 230-189 vote.
"The House has listened to the American people," he said. "Now it's time for the United States Senate to listen to them as well.
"Our message to the United States Senate is real simple. The American people don't want the government shut down, and they don't want Obamacare."
The Senate's Democratic leaders have been steadfast in insisting that any attempt to throttle the health law would be defeated. A number of Senate Republicans have also questioned the approach because they are outnumbered in the Senate.
The president, on a visit Friday to a Ford plant in Missouri to highlight economic growth, quoted a Republican senator who said shutting down the government over the healthcare law was "the dumbest idea [he's] ever heard."
"I agree with him," Obama said. "They're not focused on you. They're focused on politics. They're focused on trying to mess with me."
Even Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a chief proponent of the strategy, has acknowledged that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) probably has the votes to send a spending bill back to the House without the healthcare provision.
But Cruz and fellow Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah said they would use any procedural steps possible to reach a different outcome — perhaps staging a rare, traditional talking filibuster on the Senate floor.
The Senate, which was not in session Friday, will return Monday and probably hold the first of several procedural votes Wednesday. Because Republicans are expected to use Senate rules to delay the process at every step, the final vote may not come until the following Sunday.
"Not only are the Republicans setting themselves up to lose on funding the government, but they're painting themselves into a corner on the debt ceiling as well. They have no exit strategy," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.
But Republicans signaled that they did see at least one political benefit: requiring Democratic senators who face difficult reelection campaigns in 2014 to cast a high-profile vote. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) listed four Democrats who represent Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina, states that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney carried last year.
Two of them, Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) and Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), have indicated they do not support stopping money for the health law as part of the bill to keep the government running.
House leaders have been working on a strategy to respond if the Senate does strip the healthcare provision from the measure. They potentially would have no more than 48 hours to approve a new spending bill before a government shutdown — the first in nearly two decades — would begin.
Some Republicans may want to try again by attaching another provision to alter the healthcare law, perhaps to delay specific mandates or taxes. Others want to push forward to the next battleground — the mid-October fight over the administration's request to raise the debt limit to continue paying the nation's bills.
"The speaker said he's quite prepared to pingpong back," said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.).
Obama called Boehner and repeated that he would not negotiate on the debt limit. The president warned against risking a "self-inflicted wound" to the economy, according to a White House official who requested anonymity to discuss the private call.
A Boehner spokesman described the call as "brief."
"The speaker was disappointed but told the president that the two chambers of Congress will chart the path ahead," said Brendan Buck.
Obama also called House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, the White House official said. Pelosi later emailed Democrats and emphasized the importance of remaining united in the fight ahead.
Republicans met Friday morning to hear about the debt limit bill, which could come to a vote in the House next week. That legislation will propose swapping a one-year increase in the nation's debt limit for a host of Republican policy priorities. Among them: approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico and, most prominently, a one-year delay of the healthcare law.
"Our base is looking for a showdown on Obamacare," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). "They do want to see us fighting."
Kathleen Hennessy in the Washington bureau contributed to this report.


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Water tower sculptures arrive at Madison Square ParkFebruary 21st, 2014
Three water tower sculptures, designed by the Brooklyn-based Chilean artist Ivan Navarro have been installed in New York's Madison Square Park. Measuring seven feet in diameter and standing on eight-foot-high supports, visitors can walk beneath the towers and look inside to see neon reflections that repeat infinitely. Titled "This Land is Your Land" after a Woody Guthrie song, they allude to the freedoms offered in this country to its growing immigrant population. The interior of one tower features the word "me" and "we", another features the word "bed" and a third will display the image of a ladder all of which is composed of neon light. An internal arrangement of mirrors will enable each word or image to repeat perpetually through a seemingly endless vertical space. The exhibition, courtesy the Madison Square Park, is on view from February 20 – April 13, 2014.
Campbell Sports Center named Best Building in NYNovember 5th, 2013
The Municipal Arts Society has named the winners of its 2013 MASterworks Awards. The Best Building honor went to Steven Holl Architects' Campbell Sports Center at Columbia University. Also honored was Weiss/Manfredi's Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center in Brooklyn, which scooped the Best Urban Amenity Award; Rogers Marvel's McCarren Pool and Bathhouse, which took The Best Renovation prize; and SHoP Architects' Barclay's Center, which won the Best Neighborhood Catalyst Award.
The awards, which recognize innovation in architecture and urban design, was judged by a panel comprised of Pedro Gadanho (Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA), Gabriel Calatrava (Principal, Calatrava), Toni Griffin (Professor of Architecture and Director, J. Max Bond Center, Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY), and Mimi Hoang (Partner, nArchitects).
Said Municipal Art Society president, Vin Cipolla, "From an environmentally sustainable visitors center in Brooklyn to a state-of-the-art athletics facility in Upper Manhattan, the 2013 MASterworks winners are design assets to our city that contribute greatly to the urban landscape. MAS congratulates all of the winning design teams for their visionary ideas and commitment excellence, and we thank them for enhancing New York City, one building at a time."
The 2013 MASterworks Awards will be presented later this week in a private ceremony held at the WTC sponsored by Silverstein Properties.
AIANY President Jill Lerner aims to change Gold Medal ruleJune 5th, 2013
It's been a bit of an AIANY week on WAN's New York Metroblog. But a piece of news in today's Architectural Record about AIANY's President Jill Lerner spearheading an effort to change the rules by which the Gold Medal is awarded is worthy of a post.
As our readers know, the Gold Medal is the highest honor that the American Institute of Architects can bestow on an individual in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence. But the rules state that the award can only go to an individual. As Cathleen McGuigan, Arch Record's editor-in-chief, points out, that individual doesn't have to be an architect, an American or even living. Lerner wants to change the rule so that "two or more individuals practicing together" could be awarded the Gold Medal in the future "but only if their collaborative efforts over time are recognized as having created a singular body of distinguished work."
Needless to say such a change would mirror the current practice of the Pritzker Foundation to give its distinguished architecture prize to more than one person. Lerner, along with former AIANY President George Miller, introduced the proposal Tuesday at a luncheon honoring Denise Scott Brown. According to McGuigan, Brown said that she and her husband collaborator, Robert Venturi, had submitted for the Gold Medal on four different occasions but each time the submissions were returned because they were for both of them.
The initiative to rewrite the Gold Medal rules is timely and long overdue. Lerner's more inclusive proposal is on fast track and could be considered by AIA's national board of directors as early as June 18th, when the board next meets at the AIA National Convention.
AIANY takes to the public policy stageJune 4th, 2013
The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) has long played an advisory role to Mayoral administrations, agencies, and the City Council. Now the organization will intensive its efforts to shape public policy beginning with the current major effort, a 30 point "Platform for the Future of the City to be considered by candidates running for office in New York this year.
"For our city to maintain its global competitiveness in attracting and retaining talent and business opportunities elected leaders must envision the shape of the 21st-century metropolis. Quality design of buildings and the public spaces between them increase property values and propels the desire to be here," said Jill N. Lerner, 2013 AIANY chapter president. "New York City needs the values, principles, practical knowledge, and professional expertise of the architect."
Developed with the specialized knowledge of AIANY's program committees, "A Platform for the Future of the City" addresses issues at four scales – our buildings, our neighbourhoods, our city and our world. The platform identifies the 30 most pressing challenges facing New York's built environment ranging from streamlining the city government approvals and creating affordable housing for an ever growing population to maintaining global competitiveness and promoting design internationally as we grow business at home. Some specific policy solutions proposed include creating a new Deputy Mayor post, building at least 100,000 units of housing, utilizing zoning and incentives to continue to grow the tech sector, promoting active design and making simple changes to support an aging population.
For more information about AIANY's 30 point Platform for the Future of the City and the accompanying exhibition running from 11 May to 29 June titled "Future of the City". presented as part of NYCxDesign and now on view in the galleries of AIANY's Center for Architecture go to http://cfa.aiany.org.
Hudson Yards on ViewMay 30th, 2013
Few projects come along in ones lifetime that are truly game changers. In New York two such projects come to mind: The redevelopment of Ground Zero and Hudson Yards. Whilst Ground Zero has failed to deliver on its inspirational and aspirational promise, Hudson Yards has so far lived up to its vision. When completed in 2025, the 26-acre mixed-use development project will redefine New York's Far West Side and set the tone for future large scale development projects of its type in New York and beyond. While all eyes are on Hudson Yards, the construction site, the best place to see the project up close and personal is at the Center for Architecture in Greenwich Village where, for the next two months, the public can take in an exhibition on the project and hear from the many players bringing it to fruition.
Running now through 30 June, Design (in) The New Heart of New York details the making of Hudson Yards. An exhibition at the Center for Architecture's breakthrough galleries puts on view never-seen-before elements of the design process and the evolution of this unprecedented project.
Complimenting the exhibition is an eight week speaker series featuring the key players involved in the project including David Childs, FAIA, of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; Liz Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Howard Elkus, FAIA, RIBA, of Elkus Manfredi Architects; David Rockwell, AIA or the Rockwell Group; and Thomas Woltz of Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. As part of the series, Bill Pederson will present his designs for the two anchor towers at the project and speak of the overall vision and planning process behind Hudson Yards. More details can be found at www.aiany.org.
Souta de Moura defies critics and accepts Israel's Wolf PrizeMay 7th, 2013
Portuguese architect Eduard Souto de Moura received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Architecture at a private ceremony held at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament building, on 5 May. In the months leading up to the event, a group of architects organized under the banner of Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) urged Souto de Moura to reject the prize but that was not to be. In his acceptance speech Souta de Moura said he was saddened by this action of his friends and he went on to say that his name roughly translated means love.
Souto de Mouro was awarded the Wolf Prize for "the advancement of architectural knowledge in showing how buildings can philiosophically and experientially engage with the natural world, and for his exceptional skills as a designer." He is the 13th architect ever to be honored with the prize which was founded in 1978.
Israel and the Architectural NarrativeMay 4th, 2013
Just arrived in Israel today for a week long architectural bloggers tour courtesy Vibe Israel. Tonight's dinner conversation held at the rooftop restaurant of the Mamilla Hotel overlooking the Old City of Jerusaelm, kept circling back to architecture and how it tells a storey. A colleague from ArchDaily commented on how the Holocaust Museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem by Moshe Safdie have completely different narratives. And indeed they do. This week we'll be touring various architectural sites in Israel, mainly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to uncover that narrative. Tomorrow and the next day, we'll be visiting the Old City of Jerusalem, including getting an exclusive tour of Yad Vashem led by insider and long time Moshe Safdie Associate Irit Kochavi and attending the Wolf Prize Ceremony at the Israeli Parliament, where Portuguese architect Eduardo Soto de Mora will be awarded the 2013 Wolf Prize in Architecture and join a prestigious group of laureates in the field including Frank Gehry, Jorn Utzon Denys Lasdun, Frei Otto, Aldo Van Eyck, Alvaro Siza, Jean Nouvel, David Chipperfield, Peter Eisenmann, Fumihiko Maki, Giancarlo De Carlo, and Ralph Erskine.
Mayor Bloomberg's 'electrifying' State of the City addressFebruary 28th, 2013
Now in his third and final term as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg delivered what will be his last state of the city address to New Yorkers. The take away was to further green the city, with more recycling plans and similar such initiatives, but the big news was the mayor's sweeping endorsement of electric cars, with plans to make taxis all electric and to add electric car charging parking spaces throughout the boroughs.
"We'll work with the City Council to amend the Building Code so that up to 20 percent of all new public parking spaces in private developments will be wired and ready for electric vehicles, creating up to 10,000 parking spots for electric vehicles over the next seven years, said Bloomberg. The goal is aspirational and, if implemented as envisioned, New York City will have the most progressive programme in the country for electric vehicles.
Critics of the plan say it is too much too soon, pointing out that the plan assumes everyone will want an electric vehicle and be able to afford it. Also questioned is the long term future investment in electric cars, which is now in the nascent stage. Many electric vehicles can travel only 70 miles or so before needing to be charged. So unless major improvements are made on this end, the program most assuredly favours in town travel rather than long distance trips which, for many New Yorkers, is the main reason to keep a car in the city.
Help the Rockaways: MoMA's call for ideasFebruary 23rd, 2013
MoMA is asking artists, architects, designers and urban planners to present ideas for creating social spaces, new housing models, urban interventions and other ideas related to rebuilding and protecting the shoreline of the Rockaways, an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
Submissions, which are due by 15 March, will judged by a jury led by MoMA director Klaus Bisenbach and including Barry Bergdoll, Peter Eleey, Pedro Gadanho, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Niklas Maak, and others. 25 entries will be selected and presented in April 2013 in the geodesic dome MoMA is building in the Rockaways to serve as a site for culture and community gathering.
All information, including submission details and an impressive filmic portrayal of the Rockaways and the effects of Sandy can be found here: http://momaps1.org/news/view/89
Architecture's FutureFebruary 5th, 2013
Practice makes perfect as they say. But for those starting out in architecture, practice isn't so much about perfection as it is about transformative ideas. That was the message of the young architects premiated in this year's AIA NY's New Practices New York progamme, which recognizes emerging talent and, in doing so, gives us all a lot to think about with regards the practice of architecture in the future.
Last week at Axor's New York headquarters in the Meatpacking District, the last in the series of talks from this year's NPNY winners was presented to a room packed crowd of architects and interested others. The speakers were David Benjamin of the Living and Jonathan Lee of Google. Benjamin presented four projects that illustrated how an individual project might connect to collaborators. Benjamin, who also teaches at Columbia University's School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, is interested in the intersection of new digital technologies and information. One project he presented, which looks at air quality, engages digital facade technologies to convey real time information about temperature and air quality in a city by district. Passersby can look at a building facade and determine what the air quality is today, relative to what it was yesterday and whether it has improved or worsened and how their neighborhood fares relative to other neighborhoods. The project is intended to illustrate the possibilities of digital facades to convey important information to a large group of people that was previously invisible to the human eye.
Benjamin did much the same for water quality with a project that puts sensors deep in the Hudson River that light up in different colors at the surface level, with each color representing a different type and level of pollutant as well as indicating the presence of fish. It was one interesting and inspiring evening that left us all clamoring for more and Benjamin did not disappoint as he told the crowd about a project he was working on now involving living bacteria and forecast that new building materials, like light weight and flexible concrete, that is sheet thin and stronger than an ox, could be made in a petrie dish in the future.
We got more of same out of the box thinking from Jonathan Lee, the second act of this dynamic duo. In addition to talking about his collaborations with Benjamin, Lee briefed us on Google products and what was in the offing. He spoke to the future of smartphones and other devices saying that digital devices will work more effortlessly in the future so users won't have to think so much about what it is they want their devices to do but rather have smarter devices that can anticipate our every move and needs for information. Lee is currently working on Google Project Glass which you may have seen on You Tube but if you missed it here it is for your viewing pleasure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4.
Kudos to AIANY and the Center for Architecture for the good work it does bringing inspiring and thoughtful voices like Benjamin and the six others honoured in the NPNY programme into public view.


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Rural areas win UK.gov broadband upgrade, but some miss out
Three councils given £50m from £530m BDUK piggy bank
The government has divvied up £50m of its £530m rural broadband cash to councils in Wiltshire, Norfolk and Devon and Somerset, in its final wave of pilots.
The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed this morning that each area would receive "multi-million pound" funding.
He said that those local authorities bagged the money, after making successful bids to its broadband delivery unit, BDUK. Chancellor George Osborne allocated the £530m funds last autumn during his "Comprehensive Spending Review".
"Other councils will soon have the chance to bid for a nationwide funding programme as part of our plan for virtually every community in the UK to have access to superfast broadband," said the minister.
That comment echoed culture and communications minister Ed Vaizey's remarks in the Palace of Westminster last week.
He told MPs that this would be the last wave of pilots because the delivery plan had been rejigged to be done on a "first-come, first-served basis".
"Any local authority whose bid is not accepted can sit down with Broadband Delivery UK, work through the bid to find out where the gaps are and then come forward again when it is ready," said the minister.
As for today's announced pilots, which will be propped up with private investment funds, different wads of cash were allocated to the councils depending on the size of the area's rural spread and local population.
Devon and Somerset got the lion's share of funding, with £30m handed over to that authority, while Norfolk received £15m and Wiltshire £4m, following their successful bids.
The DCMS said that it expects another 15 authorities to be handed a portion of the £530m funds during the current Parliament – in other words, over the course of the next four years.
Similar network upgrade pilots are already underway in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and the Scottish Highlands.
Once the latest upgrades are completed, ISPs will be able to use the infrastructure, on a wholesale basis, following a contractor procurement process carried out by the earmarked councils.
The DCMS said it hoped to see ISPs begin the broadband rollout within a year of their first gaining access to the infrastructure.
"It is anticipated that a mix of technologies will be used, including mobile, satellite and fibre connections to hubs in the heart of communities," the department said.
Vaizey said in Parliament last week that having the best "superfast" broadband in Europe was "dependent on a range of measures, including choice, coverage, speed and take-up." He added that the government couldn't directly intervene on how broadband was rolled out across the UK.
He also admitted that the government would "have to say no to a few" authorities bidding for the broadband upgrade in their area.
The DCMS said today that an announcement would be made later this year on broadband cash for every local authority in the country, presumably in an effort to appease councils that will miss out on the $530m round of funding. ®


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Biography: Jimmy John Carnes
Jimmy John Carnes was born on June 8, 1992, in an ambulance, as his mother was being rushed to the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. His mother died during childbirth, and Jimmy was raised by his father and his grandparents. They all lived together in a small farmhouse in the country. They didn't have a lot of money, but they never complained.
His father, Jack Carnes, never remarried and never got over the death of Jimmy's mother. He remained with his parents until his death in a farm accident in the summer of 2000. Jimmy was devastated, but with the help of his grandparents he worked through the grief. He knew his mom and dad were in heaven, and he would see them again.
When Jimmy went to school, he made a lot of friends because of his wonderful disposition. He always had a smile on his face and a good word to everyone he met.
He had several girlfriends in high school, but none that he was interested in enough to spend a lot of time with. He had big plans for his future and wanted to go to college, but he knew that his family wouldn't be able to help him financially.
When he graduated from high school, he decided that the one thing he could do well was work on cars and fix them up. On the farm, he had become a master mechanic, working on all the farm equipment and also the family automobiles. So he got jobs at some of the local service stations and was saving every penny he could, so he could go to college eventually. He started taking jobs on the side working on cars. His grandparents let him use the old garage at the farm and that's where Jimmy would be most of the time when he wasn't working at the station.
On December 10, 2011, at 7:35 P.M, Jimmy was working at the Kangaroo Express on University Avenue in Oxford, when he and a customer discovered the body of a teenaged female in the women's restroom at the station.


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STOCKTON - Brandon Davidson remembers the moment he was informed he had testicular cancer.
STOCKTON - Brandon Davidson remembers the moment he was informed he had testicular cancer.
The 21-year-old professional hockey player was devastated and scared, but was always determined to keep a good attitude and fight the disease.
Assigned to the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League at the time of the diagnosis in October, Davidson went through surgery and chemotherapy and is considered now to be cancer-free.
After a four-month absence from the ice, the defenseman is working his way back as a member of the Thunder, which hosts the Ontario Reign at 4 p.m. today at Stockton Arena.
Davidson said he wants to put the ordeal behind him and concentrate on hockey, but there are still some reminders of his battle with cancer.
"I feel really good, but my hair hasn't come back yet. It's trying, but I'm still pretty bald," Davidson said. "Physically, I feel great. And I think of these type of things as character testers. They really test who you are and how strong you can be in the bad times."
His strength has earned him many admirers. Players and staff members in Oklahoma City shaved their heads to show solidarity when he underwent chemotherapy, and he received well wishes from fans in the United States and Canada, including Regina, Saskatchewan, where he played junior hockey.
"It's been so heartwarming," Davidson said. "Everyone has been great, and the support of the Oilers and everyone in the organization has been unbelievable."
Thunder coach Matt Thomas said it's easy to be inspired by him.
"You are so proud of someone when you know what he's been through and how he has handled it," Thomas said. "It's pretty special, and it's great to see."
Davidson, a native of Lethbridge, Alberta, has wanted to be a professional hockey player since he was a child and worked his way through the amateur ranks before being drafted by the Oilers in the sixth round (162 overall) in the 2010 NHL Draft. He signed a three-year, entry-level contract in 2012 with the Oilers, who assigned him to the Barons.
Early in the season, he was sent to a routine team physical exam. Davidson had been through many over the years and didn't give it much thought until the physician found a lump.
After additional testing, he was informed it was cancer.
He had surgery Nov. 2 to remove the cancerous tissue and went through one round of chemotherapy that lasted 21 days. He lost 10 pounds during the process but has gained it back.
"Cancer is the word you never want to hear," Davidson said. "When I found out, it was pretty devastating. It's shocking, and there were some bumps along the way. But I think I approached it with a positive attitude and tried to stay upbeat."
Oklahoma City coach Todd Nelson said Davidson's diagnosis caught everyone in the organization by surprise.
"It was a very solemn moment when we found out about Brandon's cancer, and of course you are worried," Nelson said. "All you want to do is show your support and to rally to him. That's why the players shaved their heads, to show they were thinking of him. And we're all thrilled he is now cancer-free."
Nelson said since Davidson missed so much time, the key is for him to get into as many games as possible. Stockton (28-22-9) has a busy schedule, including a stint of four games in five days this week.
"That's why he's here - to play," Thomas said. "The Barons have a fairly light schedule, while we play a lot of games in a short period."
Davidson returned to the ice Feb. 7 and played two games with the Barons before the move to Stockton. He scored twice in his first game with the Thunder, a 2-1 overtime win on Feb. 15. He has three goals and three assists in six games.
Most importantly, he's healthy and playing hockey.
"Considering what happened, I'm very happy to be playing again," Davidson said. "This is what I've always wanted to do, and I'm grateful to be back."
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Britain confirms 4 350 cash bond for visas for visitors from India 5 other countries
Britain's Home Office confirmed Monday it will demand a 3,000-pound ($4,630) refundable bond for visas for ``high-risk'' visitors from six former colonies in Africa and Asia, a pilot scheme that has brought warnings at home and abroad that it will damage trade.
Britain said in a statement Monday that it will go ahead with the pilot scheme despite the outrage, charges of discrimination and warnings of retaliation.
The statement sent by email did not say when the pilot would start. But it said it could apply the scheme in the future for all visas and any country.
``The pilot will apply to visitor visas, but if the scheme is successful we'd like to be able to apply it on an intelligence-led basis on any visa route and any country,'' it said.
For now, the targeted countries are Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Government data shows citizens of those countries applied for more than half a million visas last year.
Khaled Mahmud, owner of a Bangladeshi travel agency in Dhaka that deals with British student visas, said the scheme was racist. ``It smacks of a deep-rooted racial attitude,'' he told The Associated Press on Monday.
In the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, computer businessman Syed Shahid Ali said the ``painful and unbearable'' new policy would have a negative impact on British tourism and business.
``How can someone who wants to visit the UK for a couple of days for business meetings or something else afford to set aside 3,000 pounds'' said Ali, who travels there frequently. ``He will simply prefer to go and do business elsewhere in Europe instead of getting into this problem of giving a bond and getting reimbursed.''
Haider Abbas Rizvi, a former Pakistani lawmaker, said the British government should review its decision because it would hurt a lot of Pakistanis who have family members living in Britain and who cannot afford the bond.
``There are just a few people who deviate from the system or break the law, so instead of bringing common travelers and law-abiding people under the possible financial burden, there should be strict surveillance on the violators of law in the U.K. or elsewhere,'' Rizvi told the AP.
Nigeria's government made a formal demand last month that Britain renounce the proposal. Foreign Affairs Minister Olugbenga Ashiru called in the British high commissioner to express ``the strong displeasure of the government and people of Nigeria'' over the ``discriminatory'' policy.
Ashiru warned the move would ``definitely negate'' the two country's commitment to double trade by 2014. Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and a huge market with its more than 160 million people. British government figures indicate 101,000 Nigerians were issued visas in 2012.
There were protests in India last month when British Prime Minister David Cameron visited, causing him to declare that a final decision had not been taken on the policy.
The Home Office said it hopes the bond system deters overstaying of visas and recovers costs of foreign nationals using public services like hospitals and schools.
Immigration was a key issue in Cameron's election campaign for his Conservative Party. Cameron has pledged to cut net immigration from 252,000 a year in 2010 to 100,000 a year by 2015.
One move that has come under heavy criticism recently has been a government campaign targeting people who overstay their visas. Billboards were put on two vans for a week in six of London's boroughs. Their message said: ``In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest.'' Leaflets with the same message will be distributed for a month.
The Home Office statement said the visa bond ``is the next step in making sure our immigration system is more selective, bringing down net migration from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands while still welcoming the brightest and the best to Britain.''
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Peter Corey (born 1946): British Children's Comedy Author/Scriptwriter and Actor. Author of 'Coping With' Series of books among others.
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Coping with CashEdit
- There are two distinct types of bike: The one you save up for and buy yourself, otherwise known as the 'Dream Machine' , and the one your parents buy for you, otherwise known as the 'Complete waste of space'.
- It's easy to forget you are in debt to the tune of £10, and to a woman who never forgets anything. Crikey, she can even tell you which Coronation Street character was the first one to have their brain removed (Footnote: And not have it replaced by acting talent unfortunately.)
Coping With ChristmasEdit
- For a start, let's look at the Grotto itself. By and large these are extremely aptly named, 'Grot' meaning rubbish and 'Oh' being exclamation of disappointed surprise.
Coping With ParentsEdit
- Life with a Jolly Parent is a bit like life in a holiday camp. The beds are too small and there's an outbreak of Salmonella every five minutes.
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Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club Luncheon & Style Show
Thursday, Aug. 23, The Salvation Army Boys & Girls of Beaumont will host its first annual Hope For Tomorrow Luncheon and Style Show at the Garden Center at Beaumont Botanical Gardens in Tyrrell Park. The community is invited to this event for an afternoon of food, fashion, fellowship and fundraising.
"The theme 'LEARN from yesterday, LIVE for today and HOPE for tomorrow' will bring together lessons learned from the past, setting goals for today and reaching out with great hope for a brighter tomorrow for all our youth," said Judy Kelfstrom, event coordinator and The Salvation Army regional resource development coordinator.
Macy's is providing fashions for guest models, BISD students and members of the Boys & Girls Club. Each student selected to model was nominated by a teacher for academic achievement and community service during the 2011-12 school year. As an added benefit, several local celebrities have been asked to model as well.
This event will help raise funds as well as foster awareness for a much needed expansion of the Boys & Girls Club building located at 2350 Interstate 10 E.
The continual increase in requests from parents for positive, well known youth programs and services, including education, nutrition, the arts and athletics, warrants a need to expand existing facilities by an additional 10,600 square feet of space, complete with a teen center, multipurpose center big enough to serve as a game room and dining area, art/music and learning center classrooms, a large computer lab, library and a full-service kitchen. This proposed addition will dramatically enhance efforts to provide the very best after-school and summer programs available for the youth of Beaumont.
The Hope for Tomorrow luncheon kicks off at 10:45 a.m., when guests will be invited to shop gently used merchandise and new items in the silent auction. The luncheon and style show is from ll:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Reserved seats are $50. For more information contact, judy_kelfstrom [at] uss [dot] salvationarmy [dot] org.


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As this is my first post here, an introduction: I learned some Latin in high school Way Back When, and am now beginning to study it again to start teaching it to my homeschooled sons next year. (We'll be going slowly at first, so I'm sure to stay waaay ahead of them! This first year will be as much for English grammar and word roots as for the Latin language per se, anyway.)
I would very much like to get a fluid, useful pronunciation into their ear from the first, though; which means that first it must get into my ear! We were a tad sloppy in high school, I'm afraid: we basically used a passable "classical" pronunciation, but the vowels all tended to be long in practice. I believe this to be a problem for two reasons: (1) it is harder to learn the proper lengths of the vowels if one doesn't hear it in ones head, e.g., 1st Declension sing. nominative -a vs. sing ablative -a; (2) scanning classical poetry will be difficult, I presume--I never really got that far, myself! And, having learned languages since then, I like to hear the language flow and not just dissect it on the page. Yes, I know Latin's supposed to be dead and all that, but I'm optimistic!
There's more than one pronunciation still being taught, I've found: Henle's school grammar describes three different systems. Some homeschool texts actually prefer the Church pronunciation (or, rather, "one of the Church pronunciations": generally not distinguishing vowel lengths). It's close to Italian (which may be useful someday: I'm trying to learn some Italian to help me sing arias), and may flow better, but I'm wary of anything that doesn't preserve the lengths of the vowels. Am I being paranoid about that?
Anyway, I wondered if there exists good sound samples / CD's / whatever demonstrating classical Latin pronunciation. I have a couple of CD's that came with Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin, but I suspect the pronunciations may occasionally be more dramatic than precise (but I could be wrong).
Any advice is appreciated!