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Are you ready for a trip down the rabbit hole? Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Disney are adding a strange new chapter to the Lewis Carroll classic with their "Alice in Wonderland," a film that presents a young woman who finds herself in the world of the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and the Red Queen. She is welcomed as a returning visitor — but is she, in fact, the same Alice who roamed the trippy realm as a child? Time will tell. Here at the Hero Complex, we're counting down to the film's March 5 release with daily coverage.
Today, Todd Martens from the Pop & Hiss blog visits with a review of that new "Wonderland" sound…
Overview: Straight down the rabbit hole to your local mall. Inspired, no doubt, by the success of the soundtracks to the two "Twilight" films, Disney has lined up an array of chart-topping artists for its upcoming "Alice in Wonderland" — sort of. Two albums will be released on March 5, one featuring Danny Elfman's original score for the film, and one entitled "Almost Alice," which contains 16 songs inspired by the classic story. There's veteran, respected artists, such as the Cure's Robert Smith, and up-and-comer club kids, including 3OH!3 with Ke$ha's pal Neon Hitch. Only the leadoff cut, Avril Lavigne's directly titled "Alice," will be heard in the film, gracing the feature's end credits.
The latest: A video for Lavigne's song made its debut online this week, featuring the spunky Canadian pop star in the role of Alice. In the video's opening moment, she trades a raggedy T-shirt and black tights for a satin dress paired with white, heart-speckled leggings. Lavinge's fantasy universe comes complete with a piano, giant shrooms and a dinner date with Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter. It's a world, as EW beat us to noting, that looks not too unlike the one inhabited by Paramore in their video for "Brick by Boring Brick."
The good news: The singer has done soundtrack work before, and had a smash with her "Keep Holding On" from "Eragon." Thankfully, Lavinge's second turn with a fantasy film number avoids the prom theme-like trappings of that one. Here, she's again working with one of her regular collaborators, paired with versatile producer Butch Walker. With "Alice," they have a song that fits in with the darker, more angsty vision Lavigne and Walker cultivated on Lavinge's 2004 album, "Under My Skin."
That's a good thing. Lavigne's last album, 2007's "The Best Damn Thing," saw her moving slightly away from her rock 'n' roll image, and veering dangerously close to a flavor-of-the-month pop star. For the cheerleading anthem of "Girlfriend," she worked with hot producer Dr. Luke, and though it gave her a radio-ready hit, it hinted that Lavigne was less interested in exploring the emotions and atmospheres of "Under My Skin."
"Alice" starts extremely promising, with wavy synths caught somewhere between a nightmare and a dream. It's a brief overture, soon giving away to more direct (yet ominous) deep-piano notes. Lavigne's voice eases into stark piano-and-drums opening by hitching a ride on a bass line. "Tripping out, spinning down," Lavigne sings, but she sounds rather calm. That doesn't last for long, as Lavigne switches to her outdoor voice on the second verse, and what started out as a rather minimalist song is soon overtaken by Lavigne's ability to holler.
The not-as-exciting: When the song nears its halfway point, Lavigne sings, "I found myself in Wonderland." All the music cuts out, and Lavigne is backed only by a piano and an echo. "Is this real?" she wonders, yet the listener never really gets a picture of the trippy world Lavigne has found herself in.
She's fallen, she's down, she's hit the ground and she's not going to cry, Lavigne belts over and over, sounding more like a narrator rather than someone conveying an experience. Tim Burton has created a psychedelic visual universe, and the weirdness of the song's opening moments hinted that Lavigne was ready to tackle it. But by the time it's wrapped, "Alice" amounts to little more than some shouted lines of resilience. Worse, it lacks a hook, and seems unsure whether it wants to wander in atmosphere or lunge for a big chorus.
But you should judge for yourself. Watch the video below:
And wait, there's more: You can hear snippets of most of the 16 tracks on "Almost Alice" on the official "Alice in Wonderland" website.
–Todd Martens
POP&HISS: Read more L.A. Times music coverage
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Mia Wasikowska on Depp: "He's so brave and smart"
Johnny Depp picks his poison for "Alice"
"Alice" star says "Wonderland" is a sequel, not remake
Burton says "Alice" has a "national treasure" in actress Windsor
Burton and stars will be at "Alice" fan event in L.A. on Feb. 19
Meet Bloodhound, a newcomer to Wonderland
"Alice" screenwriter is ready for the haters
Red Queen = Leona Helmsley? Maybe so, says Burton
Burton took a "Shining" to Tweedledee and Tweedledum
PHOTO: Top, a scene from Avril Lavigne's "Alice" video. (Buena Vista Records)


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February 8, 2006
Two Hood River men will be keynote speakers Feb. 15 at the annual meeting of the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, (MCEDD) at the Insitu main facility in Bingen, Wash.
Insitu is located on Columbia River Way. Among the engineering projects by the company, founded in 1992, is the design and development of long-range autonomous aircraft.
The MCEDD event starts at 4 p.m. with registration and social, followed by a tour of the Insitu facility and annual meeting at 4:45 p.m., and the keynote addresses at 5 p.m. Call Pat at (541) -296-2266 to reserve a seat at the meeting.
Jaimes Valdez, Renewable Energy Outreach Consultant with Bonneville Environmental Foundation, will speak at the MCEDD event on renewable energy investment opportunities for local businesses and agencies, and Bob Morus, president of the Columbia Gorge Winegrowers Association, will address the local impacts and growth of the wine industry.
The wine industry in Oregon provides more than $1.4 billion in economic activity for the state, according to an economic impact study released last week by the Oregon Wine Center.
This impact is reflected in wages, revenue, taxes and spending on agricultural and production technology and supplies for Oregon's wine and wine grape industries and other wine industries.
Oregon vineyards and wineries contribute directly to more than half, or $801 million, of the total direct and indirect impact through sales, wages and spending.
The study, entitled "The Economic Impact of the Wine and Wine Grape Industries on the Oregon Economy," is the first of its kind for the state and was prepared by Full Glass Research, a firm focused on consumer, market and economic research in the wine and food industries.
Hood River News will carry more details on the economic impact of the wine industry in the Feb. 11 edition.
Wine tourism also proved to be a major source of economic value for the state, providing $92 million in revenues.
Promoting wine tourism is a key initiative for the Oregon Wine Board, with planned marketing programs and public relations activities in 2006 aimed at increasing awareness of Oregon as a first-class wine destination.
"We're allocating substantial marketing resources toward increasing wine country tourism, working together with Travel Oregon to bring wine lovers from all over the world into our tasting rooms", said Ted Farthing, executive director of the Oregon Wine Board.
Funding for the study was provided by the Oregon Wine Board, Oregon Wine Advocacy Council and private donations to the Trust for Oregon Wine Education & Research (TOWER).
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Mars is a bitterly cold desert. At times, though, conditions improve — the atmosphere gets thicker and warmer, and liquid water may pool on the surface.
The change comes about as the planet's tilt on its axis changes. Right now, Mars is tilted at the same angle as Earth. But over a period of about a hundred thousand years, the tilt varies by many degrees. And observations by a Mars orbiter suggest the change can make the atmosphere thicker and warmer.
Today, the Martian atmosphere is a bit less than one percent as dense as Earth's. But Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected vast pockets of frozen carbon dioxide buried near the planet's south pole. Changes in Mars's tilt can direct more sunlight onto those pockets, causing the "dry ice" to vaporize and gush out into the atmosphere. That can nearly double the atmosphere's thickness.
The thicker air traps more heat from the Sun. The combination of the extra density and higher temperature could make it possible for liquid water to pool on the surface. It could also create even bigger dust storms than are seen today.
The observations show that some of the frozen carbon dioxide is vaporizing today, slowly thickening the atmosphere of this cold desert world.
Mars is putting on quite a show right now. It climbs into view in the east by around 8 p.m., and climbs high across the sky during the night. It's the fifth-brightest object in the night sky, glowing like a brilliant orange star.
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Paris ♥ Bleu
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Thank you for making my blue mood BRIGHT blue!ReplyDeleteReplies
guess who else is bleuDelete
it's monday afterall...
Great collection, Carol! I do love those blue shops all over Paris. "Monsieur Poulet" cracked me up. Do you think it is the owner's name or does he just like chicken? :-) Bonne journee. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDelete
How stunning... the collection of blue shades..ReplyDelete
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Hi Carol, I've never responded to your posts but I'm a subscriber and have enjoyed them for quite some time. Today's however inspired me to remark that I think the bleu you see so frequently around Paris is "Yves Klein bleu." As an artist you probably have heard of him. It's a very distinct shade and I had the pleasure of seeing his work when there was an installation at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where I live. A Parisian friend, a docent, gave a tour of the exhibit so that I could understand what I was seeing (rather than just bleu blobs!). Yves Klein bleu. See if you agree! Amicalement, LaneReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Lane,Delete
There has always been 'FRENCH BLEU'
Ultramarine blue has been around way before Klein started rolling naked women around in blue paint.
It's a classic French color
Honestly you are the most organized person! I am always impressed. It must be all that BLUE making your mind work in wonderful ways!ReplyDelete
the most organized person!
You have no idea
it's only because I'm so scattered I have all these mixed in with thousans of other pics.
But the blues pop out
It's a great day for Paris Blues..I saw a different post about the same..Uncanny:)ReplyDelete
Love your blues..Even la buanderie is cute..
Yves Klein blue...never knew!
Why are the shades of blue so much more beautiful in Paris?! I guess the French do it right.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's the overcast grey light makes them and all other bright colors so intense.Delete
There IS a method to their maddness.
In New York these would be washed out.
French bleu all around this week!What happened to summer?ReplyDelete
Carla x
I adore blue (': in art of the past is an elegant, classy and expensive colour, love the post (; xoReplyDelete


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Patriots beat Aggies 21-3 for 3rd straight victory
The Britton Deerfield football team kept its playoff hopes alive by notching a 21-3 road victory over Tri-County Conference opponent Sand Creek Friday night, the team's third win in as many games.
"We got off to a slow start, but we dominated the entire second half," said Britton Deerfield coach D.J. Lutz. "Give Sand Creek some credit. They don't have much to play for, but they played their hearts out tonight."
The Aggies (2-6, 2-4 TCC) took the lead on the opening drive, behind a pair of long runs by senior quarterback Kolton Alcock, which set up a 32-yard field goal from classmate Brandon Williams. Sand Creek was otherwise held scoreless on Senior Night.
"I give credit to the seniors," said Sand Creek coach Ernie Ayers. "I told our captains after the game, 'I think this one of our toughest years ever for captains here.' Our kids play hard, they compete, but we've been coming up a little bit short. That wears on you."
Alcock finished the game with 61 yards on 10 rushes. Sophomore tailback Charlie Robertson added a team-high 71 yards on the ground over 17 carries.
The Patriots (5-3, 4-2) took the lead on a drive that began at their own 20 with just over 3 1/2 minutes until the break. Senior quarterback Nathan Hoffman punched the ball in from eight yards out on the 10 play of the series for the halftime score of 7-3.
Hoffman rushed seven times for 17 yards and a touchdown to go with 4-of-8 passing for 42 yards.
Off the heels of a career-high 329-yard rushing performance with three scores last week, junior running back Leighton Merritt piled on a game-best 178 yards on 24 carries with two touchdowns against Sand Creek.
"We competed every second of the game tonight, and at halftime we were certainly in it," Ayers said. "Even in the third quarter, we were still in it. That's the way it goes, though."
Both teams were forced to punt following long drives to open the second half, giving the Patriots the ball on their own 25 with 2:12 until the fourth quarter. Britton Deerfield drove steadily down the field, before Merritt eluded a pack of would-be tacklers, bouncing outside for a 7-yard touchdowns scamper with just over two minutes gone in the fourth.
Merritt capped off the scoring with an 8-yard run to paydirt with 4:24 left in the contest.
"We had to win four straight games awhile back," Lutz said. "Next week we're looking forward to Morenci for 6-3, hopefully."
The Patriots will head to Morenci to take on the Bulldogs next Friday, while Sand Creek will face Clinton.


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AMD says virtualisation will win SMB hearts
Uses Barcelona as chat up line
AMD is extolling the virtues of virtualisation for small businesses (SMBs).
The chipmaker said today it hopes to step up its presence in the SMB space within the next 18 months as it brings Barcelona – the firm's four-core version of the Opteron server chip – to market.
It said the best way to do that was through responding to the growing shouts and screams coming from the little guys who see virtualisation, alongside power efficiency, as key issues driving their business needs.
To underline its interest in the SMB space, AMD has kicked off a new strategy named Common Core, aimed at "simplifying systems management".
Opteron product manager Steve Demski claimed that, in contrast to arch-rival Intel, AMD offered a more "stable, consistent roadmap".
He said: "We aren't churning through our OEM product lines as quickly as our competitor does. It makes it from a business standpoint easier for them to support their lifecycles so it's more like a three-year longevity."
The firm also proudly touted its "same socket infrastructure", which it reckoned could help reduce costs and disruption for companies not wanting to upgrade all hardware each time a new chip hits the market.
However, Demski pointed out: "One of the drawbacks with this approach is that people tend to look at us as less innovative."
The chipmaker also confirmed that Supermicro will be releasing a 4P blade platform in the final quarter of this year.
It will be shipping 1.9GHz and 2.0GHz versions of its four-core processor to system builders in August, with the product line hitting the channel and disties sometime in September.
Unsurprisingly, given AMDs recent hammering in what has effectively been a two-horse race with Intel, Demski defended the firm's market position, and said: "We believe that we are delivering just the same level of innovation but we are doing it within an infrastructure that is a little bit more customer friendly." ®


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Amid rumors that Kristen Wiig is leaving "SNL" at the end of this season, the show's team has been auditioning female comedians, including The Second City e.t.c. cast member Jessica Joy, who's been making a name for herself in the current production "Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting)" and as a medical student-slash-bunny on NBC-TV's short-lived "The Playboy Club."
Although she did not receive an offer from the "SNL" team at the conclusion of her audition in March, the Cleveland native—who moved to Chicago in 2005 to study at The Second City Training Center, began working on touring company and cruise ship productions in 2007 and joined the e.t.c. cast a year ago—is set to leave the cast when "Sky's the Limit" closes on April 8 to pursue opportunities in New York. We called her to catch up.
You've gotten great reviews in "Sky's the Limit." What's your favorite segment to do in that show?
This song that I wrote with our musical director called 'Questions.' It's based on some of the weird thoughts that I have and it's basically just a song that I sing before I'm about to die. My favorite ones are, 'Why did I work out so hard to get a body like Britney Spears when I just could have waited for hers to get all sh***y?' And then I also have, 'Is there a heaven for atheists where we can watch the Christians at the moment they realize that there's no heaven?'
How were you notified that "SNL" wanted an audition?
They came and saw the show in January or February and the week after, everyone's looking at everyone else, like, 'Okay, did anyone get a call? [Laughs] Has anyone heard from anyone?' And then we all heard that they were flying a bunch of people out to do a showcase audition at a comedy club in New York. And none of us got called.
And then a month or two later, they called me randomly and asked if I could come out and do the official screen test—the final, real audition on the stage in front of Lorne Michaels and everyone. And I was like, 'Where did this come from?'
They give you a week's notice and you have to do five minutes of original characters and then celebrity or political impressions.
Your celebrity impressions?
I did Fiona Apple, January Jones and Sofia Vergara.
Did you create a new original character for the audition?
During Second City rehearsals—they call it process—we try out completely different things every night and we just churn out so much material in three months that I had a stack of unused bits. So I used a couple of those.
One was actually a two-person scene I wrote [about] a racist ventriloquist who forces all of the really awful racist punchlines on his dummy. And then the dummy gets increasingly uncomfortable. When we did it in process, I was the dummy and my friend Michael was the ventriloquist and I end up killing him because I can't stand to be made to look like a racist. But I realize after I've killed my ventriloquist that I can't move. [Laughs.]
So I borrowed an actual ventriloquist's dummy and just made it a one-person scene.
Did they give you feedback?
More than likely when they're interested in you, you're asked to stay and talk to Lorne Michaels and I wasn't, so I knew right away—I'm like, "OK, they're not considering me right now but they know who I am now."
What was it like to work on 'The Playboy Club?'
You know, I've been a fan of the Playboy brand for awhile, specifically their early '60s times, after seeing Mad Men and all the other '60s-style shows. And I thought it was a cool take on that era because it was about girls who were breaking out of all that—you know, the first kind of feminists coming out. I had heard rumblings about people signing nudity contracts so I was like, 'I'm just going to go and if it ever gets to that point, then I'll address it.'
Did it?
No. My character was one of the bunnies who was working her way through medical school. There was a whole scene where I was describing to the girls something I'd done in school that day. I loved the scene and I thought it was interesting.
And that's the thing that people I think got carried away with about 'The Playboy Club.' [Laughs.] It seemed like the last thing it was about was sex. Everyone was very covered up. Those outfits were super-tight but they sucked you in; they made you look great.
It was just a colorful, fun show.
What are your favorite places to go in Chicago when you're not working?
Any Thai food place [laughs]. And I live right by the lake. Every time I walk down there, I think to myself, I can't believe this ishere! I should be here every single day 'cause you step out there and it looks like you've left the city behind and you're on the beach.
I also have to give a shout-out—my favorite restaurant in town is Orso's; it's an Italian restaurant on Wells and Schiller. They gave me a job back in 2005 and I worked for them for at least five years. It's run by a little Italian family, ma and pa—the food is great, it's all made from scratch and they've been there for like 40 years. And their back patio is insane. And now you can go out there cause it's getting warm—or, it was for a second, anyway.
What are your career plans for New York?
I love singing. At Second City, whenever I get an idea for a sketch, my first thought is, 'How do I make it a song?' [Laughs.] And then, everyone's like, 'Okay, you can't have 12 songs in the show.'
So I want to explore that some more. Comedic music and then also maybe—I'm not saying Broadway, but why not? At Second City, you get to join the Actors Equity Union, so that opens up a bunch of doors in New York.
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William Saletan at Slate has been turning out excellent commentary about the Democratic presidential contenders. Here, he describes "Howard Dean's fatal echo chamber." Saletan shows how Dean's campaign is as much about his campaign as it is about anything else. How perfect, then, that the campaign's defining moment, the point when it went entirely off the rails, occurred as Dean talked to his campaign about his campaign, while America listened. Dean has explained that he was just trying to mirror and affirm the enthusiasm of his supporters who were in that room in Iowa. But, Saletan retorts, "that's the problem. Dean wasn't talking to the country. He was talking to his movement." A classic case of creating a monster and then being devoured by it.
Here Saletan turns to the subject of John Kerry, and finds that he too is existing inside a bubble, albeit of a different nature. Saletan considers Kerry to be an inferior campaigner "who is being propped up as a candidate" by those who campaign well (Ted Kennedy, Max Cleland, Jeanne Shaheen, etc.). Although I suspect that Saletan is overstating his case, his indictment is hardly without merit:
"Physically, Kerry's repertoire is painfully limited. He thrusts his index finger at the audience in an overhead arc again and again, as though launching a projectile. He seems to be trying not to animate his thoughts but to expel them. Above the neck, nothing but his mouth moves. If you showed anyone a video of Kerry with his lips blacked out, they'd never know he was speaking. On television, it often seems as though Kerry is looking at you but not seeing you. In person, you realize he is looking at you but not seeing you. His words are even more stilted, particularly when he ruins a good line by adding prepositional phrases
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NY prosecutor, Judge Judy's son, sues sheriff
CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor who's the son of TV's Judge Judy sued the local sheriff for $5 million on Wednesday for saying the prosecutor had interfered in a child rape case.
Putnam County District Attorney Adam Levy said county Sheriff Donald Smith is "an out-of-control sheriff who does not care about the truth." He said Smith "maliciously attempted to destroy" his reputation.
The sheriff denied defaming Levy. He also said the timing of the lawsuit was "blatantly political" and implied it was intended to damage his re-election campaign.
Levy filed the lawsuit in county court in suburban New York, naming Smith only as an individual, not as a county employee. His lawyer, Michael Sussman, said that should mean county tax payers shouldn't be liable.
The lawsuit stems from a child rape case against Levy's former personal trainer, Alexandru Hossu. In the court papers, Levy calls him "a close personal friend" and a frequent houseguest of his family in 2011 and 2012.
In March, Levy said he had recused himself from the rape case as soon as he learned Hossu was under investigation.
But the sheriff alleged Levy had "ongoing and improper involvement" in the case and apparently was trying to influence it.
The sheriff in March issued a news release saying, "Mr. Levy's comments and actions would seem to suggest that, if he could have his own way, Mr. Hossu would never have been brought to justice for his crime and Mr. Levy's relationship with him would never have been brought to the light of public scrutiny."
The two officials also battled over Hossu's address — the sheriff gave out the district attorney's address, but the lawsuit says Smith knew Hossu didn't live there at the time.
Hossu, a 35-year-old immigrant from Romania, is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. He has pleaded not guilty, and defense lawyers have moved to dismiss the case.
At a news conference Wednesday, Levy refused to say whether he believes Hossu is guilty. But he said he doesn't think he misjudged him.
Besides the district attorney's office, Putnam County judges have recused themselves, so the case is being handled by a judge and prosecutors in neighboring Westchester County.
Levy and Smith are Republicans. The lawsuit catalogues differences between their offices on issues including the videotaping of suspects' interviews. It says "Smith's outward hostility" toward Levy has intensified since 2011.
Smith, who's running for re-election in November, said the timing of the lawsuit is "blatantly political and intended to try to influence the outcome of an election."
Levy said he would have supported his chief assistant Christopher York if York hadn't dropped out of the sheriff's race.
Levy's mother, Judy Sheindlin, is a retired Family Court judge and the star of "Judge Judy." She issued a statement Wednesday calling her son "principled, honorable and dedicated."
"His moral compass is dead center," she added. "When someone attacks his character professionally or personally they best be prepared to back it up — shut up — or pay up."


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The Minnesota Vikings have retained special teams coach Mike Priefer amid accusations by former P Chris Kluwe of making homophobic comments during the 2012 season. The team is conducting an independent investigation of Kluwe's allegations. Other coaches returning include wide receivers coach George Stewart, offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, assistant special teams coach Ryan Ficken and offensive quality control coach Klint Kubiak. Assistant quarterbacks coach Kevin Stefanski will become the tight ends coach. Former Cleveland Browns wide receivers coach Scott Turner, the son of offensive coordinator Norv Turner, will be the quarterbacks coach. Adam Zimmer, head coach Mike Zimmer's son, will coach the linebackers.
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LOS ANGELES, March 23 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Dennis Quaid has reunited with wife Kimberly, though the couple can't stop their divorce from going through, TMZ reported.
The Quaids had already signed their divorce paperwork, which is now sitting on a judge's desk, the entertainment news website reported. They can't stop the paperwork from going through the system and the judgement will be final.
The couple initially separated in October because a source told TMZ, "Kimberly is fed up with Dennis' cheating and wants out of the marriage. He's not a good husband."
Kimberly Quaid had requested primary physical custody, of their twins and spousal support, TMZ reported.
This is not the couple's first attempt at a divorce. Kimberly filed paperwork for divorce in March 2012, but withdrew it two months later.


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It's Much More Than a Walk in the Park
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
Mike Link and Kate Crowley are walking around Lake Superior this summer. All the way around. Some say that's 1,600 miles. Others estimate as high as 2,900. "But it's not just a walk," said Link at a program he and his wife presented at Michigan Tech Thursday evening. The Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative of the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education sponsored the program at Tech.
Their five-month hike is a "personal adventure," said the two retired Minnesota naturalists, who stopped in Houghton late last week, just over three weeks and 270 miles into their trek. Both in their 60s, Link and Crowley said that they hope to set a health/fitness/aging example for a generation of baby boomers.
Along the way, they are conducting research for three faculty members at Michigan Tech—Alex Mayer, Rolf Peterson and Bill Rose—as well as researchers from a number of other universities in the US and Canada. "We are their feet on the ground," said Link.
And they are working to raise public awareness of fresh water issues. Wherever they walk, the couple hands out surveys that Mayer—professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of Michigan Tech's Center for Water and Society—helped them design, to determine what people know and think about Lake Superior and its watershed. Researchers will analyze the results and make recommendations for more effective school and public education programs. The results will be posted on Link and Crowley's web site, Minnesota Sea Grant, the Natural Resources Research Institute of the University of Minnesota Duluth and other related sites.
The pair's Great Lake adventure began on April 29, when they set off from Duluth, Minn. Walking an average of 15 miles a day, they are collecting a variety of data as they go—keeping a record of plants, animals and signs of human disturbance that they see. They are watching for invasive species for a research project at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada.
"There has been surprisingly little trash," Link reported. "But there are an awful lot of ATV trails."
Rivers pose one of the walkers' major challenges. Many streams and rivers feed Lake Superior—an estimated 250 to 1,400, depending on who you ask. "Luckily, it's been a dry winter and spring, so we can walk through most of them," says Crowley. When they can't, they hitch a boat ride or drive around to resume their journey at the same place on the other side. "We have to cheat; we're walkers, not swimmers," quips Link.
Amanda Hakala, a family friend, drives the RV that helps them bridge the rivers. Every morning, they look at their route and agree on a place to meet. Sometimes Link and Crowley get there first. Usually Hakala parks and waits. And waits. Once the hikers ran into some unexpectedly rough country and showed up at the rendezvous site two hours late. "I was getting a little worried," Hakala admitted.
They usually sleep in the RV, relying on luke-warm ("or luke-cold") campground showers. One of the things Crowley misses most is hot baths.
The couple stick as close to the lake's shoreline as they can. They walk through sand, over rocks, in formidable pea gravel. "The gravel is the worst," Crowley claimed. "It's like a nightmare where you are trying to run and can't move."
When the shoreline is impossible, they follow trails nearby. When there are no trails, they cut their own way through. "We've bushwhacked some pretty tough territory," said Link.
Only when there is no way humanly possible to move through nature do they take to the roads. Even then, "we walk the equivalent miles we would have walked along the shoreline, because we're committed to doing the distance," Link pointed out.
He and Crowley both use walking poles. "They really help with balance going down and they take pressure off my bad knees going up," said Link.
They walked around the Keweenaw Peninsula this weekend and are now heading toward Marquette. From there, they will hike to Pictured Rocks National Seashore, Grand Marais and Sault Ste. Marie before crossing the bridge into Canada around June 26.
On the Canadian shore, they plan to take a five-day voyageur canoe ride, in a replica of the kind of canoe that French-Canadian explorers used. They also hope to connect with a number of First Nation tribes along what Link calls "the most remote, wild, difficult, spectacular part of the shore."
They're aiming to walk back into Duluth in mid-September, with a lot of photographs and memories, leaving a lot of people along the way a little more aware and concerned about the future of the greatest Great Lake.
"We're doing this for our three grandsons and our granddaughter," said Link. "When we look at them, we see the future. It's our obligation to leave them a healthy planet they can live on and enjoy. It's a much more important legacy than stocks and bonds and bank accounts."
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Church of Scientology Urges Humane Values to Counter Xenophobia
South Africa Human Rights Day marred by distrust of non-South Africans
A survey just released by South African research and conference project FutureFact raises the specter of violence fueled by prejudicial attitudes toward foreign nationals living in South Africa.
The 2012 survey of 2,946 South Africans age 15 years and over found "eight out of ten believe that foreigners get jobs in preference to South Africans because they are prepared to work for less money" and "55% believe that 'most criminals in South Africa are foreigners.'"
With an estimated 62 people dying in 2008 riots fueled by xenophobia these current statistics alarm government, law enforcement and human rights organizations.
Tony Mathipa, Director of Social Programs of the Church of Scientology Johannesburg and coordinator of Youth for Human Rights South Africa, urges a return to the humane values expressed by Nelson Mandela in 1994: "We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity—a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world."
Mathipa believes Mandela's vision can be realized through raising awareness of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which identifies 30 rights everyone has.
Tony Mathipa is an ambassador to the Parliamentary Millennium Program, appointed by the National Parliament of South Africa. He was also appointed as an ambassador to Gauteng G2055 Vision by the Gauteng Planning Commission and the office of the Premier. His work in human rights education earned him the Human Rights Hero Award at the Youth for Human Rights International Summit held at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2009.
The purpose of Youth for Human Rights International is to teach youth about human rights, specifically the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and inspire them to become advocates for tolerance and peace.
Scientologists on five continents engage in collaborative efforts with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations to bring about broad-scale awareness and implementation of the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world's premier human rights document.
The Church of Scientology published Scientology: How We Help—United for Human Rights, Making Human Rights a Global Reality, to meet requests for more information about the human rights education and awareness initiative the Church supports. To learn more, visit Scientology.org/HumanRights.
Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote, "Human rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream," and the Scientology religion is based on the principles of human rights. The Code of a Scientologist calls on all members of the religion to dedicate themselves "to support true humanitarian endeavors in the fields of human rights."


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When DNS name resolution stops working, your Microsoft Active Directory (AD) environment has problems. DNS is the bedrock of your environment, and without name resolution, operations may be interrupted or grind to a halt. Possibly a name resolution issue has built up over time due to a slow migration away from a sound DNS tree hierarchy design. This could have happened as a result of decisions made by segmented groups where an immediate functional need was required but enterprise DNS design consideration fell to the wayside. Here are some key tips and troubleshooting tools to help you avoid or resolve DNS problems.
Tip 1: The DNS namespace should reflect a contiguous tree hierarchy
The Internet DNS namespace has a tree hierarchy (by design), and administration of this is delegated to DNS administrators responsible for various branches of the DNS namespace (IETF RFC 1034, RFC 1032). Like their Internet counterparts, intranet DNS admins should follow hierarchical tree design. Whenever a non-contiguous or disjoint namespace is encountered in an intranet environment, complexity will ensue in the form of the addition of conditional forwarders, stub zones, and/or secondary zones.
Take the scenario of a company acquisition, where each company has two separate, independent namespaces that must be consolidated in functionality using Windows Server trusts. A suggested approach is to create a secure VPN between both company environments at the root of each separate, continuous namespace. Use conditional forwarders to direct name queries across the VPN to the namespace on the opposite side of the VPN tunnel, as Figure 1 shows.
Figure 1: Using conditional forwarding across separate DNS namespaces on an intranet
Any queries that do not meet conditional forwarder criteria would simply be forwarded up to the ISP's DNS servers. DNS servers configured for conditional forwarding located in the root level of one contiguous namespace will forward queries to a specific DNS server located in the other contiguous namespace. A cache of namespace information is amassed on this DNS server, and the need for recursion is decreased.
Instead of using conditional forwarders, some admins choose to implement stub zones on the DNS servers in top-level intranet domains such as domain1.local and domainA.local. Stub zones contain only enough record information to be able to determine the authoritative DNS servers for the subordinate zone and are more of a consideration when zones are not stored in AD. Stub zones are a consideration when a DNS server in a parent zone needs to be kept aware of the authoritative DNS servers in the child zone. Stub zones increase complexity because when a stub zone replies to a query for a name, all authoritative DNS servers in the domain are provided in the DNS response. The goal should be to have a DNS infrastructure design that is functional and straightforward to troubleshoot.
Tip 2: Understand where DNS information is stored
DNS zone data can be stored in the AD information tree or in the file system in c:\%systemroot%\system32\dns. I strongly recommend that you store zone information in AD, then replicate this zone information either to every DNS server in the domain (DomainDNSZones) or possibly in the forest (ForestDNSZones). Storing DNS information on every DNS server in the domain, then forwarding upstream to the parent zone is an optimal choice. DNS forwarding would be set up so that DNS servers in child1.domain1.local and child2.domain1.local forward to DNS servers in parent domain1.local. In the parent domain, there would be delegation to each child domain. (For additional information about DNS zone location, see my article "Chasing the DNS Zone Location Problem".)
Tip 3: Identify whether the DNS problem is a name-registration or name-resolution problem
To resolve a name, the name must be registered in a zone on a DNS server. In a Windows environment, different services register different records. In Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Server 2008, the DNS client service registers A and PTR records. In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the DHCP client service registers A and PTR records. The registration interval is 24 hours, except for when the DHCP server is doing the registering; in this case, the registration should take place when the DHCP client's lease is renewed.
In Server 2008 R2, Server 2008, and Windows 2003, the Netlogon service is responsible for the registration of some additional records. A log of the records registered by the Netlogon service is located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\Netlogon.dns. Domain controllers (DCs) dynamically register 15 to 30 SRV records every hour in Server 2008, whereas in Windows 2003 the registration by Netlogon is every 24 hours.
In Server 2008, the Cluster service registers the cluster network name resource when the resource comes online. The record is updated at least once every 24 hours. The setting RegisterAllProvidersIP can be used to determine whether all IP addresses for the network name resource are registered in DNS. (For more information, see the Microsoft article "Description of what to consider when you deploy Windows Server 2008 failover cluster nodes on different, routed subnets".)
The problem is a DNS registration issue. If DNS records are not present in the DNS console, use ADSI Edit to verify that the records are not simply being displayed in the DNS console GUI or in AD. Verify record existence in AD by following the steps in the article "Event ID 4515 is logged in the DNS Server log in Windows Server 2003". If the records are not present, install Microsoft's Network Monitor on the machine performing the DNS registration and take a network trace while attempting to register the A, PTR, or SRV records. To initiate A and PTR record registration, issue this command:
ipconfig /registerdns
For SRV record registration, issue this command:
c:\net stop netlogon && net start netlogon
Stop the network trace and filter on DNS traffic. If no registration traffic is present in the network trace, focus on whether the service responsible for the registration (DHCP client, DNS client, Netlogon, Cluster) is running, and check the event logs. (If you're still stuck at this point, it may be time to call Microsoft Support.)
The problem is a DNS resolution issue. If the technical issue is not related to DNS record registration, change the troubleshooting approach and investigate DNS name resolution. First, ping the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the target and determine success or failure. If the failure is by name and not by IP address, verify that the DNS server settings are properly configured in the TCP/IP properties of the machine initiating the query. Next, start a network trace and clear the resolver cache by issuing this command:
c:\ipconfig /flushdns
Now ping the target by FQDN (e.g., ping server.domain1.local). Stop the network trace and determine whether there is an outbound DNS query and/or an inbound DNS response. The goal here is to determine whether the issue is with getting a query to the DNS server or if the DNS server gets the query and either doesn't respond or the response fails to reach the DNS query initiator.
Tip 4: Use DNS diagnostic tools
To assist you in troubleshooting DNS issues, make sure you have these tools in your DNS toolkit: DNSLint, DCDiag, and NSlookup.
DNSLint. The DNSLint utility has three functional tests, all of which output results to an HTML report. The test are for "lame delegation", the DNS records required for AD replication to succeed, and verifying a user-defined set of DNS records on multiple DNS servers. Specify /d on the dnslint command to perform the domain name test and provide results that can help in diagnosing lame delegation. Specify /s to indicate the IP address of the DNS server for the DNS server authoritative for the domain. Specify /ad to determine whether the DNS record needing AD forest replication is resolvable. (For more information, see "Description of the DNSLint utility".)
DCDiag. You can run the dcdiag command using the option /test:DNS. Test options include a DNS basic test and tests for forwarders and root hints, delegation, DNS dynamic updates, DNS record registration, and Internet name testing.
Test the health of a DC:
DCDIAG /TEST:DNS /v /s:
Test the health of all forest DCs:
DCDIAG /TEST:DNS /f /e /f:
Test the DC's ability to register the DC Locator DNS records:
DCDIAG /TEST:RegisterInDNS /DnsDomain:
/v /f:
(In the previous commands, /v specifies verbose output, /s means run local, /f means direct output to file, and /e means test all servers.)
In Windows 2003 SP2, use the DCDiag utility included with SP2, as described in support.microsoft.com/kb/926027. In Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2, install DCDiag by navigating to Server Manager, Features, Add Features, Remote Server Administration Tools, Role Administration Tools, Select DNS Server Tools, Next, Install.
NSlookup. This is a well-known command for DNS troubleshooting. View NSlookup syntax variations by running NSlookup from a command prompt, then issuing the command help. Keep in mind that NSlookup has its own built-in stub resolver in the executable and does not use the OS's resolver.
Tip 5: Microsoft DNS best practices
Check your Server 2008 R2 DNS environment's heath by using the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) included in Server 2008 R2. Two variations of the tool exist: one for best practices for DNS configuration, and the second for best practices for DNS operation. BPA is helpful tool for scanning your Server 2008 R2 DNS environment and investigating potential DNS configuration issues.
To open BPA, follow these steps:
- Go to Start, Administrative Tools, and click Server Manager.
- In the tree pane, open Roles, then select the role for which you want to open BPA.
- In the details pane, open the Summary section, then open the Best Practices Analyzer area.
For more information about BPA, see the Best Practices Analyzer page.
For Windows Server 2008, a DNS model exists for the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer (MBCA). The MBCA tool compares DNS server configurations against DNS best practices outlined in the MBCA 2.0 DNS model. You can download MBCA here.
Healthy DNS, Healthy AD
A Windows AD environment can experience a variety of problems when name resolution fails. Determine whether the problem is localized to a machine, subnet, or network. Next, determine whether the problem is with DNS name registration or with DNS name resolution. Finally, use Microsoft tools when needed, both for troubleshooting and keeping your DNS environment healthy.
Boyd Gerber ([email protected]) is a support escalation engineer with Microsoft Networking Escalation. His DNS industry experience is with DNS support and DNS development teams. He has a graduate degree in software engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.


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When you're watching Super Bowl XLVII this weekend with the family or friends, or if you're going to a Super Bowl party, definitely work in some venison for the munchables.
By Alan Clemons, Managing Editor
Super Bowl weekend always is rife with planning for the big day. Who's coming to watch, how much food and beverages you'll need, what kind of food and beverages, whether kids and maybe your vegetarian neighbors will be there … it's all important.
Look, we could suggest throwing out some Ruffles and a platter of cheddar-covered venison burgers and telling everyone "Eat, or don't." But that's not polite. Plus, if you had a good deer season, share the love with your family and friends while the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers are pounding the snot outta' each other at the Mercedez Benz Superdome.
What time is the Super Bowl? Well, glad you asked! It begins at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS.
Our crew at Deer & Deer Hunting came up with a few ideas for the game day feast and we plucked these recipes from Scott Leysath, the Sporting Chef: venison burgers, of course, and more venison burgers, maybe some meatballs (easy to eat with toothpicks!), and these super venison satay skewers.
One thing most folks enjoy at a get-together for a football game or tailgate party is a nice bowl of chili. Venison chili is easy to make before the game or to start the morning of, and then have it ready for kickoff or halftime.
Leysath has a great chili recipe you'll love, too. Check it out!
Silver Sage Caterers, founded by Greg Cornell and me back in the early '90's, received more requests for the chili recipe than any other items we prepared. Leftovers have been auctioned off at dinners we catered for sporting groups like the California Waterfowl Association. For our signature beans, we use chunks of sirloin and linguica sausage. We substitute cubed venison shoulder for beef for this version. If you can't find linguica, use andouille or any good-quality smoked medium-hot sausage. If your sausage does not release a good bit of oil when cooked, you should add some vegetable oil to help brown the venison. I like to serve this with warm flour tortillas. It is important to stew the venison until tender. To do so, you may need to add some more diced tomato or salsa so that there is sufficient liquid to keep the meat moist while cooking.
8 to 10 servings
1 pound linguica sausage, diced
2 pound venison shoulder roast, trimmed of excess fat and gristle and then cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 medium onion, diced
8 garlic cloves, minced
2 green bell peppers, seeded and diced
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely diced
1 quart canned diced tomato, with juice
1 cup canned diced roasted green chiles
1 quart green chile salsa (or substitute tomato salsa)
2 tablespoons chile powder
2 teaspoons cumin
2 tablespoons dried oregano flakes
3 cups cooked pinto beans, drained
3 – 4 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 cups fresh cilantro, chopped
salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste
In a large stockpot over medium heat, add linguica and cook until lightly browned. Add venison and brown evenly. Add next 4 ingredients and cook for a few minutes. Add diced tomato and next 5 ingredients and simmer until venison is tender. It will take 2 to 3 hours. Add additional salsa or tomato if necessary to keep meat moist while cooking. When meat is just tender, add beans, 2 tablespoons of the tomato paste and cilantro. Heat to warm beans. If you want to thicken the chili, add additional tomato paste as necessary. Season with salt, pepper and Tabasco.
How About Wild Pig?
This is an unreal, fantastic dish – Wild Pig Chili Verde – that you'll savor and might end up sweatin' a bit if you kick up the spiciness. Leysath creates this for some of his big group events because it's super easy and super delicious. The toughest thing about it might be finding a good wild pig (and if you can't find a wild one, just use store-bought).
Serve with warm flour tortillas, shredded lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream and cold Mexican beer. 6 – 8 servings
3 pounds boar shoulder, cut into 1-inch pieces
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 quarts chicken broth
2 cups yellow onion, chopped
8 garlic cloves, chopped
2 green bell peppers, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 Anaheim peppers, chopped
3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
1 tablespoons dried oregano flakes
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups fresh tomatillos, skin removed; quartered (or canned / drained)
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add boar and brown evenly. Drain off any fat or liquid rendered during browning. Add 1 1/2 quarts chicken broth and any additional broth or water to cover meat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 2 hours or until meat is tender and breaks apart, but doesn't fall apart with moderate finger pressure. Drain liquid from stockpot. Add remaining 2 cups of chicken stock and all other ingredients except cilantro. Simmer until peppers are tender. Stir in cilantro and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Want more recipes? Check out Leysath's long list of venison recipes at his site, HuntFishCook.com, and poke around there for some other big game, upland bird, waterfowl and fish recipes along with preparation tips.
Want Leysath's cookbook? His newest one, "The Sporting Chef's Better Venison Cookbook," is slammed with great preparation and cooking tips, recipes, photos, insights from Leysath's time afield and in the kitchen, and much more.
It truly is a great addition to your kitchen or camp, and would be a great gift if you have a friend, spouse or anyone who loves cooking venison. GET IT HERE


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The Law Library contains a selective, yet rich, rare book collection of approximately 1850 titles, including manuscripts and over one hundred fifty pre-1600 imprints. This collection is a valuable resource for legal scholars doing historical research. Use of these materials, housed in the Rare Book Room in Anheuser-Busch Hall on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, is by appointment only Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. All titles are non-circulating.
- To make an appointment to use the materials contained in the Rare Book Collection, contact Frederick Chan, Senior Cataloging Librarian, at email@example.com or call him at 314-935-6415.
- To donate any rare books or to submit detailed questions about the collection, contact Joyce McCray Pearson,Director of the Law Library & Associate University Librarian at email@example.com or call her at 314-935-6440.
Click on Rare Book Collection to view a select listing of the collection.
Click on Rare Book Collection Gallery to view pictures.
The library maintains a collection of Law School archival material including old and current leaflets, journals, and treatises. Part of the Archives has been cataloged but many items are not yet in the online catalog.
Some of the more useful material includes the Law School Newsletter (under various titles) for most of the years since 1937, scattered Alumni Directories from 1956, and pamphlets about the history of the Law School, its buildings and the Law Library.
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C.R. 329 shut after deadly crash
CITRA, Fla. —
Wet roads snarled traffic overnight and into the morning across Central Florida.
In Marion County, a deadly crash forced officials to close busy County Road 329. The road was shut between State Road 441 west to NW 21st Street in Citra.
Officials said a 2008 Dodge driven by 22-year-old Bryan Blunt ran off the roadway and struck a tree.
Blunt and passenger, 19-year-old Cornelius Rawls, Jr., were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other passengers, 22-year-old Demontay Billups and 18-year-old Eddie Woods, were injured.
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Tip 1: Catch up on routine maintenance
Routine maintenance
Top off all fluids. Replace worn belts and the air filter if it's dirty.
You're thinking about buying a hybrid. The numbers will work, but only if you sell your car yourself and pocket the difference between retail and trade-in. So how do you get the most for your car?
We interviewed several people who only buy used cars from private parties. They shared their "turnoffs" and the selling techniques that impress them the most. Here are their best recommendations:
Catch up on routine maintenance
Savvy buyers check fluids (engine oil, coolant, transmission fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid) to see if they're clean and topped off. They also check for worn belts and burned-out bulbs. Every small problem you fix before you list the vehicle is one less buyer obstacle when it comes time to negotiate the price.
Tip 2: Detail the car
Remove personal items
Go through the entire car and purge it of personal items.
Professional detailing
Save time and money by hiring a professional detailer. Tell buyers that a professional did the work—it's a selling point.
Buyers equate a dirty car with one that hasn't been maintained properly. That's an instant turnoff. Detailing means cleaning every nook, cranny and surface of the entire car. Do-it-yourself detailing sounds simple. But trust us, it's a lot of work and it will take you an entire day. And even then it won't look spotless. Plus, the cleaning supplies can cost you up to $85, not including the cost to rent a carpet/ upholstery shampooer. All in all, DIY detailing is a losing proposition.
So what to do? Start by removing all your personal items (that is, junk) from the console, glove box and trunk—including the spare tire area. Then hire a professional detailer! That should cost $135 to $150. Tell potential buyers that you had the car professionally detailed—it's a selling point.
Tip 3: Organize your records
If you've saved all your service records, great! Use them to prove you've diligently maintained the car. But it's a mistake to think you can impress potential buyers by handing them a fistful of service receipts. They'll be overwhelmed by the number of receipts and think you're selling a lemon. Instead, enter all the maintenance and repair items separately on a single sheet of paper, listing them by date and mileage. Then staple it to the receipts.
Tip 4: Advertise as a private party
Photograph your car
Sell your car faster by including high-quality photos in your Internet ad. Park the car in the shade and shoot the exterior, interior and the trunk.
Small dealers often fix "salvaged" or "auctioned" cars and sell them in the classifieds by posing as private sellers. Differentiate yourself from the "dealers in disguise" by flaunting your private seller status. If you're the original owner, put that at the top of the ad as well: "Private party/Original owner." Place a free ad on an Internet car-selling site. Make sure you include plenty of high-quality photos so buyers can see the condition of your vehicle.
Tip 5: Avoid cheesy signs
Drive-by signage
Make your own drive-by signage and include calling cards. Highlight your maintenance records, and if you're the original owner, emphasize that, too.
Drive-by advertising is a great way to sell your car, but don't rely on cheap store-bought "For Sale" signs. Make your own on your computer and tape it to the inside of a side window. Then print "calling cards" with the make, model, year and mileage, price, phone number and selling features. Never force buyers to call for the price—they won't make the call. Put the cards in a plastic page protector and tape it to the outside of the window.
Try to answer all phone calls in person rather than letting them go to voice mail—prospective buyers won't leave a message. Then encourage callers to see the car in person. If you follow these steps, you'll have cash in your hands in no time!


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Barking dogs chased a man out of a house where he was trying to steal Christmas presents early Tuesday morning, according to an arrest report.
Barking dogs chased a man out of a house where he was trying to steal Christmas presents early Tuesday morning, according to an arrest report.
Timothy Devon Lawrence, 36, of 645 Waldo Road, had gone into a house in the 3200 block of Northwest Sixth Street around 3 a.m. and had loaded 18 packages in bins by the front door, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
Lawrence — who was previously convicted of armed robbery, burglary and aggravated assault — had a .380-caliber pistol in his waistband, the report noted.
The residents were upstairs asleep when their dogs were barking. The woman opened the bedroom door and the dogs ran downstairs, chasing the burglar out of the house.
An officer responding to a 911 call saw a man — later identified as Lawrence — walking from behind a bush one house south of the site of the burglary. The report said he was covered in beggarweeds and wearing one sock.
A police dog followed a scent from the home through bushes to Lawrence, the report states.
At the house, police saw that the woman's purse had been moved and had a dirty sock around the strap, possibly to prevent fingerprints from being left on it.
In addition to the presents, the victims' PlayStation and Wii video game consoles had been loaded into a bag, police reported. The estimated total value of the items was $1,000.
Lawrence told police he was walking from a housing area to Shands and stopped in the backyard of the home to urinate, according to the report. He saw an open window and went in only to steal change, the report states. He denied loading up the Christmas presents.
Lawrence was arrested on various charges including armed burglary, grand theft and possession of concealed weapon by a felon.


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An Interview with... Dr. Robert M. Miller
Robert M. Miller, DVM, is an author and a cartoonist, speaker, and Veterinary Medicine Practitioner Advisory Board Member. He was a mixed-animal practitioner for 32 years and pioneered imprint training in horses.
What is the most exciting change you've seen in veterinary medicine?
If I were to choose a species, my most memorable would be the dolphins I treated when I was a veterinarian for the Pacific Ocean Park (1959 to 1962). What impressed me most about these dolphins, which were captured in the wild, were their kindness toward people and their extreme intelligence. And they're more tolerant than most dogs: In three years, I was bitten only once, when I gave a dolphin a painful injection.
As far as an individual patient, I remember a working cow dog that was brought in to my practice weekly to have the springtime foxtail awns removed from his ears. Always stoic, the dog would only squint while I performed the painful procedure. He never needed to be held, and when I was done, he would lick my hand and jump off the table.
Who inspired you most in your career?
As a child, I was inspired by the books about Africa written by naturalist-author-artist-taxidermist Carl Akeley. I wanted to do what he did. A career in veterinary medicine did not occur to me until I was 21, a war veteran, and a college student majoring in animal science.
What was the best professional advice you ever received?
My teachers in veterinary school taught me never to complain about nighttime emergencies or weekend or holiday patients. They told me it was part of the package. I never complained; however, the best part of retirement is not having to go out at night or on weekends.
What would you advise a new graduate?
You are in the happiest of all professions if your primary goal is service not income, if you have an overwhelming love for animals, and if you are captivated by the challenges of medical science.
What would you have liked to do if you hadn't become a veterinarian?
I wrote regularly for Western Horseman magazine and often said that if I hadn't become a veterinarian, I'd have wanted to be on its staff. However, in recent decades I've decided that if I couldn't have studied veterinary medicine, my second choice would have been animal behavior. And, in fact, I am a self-taught behaviorist today.
What part of your work do you enjoy most?
When I practiced, I loved diagnostics. I'm a compulsive problem solver, and for me, a diagnosis must always precede therapy. Since retiring from practice, I have dedicated my life to kinder and more effective horsemanship—that was what my 2005 book The Revolution in Horsemanship: And What It Means to Mankind was about. I discovered these methods in my 20s and am grateful to have lived to see these methods prevail.
What book would you recommend?
The three books that have influenced me the most are The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations by Robert Ardrey and Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, both by Jared Diamond.
What book are you reading now?
Katz on Dogs: A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs by Jon Katz. It's great!


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1969 GMC Pickup and 1970 Chevy Blazer - Rollin' Reds
Here are two of Porterville's Latest!
Porterville, California, is a small town located about 50 miles north of Bakersfield, on Interstate 65, and it has had more custom trucks built there in the past 50 years than any other place on the planet. Here are two of Porterville's latest.
We know the '67-'72 GM trucks have always been among the favorites of early-model custom-truck enthusiasts. The straight, smooth, and simple bodylines make a clean canvas for whoever wishes to partake in a fairly effortless creation. Just drop it, add wheels and tires, body, paint, and interior. They are a timeless generation of American iron.
Mark McDonald Jr. from Porterville shared the first buildup of the '69 GMC with his dad, Mark Sr., as a father and son project after Mark Jr. bought it in 1993. After years of cruisin' and showin', it was retired for some updated modifications. The revision consisted of sending the truck to the crew at KRZ Customs in Fresno, where it was disassembled down to the bare frame. The front suspension crossmember was raised 3 inches and fitted with a pair of custom-built lower control arms. To achieve a rocker-scrapin' stance, a pair of Early Chassis 2-inch drop spindles were fitted between the custom lower and stock upper control arms. The front stopping power is handled by an Early Classic disc-brake conversion kit.
A pair of Nitro Drop gas shocks were relocated on the framerails. The stock transmission crossmember was removed and replaced with a raised transmission crossmember. These frame and suspension modifications were all major factors in the slammed suspension equation. To finish it off, a pair of Firestone pneumatic 'bags were installed. The front suspension rolls on a pair of Boyd Coddington Smoothie 20x8-inch aluminum wheels, which were then wrapped with Continental P245/40R20 rubber.
To achieve a slammed four-corner stance, the factory framerails were cut off just behind the cab. New 2x4-inch rear framerails were designed with major 14-inch step notches, allowing the 12-bolt rear-end housing that was stuffed with 2:73 gears and new five-lug Early Chassis 31-spline axles ample clearance when the 'bags are fully deflated. The rear framerails were spud-welded for insured strength and rigidity. KRZ Customs fabricated custom brackets for the four-link Panhard bar rear suspension. A pair of Pro Shock absorbers were teamed up with a pair of Firestone pneumatic 'bags, that are huffed and puffed by two Viair compressors with 3/8-inch valves and hard lines to give Mark the ability to perform its rocker scraping athleticism. A pair of chubby Goodyear Eagle P275/45R20 rear tires provide the grip on the power end.
The stout '69 Chevy 350ci small-block was freshened up by the team at Shetler Machine, which internally balanced, blueprinted, and assembled the entire engine. Shetler decked the engine block, and machined the block's cylinder bores 0.040-inch over factory spec. An Edlebrock camshaft was carefully inserted into the new cam bearings. TRW pistons with new rings were dropped into each cylinder. An Edelbrock bump stick was carefully inserted through the cam bearings. A complete Edelbrock valve train, including intake manifold and 650cfm carburetor, were then bolted on. The electrical power is supplied by an Optima Yellow Top battery. A re-curved HEI distributor and ignition create enough voltage to fire and maintain the mighty 350ci engine. A pair of ram-horn exhaust manifolds were Jet-Hot coated, then bolted up to the cylinder heads exhaust ports. The 2-1/2-inch-diameter exhaust flows into a pair of Flowmaster Delta Flow mufflers.
What sets the '67-72 C10 trucks above other generations is their distinguished long, low, and straight bodylines. Mark and his dad spent endless hours using a hammer and dolly, then filling, skimming, and block sanding to get the cab, fenders, hood, bedsides and tailgate perfectly straight and smooth. Grant Customs in Oroville, California, laid back the leading edge of the stock hood 2-inches and removed the center section of the hood. A center section from a '98 Chevy hood was then grafted in. The side marker lights, door locks, mirrors, tailgate handle, and bed stake pockets were all shaved and filled. The original driprail was removed and replaced with 1/4-inch rod. Chad's Auto Glass in Porterville installed new glass all the way around, including the one-piece side windows. The rear fenderwells were widened 3 inches and the entire bed floor was raised 6 inches.
Painter Lee Millinich from Hanford, California, used DuPont Hot Hues Red Hot Meltdown paint as a basecoat, followed by color-sanding the surface silky smooth. The entire truck's skin was then buried in mutiple clearcoats. After it was given several weeks to cure in the hot summer San Joaquin Valley sun, it was then cut, buffed, and polished to an endless, mirror finish. The grille shell was given a couple coats of graphite color to match the Boyd Coddington five-spoke graphite wheel centers.
Opening the doors exposes us to a cramped cab red interior. The wider than wide dash was smoothed including the glovebox. The glovebox door was removed, then transformed into a raised gauge panel housing the TPI gauges. It was then transplanted into the dash, in front of the chrome-plated ididit tilt steering column, and capped with a red leatherette-covered Billet Specialties three-spoke steering wheel. The smoothed dash, door panels, headliner, and factory cut down bench seat were covered with matching red leatherette by the crew at Big Daddy's Upholstery in Porterville. The cab floor was covered with Mercedes-Benz red wool carpet. The billet aluminum door handles and window cranks highlight the red leatherette door panels.
If you are waiting to hear about Marks awesome audio sound system and entertainment center with GPS, you will see or hear nothing. The only sound is the rumblin' thunder of the potent 350ci V-8 under the hood. This time around was a long journey. Mark said he couldn't have done it without the help and advice from his dad, his brother-in-law Loren Johnson who laid the bed's wood floor, and the patience and support of his wonderful and understanding wife Michele. Mark's close friend, Mike Fusco of Fusco's Detail Shop, makes sure the little red GMC is always lookin' slick. Every time I see Mark, he's cruisin' low with a smile from ear to ear.
Cruisin' down the boulevard, with the wind blowing in his hair, and the tunes blasting in his ears has always been a vision for Mike Fusco from Porterville. Mike, who is a physical education teacher in Visalia, California, owns a very successful auto detailing business, Fusco's Detail Shop. He has always liked the straight and clean bodylines of the '67-'72 Chevy/GMC trucks.
Mike's buddy Mark McDonald, who's also from Porterville, has a hammered '69 GMC pickup. Never one to replicate others, Mike decided to build a Chevy two-door Blazer, which he named FATT '70. After meeting with custom builder Bob Grant from Grant Customs in Oroville, they discussed Mike's vision to transform his Blazer into a radically modified custom roadster.
After removing the Blazer body from the frame, the rails were boxed to add strength and rigidity. Then, the rear portion of the frame was C-notched. Brett Grant at Kutrus in Porterville lowered the nose by installing a pair of Early Classic Enterprises 2-inch dropped spindles, Slam Specialties pneumatic 'bags, and Belltech gas shocks. Out back, the factory trailing-arm rear suspension is activated with a pair of Slammed Specialties 'bags and KYB gas shocks, allowing for extreme rear-vertical suspension travel. A pair of Early Classic Enterprises 12-inch cross-drilled slotted rotors, with four-piston calipers provide instant stopping power up front. Early Classic Enterprises hard and soft brake lines link the four brakes to the master cylinder and booster, which were mounted under the floorboard to keep the firewall smooth without any barnacles.
The rear suspension uses factory drum brakes with Early Classic Enterprises brake shoes. To achieve the critical tire and wheel sizes with correct backspacing measurements, Mike turned to Ken Esajian at Esajian Wheels in Torrance. A pair of 20x8-1/2-inch front wheels with 5-inch backspacing and 22x10-inch wheels with 4-1/2-inch backspacing Intro Pentia aluminum wheels were wrapped in Nitto 255/35ZR20 NT555 in the front, and Nitto 285/35ZR22 NT555 rear rubber.
Chris Edwards at Edwards Automotive in Porterville refurbished the '99 Chevy Vortec 350ci V-8 engine with cast-iron block and aluminum cylinder heads. An Edelbrock Performer polished intake manifold with an Edelbrock RPM Quadra-jet 850cfm carburetor mixes and disperses the fuel and air mixture. A MSD HEI distributor and MSD 8.5mm ignition wires distribute the electrical charge to the Champion spark plugs. A variety of Billet Specialties engine eye candy was bolted on, including billet aluminum pulleys, air cleaner, valve covers, and breathers. The Cool Flex dual-fan system keeps the water temp in the normal heat range. Elroy Newberry at Newberry's Muffler in Visalia, California, installed the Sanderson block hugger shorty, Cermachrome coated headers. He then bent up the 3-inch custom exhaust that flows into the two Coffin mufflers. A GM '99 700-R4 automatic transmission received a B&M shift kit to develop firmer shifts. Pearson Alignment in Bakersfield measured, cut, and balanced the driveshaft, thereby linking the torque and horsepower to the GM 12-bolt rearend, which was stuffed with 3.08 gears.
Bob Grant at Grant Customs was responsible for the insane body modifications. The factory doors were cut down to make them level with the rear quarter panels. Plates were made to fill in the V-corners at the A-pillars to support a pair of custom billet side mirrors. After removing the Blazer's lid, Bob proceeded to finish off the inner and outer body walls. The windshield frame and A-pillars were reworked and raked back 14 inches to create a more aero profile. The door handles, locks, emblems, the gas filler door, and the front and rear marker lights were all shaved. Bob relocated the gas filler and neck to the driver-side rear corner of the body cap. They decided to re-skin the tailgate removed the bodyline, then welded it and ground it smooth.
A pair of wider and taller rear wheel tubs were fabricated to accommodate the larger wheels and tires. Next, the rear and front bumpers were sectioned, then frenched into the body for a tighter fit. To carry out the smooth rear end, the taillights were also frenched. A custom-cut windshield cowl was fabricated to match the hood skin with a center crease. A '67-'68 grille shell was inserted into the Blazer's leading edge, flanked by a pair of Zoops Tri-Bar Blue Dot headlights. With all of the body mods completed, the Blazer was delivered to Dennis Watson Jr. at Golden State Paint & Body in Porterville. After the body was prepped, sanded, and tack-ragged, Dennis applied his own secret blend of DuPont Red basecoat, then color-sanded it, and laid down multiple clearcoats. Grant Kustoms fabricated a '57 Chevy pickup-style dash with an actual '57 dash, gauge cluster, and eyebrow. Auto Meter white face classic gauges reveal the engine's vital signs.
The driver steering input is handled by an ididit chrome tilt steering column, capped by a Billet Specialties GTX 101 steering wheel that was wrapped with tan leather by Buster's Upholstery in Porterville. The crew at Edwards Automotive installed the Painless Wiring harness. The dash contours continue and are wrapped into the doors. Ronnie and Randy Broadhead, a father and his son, at Buster's Upholstery did all of the cutting and stitching. A steel fabricated center console separates the two custom cut-down low-back tan leather Glide bucket seats. The rear bench seat was custom fabricated to fit between the wider wheel tubs. Custom tan leather door panels with Billet Specialties door handles and RB's Obsolete Automotive covered fiberglass armrests add style to the open-air interior. Then, Dynamat sound deadening insulation was applied on the floor before the tan pile carpet was laid down. Lokar is responsible for the gas and brake pedals. The air conditioning is the California breeze and the headliner is the clear blue sky.
The open-air audio sound system is orchestrated by a Pioneer head unit, which is powered by two Rockford Fosgate amplifiers. The massive custom subwoofer enclosure was designed and constructed by Mark Felix at California Car Stereo in Porterville. The sub enclosure houses an Optima battery, two amplifiers, a chrome fire extinguisher, and additional storage. A pair of 12-inch ported Rockford Fosgate subwoofers produce the hard hitting heavy base vibes. The mid tones are produced by four Rockford Fosgate 6-1/2-inch Triaxials, which are located in the lower kick panels. The entire system was also wired by Mark. Fulfilling the vision of a perfectionist sometimes makes for a long journey, just ask Mike's wife Renee.


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KKOTTOGNAE, South Korea (AP) — Pope Francis has long been a stickler for setting aside enough time to pray, getting up at 4:30 a.m. to ensure he isn't rushed through his daily meditations.
But he sheepishly asked to skip evening vespers on Saturday after he ran behind schedule during a busy day that saw him celebrate a Mass before about 800,000 people in Seoul and then travel 90 kilometers (55 miles) to a South Korean community that cares for disabled people.
Francis had three meetings scheduled consecutively in the community of Kkottognae, and by the time he hit the second one — a vespers service in Latin and Korean and speech to some 5,000 nuns — he was running out of time.
"I've got a little problem," he told the crowd. "If there's one thing you should never do, it's skip your prayers, but today we'll have to do it alone and I'll tell you why: I came by helicopter, and if we don't take off in time, there's a danger we might smash into a mountain."
The crowd erupted in laughter once Francis' Italian apologies were translated into Korean.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the reason Francis was behind schedule was absolutely justified: He took extra time to greet and bless each of the 60 or so disabled children and elderly residents of the Kkottognae community, lingering to caress the cheek of one woman in a vegetative state and embrace anyone who wanted a papal hug.
"This was more important for him, and for us I think," Lombardi said.


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Spindrift streams off the roof of the Sportbrake, a glittering trail of frozen particles that spills into the biting, brittle Lakeland air and hangs motionless. A crystallised snapshot and then the gently floating cloud is blown apart, the particles scattered by a bow wave of turbulence, as the Shooting Brake punches its way through.
Frost twinkling on bodywork, the Jaguar and the Mercedes flow along, a vapour trail of diamond dust in their wake. They look absolutely gorgeous. Estate cars aren't meant to look gorgeous. They can occasionally be well-designed, handsome even, but on the whole this is a class in which a fit-for-purpose mentality dominates. That purpose being practicality. But why should this be so? Why should the compromise always come down on the side of space, not style? After all, how much room do you actually need? Couldn't you just improve your packing skills?
Words: Ollie Marriage
Pics: John Wycherley
This feature first appeared in Top Gear magazine


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Ob-Gyns and Midwives Seek to Improve Health Care for Women and Their Newborns
Groups Issue Collaborative Practice Statement
Contact: Melissa Garvey
Contact: Office of Communications
March 31, 2011
Washington, DC — The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) are pleased to announce the publication of a new "Joint Statement of Practice Relations between Obstetrician-Gynecologists and Certified Nurse-Midwives/Certified Midwives." The landmark document highlights key principles to facilitate improved communication, working relationships, and seamlessness in the provision of maternity care and other vital women's health services.
"Health care is most effective when it occurs in a system that facilitates communication across care settings and among providers," according to the joint statement. "Ob-gyns and CNMs/CMs are experts in their respective fields of practice and are educated, trained, and licensed, independent providers who may collaborate with each other based on the needs of their patients. Quality of care is enhanced by collegial relationships characterized by mutual respect and trust, as well as professional responsibility and accountability."
"CNMs and CMs and ob-gyns are with women in some of the most important moments in their lives," said ACNM president Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN. "By strengthening the way our independent professions work together, we believe that we can more effectively provide the highest quality care that women expect and deserve. We anticipate that this historic document will usher in a new era of enhanced cooperation between our professions."
"Ob-gyns working collaboratively with midwives is a way to address the gap between the supply of ob-gyns and the demand for women's health care services," said Richard N. Waldman, MD, FACOG, president of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "As a result, access to health care will be greatly improved."
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With roots dating to 1929, ACNM's mission is to promote the health and well-being of women and newborns within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives. Midwives believe every individual has the right to safe, satisfying health care with respect for human dignity and cultural variations.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (www.acog.org) is the nation's leading group of physicians providing health care for women. As a private, voluntary, nonprofit membership organization of approximately 55,000 members, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists strongly advocates for quality health care for women, maintains the highest standards of clinical practice and continuing education of its members, promotes patient education, and increases awareness among its members and the public of the changing issues facing women's health care. Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/acognews.


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Mission, a home health, home care and hospice organization, has launched Mission Forward, a yearlong campaign to support San Diego's homeless. Mission employees will give out bags with water, socks and toiletries to the homeless they pass while in the field. www.homewithmission.com
La Jolla is now home to ProRituals Salon and Academy, which opened on May 16 at 7443 Girard Ave. Services include cuts, color, makeup, waxing and more. For more information, visit www.prorituals.com or call (858) 551-5555.
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology has been named one of San Diego's healthiest companies. The award honors organizations that demonstrate a commitment to a healthier workplace. The Institute placed fourth among medium-sized organizations in San Diego.


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When a talented, visionary designer gets some support from a big luxury house, one of two things can happen: Commerce can overtake creativity all but pushing the artist out of the process, or craft reigns supreme taking the insurgence of cash to really deliver next-level goods. When it comes to Christopher Kane and Kering, it looks like a case of the latter.
The strongest evidence of the symbiosis came in the form of the bags in Kane's fall '14 collection. His previous forays into handbags were unforgettable, if a little impractical — remember those Trapper-Keeper-esque gak-filled plastic sacks, or the perforated, neon-lace clutches? But, with Kering's guiding hand, Kane's newest accessories are a bit more grown up. Able to hold more than just your phone and a pen, the eight new styles bore utilitarian shapes, like totes, shoulder bags, and vintage-looking box frames. Each features a safety buckle that's been part of the Christopher Kane bag of tricks since spring '07. Kooky and zany? Sure, but these carryalls are still more suited to the office than the schoolyard, which is probably what you're looking for when you drop hundreds on a handbag.
As for the rest of the collection — the clothes, if you will — there were plenty of Kane's madcap design quirks (science museum botanicals, plasticky layers, mille-feuille ruffles) supplemented by a healthy dose of realism. Think: trash-bag puffers, thick overcoats, and perfectly wide trousers. It was a mix of pieces you'll want to hang in your closet forever, and some that you'll literally have a hard time figuring out how to hang. Click through for a closer look at three of the new handbags, and keep going for the rest of the collection. Then, let us know what you think of the Kane's toned-down aesthetic.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez isn't on screen for the debut of her new TV series, but she will be on Twitter.
Lopez is an executive producer of ABC Family's drama "The Fosters," which debuts at 9 p.m. EDT Monday. The channel says the actress and singer will be live-tweeting from her (at)JLo account during the episode.
"The Fosters" is about a lesbian couple who are parents to a brood that includes adopted twins and a foster child. The cast includes Teri Polo of the "Meet the Parents" movie franchise.
Lopez says the drama reflects the changing nature of families today. She says she may appear on the show or provide music for it in later episodes.
"The Fosters" was created by actor Peter Paige of Showtime's "Queer as Folk" and Bradley Bredeweg.


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