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Space: Above and Beyond - The Complete Series (US - DVD R1)
Matt Joseph takes a look at the recent release of Space: Above and Beyond
After their success with writing and producing duties on The X-Files, the team of Glen Morgan and James Wong were given the opportunity to branch out on their own in 1995 with the television series Space: Above and Beyond. Although the series lasted only one season on the Fox Network, the show gained a loyal fan base during its short run and left many a viewer clamoring for repeat episodes which would occasionally pop up on The Sci-Fi Channel from time to time. Now, ten years after its initial broadcast run, Space: Above and Beyond is finally getting a well deserved release on DVD from Fox Home Video.
Taking its cues from Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction classic Starship Troopers and the 1960s television series Combat!, the show revolves around the first year of the young fighter pilots in the Marine Corps' 58th Space Aviator Calvary Squadron, better known as The Wildcards, and their struggle in a war against an alien race bent on the destruction of humanity. Set in the year 2063, the peoples of Earth have begun to colonize outer space when suddenly an unknown alien species begins to wipe out all of the colonists. Soon after, Earth's top fighter squadrons are decimated and a group of young, military cadets is unexpectedly hurled onto the front lines of what quickly escalates into an intergalactic war. Led by Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen, The Wildcards—Nathan West, Shane Vansen, Cooper Hawkes, Paul Wang, and Vanessa Damphousse—must must fight over land, sea, and air against a mysterious enemy that strikes in greater numbers and without fear.
I was only able to catch a few episodes here and there during the show's initial run ten years ago, but after a rocky first few episodes, Space: Above and Beyond turns out to be a pretty good show. Initially the storylines don't seem to gel very well from one episode to the next and the special effects are embarrassingly bad, but about a third of the way through the series the episodes become more cohesive and the effects get much, much better. It seems it took everyone involved with the series a little bit of time to find their footing and figure out what kind of show they were making, and by the time the last episode was over I was left wanting more.
There are several outstanding episodes in the series' twenty-four episode run, such as 'Eyes' which revolves around a presidential assassination plot, 'Who Monitors The Birds' which features very little dialogue, the two episode arc 'Never No More', and 'The Angriest Angel' involving a Red Baron type enemy, and the episodes 'And if They Lay Us Down to Rest…' and '...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best' that conclude the series and offer some answers and sense of resolution to a few of the shows storylines while offering up some new questions and intriguing plot twists that sadly will never be fully realized.
While the show wasn't as deep a drama as a certain other space military program currently on the air, each episode offered a unique storyline and characters and generally showcased some quality action. Watching the first season in its entirety, and without having to wait a week in between each episode, I came to appreciate the show and what it was attempting to achieve much more so than I did ten years ago. Hopefully with this release more people will find and enjoy the show now than in 1995 as it certainly deserves some belated attention.
Space: Above and Beyond is presented in its televised aspect ratio of 1.33:1 for its release on DVD. The video is a bit soft in places and contains a fair amount of grain, which is especially more apparent given the fact that much of the show takes place in the blackness of space. Most of these problems, however, can be attributed to the quality of the materials used in filming the series back in 1995 and to that end the series has never looked better.
Fox Home Video has presented Space: Above and Beyond on DVD with English, Spanish, and French Dolby Surround audio tracks with optional English and Spanish subtitles. Not surprisingly, most of the sound is relegated to the front channels with a few surround effects thrown in here and there, but there is little to complain about concerning the audio as I could not detect any noticeable defects. Again, as with the video transfer, the series has never sounded better than what is presented on this DVD.
Fans of the series looking for some audio commentaries or behind-the-scenes featurettes will be sorely disappointed with the special features included within the five-disc set as the only extras to be found are a few television commercials for the series, which run out their welcome fairly quickly. The menu system for the set is strictly of the vanilla variety and nothing to write home about either, but it does its job and includes chapter menus for each episode.
As far as the packaging is concerned, the five-disc set is encased within three THINpak style cases with each case holding two discs save for the third. The discs themselves are for the most part DVD-10 discs, double-sided and single layered, each housing two episodes per side save for the dual layer, first side of discs one and five which contain four episodes. I'm not sure why Fox decided to go this route instead of offering six DVD-9 discs instead, which would have been better as far as disc care goes and would have eliminated the need to flip the discs to view all four episodes on each, but I hope this isn't the direction that future television releases from them will be taking.
Space: Above and Beyond was a fairly decent science fiction series that, like a few other sci-fi shows to air on the Fox Network, was cancelled before its time and leaves me to wonder in what direction Morgan and Wong would have taken the show and the mythos that began to take shape during this first season had the series continued on to a second year. I really enjoyed the series this time around and I'm sure that this package will convert a few more viewers into fans. This DVD release, however, no doubt owes its existence to the current incarnation of Battlestar Galactica, and with its bland and basically featureless presentation seems like an attempt to quickly cash in on that series and its popularity. While there is little to complain about as far as the video and audio are concerned, this set will certainly leave die hard fans feeling a little cheated as there are no worthwhile extras included. Overall, if all you care about is finally getting your hands on the series then you will be satisfied with this release, but those looking for anything more will be disappointed.
Review by Matt Joseph
Disc Details
Release Date: 8th November 2005
Discs: 5
Disc Type: Dual side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.33:1 Full Frame
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround French
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Television Promos
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Morgan Weisser, Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, James Morrison
Genre: Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi
Length: 1032 minutes
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Sixteen cleantech startups from around the Northwest gathered in Portland this week to learn which lucky three would represent the Pacific Northwest in the national Cleantech Open business competition in November.
The Cleantech Open Tuesday night named the three startups that will move on to compete with other North American teams at the Cleantech Open Global Forum this fall. Here are the three Northwest regional finalists and what they have to say about their spoils:
Regenergy365: of Hillsboro, Oregon, uses wind power technology to recapture energy from the exhaust vents of non-residential air-conditioning and heating systems. Big buildings with Regenergy365's equipment can regenerate part of the electricity they use to heat and cool their spaces.
"The win means acceptance of our technology and validation of our business model," says co-founder Jeff Gilbert. "Personally, it makes me proud of our team and puts a tremendous amount of wind in my sails to keep moving forward with confidence and determination."
"We made it our goal to become a Cleantech Open success story," says co-founder Mike Gilbert, "and we're ready for the next chapter."
Vyykn Water: The Eagle, Idaho company makes water purification machines that are networked. Facilities with Vyykn water dispensers can reduce their carbon footprint from bottled water by refilling reusable containers. Vyykn was also given the region's Sustainability Award for most effectively incorporating a triple-bottom-line approach to scaling its business.
"It's a big moment for our company," says Garrett Carney, who served oxygen-infused water to attendees at the event. "Being selected as a finalist is validation that we're onto something big."
Vyykn is self-funded and will soon start raising its first round of outside financing. "It's been an amazing journey for us," Carney says. "We entered the Cleantech Open with the intention to go all the way to the finals. The Global Forum will put us in front of the right group of people to raise that capital."
GR Green Building Products: The Burnaby, B.C., has a proprietary process for manufacturing roofing and siding materials from recycled plastic. Its cradle-to-cradle process uses discarded polyethylene — mostly milk bottles and grocery bags — and eliminates the waste associated with roofing.
"I'm really excited," founder Geoff Wensel said as we rode the train home. GR Green has raised $1.2 million in equity and received another $500,000 in grants from Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development program. Wensel is looking to raise a further $2 million in equity to step up from a pilot plant to a full-scale production facility. Whether or not his company wins the national competition, he says, "just being in the finals will give us recognition and help us line up financing."
Each of the three finalist teams wins a combination of in-kind services and cash worth up to $20,000. Vyykn wins an additional $10,000 with the Sustainability Award.
The Cleantech Open is billed as the world's largest cleantech accelerator, designed to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today's most urgent energy, environmental and economic challenges.
More than 40 cleantech entrepreneur teams entered the competition from across the Pacific Northwest. Judges pared the list down to 16 semifinalists in June. Those 16 presented their pitches to judges in Portland this week, and three will advance to the final stages of the competition.
Finalists from seven regional competitions will compete for $250,000 in services and cash. "Our 2012 finalists are exceptionally well-positioned to succeed as profitable companies advancing the newest and most innovative technologies in the sector," says Byron McCann, Pacific Northwest regional director of the Cleantech Open.
Despite a good showing by startups from the Evergreen State in past years, notably no Washington companies made the cut in this year's competition.
Several Northwest "alumni" exhibited at a mini-expo before the awards were announced. Some have made more progress than others. Beaverton-based Puralytics, the 2010 winner of the national grand prize, now sells its personal water purifiers through Amazon.com and other retailers in multiple countries. Arcimoto, of Eugene, which had a prototype of its electric vehicle when it competed in 2011, is now starting manufacturing on its first production run of 15 trial units. Portland-based e~Tech is trying to raise $250,000 to build the first prototype home using its Lego-style sustainable building components.
The 581 companies that have competed in past years' Cleantech Opens have reportedly raised a combined total of $660 million in equity.
"Cleantech sectors are not nice-to-have industries, they're must-have industries," says Ron Pernick, founder and managing director of research and advisory firm Clean Edge and author of several books on the sector. In his keynote address to the contestants he emphasized that the sector is growing and attracting capital. "In 2000, cleantech had a one percent share of U.S. venture capital investment, and last year it had a 21 percent share," he said.
Finalists from across the United States will convene in San Jose, California, on November 8, 2012, for final judging at the Cleantech Open Global Forum.
This article is one of a series by Denis Du Bois about the 2012 Cleantech Open. Denis is a GeekWire contributor on energy topics, and a volunteer mentor to startups in the Cleantech Open.

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AMD A10-6800K & A10-6700 Richland APU Review
AMD A10-6800K & A10-6700 Richland APU Introduction:
It seemed like forever that anything AMD was promoting, sold, or advertised was accompanied somewhere on the screen with the slogan "The future is Fusion." We wondered when this thing called "Fusion" was going to see the light of day or if it would at all. Now it seems to be moving at breakneck speed, as a couple weeks ago Kabini and Temash, two variants of the Jaguar architecture, were released for the mobile market ranging from an energy sipping 3.9W to the top end of 25W. AMD has also sewn up the deals that put an eight core Jaguar-based APU at the heart of all Sony PlayStation 4s and Microsoft Xbox Ones. Today, however, marks the unveiling of the third incarnation of AMD's APU or Accelerated Processing Unit for the desktop.
Right from the beginning AMD has said that the APU was to be a balanced approach to the computing experience with an SoC that was, and I quote "greater than the sum of its parts." The first incarnation of this ideal was Llano in 2011 that was the industries first meaningful product to combine the CPU and a GPU that was more than enough graphics horsepower to get the machine to display websites while you went shopping for a discrete graphics card to replace it. Llano was well received but was more for the budget end of the segment and needed more graphics power to catch the attention of the mainstream segment.
AMD broke its tradition of socket longevity with the introduction of Trinity last year and the new FM2 socket to go with it. The Trinity series of APUs, however, was more revolutionary than evolutionary with a completely new computing core in the form of the revised and re-stepped Bulldozer modules called Piledriver paired with the graphics of the VLIW4 architecture. The performance leap between it and the first generation was very significant, especially when paired with the plethora of new features and capabilities.
AMD A10-6800K & A10-6700 Richland APU Closer Look:
Today we have on the table two parts from the latest APU efforts from AMD, code named Richland, in the form of the flagship A10-6800K, an unlocked 100W part that is the successor of the Trinity A10-5800K, and the A10-6700, which is a locked multiplier 65W part. Both are two module, four core Piledriver-based parts with higher performing enhancements and features.
Unlike the last introduction and transition from Llano to Trinity, massive changes cannot be discerned merely by a look at the die shots. Whereas the Llano was an Athlon-based part to the Trinity's Piledriver-based architecture, the Richland is an enhanced Piledriver and VLIW4 architecture-based product as well. The die size remains the same at 246mm² and both are built on the 32nm HKMG fabrication process.
Having a look at the module itself we find 1.3 billion transistors feeding four CPU cores with 128KB of L1 cache (64KB instruction and 64KB data) and 4MB of shared L2 cache with 128-bit FPUs. Turbo Core 3.0 has taken the boost frequency from 4.2GHz from the last generation to 4.4GHz with Richland. As with the last generation, the Richland is also an L3 cache-less module with support for the latest ISA instructions including FMA4/3, AVX, AES, XOP. All of this combining for computing power of up 779 GFLOPS.
Turning to the GPU side of the die, it shows a further illustration of AMD's commitment ot making the computing experience with the APU platform a balanced experience, not only with the percentage of the die dedicated to graphics but the technology to take advantage of the CPU and GPU working in tandem. The GPU side features VLIW4 architecture and HD 8000 series GPU cores with up to 384 shaders working at a stock frequency of 844MHz. There is also support for 8x AA and 16x AF with DirectX 11 support. New to the 2013 A10 APUs is support for DDR3-2133 memory. The Turbo Core for the Richland series has also been enhanced with more frequency and voltage levels for the x86 cores, Temperature Smart Turbo Core, and new bottleneck algorithms to identify and speed up switching frequencies for resource shifting between GPU and CPU workloads, and applying the most efficient use of both as the workloads demand.
The Platform:
Platform updates include AMD Crossfire support with A85X motherboards, AMD memory profile support that will auto detect memory timings in select DIMMs, and AMD Dual Graphics enhancements including easier installation steps and DirectX 9, 10, and 11 support for more titles. All in all an exciting platform shaping up with improved CPU and memory support, enhancements to GPU architecture, a full featured accelerated video converter, unified Northbridge, Eyefinity/DP 1.2 support, and more discrete pairing options and improvements. Below is a look at how the platform all fits together. There are three different chipsets of varying features and price points available for the Richland 2013 A-Series: the A55, A75, and the one we will be plugging our A10-6800K and A10-6700 into today, the flagship A85X. Turn the page for a look at the A85X motherboard before we heat this APU up.
All together there are currently five different variations of the Richland chips being released from the A10 to the A6 models of both unlocked and locked multipliers and varying graphics capabilities from the HD 8670D to the HD 8470. Below is a look at the Richland lineup of APUs and the different chipsets available. As before you can take advantage of AMD Crossfire by adding a discrete graphics card or one of the compatible dual graphics cards as your graphics needs grow. The HD 8000 onboard graphics are still compatible with the same series of discrete cards as the last generation.
AMD is showing us on paper a whole lot of new features and performances. Let's have a look at the motherboard and the A85X FCH featurset and see what comes of it.


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Perfectly Pleasing Pie
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It's everyone's favorite part of the meal, so make sure the pies you'll be serving are flaky, buttery and all-around delicious. In this demo-style class, our chef instructor will show you essential techniques for unforgettable holiday pies, including making a classic crust from scratch. This demo-style class will run for about 45 minutes and everyone will enjoy taste of each dish.
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It must be noted that the turquoise obsession — specifically the turquoise and silver bracelet obsession — has been lying dormant for some 40 years, last rearing its pretty head when the addict was but a teenager and mesmerized like a magpie by the bright blue mottled stones set in etched sterling bands offered by the street vendors in Taxco, Mexico.
It was back then that the turquoise collection began, and soon there were earrings and a necklace or two but mostly bracelets, the favourites crafted by the Navajo, Zuni and Hopi Indians of the American southwest, and all proudly worn with the kind of abandon only a carefree hippie girl in the1960s can carry off.
It was an obsession that, over time, would wane, giving way to an affection for more precious and shinier gems, like diamonds for the earlobes and fingers, and clear crystals and amethysts to wrap the wrists.
And then a week or so ago, it all came back, deep in the heart of New Mexico, where, along with 36 Vancouver Sun readers on our inaugural Vancouver Sun Architecture tour series, the love of turquoise bloomed once again on the streets of Santa Fe.
Oh, our little group may have been there to visit the museums and art galleries and to take in the annual Behind Adobe Wall Home and Garden Tour, but the truth of the matter is that it was all about the shopping.
Few of the 35 women and five men on The Sun tour hesitated much over their souvenir budgets, and soon our collective luggage was being stuffed with a colourful bonanza of the best of Santa Fe: pottery and woven baskets, embroidered cotton blouses and belt buckles, bright woollens and textiles, peppery spices, Mexican jumping beans and religious iconography, chocolate and pressed tin wall hangings.
One of us (Barbara, that would be you) considered the purchase of a pricey bronze chandelier shaped like tree branches. Others (like sisters Ellen and Catherine) bought several pieces from one of the dozens of art galleries on scenic Canyon Road, pleased with the ease of shipping large items back to Canada. There was even a wood-carved coyote (dubbed Fonzie by its new owners Sharon and Angus) bubble-wrapped for the trip home.
The retail acquisitions were, in a word, inescapable: from the Spanish Market, Farmers' Market, Artisans' Market and the countless gift and artisan shops, from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to the Santa Fe School of Cooking, some of us had to purchase more carry-on bags just to get it all home (Winnie comes to mind).
And then there was the hand-crafted turquoise, for which Santa Fe is renowned, mined all over Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona and turned into earrings, chunky pendants and bold bracelets in every conceivable shape and size, in every shade of turquoise, including the much coveted and newly popular White Buffalo Turquoise, so named because of the lack of minerals in the stone that provide pigment.
The selection was overwhelming, which made the choosing that much more of an adventure, whether it was sold on the streets by Indians from the local pueblos or displayed under glass in storefronts and shops all around the town's central plaza.
One morning at breakfast, one of our "tourists" (who shall remain nameless, right Margot?) showed up in the most exquisite thickly twisted turquoise necklace, worried that no one would notice her fabulous purchase, though that seemed unlikely.
And if the tourist with the turquoise addiction dropped a mortgage payment on a bracelet or three — and she might have — the consolation was that she couldn't have been in better company (right Gayle?).
Let's just say the Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau was sorry to see the lot of us go.


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Exhibitions. At Pompidou Centre Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Alexander Calder's new exhibition-workshop is coming to the Pompidou Centre in Malaga to invite children to consider and reflect on different concepts, such as balance and movement, through the manipulation of coloured objects, everyday materials…
The appearance of reality. Fifty years of realist art in Spain
Exhibitions. At Carmen Thyssen Museum, Málaga, Spain.
The exhibition "La apariencia de lo real. Cincuenta años de arte realista en España" creates a game of simulations, appearances and realities, a crossroads between contemporary Spanish realism and the tradition of baroque naturalism.
This dialogue…
Bacon, Freud and the London School
Exhibitions. At Picasso Museum, Málaga, Spain.
Bacon, Freud and the London School
The temporary exhibition "Bacon, Freud and the London School" shows the joint work of the first class painters who worked with a common denominator: the representation of the human figure.
Their works were…
Starck Secret drawings. 4,000 sketches unveiled
Exhibitions. At Pompidou Centre Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
The Pompidou Centre is to host Starck's hidden drawings. This artist who established his studio in Ubik in 1979 has designed more than 10,000 projects that revolve around one goal: to create objects that are at the service of their users.
Comedy. At La Concepción Botanical-Historic Garden, Málaga, Spain.
The La Concepción Botanical-Historic Garden is launching a new night-time theatrical visit. The title is "La historia jamás contada" (The story never told). In summary, this new visit tells how Malaga was troubled by the terrible plague of…


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Prof. Jeff McCall '76 Comments on the 25th Anniversary of When Harry Met Sally...
July 7, 2014
"I think this romantic comedy will have staying power like some of the Doris Day films of the '50s and '60s," Jeffrey M. McCall, professor of communication at DePauw University, says of When Harry Met Sally.... A story in the Arizona Republic marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the film, which starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan and was directed by Rob Reiner.
Dr. McCall notes, "Fun, romantic comedies never really go out of style, because audiences can always relate and connect to the light-hearted moments found in such (films). This one in particular holds up quite well, because of the funny look into whether men and women can just be friends."
Bill Goodykoontz writes that the film "ultimately has what makes people like movies in the first place: It's fresh but familiar, a new take on an old idea, perfectly executed. None of that changes, no matter how many years go by. This isn't a great movie. It's not even Reiner's best, pulling in somewhere behind This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride. But it is a good one, and it's something else: It's romantic comfort food, that pint of ice cream you know you're not supposed to be eating while you're channel-surfing at night. But boy, is it enjoyable."
Professor McCall adds, "This movie has memorable quotes and the iconic scene in the diner. That's a key to assessing a film's staying power. Almost all viewers who've seen the movie over the last 25 years can quote a couple of lines from the movie and recall a particularly funny scene or three. This is the kind of movie that people who saw it 25 years ago will watch again on late night or weekend television reruns."
Access the complete feature at the newspaper's website.
Jeff McCall is a 1976 graduate of DePauw and serves as faculty sponsor to the University's student radio station, WGRE. The professor is regularly called upon to discuss media matters in major publications and has been quoted in articles published by more than 100 newspapers. He authored a recent opinion column on cable television's billing practices which appeared in a number of newspapers, and contributed to another story in the Arizona Republic. He was also cited recently in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today.
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Scotch & Soda/Maison Scotch
Based in Amsterdam, Maison Scotch is a collection of handbags, jewelry, and apparel made with style, love, and care. Creative designs, quality materials, and attention to detail make up the line's true DNA. Creating a collection feels like a road trip, gathering souvenirs and writing down little notes along the way. The edgy street style of New York, the sophisticated refinement of Paris, and the innovative design seen in Japan all are used to define the Maison Scotch aesthetic.


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The rotting corpses, projectile insect vomit, and creepy geezers in black arrive pretty much on cue, as does the great Cicely Tyson as the obligatory old blind woman who "sees" more than most people with two good eyes. It's her upper bridge, though, that's truly the scariest thing in the whole movie.
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The storytelling, from a script by David Coggeshall, is at times nearly incoherent and relies too often on random scares.
Actually offers some decent scares before descending into typical horror film bombast.
The helmer generates suspense with shrewd pacing, deft emotional manipulation and efficient use of familiar tricks -- jittery editing, flickering lights and unsettling sounds -- common to haunted-house pictures.
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Ghost story relies on creaky old clichs to generate scares.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia is a horror film that has nothing to do with 2009's The Haunting in Connecticut, other than the fact that they're both loosely based on "true stories." (In fact, this movie has nothing to do with Connecticut whatsoever.) It's low on gore, blood, and death, but there's lots of scary ghost imagery, including rotting faces, skeletons, and sudden jump-shocks. A small girl is in peril in a few scenes. Language is light, with a couple of uses of "s--t" and a few other words. Characters drink beer in a few scenes. Horror-crazy teens may want to see it, but it's unlikely to have much of a shelf life.
Messages: The movie brings up the issue of slavery in American history and how certain people attempted to do the right thing in the face of it. The movie has a tricky twist surrounding this -- a character who was supposed to be a good person actually isn't -- but the modern-day characters understand that slavery was wrong.
Role models: The characters are all good people who try to do the right thing for one another. They also try to understand and solve the problem behind the ghosts.
Violence: Though the movie doesn't have much in the way of death, gore, or blood, it does have plenty of scary, ghostly images, including skeletons and rotting faces, sudden shocks, and creepy, spine-tingling moments. Characters are shown vomiting maggots and roaches, and one character is hung from the ceiling with needles and thread (not as gory as it sounds). A 5-year-old girl is shown to be in peril during various moments. Flashbacks include a lynching and a hanging. Family members sometimes argue with one another.
Sex: One adult female character wears short skirts and sexy outfits.
Language: "S--t" is used twice, but otherwise, language is mild. Other words include "oh God" and "Jesus" (as exclamations), "ass," "hell" (several times), and "damn."
Consumerism: Miller Lite beer is shown in a few scenes.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: The father character is shown drinking beer in a few scenes. In one scene, his wife playfully tries to steal his drink from him. The mother takes prescription pills to prevent her from seeing ghosts.
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January 28, 1922 - July 7, 2013
Warwick, NY
Alba Muniz, of Warwick (formerly of Miami Beach, FL and New York City), passed away on July 7, 2013, at Valley View Center for Nursing Care, Goshen. She was 91 years old.
Born on January 28, 1922 in Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Maximino and Martina (Batista) Morales.
Before retiring, Alba was an Administrator with the NYC Department of Transportation, Parking Violations Bureau, in the Bronx. She was a very active member of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, served as Shop Steward, and traveled extensively representing the Union. She also loved to travel for pleasure.
She is survived by a daughter, Nydia Feldner and her husband, Marty of Warwick; a son, Manuel A. Muniz and his wife, Phyllis of Lander, WY; and a granddaughter, Leah Nichole Muniz of El Dorado Hills, CA.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 10th, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick. A Funeral Service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Private cremation.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to a favorite charity.
For further information, directions or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com


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- Jan 11:
- Lyons driver sentenced to 8 years in prison for Boulder cyclist's death
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- Monday sentencing for Lyons man who hit and killed a cyclist
- Jul 15:
- Patrick Ward ruled competent to stand trial in 2013 Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Apr 24:
- Competency review rescheduled for Patrick Ward in Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Jan 23:
- Patrick Ward ruled incompetent to stand trial in Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Jun 6:
- Boulder judge binds over felony case against Patrick Ward in fatal Lyons crash
- May 15:
- Driver arrested in cyclist's death had complained bicyclists 'don't belong' in Lyons
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- Boulder cyclist killed in SUV crash remembered as positive, patient
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- Driver held on $25K bond after Boulder cyclist struck, killed by SUV in Lyons
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- Boulder County Sheriff's Office: Cyclist killed in Lyons car versus bike crash
Patrick Ward, the Lyons resident arrested Saturday after police say he struck and killed Boulder cyclist Michel Van Duym while driving drunk on the town's Main Street, was charged Thursday with five crimes in the case -- including two counts of vehicular homicide.
Ward, 69, of Lyons appeared in custody in the Boulder County Jail's courtroom. He is being held on $25,000 bond.
Boulder prosecutors charged Ward with vehicular homicide as both driving under the influence, a Class 3 felony, and reckless driving, a Class 4 felony. If convicted on both counts, Ward would face a minimum prison sentence of six years.
Additionally, Ward was charged with DUI and DUI per se, both misdemeanors, and prohibited use of a weapon, as prosecutors say he had a firearm in his possession while under the influence of alcohol. The weapons charge is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
His preliminary hearing was set for June 6.
Larry Mertes, Ward's lawyer, has characterized the crash as "a tragic accident" and said there was "absolutely no evidence of intentional conduct."
The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it appears Ward was driving his SUV westbound in the eastbound lane of Main Street on Saturday when the accident occurred, though it is possible he was attempting a turn at the time.
Witnesses administered CPR, but Van Duym, 46, died at the scene, according to sheriff's officials.
'We're the ones who are gonna die'
Among those who attended the hearing were Boulder residents and self-described avid cyclists Suzanne Ackley and her husband Ron Hata. The pair wore blue and white cycling jerseys from nonprofit cycling advocacy group Bicycle Colorado, which sported the motto, "Share the Road." They said they did not appear at the hearing on behalf of the organization.
Ackley said it was important to attend the hearing to show support for the cycling community, which might be "dented" by an incident like Saturday's. She and her husband have ridden along the same stretch of road where Van Duym was killed multiple times, she said.
"This case was very tragic because this gentleman was obviously carrying a lot of animosity and anger to begin with -- and he was apparently intoxicated," Ackley said of Ward. "Sticking a motor vehicle underneath that combination doesn't work."
"Every time an occasion like this happens, I always think of my husband," Ackley said of the fatal accident. "(Cyclists) are the vulnerable ones. We're the ones who go down. We're the ones who are gonna die.
"My heart goes out to (Van Duym's) family."
'These people don't belong in Lyons'
According to the Lyons Recorder newspaper, Ward in March 2010 made a series of statements before the town's planning and community development commission expressing displeasure with proposals to enhance and promote bike use in Lyons.
According to the paper, Ward said, "These people don't belong in Lyons. They certainly don't belong in the foothills around Lyons."
In response to an open records request from the Camera, the Lyons town administrator's office on Thursday released numerous documents reflecting comments by Ward at town meetings in 2010 and 2011 in which he expressed strong opinions on bicyclists -- as well as public art.
In a handwritten letter to town officials that was part of the Thursday records release, Ward -- who described himself as a resident of the St. Vrain Valley since 1950 and of Lyons since 1980 -- assailed the town's plans for, as he wrote, "a safe, convenient and well defined bicycle network for both experienced and (sic) novice cyclists."
Ward asked in the three-and-a-half-page letter, undated but apparently authored early in 2010, "Why are we inviting even more of them into our community?" noting that he had yet to see the "18- to 25-year-old gangs of cyclists coming from Boulder swarming into our restaurants, antiques shops, hardware store and liquor stores."
In the letter, Ward noted that the "uncourteous" cyclists "constantly break the law with impunity."
Then, he stated, "In Boulder I came within 1 foot of killing a cyclist while turning right onto 30th Street," only to encounter a cyclist riding against traffic and "making his own lane in the gutter."
The letter ends with a plea that officials do not "Boulderize Lyons," and that Lyons should stand alone, and "not become another Boulder."
Contact Camera Staff Writer Joe Rubino at 303-473-1328 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I am a monument to all your sins - Gravemind, Halo 2
My faith is too strong. Burn the heretic - Unit 04, Eva fanfic Nobody Dies
There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss, but when it looked back at us, you blinked - Batman (to Owlman), JL Crisis on Two Earths
I can practically touch your heart - Aizen , Bleach
I lost. It's a shame, but it doesn't feel too bad to be killed by a man like you. With honest eyes with no hesitation. I can't wait .. The days when those eyes will show anguish .. are .. close - Lust (to Mustang), FMA : Brotherhood
Because the world is not as cruel as you take it to be - Celty Sturluson, DRRR
One Piece .. IT EXISTS - Edward Newgate (Whitebeard), One Piece
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Rot, Arrogante - Baraggan, Bleach
Grind, Panthera - Grimmjow, Bleach
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I rise, you fall - Optimus (?), Transformers ROTF
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Thao: Why?
Walt: Well, because we all knew the dangers that night, but we went in anyway. That's the way it might be tonight. There's always a chance you don't come back.
Thao: The hell we won't. We gonna roll up there and test the mags.
Walt: Yeah, that's foolish. That's the exact reaction they're waiting for. Go ahead, close this up. [Walks to the door]
Thao: How many?
Walt: [stops] How many what?
Thao: How many men did you kill in Korea?
Walt: Thirteen, maybe more.
Thao: What was it like to kill a man?
Walt: You don't wanna know. Now close it up.
[He leaves the basement. Thao closes the box, but hears the slam of the door closing and locking. He hurries up and hammers on the door]
Thao: Walt! Walt! What're you doing? What're you doing, huh?
Walt: Relax. You can't get out of there.
Thao: You let me out right now. You fucking let me out or I'll fucking kill you!
Walt: [kicks the door to silence him] Shut the fuck up! You want to know what it's like to kill a man? Well it's goddamn awful, that's what it is. The only thing worse is getting a medal of valour for killing some poor kid that wanted to 'just give up, that's all.' Yeah, some scared little gook just like you. I shot him right in the face with that rifle you were holding in there a while ago. There's not a day goes by that I don't think about it. You don't want that on your soul. But I got blood on my hands. I'm soiled. That's why I'm going it alone tonight. [walks off]
Thao: [hammering on the door again] Walt! You take me with you right now! Let me out!
Walt: [returning] Look, you've come a long way. And I'm proud to say that you're my friend. But you've got your whole life ahead of you. But me, I finish things. That's what I do, and I'm going it alone. [leaves]
Thao: [hysterical] No! Wait! Walt! WALT! WALT! WALT!
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Vinny: It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a packet of f***ing peanuts, is it?
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TECUMSEH — Up two sets to none is just where you want to be when you're playing the top volleyball team in your league.
The Tecumseh Indians did just that Tuesday night, but then things began to fall apart and Dexter rallied for a 24-26, 17-25, 25-17, 25-14, 15-10 win to stay unbeaten in Southeastern Conference play at 9-0. The Indians, meanwhile, slip to 6-3 in the SEC and 18-11-2 overall.
Surprisingly, this was the first one-on-one match the Indians have played at home all season, though they did host a tournament earlier.
"This is the first time a lot of these girls have had the floor all to themselves for one match as varsity players," explained Tecumseh coach Kerry Watkins. "It's a little different scene than having a tournament because all eyes are on you instead of several different courts. I think a couple of my younger players were a bit nervous. We have seven players who were playing out there for the first time in a varsity match, and Jordyn (Norkey) is my only girl with back row experience."
Several different reasons went into the result that was about to come Tecumseh's way, however, not just the inexperience factor.
"We came out and played with a lot of emotion right away, and I wasn't sure we could do that," Watkins continued. "Overall it was a very good match for five sets for us. A couple times this season we have let little things affect our play, but tonight in the first two sets that didn't happen at all, and then from then on, it started happening a little more frequently.
"I think early we got up two sets and they weren't even thinking about that, and maybe it set in after that because they know Dexter is very good, and they may have surprised themselves with how good they played early. It's hard to tell."
Norkey, one of just two seniors on the squad (Jessica Benedict the other) hit a shot to an empty spot in the Dexter defense to give the Indians their only lead of the fifth and deciding set, 4-3. Dexter would score the next five points to take an 8-4 lead with the help of a couple lift calls on the Indians. Norkey stuffed a Jodie Dusack kill attempt to the floor to bring the Indians within 9-7, but five unanswered points on Carolyn Whitaker's serve brought the Dreadnaughts to match point, which was eventually delivered by Rachel Spencer with a hit down the line.
"We've seen Dexter four times this season now, and nothing they do surprised us, but they are a good serving team and they hit their zones well tonight," Watkins said. "We have struggled at times with serve receive, and we made a few errors tonight, but it was nothing we couldn't overcome. We went after every ball in those first two sets, and we didn't do that as well in the later sets."
The Indians were forced to work from behind virtually the entire first set, trailing by s much as 12-3 at one point. Dexter's blockers were sending many of the attacks by Norkey and Hannah Galloway back to them, and some times the Indians were regrouping to set up a follow-up attack.
So the Indians started some off-speed challenges, and the Dreadnaughts were slow to react to numerous tips and lighter hits offered up by the Indians. Soon Tecumseh saw its nine-point deficit turn into a 26-24 first-set win.
Just the opposite was true of the second set as Tecumseh took an early lead and denied Dexter many chances at taking the lead, however, Tecumseh's never grew to more than three or four points except at the very end of the set. Tied at 16-16, the Indians closed out the set with a 9-1 run to put themselves one set away from a clutch conference win.
"Tonight I could see a huge improvement over the way we played them earlier in the season," Watkins said of her team. "We still have to address a few parts of our game, but the overall improvement was very obvious to me."
The third set was a nail-biter for the first half when Dexter had gained a 12-11 advantage. However, with lefty hitter Susanna Pilkerton and outside hitter Talia Wood starting to catch fire, the Dreadnaughts surged and were able to take advantage of a few Tecumseh hitting errors to keep the match alive. The Indians had the lead just twice in the fourth set, setting up the winner-take-all fifth set. The Indians had chances to send Dexter home with its first division loss, but it wasn't to be. What the Indians got out of it was valuable experience against a fine team, and learning a bit about themselves for future matches.
Norkey paced the Indians with 16 kills and 17 digs while Galloway added 12 kills, 10 digs and two blocks. Setter Benedict managed 45 assists and 12 digs and freshman Morgan Skelton led with four blocks.
"As the season goes along, we can think back on this match and remember the little things that went wrong and (hopefully) avoid those again," Watkins said. "But as an overall five-set match, we played pretty well. This team will only get better as our younger players mature."
Tecumseh volleyball team falls to Dexter in 5 sets
TECUMSEH — Up two sets to none is just where you want to be when you're playing the top volleyball team in your league.


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Edwin van der Sar was Manchester United's saviour as Sunderland boss Steve Bruce came close to breaking his duck against Sir Alex Ferguson.
The veteran Dutchman produced a fine 16th-minute save to deny Steed Malbranque and then saw compatriot Bolo Zenden hit a post eight minutes before the break as the home side enjoyed much the better of the first half.
Half-time substitute Dimitar Berbatov had a 48th-minute strike ruled out for offside and after Nani had forced a good stop from Simon Mignolet, fired inches wide 10 minutes from time as United improved after the restart, but the Black Cats were more than good value for their point in front of an appreciative crowd of 41,709.
United's preparations were rudely interrupted by the burst pipe which flooded their dressing room ahead of kick-off, and the hospitality got little better when the game eventually kicked off 20 minutes later.
There is a new-found confidence about Sunderland this season fostered by a home victory over Manchester City and, in their last two Barclays Premier League games, more than creditable draws against Arsenal and Liverpool.
That, coupled with Bruce's determination to finally get one over on his old boss after years of trying in vain, ensured the visitors would not have things all their own way.
The 49-year-old's fears that Ferguson was being less than candid over Wayne Rooney's fitness proved unfounded when the England striker was not included in the 18, and Berbatov's presence only among the substitutes provided a further boost.
However, what will have pleased him most is the way his team took the game to United from the off to produce an opening 45 minutes which could and perhaps should have brought more tangible reward.
With Lee Cattermole, Steed Malbranque and Zenden totally eclipsing Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher in the middle of the field, the traffic was largely one way, and although lone striker Darren Bent had his work cut out, Nemanja Vidic left the field at half-time knowing he was in a game.
Sunderland had a glorious opportunity to take the lead with just 16 minutes gone when Cattermole's superb through-ball and Malbranque's excellent first touch put the Frenchman in on van der Sar.
However, the vastly-experienced Dutchman got in a vital block to spare his side, although that was far from the only occasion on which his goal came under threat.
Nedum Onuoha saw an instinctive shot hacked off the line after he had got a touch to Ahmed Elmohamady's driven cross, but it was the woodwork which came to United's rescue eight minutes before the break.
Zenden was allowed to set himself after shifting the ball on to his left foot 20 yards out, and although his swerving drive evaded van der Sar's out-stretched arm, it hit the post.
United offered little in response as striker Michael Owen found himself fatally isolated, and Mignolet did not have a single save of any note to make before the break, although Nani might have done better with a 39th-minute free-kick which flew well wide.
Owen's afternoon ended at the break when he was replaced by Berbatov as Ferguson sought to inject some menace into his side's game.
The Bulgaria international had the ball in the back of the net within three minutes of his arrival, although was clearly in an offside position when he turned home Scholes' miscued shot and the flag duly went up.
But although the visitors were playing with greater purpose now that they had a focal point to their attack, they continued to look vulnerable down their left with Elmohamady proving a constant threat.
If van der Sar had kept his side in the game before the break, Vidic had to do the same after it when Fletcher could only help Zenden's 63rd-minute free-kick towards his own goal, the defender blocking that and Elmohamady's follow-up before the Egyptian blasted the rebound high over.
United were living dangerously and they were relieved to see Malbranque's 67th-minute effort drop just over after Ferdinand had got in a partial block.
Bent, who had seen little of the ball in front of goal, had a sniff with 17 minutes remaining when full-back Phil Bardsley broke down the left and squared, but his left-foot shot flew wide.
Mignolet had to beat away Nani's dipping 77th-minute strike from distance and Berbatov blasted inches wide three minutes later with the game entering its closing stages.
Substitute Asamoah Gyan tested van der Sar's concentration levels with an acrobatic overhead kick six minutes from time, but Titus Bramble had to throw himself into the path of Vidic's late header to cement the draw.


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With Rick Santorum's visit to Jackson County, he becomes the first candidate to visit all of Iowa's 99 counties.
MAQUOKETA, Iowa -- Last evening, he finally did it. Rick Santorum became the first candidate in the 2012 presidential cycle to visit all 99 of Iowa's counties.
"Senator Santorum, welcome to your 99th country," a campaign aide said amongst cheers as the presidential hopeful walked into the room at Decker House.
The former Pennsylvania senator held a meet and greet here in Jackson County, marking a feat no other candidate in the race is even close to accomplishing.
"We crossed the finish line. I feel great. I've had such a wonderful time visiting all the counties here and seeing all the small towns and the town squares and the diners and you know just the wonderful fabric of Iowa," Santorum, who made visiting every county in the state one of his campaign pledges, said. "It's been a great and energizing experience for me."
Despite what a milestone this would be for any campaign, there was just one video camera, one still camera, and one local print reporter who attended the event. Santorum spoke and took questions from a crowd of roughly 20 in the first-in-the-nation caucus state while they munched on vegetables and meatballs provided at the event.
Embarking on this "whirlwind tour of Iowa" came from a tip from one longtime Iowa politician who is 12-0 when it comes to running successful campaigns.
"Gov. Terry Branstad said if you really want to win Iowa, you gotta get out and go to all 99 counties and meet people," Santorum told the crowd. "He's had a pretty good track record of winning here in Iowa so we're trying to follow his advice and I think it will pay off in the end."
Polling at just 5 percent in the latest Iowa Poll, this Jackson County event concluded another long day on the trail for Santorum who held five events earlier in Southeastern Iowa. Perhaps signifying the importance of the day for his campaign, the senator even wore a sports jacket over one of his typical blue button-down shirts, something he rarely does.
"I think that's great because he is getting to the people so they know who he is and they recognize him and they have a feeling of being part of it," Maquoketa resident Mary Hamnam told NBC News after the event. She is leaning towards supporting the former senator.
Santorum isn't stopping with those 99 counties; he is already back on the stump holding three events in the Hawkeye State today and three on Friday.


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SysApp Pusher is a brilliant app for your collection, enabling you to remain updated with the latest releases for numerous OEM apps. What has been missing, however, is the ability to add your own apps to the list. Perhaps you'd like to be able to conveniently check for updates to the Windows Phone Central app? With the latest release, SysApp Pusher now lets you add your favourite apps.
This update extends the functionality of SysApp Pusher to take it from being simply a tool to stay on top of OEM app updates. The app can now be configured as your primary stop for checking for updates. The best part? If you have over 9,000 apps installed, automatically checking each one is a time saver, compared to manually hitting the store links.
To add your own favourites to the "My Apps" area of SysApp Pusher, all you have to do is hit the new icon in the app bar and search the title. It's really nice to see the developer add such functionality.
Should you not be sporting this app already, you can download SysApp Pusher from the Windows Phone Store (Windows Phone 8 only - available for free with $0.99 price tag to remove ads). Thanks, zhoulhas, for the heads up!


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LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Dec. 18, 2012) - Media representatives are invited to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the launch of a Russian Soyuz vehicle with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard. The launch is set for December 19, 2012 at 7:12 a.m. EST.
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Egypt Clashes Kill 11 on First Day of Vote
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A referendum on a new constitution laid bare the sharp divisions in Egypt six months after the military removed the elected president.
Pro-army voters lined up Tuesday outside polling stations, singing patriotic songs, kissing images of Egypt's top officer and sharing their upbeat hopes for their troubled nation.
Despite heavy security, 11 people were killed in sporadic violence, with protesters burning tires and pelting police with rocks and firebombs to create just enough danger to keep many voters at home, AP reported.
The two-day balloting will likely pave the way for a possible presidential run by the nation's top general after he ousted Islamist President Mohammed Mursi last July, setting off a fierce crackdown on Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood.
It's also a key milestone in a military-backed political roadmap towards new elections for a president and a parliament after the coup, which has left Egypt sharply divided between Brotherhood supporters in one camp, and the military, security forces in the other, as well as a large segment of a population exacerbated by three years of turmoil.
Amid a climate of fear and paranoia, authorities, the mostly pro-military media and a significant segment of the population are showing little or no tolerance for dissent. Campaigning for a "no" vote risked arrest by the police and Egyptians who have publicized their opposition to the charter, even just parts of it, are quickly labeled as traitors.
Some 160,000 soldiers and more than 200,000 policemen fanned out across the nation of some 90 million people to protect polling stations and voters against possible attacks by militants loyal to Mursi. Cars were prevented from parking or driving by polling stations and women were searched by female police officers. Military helicopters hovered over Cairo and other major cities.
Shortly before polls opened, an explosion struck a Cairo courthouse, damaging its facade and shattering windows in nearby buildings but causing no casualties in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba — a Brotherhood stronghold.
The Health Ministry said 11 people died and 28 were wounded in clashes that broke out between Mursi supporters and government security forces on the sidelines of voting in Cairo, the adjacent province of Giza and two provinces south of the capital, Bani Suef and Sohag.
Four of those were killed when gunfire broke out between police and gunmen on rooftops in Sohag, according to security officials. Three others were wounded, including a senior police officer.
A Mursi supporter also was shot to death as he and about 100 others tried to storm a polling station in the province of Bani Suef south of Cairo, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. It was not clear who was behind the shooting.
In Cairo's working class district of Nahya, pro-Mursi protesters shot at and pelted with rocks a polling station before closing all entrances with chains, scaring away voters and locking election officials inside, Mohammed Seragedeen, the judge in charge of the station, said.
Security forces later fired tear gas to disperse the protesters and allow voting to resume, he said.
The referendum is the sixth nationwide vote since the authoritarian Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular uprising in 2011, with the five others widely considered the freest ever seen in Egypt, including the June 2012 balloting won by Mursi. But this vote was tainted by criticism that many of the freedoms won in the anti-Mubarak revolution have vanished amid a fierce crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that has spread to others as the military-backed administration tries to suppress all dissent.
The new charter, drafted by a liberal-dominated committee appointed by the military-backed government, would ban political parties based on religion, give women equal rights and protect the status of minority Christians. It also gives the military special status by allowing it to select its own candidate for the job of defense minister for the next eight years and empowering it to bring civilians before military tribunals.
The charter is in fact a heavily amended version of a constitution written by Mursi's allies and ratified in December 2012 with some 64 percent of the vote but with a nationwide turnout of just over 30 percent.
The current government is looking for a bigger "yes" majority and larger turnout to win undisputed legitimacy and perhaps a popular mandate for military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to run for president this year. El-Sissi has yet to say outright whether he plans to seek the nation's highest office, but his candidacy appears increasingly likely every day.


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ABILENE — The Sweet-water freshman boys bas-ketball team led at the end of each quarter and held on Friday to defeat Wylie's freshman boys, 50-48.Isaiah McGee had 13 points and Rhett Torres 11 to pace Sweetwater, which is 3-3 in district, 12-6 for the season. Also scoring points were Duanta Williams with nine, Mar-tes Harris with seven, Bray Amos with six and J.P. Poe and Clay Kitchens with two each.Sweetwater led 15-5 af-ter one quarter, 32-26 at halftime and 38-32 after three periods.Sweetwater's JV girls lost their game, 48-37, to fall to 5-2 district, 17-5 for the season. Maddie Jones and Claire Williams each scored eight points while Taylor McPherson had seven, Kayla Chowning six, Shaneese Brown and Larissa Locklar three and Mikki Reschman two.Sweetwater's JV boys lost to Wylie's JV, 67-23.Trey Taylor scored nine points to pace Sweetwater, which saw its marks fall to 2-4 in district and 15-10 overall. Also providing scoring help was Quentin Wetsel with seven points, Marquees Jenkins with five and Deandre Gatson with two points.The result of the Sweet-water freshman girls' contest Friday against Wylie was unavailable at press time for Sunday's paper. However, results will run in a future edition. The freshman and JV girls end their season Tuesday when they host Brown-wood, with the boys teams also hosting Brownwood.


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Elsie Balduccio, 64. of Albrightsville, formerly of Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y., passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at her home.
Elsie was the loving wife of Daniel Balduccio. They celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary on March 31, 2012.
Elsie was born in Feffernitz, Austria, on June 12, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Franz and Wilma (Dermann) Poje.
We have been blessed with the presence of Elsie in our lives. She will be deeply missed by her loving husband, Daniel; her children: Jesica Schiller of Maspeth, Queens, N.Y. and Jayson Vilett of Ponchatoula, La.; her sisters: Isabel Poje of Albrightsville and Renee Alonso and her husband, Wayne, of Franklin Square, Long Island, N.Y.; her brother-in-law, Vito Rampulla of Prospect Park; two nephews: Neal Rampulla and Vincent Rampulla and his wife, Francys; a niece, Deana Bauccio and her husband, Peter; and a great-niece, Brianna Rampulla. She will be missed by her dogs, Buddy the beagle and Harley, her golden retriever.
Elsie was preceded in death by a grandson, Ryan Schiller and a brother, Helmut Poje.
Family and friends are welcome to offer their condolences during the viewing from 6 p.m. until time of service Thursday, Jan. 17, at Donald N. Gower Funeral Home, Route 209, Gilbert. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A rare coalition of tea party conservatives and liberal Democrats in the House have secured votes on amendments to a big defense bill. The amendments seek to limit secret U.S. surveillance programs and require congressional approval of any administration plan to help Syrian rebels. Debate begins today on the nearly $600 billion defense spending bill.


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The House of Von Macramé
Theater review by Helen Shaw. Bushwick Starr. Book by Joshua Conkel. Music and lyrics by Matt Marks. Dir. Nick Leavens. With ensemble cast. 2hrs 35mins. One intermission.
As we learn from a program note, Joshua Conkel's gonzo murder mystery, The House of Von Macramé, originated at the Flea's late-night series-cum-competition, #serials. Suddenly Macramé's shaggy-dog structure—as well as its attendant longueurs—makes sense. For the show's long inception, Conkel and cocreator Matt Marks were putting up episodes week to week, crazy-quilting a baroque, soap-opera world full of fashion-snark, drag-queen realness and serial killings. Now at the Bushwick Starr, they sew everything together into a single horror musical—and honey, those seams are sagging and the zipper's busted.
Granted, much of Conkel, Marks and director Nick Leavens's material is wonderful and extreme. Exploiting the creepy bond between fashion and horror, the team shows us a kill-or-be-killed New York trapped in its '80s maximalist moment. Models stomp down runways wearing bonkers couture: One designer's "Emissions" collection features a hat made of semen. As fellow catwalkers fall to a serial killer, ingenue Britt (Rochelle Smith) intrigues superdesigner Edsel von Macramé (the fabulous Paul Pecorino), and he makes her a star. But is Edsel's quest for "young blood" something more than metaphorical? Child, yes.
For a certain audience, this is the "bad" we love. Low-fi stagecraft heightens the silliness—as perennial victim Aimee Cucchiaro runs from a stalker, the two thoughtfully trade places on the single treadmill. Marks dishes out a few glorious songs, such as my favorite, "Irrational Gay Hatred." But for a show this bloody-minded, nobody remembered the editing rule "Kill your darlings." Absurdity needs momentum, and fierceness abhors lugubriousness. There's a great 80-minute show inside the two-and-a-half-hour Macramé, but we'd have to cut and cut to get it out.—Helen Shaw
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BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Chancellor Search Committee has narrowed the applicant field from 21 to six. The short-list action took place Wednesday at a meeting at the Bismarck State College Horizon Building.
Applicants remaining under consideration are:
Loren Anderson, President, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. Wash.
Tim Flakoll, Provost, Tri-College University, Fargo-Moorhead
Marshall Hill, Executive Director, Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, Lincoln, Neb.
Hamid Augustine Shirvani, President, California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock, Calif.
George Weathersby, Chairman and CEO, Genesys Solutions, Wayne, Penn.
Warren Kent Wray, Interim Chancellor, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Mo.
The large pool of candidates came through national advertising, a call for nominations and requests for specific individuals to enter the search. Candidates submitted a letter of interest, curriculum vitae and five references.
A list of finalists will be selected from those still under consideration and will visit campuses in each quadrant of the state. The search process should be concluded early in the spring of 2012 and a chancellor will hopefully be named by July 1, 2012.
The Search Committee will draft questions for a Feb. 9 meeting to interview semi-finalists, and then narrow the list of names to finalists. A search consultant will also conduct due diligence and in-depth reference checks to be provided to the search committee for a Feb. 29 meeting when the committee will identify a list of candidates (minimum of three names) to forward to the SBHE for consideration.
A search consultant will draft finalist interview questions for the SBHE for a targeted meeting the week of March 12. Thereafter, the SBHE Chair will extend an offer to a successful candidate; the SBHE chair and search consultant will negotiate contract terms.
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Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett has been waiting all season for his Lady Bisons to break out offensively. Saturday afternoon in Allen Arena they finally did beating Atlantic Sun Conference foe Stetson 79-60.
The 79 points are the most scored in a game this season by the Lady Bisons, marking the first time this season they have scored 70 or more points. They also set a team season high in assists with 22. Bennett said in his 30 years as Lipscomb coach he could not recall them making only six turnovers in a game.
The Lady Bisons shot 42.2 percent from the field (27-64), 26.2 percent from 3-point range (26.3 percent) and 20-31 from the free throw line (64.9 percent).
"A lot of times your passing and pushing the ball down the floor creates your better shooting opportunities," Bennett said. "We shot the ball pretty well from outside. And we finished inside a little better.
"I thought we did a great job passing the ball. With six turnovers and 22 assists that is almost a 4-to-1 ratio."
Bennett is hoping that the shooting of the Lady Bisons will be something they can build on during the remainder of the conference games.
"A lot of times when you make a few it is kind of contagious," Bennett said. "Hopefully, it will be true in this case that we have broken barrier and the basket is going to look a little bit bigger."
One of the strongest performances of the game was by freshman center Chelsea McMeans with a season and career high 17 points, 13 in the second half. The 17 points were also a game high. She also led the Lady Bisons in rebounding with seven.
"She has a nice shot facing the basket," Bennett said. "She got some of those, and she got some shots around the basket too. She really stepped up for us."
Bennett called the game a solid team effort.
"I thought we good play from our starters and good play off the bench," Bennett said. "Everyone that came in played really solid basketball."
The Lady Bisons led 32-26 at intermission. Stetson cut the lead to 25-24 with 4:28 on the clock. They also trimmed the Lady Bisons lead to one at 27-26 with 2:46 before the half.
However, the Lady Hatters never led in the game after hitting the first shot for a 2-0 lead.
In the second half the Lady Bisons came out strong with a 10-3 run to take a 42-29 lead.
"It is really important how you play the first four minutes of the half," Bennett said. "If you come out and play well you can increase the margin and go into double digits.
"We met their runs pretty well. The first half they outrebounded us by 10, and in the second half we outrebounded them by seven. You can't finish your defensive stops unless you can get those rebounds."
With 8:39 left sophomore forward Chelsea Burroughs scored to give the Lady Bisons an 18-point lead at 61-43. She also scored to give the Lady Bisons a 63-43 lead.
With 4:34 remaining sophomore guard Anna Bowers hit a pair of free throws to give the Lady Bisons another 20-point lead at 70-50.
The Lady Bisons would once again use free throws to lead by 20 when sophomore center Brittany Duerk hit a pair of free throws with 2:13 left at 76-56.
Also in double figures were junior guard Jenna Bartsokas with 12 and Burroughs with 10.
The Lady Bisons are 3-10, 1-2 in the conference. Stetson slipped to 1-11, 1-2 in the A-Sun.
The Lady Bisons are back in action Monday night at 5:15 at Allen Arena when Florida Gulf Coast visits as part of the A-Sun doubleheader. Florida Gulf Coast, 8-3 overall, 3-0 in the conference, beat Belmont 81-48 Saturday afternoon.
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The scene of this novel is the remote interior desert of Australia; the characters' assorted anthropologists, interested dilettantes and hangers-on, and local denizens of both sexes. The problem isn't how, when the scientific expedition was supposed to uncover aboriginal remains, did a twenty-five-year-old skeleton of a modern white man turn up? At first, the finding of the skeleton seemed sheer coincidence, but very soon one member of the expedition, watching the reaction of the other members, began to wonder how much was coincidence and how much design. Moreover, the unexpected appearance in that remote place of Police Superintendent Ambrose Marion, hard on the heels of the discovery, was stretching coincidence too far. Superintendent Marion's attempts to solve the tragedy stirred up trouble all round, from the natives to the members of the expedition. It was no easy task to follow a trail twenty-five years old, but Superintendent Mahon was tough, and thorough, and did not give up until the mystery was solved. A fascinating background, a fine, fresh atmosphere, and much native lore, spice up this fast tale of murder and blackmail.
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Q. Do I need a grounding conductor for a pole light, or is the ground rod good enough?
A. You absolutely need an equipment grounding conductor. Metal parts of electrical raceways, cables, enclosures, or equipment must be bonded together (and to the supply system) in a manner that creates a low-impedance path for ground-fault current that facilitates the operation of the circuit overcurrent device [250.4(A)(5)].
Because the earth is not suitable to serve as the required effective ground-fault current path, an equipment grounding conductor is required to be run with all circuits.
Danger: Because the contact resistance of an electrode to the earth is so high, very little fault current returns to the power supply if the earth is the only fault current return path. What's the result? The circuit overcurrent device will not open, and all metal parts associated with the electrical installation, metal piping, and structural building steel will become and remain energized.
Q. We are told that we must GFCI protect our drinking fountain, but the receptacle is buried behind the unit. Do we really have to do this?
A. All electric drinking fountains must be GFCI-protected [422.52], but if you are really concerned about accessibility, you can always use a GFCI breaker for protection.
Q. What are the NEC requirements when replacing 15A or 20A, 125V receptacles?
A. See 406.3(D) as follows: Grounding-type receptacles. Where an equipment grounding conductor exists, grounding-type receptacles must replace nongrounding-type receptacles, and the receptacle's grounding terminal must be connected to an equipment grounding conductor in accordance with 406.3(C) or 250.130(C).
Nongrounding-type receptacles. Where no equipment grounding conductor exists in the outlet box for the receptacle, such as old 2-wire Type NM cable without an equipment grounding conductor, existing nongrounding-type receptacles can be replaced in accordance with one of the following:
- Another nongrounding-type receptacle.
- A GFCI-type receptacle marked "No Equip¬ment Ground."
- A grounding-type receptacle, if GFCI protected and marked "GFCI Protected" and "No Equipment Ground."
When existing receptacles are replaced in locations where GFCI protection is currently required, the replacement receptacles must be GFCI protected. This includes the replacement of receptacles in dwelling unit bathrooms, garages, outdoors, crawl spaces, unfinished basements, kitchen countertops, rooftops, or within 6 ft of laundry, utility, and wet bar sinks. See 210.8 for specific GFCI-protection requirements.
Author's comment: GFCI protection functions properly on a 2-wire circuit without an equipment grounding conductor because the circuit equipment grounding conductor serves no role in the operation of the GFCI-protection device. See the definition of "ground-fault circuit interrupter" for more information.
Q. A conduit contains six current-carrying 10 AWG THHN conductors on a roof for a photovoltaic system, where the ambient temperature 94ºF and the ambient temperature add is 60ºF in accordance with Table 310.15(B)(2)(c). How do I determine the conductor ampacity for this condition of use?
A. When conductors are installed in an ambient temperature other than 78°F to 86°F, ampacities listed in Table 310.16 must be corrected in accordance with the multipliers listed in Table 310.16. Where the number of current-carrying conductors in a raceway or cable exceeds three, the allowable ampacity of each conductor, as listed in Table 310.16, must be adjusted in accordance with the adjustment factors contained in Table 310.15(B)(2)(a) and 310.15(B)(2)(c). When both of these conditions exist, you must do both calculations, but you can start with the 90°C ampacity for the calculations [110.14(C)(1)].
Table 310.16 ampacity if 10 AWG THHN is 40A
Ambient temperature correction [Table 310.16] = 0.58, based on 154ºF
Conductor bundle adjustment [310.15(B)(2)(a)] = 0.80, six current-carrying conductors
Adjusted ampacity = 40A x .58 x 0.80
Adjusted ampacity = 18.56 or 19A
Q. We got written up for having our underground conduits too close together. I know you can't bundle cables together, but I didn't think this applied to raceways too. Does it?
A. Actually, it does. In 310.15(B)(2)(b), it states that spacing between conduits, tubing, or raceways must be maintained, even though the Code doesn't say what the spacing is — or how to adjust when the spacing is not maintained. Hopefully, the next Code cycle will have better language for this rule.


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RALEIGH (AP) � U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan raised $1.8 million during the past three months, her campaign announced Tuesday as the Democratic incumbent continued to squirrel away money for an expected fierce re-election fight against a Republican challenger next year.
RALEIGH (AP) � U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan raised $1.8 million during the past three months, her campaign announced Tuesday as the Democratic incumbent continued to squirrel away money for an expected fierce re-election fight against a Republican challenger next year.
Hagan's campaign released federal campaign documents due Tuesday that show her with $5.4 million in the bank Sept. 30. Unlikely to face any challenger with high name recognition in next May's primary, Hagan can keep most of her money for the general election. Hagan raised $1.6 million in the first three months of 2013 and $2 million in the second quarter.
Hagan campaign manager Preston Elliott said the third-quarter figures show North Carolina residents �support her bipartisan work to boost our economy, protect our seniors and service members, and represent commonsense North Carolina values in the Senate.�
On the Republican side, state House Speaker Thom Tillis appeared to lead other GOP hopefuls in finances. He told supporters in an email he'll report having more than $800,000 on hand when he files campaign finance documents.
Tillis, who announced his decision to enter the race in late May, also said he has surpassed $1 million in overall fundraising, but his campaign hadn't released his actual report late Tuesday or provided specific third-quarter numbers. His campaign reported raising $277,000 in an abbreviated second quarter.
Tillis said recently he expected he needed to raise $12 million to be successful, with close to half of the amount arriving before the May primary.
�This campaign will be a tough fight, but we are far ahead of where Kay Hagan was at this point in 2007, as her campaign had yet to get off the ground,� Tillis wrote to supporters. Hagan got in the race in late October 2007. The state senator from Greensboro went on to win the 2008 Democratic primary and upset Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole.
The campaign of Dr. Greg Brannon of Cary, another Republican candidate, said it raised $156,000 in the third quarter and had $105,000 on hand.
The Rev. Mark Harris of Charlotte, who formally announced his candidacy for the GOP primary two weeks ago but had a committee in place earlier, didn't immediately release fundraising numbers by late Tuesday. Harris is the outgoing president of the Baptist State Convention. Heather Grant of Wilkes County is also running for the GOP nomination.


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The presentation addressed mandatory reporting requirements; how to identify abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and the protective investigation process.
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Disorders
The Department promotes programs to educate interested parties on strategies for communicating with individuals who have AlzheimerÔÇÖs Disease or Related Dementias (ADRD). The webinar (below) provides information to better understand the disease and its signs and symptoms and speaks about the increased potential for abuse, neglect, and exploitation of those with ADRD. Tips are given about how to protect individuals with ADRD who may be taken advantage of.
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