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Six local soccer teams are headed to regionals as Ohio North State Cup champions.
The Toledo Celtics' Under-18 boys team claimed their second State Cup in three years last week, and the area claimed five girls trophies. Pacesetter Soccer Club's Villa Red teams picked up three titles (U18, U17, and U14), while Greater Toledo Futbol Club Impact's Premier sides took the U10 and U19 championships.
Each team claimed one of 16 spots for its age group at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II championships, which comprises a geographic area of 13 Midwestern states.
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A 2016 nationals qualifier, the Celtics are after another run after a nightmarish extra-time loss in the 2017 State Cup final. The Celtics earned their redemption by outscoring their competition 43-5 in five State Cup games, including a 2-1 victory in the final. In the run to last week's win, the team always kept the 2017 loss in mind.
"We understood that it was an upset and it happened, but letting it happen stayed in the back of our minds. It just sat there and made us train harder and be harder on each other," defender Spencer Straka said. "It just felt like it was meant to be."
Coach Kirk Brazeau has missed significant time this season as his infant son, Archer, battles a rare skin disease that requires 24-hour care and constant medical attention. Now 17-1-3 overall, the team wears Archer's initials on its jerseys.
"They used it to galvanize themselves, and it's honestly one of the best gifts I could receive," Brazeau said. "Surreal doesn't do it justice. It was like a movie plot."
Pacesetter's three State Cups all came in different fashions. Its U14 (6-3-3 league play) side is one executive director of coaching Danny Fisher said "is a group that we really think is going to do big things," after winning its final 3-1.
The U17 team (6-4-1) faced a tougher road than last season, but ultimately repeated as champions with a 1-0 victory in the tourney final.
"It takes a lot to do that, not just physically, technically, and tactically, but mentally as well," Fisher said. "I felt this year it was a lot tougher for them, especially in the final."
Back to Back STATE CHAMPS for the U17 girls. Congrats to the team and coaching staff... Good Luck at Regionals Ladies! pic.twitter.com/BJuuv8HgzD— Pacesetter Soccer (@PSC_Soccer) June 8, 2018
Like the Celtics, Pacesetter's U18 girls (11-1) turned a 2017 State Cup disappointment into a title this year, winning the final easily, 4-0. For a group that has been with the club for a decade in some cases, Fisher it was a satisfying result.
"Some of those players have been with us for nine or 10 years, and they've been after a State Cup for nine or ten years," Fisher said. "It was really pleasing for them to win it in the end."
GTFC Impact Premier teams won the State Cup at the youngest and oldest levels. The U19s concluded their tenure with a championship, while the U-10s won in their first try with a 5-1 victory in the final.
Mike Aubry, GTFC Impact's coaching director, said the State Cup showing was a boon to the club, and to Toledo soccer in general.
"The depth of players that have quality has definitely improved to the point where multiple clubs can go and have success," Aubry said. "Soccer is bright Toledo."
Group play in the Region II championships begins June 22 in Westfield, Ind., a suburb of Indianapolis.
Congratulations to our 08 Premier team for being crowned the Ohio North State Cup Championship today! They defeated Team Challenger 5-1 to complete a fantastic season! Great job to all of the players, parents and coaches! #champs #brightfuture #gtfcimpact pic.twitter.com/BW1SjwQHfj— GTFC Impact (@GTFCImpact) June 10, 2018
Contact Nicholas Piotrowicz at: email@example.com, 419-724-6110, or on Twitter @NickPiotrowicz.


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National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
$15 for Museum Members and students with ID
$18 for non-Members
Does not include general admission
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.
One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Also starring Owen Teale and Damien Molony, don't miss this glorious revival of Pinter's comic classic.
National Theatre Live is a simulcast and not a live performance at the Museum.
Upcoming National Theatre Live Screenings:
- Sunday, September 24, 2 pm: Hedda Gabler

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This is another athlete that seems he just can't catch a break (kinda like Kris Humphries). T.O. had to complete community service last month because of baby mama drama. Find out what happened & what his punishment was after the jump…
According to TMZ:
Former NFL star Terrell Owens spent 8 hours buried to his neck in dusty old sweaters and used Gap t-shirts last month … TMZ has learned … all because he pissed off his baby mama.
According to court docs, T.O. was ordered to complete his community service back in April last year — after being held in contempt — apparently for falling behind in child support payments to baby mama Kimberly Floyd.
T.O. completed the community service at a Goodwill in L.A. … and we're told the smell washed out eventually.


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Review/Preview: The Conversation Bookend of Progress by By Kathleen Kurke
Too often, we ghost out of conversation with clients or candidates. We end with lame, say-nothing phrases like "ok, we'll talk soon" or "stay in touch" or "call with any updates" or "let me know" or "talk to you later". These phrases fill the requirement of words coming out of our mouth, but they do nothing beyond that.
These phrases add no value to the conversation; they don't set you apart from anybody else. In effect, they stall a relationship.
Ghosting out of conversations is a missed opportunity for effectiveness, differentiation and continued relationship. Ending your conversation with Review/Preview is a powerful tool for reinforcing the value you've added to the conversation and setting the stage for adding value in your next conversation. Ending every conversation with Review/Preview adds value to your relationship. When you have connected conversations, you have continuing relationships.
Here's what it is:
Practicing Review/Preview means wrapping up every conversation with two components: the Review and the Preview. The Review is where you summarize what you've covered with the other person in the conversation; Preview is where you begin to set the stage for your next conversation.
Here's how it works:
The Review statement summarizes what you've covered in the conversation and enables you to confirm you've both been in the same conversation. The Review statement might sound like:
• "OK, here's what I've heard so far."
• "OK, here's where we are. "
• "We've covered a lot of ground in our conversation, so let me confirm that what I've heard matches what you said."
The Preview statement sets the stage for your next conversation. It establishes permission and creates an invitation to talk again. It manages expectations. The Preview statement might sound like:
• "I recommend we leave it this way: I'll call you as soon as I'm working with a client whose offering what you're looking for."
• "So here's where we go from here."
• "Let's review what we've each agreed to do as next steps. You'll get me your resume and I'll see it in my in-box by 530p this afternoon. I'll review the resume and call you on Tuesday at 10a so we can plan next step."
Put the two together for a powerful Conversation Bookend that advances the relationship: Here's a sample Review/Preview with both parts combined:
• Review: "Let's agree on this: You've got an open need for an estimating engineer, but are feeling confident you'll be able to fill the role internally. Did I get that right?"
• Preview: "When I'm working with a superstar, an overachiever that isn't actively looking and wouldn't otherwise know about what you're offering, I'll call you directly so we can decide at that time if it makes sense to find a way to connect the two of you. Make sense?"
Here's why it matters:
Too often, we only add structure to our conversations when we're taking an Assignment or a Candidate Data Form, because we act as though those conversations were the "important" ones. Instead, treat each of the conversations along the way with importance by ending them with Review/Preview, and those conversations along the way will get you to the 'important" conversations more quickly.
Ending every conversation with a Review/Preview demonstrates an elevated level of professionalism and will set you apart from other recruiters calling your prospective clients and candidates. Once you add Review/Preview as standard in your conversation, you confirm yourself as a person of action. As a person pays attention to what's been said and creates action by knowing where you're going. Being known as a 'person of action' that 'gets things done' is a great reputation to have!
You. Are. A. Person. Who. Gets. Stuff. Done. And, a person that gets stuff done is the person clients and candidates want to have relationships with. End your next conversation with a Review/Preview.


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40 Years Ago Today: The Warriors (1979)
"The problem in the past has been the man turning us against one another. We have been unable to see the truth, because we have been fighting for ten square feet of ground, our turf, our little piece of turf. That's crap, brothers! The turf is ours by right, because it's our turn. All we have to do is keep up the general truce. We take over one borough at a time. Secure our territory... secure our turf... because it's all our turf!"
- The "One and Only" Cyrus, The Warriors (1979)
Recently, a reader of this blog asked me in an e-mail to name my "dream" or "fantasy" double feature of the immediate post-Star Wars film period.
I'm not sure if this is precisely what she had in mind, but almost immediately, my mind seized on two great action fantasies which perfectly capture the unsettled, anxious vibe of that span: Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979) and John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981).
Wouldn't you love to sit down in a darkened auditorium, and watch these two films back-to-back? I know I would.
Both of these classic action movies are born from of the same historical context: a period of extreme urban decay and blight in the Big Apple.
And -- as great science fiction films often do -- both movies project that considerable societal problem into the immediate but unknowable future. In the case of The Warriors, that future date is intentionally left unspecified, but New York is a city overrun by gangs. And in the world of Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), Manhattan becomes a government-run maximum security prison in 1997.
So how did the American fantasy film arrive at this weird, dark juncture...where the criminals are running the prison, so-to-speak?
Well, if you recall, the mid-1970s was not really a terrific time for big cities in America, specifically NYC. Much of the metropolitan infrastructure had fallen into disrepair and neglect, and there was a growing sense of disenfranchisement, politically-speaking.
Poverty was also an enormous problem because of economic stagnation and high unemployment (Carter's age of malaise and America's "crisis of confidence.") New York City teetered dangerously near bankruptcy in 1975, and President Ford famously refused to bail it out. This task was left to the Teachers' Union and, utilizing pension funds, it rose to the challenge...to the tune of a then-whopping 150 million dollars.
Then, in July of 1977, a city-wide power outage shone another light on the social unrest burdening the great city. During a 25-hour period of black outs, there was a city-wide outbreak of looting and crime, and over 3,000 men and women were arrested. Prisons virtually overflowed...
In that day and age, no one could have imagined so quick an end to this urban nightmare (which was also featured to great effect in the terrific early eighties flick Wolfen [1981]. However, via the corporatization/Disneyfication/Giuliani-fication of the Big Apple in the early 1990's...the problem was resolved in New York, at least to a very large degree.
Yet filmmakers of the day, like J.C. and Walter Hill, imagined in the late 1970's and early 1980's that the Big Apple would only sink further into crime, into gang-warfare, into blight, and into despair. The city became a dark, apocalyptic landscape in their highly-visual, action-packed productions.
That's the critical context underlying both The Warriors and Escape from New York. In his landmark book, Cult Movies, film scholar and critic Danny Peary does a terrific and thorough job of comparing and contrasting the novel and the film, but long-story short: the book de-romanticizes the gang members that serve as its protagonists, while the Walter Hill film of the disco-era purposefully mythologizes The Warriors and firmly places them in a fantasy-styled (if dystopic...) landscape.
Taking a Ride on the Wonder Wheel; Or History Repeats Itself
It is a well-known fact that The Warriors (book and film) is loosely based on an event from human antiquity, the Battle of Cunaxa in 401 B.C.
There, north of Babylon, a leader named Cyrus the Younger led "The Ten Thousand," -- an army of Greek soldiers -- into enemy territory against the Persian Army, which reportedly numbered over a million-strong.
Cyrus was killed in the battle, leaving his men stranded deep inside enemy territory with no ally, no sanctuary and no supplies. Clearchus, a Spartan general, assumed command of the fugitives, but there was danger, intrigue and betrayal at every turn.
For instance, a local satrap, Tissaphernes, invited the Greeks to feast with him...and the leaders who accepted the invitation were captured and decapitated. The remaining Greeks fought superior numbers all the way back to their land, near the Black Sea. And when they saw the familiar shore-line, they shouted -- famously (and with great relief) -- "Thalatta! Thalatta!" ("The Sea! The Sea!")
The events of the battle at Cunaxa, the subsequent retreat and the return home were assiduously recorded by the Greek soldier, Xenophon in his famous chronicle, Anabasis.
This historical work is explicitly the source of the adaptations by Walter Hill/David Shaber and Yurick, but the location has been updated to the near-future, to gangland New York sometime near the dawn of the 21st century.
A gang called "The Warriors" travels deep into enemy territory from their home-land (Coney Island) to attend a "conclave" in the Bronx. The gang then faces enormous odds (and enemy gangs with names like The Baseball Furies, the Lizzies, the Electric Eliminators, the Moonrunners, the Orphans and the Gramercy Riffs), to return home safely following the assassination of a messianic gang leader.
A gang called "The Warriors" travels deep into enemy territory from their home-land (Coney Island) to attend a "conclave" in the Bronx. The gang then faces enormous odds (and enemy gangs with names like The Baseball Furies, the Lizzies, the Electric Eliminators, the Moonrunners, the Orphans and the Gramercy Riffs), to return home safely following the assassination of a messianic gang leader.
The Warriors ultimately know they have reached home, not coincidentally, when they spy the shore at Coney Island. Thalatta?
There's even a figure in the film named Cyrus -- the aforementioned visionary gang leader assembling an "army" -- who dies early in the proceedings.
There's even a figure in the film named Cyrus -- the aforementioned visionary gang leader assembling an "army" -- who dies early in the proceedings.
By connecting the odyssey of the Coney Island Warriors explicitly to the story told in Anabasis, director Hill successfully casts his unconventional, even criminal protagonists as epic heroes; thus casting them in a romantic, mythological light. These men are not just street toughs; not merely small-time thugs, but heroes undertaking a terrifying and dangerous journey.
The Wonder Wheel at Coney Island is the first shot of the film and it's almost as though Hill is using the concept of the wheel itself to take us back in time...to an almost mythological past. The point is simply to note that, perhaps, unconventional times demand unconventional heroes.
Throughout the film, Hill returns to this important idea of myth making. First, he cannily utilizes familiar character names to suggest famous figures/characters from history and myth. It's important to remember, these character names are quite different from those highlighted in Yurick's novel, which sought to reveal gang members as ignorant and foolish, not as heroic, comic-book, fantasy figures.
In the movie, then, we get a gang leader named Cleon (Dorsey Wright), who leads his Warriors to a "peace" gathering in the city. In Greek history, Cleon was actually a noted critic of the aristocracy, and the film character takes on this particular trait, at least to some extent. He sees the power and righteousness inherent in Cyrus's vision of gang unity. It's a way to change things; a way to alter the established (and morally corrupt?) order that has created the desolate, urban landscape.
Another Warrior is called Cochise (David Harris), and he adopts the guise and characteristics of a famous Apache war chief in American history. Cochise's name means, literally "the strength of oak," and accordingly, in the film, Cochise is one of the Warriors' greatest fighters.
Yet another Warrior from Coney Island is named Ajax (James Remar), and this moniker derives from Greek history/myth too, specifically from Homer's The Iliad.
Then there's Rembrandt (Marcelino Sanchez), the gang's graffiti-artist...named for the Dutch painter, and Snow (Brian Tyler) -- an African-American who is one "cool" customer.
Even the man who eventually takes over for Cleon, Swan (Michael Beck) is named explicitly for myth. In Finnish tales, a swan is known as the bird of the underworld, and the "swan song" widely remembered as the "song of death." Ultimately, it is Swan who takes on the Orphean task of safely leading his fellow-gang members (and a beautiful woman named Mercy...) out of the underworld of New York City, back to the safety and relative sanctuary of Coney Island.
The characters and situations encountered by the Warriors in Hill's 1979 film also relate specifically to stories recounted from Greek Myth; stories that remain well-known today. For instance, Ajax falls prey in a park to an undercover police officer, a beautiful woman, sitting on a park bench. She hand-cuffs the impulsive Ajax to that bench, and soon the police have arrived in force to take him into custody. He does not make it home.
After a fashion, Ajax's tragic fate is a reflection of the "Procrustean Bed" in Greek legend. An evil man named Procrustes set up -- on a sacred path, no less -- an iron bed. He would then invite innocent passersby to rest upon it. Finally, he would ruthlessly make his occupant fit the bed...even if that "fit" required amputation, dismemberment or other tortures. Eventually, Procrustes met his fate at the hands of the hero Theseus.
But the underlying point of the myth was Procrustes' enforcement of conformity...everybody had to fit his bed...or die trying.
In The Warriors, Ajax -- an outlaw gang member -- is captured by the police, who enforce conformity to the law. In this setting (and rather subversively, I might add...), the police represent the corrupt and powerful authority of the land, and the gang members represent an escape from/protest of the establishment
In The Warriors, Ajax -- an outlaw gang member -- is captured by the police, who enforce conformity to the law. In this setting (and rather subversively, I might add...), the police represent the corrupt and powerful authority of the land, and the gang members represent an escape from/protest of the establishment
In another important scene in The Warriors, Cochise, Rembrandt and Vermin are lured from the safety of a train at Union Station by a beautiful all-female gang called "The Lizzies." On one hand, the Lizzies may be an allusion to the Tissaphernes interlude in Anabasis...the promise of a sumptuous "feast" of sorts that actually leads trusting warriors to their mortal doom.
Or perhaps, the all-female nature of the gang, and the tantalizing promise of sexual seduction refers to the famous Sirens of Homer's The Odyssey: dangerous female creatures who lure sailors to their doom with beguiling music. Certainly, the latter idea fits well here. The Warriors are drawn out of the train car, and led to an island of sorts - a locked room -- with the promise of sex. Only Rembrandt seems to sense the danger.
My favorite scene in The Warriors involves the heroic gang engaging battle with another dynamic gang, the Baseball Furies. These Furies are armed with baseball bats and dressed in baseball uniforms. Most terrifyingly, they wear war-paint: face-make-up. You might be tempted to laugh at these characters in broad daylight...but at night -- and in perpetual, relentless motion -- these guys are pure nightmare fodder.
Importantly, they take their name "The Furies" from another facet of ancient Greek lore.
Importantly, they take their name "The Furies" from another facet of ancient Greek lore.
There, the Furies or "Angry Ones" were known as beasts who exacted brutal punishment against those who had sworn a false oath. In other words, the Furies punished...liars. In the film, the Baseball Furies come out of the woodwork to punish the Warriors, who are believed to have broken the city-wide truce; and who (against orders) brought a weapon into that truce at the conclave. Of course, the Warriors are not guilty of murdering Cyrus, or of breaking their word, but the Furies don't realize that.
Again and again in The Warriors, Hill explicitly links the journey of the Coney Island gang to mythological, events, personalities and scenarios. The end-game is to suggest that they -- like the heroes of antiquity -- are larger-than-life, romantic figures who, one day, will be remembered by history for their great accomplishment.
The movie's myriad comic-book touches -- specifically framing and captioning -- likewise add to this underlying feeling of myth making. This is no small matter. I remember reading as a kid an interview with George Lucas in which he derided the lack of "real" heroes for children in 1970s pop-culture. He named Dirty Harry and Kojak as role-models I believe, and saw Star Wars as a more innocent and appropriate alternative.
The Warriors in Hill's film represent another such alternative, even if a little unconventional. They boast such heroic qualities as loyalty, strength and honor...and they are steadfastly trying to make a better life for themselves in the corrupt, urban blight of a city out of control. "sometime in the future."
By depicting the gangs of New York City in this strange future landscape as colorful, dynamic and interracial (in the spirit of John Carpenter's Street Thunder in Assault on Precinct 13 [1976]), director Hill reminds the audience that this film does not occur in depressing, kitchen-sink reality, but rather in a heightened, fantasy reality where people -- even gang members -- can still make heroic choices, and behave in honorable fashion. In a future where every young person seems to be in a gang (or in a network of gangs, as it were), it's not hard to believe that one gang may be more heroic than other.
That's why The Warriors is not the incitement to violence that some culture warriors mistook it for way back in 1979. It features gangs to be certain, but the landscape is purposefully classic -- mythological -- and the gangs themselves are fantasy-inspired villains, bearing almost no resemblance to real-life thugs or common gangs.
I mean, how many gangs do you know that dress up as...mimes?
Can You Dig It? The Magic of "The One" in The Warriors
In some highly-intriguing fashion, The Warriors is not merely a comic-book fantasy about heroes on a "desperate, forced march" but a subversive commentary on its post-counterculture times, on the Crisis-in-Confidence America of the 1970's.
Here, representatives from warring gangs in peace (and unarmed, even...) attend a conclave in the Bronx. They go to listen to the inspirational words of a messianic leader, "The One and Only" Cyrus...an African-American visionary and revolutionary.
Except for one bad apple (David Patrick Kelly's Luther), these gang members stand and listen respectfully to Cyrus, and "nobody is wasting nobody."
Believed to possess a "whole lot of magic," Cyrus is the leader of the biggest gang in the city and he preaches a Gospel of unity...and, importantly, numbers. "Can you count, suckers?" he asks repeatedly. Then he provides an entirely logical argument using mathematics as his primary rhetorical tool.
There are 60,000 gang members in blighted New York, and only 20,000 police he reminds his audience. "One gang could rule this city," he deliberately suggests.
What Cyrus promises is a new order. Instead of battling over "turf," over a few hundred meters of territory, these gangs could effectively control the entire city if they just cooperated. They could control infrastructure, resources and yes, even crime rates. The city could not move without the okay of the gangs, Cyrus observes. Power is within reach, but the gang leaders must not be selfish; must not be distracted by the "small" things.
What The Warriors never makes clear, or specific, is how exactly Cyrus would utilize his new found power were he to gain control of New York City. Would he cause a reign of terror, of lawlessness? Doubtful, I think.
Given the comments by the Warriors (especially Cleon...) regarding Cyrus, as well as Hill's honorable, classic presentation of these fantasy outlaws, there's ample reason to suspect that Cyrus is the real deal, and that his motives are pure.
The character thus represents political optimism...the belief that, as foot-soldiers for change, we can each help shape the future to our liking. If only we all row in the same direction. What's daring about this vision is that Hill seems to suggest that it isn't just the marginalized who recognize the corruption of the system...but actual criminals. Those outlaws become, ironically, the hope for a more equitable future.
It's downright fascinating how this fantasy movie positions an outlaw gang-leader as the rightful heir to the counter-culture movement of the late 1960's, and how this so-called criminal (as well as his people) openly embraces high moral ideals, like interracial equality and unity of purpose.
But there's an important idea here:We have the numbers, if we vote, to unseat those responsible for the status quo; responsible for -- in the era of the movie -- the city that is falling down and failing its citizenry. Unfortunately, in the tradition of inspirational real-life leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy, The Warriors' Cyrus is brutally gunned down before his Utopian new order can come to pass. At his death, those formerly in unity turn on each other, and foster only deeper disunity. Without the leadership of The One, the gangs turn on their own kind.
But there's an important idea here:We have the numbers, if we vote, to unseat those responsible for the status quo; responsible for -- in the era of the movie -- the city that is falling down and failing its citizenry. Unfortunately, in the tradition of inspirational real-life leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy, The Warriors' Cyrus is brutally gunned down before his Utopian new order can come to pass. At his death, those formerly in unity turn on each other, and foster only deeper disunity. Without the leadership of The One, the gangs turn on their own kind.
So, let's sum up here. A film that begins with great political optimism (the belief that a better world is possible if we work together) ends with great cynicism about the entrenched political process. Even the media itself (a New York City radio station) is prophetically used throughout the film to "spread the lie" that the Warriors assassinated Cyrus. Fake news?
The Warriors become convenient scapegoats, pursued not just by law enforcement authorities, but by their fellow citizen gang-members and by the powerful media that holds sway over their dangerous world. In one of the movie's many great moments, the radio DJ marshaling gang forces "in code" against the Warriors plays the song "Nowhere to Run." It's essentially a rock-and-roll death sentence.
America itself keeps reliving this very cycle of optimism/pessimism/cynicism in our national politics. With overwhelming numbers, we vote for change. Lately, Reagan, Clinton and Obama all owe their presidencies to "change"-oriented campaigns.
Yet very early into these periods of "change," powerful (and rich...) voices in the mass media re-assert the power of the entrenched establishment and scare voters about the very change we so enthusiastically and resolutely voted for. Instead of believing we can work together to make things better for everyone, we soon become mired in convenient scapegoats and ignorant beliefs (like, say, that our President is, you know, the Anti-Christ). What's worse, sometimes the people "pulling the trigger" on the future - on men like Cyrus -- do it simply to be oppositional. When asked why he killed Cyrus, Luther answers "No reason. I just like doing things like that."
In The Warriors, like in life, alas, nothing seems to change fast. Cynicism supplants optimism, and the problems of the city don't get solved. The Warriors heroically return home, but even home isn't so great. "This is what we fought all along to get back to?" Swan asks, upon leading his people successfully back to Coney Island. A nearly abandoned world of graffiti, boarded-up shops and empty roads?
Is this the promised land that it could have been, in Cyrus's vision? Or simply the last place the Warriors can fight the system, their backs literally braced against the ocean?
In its conclusion, The Warriors suggests a kind of desperation and yearning for change, since even the criminals -- not exactly a future-oriented crowd -- see that something must change, that revolution must come, to make things better in the City.
I want the people to know that the Warriors were there: Change Begins with One Person..or Maybe Two.
I don't want to make it sound as though The Warriors is a serious movie all about political systems and cycles.
On the contrary, this is a visceral, action-packed thriller, and there's a real uplifting, inspiring side to the picture too.
On the contrary, this is a visceral, action-packed thriller, and there's a real uplifting, inspiring side to the picture too.
One fetching and memorable character in the film, Mercy (Deborah Van Valkenbergh) joins up with the Warriors, and returns home with them. After circling each other suspiciously for a time, Mercy and Swan take the first steps towards trusting...and loving...each other.
In a dark train tunnel in the city, at the height of the action, Mercy talks convincingly and meaningfully about the established world; about the world she was born into and hates.
"I see what's happening next door and down the block," she tells Swan. "...I want something new. This is the life I got left. You know what I mean?"
There is such yearning expressed in those words; and such power in the (truly great) performance. It's authentic, it's hungry...its questing. For Mercy, happiness is still possible, but you have to keep looking for it.
Like Cyrus, the Warriors (and by extension the audience itself) must have the vision to imagine what a better world could look like...and pursue that vision no matter the cost. For Swan and Mercy, perhaps, finding each other is the first step towards that unseen Utopia.
Like Cyrus, the Warriors (and by extension the audience itself) must have the vision to imagine what a better world could look like...and pursue that vision no matter the cost. For Swan and Mercy, perhaps, finding each other is the first step towards that unseen Utopia.
This idea is reinforced at the film's end, with the surviving Warriors and Mercy standing together before the timeless, beating waves of the unceasing ocean. The soundtrack goes to song ("In the City") and the lyrics suggest that "Somewhere out there on that horizon, out beyond the neon lights, I know there must be somethin' better..."
As these lyrics play on, the movie goes to freeze frame, with the Warriors standing heroically on the beach, a beautiful sun hanging low in the morning sky. Our last view of them shows these heroes unbeaten, unbowed. Still wearing their colors (holding onto their ideals, in other words) and standing at the precipice of eternity, literally, at the dawn of life beyond the soul-deadening City.
I'll be honest and completely unguarded here. This momentary conjunction of subject matter, theme, song and film technique represents what is for me a perfect movie moment, one of those inexplicable but wholly magical grace notes that always gives you goosebumps and leaves you on an emotional high.
In part (personally speaking), this is what the exploration of cinema is for...for finding and excavating such moments.
In part (personally speaking), this is what the exploration of cinema is for...for finding and excavating such moments.
The whole movie comes together gloriously in this final burst of energy, and, well, you can't resist it. The Warriors have survived the day, and, because of their experiences, can imagine what a better tomorrow looks like.
Or, to put it in the lingo of the flick, the Warriors will...come out to play. Another day.


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Man eats pills ahead of Friendswood drug raid
A Friendswood man has been released from an area hospital after he ate prescription sleeping pills during a traffic stop last week.
Friendswood police pulled over Moneeb Mohamed Tayyeb, 21, on Friday as he was leaving a home that officers were about to raid for suspected illegal drugs, investigators said.
Police found marijuana in his vehicle, but quickly learned he had more drugs - inside his stomach, a police department spokeswoman said.
"He told them what he had done," said Officer Lisa Price. "It's not unusual. We've seen several incidents at the jail, where they (suspects) go through a search and try to ingest the substance where they can't be charged with them. Or they will eat marijuana "and end up with a green tongue and teeth."
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Charmaron Isaac Sadler, 21, who lives at the home, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Investigators said the gun had been reported stolen from Harris County.
Robert Kevin Randall, 22, of Houston, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Kalynn Leigh Peters, 20, of League City, was arrested for an outstanding Galveston County warrant for resisting arrest, and another woman was arrested on Harris County Precinct 8 warrants.
Tayyeb, meanwhile, escaped a felony drug charge because he had a prescription bottle for Soma in his name, Price said. He faces charges of possession of marijuana.
"The officer was not clear about how much Soma Tayyeb ingested, but officers suspect that he ingested Soma and Hydrocodone," Price said in an email. "But, he only admitted to ingesting the Soma."
Tayyeb "ate all of the Soma that he had in his possession," a Friendwood PD press release states.
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The following three pictures shows example of an electrical panel installed under a water pipe.
Picture 1 – Hose reel pump starter panel
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This picture shows the hose reel pump starter panel, which is an electrical panel inside a Fire Pump Room of a multi-storey building under construction.
This building construction is almost completed and the electrical and mechanical services are undergoing testing and commissioning process.
The hose reel pump starter panel was not in my scope of responsibility. It is a part of the mechanical installation works and therefore it was under the supervision of the resident mechanical engineer.
Usually electrical panels are not installed under water pipes and this practices should never be allowed.
However, sometimes compromises had to be accepted under certain installation conditions.
This case here is inside a fire pump room at the roof an annex building. Outside the pump room was already outdoor and exposed.
As it turned out, there was a weakness in the design of the pump room layout that resulted in a very congested mechanical room.
The pump starter panel in had to be located as shown in the picture.
However, the contractor underestimated the risk of installing an electrical panel under a water piping.
Even when compromises are made, they should be made sparingly and with maximum caution.
Here two water pipes are above the pump panel as shown in Picture 2 below.
Picture 2 – Water pipes above hose reel starter pump panel
The bigger pipe present very little risk of water problem to the panel. There was no mechanical joint or connection near or around the panel that might lead to leaked water traveling to drop onto the electrical panel.
There were welded joints not far from the panel, but I did not think those kind of welded joints present too much risk. When these welded joints really fail, it would not matter much the exact location of the electrical panel because the water would get to it.
However, the smaller pipe presents a real problem. It was also directly above the starter panel and there were two mechanical joints about three meters away from the panel.
As it turned out, when I inspected the panel one of the mechanical connections was already giving away occasional drips of water. See Picture 3 below.
Picture 3 – Mechanical connections, one already started leaking
Luckily, the leaked one was on the opposite side of the hose reel starter panel. So the there was no damage to the panel yet.
However, who can guarantee the other mechanical joint would not leak?
Therefore, the starter panel location should be adjusted.
Instruction has actually been given and I will check again on the adjusted position of the hose reel pump starter panel.
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It's July 30, 2016 when I leave my hotel in Dresden in the early morning and drive into the direction of Hohnstein. There is an unknown lost circuit, built in the 1930's, called Deutschlandring. It was intended that here the German Grand Prix would be held here in 1940, but the outbreak of World War II prevented this.
The history of Deutschlandring in brief
From 1926 to 1932 hillclimbs were organized on a public road near Hohnstein. In 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Under his rule huge construction projects were set up, including the construction of a race track near Hohnstein.
The name of the new circuit should be Deutschlandring (Germany Circuit), which was changed into Grossdeutschlandring (Great Germany Circuit). The Grossdeutschlandring should have a length of 10 Km (6 Miles) and must accomodate a million spectators. It should also become a serious competitor for the Nürburgring.
The preparatory work were done by prisoners from a nearby concentration camp. After a construction period of six years the Grossdeutschlandring was festively inaugurated on April 26, 1939. A year later, the German Grand Prix should move from the Nürburgring to the Grossdeutschlandring.
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The Deutschlandring in 2016
During my preparation for my visit to the Deutschlandring I discovered a hotel/restaurant near the old circuit called "Einkehr zur Rennstrecke" (Refreshment on the race track). I let the navigator navigate to this hotel. It should be almost 45 minutes from my hotel in Dresden.
The first part ran over the Autobahn which went smoothly. But a huge part of the route ran over secundary roads through the countryside. Here were many roadworks and soon I came across a road block. After a long detour on narrow country roads through the rolling landscape, I finally arrived at the Deutschlandring.
Immediately I recognized the track when I entered in opposite direction, to the hotel/restaurant. Once there, I parked the car and went to the restaurant. Inside were a lot of old photos from motorsport event that took place there in the past.
Then it was time to mount the camera behind the windscreen to film a lap on the old Deutschlandring. To pass Start/Finish I first had to go further in opposite direction. Once driving in the right direction I started my lap.
The first section was very fast and contained rolling straights and fast kinks. At the end of this section there was a very long and fast right-hand banked corner. It would be a great experience to do this corner at racing speed! If the track was operational, this would be THE corner of the Deutschlandring, like the Raidillon (Please don't call it Eau Rouge) is at Spa-Francorchamps.
I couldn's resist the temptation to put the pedal to the metal. But the condition of the road forced me to slow down. The surface became even more worse farther in the corner, so I had to slow dowm more and more. Moreover, at the end of the corner they constructed a small detour to connect another road. I think they also did it to reduce the corner speed.
The next section of the Deutschlandring is a very technical and challenging one. It contains many fast and medium fast corners meandering through the woods. The combination of the bright sun and the many trees gives a stroboscopic effect, which is also clearly visible in the video.
At the end of this section there is an intersection where I have to turn right. Because it is designed as a permanent race track there are less points where I can make a mistake. That makes it very easy to follow the track.
The last section is the slowest part with a series of hairpins (Not like the hairpins of Hermann Tilke in the modern race tracks) and huge elevations. This is also a very technical part of the track, and even if it's not so fast it makes really fun to drive here. But unfortunateley, here are rumble strips that disturb the fun a little.
The whole track I drove alone, but on the last intersection before Start/Finish a slow driver turned in front of me. So, a final sprint on the last Mile was not possible because of this Sunday driver.
When I watched the footage after my vacation, I saw to my annoyance that the camera was somewhat too much to the right on the Deutschlandring video. That made you see in the left corners too many trees and less asphalt. Sorry about that. I will pay special attention to this in future recordings, to make it not happen again.
After my lap at the Deutschlandring I went into the direction of Berlin, where I spent the next few days. Underway I will visit the modern race track Lausitzring, and in Berlin I will visit the AVUS. But more about that in my next blog posts.
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Are you poor? You are? Well that's a shame, because as well as being at the bottom of the income pile, you're also shelling out a small fortune MORE than the rest of us. Or at least that's what Save The Children reckon – and they've never lied to us before.
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The report was put together with the help of The Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis, who is probably not a member of The Poor.
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- MeAll of these charities releasing thses amazing studies make me laugh... they all have vested interests in what they tell us. The bullshit they spout also makes me laugh: "The Poor are more likely to use costlier pre-pay meters" = true because they are more likely not to have paid their bills and so aren't allowed credit on a normal meter. "buy items on high-interest hire purchase" because "The Poor" are more likely to be on benefits and expect to be able to buy 50" plasma tv's that they can't afford. "pay more in insurance premiums as a result of living in high-crime areas." again because people classed as poor are more likely to be benefit scrounging lay abouts robbing from each other, beating each other up and nicking each others cars. (Before anyone crys over this - I realise not all "poor" people are benefit scrounging scum or criminals etc, but unfortunately if you are "poor" then you get lumped in with those who are so please blame the people who define "poor" not me.
- MeForgot to say, how can 700,000 (or in fact anyone at all) not have a bank account in this age.... I thought (probably wrongly by the sounds of it) that even the dole and benefits were paid directly into bank account now... how do these people get benefits then?
- GunnI understand in terms of credit but that doesn't fully explain why you should pay more/get a discount for paying in different ways.
- PokeHerPete@me A certain piece of shit I know who hasn't done a days work for 8 years and not actively looking picks up his benefits in cash from the post office. They make it so easy for those leeches. Theres nothing wrong with him, but when why should he look for a job? Our brilliant country gives him a free council flat. The best thing is if I ever see him out clubbing, he asks for me to buy a round. I highlight that he infact should be buying me a drink as its my money in his pocket.
- Marky M.A former neighbour of mine was signed off work permanently because of a "back injury" yet still managed to carry on working as a brickie for cash. So I grassed him up. Don't bother lecturing me about working class solidarity; this fucker is stealing from me and you. The DSS did nothing.
- The B.Wouldn't it be nice to be rich enough to not have to worry about this sort of thing and spout platitudes like "these poor people have it so rough", but frankly I agree with the above. You know what, if want a 50" plasma screen TV then get off your arse, get a job and save up, if your job is minimum wage then get some training and get a better one and work your way up, that's what people used to do. Oh, and try using some contraception some time, that way you won't have to fork out for multiple mouths to feed that you can't afford.
- -]ITT: BWs usual middle-class wankers, offering platitudes about the "lazy dole scum" they know. ...and as usual, nobody with any sense pays them much attention. If only we could all be so ignorant...
- JameAlso they are too poor to afford computers and internet so can't use hot uk deals!!!!
- Me@ -] As the old saying goes "If the cap fits, wear it" If you aren't "lazy dole scum" then you have nothing on here to get upset about.... if you are then you deserve the comments above... whats the problem?
- -]Sure thing, bruv. Like you say - if the cap fits, middle class wankers.
- MeIs the phrase "middle class wankers" meant as in insult? Its not a very good one if it is. Oh and am I still classed as a wanker if I can afford a servant to do my wanking for me?
- The B.Pretty sure I didn't offer platitudes about lazy dole scum, I just told them to get offer their arses, get a job and save up for a tv rather than buying it on a ridiculous rate interest card or loan, simple logic really but if it grates that much then feel free to dig yourself deeper into debt, just spare me the whining when you end up in hock to the eyeballs.
- The B.If you get your servants to wank you then you're an upper class wanker.
- -]Dig myself deeper into debt? I have no debt at all. Not a single debt, I'm fully paid up, cheers for the concern though. Point still stands.
- BobSurely if your mortgage is fully paid up then you're middle class thus you've invalidated your entire point? Unless of course your point was to insult yourself?


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I was very spoiled at Christmas; new watch, a Bundy Rum coffee mug filled with chocies mmmmmm......, a pair of excellent LCD light torches (really really bright) and a Led Zepellin rug, woven in the USA which looks brilliant.
Didn't make any new years resolutions; I'll feel too bad if I don't measure up!!
The photo for this entry is of Kim. On this particular day we went to the Wagga Lagoon so I could muck around with some of the may features of my camera. I liked this shot and changed it to a Sepia Duotone look through PhotoImpact software. There are some other shots of our day at the Lagoon on my Flickr site. Follow the link on the right.
Anyway my friends, I'll head off for now.
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by Selina Petschek, Counselor/Social Media Coordinator
Early risers flooded the hallways of Rock Point School well before breakfast. Jerusalem campers, adjusting to the time change were eager to get going, tired of the monotony of travel and waiting for camp to finally start.
When breakfast was at last called, all the campers, with some reluctance, found their way to their peace groups, meeting kids from different faiths and parts of the world. They shared breakfast, exchanging a few words and starting to learn each other's names.
By lunchtime, they had danced around together, devised special handshakes, played soccer, established a camp covenant, and played numerous name games. Needless to say, the midday meal was much more lively than the previous one as kids started to find things in common, comparing what they like to do, talking about their families, and enjoying the same delicious food.
During art class, they were once again in their peace groups, sharing supplies and ideas of how to decorate their appreciation bags, journaling kits and treasure boxes.
Dinner, the final meal of the day, was by that point routine. They knew where to sit, how to be quiet enough to be called up for food, and where to go to find what they needed. Instead of strangers, they sat with friends. People they had a shared a whole day of experiences with and could count on to be there alongside of them. In just one day, thirty new faces had become familiar.


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2. It seems I have to have a cabin full of kindred spirits, so would any of you care to join me? My username is Miss Georgiana.
3. I've also joined the June Crusade at Scribblings of My Pen and Tappings of My Keyboard.
4. Writing so much, I will not have as much time to read other people's blogs, so don't be surprised if I don't comment.
5. However, I will still be blogging.
6. I like blogging about writing, but I like things to be done Decently and in Pretty Good Order.
7. Enter my new blog:
Go on there and tell me what you think! And stay tuned for all the other announcements!
Your Busy Writer
P.S. Two vidoes that I can't help sharing with you:
You know I homeschool, but do you know how hazardous it actually is?
Completely random, but that guy is a great actor. And he has an adorable little brother.
And for all us of Camp Nano-ers, if you think we have it busy, look what he's suggesting!
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Area students move on to state conservation speaking contest
All Pierce County educators for grades 5-12 are encouraged to build environmental awareness into their lesson plans at the beginning of each school year to prepare students for the annual Pierce County Environmental Awareness Speaking Contest hosted by the Land Conservation Department.
Participating students gain an appreciation for natural resource conservation and environmental quality protection or enhancement. They also gain some understanding and knowledge about local agencies involved with environmental issues, confidence in public speaking and leadership skills.
Educators prepare students for the contest by assigning them to research and gather information about a local resource concern and draft a speech to present at a "speak-a-thon" at their school. First-place winners in each of the categories — elementary, junior and senior divisions — are then encouraged to present their speeches at the Pierce County Conservation and Environmental Awareness Speaking Contest held at the Pierce County Government Center.
This year, Prescott Middle School brought three students to the contest in late January. Jamie Fortney, Makenzie Hegland and Chloe Heldman competed in the Elementary Division.
Five students from Elmwood schools participated in the contest. Hailey Webb and Cori Wood competed in the Elementary Division; Trevor Asher and Ben Luther competed in the Junior Division and Shanda Trainor represented the Senior Division.
Heldman received a first place in the Elementary Division for her speech "Should We Free the Kinni?"; Asher received a first place in the Junior Division for "Land & Water Conservation"; and Trainor received a first place in the Senior Division for "Land and Water Conservation in WI."
First-place winners are invited to present their award—winning speeches, along with students from Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and St. Croix counties at the West Central Area Environmental Speaking Contest on Feb. 12, at the 29 Pines Sleep Inn & Suites Conference Center in Eau Claire. First-place winners of the area contest will be invited to compete in the statewide contest held during the Wisconsin Land + Water Conservation Association 64th annual conference at the Grand Geneva Resort at Lake Geneva on March 14.


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By RachelChavez
1 lb Nopales (1 paddle cleaned)
1 tbsp Oil as required
1/2 lb diced tomatoes
2 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
1/3 cup finely chopped white onion
4 medium Serrano chilies seeded and finely diced
1 tsp Salt (to taste)
2 lg EGGS
2 large Egg whites
Scrub and/or use a vegetable peeler to clean each paddle. Remove fibrous base of the cactus joint and dice cactus leaves or cut into thin strips. Cover with boiling salted water and simmer until fork tender, 10 to 20 minutes. Drain and rinse well under cold water. Set aside.
Heat in a heavy skillet and add nopales plus remaining ingredients except eggs. Cover and cook over medium heat, shaking pan from time to time, until mixture is dry and well seasoned, about 20 minutes. If mixture seems too wet, remove lid until enough moisture evaporates. Break eggs onto nopales and stir rapidly to set. Makes 2 servings.
CHILI HEAT: Remove and discard seeds or use fewer chilies for less heat. NOTE: May be a good way to introduce nopales at a party. Serve with warmed flour torillas and salsa.
Nutritional Facts
- Servings
- 2
- Calories
- 149
- Fat Calories
- 65
- Total Fat
- 7g
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 3g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 155mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- Fiber
- 4g
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 11g
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where do you get the Nopales?
Would like to try them
I have tried this recipe and I absolutely love it. I love the tangy taste of the nopales. I have modified the recipe a little. I use 1 cup of nopales, 1 egg and add Mrs Dash original flavor instead of salt. I also have high blood pressure. Oh by the way I live in Texas so I grow my my own nopales
I have tried this recipe and I absolutely love it. I love the tangy flavor of the Nopales. I have modify the recipe a little I use only one cup of nopales, 1 egg and add Mrs Dash original flavor instead of salt, I also have high blood pressure.


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The Teddy Bear Tea Rooms
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What could be cuter than a teddy bear tea room? That's what I had in mind when I visited that one in York a couple of days ago. It's a small place that has a beautiful display of teddy bears on the window, that invites you inside. As you walk in, you feel as if you are transported to a dreamy place full of stuffed animals and dolls. Teddy bears of all sizes are all around the store cosying up the place.
We went upstairs to a little attic that it was turned into a tea room. There, next to the fireplace we had our tea, served with homemade hot scones, jam and fresh cream. The warmth of the tea and the cosy little place made me feel nostalgic of my room and when I was little and used to pretend to have tea parties with my friends. Even the decoration had elements of Alice in Wonderland, such as the rabbit or the "Eat Me" signs.
In general, York felt like it came directly out of a storybook, but "The Teddy Bear Tea Rooms" was by far the most charming place, where you felt like a little kid in a place of fairytales and dreams.


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Disney Basks in Glow of 'Avengers' Success
"The Avengers" shattered box-office records in its North American debut this past weekend, earning $200.3 million in ticket sales, making it the highest-grossing domestic opening of all time. Jon Friedman has details on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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text: CompuServe offers candidates online access Published on December 03, 1995. CompuServe asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion on its plan to offer free access to the Internet, the World Wide Web and the CompuServe Information Service to all federal and state political candidates through CompuServe's Election Connection '96 online area. "This is an area where we expect the law is already sufficiently flexible to accommodate the reality of cyberspace as an important and fast-growing medium for political debate," said CompuServe President-CEO Bob Massey. The issue at hand is whether CompuServe is simply furthering the process of public discourse by opening cyberspace to all candidates, or whether the free access represents an in-kind corporate contribution to candidates. Most Popular In this article: News


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Hello friends of UmWowStudio!
Here is Olga today with sharing the brand new project with UWS products ;)
I have made a gift certificate decor. It can be used after the happy giving ;) It can be hanging on a wall or staying on a table... Check it out!
For my project I have covered the chipboard with white and clear embossing powder.
I have added structure with structure paste through a stencil and deepened it with two color sprays.
With splatter white and black color I have added some interesting details to the project.
With stickers and phrases from 7Dots Studio this is the whole message ;)
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first there were two...and now there are four
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Their 1st feast @daycare
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Monday, November 14, 2011
We're still on the Land of the Living
The boys are doing excellent!
Currently weighs 22.9 lbs and is wanting to pull up on things but is still in the crawling phase. He is an army crawler most of the time and does an excellent job of cleaning our floor with his belly. He's working on the dadadada sound but he has a lot of interesting other sounds as well. He gets excited about waking up (as he now wakes up all the other babies at daycare), he gets excited about food, being picked up and most all toys and people. He is getting less and less mellow and a little more rambunctious. He has at least five teeth coming in right now and he is eating everything. His favorite food is a pb&j and grapes. His least favorite food are peaches. He is working his way up to drinking only whole milk.
Currently weighs 22.4 lbs and stands everywhere. He's a fast crawler and loud talker. He has the dadadadada sounds done really well and he's full of other mysterious sounds. Carter loves to chase our cat and he's attempted to get into Harley's food several times now. He has four very distinct teeth right now and he loves goldfish and raisins. He is also working on just drinking whole milk. A few more weeks, and we should be off all formula.
The boys have started talking to each in a secret language that we will probably never understand. One babbles something and the other laughs and this goes back and forth. It's extremely entertaining!
Here's our little snookums. Aren't they the cutest little things you've ever seen?
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Frequently asked questions about the sandblasting process
Edmunds and Company has been blasting log homes for over 30 years. Over the years, we have developed our skills, tried new products and honed our trade. This experience gives us the confidence to take on jobs that others won't.
It's important to understand how the sandblasting or cob blasting process works. Here are some important answers to questions you might have about blasting your log home.
What media do you use?
Edmunds & Company uses sand, crushed glass and corncob for our blasting media. Our experience has taught us which media we need to use to effectively remove a given stain or paint. About 75% of the jobs recently done were done using crushed glass. Crushed glass, which is not sharp but rather resembles white beach sand, is silica free.
Will my house leak and will dust come inside?
Most likely yes, to some degree. When blasting, the velocity of air outside is equivalent to that of a hurricane so if you think a little bit of wind might come through your house in a hurricane, then a little will come in during sandblasting. We monitor this while blasting and if a significant amount is coming in, we drape the interior walls to keep the dust from getting on horizontal surfaces. It is not possible to promise a completely dust-free process, but it is possible to minimize it. Edmunds & Company takes the time to do just that.
Where does the material go after it hits the wall?
We take great pride in being a "clean" company. Our customers frequently comment on how our crews take the time to clean up carefully throughout the job.
We lay tarps down around the house to catch the blasting media and the old paint or stain that is being removed. This material is then collected from the tarps and properly disposed of. About 10% of the material falls in the surrounding area off the tarps. This extra will either be swept up or will wash away in the first couple of rains after the job is completed.
What will the texture of my logs be like after the sandblasting process?
Edmunds & Company has a dedicated crew that is experienced in the sandblasting and cob blasting technique. We do out best to leave the surface of the logs as smooth as possible, leaving very little of the old finish on the logs. At times the grain of the wood gets raised slightly and the logs are a bit rougher than before. In some cases, it may be necessary to sand or scrub the logs to smooth out the surface but most projects don't require any sanding after the blasting is complete.
When do I get to pick the new stain for my logs?
Sometimes this decision is made prior to starting the project after a discussion of what the options are. Edmunds & Company works closely with the customer to find out what they prefer in terms of the new look for their logs. Different samples and colors of stain are applied to the freshly blasted logs, which allows the customer to make a more informed decision. Once a stain color is chosen, we blast the samples off the building and the new stain is applied using a sprayer and then back-brushing.
Do you have other questions or concerns about sandblasting or cob blasting? Call the experts. Call Edmunds & Company at 715-373-5744 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Let us put your mind at ease.


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What a week for the Guys! Almost too much to mention, but they tried:
We had a great show in Berlin with Avril. The crowd was amazing and so many people now are coming that know that words to the songs. There were a lot of people that wore JB clothing and carried signs.
We also filmed several TV shows while we were in Berlin, including an outside concert on a boat parked right beside a large group of people. It was raining all day but stopped raining just in time for the concert. There was a HUGE crowd there. We watched and listened to some of the footage and it was cool.
We went to Copenhagen and had another great show on the Avril tour. There were so many fans waiting outside the venue after our show. They made us feel very welcome.
Today we got up really early and flew to London. We filmed a few things for online and for the record company here in Europe. Then we did one of the most amazing things we have done so far…
WE DROVE AROUND LONDON ON A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS WITH OUR PICTURE AND ALBUM INFO ON THE SIDE. WE stopped near Buckingham Palace and picked up a group of contest winners who road on the bus with us as we sang songs. Once again, there was a huge crowd of people running after the bus. There were so many people freaking out.
Crazy indeed. I am tired just reading it, and there is more!
They played their last show in Stockholm tonight and now they are traveling back to America! They will be in Toronto getting ready for their Burnin' Up Tour which starts there next Friday. I can't wait!
Check out some video and other goodies from the last four days after the jump (trust me, you don't want to miss the vids from Copenhagen).