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Kevin Smith Explains Why He Had To Waste $9,316 On Movie Ads That He Didn't Want Or Need
from the the-broken-system deptWe've been covering for a while entertainer Kevin Smith's business model experiments, which rely heavily on his wonderful ability to connect with fans. We've also been fascinated with his more recent decisions to buck "the old way" of doing things and to focus on marketing his latest film, Red State, in a way that he thought made more sense. So far, that's meant a very cool (and quite profitable) plan for Smith to tour with Red State and to combine his usual (wonderful) Q&A sessions with showings of the film. Another part of the plan is getting the film out there in as convenient a way as possible, meaning a video on demand release before the wider theatrical release.
One of the key points of this plan was that he wasn't going to fall into the trap of wasting money on advertising. So far, everything that he's done has been built off of word of mouth -- in large part from his Twitter feed and his growing network of podcasts (I used to listen to nearly all of them, but can't keep up any more). And it's worked out great. Crowds continue to flock to see him, and the movie is getting plenty of buzz among the folks its targeted at. However, he's finally made an exception to the "no advertising" rule, though he's somewhat annoyed that he had to do this. If you've heard him speak about Red State, you've heard him talk about a few of the top notch performances that came out of the film, and Smith and some others think that perhaps some of those performances are "Oscar-worthy." But... the Motion Picture Academy is not known for changing with the times or being willing to adapt to the way films are watched these days. So it "requires" certain things to happen to have a movie "qualify" for the Academy Awards, and that apparently includes a week's worth of screenings at a "real" theater... and newspaper advertising. Why? Who the hell knows. Just don't question the Academy.
So, in a blog post detailing the financial results of the week of shows at Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema, he also explained why they had to totally waste $9,316 on ads that didn't bring anyone new to the theater:
Per the AMPAS rules that govern the qualification for the Oscars, paid ads needed to run in conjunction with a seven day, official theatrical engagement. This was a bitter pill to swallow, as we've sold lots of Red State tickets all year long without running a single paid ad. But a rule's a rule, so after the AMPAS folks signed off on the New Beverly for the home of our Los Angeles run, we spent $9,316 on newspaper ads.
It still makes me queasy – solely because it's money not well-spent. We'd sold out all of our weekend screenings before the ad ever ran in either of the three papers we bought space in: the LA Weekly (six inch ad), the LA Times (same), and the west coast edition of the NY Times (1/2 page ad).
Separately, we greatly appreciate the fact that Smith is willing to be so open about the financial results, which helps give more people the details needed to understand how these industries work. It's so rare that people doing these kinds of experiments are willing to reveal any numbers, so it's refreshing to see him being so open. The only thing that would be even better is if he could also open up about some of the costs, so we can get a better idea of the net results, rather than just the gross. Obviously, the theater takes a cut of some of this stuff, and that would be useful for others contemplating following in his footsteps. But, still it's great to see this kind of openness:
we ran the flick for a week at Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles (big thanks to Julia!), where we did two screenings a night, which I followed with 30 minute Q&A's. Tickets were $20 for the Friday to Wednesday screenings and were followed by post-show Q&A's with Fatty McNoFly, scourge of the skies.Ah, but isn't the movie industry dying? That's what the MPAA keeps telling us. And yet, if you connect with fans and give them a real reason to buy, it seems they don't mind buying... Shocking, I know...
Since few movie sites ever wanna include us in their box office wrap-up pieces (nor mention that we had the highest per screen average for the last two weeks), here's the financials for how Red State performed that week…
Friday August 19th
6:30PM 215 – tickets sold $4300
9:00PM 215 – tickets sold $4300
Total for Friday, 8/19: $8600
Saturday August 20th
Total for Saturday, 8/19: $8600
Sunday August 21st
Total for Sunday, 8/19: $8600
Monday August 22nd
Total for Monday, 8/19: $7,380
Tuesday August 23rd
Total for Tuesday, 8/19: $7,660
Wednesday August 24th
9:00PM 228 – $4560.00 (oversold)
Total for Wednesday, 8/19: $8,860
Friday to Wednesday total: $49,700
On Thursday, I didn't Q&A after the screenings at all, as per AMPAS rules (regarding leaving filmmaker-free screenings open for Academy members so they can watch the flick without influence). Thursday's ticket price was only $7 for the movie only ($7 is the normal New Beverly admission price, although usually that's for a non-first-run double-feature). Even that did solid numbers…
Thursday August 25th
6:30PM 175 x $7 = $1225.00
9:00PM 191 x $7 = $1337.00
Total for Thursday, 8/19: $2,562
Friday to Wednesday total: $49,700
Thursday total: $ 2,562
New Beverly Total: $52,262
Of the 2,675 seats available from Friday to Wednesday, we sold 2,580. From Friday to Wednesday, over the course of twelve screenings, merely 95 seats ever sat empty. Had our start time been 7:30 each night, we likely would've sold those seats as well (it's a bitch getting anybody out in L.A., let alone at 6:30 at night; folks are still getting home from work).
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Flash Crash, Two Years Later
Two years ago today the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1000 points in the matter of minutes before rebounding quickly. The infamous event, dubbed the "flash crash," has been burned in the memories of folks on Wall Street.
It was one of those eye-opening events that exposed many flaws in the market. Two years later, investors are still scarred. Trading volumes are way down and investors keep yanking money out of domestic equity funds. There's a general distrust around high-speed trading and other aspects of the market that doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon.
The folks at Themis Trading, who have been among the most outspoken critics of high frequency trading, offer their state of the market two years after the flash crash. Unfortunately, it's not a pretty sight:
HFT volumes are down because investor volumes are down. Investor volumes are down because traditional retail and institutional buyers and sellers of stock have been steadily waking up to the dangers of drinking at the increasingly dangerous "stock market watering hole."
Like the animals on the Serengeti, who for years were accustomed to sipping long and heartily at their favorite spot, retail and institutional investors now see what's beneath the surface. And they are deciding that the drink they crave is just not worth the risk.
More than $250 billion in long term equity funds has retreated from the markets since May 6th, 2010 – despite a slow but steady improvement in the economy and a stock market that has nearly doubled since the 2009 lows. It isn't that these investors don't have confidence in the economy. They don't have confidence in our markets.
It isn't hard to blame them.
Here's the kicker: "Investors know that the markets are broken. And they desperately want it fixed," Themis says.
Last year, MarketBeat relived the flash crash with a slew of charts and graphics depicting the historic day. Here's a small sampling explaining what happened two years ago today, what went wrong and how several large-cap stocks — including Apple, P&G and Accenture — briefly collapsed.
MarketBeaters, how can more confidence be instilled into the markets? What can regulators do to improve the situation?
Last week NYSE CEO Duncan Niederaurer said he doesn't thinking trading volume on the Big Board will make a swift comeback anytime soon. Is this the new normal or is the flash-crash hangover lasting longer than many anticipated?
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I've said it before: Kevin Broccoli is one prolific writer.
Did I also say that he is also a powerful, perceptive, profound and provocative writer?
Broccoli's latest venture is "The Acting Company," a series of monologues performed by 150 – count 'em – 150 local actors, continuing over the next three weekends.
All of the brief pieces are connected, telling the story of the fictional Orpheus Theatre, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Actors dead and alive return to relate their experiences and feelings for the theatre, giving Broccoli the fodder to "celebrate theatre, art and the community."
We watched the first group of 19 actors on opening night, and with the exception of one weak link they were brilliant. Beginning with Christin L. Goff telling us that the first show sucked in a hilarious bit that set the tone and ending with 2nd Story's Lynne Collinson's observations of the business side of theatre, "The Acting Company" is really good theatre about theatre.
Writer/director/actor Broccoli sums things up and has you leaving the original piece having a greater appreciation for the actors and "what they did for love." There are many references to theatre politics, good and bad plays, and the ups and downs of trying to make a life in one of the oldest professions.
From the hilarious monologue by Ryan Hanley, where he talks about his dislike of "The Pajama Game" (Have you ever been in a show where you had absolutely no idea what was going on?) to a poignant reflection by Paula Faber, the evening is truly a celebration of the institution we call the theatre and the diversity of the people who make it go.
You may even think you see references to local folks, especially one director who tried to be overly obscure and failed miserably.
"The Acting Company" continues with a new set of actors each weekend (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 pm (Aug. 12 and 26) and 7 p.m. (Aug. 19) through Aug. 26. The production is in the renovated and spacious Hope Artiste Village at 999 Main St. in Pawtucket, in the Zabinski Studio. There is free parking across the street. Tickets are a mere $10 (cheaper than a movie).


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In spite of the genre change, he still feels they can be true to the original. "We're big fans of the original Syndicate, and we're definitely paying as much homage to it as we can - bringing across the essence of the world, the core essence of what it is to be an Agent," he explains. "That sounds wanky but it's true - we're taking the Persuadatron and evolving it in different ways, the weapons and brutality. On both facets of the game, the co-op and the single player, it's very key to stay true to it." He also offers this reassurance for disgruntled Bullfrog fans: "I think the game speaks for itself. We've been very lucky to work with a great, original world, and create another facet of it really. I would love them to like it. You're never going to please everyone."
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Mark Schilling, the long time director of the Mitchell Corn Palace, resigned late Monday evening due to findings in a state audit, according to the Mayor of Mitchell.
The findings have not been made public and Schilling says he has not seen the results which will be revealed on March 17.
Schilling says he stepped down because it's best for the city and it's time for a change.
The Mitchell Corn Palace is one of the state's top tourist attractions and for the past several years, has hosted concerts ranging from classic country, to Disney stars to the first ever Corn Palace Rock Fest a couple of weeks ago.
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Chemistry & StampsActivity by Liberato Cardellini | added on Jan 27, 2011 | Italy
The column Stamps International, published by Chemistry International will be translated in Italian and will be online.
Stamps and chemistry share many interesting stories, and that sharing these with the public would be fun and interesting. Stamps offer endless subjects, all worth a commemoration in some way: a special event, an anniversary, a discovery, an award, etc. All of these are found on stamps the world over. Not just any stamps, but in particular stamps that have to do with science and chemistry.
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Don't be too harsh on the Mets for not going after Dan Uggla despite their need for a second baseman.
Surely, the Mets could have matched the Braves in the talent sent to Florida, but it is apparent they are looking ahead to after the 2011 season when the books are cleared to dive into the free-agent market. By that time their interest figures to be pitching, not throwing over $50 million at a defensive liability at second base, regardless of his power potential.
The Braves made the deal figuring on Uggla being a one-year rental for $7.8 million, a luxury the Mets could not afford.
Sandy Alderson is already on record saying the Mets wouldn't be big players in the free-agent market because of the $36.5 million earmarked for Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo and Carlos Beltran, plus $21 million due Johan Santana, who might not be available following surgery.
The Mets need a starter, bullpen help after losing Hisanori Takahashi and likely Pedro Feliciano, a second baseman and back-up catcher. Even if the Mets were to rent Uggla, the money would be better spent on those areas.
Omar Minaya hamstrung the Mets with bloated contracts. The last thing they need is another one in Uggla, either in the long or short term.


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My conversation with Anne Macri and her son Gary was more like the Newlywed Game than an interview. I asked them both similar questions, although my chat with Anne was more free-flowing. They had differing answers to most questions but were spot on with one. I asked Gary how the move to Lewiston two years ago changed the business. He jokingly (well, sort of) said he only moved the restaurant to Lewiston rather than retiring so his mother didn't start cleaning toilets in people's houses.
Um, well, that's not quite what Anne said, but she was honest, saying the move to Lewiston was done so she could continue the restaurant and have a good reason to keep going.
And going they are. You could go to Macri's Italian Grille any day of the week (except Tuesdays) and find a busy dining room and hopping bar. Prior to opening when asked if it was going to serve the All-American fare that was served at the former Clarkson House, Anne said no, only what you would get at an Italian grille.
Vincent and Erma ("Mama" to all) D'Avolio (link here) bought DelFredo's Restaurant on Main Street near Cosmos Dry cleaners and the current Niagara Falls Library. They owned the restaurant for about 10 years, not changing the name until Vincent D'Avolio passed away at age 59. Mama with her daughter Anne and son-in-law James Macri then moved to the City Market where they named their restaurant aptly Macri's. Mama told Anne "just give me then years" and, as Anne says it, she gave her three ten year terms. About 32 years later Mama died only months after moving from the Market to Summit Park Mall in 2005 at the lovely age of 96.
Anne and Gary both tell of children and grandchildren working in the restaurant. Anne knows the work ethic instilled in her family is why they are all successful in their own right. Gary says he made his children work in the business so they would want to do something else. They are all successful in fields other than dining. Anne tells a lovely story of a wooden bench which Gary still owns where the children would dip their hands in milk and put the seeds on the rolls ready for the oven.
It's hard to be hungry at Macri's but as Anne described something she likes to cook at home I actually heard my stomach growl. She described this rice dish where she prepares mini meatballs cooked in sauce. Chopped hardboiled eggs are tossed with the rice and meatballs along with Asiago, mozzarella, and Pecorino Romano cheese and it is baked until bubbly. Another family recipe not on the menu is lasagna rolls are pasta dough rolled out in a big sheet then cooked. They are laid out and filled with those same mini meatballs, hardboiled eggs and Asiago cheese and rolled up dry. They are placed in a pan with a little sauce on the bottom and baked until hot. The baking reminds me of manicotti (my own mother's specialty) with a meat filling. This family fare is not on the menu but Anne promises me that the next time she makes it she will give me a call. Let's just say I will wait by the phone until I get the call — cannot wait!
I know asking a restaurateur to name their favorite dish is a lot like asking who their favorite child is. I asked anyway and discovered Gary likes the veal parm and gnocchi. Anne also loves the gnocchi although because they are homemade in the kitchen everyday they are less likely to eat it. Another favorite of Anne's Pasta Trotta (capellini pasta — think angel hair — with mushrooms, red roasted peppers and artichoke hearts with a white wine, roasted garlic sauce and Asiago cheese).
My family has its favorites, as well. My husband never even bothers with a menu and goes straight to rigatoni and meat sauce. It is rigatoni pasta with their sweet and smooth red sauce with ground sausage. It never comes home in a take-out container.
I love anything made with eggplant. Anything. Most recently I had eggplant rollatini. The eggplant is breaded and fried then rolled with a filling of ricotta cheese and topped with red sauce. Sometimes I get eggplant lasagna style. In this dish the eggplant is used instead of lasagna noodles and baked with ricotta and topped with sauce. Veal Melinzana is breaded veal, breaded eggplant with roasted peppers, mozzarella served with linguini. Ridiculous. My son loves chicken parm with gnocchi.
I am always so impressed with Anne's memory. She seems to know everyone who walks in the door, even strangers. I asked her what her trick is (this Foodie has a terrible mind for names) and she credits her skill on her job, years ago, as a telephone operator. She remembers people by association. That's a neat trick and I admire her for it.
Anne is the mother of two boys and two girls. She has grandchildren and great grandchildren. Gary has been married for 33 years and has three children including a daughter who was just married on Saturday. When not at the restaurant Anne loves the theater, movies and loves to exercise. She works out five days a week (cardio and weights), has her hair done on Saturday (I love that term!), goes to Mass on Sunday then visits with her sister Theresa and her nephew Dan. Gary loves golfing and hunting
Gary knows wine and is skilled at guiding people to the right match for their palate and food choices. In Gary's typical self-deprecating style, he is quick to say that any wine goes with anything. There is no pretension here.
One day my husband and I ordered Chianti with two glasses. The server (Gary informed me this young man is no longer employed there) came to our table with the bottle under his arm and two full glasses of red wine. We expected him to walk by and deliver the glasses to another table. When he set them down we assumed he simply did not have enough hands. He opened up the bottle and went on his way. We still chuckle about this!
If you go, pace yourself. The serving sizes are very generous. Try to save some room for dessert and have at least one cannoli. They are pastry shells dipped in chocolate and filled with ricotta and chocolate chips. In "The Godfather," when Clemenza said "leave the gun, take the cannoli," he just may have gone to Macri's.


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The more than 44,000 customers of Fontana Water Co. will see a 16 percent decrease in their water bills for about 20 months, officials said.
Starting in mid-December, many customers, but perhaps not all, will see the full effect of a series of actions management has taken to lower the price the company pays for its H20.
Fontana Water serves about 210,000 people in the communities of Fontana, Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, and unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County.
Fontana Water's cost-cutting actions will translate into a reduction of $8.74 per month from the average customer's bill, said Robert Young, Fontana Water's general manager.
"In these economic times, we know that everyone likes to have a few more dollars in their pocket. It gives us a sense of pride in our management of the company that we were able to accomplish this for our customers," Young said.
The savings, which Fontana Water is passing on to its customers, came from three sources:
Fontana Water Co. was able to divert and treat far more than average quantities of low-cost Lytle Creek surface water through its upgraded Sandhill Surface Water Treatment Plant.
The company was able to make a one-time spot purchase of 20,000 acre-feet of water at a deep discount from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Local cities with temporary water surpluses agreed to lease it to Fontana at favorable rates.
Fontana Water Company was able to divert and treat far more than average quantities of low-cost Lytle Creek surface water through its upgraded Sandhill Surface Water Treatment Plant.
The $40 million upgrade allows the plant to capture additional low-cost water from Lytle Creek, which previously the company was unable to use because it was too "muddy," Young said.
The upgrade also allows Fontana Water to tap into the state water project which is generally cheaper than water it would otherwise use from the Chino Basin, he said.
In dollar terms, the one-time spot purchase from the Metropolitan Water District was the largest single savings element, said Young, who said he made the purchase moments after it was announced online.
"We were the first in Southern California to respond with a purchase," he said.
"I am constantly looking for … lease opportunities going forward," he said.
Reach Jim via email, call him at 909-386-3855, or find him on Twitter @JSteinbergsRoad.


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Yes, I am one year older (I hesitate to add "and wiser") and what better way to celebrate than eating a sinfully rich, chocolatey cream cake? This cake is a beauty – quite simply the best chocolate cake I have ever eaten. Every layer has a different texture and is just plain divine!
Unlike many chocolate cakes it gives a really strong hit of cocoa and although very rich, the cream filling lightens the eating experience...so you can eat lots of it!
The chocolate sponge is rich and delicious:
It's a layer cake. Here is the bottom layer in the tin:
Add a layer of rich chocolate cream:
I played with the recipe a little. Originally the chocolate cream sandwiched the cake, but when I saw how thick the chocolate cream was, even I baulked at it being too solid and rich. So I decided to lighten some of the chocolate cream by adding it to whipped cream and making a lighter mousse! In other words, my solution to something being too rich and heavy was to add lots more cream to it. It made sense at the time....
The thick cream filling means that you serve the cake as it is – there is no need for any additional cream; it would almost be gilding the lily.
For such an impressive looking cake there is nothing tricky in the making. The sponge cake part is actually embarrassingly easy. The chocolate cream filling requires a little concentration but again, please don't think it's complicated to make.
I made the sponge and the cream the day before I wanted to serve the cake. On the morning of the day, I assembled the cake and made the chocolate glaze. Once assembled the cake must be refrigerated for at least an hour before serving.
As the recipe also provided the quantities in cups, I include them in the ingredients list below.
The great thing about everyone knowing your obsessions is that you get themed gifts. Look at this lovely cake stand I got from my friend Soo:
For the cake:
150g (1 cup) plain flour
50g (1/3 cup) cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
200g (1 cup) caster sugar
250ml (1 cup) milk (whole or semi skimmed)
90g (1/3 cup) unsalted butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the chocolate cream:
100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
50g (1/3 cup) cocoa powder
2 tablespoons cornflour
375ml (1 ½ cups) double cream, plus a further 420ml (1 2/3 cups) i.e. 795ml in total
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the chocolate glaze:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
150g (1 cup) icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Additional: water or cream to reach the right consistency
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Butter a 23cm springform round cake tin and then dust with some cocoa powder.
- Start by making the cake: place the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and sugar in a bowl and mix together.
- Into the dry mix, beat in the milk, butter, egg and vanilla until well combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly. Mine took 45 minutes.
- Leave to cool for approximately 15 minutes in the tin, before turning out onto a wire rack and leaving to cool completely.
- Now make the chocolate cream filling: In a medium saucepan stir together the sugar, cocoa, and cornflour.
- Gradually stir in 375ml of the cream.
- Simmer over a medium heat stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and starts to boil.
- Boil for 1 minute, stirring all the time.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla.
- Transfer to a bowl and cover with clingfilm, making sure that the clingfilm is pressed directly onto the surface of the cream.
- Leave to cool to room temperature before refrigerating until you build the cake.
- On the morning of the day that you wish to serve the cake slice the sponge into two layers and place the bottom layer on the plate you will serve the cake from. Put the side of the springform pan over the sponge (i.e. the tin without the base) as this will give a nice mould for the finished cake. Spoon 1/3 of the cold chocolate cream onto the base and spread evenly.
- Flip the top layer of sponge and spread 1/3 of the chocolate cream onto it. Put to one side.
- Whip up 420ml of double cream to soft peak stage. Add the remaining 1/3 of chocolate cream to it and continue to whisk until you have a firm mousse consistency. Spread over the bottom layer of sponge and then put on the top layer of sponge.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes of so before removing the tin and making the glaze.
- To make the glaze: melt the butter and water in a saucepan and then remove from the heat.
- Stir in the cocoa powder.
- Using an electric whisk, beat in the icing sugar and vanilla until smooth. I found I needed to add a further 5 tablespoons of cream before I reached the thick but still spreadable stage.
- Leave to cool slightly before pouring over the cake. This will stop all the glaze just running off the sides!
- Chill in the refrigerator for a further hour before serving.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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New Granite Falls First Baptist Church Pastor Ryan Martinson grew up in Central Illinois.
Bio: New Granite Falls First Baptist Church Pastor Ryan Martin grew up in Central Illinois. Even as a young man, he believed the Gospel of Jesus and was drawn to Christian service. He enrolled at and graduated from a small Baptist Bible college in Northwestern Wisconsin, studying Bible and church music. A year later he married his wife Jennifer, and the two moved to the Minneapolis area, where Ryan began taking classes at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Pastor Martinson has earned the Master of Divinity (2004) and Doctor of Philosophy (2013) degrees from that seminary. In 2009, Pastor Martinson was ordained to gospel ministry by Bible Baptist Church of Elk River, Minn. (now in Otsego). The Martinson family moved in early 2010 from the Twin Cities to western North Carolina. There Pastor Ryan served at Bethany Bible Church in Hendersonville, N.C. as the Associate Pastor. He is also a board member of Religious Affections Ministries.
Past Martinson and his wife are grateful for their five healthy children: Jared, Judson, Sebastian, Jonathan, and Anna Magdalena.
AT: What brings you to Granite Falls? What are your first impressions?
RM: I came with my family to Granite Falls to answer the call to be the pastor of the First Baptist Church.
We had visited Granite Falls several years before, so we are not completely unfamiliar with the area. Coming from North Carolina, it is immediately striking how much colder it is here than "down South," but, having already spent several years of our lives in Minnesota, we do not expect that to require a great adjustment.
Coming back to Granite Falls several years later, it has impressed me how vibrant the town is. There seems to be many young families in town, a healthy sense of community pride, and many people committed to helping southwestern Minnesota thrive. In the endless fields and Minnesota River, Granite Falls has a real Midwest American beauty to it.
AT: What inspired your entrance into the seminary, and what do you hope to accomplish as a pastor?
RM: I've always had an interested in serving Jesus Christ's church. While studying church music in college, I found that I had an increasing interest in preaching and teaching, so I began taking additional classes to prepare myself in those areas. I also received encouragement from the churches I was involved with to pursue this.
More than that, I love telling others the good news about Jesus Christ. The message of Jesus that we have in the Bible is a beautiful, coherent, meaningful message, and one that still warrants a hearing today. There is no greater joy and peace than knowing that God has forgiven your sin through the death of Jesus. Because I have the peace that comes from knowing the crucified Christ, I want other people to know that peace too.
So why seminary? Christian ministry is a very serious and daunting responsibility. Since the Bible is God's Word, it should be taught carefully and accurately. As I found myself lacking in so many ways, I wanted to learn more at the feet of other skilled Christian teachers. For Jesus sake, I wanted to be the best pastor I could possibly be. For all these reasons, I enrolled in seminary.
As a pastor, I hope to preach and teach the Bible well so that the believers who sit under my ministry will grow in their faith in and love for Jesus Christ through God's Word. I hope to help the members at First Baptist further mature as Christians, built upon the teachings of the Bible. I also hope that I can see the church grow as sinners turn to their only hope, Jesus Christ.
AT: What is your favorite thing to do within the church? How about outside of it?
RM: In the church, I love gathering on the Lord's Day to worship God in prayer, singing, and the other parts of Christian worship. I have to say that I also love having an active preaching and teaching ministry. It is a rare joy and privilege to bring people to Christ through the Word of God.
Outside the church, I enjoy spending time with my wife and family. I also enjoy classical music, technology, baseball, Scrabble, and reading.
AT: What do you think is one, or a few, of the most important messages people need to hear today?
RM: In one respect, I could say the Bible, as God's Word, is the most important message people need to hear today.
But more specifically, the most important message for people to hear today is the good news about Jesus. Christians believe that this message is central to our faith, but it is far more than a 2,000-year-old antiquated report about who Jesus was; it is still as relevant today as it was then. The never-ending truth of this message is seen in the fact that God raised Jesus from the dead. This good news, or "Gospel," assumes that there is some "bad news." God created us for his glory so that we might love and worship him. All human beings, however, have turned away from God; we not only break his laws, but we are not really interested in loving or worshipping him. Our best good works are tainted with sin and selfishness. There is a day of judgment coming, and we will all give an account to God for the way we lived. We believe the Bible when it tells us that Jesus will condemn sinners. We find in ourselves that we are unable to please God. We stand helpless, needing God to be gracious to us despite our sin.
The Bible, however, is not all bad news, as serious as this bad news is. Against it is the good news, that Jesus, the Son of God born of the virgin Mary, came into this world and lived the holy life we could not live. He willingly submitted to the Father and died on the cross for our sins. When we could not save ourselves, Jesus suffered on the cross the punishment we deserved for our sins. Then God showed his pleasure in his Son's death for sin by raising him in his real resurrection from the dead. (Many followers of Jesus saw the risen Christ, and they gave credence to his resurrection when they willingly suffered martyrdom for their Lord.) People who repent of their sin and confess that this Jesus is the Savior, coming King, and Jewish Messiah promised in the Old Testament will be forgiven of all their sins. They will be restored to God, and put back into a position where they can worship the one true and living God, the very reason that they are living. In Jesus God's rich grace is on display.
I believe this message (a couple paragraphs really does not do it justice) is the true and only way of salvation. Although it is increasingly rare to hear of it today, I am committed to preaching it, for it comes to us from the true God.
AT: How would you describe First Baptist church to potentially interested outsiders?
RM: We are a group of friendly believers committed to the Gospel message I just explained. We want to obey Christ and follow him faithfully. As a church, we want to love each other and help each other follow Christ. We want to take the Christian faith seriously, conserving it for the next generation.
I think it is important for folks to know that, from those core commitments, we are a conservative church. We meet, not to be entertained, but to worship the living God. We are also a church that takes Christian teaching seriously. In my sermons, I want people to understand what the Bible says and how its teachings apply to the way they live. We encourage families to worship together, and we emphasize Christian fellowship through a weekly "potluck" meal. As a Baptist church, this means we are committed to historic Baptist views like believers' baptism and congregational government.
Each Lord's Day, we begin with a prayer service at 9:15 AM. The worship service follows at 10:15 AM. After this service we share in the weekly fellowship meal. Sunday School follows the meal at 1:30 PM.


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by Lou Mancinelli
Long-time Erdenheim resident Susan Cadwalader Johnson was sorting through boxes of old family heirlooms last year when she discovered an unpublished manuscript for a children's book written by her grandmother in the 1930s.
Attached to the manuscript was a card from the Platt and Munk Publishing Company in New York that had already in 1930 published "The Little Engine That Could," the retelling of a classic, optimistic tale about a train unsure if it could reach its destination. The letter thanked the author, Leta Corinna Gunn Dahlgren, for her submission of an uplifting story about two brother trains, but said "it didn't fit into our plans at the moment."
Perhaps one train engine story for a generation was enough. Maybe Platt and Munk wanted to quell any potential competition against their train's struggle to climb the hill. There was also a note with the text that indicated the story was "to be illustrated," but there were still no pictures. The manuscript had sat in a box with Johnson's grandmother's wedding dress and a flax apron woven by Johnson's family, who had run a farm in Gentry, Arkansas, in the 19th century.
"I said now's my chance," said Johnson, 62, a lifelong journal keeper who had earned a degree in English at the University of California Davis and always wanted to work on a book. "The door has been opened for me to really try."
After meeting local illustrator Sueli Melo Vieira while swimming laps in the Springfield High School pool, it was agreed that Vieira would illustrate the book. The day after Thanksgiving in November of 2011, Johnson and Vieira gave the manuscript a second birth and published "Amusement Trains: The Story of Freddy and Flash" through CreateSpace, the self-publishing wing of Amazon.
The duo hosted several events at Chestnut Hill's O'Doodles Toy Store, Jenkintown's Rhinoceros Toy Store, the Joshua Tree Daycare, and the Springfield and Jenkintown Public Libraries that included an interactive reading of the story, Freddy and Flash-shaped puzzles created by Johnson's husband, train sugar cookies, train recordings from the Railroad Museum of PA, and Freddy and Flash drawing lessons from Vieira. Upcoming calendar events include presenting "Amusement Trains: The Story of Freddy and Flash" at Wissahickon Library's Local Authors' Event on Thursday April 12, 1 to 3 p.m., 650 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell, and at Mt. Airy's Kids' three-day Literary Festival on Saturday April 14, 1 to 2 p.m., at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane.
"Amusement Trains" tells the tale of Freddy and Flash, two amusement park train rides. As Flash the roller coaster gets older, his paint chips and wheels begin to squeak. His future looks glum. Meanwhile, his brother Freddy, the park's train, who often longed for the type of fun ride Flash provided kids, continues to transport kids through the park and blow his whistle. When Flash overhears the park's owners talking about replacing him, he is consumed with sadness.
This is where the story of overcoming trials plays out. In the end, the owners find a way to keep Flash running, but now as a train alongside Freddy. The moral is to keep going and try to find a way to adapt when one is faced with difficulty that challenges one's existence and also reveals the importance of recycling and finding the right place for everything.
That moral is something that Johnson's grandmother embodied. Dahlgren was born at the turn of the 20th century in Gentry, Arkansas. During the Great Depression she raised three children on her own who became college graduates; all the while she wrote short stories and an unfinished novel, and to Johnson's surprise, this children's story. As a youth Dahlgren made four railroad trips with her family from Arkansas to Mt. Vernon, Washington, where the family would finally settle.
At 10, Johnson took a transcontinental railroad trip with her grandmother, who had traveled across Europe in trains, and the romance of the sprawling continent revealed itself as Johnson listened to her grandmother explain things like why Texas is called the Lone Star State.
Johnson was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from the University of California at Davis in 1971, she married Stephen Johnson, whom she had met her second day of college. A decade later, Stephen's job took the couple and their two children to Frankfurt, Germany, for a year in 1982, and back to California for several years before returning to Bad Lippspringe, Germany, in 1985. In Bad Lippspringe, Johnson worked as an elementary music teacher in the German school system and refined her command of the German language.
Eventually, her husband's work brought the couple to Philadelphia in 1989. By then, Johnson had been teaching music and musical theater, as well as directing choirs, for 20 years. Her husband encouraged her to enroll in the Westminster Choir College at Rider University nearby his work in Princeton, New Jersey. She went back in 1996, part-time first, then full-time and graduated with her master's degree in 2001.
It was around that time that she secured a position as the lower elementary choir director and music teacher at Episcopal Academy's Devon campus. "It was heaven on Earth," said Johnson.
Her apocalypse, if you will, came in 2008 when Episcopal announced plans to merge its Devon and City Line Avenue sites into one new Newtown Square campus and dropped at least 30 staff members while keeping others who had more tenure.
That's when Johnson had the time to sift through family heirlooms. "You're the family kin-keeper," Stephen said to her. (Stephen, 65, placed third in his age group a few years ago in the Broad Street Run and will run again this year, along with their daughter Amy, a local veterinarian.)
Johnson said the book serves as a parable for her life and for the times. After being let go from Episcopal, she felt lost, aged and unsure of how she fit into the future, much like Flash. "It's basically my story, professionally, getting back on my feet," she said.
During her more than 30-year career in music, Johnson has sung with Westminster's Symphonic Choir at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and has directed her young choirs in singing our National Anthem before many Phillies games. Now she is working to promote her grandmother's book at libraries, schools, book stores, conferences and more.
At their readings, with train recordings, whistles, stomping feet and clapping hands, Johnson and Vieira actually get their audiences to sound like the little trains. The method creates an atmosphere where all participants realize immediate success in a musical ensemble, as layers of sound fill the room.
For more information, visit www.freddyandflash.com. "Amusement Trains: The Story of Freddy and Flash" is available in paperback at O'Doodles in Chestnut Hill, Rhinoceros Toy Store in Jenkintown, and online at Amazon and CreateSpace.com.


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Wake me, I must be dreaming, because it turns out the iPad mini has stereo speakers. Apple didn't announce it during the iPad mini event, but they're clearly shown (if not clearly labeled) on Apple.com. (Really, Apple should have talked about this in the iPad mini video at the very least!)
Google's Nexus 7 also apparently has stereo speakers and Google also apparently isn't bothering to mention it. That may be becuase small external stereo speakers on a device as small as a the iPad mini aren't going to be anything like giant stereo speakers in your home theater, and a good headset will still give the best experience. Still, every little bit helps.
First the EarPods, now stereo speakers on an iOS device? I take back 12% of the complaints I've made about Apple ignoring audio. [An argument could be made for 15% - Rene]
Thanks John!


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3-3 Yesterday +.5u.. -7u for the year..
Cost myself some money backing the Giants and Cane ML and RL last night.
LAD , Philly , CWS
Nats, SF ML, SF RL
Card today so far looks very similar to many others so far.
Detroit Tigers RL -130
BOL everyone back with a few more later probably after work.
Liked the price on Texas but not gonna bite with 2 big sticks on the pine.
Not seeing much I like later.. Looking at these
MIlwaukee mL
Mil o6.5
Cinci/Chi u8.5
Seattle TB u7.5
Cle/CWS u8.5
Any thoughts, comments, criticisms welcome as I'm not super high on any of these plays yet.
Detroit RL
LAD ML down 2-1
Milwaukee ML 2u
SF u7 3u
NYY RL +110 2u
Boston RL +125 2u
Cle/Chi u8.5 3u
Seattle/TB u 7.5 2u
still looking at
Cinci/Chi u
Milwaukee o
Looking like a really bad day.. Assuming nothing crazy happens and it ends as badly as it looks like it is going to I am gonna take at least a week off. I'll stop in now and then and shoot the garbage but BOL to everyone with their picks.
Brew Crew ML
Yanks RL
Sox RL
Tribe u8.5
SF u7
all that stands between me and an 0-8 day.


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Lawmakers: Islamic State Groups Want to Hit US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are warning that the United States and Western Europe are likely to be future targets of Islamic State militants.
They say President Barack Obama needs to take action.
Without offering specifics on threats or suggestions on how to confront them, the leaders of intelligence committees in the Senate and House are sharing a dire warning about the Islamic State group. Those fighters now control vast swaths of Syria and Iraq, have killed civilians from that region and beheaded American journalist James Foley.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California leads the Senate intelligence panel. She says Islamic State fighters want to, quote, "kill with abandon."
And the House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, says the group might use Americans to strike inside the U.S.
(Story by: Philip Elliott, The Associated Press)


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FROM: Kathy Cloninger, National CEO, GSUSA
RE: Fundraising for Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts
The outpouring of support for the people of Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake last week has been remarkable, and Girl Scouts across the country have pitched in to help in many different ways. We know, however, that after natural disasters like these, sending funds is often the best way to help.
Given the catastrophic events in Haiti, the Executive Committee unanimously adopted, and the National Board this morning ratified, the following:
THAT the Executive Committee of Girl Scouts of the USA's National Board of Directors, on the National Board's behalf, adopts a special rule of order to allow girl members to engage in activities, which may include the direct solicitation of money, from January 14 through September 8, 2010, to support emergency relief for the January 12 earthquake disaster in Haiti. Monies raised shall be contributed only to organizations on the approved list of agencies (listed below); additions to the list shall be approved by the National President and CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA.
This now makes it possible for our girls to raise much needed funds for relief efforts in Haiti. Please take note that the money our girls raise can be contributed only to those agencies on the list below.
Much of Haiti is in ruins and a second major earthquake struck the country on Wednesday. The loss of life and suffering has been heartbreaking. I hope that this action by the National Board will serve as yet another opportunity for all of us as a Movement to do what we can to help the people of Haiti in their time of need.
* The American Red Cross: The American Red Cross is accepting donations through its International Response Fund.
* Pan American Development Foundation: The foundation is encouraging people to donate through its website at www.PanAmericanRelief.org.
*UNICEF: UNICEF requests donations for relief for children in Haiti via their Haiti Earthquake Fund. You can also call 1-800-4UNICEF.
* Oxfam: You can donate to online at Oxfam America at www.oxfamamerica.org.
* Save The Children: Save the Children has launched an emergency relief effort for Haiti. Donate to Save the Children.
* Mercy Corps: Donate online, call 1-888-256-1900 or send checks to:
Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund, Dept NR, PO Box 2669, Portland, OR 97208
* Doctors Without Borders: Doctors Without Borders has set up clinics to treat people in Haiti. Donate to Doctors Without Borders.
* The UN World Food Programme: The UN World Food Programme is gathering all available resources to deliver food to the recently homeless and impoverished in Haiti. Donations can be made through www.wfp.org/donate/haiti
* CARE: CARE is deploying emergency team members to Port-au-Prince to assist in recovery efforts. It's focusing its efforts on rescuing children who may still be trapped in schools that collapsed. Donate to CARE.
* The International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee is deploying an emergency response team to Haiti. Donate to the IRC Haiti Crisis Fund.
* World Vision: World Vision has more 370 staff members in the Haiti. Donate to World Vision.
* United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF): This fund is used for emergencies like the earthquake in Haiti. Donate online.


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Hi my favorite movie is LOTR. I also like Pirates of the Caribbean series,Transformers(Michale Bay movie) Battle LA, and Harry Potter. Favorite Actors: Johnny Depp,Vin Diesel,Viggo Mortensen,Orlando Bloom, Sir Ian McKellen and John Rhys-Davies. I play (online) Cod 2,4,6 and 8. Also War Thunder!! If you want to know more about LOTR go to LOTRwiki. And if you want to know more about Pirates of the Caribbean go to Pirates of the Caribbean encyclopedia! Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly it's the honest ones you have to watch out for, you never can predict if they're going to do something incredibly stupid. Captain Jack Sparrow to Barbossa at Isla de Muerta! Please don't do anything stupid :D
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SOPOT, Poland -- Team USA crushed a 15-year-old men's 4x400 Indoor World Record on the final day of the 2014 World Indoor Championships and the women's 4x400 set an American record to round out the competition at Argo Arena. Team USA picked up four other medals for a total of 12 to close out the meet at the top of the medal table. Russia was second with five total (3 gold) followed by Ethiopia's five (2 gold).
USA's men's 4x400m captured the gold medal and fittingly finished with the first and only World record mark clocking 3:02.13. Kyle Clemons (Lawrence, Kan.), the 400m bronze medalist, handed off after the first leg just steps behind Great Britain, but David Verburg (Gainesville, Fla.) gave Team USA the lead on the second carry, before Kind Butler III (Indianapolis, Ind.) sprinted away with a 45.41 third leg to give the squad a solid lead. Calvin Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) went out very calm and controlled on the anchor leg and was stellar over the final 100 to clock 45.12.
The time of 3:01.96 ran by Kerron Clement, Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson and Jeremy Warner in 2006 at Fayetteville, Ark., was never ratified as a World Record, but stands as the American record.
Team USA front-loaded the women's 4x400 final, leading off with Natasha Hastings (Round Rock, Texas), and the quartet never trailed as Hastings clocked 51.95 on the opening carry. Joanna Atkins (Minneloa, Fla.) kept the lead with a 50.85 before individual 400 champion Francena McCorory (Hampton, Va.) blew the race open with a 50.36 on the third leg. International newcomer Cassandra Tate (Baton Rouge, La.) finished off the American Record run with a 51.67 to stop the clock at 3:24.83. The previous AR of 3:27.34 was set in 2010 at Doha, and this was only the second time the U.S. has won this event.
Chanelle Price (Knoxville, Tenn.) became the first American woman to win the 800m World Indoor title, leading from the gun to set a personal best of 2:00.09 in her first international championship final since placing sixth at the 2007 World Youth. Price took the field through 200 in 27.88 and 400 in 57.73. Looking comfortable and composed, she passed 600 in 1:28.91 and staved off local favorite Angelika Cichocka (POL) for the gold.
Omo Osaghae blasted out of the blocks in the men's 60 hurdles final and cleared the first hurdle first. Osaghae hurdled well over the next four barriers and held off two Frenchmen, leaning at the line for gold in 7.45, a lifetime best. In his international championship debut, he became the tenth Team USA man to win this event.
Osaghae (Lubbock, Texas) won his semifinal heat with a PR of 7.49. Dominic Berger (Newport News, Va.) did not start well in the second semifinal and was just outside the qualifying spot with his fifth-place time of 7.64.
Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.) ran comfortably in the middle of the pack as the field went at a slow pace through 800 in 2:15.22. The group passed through the mile in 4:29, and at 2000 the pace started to pick up after the see-saw early going. Lagat eased forward into contention, pushing hard with 150 to go. He tried to move to the lead into the final curve, but was held off by Caleb Ndiku (KEN) and took silver in 7:55.22 after covering the final 400 in 53 seconds. Lagat became the oldest man ever to win a medal at the World Indoors, as he added a silver to the three golds he already had. Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.) finished strongly to take fourth in 7:55.84.
Tianna Bartoletta had a strong start and executed well throughout the women's 60m final, and only the two fastest times in the world this year beat her as she clocked a season-best 7.06 to claim bronze behind World and Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) and Murielle Ahoure (CIV). Bartoletta (Tampa, Fla.) automatically advanced to the finals of the women's 60m, finishing second in the second semi in 7.14. Lekeisha Lawson (West Covina, Calif.) was third in the first semifinal in 7.18, but did not advance to the final.
World record-holder Jenn Suhr (Churchville, N.Y.) played a passing game in the women's pole vault, clearing 4.65m/15-3 on her first attempt of the competition. Suhr passed at 4.70m/15-5 before missing three times at 4.75m/15-7 to end up in a tie for fifth. Mary Saxer (Boston, Mass.) went over 4.55m/14-11 to take eighth.
In the women's long jump final, Tori Polk (Plano, Texas) took fifth place with a jump of 6.61m/21-8.25 on her third attempt.
Competing in the deepest men's high jump final in World Indoors history, Erik Kynard (Manhattan, Kansas) cleared a season best on his first attempt at 2.34m/7-8 and ended up just out of the medals in fourth. Kynard missed once at 2.36m/7-8.85 and twice at 2.38m/7-9.75.
All eyes were on world record-setting Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) going into the women's 3000m final, but there was a pedestrian early pace as the field passed 400 in 82.36. A slow first kilometer yielded to a much quicker second kilo as Dibaba picked up the pace dramatically. Shannon Rowbury (Portland, Ore.) and Gabriele Grunewald (Minneapolis, Minn.) were near the back of the pack, but Rowbury tried to stay in contact with four laps to go, moving to 7th. Rowbury dropped back one spot at the finish, taking eighth in 9:07.82, and Grunewald was 10th in 9:11.76.
Chris Carter (Hearne, Texas) had a best of 16.74m/54-11.25 in the third round of the men's triple jump to finish sixth in his first international competition.
Team USA medals
Gold (8)
Ryan Whiting, Men's shot put
Ashton Eaton, Heptathlon
Francena McCorory, Women's 400m
Nia Ali, Women's 60m hurdles
Chanelle Price, Women's 800m
Omo Osaghae, Men's 60m hurdles
Women's 4x400m Relay (Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins, Francena McCorory, Cassandra Tate)
Men's 4x400m Relay (Kyle Clemons, David Verburg, Kind Butler III, Calvin Smith)
Silver (2)
Marvin Bracy, Men's 60m
Bernard Lagat, Men's 3,000m
Bronze (2)
Kyle Clemons, Men's 400m
Tianna Bartoletta, Women's 60m
- Team's USA's 8 golds equaled the second-highest total ever for the United States. The U.S. has twice won 10 golds and eight once.
- The men's 4x4 gave the U.S. its fifth consecutive win in the event
- Omo Osaghae's gold medal in the men's 60-meter hurdles was the fourth U.S. gold in the last six World Indoors


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Danny Hampson Interview
Not so long ago, Danny Hampson was wakeskating's first child prodigy. In the company of experienced wakers like Thomas Horrell, Danny helped to mold the burgeoning sport as a spry 15 year old. Sometimes hard to tame in daily life, on his wakeskate he rode like an old pro — controlled, fluid, determined. As with anyone who grows up in the public eye, Danny always seemed much older.
At times, the years have been hard on Danny Hampson. Whether it was a string of rough nights, tough times for the team he was part of, or you know, being thrown from a boat, it hasn't always been easy. But now, with a renewed interest in wakeskating, and life in general, Danny has made the big move to Orlando, and is definitely not intending to waste away in Margaritaville anytime soon.
AW: How are things going? Anything new and exciting in your life?
DH: No, not really. The trip around the world was pretty exciting. I think it gave me a lot better attitude on stuff. I think I'm happier than I've been in a really long time, so that's exciting.
AW: Cool. Tell me about this trip around the world.
DH: Well, first we went to South Africa with team Oakley, working on the Push Process film. It was me and Jack and Rathy and Andrew Adkison. That was pretty fun. Africa is pretty awesome and the people are all really nice that we stayed with. A lot of the people there are sick and stuff, so that was definitely sad. We went straight from there to New Zealand for like, a really long time. That was awesome; those Red Bull guys are like the coolest guys ever. We had a really, really good time traveling across the country, up and back, it was pretty unreal. It was like the whole crew, the band was back to together.
AW: The band? I assume you are talking about the Cassette team?
DH: Yeah, it was all of us.
AW: Speaking of the good old days. It seems like a lot of people are still hoping Cassette will make a comeback. What do you think the chances of that are?
DH: I don't know. I think it could definitely happen, if like all things fall into place it could happen, for sure. I mean, Liquid Force has been really nice to me and everything, but it would be cool if we could get the Cassette thing rolling again as well.
AW: Are you still good friends with Thomas? What is he up to?
DH: Yeah, Thomas is still one of my best friends. I talk to him a couple times a week. Nothing's changed with me and Thomas since all the business stuff. We're still really, really close. He's living in Miami. He works at a really crazy club that all the celebrities go to. He's probably going to run for mayor of Miami next year. Ha. He's doing pretty good.
AW: What do you miss most about the glory days of Cassette?
DH: There's so much. Working on Sfumato was just so fun. That's what's been so fun about the past few months. Getting new footage for this N.A.R.L.A. movie, the DVS movie, it's just been so fun. It's just the same energy. For some reason I always ride my best when I'm with Thomas and all those guys. Of course, me and Reed ride together like every day anyway, but with all of us together for some reason everything just clicks. We're all such good friends; we know each other a little too well sometimes. But it's really fun; you don't have to worry about anything. It's just you and your friends hanging out. That's how I felt riding with my friends down in the Keys too. It's just your friends so they don't care. We had the best times ever for so long, and we're still having the best times. We're still all the same we've always been.
AW: You were really young back then though. Now that you are older and wiser, would you have done anything differently?
DH: No. I've definitely grown up. I've honestly felt like I've grown up a lot in the past 3-4 months, because I always felt like I grew up really fast and stuff. I think now I'm almost catching up to myself. I think I'm a lot more mature about a lot of stuff. I was just really young for a really long time. I still am really young, but I just feel like I understand myself a little more. I don't regret anything. It was fun and we did good too. I think we did a lot of good for the sport back then. I just wish I would have maybe appreciated it more when it was happening and I wish I would have kept riding a lot. But I'm back now!
AW: Yeah, I'm sure your gnarly accident last year helped you grow up to. Can you tell me a little bit about your boating accident and your recovery?
DH: I'm almost all the way better now. It's gonna' be a year pretty soon. The accident was bad but it was actually good for me in a lot of ways because it made me realize a lot of stuff about people around me. I realized who my real friends were and how cool my family was and how cool my little brother was. My girlfriend now, we started dating pretty much the day I got hurt, and she's been there for me. I didn't realize who the real people in my life were. It took me a long time to get back into the swing of wakeskating because my confidence was all screwed up forever. I think I really just got my confidence clicking again when I was in New Zealand actually. I feel like I can actually ride. I was kind of psyching myself out on everything. That's the worst thing it's done to me. Health wise I feel pretty good. My neck still hurts kind of a lot sometimes but it was just mostly just confidence. My confidence was off with a lot of things, not just wakeskating and skateboarding, but pretty much everything.
AW: When you were laid up, did you think you would be able to get back to wakeskating at the level you were before?
DH: I didn't really know for a while. I recovered really quickly from my accident, but for the first couple weeks after it happened I was really, really f-ed up. My arm was paralyzed cause I hurt this bracheoplexus nerve thing in my arm, so I couldn't even lift my arm over my head and I couldn't feed myself for like a week. And that was after I got out of the hospital, too. So I didn't really know if I was going to be able to wakeskate again. Honestly at that point I didn't really care because I was just happy I could walk. Then after a while of being laid up I couldn't wait just to skateboard and wakeskate again. I've never been as motivated to ride and do stuff as I am right now, and I think it's because I got hurt. I just really want to live it up every day, no matter what, just have fun.
AW: How do you feel riding now? Have you learned any new tricks lately?
DH: Yeah, I've actually been learning a lot of new tricks. I'm progressing again finally. I'm trying a lot of wake-to-wake stuff lately. I never really jumped the wake too hot before. I'm learning some stuff, finally being able to jump the wake toeside and that kind of cool stuff. I've been riding with Reed and he's been helping me out a lot with that stuff. Just riding with him is really good. He's really good at helping you learn stuff.
AW: What made you decide to move up to Orlando? Has that helped your riding at all?
DH: I just kind of felt like I had to. I graduated from high school and all my best friends from the Keys moved to Orlando, too. It was just kind of a no-brainer. We always planned to move to Orlando, so that's what we did.
AW: Are you still going to school?
DH: I went to Valencia Community College for a semester. It worked out great, I got good grades. I was actually taking online school this semester but this crazy trip came up and I was gone for like a month. I just couldn't really do it because I don't have Internet connection sometimes. I might go back to school next semester. My girlfriend will be in school then at Valencia. I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.
AW: So, who's the new lady in your life?
DH: Her name is Elizabeth Dixon. She's real great. She's really been helping me out. She's really got me in line actually and she makes me do good. She actually kind of motivates me to go wakeskating and stuff. It's pretty neat.
AW: Sounds romantic. So do you miss Margartiaville?
DH: That's the thing. I'm in the Keys pretty much more than I'm in Orlando. I just travel a lot. I just come home straight to the Keys because my family's there and my girlfriend. She's a year younger than me so she's still finishing high school. I go down there honestly more than I am in Orlando. But yeah, I miss it a lot.
AW: So you are pretty much on the road all the time? Are you ever actually in Orlando?
DH: I haven't been there too much lately. I think in the next couple months I'll be there a lot though and I'm excited about that. It's good to be there and hang out with Aaron and go ride all the time. I go ride with Scott and George sometimes too, so it's definitely pretty fun.
AW: Living in Orlando, you are definitely a lot closer to the heart of the wakeskate scene. What do you think about the "scene?" Is there anything you'd like to change?
DH: Honestly I really am not too much of a scenester. I'm not really into the scene too much, but I think the scene's all right. It's pretty fun and it's gotten way better. All those young kids now are doing really good stuff. Like Nick Taylor is doing really great s*** and the kids that have been coming up are actually wakeskating really well. It's different from how it used to be, they kind of wakeskate the way I always wanted people to wakeskate, especially Nick. Everyone's pretty nice and it seems like everyone's getting along pretty well. I don't hang out with too many people though.
AW: So you think wakeskating is going in the right direction? What do you think it will take to bring it to the next step?
DH: I think it's going pretty good right now. I really don't know. I think this N.A.R.L.A. video is gonna be pretty good. It's going to show a lot of the stuff we like to do and the way we like to wakeskate. Really skateboard influenced stuff. I think that all it's going to take it just to do real, real skate-influenced stuff and stuff that looks like it's fun. I don't know what it takes to get to the next step, but I think it's going pretty well right now. People are kind of paying attention and doing it good now, so it's pretty fun.


text: The Name Blame Game July 26, 2013 09:53 PM Tweet Activists fear Section 735 of H.R. 933 will allow new GMO products to be fast-tracked to market without proper regulatory oversight. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ben Potter AgWeb Social Media and Innovation Editor Email Two problems with the "Monsanto Protection Act" An urgent e-mail was sent out this past spring requesting President Barack Obama veto H.R. 933 because of a "poison pill" an activist group says is tucked into Section 735 of the bill. The e-mail didn't link to the bill, so we tracked it down and read it ourselves. Even though the bill was voted down in June, the underlying arguments of the so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" are still worth exploring. It's not even called the "Monsanto Protection Act." It's called Section 735 of H.R. 933. That's not exciting enough for most people, so proponents tend to refer to it as the "Farmer Assurance Act," while opponents have settled on the "Monsanto Protection Act." It's written in complicated legalese. Kevin Folta, an associate professor at the University of Florida, who has studied genetics and genomics for years, provided some interpretation of Section 735, a behemoth of a sentence that rambles on for 198 words. "After my synthesis, it simply says that [USDA] can make an executive decision based on evidence," he says. "With all of the anti-GMO fervor, all of the misinformation, we cannot take all claims seriously—only those that have sound scientific background. Going forward, it is easy to see how activists might report a problem or cause a problem to stop use of biotech. I think this provision helps limit that possibility and gives the [agency] opportunity and authority to consult scientific experts before a decision is made. "Please note—this is only my interpretation," Folta adds. John Dillard, an agricultural and environmental litigation attorney with OFW Law and Farm Journal Legal Ease columnist, provides additional clarity. In general, a genetically engineered plant is deemed a regulated article under the Plant Protection Act, he says. Companies can petition for nonregulated status for their genetically engineered crops by proving through sound scientific methods that the plant is not a plant pest risk. "This is a lengthy process that allows for input from the general public," Dillard says. "If USDA determines, based on the data presented, that the GMO plant is not a plant pest risk, then it is given nonregulated status. "With this status, companies can market the seed, and farmers are free to plant it in accordance with any USDA restrictions," he adds. Recent history motivated the provision, Dillard adds, citing the lawsuit against Roundup Ready (RR) sugar beets. A district court granted an injunction ordering the destruction of the RR sugar beets that were planted before that lawsuit. RR alfalfa was also held up for four years due to an activist lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court later allowed RR alfalfa seed planting to go forward. "It is now standard practice for anti-GMO groups to challenge USDA's finding of nonregulated status.," Dillard says. "These lawsuits will continue—they just won't leave farmers stuck with crops they can't harvest." Genetically modified organisms/GMO crops will still undergo years of testing and review before being allowed nonregulatory status, sometimes by multiple governmental agencies. For example, Bt corn had to be approved by USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration before it could be sold. Section 735 is intended to prevent abuses of the court system once the GMO crop is already on the market. Lawsuits challenging USDA's decision to approve a new GMO variety can still go forward. That's not quite the "blank check" that activist groups fear. The underlying problem is that the provision is written so densely and so vaguely that it allows people more than enough room to twist the meaning however they want. You can e-mail Ben Potter at firstname.lastname@example.com. To read the complete Section 735 of H.R. 933 concerning USDA's regulatory process of GMO crops, visit www.FarmJournal.com/GMO_legal_battles Back to news


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All-day kindergarten will be re-instated at Morgan Elementary School for the upcoming school year. Two years ago, the state was giving the Morgan district enough money to cover half a teacher's salary and benefits, Morgan School District Business Administrator D'Lynn Poll said. The district covered the remaining cost. Last year things changed when the state reallocated how all-day kindergarten money was divided, basing the formula on low income. Poll said the change resulted in a loss of more than half the previous funding. In fiscal year 2012, the state gave Morgan $36,666 for the program. In fiscal year 2013, that amount was cut to $17,327. Mel Brown, R-Coalville, one of Morgan's legislators, went to bat for Morgan and changed the formula so that the district can continue the program, Poll said. By December they had changed the formula so it had a base to begin with, and then the rest was allocated on free and reduced (lunch) count, Poll said. By December, it was too late to start all-day kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year, so the district placed teaching aides in the kindergarten classes instead. With the change in formula, the district expects to receive $43,438 for the program, which will allow us to fully implement the program in the 2013-2014 school year. However, the district wasn't sure of the amount the state would allocate to Morgan until April. All-day kindergarten started at Morgan Elementary in August of 2009 and continued for three full school years before being eliminated this school year. Our hope all along was that we would only have to discontinue it for one year because we didn't have the money to make up what the state didn't fund, Poll said. The school will have five kindergarten classes next year, only once of which will be full-day. The remaining four will be half-day.
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Student's weather project aims to keep classmates and neighbors safe, informed
Student's weather project aims to keep classmates and neighbors safe, informed
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State senior Tom Bedard has had many homes, including St. Louis, Mo., Portland, Ore., Houston, Texas, New York City, Milford, Conn., and, now, State College.
The meteorology student attributes his love of weather to frequently moving throughout his childhood.
"I got to see the weather in each one of those different states in every area, so tornados in Missouri, and in Oregon, I got to see all the tsunami evacuation signs posted. In Texas, I got to sit through Katrina, Rita and a lot of tropical systems. I also got to see a tornado in New York City, which was wild and terrifying," he said.
And coming to Penn State? "I got to see the most mundane weather break," Bedard said. "It's the State College effect — all the good weather forms just to the east of us."
But for many students who haven't had these up close and personal experiences with weather, moving to central Pennsylvania can be an eye-opening transition — something Bedard is working to help ease.
Since May, he has been working with mentors at Penn State Emergency Management and the National Weather Service through a dual internship to create a student preparedness project he calls "Weather-Ready University," a long-term weather-safety educational program.
"The project aims to tackle students' weather knowledge, their ability to respond and the resources that we use to allow them to respond to an incident of hazardous weather," Bedard said.
The project has two aspects: to educate incoming students on the types of typical weather conditions seen in the area, and to create a means for students to get helpful information and act during a weather emergency in an instance where traditional assistance could fail.
"We're trying to give students the ability to respond without being specifically told what to do, so we're creating more educated adults."
— Penn State senior Tom Bedard, talking about his weather education project
While the project is still in its planning stage, Bedard envisions a smartphone application that uses GPS and can tell students and other Penn State community members where to go, depending on the emergency.
"We're trying to give students the ability to respond without being specifically told what to do, so we're creating more educated adults," he said.
And Bedard is getting others involved along the way.
The Penn State Emergency Management Club, which he helped establish in the fall, is contributing its knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS) to figure out what location on the University Park campus is going to be safest for different types of hazards.
"On top of that, they're also going to be working on flood mapping for Commonwealth Campuses," Bedard, the club's president, said.
He also has gotten two other campus organizations, the Red Cell Analytics Lab (RCAL) and the GIS Coalition, to help with some of the early projects, including hazard mapping for the 2013 Penn State Threat Hazard Identification Risk Assessment.
"We mapped out some of the hazards that Penn State is vulnerable to with the help from both of those clubs and created an entire hazard profile for Penn State," Bedard said. "Everybody was really excited to do it, and everybody kept the due dates — which is saying something for a bunch of students who are doing something and not getting any sort of pay for it."
The Student Preparedness Project is one of a few that Bedard worked on throughout his internship, which also included spearheading the University's renewal of its StormReady certification through the National Weather Service, which requires a renewal every three years.
Bedard's idea to have a dual internship was the first of its kind for both Penn State Emergency Management and the local National Weather Service office in State College, and it turned out well.
"Tom is the first student we've had who has had this real emergency management and weather linkage," said Peter Jung, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service. "There's certainly a lot of different avenues for students, and he is really good at coming up with new ways to reach people."
The idea came from the marriage of two of Bedard's interests: weather and emergency response.
During his first semester at Penn State, Bedard connected with the Penn State Emergency Medical Services Association during the fall Involvement Fair and took an emergency medical technician, or EMT, course in the spring.
After becoming an EMT, he worked his way up to being a teaching assistant for the EMT classes, a CPR instructor and then event logistics coordinator for Penn State Emergency Medical Services, which includes organizing equipment for events, such as football and basketball games.
"I would tack onto that creating event action plans, which are operational schedules, and that really started to blend well with then putting a weather forecast into that," Bedard added.
"Tom is the first student we've had who has had this real emergency management and weather linkage. There's certainly a lot of different avenues for students, and he is really good at coming up with new ways to reach people."
— Peter Jung, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service
Bedard's plans were sent to Penn State Emergency Management, where they would be integrated into larger, more expansive plans.
"Once I figured out there was a connection there, I just moved one step up the ladder," he explained, having contacted Emergency Management and the National Weather Service to propose a dual internship.
Penn State Emergency Management Director Brian Bittner said Bedard was a natural fit.
"All the officers already knew him from being on the ambulance, so he just strolled into the office out of nowhere and fit in immediately," Bittner said.
Bringing it all together
The Student Preparedness Project is one of many ideas that have been shaped by Bedard's college experiences and campus and community involvement.
"I've got about five different jobs around campus," he says jokingly.
As one of the Emergency Management Club's cofounders, Bedarb got members to participate in the first on-campus Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, earlier this semester.
The CERT training class teaches residents the basics of firefighting, EMS, emergency management and disaster response, so they know what to do in the case of an emergency.
In addition to being a host on the Department of Meteorology's student-produced educational weather television show "Weather or Not," Bedard also spent a summer powering a Vamos bicycle taxi downtown.
"That seriously taught me communication skills because you're picking up elderly couples who are going between their car and a restaurant, and you get students, so you get the full range," he said of his customers. "I was able to talk to a lot of people and bike through some incredible weather."
Bedard is also in the process of becoming a FEMA-contracted instructor for the University of Hawaii's National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC).
"The part of the class I specialize in is understanding hurricane science and sub-tropical storm science, as well as encouraging people to work inside of the community to understand the needs and responsibilities of the responders in these disasters," Bedard said.
After graduation, Bedard would like to work at the NWS or a state emergency management association.
"I've had that figured out since I was a kid," he said.


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I've explored every avenue I know available to me to solve a problem when connecting to an Oracle instance from SSRS.
I receive the following error:-
"Attempt to load Oracle client libraries threw BadImageFormatException. This problem will occur when running in 64 bit mode with the 32 bit Oracle client components installed."
I realise that this looks like a driver issue, and as such I have made sure that both the 32 and 64 bit clients are installed on the server running SSRS, as well as the Oracle server.
To date I have been unable to find an explanation or resolution to this problem, and would greatly appreciate any guidance.