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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Plenty of actors have played Abraham Lincoln well, but the actor still most associated with the role is Raymond Massey, who starred in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prizewinning play. The film version was not a hit, as Sherwood's aim is to capture the melancholy, even the foreboding, of a man who was a natural for politics. In this reading Lincoln tries to resist his 'call to greatness' knowing he's letting himself in for an unhappy life. The Warner Archive's restoration retrieves the film from old 16mm prints, restoring James Wong Howe's handsome cinematography.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Warner Archive Collection
1940 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 110 min. / Spirit of the People / Available at Amazon.com / General site WAC-Amazon / Street Date , 2022 / 21.99
Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Harvey Stephens, Howard da Silva, Dorothy Tree, Louis Jean Heydt, Clem Bevans, Herbert Rudley, Roger Imhof, Leona Roberts, Florence Roberts, Trevor Bardette, Elisabeth Risdon, Sonny Bupp, Ian Wolfe, John Cromwell. Peggy Ann Garner, Edward Van Sloan.
Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Art Director: Van Nest Polglase
Film Editor: George Hively
Original Music: Roy Webb
Written by Robert E. Sherwood from his play, adapted by Grover Jones
Produced by Max Gordon
Directed by John Cromwell
Telling the story of A Great American in old Hollywood generally led to movie costume pageants that focused on ethical crises, biographical bullet points. The noble personage worries by candlelight late at night, and asks his loyal, selfless wife what the right thing to do might be. The rest is pageantry, flying calendar pages, and awed speeches about great deeds.
Pop culture has always championed Abraham Lincoln, and traditional depictions cast him as a saint. That assessment was fairly accurate, as he consistently made decisions for the greater good, even as his nation was crumbling and his personal life was an unending misery. With our country's present divisiveness, does the old, positive consensus on Lincoln still hold?
Walter Huston was Lincoln for D.W. Griffith's early talkie, which now plays as stiff and lifeless. John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln is an entertaining snapshot bio with Henry Fonda wearing a distracting nose. Ford finds good sentiment, but the show overall is suspect — it's as if the intention was to extend the folksy comedy career of the late Will Rogers.
Actor Raymond Massey is now associated with movies featuring stuffy, long-winded speeches. He delivered H.G. Wells' ponderous messages in the Sci-fi classic Things to Come and some of Ayn Rand's laughable arguments in The Fountainhead. We now remember Massey most directly as James Dean's old fool of a father in East of Eden. But for my generation Raymond Massey was Abraham Lincoln. Playright Sherwood insisted that Massey star when he sold his very successful, Pulitzer Prizewinning play to RKO. We're told that the film adaptation of Abe Lincoln in Illinois was not a success, but in the 1950s and '60s every school district in the country seemed to have a copy. If I haven't seen the entire film until recently, it's because it never seemed to finish before the bell rang for us to walk to our next class.
In 1940, the portrayal of Lincoln's need to abolish slavery — to hold the country together — struck a patriotic note. Some of Lincoln's speeches were taken from historical transcripts. Raymond Massey said that audiences heard the word 'slavery,' they simply substituted 'Fascism.'
The adaptation adds a great many brief scenes, breaking the play's extended scenes into short pieces. Abe leaves the family farm for a business deal transporting pigs; having the pigs get loose creates an opportunity for comedy. Doing likewise are Clem Bevans' cantankerous army veteran, and Howard da Silva's frontier thug who challenges Abe to a fight. Abe is naturally charismatic, even when swapping insults with the hayseeds. Me makes a powerful personal impact on all — even the thug becomes a fast friend.
RKO's show had the misfortune of being released after John Ford's rollicking show with Henry Fonda.
Its overall melancholy nature didn't help it find an audience. The first-act tragedy of Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard of Swamp Water) hangs heavy over Abe, and from then on his folksy-humor way of talking takes an introspective turn. Several vignette-scenes end with Abe looking out a window, or on the face of an older woman who understands his isolation. Abe keeps bringing up a premonition, a fear that he 'will be killed' if he goes to the city, if he becomes a public figure. This sounds like cheap foreshadowing, until we discover that Lincoln harbored those ideas from an early age.
The second act shows the pressures that direct Abe to public office, somewhat against his stated desire. He's not charmed by the corruption he encounters. The script makes him quick to perceive people's hidden intentions, as when a 'generous' boss elects to gift him with a business — that happens to be failing and heavily in debt. Abe describes his first political campaigns as 'dirty business,' although all we see is Howard da Silva extorting votes on the local level. A group of politicos grooming Abe for office believe he'll be putty in their hands once he's elected. The credibility gap only comes into play when these cronies continue to support Abe, despite his continuing ethical nature.
In high school screenings, I remember being impressed by the big debate between Abe and his chief opponent Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart of Hangmen Also Die! and The House on 92nd Street). It doesn't seem that much of a competition now. Douglas is given some blustery catchphrases to shout, after which Abe appeals with a sincere & soulful personal fervor. He's' the idealist-realist who can save the Union, a political Christ who will take on our burden of divisive hatred, for the good of the country. Gene Lockhart is excellent as ever. Yet, instead of history's formidible adversary, his Douglas is just a minor bump in the road.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois was produced by Hollywood outsiders, working under one of RKO's 'excellence & genius' contracts. That explains why it contains good content that likely meant little to audiences seeking light entertainment. To explain the destructive political climate leading up to the big election, the movie shows the arrest of the abolitionist John Brown at Harper's Ferry. The 'lesson' is that John Brown's terror approach was too radical. Brown's dying son tells him that somebody else will have to carry on the crusade, and Brown adds that the slavery issue can only be solved through violence. Lincoln is the 'sane' alternative. He knows he needs to become President, even if his election will guarantee bloody rebellion and war.
John Brown, incidentally, is played by the director John Cromwell.
The show's most unexpected aspect is actress Ruth Gordon in her film debut as Mary Todd. Instead of the typical Power Marriage, in which a savvy hostess helps a male politician enter the right social strata, The Lincoln-Todd romance is just another one of Abe's 'success curses.' Abe wants to avoid running for big office, as his associates insist. The opinionated, motivated Mary Todd rejects Stephen Douglas: she can see the greatness in Abe and decides that her life's mission is to see him elected President. Almost crudely direct, she's a political catalyst with an iron will. Abe proposes, but then stalls the marriage on their wedding day. He leaves town and spends a season 'wandering in the wilderness.' Again surprising all, Abe returns convinced that his unwanted destiny is to let Mary Todd take control, and enter him into big politics. It's a good bargain but far from a happy one.
That time-out in the wilderness was apparently for Abe to get the ghost of the gorgeous Ann Rutledge out of his system. He settles for the 5-foot Ms. Todd, whose plain looks and determined stares are nobody's idea of feminine grace. This was Ruth Gordon's first credited role, although she had been a successful stage star for twenty years. After one acting Oscar nomination and three writing nominations with her husband Garson Kanin, it would be twenty-eight more years before she would attain lasting film fame, winning a Supporting Actor Ocar for in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby.
Mary Todd upsets expectations by not blooming into a nurturing, June Allyson- like cheerleader for her husband. Subsequent scenes depict her as a disappointed nag, frustrated that Abe won't act like a proper candidate — the qualities that apparently helped get him elected. Her behavior is bitter and hurtful. The playwright is again foreshadowing future events — Mary's bad temper signifies the beginnings of what some biographers identified as madness. Newer studies suggest that she may have suffered from depression, or bipolar disorder.
The last acts of Abe Lincoln in Illinois are resolutely downbeat. Even after Abe's big debate success, Mary Todd really seems to turn against him. Lincoln's winning of the Presidency feels like a sad personal defeat. He's less the elated President-elect than The Walking Dead. His train-station farewell feels more like the beginning of a trip to prison.
All in all Abe Lincoln in Illinois holds up as an honest portrayal of its subject. At first we fear that it might play as dull and obvious — Lincoln's reveal standing up in the fabled Log Cabin is altogether too theatrical. But most of the movie downplays the mythmaking aspect, as when Abe wrestles those pigs, or folds his legs so he can fit when sitting in a window sill.
The Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray of Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a very handsome encoding. James Wong Howe's images bring out the beauty of the Oregon locations that represent the wilderness of Ohio and Louisiana. The interiors feel appropriately rustic or ornate, depending on where Abe Lincoln is; he has a habit of walking into chandeliers.
The one extra is a radio play adaptation. California schools once used this movie as a civics and social studies teaching tool. It would probably be rejected today for the lack of representation by racial minorities. One silent black man is seen when John Brown is arrested. Perhaps the best way to understand Lincoln on film is through Ken Burns' 1990 docu-marathon The Civil War. The man seems not to have had a moment's peace, from election night to his assassination scarcely six years later: the unending agony of the war, Mary's depression and alienation, the death of a child. Steven Spielberg's 2012 Lincoln is a worthy picture. It shows Abe to be both a wholly ethical man, yet also a master of slick backroom deals. It's almost as if Spielberg were trying to encourage President Barack Obama to take off the kid gloves and scrap openly with his opponents.
There's one more Lincoln movie none of us have seen. I feel sorry that writer-director Samuel Fuller did not get to direct his unproduced Civil War screenplay The Lusty Days. The comedy-drama is about the man given the task of tabulating the votes of the huge numbers of fighting soldiers for the Presidential election. To attract attention and rally his voters, he travels the war areas with a French koochie dancer. He even gets permission to enter a Confederate war prison.
The screenplay's scene with Lincoln shows the President's day interrupted by a visit from the vote-taker, who brings his dancer into the Oval Office. Lincoln is miserable, in bad health and completely depressed: the dancer gives a demo, and in less than a minute he's laughing and slapping his knee in time to the music. The White House staffers are shocked to see Abe crack a smile; it's a big break for his morale.
Even just on paper the brief scene is brilliant. It's a lot more telling than the typical movie 'Lincoln Cameo.' It's always the same: the Great Man signs a document, stares out a White House window, or writes the Gettysburg Address on his shirt cuff.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Blu-ray rates:
Movie: Very Good
Video: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Supplements: Lux Radio Theater Broadcast.
Deaf and Hearing-impaired Friendly? YES; Subtitles: English (feature only)
Packaging: One Blu-ray in Keep case
Reviewed: September 1, 2022
Final product for this review was provided free by The Warner Archive Collection.
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Published 2:39 am Friday, March 13, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An upset Larry Brown shouted to stop Charlotte's practice and hustled to the middle of the floor. He had problems with what three Bobcats did on offense and the positioning of two more on defense — all on the same play.
The perfectionist teacher and tactician bellowed out instructions as his players listened intently.
''He knows what all the players are supposed to be doing all the time. It's just an innate ability,'' said San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, a former assistant under Brown. ''He sees the game in slow motion so to speak, and that's the thing that amazes you most.''
The team Brown was instructing looked nothing like the club that started the season. After beginning 7-18, Brown has orchestrated three trades, used an NBA-high 24 players and has the fifth-year Bobcats in position to make the playoffs for the first time.
Three-years removed from a nightmare season in New York, a motivated and energetic Brown is winning again.
But just like at any of Brown's many other of stops, the question remains: How long will it last?
That's the mystery of and fascination with the 68-year-old nomadic Hall of Famer. Coaches with NBA titles, such as Popovich and Boston's Doc Rivers, rave about his knowledge and describe how they patterned their styles after him. Numerous players credit Brown with making them better.
Brown also has a history of wearing out management and players with his demands and quirky style — or bolting for another job before fulfilling his contract.
With the Bobcats, who recently set a team record with six straight wins, Brown is repeating turnaround acts he performed with the Spurs, Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons. He even led the woebegone Los Angeles Clippers to the playoffs.
''Couldn't say that in New York,'' Brown was quick to point out. ''We were bad and continued to be bad.''
The 23-59 record in one season with the Knicks in 2005-06 is the Brooklyn native's only true blemish — on the court — in a career that's included more than 1,400 wins in the NBA, ABA and college. Brown is also the only coach to win NBA and NCAA titles.
But the ugly exit from the Knicks mirrors the messy departures from the Pistons and Nets. Detroit owner Bill Davidson once called him ''not a good person'' and bought out Brown's contract after he pursued a job with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Former Nets owner Joe Taub fired Brown just before the 1983 playoffs when he learned Brown was negotiating with Kansas, later saying that Brown is someone ''you can't anticipate.''
It didn't stop Bobcats managing partner Michael Jordan from becoming the latest executive to take a chance on the guy who's coached 12 teams — none for longer than six years — by hiring Brown last spring to end his two-year coaching hiatus.
''I think Larry has done a great job,'' Jordan said. ''He's come in, he's evaluated, he's tried to fit players within his style. If certain players didn't fit, then we've tried to better the scenario. There have been situations where we didn't agree, but then there are a lot of situations we did.''
At first, it appeared Knicks-like fireworks with management would start early. Brown, often unhappy with the makeup of his teams, criticized Jordan for doing little with a flawed roster in the offseason. The Bobcats went winless in the preseason and Brown refused to play overweight forward Sean May after the season opener.
Brown later acknowledged he thought the NBA-worst record of 9-73 set by the 1972-73 Sixers was in jeopardy.
Then the much anticipated moves that go with any Brown operation started with a December trade many initially questioned. The NBA's lowest-scoring team shipped top-scorer Jason Richardson to Phoenix. The Bobcats got power forward Boris Diaw and shooting guard Raja Bell, who had combined to average 18 points with the Suns.
The early criticism of the deal made Rivers chuckle.
''I knew what Larry was doing,'' said the Celtics coach, who was a point guard for Brown in Los Angeles. ''Diaw wants to pass. You can't have enough of those guys on his teams.''
Diaw's court awareness helped the Bobcats' offense come alive. Bell is a better defender than Richardson and has provided needed veteran leadership.
The Bobcats later traded Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins to Dallas for defensive center DeSagana Diop. Then, in perhaps a move that best showed Brown's power with his new team, the Bobcats acquired Vladimir Radmanovic from the Los Angeles Lakers for Adam Morrison, Jordan's much-maligned choice with the No. 3 pick in the 2006 draft.
''He didn't have the understanding of how Larry expected him to play both offensively and defensively,'' Jordan said of Morrison.
Since then the Bobcats have become an entertaining, well-drilled, pass-first team that's in the mix for a playoff spot. It's similar to the late-season push by his slow-starting, first-year teams in New Jersey in 1982 and Indiana in 1994 that ended with playoff appearances.
''We have values that we hope everybody understands about sharing the ball and rebounding,'' Brown said. ''I think not everybody buys into it right away. For some, you demand a lot. And I don't let up.''
Just ask Raymond Felton. Because few can see the court like Brown does, point guards often take the brunt of his rants, leading to his famous run-ins with Allen Iverson and Stephon Marbury.
''It was tough,'' Felton said. ''He was on top of me. He's still on top of me now. But it was just one of those things where he was drilling me, drilling me, drilling me.''
But Brown acknowledged he backed off some when he saw Felton internalize the criticism. Bell believes it shows Brown has mellowed since he last played for him in Philadelphia.
''I used to try to treat (players) 1 and 15 exactly alike because that's the way I was taught with Coach (Dean) Smith and Coach (Frank) McGuire,'' said Brown, a 5-foot-9 point guard at North Carolina in the early 1960s. ''I always thought it was really important for everybody on the team to be treated the same. Now I realize people are different, so I've tried to understand that.''
But there's no leeway for players unwilling to ''play the right way'' — for as long as Brown sticks around. Brown, who works out regularly and looks much younger than his age, said he plans to honor the four-year deal he signed last spring.
''The thing that's jumped out about Larry is his ability to keep his motor at a high level,'' said Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins, who discusses moves with Brown before they go to Jordan for approval. ''You hear the old term about players taking plays off. Well, he's a coach that doesn't take plays off. He continuously challenges the players to get better.''
Higgins then finished his thought with a sentence that perhaps best explains Brown.
''He's never satisfied,'' he said.

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International adoption procedure takes time, but it's worth the effort! Normally, it takes 3 to 4 months. It costs money to bring animals from Azerbaijan to Europe, therefore we charge an adoption fee € 250. It includes transportation of a blood sample to the lab in Lelystad for rabies analysis, rabies analysis itself (€ 50 ) and transportation of the dog by the airplane (€ 50 – €150 depending on their weight). We also pay quarantine costs (€ 70 per month) and veterinary services (worming €10 with Drontal pill, double vaccination against rabies with Nobivac vaccines, € 15 passport and veterinary certificates). The same procedure applies to cats.
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FLOWER MOUND, Texas (BP) – On the weekend of his 20-year anniversary as The Village Church's founding pastor, Matt Chandler returned to the pulpit after a leave of absence brought on by "inappropriate messaging" with a woman on Instagram.
"I'm sorry, I failed you," Chandler said. "The Lord met us and He carried us through, and I don't want to lose sight of that."
In August, Chandler shared, a woman approached him in the church's foyer with concerns over his communications with her friend. From there he informed church leaders, who commissioned a law firm to review his messaging history.
Those steps led to the elders' decision for Chandler to take the leave of absence from the church. Chandler would also be suspended as president of the Acts 29 Network. At that time the pastor admitted to "unguarded and unwise" messages that he also described as neither "romantic nor sexual." However, he also admitted that the messaged were unwise in terms of "frequency and familiarity."
Chandler expressed at the time that he felt "embarrassed and stupid" and that the leave of absence was "disciplinary" as well as "developmentally caring."
According to the New York Times, Chandler faced a packed sanctuary on Sunday and repeatedly referred to his behavior as "my foolishness."
The crowd greeted him with enthusiastic applause. Chandler was later joined on stage by the church's elders, who laid hands on him in prayer.
During his time away, Chandler told the crowd, he took part in two "intensives" described as counseling sessions by the church. Those sessions were with professionals specializing in Christian leadership and included a neurological exam.
A spokesman for the 5,000-member church said there was no evidence that the brain cancer Chandler received treatment for in 2009 had returned, the Times reported. An email sent to church members last week said Chandler had "completed everything asked of him with submissiveness, steadfastness and humility, and we have received positive feedback from all involved."
The woman with whom the messaging took place has remained unidentified.
Highland Village Baptist Church changed its name to The Village Church in 2002 after Chandler was named pastor. The church experienced explosive growth over the years and planted other campuses as Chandler became a sought-after speaker. At the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting, Chandler took part in a panel discussion hosted by 9Marks.
As of 9:45 a.m. Central time Dec. 5, Chandler's message had yet to be available on The Village Church's website, social media and podcast services. Calls to the church from Baptist Press were not returned as of press time.
UPDATE: After initial publication, The Village Church uploaded its Dec. 4 service. It can be viewed here.


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A family vacation in Orlando is pricey. Theme park tickets always give me sticker shock- whether it's tickets for Universal Studios, SeaWorld, or Disney World. That's why, on days when we are not visiting a theme park, I try to find free or nearly free activities. Here are free things to do in Orlando with kids during your non-theme park days.
1. Drive Thru Safari at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
The Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive is a one-way 11-mile drive-through safari. Lake Apopka is home to over 362 species of birds, alligators, turtles, bobcat, otter, raccoon, snakes and coyote. Look for bald eagles, black vulture, herons, ospreys and hawks during the drive-through safari!
The drive takes 1–3 hours, depending on how many stops you take along the way. Restrooms and picnic pavilion are available on the property. Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive is open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays between sunrise and sunset. Admission is free to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. Located 30 minutes from Disney World, the drive begins at Lust Road and ends on Jones Road in Orange County, Fla.
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2. Disney Springs
Looking for free things to do with kids in Orlando? Go to Disney Springs! Going to Disney Springs is like going to one of the theme parks at Disney World. There is so much to do at Disney Springs that you can easily spend an entire day there. There are over 100 shops and restaurants at Disney Springs. Many of the shops have play areas- your kids can build with Legos at the LEGO store and dig for prehistoric dinosaur bones outside T-Rex restaurant.
Even shopping is a lot of fun and you can easily spend hours perusing the Dino Store at T-Rex or the Star Wars Store or the Superhero Store or the Disney stores. Then treat your family to a Dino themed lunch at T-Rex or grab a quick bite at one of the food trucks. Make sure you save room for dessert and snacks because there are so many eateries at Disney Springs! After that, take in some of Disney Spring's live entertainment.
The best part? Disney Springs is completely free. Plus if you live in one of the Disney Hotels, you can catch a free Disney bus or ferry boats. Or drive and park for free!
3. Ride the Disney Water Taxis and Ferry Boats
If you have little kids who love boat rides then riding the Disney Water Taxis and Ferry Boats is the perfect free activity for your family during your non theme park days in Orlando. Go boat hopping- ride the Disney Water Taxi and Ferry Boats. Take in the scenery as you sail around Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake.
Get off the boat, explore, burn off some energy and then get back on the boat. If the kids are hungry, take the Disney Water Taxi to Disney Springs for lunch or snack. Just make sure you do this in the middle of the day so you avoid the hoards of people getting in and out of the theme parks.
4. Lake Eola Park
A visit to Lake Eola Park is a fun free activity to do with kids in Orlando. Lake Eola Park is a 43 acre park located right in downtown Orlando. It's a beautiful lakeside park with free concerts, outdoor shows, farmers markets and even outdoor yoga. Rent a swan boat and pedal around the lake to get up close to the fountain.
Burn off energy at the playground. There are 2 playgrounds at Lake Eola Park- one for little kids ages 2-5 years old and another playground for the big kids. Run around the paved sidewalk that circles the lake. There is so much to do at Lake Eola Park and the best part is it's free!
Lake Eola Park address: 512 East Washington Street, Orlando, FL 32801
5. Universal CityWalk
Another free activity to do with kids in Orlando? Go to Universal CityWalk! Universal CityWalk is Universal Studio's version of Disney Springs. There are over 30 shops and restaurants at Universal CityWalk. Go for lunch and choose from a wide selection of full service restaurants like Hard Rock Cafe to quick service restaurants.
After lunch, go shopping or play mini-golf or enjoy a free street performance. You can even hop on a free ferry boat ride with the kids (the ferry takes you to one of the Universal Resorts)! Just take the ferry back to Universal CityWalk. Parking is free after 6pm.
Universal CityWalk address: 6000 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819
6. Go Biking for Free at Blanchard Park
Take your kids biking during the days you are not visiting the theme parks. Go to Blanchard Park which is located 20 minutes from downtown Orlando, it's a scenic paved bike trail that runs along a river. Watch out for ospreys, turtles and alligators!
Play at the playgrounds when you need a break from biking. You can rent your bike from West Orange Trail Bike and Blades, they will deliver the bike and bike rack to your hotel. It's free to bike at Blanchard Park.
Blanchard Park Address: 2451 N Dean RD, Orlando, FL 32817
7. Fort Christmas Historical Park
Visiting a historical fort is another free activity with kids in Orlando. Fort Christmas is a fort built on Christmas day 1837 during the Second Seminole Indian War. It's located 20 miles east of Orlando and is a good option to spend your day away from theme parks. Check out replicas of Fort Christmas fort, historical homes, a schoolhouse and a sugar mill. Learn about pioneer life during the 1870s to 1930s.
Have a picnic lunch at one of the picnic pavilions. Burn off some energy at the playground and basketball court. Admission to Fort Christmas Historical Park is free.
Fort Christmas Historical Park address: 1300 North Fort Christmas Road (C.R. 420), Christmas, Florida 32709
8. Disney's BoardWalk
Stop by Disney's BoardWalk during one of your free evenings. Disney's BoardWalk will remind you of a quaint, turn-of-the-century Atlantic City. Take a stroll down the old-fashioned boardwalk, enjoy free nightly entertainment and grab a bite at one of the eateries.
Admission is free to Disney's BoardWalk but know that there is limited parking. It is located within walking distance of EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios so you can park at the Epcot lot. It is also connected to Disney's complimentary ferry lines. If you are staying in one of the Disney World Resort hotels, its best to take the free ferry to Disney's BoardWalk.
Disney's BoardWalk Address: 2101 North Epcot Resorts Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
9. Go Hiking with Kids at Tibet-Butler Preserve
Hike the 3.6 miles of hiking trails and raised boardwalks at Tibet-Butler Preserve with your kids. You'll go through cypress swamps, freshwater marshes, and pine flatwoods during the hike. Keep your eyes out for bobcats, foxes, gopher tortoises, bald eagles, indigo snake, and a variety of songbirds. These animals live in the preserve, although you might not see them all.
After that, go see the live animal exhibits at the Vera Carter Environmental Center. Don't forget to stop by the Butterfly Garden as well. Tibet-Butler Preserve is free to visit. It's a fun way to spend a non-park day.
Tibet-Butler Preserve Address: 8777 Winter Garden Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32836
10. Visit the World's Largest McDonald's
Looking for a free indoor activity with kids in Orlando? Bring the kids to the world's largest McDonald's for lunch. The world's largest McDonald's is a three-story, 19,000-square-foot restaurant located in Orlando, just 20 minutes from Disney World. The big 22-foot-tall PlayPlace and large arcade with over 100 games will easily keep your kids occupied for hours. Admission to the World's Largest McDonald's is free.
World's Largest McDonald's Address: 6875 Sandlake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819
11. Indoor Play Area at the Florida Mall
The Florida Mall is a great indoor option to take the kids to on a day when you are not visiting the theme parks. Your kids will have a blast running around the 3000 square foot play area inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Dr. Seuss. Have older kids? Visit the Game PARK arcade.
When the kids get hungry, grab a bite at one of the food court's eateries. Then take a stroll through the mall and visit one of the many kid-friendly stores, like American Girl Place, Build a Bear Workshop, Slime Factory, Crayola Store, and more! You can easily spend hours at the mall! The best thing is that you'll be out of the scorching Florida sun and it's free!
The Florida Mall address: 8001 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809. The Florida Mall Play Park is located in the Dick's Sporting Goods and Crayola Experience wing.
12. Oakland Nature Preserve
Going to Oakland Nature Preserve is a fun free activity to do with kids in Orlando. Oakland Nature Preserve is a 150 acre preserve located 30 minutes from Disney World.
Check out a kids exploration backpack. Go on a scavenger hunt at Oakland Nature Preserve. You can download their interactive scavenger hunt and do the scavenger hunt on your mobile phone.
Hike on the trail and look for alligators, birds, snakes, vultures and turtles. Burn off some energy at the NaturePlay, an interactive, woodsy play area. Admission to Oakland Nature Preserve is free.
Oakland Nature Preserve address: 747 Machete Trail, Oakland, FL 34760


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Tomorrow I turn 26. Today, I got fired.
I got fired today from a job I really loved. I'm not the best with money, and with the increase in income (my first salaried job,) I spent recklessly. I have barely enough for food today and my dog's dry food. I turn 26 tomorrow and this is probably the lowest I've ever felt.
I haven't broken down yet, and it'll probably happen in a few hours when my girlfriend comes home and I have to tell her what's happened.
I'm ashamed to call my parents and let them know I'll be asking for help with bills next month, and I know I'll have to hear them say that they knew moving for my girlfriend and a new job was a bad idea, and this is not surprising to them.
In the meeting where they fired me, all I could say is that I tried really hard here, and it's true. I did. I have diagnosed ADHD, and experienced a 3 week lapse of my meds that led me to make poor administration decisions.
I started with them, gained a lot of momentum and felt recognized in my career for the first time, and when I ran out of my medication, I couldn't handle as much as I could with it. I'm so mad at myself for not being more on top of it, and upset that I can't get another shot to make it work again.
I turn 26 tomorrow. It feels like I'm supposed to have it together at least a little, and I don't know when I actually will.


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Officers from the Tunbridge Wells Community Policing Team entered the address at 6.30am on Tuesday 9 February 2021. Quantities of cannabis were initially found in the kitchen, before 35 plants were discovered underneath the stairs.
Among weapons seized were three wooden implements with knives and spikes taped to them. Cash and several mobile phones were also confiscated, including one device alleged to have been thrown from a window of the property as police entered.
Two men, aged 29 and 59, were arrested on suspicion of the cultivation and supply of drugs. Both were later released pending further investigation.


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Do you sometimes feel that no matter what you have tried over the years you can never seem to lose the weight that you want to get off? Those last 5 kilos or so can always prove to be the most difficult to get rid of and when you hit that wall… that's it! You feel defeated and tend to go back to bad eating habits so you gain weight again. To add to all of that, you never seem to have enough energy that you need to really tackle your exercise routine the way you want to. What to do if you find yourself trapped in this vicious circle all of the time? Apart from strong will power and self – discipline, is there anything else can help us with both energy and weight loss so we can stay on track to our health goals?
It is very easy in today's world to find ourselves falling behind when it comes to exercise routines and diets. Most people today are constantly on the go from the moment they wake up until they finally get to bed at night. Work days are longer, there are more responsibilities at home and many times you find yourself hitting three o'clock in the afternoon and wishing it were time for bed. You just have no energy left to get through the work day, never mind your chores at home or getting to the gym. This means you end up skipping workouts, eating junk food or processed food for dinner because it is easy and then you feel even worse, with less energy to do anything.
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The City of Baltimore's public school system used a youth ambassador program to push the COVID-19 vaccine on children enrolled in district schools, the Washington Examiner reports.
The youth ambassador program was part of the Baltimore Equitable Vaccination Initiative Project, documents obtained by the activist group Parents Defending Education and viewed by the Examiner show. According to the records, the project was funded by a $180,000 grant from billionaire donor George Soros' Alliance for Open Society International.
Staff from Baltimore City Public Schools, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and the Open Society nonprofit discussed "having [a] collective group of youth ambassadors work together to increase COVID vaccine confidence and uptake amount [in] young people," the emails show.
The three organizations also reportedly partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation.
The youth ambassador program was described as a program to "coordinate youth vax outreach to create youth centered website and materials," in a spreadsheet about "grant roles and responsibilities."
Grant recipients were also responsible for providing "vaccination awareness to reduce vaccine hesitancy via various schoolbased workshops or sessions which may be co-facilitated with students," according to the spreadsheet.
The grant funds were also spent on an $8,000 vaccine incentives program, which gave away items such as gift cards and provided food for vaccine recipients and workshop attendees, as well as social media advertising, which cost $2,000, according to the Examiner.
In September, Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Financial Times that the attitudes of COVID-19 "anti-vaxxers" may have a damaging effect on traditional childhood vaccination rates.
"I'm concerned the acceleration of an anti-vaxxer attitude in certain segments of the population … might spill over into that kind of a negative attitude towards childhood vaccinations," Fauci said at the time.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, said Fauci fails to recognize that he is the one "fueling" traditional vaccine skepticism.
"The vaccine mandates pushed by Tony Fauci, as well as the overstating of the efficacy of the COVID vaccines against infection have fueled vaccine skepticism," Bhattacharya told Newsmax in September.
The professor noted that mRNA technology is not found in any other type of vaccine except for COVID vaccines. He added that Fauci's conflating of mRNA vaccines with traditional vaccines has created a kind of "fanaticism."
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It happened in December of 2007. A designer named David Airey was on a much needed vacation from work, computers, and the technical life. His relaxing vacation soon became one of stress and worry when he was notified by friends that his domain name was forwarding to another site. As David investigated, he quickly,realized that his domain name (www.davidairey.com) had been hijacked. When David contacted the perpetrator to recover the name, he was asked what he was willing to pay to get it back. The hijacker was holding David's domain for "ransom" and wanted the highest dollar value he could get to return it.
In David Airey's case, as in many others, a part of his livelihood was stolen. At the time of the hijacking, David's website was receiving 2,000 daily unique hits, which was responsible for a large portion of David's income from his logo design business. When his domain name was hijacked, he literally lost not only his storefront, but all of his potential customers and resulting revenue as well.
This isn't the first story of domain name hijacking, and it won't be the last. Domain Hijacking, also known as domain theft, occurs when a domain name is illegally stolen from the rightful owner, often times using identity theft, allowing the hijacker to change the domain name registration info and transfer it to themselves.
The most highly publicized cases of domain hijacking include high valued domain names, such as the well-known sex.com case. Instances of domain hijacking are not limited to just high valued domain names though, as demonstrated in David's case, nor are they hijacked only for extortion purposes.
As domain names increase in value, they become greater targets for theft, putting domain owners in greater danger.
According to ICANN, "if domain hijacking for extortion or resale becomes as lucrative a criminal activity as identity theft, fraudulent transfer requests will increase significantly." The good news is that there are steps you can take to prevent your domains from possible hijacking.
So what can a person do to protect their domains?
The way to avoid a potential hijacking disaster is by using simple, common sense practices that every internet user (especially one who conducts any kind of business online) should already be following:
By following these steps, you will greatly reduce the likelihood that your domain names will be hijacked.
In the event that your name is hijacked, there are two companies you should contact immediately:
Explain to each company that your domain was hijacked and find out what they can do to help recover the domain. If the name transfer process is not complete, your Registrar may be able to use UNDO procedures. If the transfer is complete, ICANN has a TDRP (transfer dispute resolution policy) available for Registrars to dispute transfers. If your domain name is part of a trademark, you can file a UDRP arbitration with ICANN. It's important to note that neither of these channels are a quick fix, with decisions taking 2 months or more. Additionally, the process can be costly, with UDRP cases costing approximately $2,000.
If you've exhausted your options with your Registrar, you may want to pursue legal action against the hijacker or the third party who purchased the domain from the hijacker.
In pursuing legal action, it's important to look for a lawyer with a background in domain name legal issues. Legal action can be difficult though as U.S. courts have not set any real precedence concerning jurisdiction over domain names. It becomes even more difficult if the new Registrant or Registrar are outside the United States. Until legislation sets some guidelines, or the court system sets a clear precedence, hijackings are going to be difficult and costly (often more than the value of the domain itself) to fight.
What this all boils down to is prevention. While the cheapest and most sure way of getting a hijacked name back may be to simply pay the ransom, you can take many steps to safeguard your domain names and prevent a hijacking from occurring in the first place.


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Prime Small Coin Clear is back by popular demand. Carefully crafted, G‑Floor Small Coin pattern consists of low-profile circles to provide texture for any floor that encounters heavy foot traffic. Prime 75mil renders extreme durability, making it the perfect candidate for long-term indoor use such as airports, sports arenas, and shopping centers.
- Texture and thickness provide a superior surface for heavy duty use and excessive foot traffic.
- Quick and easy to clean.
- 100% polyvinyl, no layers or fillers, offering strength and durability- tough enough to handle vehicle traffic. .
- Water-, slip-, stain-, scuff- and flame-resistant.
- Provides additional marketing opportunities on on any smooth surface such as countertops, sealed concrete, metal, wood and tile.
- Appropriate for repositionable, temporary, or permanent use.
Our company headquarters are located in the American heartland in Lenexa, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. Our production facility is located in Emporia, Kansas, about 90 miles south of Kansas City. Emporia is also home to our warehouse and distribution center.
We are proud to help the American economy grow by employing associates living in our local communities and offer the highest quality U.S. products. With American consumer protection laws in place, you can be confident your safety is of the utmost concern. "Made in the USA" speaks of superior quality, craftsmanship and product.
prevents moisture penetration
Extremely Durable
withstands heavy foot and vehicle traffic
Easy to Clean
simply sweep or use a damp cloth
Stain Resistant
impervious to most chemicals and liquids
Slip Resistant
protects against hazardous conditions


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Phone 808 946 7297
A. Tax filers with adjusted gross income up to $75,000 for individuals and up to $150,000 for married couples filing joint returns will receive the full payment. For filers with income above those amounts, the payment amount is reduced by $5 for each $100 above the $75,000/$150,000 thresholds. Single filers with income exceeding $99,000 and $198,000 for joint filers with no children are not eligible. Social Security recipients and railroad retirees who are otherwise not required to file a tax return are also eligible and will not be required to file a return.
Eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an economic impact payment of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples and up to $500 for each qualifying child.
A. For those concerned about visiting a tax professional or local community organization in person to get help with a tax return, these economic impact payments will be available throughout the rest of 2020. To schedule an appointment with us please call us at 808 946 7297 or email us here.
A. In the coming weeks, Treasury plans to develop a web-based portal for individuals to provide their banking information to the IRS online, so that individuals can receive payments immediately as opposed to checks in the mail. If you filed your 2019 or 2018 tax return but did not receive your refund by direct deposit, your Payment will be mailed to the address we have on file even if you. This is generally the address on your most recent tax return or as updated through the United States Postal Service (USPS). To update your address with USPS click here.
A. Yes. The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 to generate Economic Impact Payments to recipients of benefits reflected in the Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 who are not required to file a tax return and did not file a return for 2018 or 2019. This includes senior citizens, Social Security recipients and railroad retirees who are not otherwise required to file a tax return.
Since the IRS would not have information regarding any dependents for these people, each person would receive $1,200 per person, without the additional amount for any dependents at this time.
A. Eligible applicants for an EIDL can receive a $10,000 emergency grant within three days of application (through Dec. 31, 2020) There is no obligation to repay the grant. To receive the $10,000 emergency grant, it is not necessary to have an approved EIDL loan. However, if you are able to secure a PPP loan, the $10,000 grant will be subtracted from the forgiveness amount
A. In our experience there are four types of taxpayers
Which of these taxpayers is right? The answer is any of them. They each make decisions for themselves and accept the outcome. Which taxpayer are you? Is that where you want to be or if you could choose would you be in a different group? You can choose, and our tax professionals can help you!
A. Filing statuses are actually quite rigid, there is not nearly as much flexibility in which status to choose as many people would have you believe. If you are married by Dec 31st of the previous year, then you only have two options. Married Filing Joint or Married Filing Separate. I cannot begin to tell you the amount of times friends, families, attorneys or even divorce decrees give incorrect information in regard to filing statuses. If you are married, you absolutely cannot file two separate returns as Head of Household and Single respectively. You may file Married Filing Separate, but that comes with some potential downsides. Before making a decision on how to file, you should consult with a competent tax professional.
A. This one depends on many factors, but generally the answer is $0. The maintenance, repairs, renovations and improvements on your primary residence are almost never deductible. That doesn't mean they won't help you in the long run, but you cannot write them off as an itemized deduction on your tax return. Instead, the amounts are used to increase your basis in your home. Basis is a running calculation to determine what you've paid for your home. In some cases, how much you've paid for your home, both the original purchase price and the improvements you've made to the home since you bought it, can be used to reduce capital gains tax on the sale of the home. Basis also matters for many other cases, such as the 2017 Hurricane Harvey Safe Harbor calculations.


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Contact DTMA
General Authority Information
Offices are located at:
5760 Route 982
New Derry, PA 15671
Westmoreland County
Telephone: 724-694-2513
See map
All requests for assistance must be directed to the Authority through the office at its general number.
DTMA has installed a no-contact walk up window for acceptance of payments during office hours Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Payments can be made by:
A drop box located at our building (please do not leave cash); USPS Mail, this website, S&T Banks Derry & Blairsville (near Walmart) and the Commercial Bank Lincoln Road drive thru.
We are experiencing high volumes of Fats, Oil, and Grease (FOG) within the collection system. Avoid pouring cooking residue and waste oil directly into the drain.
Mailing Address is:
P. O. Box 250
New Derry, PA 15671-0250
Authority Manager
Owen Meyer
Office Supervisor
Rose Polo
Please note: If you have water in the basement, you need to contact a plumber or other private contactor to remove it.
The Authority will investigate to insure that this is not the result of a problem or malfunction of its system.
We recommend that you check your clean-outs to insure that they are free flowing prior to contacting the Authority.
In Case of Emergency after hours please call:
If there is no answer, please leave a detailed message.