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NHL, Union remain apart after latest proposalby Dan Rosen
NEW YORK -- After receiving and reviewing a comprehensive economic proposal for a new five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement from the National Hockey League Players' Association on Wednesday, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman said the sides remain significantly apart.
But he also expressed hope there was some momentum created Wednesday that could lead to meaningful negotiations.
No further meetings are scheduled, but Commissioner Bettman said the Union informed the League it would be in touch Friday.
"I think it's frustrating for everybody and disappointing for everybody that it's taken this long and that we're still far apart," Commissioner Bettman said, "but we're going to stay at it."
Commissioner Bettman said he appreciated the Union presenting a comprehensive economic proposal that included movement in the direction of the owners on some of the economic issues that separate the two sides. However, he also expressed surprise that the offer the NHL made Oct. 16 -- one that, if agreed upon, would have saved an 82-game season -- did not produce a deal.
"We made a proposal to save an 82-game season and, frankly, we're all mystified we're not playing in light of that offer and in light of the fact that the players are losing, as a group, between $8 [million] and $10 million a day," Commissioner Bettman said. "We could have been playing. We could have been continuing the momentum this game had on an offer and an agreement that was long-term and fair.
"There's a lot about this process that one could scratch their head about."
Commissioner Bettman said the League's most recent offer is still on the table despite some owners suggesting it should be pulled.
That offer called for a 50-50 split in hockey-related revenue (HRR) during the life of the agreement. Also in the proposal was an owner-funded "make-whole" provision, a mechanism designed to compensate players for the reduced value of their contracts in the first two years of a new CBA by reason of the negotiated reduction in players' share from the 57 percent of HRR they earned in the final years of the previous CBA to 50 percent.
"To expect our best economic proposal to get better as the damage continues to increase isn't particularly realistic," Commissioner Bettman said. "From an economic standpoint, we have given what we have to give. It was our best offer, and again, put it in the context that the business is probably losing between $18 [million] and $20 million a day and the players are losing between $8 [million] and $10 million a day.
"I don't think it's realistic for anyone to expect the economic deal to get any better, particularly when the economic deal we put on the table is a 50-50 deal -- and on top of that we agreed to pay over $200 million outside the system that we don't think there was any obligation to pay, but we knew it was an important element for the players and it was something that we hoped would spring these negotiations toward a conclusion."
NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr said the proposal made Wednesday by the players was "a dramatic move" in the owners' direction.
Fehr said that the players moved "80 percent" in the direction of the owners based off of Commissioner Bettman's previous claim that the sides were $1 billion apart.
Based off of the Union's latest proposal, Fehr said the sides are $182 million apart in the division of hockey-related revenue in their respective proposals. Fehr also said that the Union had abandoned its insistence on a guaranteed dollar amount for the players when dividing up HRR. Instead, the NHLPA would accept a percentage-based formula in its latest proposal -- with the caveat that the players' share can not be less in any season of the agreement than it was in the previous season.
However, Fehr said the NHL's stance on the proposal was, "They appreciate it, but reiterated that they can't move."
"There was, as of today, no reciprocity in any meaningful sense," he added.
Fehr said he would report back to the players and did not want to comment on what would happen next in these negotiations until he did. The Union had a conference call Wednesday evening.
"One of you is going to ask me what happens next and the answer is I don't know," Fehr said. "We'll consider it, talk to the players and then see."
The NHL and NHLPA have been without a CBA since Sept. 16. The League has cancelled all games through Nov. 30 as well as the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, which was scheduled for Jan. 1.
Commissioner Bettman said more cancellations become "inevitable as time goes on," but added he is not at all focused on a date on which the 2012-13 season would be cancelled.
"Quite frankly, we have proposed a long-term agreement that we think is fair and balanced," Commissioner Bettman said. "Assuming we can dig our collective way out of the hole that we're digging ourselves into, we expect that the players would make under the seven-year term that we proposed between $12 [billion] and $14 billion. We're having a tough time understanding why what we have proposed and what we have proposed previously hasn't been accepted and why we're not playing."
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A 9-year-old suburban Chicago girl who hadn't seen her military father in 14 months was shocked to see him appear at her school Tuesday.
Petty Ofc. Steven Jones appeared at Mae Jemison School in Hazel Crest during the lunch hour, much to the surprise of his daughter, Madison, and her fourth-grade classmates.
It took a few seconds for Madison to register what was going on before bursting into tears and flinging herself into her father's arms.
"I feel amazing that my daddy is back. I missed him so much," Madison said.
"It was great. It's my baby, so I miss her, and I'm crying, too. It's a wonderful feeling," Steven Jones said.
Madison's mother, Yasmin, was also there for the reunion. She said the surprise was planned for several months, and now she's happy to not have to live the single-parent life anymore.
"A vacation," Yasmin said when asked what she planned to do now that her husband is home. "Daddy duty in full effect."
An extra bonus for Madison? She got to leave school early. The very first thing father and daughter planned to do was watch "Little Mermaid."
Steven Jones has been serving overseas in Afghanistan.

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Think you are going cruising and getting away from it all? Maybe, but dont count on it. When cruisers get together, much of the talk centers around communication, and what works and what doesnt. Whether your interest is safety, weather, or simply staying in touch with family, friends, and fellow cruisers, you may be surprised that the communication options on board are actually quite numerous.
Here are many of the ways we cruisers stay connected.VHF radio
To effectively communicate with commercial vessels, bridge tenders, the Coast Guard, or other nearby cruisers, VHF radio is essential. On Safari, we have two permanent VHF radios. One is mounted at the steering station for quick access by the helmsman. We feel that this adds to our safety as its often necessary to communicate with commercial traffic when transiting certain waters. It also ensures that we dont miss a call, or have to leave the helm in order to communicate with anyone.
Since VHF signals travel in a straight line, the height of your antenna will determine your range of communication. We can usually reach out 35 to 40 miles with our antenna, which is 60 feet above the water.Single sideband radio (SSB)
For long-range communication, Safari is equipped with a single sideband radio. An SSB is similar to a HAM radio but uses different frequencies, and doesnt require passing an exam to operate. With SSB, radio signals are capable of traveling 1,000 miles or more. (On our recent cruise in Maine, we were able to talk to another cruising boat anchored in Cuba.)
For safety offshore, this type of long-range communication is essential because you can summon assistance if needed or obtain current weather information from the Coast Guard or private meteorological sources.
The single sideband radio has also been a great way to keep in touch with our cruising friends. Frequently, we contact other boats who may be hundreds of miles away and coordinate a rendezvous.
An unexpected bonus has been an entertainment factor. We enjoy listening to sailors in all locations sharing their cruising experiences. Also, we cant say enough about the short-wave stations from around the world. Voice of America, Radio Japan, BBC, Canadian Broadcast Corp., Voice of Russia, Radio Netherlands, these are some of them. Each provides us with a different perspective on world events interspersed with a touch of culture from each countryand is a refreshing change from the 6 oclock news.Cellular phone
After a year and a half of wrestling with just how connected we wanted to be, we now include a cellular phone as part of our communication equipment. As we are always "roaming", often at a charge of $1.20 per minute, we have designated the cell phone for emergency communications and e-mail access only. Today new "no-roaming" cell-phone plans are expanding. These may provide an economical option for the coastal cruiser seeking a means of regular communications. Generally speaking, you can expect coverage up to about 20 miles offshore.E-mail
E-mail has quickly become many cruisers primary link to family and friends. Connections to the net are frequently made via borrowed land lines or cell phones. Another option that is popular with offshore cruisers is to use SSB or HAM radio to access e-mail.
On Safari, we access e-mail with our cellular phone when we cant find a shore-side connection. This usually takes about two to three minutes of "air time" and requires a special cellular modem. With cellular access, data transfer speeds are reduced to 9600 and sometimes 4800 baud.Mail forwarding services
Most full-time cruisers employ the services of a mail-forwarding company. These companies hold on to your mail until you contact them and tell them where to send it. Often run by ex-cruisers, these services are usually very reliable and offer a number of other helpful services.Satellite phones
So far satellite phones are simply too expensive for the cruising sailor to include aboard. "Although a reliable way to communicate, satellite phones aren't often seen aboard boats that cost less than a million dollars." When prices eventually decrease, this will be a wonderful communication tool for cruising.Phone calls through SSB / VHF
It is possible to place and receive phone calls on both SSB and VHF radios. The call is patched through a marine operator. This is an excellent, although a bit pricey, way to communicate. One plus is that usually no additional equipment needs to be purchased. Also, you pay by the call, so no monthly charge accrues as it does with cellular phone service. You do, however, lose privacy as anyone within radio range can eavesdrop on your call.Cruiser nets
It seems that wherever you sail there is a cruisers net organized on either VHF, SSB, or HAM radio. These nets provide a vehicle for cruisers to exchange useful information and serve as a way to keep up with cruising friends. Often, sailors will file a float plan with the net, contact the net daily during their voyage and, upon successful landfall, close the float plan with the net. In other words, cruising sailors are looking out for one another. This is also a great way to meet new people.
So, as you can see, the cruising sailor has many avenues from which to communicate. Relearning how to use those semaphore flags from your Boy Scout or Girl Scout days will not be necessary. The trick is determining which communication methods will be best for you. Today, there is a lot to choose from.
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A native of Colombia came to faith in Christ through reading the Bible and soon after his conversion immigrated to America. Here he began searching for a church where he could grow in his newfound faith but became confused by the number of churches from which to choose. Finally he settled on a test for choosing the church he would make his own. He would know he had found the right church, he said, when he sensed the kind of love between the members that he had read about in the Bible.
This believing immigrant's test for finding the right church may not satisfy everyone, but I am challenged every time I remember his keen perception of the climate of love among those early believers following the resurrection. A return to that kind of affection for one another would bring new life to any congregation.
Still, experience has taught me that there are people who could attend such an awakened, loving church and not be content. These problem conscious people are continually on a search for a perfect church no matter how close to their ideal the church they attend may be. If you are one of these temple tourists, you will someday have to face the fact that there are neither perfect churches … nor perfect pastors.
Some who are moderately content with their church specialize in finding faults in church leadership. They seem to feel it their calling to keep pastors moving from church to church.
While speaking at a conference in a church near Chicago, I was approached by a young couple who shocked me by saying, "We'd like to have a spiritual awakening in our church but we're afraid if we do the pastor will be encouraged and stay. We're hoping he'll leave."
How will this kind of attitude hold up in judgment?
Not well, I suspect.
A.B. Simpson, the respected author and founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination, wrote: "I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hands live wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling at others to the hurt of their own souls."
A major news magazine once referred to the seeming necessity of pastors moving to other churches every few years as the game of musical pulpits.
Thankfully, there are exceptions.
Some churches are filled with loving people who carry on dynamic ministries in their own communities. There you find fierce loyalties to the church, the pastor and to one another. Negativism is almost non-existent. Members know their church isn't perfect but forgiveness flows freely among them. They have changed their focus from faults to forgiveness and discovered the secret of lasting joy: trusting God and loving people.
Stop searching for a perfect church and give yourself to making yours the caring, loving congregation it ought to be. This simple formula will increase the effectiveness of your imperfect pastor and you'll not find yourself hoping he'll go away.
Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at email@example.com


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The Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt, a Bacon Burger with Two Bacon-Stuffed Grilled Cheese Sandwiches as Bun
Or, 'Adam Kuban Is Trying to Kill Us, Part 2'
A little more than a week ago, A Hamburger Today introduced the world to the Hamburger Fatty Melt, a burger with grilled cheese sandwiches as its bun.
And what did the world do?
It spit in our face. Here on this site, and on other sites where it was blogged about, all we heard was, "Where's the bacon?"
Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. I went through several iterations of the sandwich, trying different breads and different patty sizes, to find the proper beef-to-bun ratio--to create a burger you could actually fit in your mouth and one that a glutton of normal proportions might actually make.
But I guess with something like this, more is more, and so I heeded the call of the internets, and decided to make a second version of this burger with what you all said was the missing ingredient. What you are looking at above, ladies and gents, is the new, improved Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt. Here's the smack on this meat stack. From top to bottom:
- Bacon-stuffed grilled cheese sandwich as bun top
- Bacon
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- Four-ounce beef patty
- Bacon-stuffed grilled cheese sandwich as bun bottom
Happy now? No? Then get a load of what follows , after the jump.
The Double(!) Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt
The stack-up on this one:
- Bacon-stuffed grilled cheese sandwich as bun top
- Cheese
- Bacon
- Four-ounce beef patty
- Bacon-stuffed grilled cheese sandwich as interstitial bun (a nod to the Big Mac)
- Bacon
- Cheeese
- Four-ounce beef patty
- Bacon-stuffed grilled cheese sandwich as bun bottom
And here's the autopsy shot:
Wanna make one? Follow the recipe for The Hamburger Fatty Melt but stuff sandwiches with bacon and add bacon as a topping to your clogged little heart's content.
We also did a Single Bacon Fatty Melt with grilled onions (another frequently requested topping), for a heavier patty-melt vibe:
Now ... STFU.
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A New Paradigm for Stroke Prevention
By William Davis, MD, FACCApril 2005
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the US. Fortunately, diagnostic imaging for stroke risk and stroke-prevention strategies have advanced greatly in recent years. It is now possible to reduce the artery-clogging plaque that leads to stroke, offering hope that this debilitating condition can be prevented.
If you have ever witnessed a stroke victim, you understand the humbling nature of this disease, which can reduce the mightiest human being to an immobile, helpless creature. Stroke can destroy or impair crucial functions such as speech, swallowing, walking, and bowel and bladder control. Even the perpetually youthful television personality Dick Clark was struck down by stroke at the age of 75, despite his outward appearance of perfect health. Clark's stroke resulted in a six-week hospital stay and, judging from fragmentary reports, significant disability.
The disease process that underlies stroke requires decades—30 or 40 years—to develop. With that much lead time, why are we not better able to detect or stop this crippling disease? The truth is that we are able to predict many, if not most, strokes. Advances in imaging technology allow detection of the atherosclerotic plaque that causes stroke years before it becomes a threat. Similar progress has been made in deciphering the causes of stroke.
Unfortunately, most physicians still focus on diagnosing the crisis rather than averting it. With stroke as with heart disease, most physicians prefer to deal with catastrophe once it occurs and are only minimally interested in prevention. The medical community focuses on procedures such as carotid surgery or stents instead of preventive diagnostics and care. Even when a person is forewarned by a "mini-stroke," or transient ischemic attack, little is done once it has been determined that surgery is not immediately necessary—even though this person has a high risk for future stroke. For someone recovering from a transient ischemic attack, the risk for recurrent stroke, heart attack, or death approaches 50% over 10 years.1
A more powerful approach to stroke prevention would use screening and diagnostic procedures to assess risk, and would implement nutritional strategies and lifestyle changes to reverse plaques. Surgical procedures such as carotid endarterectomy (to remove a buildup of plaque from the carotid artery) would be used only after exhausting preventive care options. The need for invasive procedures represents a failure of preventive medicine.
How Stroke Occurs
Stroke develops when some portion of the brain is deprived of blood and thus oxygen. This usually results when a tiny bit of debris dislodges from an atherosclerotic plaque within an artery wall and blocks a blood vessel to the brain. The same sort of plaque accumulates in coronary arteries to cause heart attack. The sources of debris have been a subject of controversy for decades, but new imaging technologies have settled the question: essentially, any blood vessel that leads from the heart to the brain can be a source of the debris that causes stroke. The two carotid arteries that lie on both sides of your neck are a frequent source, as these arteries are very prone to develop plaque.
In the last decade, medical researchers have recognized the aorta as another source of stroke. The aorta is the body's main artery, with branches that emerge from the heart and lead to the head, arms, and legs. New imaging devices such as transesophageal echocardiography (ultrasound performed with a probe in the esophagus) allow imaging of the aorta, an eight-inch vessel that is a common site for plaque.2
Atherosclerotic plaque is a live tissue that, given a chance through poor diet, inactivity, high cholesterol, or excess weight, can grow and become progressively unstable. At some point, the plaque can fragment. Little bits and pieces break away, traveling to the brain. Fractured plaque also exposes its deeper structures to flowing blood, triggering blood-clot formation, which in turn can also fragment and travel to the brain. Atherosclerotic plaque is thus a prerequisite of risk for the most common causes of stroke.
If most strokes are caused by plaque, why not measure plaque to determine whether you are at risk for stroke? How can we easily, safely, and accurately quantify plaque in the areas that present stroke risk, such as the carotid arteries and aorta? And if plaque can be measured, can it be shrunk or inactivated to reduce or eliminate the risk of stroke? These compelling questions will form the basis of this article.
How Can Plaque Be Measured?
New imaging technologies are becoming more accurate and accessible. Just 20 years ago, the only practical way to identify plaque in the carotids or aorta was by angiography, which requires the insertion of catheters into the body to inject x-ray dye. Angiography was not practical as a broad screening measure and was not a good test of the health of the arterial wall.
Computed tomography (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are emerging as exciting methods of imaging both the carotid arteries and the aorta. Unfortunately, most imaging centers and physicians are much more focused on the diagnostic use of these technologies for people who have already suffered a stroke or other catastrophe. The application of these devices for preventive uses is still evolving. One exception is when aortic calcification or aortic enlargement is incidentally noted on the increasingly popular CT heart scans; this is an important finding that can signal the presence of aortic plaque that increases stroke risk.
The one test that is widely available and can be performed in just about any center is carotid ultrasound. Simple, painless, and precise, this procedure is useful for assessing two indicators of stroke risk:
1. Plaque detection.
Atherosclerotic plaque that has potential for fragmentation and thus for stroke risk can be clearly visualized. If plaque blocks more than 70% of the diameter of the vessel, or if there are "soft" (unstable) elements in the plaque, then stroke risk may be high enough to justify surgery or stents. Even if there are plaques that are less severe, substantial risk for stroke may still exist, which can be reduced with preventive measures.3
2. Carotid intima-media thickness.
This is a measure of the carotid artery lining in areas that do not yet contain plaque but that often precede the development of more mature plaque. Carotid intima-media thickness also provides an index of body-wide potential for atherosclerotic plaque that can place you at risk for stroke. The aorta, for instance, cannot be imaged by surface ultrasound but can still be a source for stroke. Increased carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque are closely associated with the likelihood of aortic plaque. The Rotterdam Study of 4,000 participants demonstrated that if carotid intima-media thickness is greater than normal (1.0 mm), then you can be at risk for stroke (and heart attack), even if no plaques are detected.4
Carotid ultrasound is the one test you should consider that provides the most information with the least effort. Ultrasound is virtually harmless, painless, and can be obtained just about anywhere. Even if your doctor disagrees with your request for a carotid ultrasound, an increasing number of mobile services nationwide make this test available for around $100. One important caveat: many scanners and interpreters will report only whether plaque is present or not. While this is important information, you should request that your carotid intima-media thickness be measured as well. Not all centers can perform this simple measure, but it does not hurt to ask. Any amount of carotid plaque is cause for concern about stroke risk and reason to follow a preventive program, even if the plaque is insufficient to justify surgery.
Can Plaque Be Reduced?
Can we shrink plaque in the carotid arteries and aorta, thereby reducing or perhaps eliminating these sources of stroke?
Study after study has documented that plaque and stroke risk can be reduced. A 10–20% reduction in plaque size is possible within a year or two. The following important influences on carotid and aortic plaque growth need to be considered in any plaque-reduction program. (If you smoke, you need to concentrate on quitting, as the adverse influences of smoking will overwhelm any treatment you follow.)
• Hypertension. Considerable re-search documents the power of lowering elevated blood pressure in helping to prevent stroke.6 The most recently updated guideline for blood pressure, released by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, recommends a blood pressure no higher than 140/90, and defines normal as 120/80. The commission also emphasizes that the risks of stroke and heart attack begin to escalate at a blood pressure of 115/75.7
Just how low should your blood pressure be? The best evidence comes from the recent CAMELOT trial, conducted by the Cleveland Clinic's Steven Nissen, MD. Nearly 2,000 participants with coronary artery disease with starting blood pressure in the normal range of 129/78 had blood pressure further reduced to 124/76 using the drugs amlodipine (Norvasc®) or lisinopril (Prinivil®). In just two years, this blood-pressure reduction produced a modest but significant reduction in future risk of heart attack and stroke.8 This bolsters the argument that the previously acceptable blood pressure of 140/90 may not protect you from stroke and that further reduction is needed.
• Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hyperinsulinemia. Just being overweight substantially increases risk of future stroke. A Swedish study of 7,400 men with body mass indexes above 30 (considered "obese") had double the risk of stroke compared to non-obese men.9 Increased body weight frequently leads to diabetes and its closely related conditions of metabolic syndrome and hyperinsulinemia (increased insulin levels), which play an overwhelmingly important role in increasing stroke risk in the US. Of people who suffer strokes, a shocking 70% will have one of these diagnoses. When diabetes is present, risk for stroke can be as much as sixfold greater.10
Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, which are predecessors of diabetes, are far more common than full-blown diabetes and can accompany even modest quantities of excess weight. Metabolic syndrome consists of excessive abdominal fat, high blood pressure, low HDL (high-density lipoprotein), high triglycerides, and resistance to insulin, which results in increased blood insulin levels. Metabolic syndrome is rampant in the US, afflicting as many as one in three adults as a result of sedentary lifestyles, processed foods, and other factors that lead to being overweight or obese.11 High insulin levels and resistance to insulin are powerful drivers of plaque accumulation, causing carotid plaque to grow at a faster rate.12,13 The rapidly escalating prevalence of metabolic syndrome and diabetes in the US population virtually guarantees a future epidemic of stroke.


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JSchroeder needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
We are looking for a new logo for an online agricultural simulation.
Our company develops online simulations based on breeding animals. We are launching a new site, Showlamb.com and need a new logo. We do not have a color scheme picked out for this site yet and we are open to all suggestions.
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Please take note of the fact that these lambs are muscular, black and white, and NOT fluffy fairy tale types of animals.
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The Divine Feminine Series is an intuitive exploration of deeply felt emotions. Created with acrylic, pastel and charcoal applied in layers on canvas. Part dream, part yearning, and part sacred symbol, the work stems from a holistic perception of the world reflecting an inner landscape of the senses as emotions are spiritualized into divine patterns pre-existing in nature.
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Well done to the winners of the Instructables Make-It-Real Challenge! This projects included interactive visual art, green technology (electric vehicles!), robotics and more.
The crafters of the winning Instructables showed enormous versatility as their creations drew from many different disciplines: mechanical and electrical engineering, computer science, architecture, X-ray and image technology, carpentry and even food science.
One of the first prize winners is Bryan Cera. His Iron Man-style, 3D printed glove, wired as a cell phone, was created with an Objet printer and featured on this blog.
The Judges' prize of the competition went to Instructables User "Tomdf" for his Pingbot. The Pingbot is a tiny, remote-controlled musical robot. The shell of the Pingbot was created on an Objet Connex multi-material 3D printer. After being 3D printed, the shell was carefully detailed on the outside and then in-laid with intricate electronics.
And of course, a big congratulations to the grand prize winner "thorssolis," (below) whose pictorial instructions for a larger-than-life costume from the video game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine are broken down into hundreds of specific steps. He's won a 3D printing package that includes an Objet 30 desktop printer. The innovation and commitment of time and resources over the course of this challenge was inspiring, and we hope that the winners will continue to follow their passions and "make it real!"
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Julia Roberts could sell an icebox to an Eskimo.
Because the actress plays a Home Shopping Network host in the upcoming movie "Mother's Day" (in theaters Friday), Ellen DeGeneres asked her to play a game of "Pitch, Please" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Thursday. Roberts had to hawk products that were hidden to her but visible to the audience. Items included a blindfold, furry handcuffs, leather handcuffs and cat o' nine tails.
Roberts was up for the challenge.
"I think everyone should have one of these. It is versatile. It is hypoallergenic. It comes in a variety of sizes, and Mother's Day is around the corner," she said, not wanting "to brag" about how many she owns. When she wears some of the items, she feels "really empowered, and just ready for any kind of challenge. I feel part of things, like I do now. I don't feel in any way isolated." Roberts said she will wear them to play tennis – "if the weather is nice" – or "around the house" when she's cooking or "watching a movie with my husband."
When DeGeneres showed her the items, Roberts howled with laughter.
"Oh, my God!" she said.
During Thursday's appearance, DeGeneres also asked the actress about George Clooney, her co-star with in the upcoming movie "Money Monster."
"George is so enormously popular that I don't always enjoy going out to dinner with him. Because everybody wants to talk to George, and I have a tendency when a bunch of us go out to dinner to go home early," she admitted. "I also like to go to bed early. And he always shouts 'Quitter!' as I am leaving the restaurant."
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Review and Giveaway: Elf Island (3 winners)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I had the pleasure of talking with Elf Island's founder, Liz Kronenberger not too long ago, after I asked one of my PR reps to let her associates know that I was looking for products to review for my Summer Soiree'. Liz was so nice on the phone, and the things she told me about Elf Island honestly blew me away.
Here's some info about Elf Island that I think you should know:
Company Roots:
As the parents of twin boys, the dynamic husband and wife team of Liz and Craig
Kronenberger noticed a glaring lack of positive gaming and empowerment within virtual
worlds for kids. From their professional experiences in the kids' entertainment space, Liz and Craig decided to blend their entrepreneurial spirit with their philanthropic passions.
Knowing that kids were flocking online to play, Liz and Craig saw a great opportunity to build something that would entertain, while at the same time fulfill and foster strong social values.
Prompted to act, the Kronenbergers launched Elf Island in 2007, the first virtual world to use games, storytelling and social interaction to empower kids to make a positive difference in the real world.
Liz and Craig Kronenberger are committed to creating a fun place for kids that enables them to give back, influence communities and environments, all through the entertaining world of Elf Island. It's empowerment through online fun.
Elf Island has coined two new terms that demonstrate new trends in gaming:
• Gaming for Good™ describes this new category of gaming with a higher purpose.
Kids have the power to change the world– all while having fun! All they need is the proper motivation, the correct tools and the opportunity to do Good. We call this type of game play Gaming for Good - giving higher meaning to virtual fun and entertainment.
• Mirrored Gaming™ describes the innovative delivery of practicing good online and
reflecting that same good offline. Elf Island works directly with select non-profit partner to determine real world projects to support, and then mirrors an online GoodQuest™ game to bring the project to life. Kids get to hear, see and tell the stories of others and ultimately witness the affect they can make by helping, creating real results.
Elf Island – Play Games. Do Good.™
Unlike other virtual world's, Elf Island is a true hybrid of game play and social community. In this virtual world, kids have endless opportunities to personalize their journeys and ultimately learn the secret to Elf Island. Kids game play is rewarded and they get to witness - through photos or videos- how their actions affect change in both the virtual and the real world. [Mirrored Gaming]. The more kids are Gaming for Good within Elf Island the more Elf Island is revealed.
Every element of Elf Island's game play supports individuality, self-expression and
character building:
• Kids have access to 2,000 variations of personalization for their avatars, these
include gender, hairstyles, skin, hair, clothing and eye color.
• To heighten team building, belonging and collaboration, the product will soon
offer a tribe feature for Elf Islanders. Every member will have the option of
joining a tribe or starting a tribe. The kids maintain their individual identities, but gain a strong sense of belonging.
• Kids are empowered when their online play has a real purpose and they see thebenefit to the world around them through their efforts.
• Elf avatars have eight different action sequences: walking running, sitting, flying, jumping, rolling, arm movement and a related breathing state.
• Elf Island fosters healthy friendships through social interaction. Kids can interact and chat with elves and animals. The animals give a personal response and
provide tips, guidance and clues about Elf Island. Ultimately, leading to the
secret of Elf Island.
Kids have the opportunity to learn about our real world through social involvement, cultural immersion, education and artistic expression.
• Elf Island offers a multi-media newsletter that allows kids to share their stories
through writing, artwork and photos (user-generated content).
• Through GoodQuest achievement kids have the opportunity to earn skills like
making jewelry or robots.
Elf Island is a place where parents feel good about where their kids are playing Online.
• Elf Island has a tremendous appeal to parents who would like their children's
online play to be imaginative and anchored in positive values. Elf Island brings social responsibility to a new level of fun while reinforcing a parents' own sense
of doing right.
• Because the games immerse kids in the needs of real people, animals and the
earth, they gain an appreciation of the real world and gain a greater sense of
• Elf Island uses real moderators and robust Dictionary chat to ensure safety is
maintained and enforced at all times.
Elf Island GoodQuest™
Working with selected non-profit partners, Elf Island identifies a real world project to support in the virtual world. Elf Island creates online games called GoodQuests focused on these initiatives to bring the projects to life in the virtual world. Mirrored Gaming engages, entertains and rewards kids for making an impact in the real world by immersing them in the needs of real people, animals and the Earth. By propelling it's non-profit partners' missions through Mirrored Gaming, Elf Island is enabling kids to learn how to give, how to be good citizens and how to turn their gaming actions into a real world of Good. Kids feel the empowerment and become inspired to see the results and help change our world.
Elf Island Non-Profit Partners and Mirrored Gaming:
• WildAid: Mirrored game - Protecting virtual sharks helps protect real sharks in the
Galapagos Islands.
• Polar Bears International: Mirrored game – Tracking virtual polar bears and polar ice caps helps protect real polar bears and their environments in the Artic.
• Mercy Corps: Mirrored game – Growing virtual apple orchards helps to increase the
productivity and sustainability of farmers in Kyrgyzstan.
• Plant-It 2020: Mirrored game - Planting virtual trees helps plant real trees in Niger.
More Elf Island non-profit partners are being sought and will launch continuously through rolling campaigns.
Although kids can enjoy the basic offerings of Elf Island for free, they will not have the same magical experiences as a member.
As a member to Elf Island, kids become an active participant in GoodQuests, chat and
participate in game play. Kids also have the unique ability to unveil secret passageways, communicate with hybrid-animals, join a tribe, participate in an economic marketplace and ultimately learn the Secret of Elf Island.
A membership costs $5.95 USD per month; however, reduced rates are available with six-month and one-year memberships.
Elf Island is different than most companies in that it doesn't simply take a percentage of profit and make a donation. The money allocated to fund each of the GoodQuests is tied directly to the performance of the kids playing and not to profits of the company. The financial commitments to Elf Island's non-profit partners are part of the day-to-day operating budgets and each program requires a different level of funding.
Elf Island is created for kid's 8-15 years old. Kids of all ages are welcome, especially those who care about changing our world.
My thoughts:
I'm all about creating awareness in kids. Throughout my current stint as a blogger, I've been exposed to the Green Initiative in ways that I couldn't imagine previously. I've always been aware of Animal Rights - if you've seen photos of my Living Room, you will notice that it's wild animal enhanced. Why? Because I love Tigers, and am appalled that most of them have been killed, leaving a small number of Tigers in the wild. I'm on the PETA mailing list. I'm considering becoming a vegetarian. I've also written letters to lawmakers regarding Tigers, Wolves, Canadian Seals, and Polar Bears. I'm not perfect, but I am aware.
When I spoke with Liz on the phone and she told me about Elf Island and how it's giving back, I was thrilled. What a great website! To take something as simple as an online game for children and use it as an avenue to give back - that's incredible!
My daughter plays Webkins, Cublings, and the Penguin Club, and since she's 10 and doesn't get the whole don't tell anyone anything about you thing, I'm constantly worried about her being online and I have to watch what she's doing on the computer at all times. One of the main things that I love about Elf Island is that there are moderators for the chat component of the site, as well as certain words that are not allowed.
I encourage you to get involved, and to teach your children to get involved - and Elf Island is a good way to start.
Win It!
Elf Island founders have graciously offered to give away 3 memberships to Elf Island. How do you enter? Tell me who you want to give this membership to and why. Then fill out the form below.
For extra entries, follow Elf Island on Twitter and become a Fan of Elf Island on Facebook. *Be sure to mark the corresponding checkboxes if you have completed these extra entries!
Don't forget to stop by Moody Mama Says and Everyday Baby Steps to enter their giveaways! (They are also giving away 3 memberships to this site each!)


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Great research tool for me has been http://lat-long.com
You can look up a partial name and sort by state and county. It's not 100%, but I've found hundreds of hidden gems in there along with GPS coordinates of locations.
Howdy, folks.
Because books can either be scarce or hard to obtain, I am relying more on newspaper archives searches to learn about ghost towns that grab my attention.
Here's an example:
Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XXVII, Number 76, 30 March 1873
From the Cerro Gordo Mines.
BAKERSFIELD, March 29th. One thousand bars of bullion (eighty thousand pounds) arrrived to-day by oxteams. The epizootic has materially affected transportation to and from the Cerro Gordo mines. About 18,000 bars of bullion, valued at $6,000, now lie at the foot of Owens' Lake, awaiting transportation. The mining interests of Cerro Gordo were never so prosperous. The great scarcity of water has been considerable of a drawback to extensive operations, and a limited supply selling at from seven to fifteen cents per gallon, has induced the formation of a water company with a capital of $200,000. Contracts for the construction of works have been let, and they will be completed in July next. The source of supply is Diamond Springs, eleven miles north of Cerro Gordo. A large bed of borax has been discovered at the head of Kern Lake.
Here's an example of the search I ran on the site run by UC Riverside: http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=q...IN-cerro+gordo------
Great research tool for me has been http://lat-long.com
You can look up a partial name and sort by state and county. It's not 100%, but I've found hundreds of hidden gems in there along with GPS coordinates of locations.
Pacific Northwest Ghost Town Travel Blog: http://pnwphotoblog.com/ghost-towns/
Ghost Town Map: http://ghosttownmap.com/
Over the decades, I've used period newspapers extensively in my research and writing endevours. To me, they present a better look at every day life of any community than what is published in most books.
However, you have to realize and see through the fact that newspapers were often created to boost the town and interest out of state backers and capitalists than report real news.
Newspapers often carried syndicated news from other locations as well, so if you can't find files or films for a location your specifially interested in, just check other regional periodicals and you'll often find news from the town of your focus.
Hi, I hope , I am not really late for this post but I find it interesting. Anyway, I guess, I would agree that newspaper is one of the best sources about Ghost towns information. However, you have to check what you have got too for an added research also and likewise to keep you updated.
Hello Everybody,
I have 3 pages of resource tools here http://treasureillustrated.com/Forum...ay.php?fid=972 Feel free to browse them and use them to find new ghost towns. I've been hunting these towns all over the United States for over 30 years.
If you need assistance you can most easily find me at http://treasureillustrated.com/Forum/index.php. If you're looking for ghost towns in Pennsylvania, I'd be happy to have you come along when we are heading out to explore an old one or find a new one!
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Rockers Aerosmith ruined their live shows in the 1970s as they were so wired on drugs.
The "Walk This Way" hit makers were renowned for their partying lifestyle, and guitarist Perry and front man Steven Tyler were even nicknamed the Toxic Twins for their frequent drug taking.
The rockers are now in their 60s, and Perry is adamant that when he looks back on the band's heyday he is shocked by the negative effect narcotics had on their performances.
He tells Britain's The Sun, "If you're 60 years old, you can't take a tab of acid and expect to come up with genius. It doesn't work like that anymore. All the other [bleep] gets in the way of the music.
"When I was 20 or 30 it was the other way around. You think you are coming up with great stuff but you are not. I think a lot of other artists our age feel the same way.
"We look back at tapes of the late 1970s, (at the time) we thought it was a great show and we were [bleep] incredible. But you look back at the tape 20 years later and think, 'We were like statues – standing there and we were barely playing'."
Tyler adds, "The booze can take anyone down. The drug of choice is the music now. There is nothing stronger than Joe and I writing a song and then getting off on that."


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Westcliffe — When the cowboys arrived in the Old West, they broke horses, roped and branded cattle and rounded them up for cattle drives.
At the end of the trail, the cowboys were involved in informal competitions to see who was the best rider, roper and all around best drover. As the sport evolved, it later became what is known today.
Starting Friday, Westcliffe continues that tradition with the 67th annual Westcliffe Stampede Rodeo, where teams register for a Calcutta auction at 6 p.m. with the Rubber Check Race preliminaries at 7 p.m. , followed by the first of two dances this year, which will be offered in the Saddle Club at the rodeo grounds.
The fun continues with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday in the school parking lot, followed by the Stampede Rodeo Parade at 10 a.m. in downtown Westcliffe, featuring several entries, including bands, floats, antique fire trucks, a color guard and more.
After the parade, the rodeo performances will take place at 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday at the rodeo grounds, followed by the second dance at 7 p.m. in the Saddle Club building.
On Sunday, a non-denominational Cowboy Church service will begin at 9 a.m. with traditional prayer and music in the rodeo grounds.
Other weekend events are listed below:
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cotopaxi Farmers Marketwill feature produce, craft, baked goods and more at Cotopaxi Community Church at 20326 U.S. 50. Introduction to permaculture at 11 a.m. Free of charge. Call Kathy at 942-3700 to reserve your spot.
5-8 p.m. Potluck, Open Mic at the Florence Senior Community Center, 100 Railroad St. Dinner at 5 p.m. Enjoy Country Gospel music. $2 suggested donation.
5-7 p.m. "Make Your Mark!" art reception will be at The Pour House, 202 W. Main St., in Florence. Hosted by the Colorado Arts of Recovery, in conjunction with West Central Mental Health Center, the show is a collection of collographs and monoprints by artists in recovery from mental illness. The show will be on display at The Pour House until mid-August.
5-7 p.m. The Blue Spruce Gallery, 205 W. Main St., in Florence will host a reception for local artists, Diane DelDuca, Kathy McGregor and Ann Sears, whose work will be on display at the gallery through August. Live music and refreshments will be in the garden patio areas.
6 p.m. Fire Fighter Fun Raiser will feature Fremont County All Star Band at Veterans Park.
6 p.m. Mini dinner will be served to Elks and their guests in the upstairs lounge at Canon City Elks Lodge No. 610 at 404 Macon Ave.
7:30 p.m. Glass Menagerie, a romantic drama by Tennessee Williams, will be presented at the historic Jones Theater/WCPA at 119 Main St. in Westcliffe. Tickets are $15 online at jonestheater.com or by calling 783-3004.
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Community Markets, sponsored by Deer Mountain Community Organization will be at 2995 CR 27A next to the store on Copper Gulch Road. Vendor spaces are $10 and will continue each Saturday through Sept.21 (except Aug. 10 and Sept. 7) Sell your flea market, swap meet and yard sale items, home business products, home produce and cottage foods products right in your neighborhood.
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Central Colorado Foodshed Alliance Farmers Market will feature produce, crafts, food vendors and more at the Abbey, 2951 E. U.S. 50.
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 17th annual Historic Home and Building Tour in conjunction with Gold Rush Days will be offered in the 1890's historic structures. Tickets are $5 when reserved in advance at victorheritagesociety.com or $10 at Victor Hotel, Nana's Attic on Victor Avenue, Junk Posse on Fourth Street and Mercantile on Third Street.
2 p.m. Thomas Kinkade reception, featuring his brother, Patrick, who will give a free presentation, will be at the Sunflower Bank on Sixth and Main streets. At 3 p.m., there will be a wine and cheese reception at the Fremont Center for the Arts, 505 Macon Ave. Tickets for the FCA reception are $20. The Kinkade special exhibit will be on display until July 28 at the FCA. General admission is $5 and $3 for members, children 12 and under are free.
5:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday Night games and treats at the Florence Senior Community Center. $2 suggested donation.
7:30 p.m. Glass Menagerie, a romantic drama by Tennessee Williams, will be presented at the historic Jones Theater/WCPA at 119 Main St. in Westcliffe. Tickets are $15 online at jonestheater.com or by calling 783-3004.
8-11 a.m. Breakfast at the VFW Post No. 4061 at 215 Cottonwood Ave. Adults $5. Children 12 and under $2.50. Groups call ahead at 275-9886.
11 a.m. AA meeting at 715 Elm Ave.
2 p.m. Glass Menagerie, a romantic drama by Tennessee Williams, will be presented at the historic Jones Theater/WCPA at 119 Main St. in Westcliffe. Tickets are $15 online at jonestheater.com or by calling 783-3004.
3 p.m. Bingo at the American Legion
Post 13 at 201 N. Fourth St. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.


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A Happy Customer is a Loyal Customer
The U.S. Postal Service has made improving the customer experience a priority. Postal officials see a positive customer experience as a key to revenue generation because customers are more likely to return if their experience was good. As Deputy PMG Ron Stroman noted to a gathering of postal officials in August, "Our customers have choices, they don't have to come to us. How people are treated makes all the difference in the world."


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Slava Mogutin and Brian Kenny (a.k.a. SUPERM) are one of of the most inspirational and influential power couples in the art world. Their latest project, BEAUTY and HELL, a two part exhibition at Envoy Enterprises New York, finds inspiration in the poems of Arthur Rimbaud.
How did you guys meet?
Slava: Brian picked me up outside of Opaline, a now defunct club on Avenue C in the East Village. It was the night when I broke up with my ex, so I was really upset and needed a drink or two…
Brian: I was outside on the sidewalk smoking a cigarette and saw this sexy Eastern European looking guy standing not too far away. I thought he was straight as the crowd outside was mixed, but then I noticed he went back inside the bar, so I followed him in, introduced myself and asked if he wanted to dance. He said 'sure' and we hit the dance floor. He was a terrible dancer, which just turned me on even more, and soon after we left together and had really hot sex all night long. I still had no idea Slava was a great artist. The next day he asked me something really strange. He said, "I'm gonna do a shoot with my skinhead friend, who's gonna be lying on the sidewalk wearing diapers and boots and he'll be covered in broken eggs, but I need someone to throw the eggs at him. Will you do this?" At the time, it was the most bizarre thing someone had ever asked me to do, so of course, I immediately said "Yes!" Little did I know that his "friend" was, in fact, his ex-boyfriend!
Slava: I guess, it's fair to say that we've been making art together literally from the day we met! Besides starring in the film, Brian helped me with the editing and the soundtrack and we included it in our first shows together in Moscow and Berlin a few months later.
Your newest exhibit Beauty and Hell was inspired by Rimbaud. When did you discover Rimbaud and why is it relevant now?
Slava: Back in my early teenage years as a homeless poet in Moscow, I was often called "the Russian Rimbaud." I couldn't wish for a better comparison. Rimbaud reinvented the French literary language, expanded the limits of poetic expression and the very notion of what's acceptable in the mainstream culture. He was essentially the first punk, a century before punk was invented. And it's no coincidence that all my heroes, from Jean Genet to Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Patti Smith, name Rimbaud as their Godfather. It seems like his influence only multiplies with time, his apocalyptic visions grow stronger and more vivid, perfectly describing our world of perpetual war, capitalist greed, overindulgence, and universal anxieties about past, present and future. That's why we chose to pay a humble tribute to this visionary with our new film and show.
Brian: Slava and I wanted to make a short film based on Rimbaud's poetry and we couldn't think of a better actor than French porn star and fashion icon Francois Sagat. We met Francois a couple of years ago during the New York premier of Bruce LaBruce's latest movie LA Zombie. We became friends and when he came back to New York for his retrospective and master class at the Museum of Arts and Design, we filmed Beauty and Hell at our studio on 14th Street, with Francois reading Rimbaud's poems Being Beauteous and Night in Hell. "A hologram of a porn star," as Bruce LaBruce calls him, Francois was really professional and fun and easy to work with. He's truly a great performer, especially outside of the porn settings, which most of his fans are used to. We purposely focused on his expressive face and beautiful voice, instead of his muscles or macho sex appeal.
You have been working together for 8 years now, how did the Skingraphs series come about?
Brian: It happened totally spontaneously and organically, like everything we do. We wanted to create a series that could be both a gallery exhibition and potentially a book. We've done plenty of shows and projects together, but this is perhaps our most conceptual, ambitious and extensive collaboration to date, with over 30 collages in total, with similar style and composition, all hand-made and mounted on identical canvas panels, 11 x 14 inches each—very intimate size…
Slava: To make a long story short, we wanted to get rid off a massive pile of vintage gay porn magazines that was sitting at our studio for years, so we thought it could be a good tribute to the good ol' print porn, which is about to disappear with the advent of the digital age and Internet takeover. Years ago I used to shoot for some of these magazine, like Honcho, Inches, and Playguy, and the editors always complained that I never had enough dick shots, so eventually I got sick and tired of it and decided to make a transition into the world of fine art. So I looked at this old magazine pile and thought, why not turn this old porn into new art? First of all, we removed all the faces and genitals, cut them all up and mixed together, then re-assembled piece by piece, limb by limb, creating these alien looking amorphic metabods that resemble either deep sea creatures or ancient sculptures with missing limbs and genitals—so mysterious and pretty to look at, and perfectly G-rated! Collaging them together was an extremely tedious and time-consuming process, but very satisfying nevertheless, like meditation or solving a puzzle. We would never be able to achieve anything like this digitally in Photoshop!
How do your projects figure in your relationship? Is it fluid? Or do you demarcate "work" and personal time?
Brian: It's totally fluid and always personal. Most of the inspiration for our collaborations come out of our personal experiences: our daily routines and mutual interests, travels and friendships, inside jokes and fights and are all referenced in SUPERM work. For instance, for my last show entitled The Hole Truth, Slava and I photographed each other in spooning positions in our favorite fetish gear and mounted the portraits on motors that slowly rotated towards each other. We called the piece That's How We Roll. In Beauty and Hell, all the titles of our Skingraphs collages reference certain situations we went through and phrases we used during the creation of works: Everyday Rituals, Blackout Entanglement (referencing the power outages during hurricane Sandy), The first vote is the deepest (about Slava voting for the first time as a US citizen), and This almost didn't happen (our show almost got cancelled because of said hurricane), etc… You can almost look at our work as the visual diary of our relationship!
Slava: SUPERM is our baby, our love child and our creation that already has a life of its own. The work we've created together will outlive both of us and will remind people of our life and love. For us art equals love and vice versa. That's what keeps us together and that's what makes us stronger.


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WOODSTOCK – No furniture was broken, punches thrown or authorities called when McHenry County Board members and state Rep. Jack Franks were in the same room Thursday.
The County Board committee in charge of its dealings with state and federal lawmakers met with many of its representatives in Springfield to share what it would like to see done by the General Assembly.
And Franks, D-Marengo, whom many on the Republican-dominated board see as a busybody interfering in county business, had some ideas about what he would like to see the County Board do.
The two-hour meeting to share the county's legislative priorities also was a meet-and-greet for two very changed groups. More than one-third of the County Board is new, as is the county's representation in Springfield and Washington because of post-census redistricting.
Accepting the Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee's invite were former County Board member and new state Rep. Barbara Wheeler, R-Crystal Lake; former Kane County Board chairwoman turned state Sen. Karen McConnaughay, R-St.Charles; veteran Sen. Pam Althoff, R-McHenry; and Franks. Veteran Rep. Mike Tryon, R-Crystal Lake, and freshman David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, had prior commitments.
County Board members have wanted to sit down with Franks for a while, especially in the wake of his efforts to force the board to make its chairmanship popularly elected. That effort culminated in November in a referendum to change to a county executive form of government. Voters defeated the proposal by a 2-to-1 margin.
Franks seized on one of the board's priorities to support legislation promoting fairness and equity in the property-tax system. He said he intends to refile his bill from the last General Assembly that would forbid taxing bodies from collecting their annual levy increase for inflation if their overall assessed value decreased. The idea passed the House but was not called for a vote in the Senate. If the board supports tax fairness, he said, members should support his bill and prevent its lobbying group, Metro Counties of Illinois, from working to defeat it as it did last time. The county pays $8,600 a year in dues to the group. The county does not employ its own Springfield lobbyist.
"Last time, McHenry County led the charge against this bill, and even paid lobbyists to oppose it. I believe you should support the bill this time," Franks said.
Legislators agreed with the County Board's support of legislation forbidding people from holding more than one elected office simultaneously. More than 90 percent of voters supported such a ban in a November advisory referendum.
But the state lawmakers had mixed opinions on a request by the McHenry County and Lake County boards to allow the Fox Waterway Agency to charge a public safety fee of up to $30 a year to defray the cost of policing the Chain O' Lakes and the Fox River in the wake of state funding cuts to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor, who attended Thursday's meeting, said about 40 percent of the river's total recreation comes from outside the two counties whose taxes pay for existing safety. Lawlor said Lake County had to pick up extra night patrols because the light bar broke on one of the state's patrol boats and funding isn't available to replace it.
Although Althoff, who had served as the waterway agency's director, supports the idea, Wheeler and Franks were less enthusiastic. Wheeler pointed out that the state just raised the cost of license plates by $2 a year to support the IDNR.
Franks chided the County Board on its decision last week not to put a referendum on the April ballot allowing voters to elect the board chairman instead of being chosen by the board's 24 members. Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, said a committee Monday will discuss moving forward with a referendum in 2014.
Redistricting changed the face of McHenry County's representation at the state and federal levels.
Democrats took advantage of their control of both houses of the General Assembly and the governor's office to approve redistricting maps after the 2010 U.S. Census for state and congressional districts without the need for Republican votes. The Democratic Party in the Nov. 6 election secured veto-proof majorities in the state House and Senate, and took four U.S. House seats from Republican incumbents. The county under the new maps is divided among five state representatives and three state senators.


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This is a very wonderful movie, it helped me to understand better what the early saints went throu. I am very greatful that i didn't have to go throu any of the things they did. A great movie for any home library.
I stumbled upon this movie 'accidentally' last night while flipping through the channels on my tv. I am not a Mormon and never watch BYU tv but something about this movie caught my eye and I started to watch it. I just want to say I am still thinking about this movie today, it made that much of an impression on me. I was enthralled with the story and could not stop watching it, there was something more than a movie going on here is all I can say. It's one of the most profoundly moving and life changing movies I have ever seen, I feel like I was there with the pioneers pulling the handcarts. Wow. I also felt the strength of their faith and the final words of one of the women 'It will all be worthwhile if my posterity keeps the faith' really touched my heart.
"17 Miracles" does a great job in capturing the hardship and motivations of the pioneers as they travel to find Zion. It succeeds in keeping audiences invested in all the stories of those traveling in the Wagon Train. As I watched it I felt for all the characters as I sat watching with my family. The cast and crew did a fantastic job creating this film.
I would recommend this film to anyone who wants to know the struggle of the early Later Day Saint Members.
The Mormon Handcart story of 17 Miracles deserves an Academy Award, for cinematography, for best screenplay, for editing, and for best acting by many of the cast who didn't have to act because the role they played was more real than life.
My daughter and I had minor parts in filming 17 Miracles. We played the part of a father and daughter that buried my daughter's dead baby in a shallow grave in the snow. For whatever reason, God only knows, it was not acting, but was an out of the body, beyond the veil experience where we literally became the handcart father and daughter. Only one other time in my life have I experienced anything so "real".
When I placed the dead baby in the grave and cried out to God, words came out of me that I had never heard before, never even thought of before, because I was another man in another time burying a dead grandchild in a grave that we would have to leave forever.
Most of our life, in fact all of our life, "We see through a glass darkly," if we see at all. (Brigham Young once said that his greatest wish for the Saints was that they would be able to see things as they really are.) While we were filming, the veil was parted for us, and for a short period of time, we saw and experienced things as they really were for the handcart pioneers. It seemed that we could see, experience, and live in, the past present and future all at the same time.
It was so hard for my daughter and I to leave her dead baby in the snow, even after the filming was done. Neither of us has ever wept like that, even over the death of a loved one in this life. I hope this will communicate on film and will be as "real" for those who see 17 Miracles. Others actors in the film, I am certain, had the same "out of the body through the veil experience." We didn't have to act because we literally lived the part. When the handcarts crossed the icy river, I believe some of the cast would have died, had they not been able to get out of their wet clothes and get warm.
The miracles shown in the film were true. I met a lady who was a direct descendant of the girl (who must have married after she got to Salt Lake) that left her fiance's body wrapped in her shawl in a tree; so the wolves wouldn't get it. It is as innocent and touching a love story as you will find in any film.
The husband, of the woman who was a descendant of the above girl, was a direct descendant of Francis Webster a member of the Martin Handcart Company who said, "Mistake to send the Handcart Company out so late in the season? Yes! But I was in that company and my wife was in it....We suffered beyond anything you can imagine and many died of exposure and starvation, but did you ever hear a survivor of that company utter a word of criticism? Every one of us came through with the absolute knowledge that God lives for we became acquainted with Him in our extremities!"
An 18th Miracle from the journal of Henry Tempest:
Henry and his two sons, James and John, crossed the ocean on the Empire ship and on June 6, 1860, he left Florence, Neb., with a company of over 200 people to go to Utah. Only six of these people were fortunate enough to have wagons with oxen to pull them. Henry and the boys were thankful to have one of the 43 handcarts in company.
Everything they owned was packed in the cart. All the food, dishes, clothing and bedding for all three of them was in their two-wheeled handcart. They knew they would have to walk and pull the cart over trails, up hills and down, hundreds of miles to Utah.
They had not gone very far when Henry became ill. He was so sick that Captain Robinson thought it would be best if Henry and his sons went back to Nebraska. How disappointed Henry was! He begged the captain to let him stay with the company one more day to see if he would not get better. More than anything else in the world, he wanted to be able to pull his cart and go on with the others.
That night Henry prayed and explained just how much he wanted to be able to go on. He asked the Lord to help him get to Utah. The next morning he was much better. He traveled along trying to help James and John with the handcart. When it was time to camp that evening, Henry was very tired, but he was grateful that he had been well enough to keep going with the company. The pioneers took their things out of their carts. Each person had work to do. They started fires and cooked something to eat. They made their beds on the ground so they could rest and be ready to go on again. The boys worked; Henry rested.
That night a large greyhound dog came into camp. It ran from one group to another until it came to the little camp Henry and his boys had made. After it sniffed around, it lay down and seemed to be at home. The boys were delighted. They talked to it and petted it. No pets were allowed in the company. Food was too scarce to give to animals that did not earn it by working.
Henry had an idea, and it proved to be a wonderful one! He began to look around to find ropes and straps. Before long he had made a harness. The dog did not mind when Henry put the harness on him and hitched him to the handcart. He acted as if he had pulled carts before.
The next day the dog helped pull the cart. Now the large greyhound was considered a helper, not a pet, so he was allowed to stay. Henry Tempest and the boys divided their food from the cart with the dog. How they loved the big greyhound!
Day after day, whether the sun was hot or whether the wind blew, the dog helped. In fact, he pulled the handcart most of the way, hundreds of miles across the Plains. Henry was blessed with strength to walk along with his boys.
After nearly three months of walking and pulling the cart, they arrived in Salt Lake City. How happy they were to get to the place where they could start to build a home!
A few days after they arrived, the big greyhound disappeared and was never seen again.
It is through dramatic productions (live drama, theater, and motion pictures) that we learn to "see things as they really are." We can vicariously experience life in another time or another place. Brigham Young said, "If I had a group of people in a wilderness that I wanted to civilize, the first thing I would do is build a theater (for live drama, not for motion pictures). And that is exactly what the Mormons did. In Salt Lake City, before the Temple, the Tabernacle, and the Assembly Hall were completed by the pioneers, a theater was built to "civilize" the people that had come through the wilderness. Indeed, it is in the Temples of the Church that we can vicariously experience eternity.
Another powerful example of how we can see or experience things as "they really are" (or were), see my review of "Boy In the Stripped Pajamas."
Satan also knows the power of drama, TV, and motion pictures to lead mankind by a silken thread or a flaxen cord, "carefully down to Hell." See my One Star Review of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'. The adversary 'takes in' and enslaves GOOD YOUNG PEOPLE in motion pictures like 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest', 'Love Story', and 'Grease'. What those films teach and MOST FIlMS TODAY, is that you must break free from the Ten Commandments, and the Judeo Christian values of parents and grandparents, to be liberated, happy, sophisticated, and popular.
After burying a dead grandchild in '17 Miracles,' I died pulling a handcart. Death can be a glorious experience. "If in the pre-existence we looked forward to our life on earth, how much more so must we have looked forward to our mortal death."
See all of my Reviews. I write only about books, events, or motion pictures that have changed the course of history or unforgettable books or motion pictures that will totally change peoples lives.
I loved this movie.... I hope TC Christensen will continue to make good family entertainment with the struggles that our pioneers went thru. It is always moving when I see a piece of history on the big screen. I love it when it is brought to life. It makes you appreciate the past. THANKS!!!
This movie can touch any person's heart. Everyone going through trials should see this movie. It is amazing what the pioneers went through for us to have the Gospel this Latter Days.
17 Miracles tells the story of returning missionary, Levi Savage, and the perilous journey of the Willie Handcart Company. A large group of Latter-day Saints, anxious to reach the Salt Lake Valley leave a little too late in the year in the hopes that they can hurry their way to Zion. Unfortunately for the ill-fated company they are quickly faced with grave danger as the snows came early and food ran out. So many people perished in their righteous desire to reach Zion but as they traveled the stalwart pioneers were blessed with miracle after miracle.
This movie is incredibly breath taking. The struggle and determination of the Saints coupled with their intense faith is awe-inspiring. The movie leaves you speechless and humbled. Its powerful
I have only had the movie for less than a week and have watched it over and over. What the Saints had to go through to get to Zion. No one can help but, cry yet the movie truly depicts what they went through. I am thankful for what they gave us even with their lives! A definite must see!
This movie could have failed so easily. The crying and weeping could have been carried to excess or could have been poorly acted. The Saints could have been depicted as righteous stick figures. The story could have been poorly written so as to depend only the difficulty of the saga.
None of that happened. This was one well thought-out screenplay. There were some few very helpful screen notes to set up the movie, and then it went--and it never lets the viewer down. The ending, like the entire movie itself, was simply stunning.
Thanks once again, Brother T.C.
It really touches your heart
To visually watch this movie
The miracles that happened is beautiful
You fight for what is true
You strive for what is true
The saints that traveled this journey their faith speaks for its self
This movie was amazing. T.C. did a wonderful job he really knows how to make movies! I have watched this movie 4 times now and am still so touched by it. All of the events that happened really happened and its wonderful to see it as it would of been. The man who played Levi was wonderful his acting was one of the best i have seen in a church film. The saints were always true to the faith and kept moving forward. I look up to everyone of them thank you for making this movie!!!!
What a powerful film. The fact that these stories are true just made the film that much more...well...everything. Absolutely loved it..
As a convert of the church for many years I have heard about the stories of the pioneers, seen a parade in Utah while visiting and have known people who have pioneer relatives. However, this movie helped me to truly appreciate what these pioneers and others before them endured that the blessings I enjoy today could be available. My eyes and heart were opened as well as my family's. Simply excellent!
my whole family cried! an inspiring movie for all ages. This movie is certainly worth the money
This is a great family movie. Great addition to a movie library.
Before I saw this movie, I only heard good things about it. Now I know why.
17 Miracles found a positive and powerful approach to sharing the story of the Willie Handcart company. What a great thing to know that it isn't folklore, but history. This movie is worth your while.
I was really apprehensive to see this movie because my Great-Great Grandmother Marianne Bird was in the Willey Company and I wanted the movie to be well done. I wasn't disappointed!
The story was captivating and the acting was superb. Everyone in the theatre was moved to an almost spiritual state, with total reverence for what we had just seen on the screen. I recommend this movie to everyone, it is not just a religious movie but a powerful example of what is good in mankind and a moving story of endurance and faith!
One of the most powerful LDS movies I've ever seen! I had heard a couple of these stories in conference before but it was wonderful to see them all so well portrayed in film. The power of the faith-promoting miracles and the underlying message that we are never forgotten, that we are always loved, came through very strong. Plus the actors were really good, the cinematography was well done, and the film's ability to strengthen your faith was wonderful! At the end, I loved Pres. Faust's reaction to one of the love stories in the handcart company – very tender (for the rest of that story, you'll have to see the movie). T.C. Christensen is a fantastic filmmaker and like others have said as well, I can't wait to see what he will do next! A total must-see movie!
I saw this movie twice when it was in the theaters. After the first time, I went home and told my family that every member of the Church will want to own this movie! The acting is actually really good and touching. The stories are amazing. And the miracles are inspiring. This movie is epic! I hope T.C. Christensen has more movie ideas...can't wait to see what's next!
When I saw this movie advertised, I was really interested, and wanted to buy it. I received an email from Deseret Book, that it would not be available for the New Zealand region! I was so disappointed!! But then I received am email saying that the dvd's would be made for ALL regions!! I was SOOOooo happy! It finally arrived yesterday, and we watched it as a family. It is truely amazing! We were all crying, it was so touching! I really want to buy a copy for other family members as well now!!


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Seahawks rally to beat Buccaneers, 27-24, in overtime
Seattle, down 21-0 in the first half, completes largest comeback in franchise history to improve to 8-1 this season.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Biggest comebacks in team history
vs. Tampa Bay, 2013
Trailed 21-0, won 27-24
at Denver, 1995
Trailed 20-0, won 31-27
vs. Pittsburgh, 1981
Trailed 21-3, won 24-21
at Oakland, 1997
Trailed 21-3, won 22-21
History may not remember that Golden Tate actually didn't score a touchdown on his 71-yard punt return Sunday afternoon.
In fact, all the Seahawks got out of it was a field goal.
But after Seattle had rallied to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 in overtime, many pointed to Tate's return as the moment the game changed in the Seahawks' favor.
It was the moment it became apparent the Seahawks truly would turn the potential infamy of losing at home as a 16-point favorite — only one time had they ever been favored by more — into the history of rallying from 21 points down, the biggest comeback in Seattle's 38 years as an NFL franchise.
"That just kind of let you know that we're here, that we're coming for this win," said Seattle coach Pete Carroll. "It was an incredible play."
Even if at first, many watching probably were using a different adjective as Tate drifted to his own 4-yard line to catch the ball with just over a minute left in the third quarter and Seattle trailing 24-14.
"You can't be timid," said quarterback Russell Wilson. "You've got to be able to step up and make a play."
Tate did just that, breaking or evading six tackles as he crisscrossed the field before being tackled at the Tampa Bay 25.
"We were down; we needed something to happen," Tate said. "Once I got the ball in my hands, I just played backyard football."
The Seahawks were forced to settle for a 36-yard Steven Hauschka field goal on the ensuing possession. But that cut the lead to 24-17 and seemed to create a sense of inevitability on each sideline as to how the game would finish.
"You could see the momentum shift, and the crowd got into it and got pumped," said Tampa Bay cornerback Darrelle Revis, who called it "probably the biggest play of the game."
From there Seattle dominated as Tampa Bay got only two first downs the rest of the game and just 37 yards on four possessions in the fourth quarter and overtime. The Seattle offense, meanwhile, got a 10-yard pass from Wilson to Doug Baldwin with 1:51 left to force overtime. In overtime, the Seahawks completed the comeback with a 51-yard, Marshawn Lynch-led drive to set up Hauschka's 27-yard game-winning field goal with 8:11 left.
"It's fun football, isn't it?," Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman asked afterward.
Certainly, it was memorable.
Seattle's previous largest comeback was 20 points in Denver on Dec. 20, 1995. In that game, the Seahawks were down 20-0 before winning 31-27.
It was also the fourth time this year Seattle has won a game in which it was behind or tied going into the fourth quarter — and that doesn't count last week's final-play escape at St. Louis.
"The last two weeks we've just been making it harder on ourselves than we need it to be," safety Earl Thomas said. "But we are winning ugly, and that just shows we are never out of the game. That's what I love about this — we are always going to fight."
The Seahawks won despite allowing at least 200 yards rushing (205) for the second straight week against a team that previously hadn't been very effective on the ground. They won despite giving up three turnovers while not getting any, the first time all year they hadn't forced a take-away. And they won despite allowing three first-half touchdown passes.
Carroll seemed most concerned about the run defense.
"Right now we're in a little bit of a funk (in defending the run)," Carroll said. "We're not tacking very well. We're trying to take the ball away so much that we're not tackling very well. Until we fix that, we are going to continue to struggle."
Tampa Bay rookie Mike James, stepping in for an injured Doug Martin, finished with 158 yards, helping set up three second-quarter touchdowns.
Two came in the span of 39 seconds as the Bucs jumped out to a 21-0 lead. Two Mike Glennon touchdown passes (a 12-yarder to Tim Wright and a 20-yarder to Tiquan Underwood) made it 14-0. Then Jermaine Kearse fumbled a kickoff setting up a James touchdown pass on a trick play from the 2-yard line.
Baldwin said that despite the team's never-say-quit mantras, "we are human. I looked at the scoreboard and saw it was 21-0 and I was like 'Damn, something's got to change.' "
It did in a hurry as Wilson led a quick touchdown drive, capped by a 16-yard TD pass to Kearse, to make it 21-7 at halftime.
A 10-yard Wilson TD run with five minutes left in the third quarter made it 24-14. On Tampa Bay's next drive, a holding penalty set the Bucs back, leading to the punt that Tate brought back into Tampa Bay territory.
Carroll and Tate said that on other days, in other situations, the prudent course might have been to let the ball roll into the end zone. But that day wasn't Sunday.
"I thought the time was right to make that play and make something happen," Tate said.
And when the night was over, Seattle had the best record in the NFC at 8-1, second-best in the NFL behind only 9-0 Kansas City.
Baldwin said the way the game went illustrates that "we've got a lot to improve on."
Mounting comebacks, though, apparently isn't one of them.
"It doesn't matter what the situation is, what adversity we face,'' Baldwin said. "We're going to find a way to come out on top."
Bob Condotta: 206-515-5699 or email@example.com. On Twitter @bcondotta.


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Popular with the Chelsea-tractor set, the Victoria Hotel is part of the Holkam Estate & close to Holkham Hall (home to the Earl of Leicester & a favourite haunt of various royals, notably Charles & Camilla). The interior is a mix of 19th century British colonial styles, but the menu is more reflective of the surrounding slice of traditional English countryside. A classical menu is supported by interesting innovations & uses produce grown, if not on the estate, then locally, including game shot on the Earl's range. Dishes are complimented by a healthy range of global wines.
which says it all. It's all about the food and the airs and graces. It's included here because it's a pub, just, but it's well on the way to being a restaurant, and not a cheap one either. It's nicely decorated, the staff and beer are fine, but it has no soul.