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What a clown this Walker guy is. He says the Jets have the #1 defense and the Bills have the #2 defense. ESPN needs a new AFC East beat writer.No. 3: Miami Dolphins
Analysis: This will surely upset Dolphins fans, many of whom feel their defense is elite. Well, as I've said before, Miami's defense is somewhat overrated. It's a good group and a tough group. But it's not elite. Miami was ranked No. 15 in total defense. Its pass defense was No. 25. The Dolphins are still looking for another pass-rusher opposite Cameron Wake, who had eight sacks in 2011. They also lost their leading tackler in Bell and their leader in Jason Taylor, who retired. Miami will play more 4-3 concepts under first-year defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle.


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Another vote of no confidence in Obama from CBS poll
posted at 10:55 am on July 13, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
And the hits just keep on coming. Just hours after the WaPo/ABC poll showed that only 43% of Americans had confidence in Barack Obama as a leader, CBS reports that their poll shows that number to be only 40%. Fifty-four percent disapproved of his economic policies, both results a nadir in Obama's polling in the CBS survey:
Economists have declared the economic recession over largely over, but most Americans don't share their optimism, and they are increasingly blaming President Obama for their money woes.
Mr. Obama's approval rating on the economy has tumbled five percentage points from last month, according to a new CBS News poll, with just 40 percent of those polled expressing full confidence in his actions.
More than half of those questioned (54 percent) said they disapproved of Mr. Obama's handling of the economy. Last month, 45 percent approved. The drop in approval has been seen mostly among independents, just 35 percent of whom now say they approve.
It may have taken longer than many of us thought, but Obama now owns the economy. He has had eighteen months to prove that his top-down, Keynesian spending practices would rescue the US from high levels of unemployment. As we have seen, they have had the opposite effect. The CBS poll shows that joblessness is a key factor in the crisis in confidence:
The poll shows widespread concern among Americans when it comes to employment. Seven in ten Americans rated the job market in their area "fair" or "very bad"; only a quarter of those polled described it as "good".
There did appear to be some optimism that the job market would improve over the next year — but not a lot. While 28 percent said they expected the job market in their area to get better over the next year, twice as many — 56 percent — said it would likely remain the same. Another 14 percent predicted even fewer available jobs in the coming years.
The news has finally caught up to Obama. As I have charted over the past week, the percentage of civilian population participation in the workforce has plummeted to a generational low, and shows no sign of moving back into the low-to-mid-60s. Discouraged workers have fallen out of the market at a steadily increasing rate since Obama's election and passage of Porkulus. Perhaps even more damaging, the media has begun routinely reporting on these issues, which has created a contrast between Obama's "we're moving in the right direction" rhetoric and the reality that Americans see.
CBS did not make the internals of the poll available this morning, apparently waiting for its nightly news broadcast, so we can't parse the sample or the other questions in the poll just yet. I'll update this post when that data becomes available. In the meantime, we can at least say that the CBS poll shows that the WaPo/ABC wasn't an outlier — and that both show that Rasmussen has been correct in its polling on these issues all along.
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Professor Mayer is Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate and Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School. His research explores a variety of topics in real estate and financial markets, including housing cycles, mortgage markets, debt securitization, and commercial real estate valuation. Dr. Mayer is also a principal at Longbridge Financial, a new and innovative company focused on developing and delivering reverse mortgage products to senior homeowners in a responsible manner. Professor Mayer also serves as a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Academic Advisory Board for Standard and Poor's. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts.
Dr. Mayer has been active in advising policymakers on the financial crisis, testifying six times before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, writing on the causes of the housing and credit bubbles for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, and authoring numerous op-ed articles on housing and credit markets. He frequently appears in the media, including regular appearances on National Public Radio, Bloomberg, the Washington Post, and ABC News and commentary in The Wall Street Journal and The NY Times. Dr. Mayer previously served as Senior Vice Dean at Columbia Business School and held positions at The Wharton School, the University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He holds a BA in Math and Economics from the University of Rochester with highest honors and a PhD in Economics from MIT.
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Columbia Caseworks cases
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Journal articles
Mortgage Modification and Strategic Behavior: Evidence from a Legal Settlement with Countrywide
In American Economic Review
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Edward Morrison, Tomasz Piskorski, Arpit Gupta
The Inefficiency of Refinancing: Why Prepayment Penalties Are Good for Risky Borrowers
In Journal of Financial Economics
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Tomasz Piskorski, Alexei Tchistyi
Housing Bubbles: A Survey
In Annual Review of Economics
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer
Issuer Credit Quality and the Price of Asset-Backed Securities
In The American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings
Coauthor(s): Oliver Faltin-Traeger, Kathleen Johnson, Christopher Mayer
Irreversible Investment, Real Options, and Competition: Evidence from Real Estate Development
In Journal of Urban Economics
Coauthor(s): Laarni Bulan, Christopher Mayer, Tsur Somerville
Essay: A New Proposal for Loan Modifications
In Yale Journal on Regulation
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Edward Morrison, Tomasz Piskorski
Why Do Households Without Children Support Local Public Schools? Linking House Price Capitalization to School Spending
In Journal of Urban Economics
Coauthor(s): Christian Hilber, Christopher Mayer
The Mortgage Market Meltdown and House Prices
In The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
Coauthor(s): R. Glenn Hubbard, Christopher Mayer
The Rise in Mortgage Defaults
In Journal of Economic Perspectives
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Karen Pence, Shane M. Sherlund
Assessing High House Prices: Bubbles, Fundamentals, and Misperceptions
In Journal of Economic Perspectives
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Todd Sinai
Network Effects, Congestion Externalities, and Air Traffic Delays: Or Why Not All Delays Are Created Evil
In American Economic Review
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Todd Sinai
Regulation and Capitalization of Environmental Amenities: Evidence From the Toxic Release Inventory in Massachusetts
In Review of Economics and Statistics
Coauthor(s): Linda Bui, Christopher Mayer
Government Regulation and Changes in the Affordable Housing Stock
In Economic Policy Review
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, C. Somerville
Dividend Taxes and Share Prices: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts
In Journal of Finance
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Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior: Evidence from the Housing Market
In Quarterly Journal of Economics
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Property Tax Limits, Local Fiscal Behavior, and Property Values: Evidence from Massachusetts Under Proposition 2 1/2
In Journal of Public Economics
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Land Use Regulation and New Construction
In Regional Science and Urban Economics
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Residential Construction: Using the Urban Growth Model to Estimate Housing Supply
In Journal of Urban Economics
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Intergenerational Transfers, Borrowing Constraints, and Saving Behavior: Evidence from the Housing Market
In Journal of Urban Economics
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Assessing the Performance of Real Estate Auctions
In Real Estate Economics
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Equity and Time to Sale in the Real Estate Market
In American Economic Review
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Reverse Mortgages and the Liquidity of Housing Wealth
In AREUEA Journal
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Dispersion in House Price and Income Growth Across Markets: Facts and Theories
In Agglomeration Economics
Coauthor(s): Joseph Gyourko, Christopher Mayer, Todd Sinai
Subprime Mortgages: What, Where, and to Whom?
In Housing Markets and the Economy: Risk, Regulation, and Policy: Essays in honor of Karl E. Case
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Karen Pence
Subprime Mortgage Pricing: The Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender on the Cost of Borrowing
In Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs 2009
Coauthor(s): Andrew Haughwout, Christopher Mayer, Joseph Tracy
U.S. House Price Dynamics and Behavioral Economics
In Policymaking Insights on Behavioral Economics
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Todd Sinai
Working papers
Lemons and CDOs: Why Did So Many Lenders Issue Poorly Performing CDOs?
Coauthor(s): Oliver Faltin-Traeger, Christopher Mayer
Superstar Cities
In Working papers
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A New Look at Second Liens
Coauthor(s): Donghoon Lee, Christopher Mayer, Joseph Tracy
Distant Speculators and Asset Bubbles in the Housing Market
Coauthor(s): Alex Chinco, Christopher Mayer
Sponsor Risk and the Performance of Asset-backed Securities
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Private Information and Market Making in Secondary Mortgage Markets
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Rating Asset-Backed Securities
Coauthor(s): Oliver Faltin-Traeger, Kathleen Johnson, Christopher Mayer
Agency Conflicts, Asset Substitution, and Securitization
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Yingjin Hila Gan
What Can We Learn About the Sensitivity of Investment to Stock Prices with a Better Measure of Tobin's q?
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer
Why Do Airlines Schedule Their Flights to Systematically Arrive Late?
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer, Todd Sinai
The Effects of Share Prices Relative to Fundamental Value on Stock Issuances and Repurchases
Coauthor(s): Christopher Mayer
Case studies
The 2/28 Mortgage: When Business and Psychology Intersect in a New Consumer Product
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Bubble Trouble? Not Likely
In Hermes
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Awards And Honors
Analysis of Second Liens and a New Proposal, by Chris Mayer, Edward Morrison and Tomasz Piskorski, $25,000, June, 2012
Housing Policies to Restore Credit Availability and Attract Private Capital in the Mortgage Market, by Glenn Hubbard, Alan Boyce, Christopher Mayer and James Witkin, $25,000, June, 2012
University of Rochester, given every 2 years to "The Most Outstanding Economics Student," 1987.
Award 1124188--joint with Professors Edward Morrison and Tomasz Piskorski--$347,811: Understanding the Determinants of Household Default Decisions in the Mortgage Crisis, 9/1/2011-8/31/2014.
Award 0214410--joint with Todd Sinai--$337,000; Economics of Air Travel: Network Effects, Congestion, and Scheduling Delays, 2002-2004


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Andy: We've talked about that and there's a good chance that may happen. We don't have definite plans right now but it could certainly happen in the near future. We really love the Fan's Choice polls ourselves because it let's our designer do some of the more obscure ideas and characters they've been wanting to do for awhile and put it out there. It also gives a voice to fans and let's you tell us what you want to see. We're all in this together, and like we said before, what's best for the fans is what's usually best for Hasbro and vice versa.


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The Kingdom of Chimor was ruled by Chimú lords and priests from the religious centre of Chan Chan in the Moche Valley. Chan Chan had a population of 40,000 and covered more than 20 square kilometres. The Chimú were at first dependent on canal irrigation but after another catastrophic El Niño, Chimor become a state based on conquest and tribute. Dominating the north coast of Peru after the fall of the Moche Empire, military expansion stretched across more than 1,300 km. Its centralised systems of irrigation, road building, manufacture of artefacts, storage and exchange were adopted by the Inca Empire, which conquered the Chimú by 1470.
Taycanamu was the mythical founder hero, while other deities included the god of the sea and the goddess of the moon. Artisans made extraordinary wooden, feather and metal objects, emphasising silver as much as, or even more than, gold. Chimú textiles are renowned for technical and aesthetic excellence. They have complicated interwoven motifs, stepped arrangements and geometric patterns, and most commonly depict jaguars, birds and marine subjects.


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I'd have to say it's a toss up between the rise of Kyle Katarn in Dark Forces and the rise of Luke Skywalker between the Dark Empire era and the Crimsion Empire era.
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Every day I'm shovelin'...
Well, now that the Fate of the Jedi series is over, there have been many "series" of SW EU (meaning two/three or more books in the same storyline) novels over the years. Here's a little Bel-Cam ranking, for those interested in reading them/avoiding them/disagreeing with them.
Thrawn Trilogy (3 books): excellent
Thrawn Duology (2 books): very good
Jedi Academy Trilogy (3 books): very good
Legacy of the Force (9 books): not good
New Jedi Order (19! books): bad
Darth Bane Trilogy (3 books): very good
Last of the Jedi (10 books): very good
Jedi Apprentice (18 [or 20] books): very good/excellent at the start
Jedi Quest (10 [or 12] books): so-so
Galaxy of Fear (12 books): okay
Corellian Trilogy (3 books): pretty good
Han Solo Trilogy (3 books): excellent
Han Solo Adventures (3 books): excellent
Lando Calrissian Adventures (3 books): excellent
Boba Fett (6 books): okay
Bounty Hunter Wars (3 books): so-so
X-Wing (9 [or more?] books): very good
The Force Unleashed (2 books): bad
Clone Wars Gambit (2 books): pretty good
Fate of the Jedi (9 books): so-so
Junior Jedi Knights (6 books): okay
Young Jedi Knights (14 books): very good/excellent at the start
Dark Forces (3 books): okay
Rebel Force (6 books): so-so
Coruscant Nights (3 books): pretty good
Secret Missions (4 books): okay
Black Fleet Crisis (3 books): bad
Dark Nest (3 books): bad
Prophets of the Dark Side (6 books): bad
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
You're being too generous with the "Prophets of the Dark Side" series, BCJ.
I don't know I'd say the whole NJO was bad. It was inconsistent, with some really high points and some really low ones. I think it averages out better than "bad."
That's my jacket!
I read Shadows of the Empire back in 1996, when it first came out, and I didn't hate it. So I guess I would choose the period between ESB and ROTJ as my favorite.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
Nineteen books to end the way it did? Too long, far too long. Yeah, there were some decent parts, but some were a waste of dead trees (or e-book Cloud space). And there were some direct connections to the LOTF series, which wasn't much better.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
If you need a "quick" reference to all the EU eras, you just GOTS to read Pablo Hidalgo's brilliant compilation, SW:The Essential Reader's Companion; all 470+ pgs of it. There's a short, but very complete, summary of each story, with the main characters and planets featured, all divided by with chronologically presented (and current up to books written by 2012). A great resource, better than the SW Encyclopedia.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.


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Hi of about 42ish today, NE Wi is slowly marching towards summer.
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Hi of about 42ish today, NE Wi is slowly marching towards summer.
82ºF yesterday....may push 90º today. SoCal definitely marching towards summer. The grass on our green velvet hills are giving way to a brown velour color...a sign of change (and heat).
It was 70 degrees on Saturday here in Salt Lake and then we woke up to 8 inches of snow Sunday morning! The weather report said a "strong spring storm" was going to hit, but that was snow was a real shocker.
It's about 68 F here and RAINY RAINY RAINY!!!!!
Nearly hit 50 today.
Sunny with a few clouds and 20º cooler than Grand Rapids, MI!!
Those pesky 50's/60's will be going away for the next couple of days and we'll be back in the 40's. Yay!!!
This weekend was out of left field: yesterday was low- to mid-90s and bright, with a little breeze in the evening; while today is supposed to be low- to mid-80s. Then, we hit low-70s and cloudy for the rest of the week.
Low 50s, heavy dew that becomes light rain every so often.


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In five years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life -- to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men. Dealing with these losses, one after another, made Jesmyn ask the question: Why? And as she began to write about the experience of living through all the dying, she realized the truth -- and it took her breath away. Her brother and her friends all died because of who they were and where they were from, because they lived with a history of racism and economic struggle that fostered drug addiction and the dissolution of family and relationships. Jesmyn says the answer was so obvious she felt stupid for not seeing it. But it nagged at her until she knew she had to write about her community, to write their stories and her own.
Jesmyn grew up in poverty in rural Mississippi. She writes powerfully about the pressures this brings, on the men who can do no right and the women who stand in for family in a society where the men are often absent. She bravely tells her story, revisiting the agonizing losses of her only brother and her friends. As the sole member of her family to leave home and pursue higher education, she writes about this parallel American universe with the objectivity distance provides and the intimacy of utter familiarity. A brutal world rendered beautifully, Jesmyn Ward's memoir will sit comfortably alongside Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying, Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
"Jesmyn Ward left her Gulf Coast home for education and experience, but it called her back. It called on her in most painful ways, to mourn. In Men We Reaped, Jesmyn unburies her dead, that they may live again. And through this emotional excavation, she forces us to see the problems of place and race that led these men to their early graves. Full of beauty, love, and dignity, Men We Reaped is a haunting and essential read."


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LiverKick.com Middleweight Rankings: Feb. 2010 Featured
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|Buakaw Por. Pramuk
|Yoshihiro Sato
|Andy Souwer
|Albert Kraus
|Nieky Holzken
|Artur Kyshenko
|Murat Dirkeci
|Gago Drago
|Mike Zambidis
|Saiyok Pumpanmuang
|Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
|Yuichiro Nagashima
|Chris Ngimbi
|Mohamed Khamal
|Yuya Yamamoto
|Khem Sitsongpeenong
|Hiroki Nakajima
|John Wayne Parr
|Chahid Oulad El Hadj
|Leroy Kaestner
|Marcus Oberg
|Armen Petrosyan
Welcome back to the LiverKick.com rankings. These rankings are an attempt to break down the top 25 fighters in two different weight classes - Heavyweight, for fighters above the 77kg limit, and Middleweight, for fighters at the 70-72.5kg limit. Our rankings are based on in-ring accomplishments and recent wins and loses. We hope they reflect where these fighters currently stand, although we recognize that all rankings are inherently subjective.
February 2011
The Middleweight rankings are, in a word, a mess.
The one thing we know for certain is #1. Giorgio Petrosyan is starting his 2nd year ruling over the division with an iron fist. He's clearly the #1 Middleweight, the #1 pound for pound kickboxer out there, and is entering that territory of best fighter period. The trouble is, when a division has such a dominant #1, it often means the rest of the rankings begin to falter a bit. And that's what we're seeing now.
The race for #2 is a tough one between a lot of fighters who have real reasons not to be considered #2. By virtue of his legendary career, S-Cup win, and six fight win streak, Buakaw Por. Pramuk retains the #2 spot, but it gets harder to keep him there. He started showing signs of slipping back in 2008, and hasn't defeated a ranked opponent in over a year and a half.
Meanwhile, Andy Souwer, a constant factor at the very top of the ranks, just recorded his 2nd loss to an unranked opponent in the past few months, losing a decision to Abraham Roqueni. He drops to #4, while Yoshihiro Sato moves up to #3 - more by virtue of Souwer's loss then his own victories, although he has put together a good string of wins since his very rough late 2008-early 2009 run.
Overall, the MW ranks seem to be waiting for some of their newer fighters to really stake their claim at the top. And there are definitely some good names out there ready to move up: #10 Pajonsuk, #12 Hinata, #14 Sudsakorn, #15 Yuichiro Nagashima, #16 Chris Ngimbi, and #17 Mohamed Khamal have all made big moves lately and are poised to move even higher. Of those names, the two that had particularly noteworthy months are Sudsakorn and Nagashima. Sudsakorn's win over now #19 Khem Sitsongpeenong in Thailand was the biggest fight yet this year from a rankings standpoint, while Nagashima defended K-1's honor with his stunning New Year's Eve knockout of Dream champion Shinya Aoki.
As we saw in the Heavyweight division, this next month will remain somewhat of a holding pattern for the Middleweights, with nothing big scheduled in February. But that changes in March with a host of major fights.
First up, the March 6 It's Showtime show, which features #4 Andy Souwer trying to get back in the win column against L'houcine Ouzgni; a great fight between #7 Artur Kyshenko and #9 Gago Drago; #22 Chahid Oulad El Hadj vs. Robin van Roosmalen; and #23 Leroy Kaestner vs. Ramzi Tamaditi.
March 12 is the Oktagon show from Italy with #1 Giorgio Petrosyan defending his status against the excellent Cosmo Alexandre, plus #3 Yoshihiro Sato vs. #25 Armen Petrosyan. If Giorgio loses there I don't know what will become of the top 25.
But the big action to watch for is the July 3 It's Showtime show in Russia with #7 Artur Kyshenko vs. L'houcine Ouzgni, plus an 8 man tournament that could be the premiere Middleweight tournament of the year including #1 Giorgio Petrosyan, #4 Andy Souwer, #3 Yoshihiro Sato, #8 Murat Direkci, #9 Gago Drago, and #16 Chris Ngimbi.
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh has been covering MMA and Kickboxing since 2007 before changing his focus solely to Kickboxing in 2009, launching what was the only English-language site dedicated to giving Kickboxing similar coverage to what MMA receives. He was the co-founder of HeadKickLegend and now LiverKick. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he works as a writer of all trades.
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"Stand up and be yourself," Etcetera Productions wants to tell you with its latest show. "Don't be affected by others." "Wave your own freak flag," as a song in the musical goes.
The show has all the themes of a traditional fairytale — good versus evil, love and friendship — but it's also got an anti-bullying message. There's a donkey, a dragon, singing and dancing pigs, gnomes and a talking gingerbread, along with an ogre or two.
It can only be "Shrek."
Etcetera Productions is presenting the musical version of the first instalment in the beloved Dreamworks movie series (which was based on the 1990 book by William Steig).
The production will transform Holy Heart Theatre into the Kingdom of Duloc and surrounding swamp, where a sarcastic Shrek lives, alone, in peace. Through the production, he finds his solitude interrupted by an array of fairytale creatures who have been banned from the Kingdom by Lord Farquaad. He decides to travel to Duloc to talk to the lord, in an effort to get his privacy back.
Along the way, Shrek picks up a new best friend, Donkey, and finds himself rescuing the beautiful Princess Fiona, who has challenges and a secret of her own.
Shrek is an outsider struggling to find his place, while Princess Fiona hides her true self in an effort to be accepted.
"As a teacher, all the themes just seemed to be right," said musical director Carl Goulding. "Here is Shrek, who looks like an ogre, and people are judging him by what he looks like as opposed to what he is. When they find out what he is, that changes the whole dynamic of everything."
Goulding says the musical is even more beautiful than the movie.
While it stays true to the movie's plot, dance numbers have been added, created specifically for the stage production, and it includes a 17-piece orchestra, with a combination of brass, strings, woodwinds and percussion, as well as a rock band.
Songs like The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" and other high-energy numbers from the movie are included.
An open audition for roles in "Shrek: The Musical" was held last spring, and hundreds of hopeful performers showed up. In the end, it came down to uniqueness and ability to transform into a fairytale creature, Goulding explained.
"You're looking for real individuality. You're looking for people to step forward and say, 'Hey, look at me.' They have to be able to step out of who they are and be that fairytale person and go from there.
"As people stepped up to the plate, there were a number of them who just morphed into these characters, like gnomes and villagers of Duloc and the three pigs or the Big Bad Wolf."
Among them was Justin Goulding, Goulding's son and artistic director of the musical, though Goulding said he had to audition like everyone else. Justin plays Shrek.
Does he speak in a Scottish accent, like the character in the movies? Goulding won't say for sure.
"He speaks Shrek," he said, laughing. "I'll tell you that much."
Goulding also won't say how Fiona's transformation from princess to ogre will take place onstage — but makeup artist Patricia Andrews said she goes from royal to green in about three minutes.
With a cast of 60, many of them playing fictional creatures, makeup artistry for the production is a challenge, Andrews said, but one she is enjoying. She's been creating the characters with the help of Thomas Jordan of Wandering Brush.
"This particular show is probably the most challenging I've ever done," Andrews said.
"If it was a Broadway production, we could have prosthetics made, but that's costly for a small show, so we're trying to figure out how to put 3D on someone's face."
Certain characters require more work than others, and she and Jordan have divided them up: he has created makeup and a costume for Dragon and Shrek, while Andrews is doing Pinocchio, the Big Bad Wolf, Fiona and others.
The whole production has taken Etcetera Productions months to complete.
"Every inch has been detailed in miniscule," Goulding said. "I went down and watched a run-through a couple of weeks ago … and it was so convincing, it was amazing."
The Broadway version of "Shrek: The Musical" opened in December 2008 and lasted two years before an American tour was started.
Goulding hopes audiences appreciate the message of acceptance the production provides, and have a good time while they're doing it.
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a theme that has gone on since the beginning of time and the young people today are under such pressure to comply and everything else.
I hope they love it."
With performers like Adena Cahill as Princess Fiona, Jeremy Wells as Donkey, Megan Barnes as Dragon, Nick Mandville as Lord Farquaad, Rebecca Goulding as Gingy and Lennie Earle as Pinocchio, "Shrek: The Musical" runs at Holy Heart Theatre Oct. 23-26. Tickets are $35 and are available at the Holy Heart box office, by calling 579-4424 or online at www.holyhearttheatre.com
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RE:2001 NEC conclave
Luis - HOW DID I MISS THIS POST?????
Anyway as you may know (or maybe you missed my posts during the move and job change) <b>I have already proposed that 2002 NEC be held on Cape Cod!</b>
I will come out of the NOMAIL closet and post it again. I will also try to visit you guys for NEC 2001!
Let's talk soon.
2001 NEC conclave
Juro and everyone:
As some of you know the next installment of the FLYFISH@ listserv Northeast Conclave (8th. year), is coming back to its birthplace, the Adirondacks. The clave takes place the first weekend in June, 2001, at the Wilimington Notch campground in NY, from Friday till Sunday.
The reason I mention this though, is because *THIS* is probably the right time to propose that 9th annual FF@ clave in 2002, be held somewhere in the eastern seashore. These FF@ claves have all been freshwater claves so far, and I'm sure, Juro, that if you offer to host a salty clave for 2002 many of the old timers in FF@ would take you up on it. Especially, the first organizers of the FF@, Chris Knight and Yours Truly 8-)
So, if you're serious about this, don't delay your proposal!
Chris' address is email@example.com, and you know I'll go for it 8^)
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All great advice..
Personally I'd avoid getting too carried away with oversizing guides. You can actually lose distance wth the amount of vibration line can have while passing through guides that are too large. Good plating on guides is much more important than their size.
|Thanks guys, thats just what I wanted.
Since you requested it, here is my no BS answer to your inquiry based upon 35 years of rod building and 48 years of fly fishing.
Cork quality is directly proportional to cost and the best cork is not available as pre-turned grips, it is only available as individual cork rings that you have to turn into a grip either on the blank (my preference) or on a threaded rod or mandrel. However, poor quality cork is not going to effect the preformance of the finished rod, just remember to fill in the rather large pits of the lower quality corks with a cork dust and glue mixture.
In guides, avoid unplated snake guides because they will never hold up. In fact, unplated snake guides will begin to groove within a year or two. As to which coatings, platings, brands, single foot, or double foot are better, that is entirely up to you. If you want to use single foot ceramic or SIC guides instead of snakes or the REC REcoil guides, go right ahead, they just cost more. For strippers, either ceramic or SIC, frame color your choice. For tip tops, again it is entirely your choice, traditional fly loop top, ceramic or SIC, or REC REcoil all work well.
If you are looking to get the most bang for your buck, use cheap pre-formed cork grips, chrome plated snakes, hardaloy stripper, loop tip top, and Fuji or Pac Bay graphite reel seat. This will give you a serviceable, although not the prettiest, good casting rod that will preform very close to one made with SIC strippers and the snake guides with the harder platings on them at a lot lower cost.
Remember two of the easiest places to save money when building a rod yourself are the reel seat (the Fuji and Pac Bay graphite ones are typically around $5.00 or so (instead of the $25.00-$50.00 for the top-of-the-line nickel silver with wood insert ones) and through using hardaloy instead of SIC strippers.
Me, I prefer to use top quaility cork, SIC strippers, snakes and reel seats; but if cosmetics don't matter to you, they are not necessary.
Ok here is what I've found out in building over 7 rods. Pre turned cork handles usually are not that great . I've never sunk the money into the premium turned handles. I like REC reel seats and this last rod I tried I used the Recoil guides.
The best guides out there. They are very light and flex with the rod. Pac Bay and Perfection make nice snake guides.
The stripping guides that I use to use were Fuji. I tried the Pac Bay nitrate coated guides on the latest rod and there was no rust. Sic guides are very good.
Also, I tend to use over sized stripping guides on my saltwater rods.
My reason for building a rod is to put on components that a little better than you get with a production rod. That being said T&T makes some fine looking rods and use very good components. If I had the money I would invest in a mini lathe and turn my own handles but that is really getting into the hobby.
Like most things you get what you pay for so the more expensive the component the better the product. Check out some of the rod building sites on the net and you'll get a sense of the craft.
components- what REALLY matters?
Hi all- just finished my first rod - a cheapy - turned out ok - It was a forecast from Hook & Hackle and the components seem fine to me, but hey, what do I know?
So I ordered a Dan Craft FT 9' 5wt and am thinking about sticking on a component kit from Hook & Hackle.
But fefore I do that I'd like to know If I would be screwing up to do so.
I want decent guides so I can chuck it some distance. I don't care about looks. I want it to cast good and I don't want to take away from the performance of the blank. But I don't want to spend even 20 bucks extra if its not going to matter all that much. There are several rods I need to build and I don't want to shoot my entire wad on just one.
I want to keep it light - so I'm gonna use single-foot guides
Whats the bottom line? What really matters? Or maybe I should re-phrase it like this...Is there any absolute JUNK you would absolutely stay away from? (Including cork, reel seet etc.)
Should I oversize? Use Sic, Titanium Gold, Hialoy? Or is there anyone out there who can tell me - Hey, its all a bunch of hogwash. I'm begining to think its all mostly hype and most of it doesnt matter that much in the real world. (as if fly fishing has anything to do with the real world)
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|You're right, apples & oranges, moving on....
IMHO the dorsal is only a sign that the fish feels threatened, most likely from aggressive lipping and only relates to health in that the fish is able to recognize the threat, if there is one. Many a healthy fish puts it's dorsal down if the holder is not yanking it's jaw around.
For example, the disposition of a bonefish when handled well verses not is night and day; or a lobster, etc. A fish will take some rest when the threat appears to be diminished as the hook is removed, it's up to the angler to treat it with care.
The eye position tells much more than the fins if the fish is not being threatened by lipping or held up for a picture. By the time a fish is unable to recognize a threat it's eyes will be staring nearly straight out to each side.
I believe in targeting fish of this size in tough conditions with an 11-12wt rod that takes less effort to cast than a single hander yet puts a serious stick to the fish even in rough conditions.
(This is a bluewater topic and we are way off base with the inshore striper discussion - sorry)
I prefer not to lift them from the water...
Or leave their body weight in the water while I remove the hook...
But for an occasional photo op...
But I am not against keeping one for the grill... (fresh Olympic Peninsula coho)
B. I don't want to acuse or drag anyone into this, plenty of pictures right here on the forum.
Take a look at the dorsal fins of fish in pictures - that's a perfect meter of a fish's health. As a matter of fact, how about the jackass in the lower right hand corner of this picture?
I'm proud of the fact that the majority of fish my guests & I catch look as healthy as this:
or this
I've tried to release a few that looked like this but they just sank to the bottom.
I have to agree with most of what is said here, but I think that flyfishermen, inspite of their many faults, are still generally kinder to the resource that other fishermen. Blue water is different. Like Josko, I have doubts that many of the released bft make it. A long fight and relatively short revival can't be good.
I suspect that for each species there is some sort of ratio of fight time to revival. For a striper of any size, a two-three minute fight would not call for much of a revival. You can see the spunk as they take off. A fish that sulks off is probably still hurting. Those day long epic battles with marlin and bluefin surely lead to a sharks buffet. They should probably be revived for a couple of days. Maybe an exageration, it is hard to tell.
Like I sad befor, if an angler wants to take on the challenge of light tackle fishing, and kills some fish, I can't begrudge them of that. Their impact is so small compared to the others. How many bluefin died last year as a result of flyfishing? I doubt more than a couple of hundred. Fishing is a blood sport. Fish die sometimes. Less is best and we all have our ethical compass that guides us. We have all killed fish and we all have learned and grown wiser.
The rookie flyfishemen we see on the beach playing a schoolie for five minutes are still learning. Fish will die, and they will learn. GOODNEWS! Those folks don't catch many fish.
Bait fishermen kill far more fish. A beach I know on the cape has two or three dead fish washing up on the shore almost every morning. It is a popular spot with bait fishermen. The comercial striper guys in N.C. kill ridiculous amounts of fish high grading. Stripers are starving and diseased in the chesapeak (sp). My point is that flyfishermen should strive to minimize their impact, but never feel as if they are major players in the impact of the fishery.
Josko, what knot are you using @ the fly line?
I'm skeptical about post-release recovery of most pelagic fish, particularly those caught on fly tackle. Years back, I was involved in a blue marlin tagging/tracking study. These were smallish fish caught, handled and released on 130# reels by experts trained in stress physiology. We found almost 2/3 of tagged fish fell prey to sharks within 48 hrs. I think it's no coincidence the schoolie bluefin flyfishing grounds are the best sharking areas as well. One thresher we got last august had at least 3 partially digested sbft in its stomach. And I don't think they can catch SBFT in normal conditions.
You have to assume that a pelagic fish caught on fly tackle has slim chances of post-release recovery. Even if it does swim off 'vigorously', it's tired enough to stand out from the school, and that's often enough.
I think we've all had double digit SBFT days, You just have to accept that say, 3/4 of the released fish died soon afterwards. If that bothers you, don't fish for them.
Eddie, I like to fish for pelagics with 30# fluoro leader. Yes, it might be a tad heavy for dolphin, but if a tuna shows up, I don't have to go scrambling. 30# is heavy enough to allow for some slop with knots and still breaks before the flyline (well, usually at the flyline knot for me). The advantage of a 50# leader is that it willusually survive if a fish gets a tailwrap and straighens out, or if it's going airborne a lot. It will still usually break at the flyline knot if you give it a lot of pull.
That said, I have a lot pf respect for folks who choose to fish by IGFA rules. I've tried it, and found the tippet section too severe a handicap; I didn't think release was an option for boated fish (plus they all taste sour and mushy from being too exhausted). I've met people who are very good at it, but far too many are just stoked up on magazine articles without even a clear idea of what they are about. The latter makes for very tiresome boat partners sometimes.
I have to conclude that we must be reading different materials... all I see are fish hanging on bogagrips with three galvanized treble hooks in their faces or gut hooked and bleeding, being kissed and held out of the water for ten minutes while the TV character does the play by play as if anyone but him gives a sh*t.
I see more and more fly caught fish being held and released while in the water, with few exceptions that's how I release mine but for the occasional photo opp. I land 40" stripers on the flats on a 9wt and they scream off like torpedoes when I pick the barbless single hook from their maw without bogagripping them, weighing them, netting them or kissing them.
What species, regions, and situations are you referring to? I haven't seen it.
I agree with a lot of what's been said here. Josko is right on the money both in terms of fish fighting technique and lack of experience. The sad fact is it's more than a bluewater issue.
I've seen enough schoolie stripers played out to the point of near death on "adequate" 9wt gear to know we have a major angler education on our hands. Each year the catch and release mortality debate resurfaces with slightly more vehamence than previously. And by the way, a 28 inch striper is a fine fish but its still a schoolie!
It really doesn't help when manufacturers make claims of the fish subduing properties of their latest xyz brand of rod. Fly rods are designed to cast fly lines are crap tools for fighting fish - period
I'm not sure what it's going to take to get the message across. There seem to be enough big names who almost all agree on standard saltwater fish fighting technique. Maybe it's just counterintuitive for folks who make the transition from freshwater or conventional gear to take the rod out of play? And yet fish fighting technique seems to get scant attention in "how to" articles or books designed to introduce newcomers to the sport.
A couple of seasons back someone on this forum came up with a brilliant poster campaign on Striper size limits with guidelines for release. It had a big impact. Unfortunately "bring the fish to hand as quickly as possible" assumes a certain level of knowledge that can't be taken for granted.
Maybe we could launch a FIGHT FAIR campaign for 2005?
"Personally I'm sick of seeing photos of stressed out exhausted fish from being landed on too light fly gear."
Really no different than sticking a gaff in its head. Well maybe the fish has a snowballs chance of making it....but those sharks are pretty good at catching up with a hurting fish.
I am equally sick of seeing photos and video of bloated grouper with their eyes bugged out, billfish that have coughed up their stomachs (from being gut hooked). Why bother with the release.
At some point, heavy (conventional) gear is required to give the fish a chance to recuperate. The angler and captains skill has everything to do with when that point comes. With a twelve weight, I think that twenty pound test is more than enough.
Light tackle fishing (for BIG fish) is kind of like trophy fishing. I don't begrudge anyone for keeping a trophy, and I can't really hold it against anyone for trying to catch a big fish on light tackle. A good angler fishing light, probably causes less mortality than the thousands of idiots out there gut hooking fish, poaching and on and on. And then there are the comecial cheaters....oh boy
If you have a good boat driver, he/she shoiulf be able to get you on top of the fish regardless oif your tackle, and then you have to work a bit. With anything over 100#, a 15 wt is a help but not essent6ial. Just point your rod at the fish and crank the reel. It doesn't feel too elegant, but works well, and the stretch in the fly line will keep you from breaking off. Keep as myuch bend in the rod as you feel is safe, but just keep crankiong the reel.
Listen to Josko re: fighting fish.
I read an article on Florida Sportsman, "Take It to the Limit, Shorten battles like a fly tournament champion, By Terry Gibson" Which discusses the system Andy Mills uses to determine the capabilities of his gear.
Regardless of what you think of Andy Mills, the guy C&R BIG fish and this is some good info - at least food for thought.
Personally I'm sick of seeing photos of stressed out exhausted fish from being landed on too light fly gear.
Just my $.02
Josko, for Dorado, why would you need to go over 20#? I have caught them up to 40# with 20# flouro and no shock. I don't remember ever breaking off (well. maybe one or twice to bad knots). Do Mahi Mahi have sharper teeth?
Why would you want a tippet to be stronger than your line or backing?
Why not just have a longer shock for marlin (say 3.5')?
I should add that some people enjoy fishing under IGFA regs (even if they don't want to go for a record). It gives them a bench mark.
Some of these replies leave one wondering just how much offshore fly experience the posters have had. You should be plenty fine with 30# tippet for mahi. You can go up to 50#, but will have a difficult time keeping tight loops with heavier leaders, and it will hurt your distance, If you're not fishing for records, I'd just tie on a stretch of 30# or 40# to your fly line and have at it. If you get a marlin in your spread, try it with 6' of 50#, to keep from abrading on the bill.
If you have a good boat driver, he/she shoiulf be able to get you on top of the fish regardless oif your tackle, and then you have to work a bit. With anything over 100#, a 15 wt is a help but not essent6ial. Just point your rod at the fish and crank the reel. It doesn't feel too elegant, but works well, and the stretch in the fly line will keep you from breaking off. Keep as myuch bend in the rod as you feel is safe, but just keep crankiong the reel.
The most important thing with mahi is to have a variety of flies ready. If they 'catch onto' a particular fly pattern and just follow it to the boat, a drastically different fly will get themn to hit again. I've caught mahi up to 54# on a 10# and haven't felt overmatched. Just jerk on them a bit to get them to go airborne and wear themselves out.
|Fish was a marlin - approx. 250 lbs. They were setup for sailfish when they hooked up.
There is something not correct in your information. The IGFA record for Pacific sailfish on a fly is only 136 pounds. Even the all time all tackle record sail is only 221 pounds. Therefore, either your weight or your species is incorrect. With care it is quite possible to catch large fish on relatively light tippets. Doing so is somewhat controversial because it either requires having the fish on for a very long time which increases the chance that you will kill it, or it requires the captain to back down on the fish very quickly, for the leader butt to touch the rodtip (therefore supposedly making it an official catch) and then either trying to get the fish to throw the hook or breaking it off. Since I don't have cable I wasn't able to see the program you're referring to so I don't know which way they went with this fish. By the way, twelve pound really isn't too bad. A good fisherman can land a sailfish of normal size in a reasonable time with high quality twelve pound class tippet material. The real circus is when they start using two, four, and six pound class.
Is it possible the fish they caught was a marlin? A 250 pound striped marlin on twelve pound class is about the same as a 100 pound sail on four or six pound. Marlin are so tough to get on the fly and have so much more endurance than a sailfish, that almost everyone uses at least a twenty pound class when pursuing them. The truth is that some guys say to heck with the IGFA or a possible record and use thirty pound or more. I'd be curious to know if you think you had the weight or the species incorrect.
|I was just watching a fishing show a couple of days ago where a guy landed a 250+ lb sailfish on a 12 lb tippet. Maybe it was "Walker's Cay Chronicles"? The host wasn't the one who did it, it was the guide/captain. I couldn't freakin believe it. 12 lb tippet for THAT?!?!??!
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Dear President Obama: In advance of your July 6-8 summit in Moscow with President Dmitry Medvedev, we'd like to draw your attention to the pressing issue of impunity in violent crimes against journalists in Russia. We ask you to place this issue on the agenda for your talks. Seventeen journalists have been murdered for their work or have died under suspicious circumstances since 2000. In only one case have the killers been convicted. In every case, the masterminds remain unpunished.
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1. Issue a presidential policy directive prohibiting the hacking and surveillance of journalists and media organizations.
2. Limit aggressive prosecutions that ensnare journalists and intimidate whistleblowers.
3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
Or click here to see the full petition, and join leading journalists like Christiane Amanpour, The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger, Editor of the AP Kathleen Carroll, and Arianna Huffington in signing on.


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Merrill Mueller appears in the following:
June Douglas and Angel Derby
Wednesday, May 19, 1965
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
From card catalog: June Douglas, spokeswoman for "Angel Derby" flyers (group of aviatrixes in air race), argues for the hiring of women as co-pilots and flight engineers. Questions and answers.
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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – With the success he's experienced in offering second chances previously in his career, welcoming Anthony Alford into the fold made sense for Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze.
A decorated two-sport athlete at Petal High School two years ago, Alford was Scout.com's No. 10-rated quarterback and also a third-round draft pick of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays.
He signed with Southern Miss and was a key individual in the Golden Eagles' largely unsuccessful season.
Alford left Southern Miss after his November arrest following a campus fight. He was charged with aggravated assault.
Freeze, though, is confident that Alford will be cleared, at least in part.
"I still think in Anthony's case it's different. He's going to be exonerated. He didn't do some of the things he was originally charged to have done," Freeze said.
Freeze developed a relationship with Alford while trying to recruit him to Ole Miss and has confidence in the player's character.
"He's a good, solid kid. He's got some challenges," Freeze said.
One of those challenges is the attention that comes from being a pro sports draft pick.
"People who know who he is know he signed a multiple-year pro baseball contract. They think he has access to money, and they want to be around him. That's all part of the maturing process," Freeze said.
Alford appeared in nine games in 2012, starting five and struggling through injuries while completing just 44.9 percent of his passes for 664 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions. He also rushed for 329 yards and six scores.
Alford will sit out the 2013 season under NCAA transfer rules but will be eligible to take part in spring drills.
Alford told the Clarion-Ledger last week he was willing to help the team in any capacity. At this stage Freeze doesn't expect Alford to be a full-time quarterback.
"We will use him as an athlete as we did (Randall) Mackey. That's our plan. Obviously this spring will determine what all that is," Freeze said. "It's hard to say until we get him on the field. In my mind though, I think he can do all those things that Randall did."
Freeze has two quarterbacks committed in his 2013 recruiting class and returns his starting quarterback, Bo Wallace, who will be a junior in the fall.
Alford still has baseball responsibilities, too. He will be with the Blue Jays organization for seven weeks through May and June and back at Ole Miss in July.
Freeze is optimistic that Alford's second chance will be good for both the player and the Rebels.
"I have been successful in giving second chances everywhere I've been," Freeze said. "If mistakes have been made and you can convince me that you have enough character and that you do want to change, I feel like I can surround you with a group of people who believe in the process. I am all for giving a second chance."


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By Adam Ganucheau/NEMS Daily Journal
Summer Knight has been called many things by people who do not know her. "The Tupelo dog whisperer" is one of the most popular nicknames.
For those who do know her, she is called something a little different: Genuine lover of animals.
"It's who I am," Knight said with a shrug. "Some people choose the path they want to take in life. For me, it has always been different because the animals have chosen me."
The four dogs and nine cats she rescued off the streets share a home in Nettleton with Knight and her husband of nine years, Alex.
"Summer is just great with animals," Alex Knight said. "She's found homes for so many animals and she has kept multiple animals from being euthanized."
Summer Knight, among other things, is one of the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society's newest board of directors members. On any given day, she can be found at one of Tupelo's newest attractions for pet owners – the Tupelo Bark Park, located on North Veterans Boulevard behind the Eastwood Softball Complex.
"The Tupelo Bark Park is something that was needed for a long time here," Knight said. "It allows dogs and dog owners to exercise and socialize with other dogs and dog owners. It's a great place for everyone."
Knight grew up in Tupelo, where she saved animals when she was as young as 3 years old when her mother tried to give away Cocker Spaniel puppies.
"I pulled them away from people so they take them," Knight recalled with a grin. "It's just in my blood to save animals."
Her animal background goes much deeper than just saving a few animals. She began her animal career at PetSmart in 2000 as a bather in the grooming department. She was sent to grooming school Nash Academy in New Orleans as an instructor. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home, she moved back to Tupelo and again worked at PetSmart until a shoulder injury forced her to resign in 2007.
She started working part-time at Baldwyn Veterinarian Clinic as a groomer and veterinary technician for four years. In 2011, the same nagging shoulder injury caused her to retire from pet grooming.
"My shoulder injury really has slowed me down a little bit in helping animals," Knight said. "It hasn't crushed my spirits though."
It certainly has not crushed her desire to make the Tupelo area better for animals, either. She raised the funds for the Bark Park through benefit meals and raffles. She organized and emceed the 2012 Barktoberfest at the park, and continues to work closely with the Tupelo Parks and Recreation department to raise additional funds for animals.
"I am definitely not the kind of person who likes to talk about myself," she said. "I do everything for the animals, not me. That's what I hope everyone understands about me. I truly care about the animals."
Knight began work with the TLHS in late January, and is excited about the opportunity.
"Over the many years of dealing with animals in the area, I have some knowledge about some things that might be a little new to the (TLHS Board of Directors)," Knight said. "I'm just grateful for the opportunity to make this community a better place for animals and animal owners alike."
While she starts serving on the TLHS board, Knight will continue to work on her next project, the Mardi Gras Dog Parade at the Bark Park. The parade is just one of many things that Knight's legacy will be left on in Tupelo.
"I will be doing stuff like this for a long time," she said. "If something gets in the way of that, I will find a way to get it done – just like I have my entire life."


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Hello everyone ~ I hope today finds you well! Between sickness sweeping through our family of 5 over the past two weeks and just being emotionally overwhelmed over the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I have been away from blogging and been focusing on our family, friends, and home. I know this tragedy has […]
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If there was any reason to trust the anti's there could be fruitful discussions, but there is not.
Last week I read somewhere that a federal judge has banned de-listing the wolves around Jellystone, though that was in the original agreement approved. The wolves now have more packs than required, greater numbers, et al. But the anti's go to court to stop the de-listing. They prove they are not trustworthy, it's all about fund raising, so the Anti bureaucrats can avoid doing anything useful in life. In the meantime the wolves are killing healthy Elk to sustain their diet.
So let's analyze this - they want to stop the government trappers from taking the game - laudable goal as I think the ranchers & farmers need to do their own pest cleanup. But it is OK for a government agent to kill a Mountain Lion after it attacks one of their own doing their exercise in an area they don't belong. Am I missing something here, is my line of thinking wrong?
But while wer'e discussing this does anyone have a number for the trappers, I got some too darn healthy raccoons raising cane with our bird feeders, & I think they would make someone a great pelt for a hat.
We love the wildlife, & try to accomodate them as much as we can. There is nothing like waking to the sounds of Elk grazing outside your bedroom window & they are even more majestic during the day. But we do recognize that there is a necessity to harvest overpopulations in this manage the wildlife world. & one can do that while respecting wildlife's inherent right to do what they do.
& in closing, I respect what Chris does & know he does not like the give & take of these posts. But those who are so easily offended by posts of this nature are doing the sport no favor, regardless of title or content of posts of this nature. Life is about control of what we do, if there is no resistance to these people you will leave precious little heritage for those who follow you. I think the post should have stayed on the main forum but it will be easire to locate here.
Marvin S
Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
Everyone, in particular those who say this doe not apply to us, seems to be missing the salient point.
Read it closely. The antis are complaining about the USDA killing all wildlife (the article says "2.4 million"). Why should the government stop killing all wildlife? Because it includes 121,000 carnivores? You are not paying attention.
See, the talk about the carnivores is a ruse and you all seemed to have fallen for it. They also want the government to stop shooting ducks and geese and deer and rabbits and . . . .
There is a timeliness of this too. This would include the birds the USDA shoots near airports. You know, the birds that cause air disasters? Yes, those geese.
Kevin Walker
Drive is the manifestation of Desire, and measured in Style.
Thank you judges who score Style, you are preserving Desire!
I think after this weekends goose airline incident, they might think about a bounty on the geese that pose a problem to the flight paths. Put some blinds on Rikers Island to help police the over population.
cave canem...beware of the dog
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Sooo much cooler! As yes, that is a little racist. Welcome to New Zealand, the most racist multi-cultural country in the world. Bet it doesn't say that on the tourism ads.
Haha, Fish-Nazi! I bet they were thinking it!
Funny you say that, Crunchy... Most of the time I post on here I'm snuggled up in bed.
02-26-2013, 03:18 AM #12Junior Member Guppy
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The easiest way to relax is to think about when you are the "clueless" noob. There are some people probably many on this board who are go getters and really research subjects etc.. But the vast majority of society is not like that. Offer your advice when people want it, but dont try to hard to change society it never really changes, I could type out a 10 page essay on why it never has and never will.
Do you know everything about computers? Sound systems? Smart phones, the hardware, or just the software? Nobody has everything down and everyone picks what it is they are willing to really learn about and do right and I know as someone who has dabbled in many of those things I listed that 99% of people who deal with those every day have no clue what they are doing and are ruining the things they have or making horrible buying decisions and over spending for poor quality stuff. When given the opportunity I try to help but as soon as I sense someone is being put off I try to lay off. You cant save every fish in the world.
I agree with you that society will not change, at least not soon, but there still is a big difference between phones and fish.
phones and electronics don't feel pain or suffer. if an owner doesn't do their research and they don't use the full potential of their appliance, get ripped off, etc, it is their own fault and they are the only ones who get hurt.
with fish(and any other pet for that matter) the pet bears the brunt of the ignorance despite never having done any wrong itself. I think that that alone justifies more than just an "I will help if you want me to" approach.
Funny story!
To me Amelia is one of those intermediate fishkeepers that I love meeting online, keen to learn and eager to do things right. Makes me wonder why that fish club lacks the same spirit.
Ah well... people, the secret to a good nights sleep and no stomach problems is knowing you can't win 'm all.
Remember this one?
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
(and for those of non-christian denominations, it works just as well if you replace God by the deity of your choice)My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
Haha, thank you Dutchie. I think that should be my new motto!
It's amazing to think that just over a year ago I know nothing about fishkeeping and it's many facets, and now I feel myself constantly exploring, learning and trying more so I can get as much as I can out of this amazing hobby. I have learnt SO much, and yet I still have SO much to learn! I will never know everything, nobody ever will, but I can sure as heck try.
+1 Dutchie, we sometimes get extremely irritated that people dont want to put as much effort into learning about something we love as we did, it comes down to being prepared to admit you know bugger all about something you are doing, which a lot of people cant. Amelia all can really do is what you already have, ie offer advice where its asked for, and hope over time people in your club come to realise you do have a clue what you are talking about. Its no different over this side of the ditch, hope it develops well for you
I come here first off, to learn. When I can sometimes give advice, and when that said advice can be of help, then that people, is just a bonus.
Last edited by Cermet; 02-26-2013 at 11:54 AM.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
That is a very good attitude! Learn what you can and share what you know.
I feel lucky, I have some very good people in my local fish club, yea some over stock, but there are a bunch of older guys that know what they are doing, and are always willing to give advice if you're willing to listen to their stories.
But i have seen local groups on facebook and such where I want to bash my head off the wall with what some people do
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Same way lets say you look at something like an iPad, 99% of consumers don't know that Apple purposely makes iPhones small, and will not make macbooks with convertible touch screens because by doing both of those they make people buy iPads. All this results in waste that is totally uneeded which kills the environment which kills fish. Most of todays iPads and ARM based tablets are nothing more than giant phones and people who own them are already sporting phones so why are they wasting money and killing the environment to own them when their laptop and phone already completely overlap in every function for that device?
Also the average consumer who does not do research harms other people too, because by not making good buying decisions they force companies that make better or more sustainable products to go out of business or change their business and then even the people who do make smart buying decisions literally have no choice because there is nothing available for them left on the market. This is the harsh nature of the real world, and why its more effective to do advertising than make good products, why many products are designed purposely to fail because if you make something too good you actually go out of business because no one needs to buy your product again when it breaks or becomes obsolete in 2 years. There is a reason why the industry is moving to make devices like tablets where every part is built and glued together so when it gets old and slow you have to throw everything out and buy all new creating more waste, killing the environment etc.... It is the irony of our world, worse service, worse products, are more profitable and more sustainable as a company (not to be confused with environmental sustainability).
So ya the phone you buy can cause suffering, just because you do not directly see it does not mean it exists. But at the end of the day its good to have people who are enthusiasts and try to help buy you cant be an expert in everything you do or even comprehend all the effects it has. I bet your TV, your sound system, or you phone probably caused me and the environment to suffer, and to some mechanic my car buying decision causes him to suffer because I don't know or care about cars.
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My Ulic Qel Droma / Exar Kun comic 2-pack arrived from StarWarsShop.com.
I've waited 14 years for them to make these figures! So sweet to finally have them!
I want to find Ambush on the Vulture's Claw battlepack from Clone Wars. I already have 2, but I need 2 more Gar Nackt figures and could make use of the IG Droid and especially more Anakins and Ahsokas for dioramas. But I can find the others anyway. I need Gar Nackt. I hope Hasbro will release the Trandoshan single-carded if nothing else.


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My brother had the old Sy-Klone figure, JT, and I hated it. The new one, though, is a dramatic improvement. Not quite as improved as Ram Man, but close.
My brother had the old Sy-Klone figure, JT, and I hated it. The new one, though, is a dramatic improvement. Not quite as improved as Ram Man, but close.
That's my jacket!
What is it with these people having ten or more Fakers from Toyfare? I was looking on ebay (evil bay) and saw a seller selling one. I then clicked on this person's feedback and he/she had sold like ten or more of these. What is the deal? They are sittin' there sellin' them for $60-70 a pop. Is this poor distribution??
One way to out think people is to make them think you think they'll think what you are not really trying to get them to think what you think.
That and a whole lotta hoardin' goin' on!
I truly hate Toyfare exclusives since they never seem to care about this problem at all. The same thing happened with every single Simpsons exclusive they've ever had (leaving me with an incomplete team of Pin Pals) - all the figures ended up in the hands of a very few people; mostly scalpers who quickly drove the secondary market prices through the roof. Their only concern is for the money on these things. If they cared at all for the fans they would seriously limit quantities on their exclusives.
To quote the immortal words of Jackie Childs in the final episode of Seinfeld, "They're real, and they're spectacular!"
I found Whiplash and Two Bad yesterday. Both are absolutely awesome figures. I don't remember the vintage Two Bad, but I had the old Whiplash, and this is one of those cases of "the Four Horsemen take a lousy old figure and turn it into a masterpiece." Wow.
I saw Fire Armor Skeletor, too, and just had to pass. I actually tried to talk myself into getting it, but it looked too silly.
Here's a question for anyone in the know about MOTU case assortments: I know I must've gotten to the store shortly after these were put out (since they were still there), but there was no Evil Lyn. She's listed on the cardback, though. Is she like Mekaneck, destined to sneak up on us later?
And, by the same token, has the Power Hoobajoob Man-At-Arms come out yet? He's on the cardback for the Prince Adam wave, but on the Whiplash wave, the next wave of figures (Man-E-Faces, Buzz Off, and two more He-Men rehashes) is listed. Given that Duncan morphs his arm all sorts of funky ways in the cartoon, this is one of the resculpts I might get.
That's my jacket!
I found Prince Adam and Cyclone at KB Toys yesterday. I passed on them only because I forgot to go back to the store and buy them when I was leaving the mall. Oops!
"Maybe I can help you. I am Boba Fett. The ship you seek is nearby." -Boba Fett
And Star Wars isn't a hassle?Originally posted by Roufuss
Yea, MOTU is more of a hassle now then it is fun.
I contribute it to the lack of figs, and who ships only six figs to a box these days??? Good job Mattel, every other company on the face of the planet goes TWELVE to a box, these days.
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
One of my nearby Target stores is thoroughly overflowing with Martial Arts He-Man figures, which leads me to believe that they are also getting Sy-Klone and Prince Adam figures (they ship in the same case) but are selling through them very quickly. I wonder why Mattel doesn't notice this?
Mattel does not yet seem convinced that shipping one each of the "secondary characters" and four of the latest He-Man or Skeletor per case is not a good idea. Nor have they yet seen the full folly of making sure each wave of bad guys has a new Skeletor and each new good guy wave has a new He-Man.
And as for why Adam doesn't count as this wave's He-Man resculpt ('cause let's be honest, that's what he is), no one knows.
That's my jacket!
Honestly, I think that was one of the main purposes of the recent Moss Man offer. I'm not certainly that Mattel actually knows exactly which items are clogging store shelves and have caused orders to fall off. We as fans actually care that there are no Sy-Klones, Whiplashes, Two-Bad's and Evil Lynns on the pegs, but your average store manager doesn't even know those characters exist and when he checks the computer for stock levels of 'He-Man' figures he only sees that they have more than enough and haven't sold any in weeks, maybe months. I think the Moss Man offer was an attempt (whether effective or not) by Mattel, via the itemized receipt they would naturally receive in exchange for each figure, to learn precisely which figures are clogging pegs and to hopefully help get rid of some of those. Let's face it, first of all they had to know that it would be primarily (perhaps exclusively) collectors who would respond to the offer, and secondly knowing that we have been complaining about the lack of new figures and that most of us would never buy yet another Smash Blade He-man except for this type of offer, this kind of thing could be a good indication of what hasn't been selling, how stores catalog and process these items as sales, and what is actually missing from store shelves. At least, I hope that's what they were trying to do.Originally posted by El Chuxter
Mattel does not yet seem convinced that shipping one each of the "secondary characters" and four of the latest He-Man or Skeletor per case is not a good idea. Nor have they yet seen the full folly of making sure each wave of bad guys has a new Skeletor and each new good guy wave has a new He-Man.
He does count, actually. It's just that even he's still preferable to 'Wildlife Photographer He-Man'.And as for why Adam doesn't count as this wave's He-Man resculpt ('cause let's be honest, that's what he is), no one knows.
I meant that he apparently is a new, distinct character in the eyes of Mattel, or he'd be four to a case.Originally posted by RooJay
He does count, actually. It's just that even he's still preferable to 'Wildlife Photographer He-Man'.
Moss Man was definitely aimed at collectors (what kid would've heard of the offer?), but I think Mattel already knew which figures were clogging shelves. While I know it takes time to see change, I hope there's serious re-evaluation of the case assortments within a few months. Ideally, each case of six characters should look more like this:
2-New character #1
2-New character #2
1-Previously existing background character
1-He-Man or resculpt
Whereas now, it's more like this:
1-New character #1
1-New character #2
4-He-Man resculpt
This way, everyone would sell pretty well. The two main characters would stay on shelves more or less all the time without clogging them up. Also, shortpacking a He-Man (and I think they should recycle the existing He-Men figures, since most kids would want basic and we don't want too many special armors for He-Man) might inspire a few collectors to snatch them up as well. Result: figures selling, people getting what they want. Everyone happy all around. :happy:
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Belatedly discovered that removing trailing whitespace with s/\s*$// instead of s/\s+$// was costing a full second of runtime every time the texlive.tlpdb file was read (about 50% of the read time). Furthermore, we apparently don't need to remove trailing whitespace at all (more savings). Unless I'm missing something obvious, this should be a nice fix for the 2011 release :).
Uploaded next TUGboat (issue #100) to the printer. Always such a nice feeling to ship another one. Now, back to TL testing & doc.
I sent these ideas for url.sty to Don Arseneau a few days ago. While awaiting his reply, though I'd post here too.
1. It seems like & should be a special character, since it's one of the url separators. If you think it's too late to add it by default, we could at least have an option like [amp] to turn it on. What I did for now was just:
\let\saveurlbreaks=\UrlBreaks \def\UrlBreaks{\do\&\saveurlbreaks}
2. I often find myself needing to explicitly force a line break instead a url. I've used ! for this. Another option, like [bangnewline] or something? I can't think of a good way to make the special character configurable, or to do it on a per-url basis, either of which would probably be better. What I did for now:
\mathcode`\!="8000 \let\saveurlspecials=\UrlSpecials \def\UrlSpecials{\do\!{\newline}\saveurlspecials}
3. Sometimes I find myself wanting to allow stretchy glue around / characters (only) to help with justification, etc. In practice it's proven too much to allow glue around any of the other usual characters. Unfortunately this now allows a line break between the slashes of http://, but again, nothing obvious came to mind for dealing with that :(.
\mathcode`\/="8000 % space around /'s. \def\Urlspaceyslash{% \mskip\Urlslashmuskip \mathbin{\hbox{/}}% need text / to avoid recursion \mskip\Urlslashmuskip} \let\saveurlspecials=\UrlSpecials \def\UrlSpecials{\do\/{\Urlspaceyslash}\saveurlspecials}
4. Finally, the documentation is evidently stale. It refers to \Url@do, which I do not see defined. If you like I can work up some updates. (Now that we have url.tex, do we need to keep up the documentation in url.sty? I'd be inclined to remove it instead of maintaining it twice, personally ...)
So today is the FSF's Day Against DRM.
I just wish some megacorporation would realize there is a market for DRM-free ebooks and the like, and offer an alternative. At least, I have to hope that people would choose books they can loan to friends, etc., given the choice.
Started trial TL builds. Seems to be going ok.
Fixed a bug in kpsewhich that has been latent for 20 years or so, only discovered when kpsewhich -show-path=clua actually showed the path for "lua" instead of "clua". Can't just check that the suffixes are the same, have to check the whole strings. Fun.
Bumped version number for Dvips and XeTeX -- just a few bug fixes for those this year. Taco has already committed the new sources for LuaTeX and MetaPost (lots of changes as usual), and Jerome has updated SyncTeX (internal changes only, I believe). Just a few more pending updates and we can start the builds ...
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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Congratulations on your acceptance to George Williams College! We invite you to take the next step in becoming a GWC student. Explore our campus and visit with current and incoming students, faculty and staff during our Admitted Student Day. We look forward to seeing you!
8:30am: Breakfast (Beasley)
9am: Check-in for non-overnight students (Mabel Cratty)
9:30am: Welcome (Mabel Cratty)
10:30am: Morning Session (attend a class, campus tour, financial aid, etc)
Noon: Lunch with faculty (Beasley)
1:30pm: Afternoon Session (attend a class, campus tour, financial aid, etc)
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