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Franklin Co. Concerned About Jail Expansion Cost
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia
Franklin County Commissioners are balking at the proposed cost of expanding the Franklin County Detention Center.
At its regular meeting earlier this month, the Franklin County Commission heard from architect Tom Wright of Wright, Mitchell & Associates.
He said even with some trimming of the design, the total cost would now be somewhere around $2.4 million, with a $57,000 contingency.
Wright said in today's economy, that is an extremely good price.
"That was for approximately 15,500 square feet or $153 a square foot," Wright said. "The typical cost of a new jail is typically $260 to $280 (a square foot). We are $100 less than what it would normally cost in this region."
The proposed plan calls for an extra pod at the Franklin County Detention Center to house non-violent offenders and women.
It would consist of four dormitories.
Three unisex dorms would contain 24 beds each, one dorm for women only would have 22 beds, and there would also be two cells in an isolation section which would each have two beds.
However, the $2.4 million is not what Wright had initially told the board the extra pod would cost.
Franklin County Commissioner Clint Harper said he wanted answers.
"What happened to the figure we were quoted of no more than $1.5 million?" Harper asked. "I think when we first were told of this, $1.3 or $1.4 was thrown out and then you said $1.5. But ever since that day, we've never seen anything even close to that figure."
Wright said the initial cost he quoted the board was based on old figures and did not include $900,000 in security equipment.
However, Harper said that there is no way FranklinCounty can afford to pay $2.4 million for a new jail pod.
"I'm telling you we're looking at serious problems at $2.4 million dollars, plus the $180,000 that it's going to take to man that unit, plus $2,000 a month for utilities," Harper said. "We're going to run into big problems with our budget."
Harper said Franklin County would have to raise taxes to pay $2.4 million for a new jail pod.
Franklin County Commission Chair Thomas Bridges suggested the county begin looking for alternative funding in the form of USDA loans or bonds.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Jeff Jacques said the board needs to have a separate work session to discuss the matter further.
"It's not only what it's going to cost, but how we're going to pay for it," he said. "We know we have approximately a million dollars in the jail fund. We need to know just the basic costs difference is between what finances we currently have and what we're looking at, just tentatively, on the actual cost."
Commissioner David Strickland agreed and said Wright did not give the board the true picture when he first presented the project.
After more discussion, the board decided, without taking a vote, to hold a work session at a future date to discuss the cost of the new jail pod further.


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A Les Paul with a Modern TwistThe Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-III is the gearhead's dream guitar. You get traditional electronics and pickups, plus a slew of jaw-dropping extras. A Shadow Nanomag pickup gives you big, full acoustic tones, while a USB output lets you record directly to your favorite DAW. The Les Paul Ultra-III features a chambered mahogany body, flame maple top, a mahogany set-neck, a rosewood fretboard - decked out with trapezoid inlays, classy binding, and a built-in tuner! Add ProBucker-2 and ProBucker-3 pickups, and you've got a killer tone machine that looks amazing and sounds great with the Les Paul Ultra-III!
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Laptop Blowout Insanity!!!
It'll blow your mind! It'll stop your heart! It'll melt your eyeballs! And as for what it'll do to your lap - you have to pay to find that out. It's an all-out nuclear flamethrower assault of howling laptop madness, and everything must EXPLODE!!!
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An Older Man From Beaumont, Texas, Goes To Battle With Ellen Degeneres's Twitter Record
Terry Shipman is an older, mustached man from Beaumont, Texas. He's on Twitter, and as of last night, he had under thirty followers and had tweeted four times. Most of those tweets were addressed to his son, and the fourth was a Dad joke about the selfie Ellen DeGeneres took with a handful of actors during the Oscars.
Ellen's selfie became the most retweeted tweet in Twitter's history, which was a little saddening because it was a stunt designed to advertise some cellphone. Shipman's Dad joe said this:
Let's see if we can beat the Oscar re-tweets! pic.twitter.com/hke2BbcUJb
— Terry Shipman (@terry_shipman) March 4, 2014
At press time, about twelve hours later, Shipman has 44,924 retweets, which isn't bad considering he tweeted it last night at 7, but still leaves him significantly behind Ellen's tweet, which has 3,246,719 retweets.
PS. I think that this story might be like a pop song that you're very tired of hearing by the end of today, or the end of this week, so enjoy it now while it's fresh and charming to your ears.
PSS. To answer the inevitable question that we have to ask about any charming piece of viral humanity: No, this doesn't seem to be a hoax. Yahoo's Jason Gilbert tracked down Terry Shipman's son and interviewed him about the retweet heard round the world.


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Massive Government Fraud: How to Get You Some
Why is there so much fraud in this doggone country? Just yesterday the feds rolled up $225 million in Medicare fraud. Over 100 doctors, nurses, and health care executives are all looking at hard time.
- Government fraud costing tens of billions each year
- Feds ramping-up high tech efforts to ferret out fraud
- Get your share of fraud with a False Claims Act lawsuit
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Citizens Have a Stake in Busting Federal Fraud
This is America for crying out loud. We're honest, Ram tough, like-a-rock kinda people. We're for fair play and making money the good, old-fashioned, capitalist way. But things have gotten so bad the federal government now has a high-tech war room to spot and stop "stimulus fraud."
Now here's how to profit from fraud, legally. Uncle Sam wants you. He'll pay you a bounty for outing the fraudsters and taking them down. We're talking potentially big money too. How does 15 to 30 percent of millions of dollars or more sound?
It's called a qui tam suit. You're entitled to sue to stop the fraud and recover the government's money under the federal False Claims Act. If you're suspicious of fraud against the government at your company or a competitor, you should contact an attorney. Before doing anything else, you'll also want to read our Whistle Blowing and Retaliation FAQ.
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Michael Douglas on Throat Cancer: "It Hurts A Lot"
Dealing with a hefty medical challenge, Michael Douglas pushed forth with promotional efforts for "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" with a "Late Show with David Letterman" appearance on Tuesday (August 31).
Greeting fans as he entered the Ed Sullivan theatre, the 65-year-old actor opened up about his throat cancer diagnosis while telling Letterman that "it hurts a lot."
Offering up details on the situation, Douglas says that he was informed of the condition - which is labeled as Stage 4 cancer - following a doctor's appointment for an extremely sore throat.
Having just finished up with the first week of radiation and chemotherapy, Michael admits "that it's about an eight-week struggle."
Utilizing drugs to ease the pain, the big screen legend later replied to a comment from Dave about how good he looks, saying, "Let's just say I'm pretty lit up -- I'm pretty lit up right now."
On a positive note, Michael added that the cancer is yet to spread beneath the neck, which lands him at an eighty percent chance of recovery.


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It is right in the central square of the city. The people are nice. 1. The hotel is slightly refurbished, it still has the "smell" of the Communist era. If you want a 3 stars hotel then you have to consider another one. 2. The central square of the city is a nightmare during night. If you'll get windows on the front side of the hotel then you have to be aware of: screams of drunk & homeless people or just citizens howling and singing till 4 in the morning. 3. I had a beautiful morning picture of a naked homeless sleeping in grass right in the front of the hotel, below my window.
Your receptionists were nice and friendly. The sizel of blanket was small.The breakfast was not having many choices.
The hotel has no separate parking area so you must be lucky to find a parking space especially during the day. The breakfast buffet is disappointing.
it needs some improvements (ie tv stations) other than that its central loaction is ideal
A great central location and we really appreciated the room refrigerator and electric hot water pot.
The room size, comfort, the interior design of the room, central position of the hotel, peace and quiet, free internet access. I have no comment.
Excellent location in terms of shops, access to the tram system and within walking distance of the beautiful pedestrian street/square. Good restaurant and breakfast
its in the city center hotel and service are very good none
Air conditioned
The staff were very helpful
Servicio Desayuno: bufet escueto
Un hotel muy nuevo, moderno y con un Spa espectacular. Está algo alejado del centro de la ciudad
La ubicación es muy cómoda y hay buena locomoción a cualquier punto de la ciudad. La cama es durísima, muy incómoda.
De fácil acceso, situado en una vía principal de la ciudad. Parking privado gratuito. Internet no funcionaba y no lo supieron solucionar. La habitación estaba mal aislada y daba a una calle bastante ruidosa. En recepción no hablan inglés.
The hotel was cheap and was near the principal square and the malls. The personnel of the hotel was speaking little English but they were very nice and they tried to help me in all I asked. There was no elevator, but only it was necessary to rise to the first floor.
El personal muy agradable. Dispone de Parking privado. Cerca del centro. Habitaciones muy sencillas.


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The Nature Conservancy is active in the Hill Country, where much of the original savanna has been lost to urbanization and invasive species. We work to protect the watershed and maintain our Love Creek Preserve, which boasts some of the most scenic land in Texas and a cross-section of the most diverse habitats in the nation. Two major rivers—the San Antonio and the Guadalupe—flow through our Refugio-Goliad Prairie project, a 100 percent private lands initiative focused on enhancing and restoring coastal prairie, and proving critical habitat for the endangered Attwater's prairie chicken. In northeast Texas, our 1,300-acre Clymer Meadow Preserve includes the largest protected remnant of native Blackland Prairie in Texas, an ecosystem that once covered more than 12 million acres in Texas and Oklahoma. This diverse and dramatic grassland habitat has been reduced to a mere 5,000 highly fragmented acres today, making it one of the most imperiled ecosystems in North America.
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Soffit Venting for Aluminum Sofits
I have a problem with a very hot attic. I do not have enough roof or sofit venting... I Plan to install some roof vent this weekend.
My house has aluminum sofit vents... However they are the punched type and are spaced out about every 8ft or so... I don't think they provide enough air flow, plus I think they might be plugged with blown in insulation...
I cannot get close enough to the soffit from the attic because there is not enough room... So i do not know how I would clean out any insulation that is down there. How do I add more vents? I figured the best way to clean out the vent would be to take them down from the outside... and while I was at that... I could add some additional vents.
So how to I take those soffits down? Also, without damaging the aluminum facia covering that partially wraps around the edge?
Thanks for any help.
Look up my UserName and for "Posts" that I mention Smart Vent.
It is perfect for under-ventilated Intake Ventilation situations, without having to disturb your soffits at all.
It is a Shingle Over Style Fresh Air Intake Vent, which is tapered and gets installed along the bottom of the roof deck after you remove the old shingles.
Hi, Thanks I have never heard of smart vent Before.
However, at the moment I do not think that will help me much since my roof is fairly new and I do not want to go ripping it up. I will consider it for when I actually tear off the roof.
I need advice on putting in more soffit venting. Should I cut the Aluminum and put up regular sofit vents? should I try to take the sofits apart and put in more punched style vents?
Does anyone one else have any other ideas?
if you have soffits overhangs then cut an opening with a circular saw from end to end about 2" wide or more if you like. Then clad the whole overhang with custom bent aluminum on the fascia and a hidden vent vinyl soffit system. Or you can do aluminum soffit with a vented panel abotu every 5' or so.
Unlike Ed I am not at all a fan of smart vent, nor most intake products on the market. The other thing we have done where there is no overhang to create intake is to create a false fascia and make the whole fascia a continuious intake vent.
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Our bloggers are trying to figure out which direction former video vixen Melyssa Ford is going with her career. On one hand, she seemed to want to leave her hip hop days behind her, stating that the industry was disrespectful toward women. This led to her appearing with the NAACP as a mentor for young women, a controversial move, to say the least.
Now, she is on the BET red carpet cuddling with rapper Flo Rida, appearing to reconnect with her hip hop roots. Which direction is she trying to go? Mentor or vixen, you can't be both Melyssa.
It's hard to figure out if former video vixen Melyssa Ford is trying to change her image or not. Not long after appearing as a "mentor" for young women at an NAACP event, Melyssa was seen on the BET red carpet booed up with rapper Flo Rida. Ford has stated recently that she is working to get away from the industry, but it seems that the industry keeps calling her back.


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Lawmakers head to Frankfort this week for a legislative session aimed at overcoming budget woes, among other things.
While many local officials have prefiled bills and have agendas for the 60-day session, the main focus is balancing a budget that hasn't gained much revenue in the past year. Rep. Lynn Bechler, R-4th, said revenue grew in the state about 2.3 percent, but federal dollars to the state will decrease this year.
"A lot of the additional money has been spoken for," Bechler said. "That's going to be the main topic. In this state, Republicans and Democrats are not always at each other's throats.
But just because we get along doesn't mean we hold hands and sing 'Kumbaya' together. We don't necessarily have the same views on how money should be spent, and we don't have the same vote on these issues."
Bechler said this year he will focus on increasing educational spending, and also is looking for raises for state employees. He also prefiled a bill that would require the legislature to vote on changes to the state's fuel tax.
Rep. Gerald Watkins, D-3rd, has been perhaps the most active legislator in the region, prefiling 13 bills. Most of the bill suggestions focus on revising the criminal code, including legislation that would make those charged with misdemeanor possession enter rehabilitation programs instead of going to prison. He also introduced the idea of a three-strikes rule, where repeat offenders with Class A or Class B felonies or capital crimes would face life in prison without parole.
"One of the fastest growing parts of the budget is corrections," Watkins said. "We are spending too much - about $22,000 each for 22,000 prisoners - so we need to keep people out of jail. Then we need to keep the violent and repeat offenders off of the streets."
Watkins also introduced a bill lifting a moratorium on construction of nuclear power plants in the state. Sen. Bob Leeper introduced that bill in the Senate last year.
Rep. Steven Rudy, R-1st, said he plans to refile a bill nicknamed Conner's Law, which resulted from the death of toddler Conner Bachuss. The law alters the manslaughter charge, allowing for harsher penalties when a crime involves child abuse.
Sen. Stan Humphries, R-1, did not prefile any bills. He said this is his first time as a senator going through the budget process, and he is looking to concentrate on a sustainable budget. He also is considering sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills to help transportation in his area, mainly to repair bridges and roads that have been overlooked for some time.
Contact Corianne Egan, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8652 or follow @CoriEgan on Twitter.
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In my last article, I discussed the near-term outlook for the energy sector and recommended buying exploration stocks on declines. It is good to see some correction in energy companies like BP plc (NYSE:BP), Total SA (NYSE:TOT) and Eni SpA (NYSE:E). I do expect a further correction in these quality stocks, which will give investors a good opportunity to consider long-term exposure to the energy sector.
In this article, I will discuss another sector, which might remain depressed in the near term giving investors some relatively attractive medium to long-term buying opportunity. With the Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) missing analyst estimates, the banking sector stocks have taken a hit with Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) down nearly 2% and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) down over 3%. I do expect the banking stocks to decline further over the next 3-6 months in line with a broad market correction and relatively depressed earnings. This expected correction can give investors an opportunity to add few quality banks to their portfolio.
Before I discuss further, I would like to mention that banking stocks can give moderate to good returns. However, the equity portfolio should not be overloaded with banking stocks. One or two names in the sector can be considered as a part of the portfolio diversification.
Coming to the reasons for being bullish on U.S. banks, the sector is fundamentally strong in the U.S. compared to the rest of the advanced market economies. Further, there has been rational improvement in the U.S. banking sector after the crisis. A rational improvement includes factors such as deleveraging and the sale of unprofitable subsidiaries.
My point on the relative strength of the U.S. banking sector is evident from the chart below. Compared to the banks in the euro area (including the U.K.), US banks do look fundamentally strong. U.S. banks score better than German banks on loan absorption capacity, funding, asset quality and profitability. With the banking sector taking a cautious stance on new lending, balance sheets might improve further going forward.
The fundamental comparison on the wholesale funding and the bank leverage ratio also indicates that U.S. banks are much better placed as compared to banks in the European region.
With high leverage and a high wholesale funding requirement, banks in the core euro area still are a high risk investment. For the U.S. banks, even on a standalone basis, the key ratios have tended towards improvement after the crisis. With Fed fund rates expected to remain low at least until 2014, the banking sector still has time to avail the extended bailout and further improve on its balance sheet.
In my opinion, the expected correction will make JPMorgan Chase & Co. an attractive buy. The stock has a healthy dividend yield of 3.2% when compared to Bank of America Corporation with a dividend yield of 0.3% and Citigroup Inc. with a dividend yield of 0.1%.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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New 200amp Service
Hello DIY's!!
Installing 200amp undergorund service for my home. Would like to know what size of wire needed to run from new 200amp service panel to meter base. Next question (ground plate or use ground rod) How deep should i go.
200 amp service is either 4/0 aluminum or 2/0 copper.
I dont know where you got the idea for ground plate, most places we use two ground rods and also ground the metal water line where it enters the house. The ground plate may be a local thing, either required or a much better idea due to soil conditioins.
250.52 Grounding Electrodes.
(A) Electrodes Permitted for Grounding.
(6) Plate Electrodes.
Each plate electrode shall expose not
less than 0.186 m2 (2 ft2) of surface to exterior soil. Electrodes
of iron or steel plates shall be at least 6.4 mm (1⁄4 in.)
in thickness. Electrodes of nonferrous metal shall be at least
1.5 mm (0.06 in.) in thickness.
250.53 Grounding Electrode System Installation.
FPN: See 547.9 and 547.10 for special grounding and
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(A) Rod, Pipe, and Plate Electrodes Where practicable,
rod, pipe, and plate electrodes shall be embedded below
permanent moisture level. Rod, pipe, and plate electrodes
shall be free from nonconductive coatings such as paint or
Thanks for the code lesson mdshunk, but what I was saying is that rarely do you see or hear of anyone mentioning one where conditions allow the use of the much easier to install ground rods.
Unless local soil conditioins requred this extra work, I for one cannot see the reason to install it.
In Ontario ground plates are used very often. One plate 3 feet down or two rods 10 feet apart.
There are many locations where the local geology precludes the use of ground rods. We often speak of "ground rods" generically, using it instead of the more broad term "grounding electrode", which can be many different things besides rods.
The point I am making, that you seem to want to ignor, is that it is too much work to dig a hole big enough for a plate, when soil conditions will permit a ground rod to be driven.
Since the OP mentioned plate electrodes, he likely to live in one of those areas where they are in fact a better idea.
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You know those amateurs caught fucking videos you see? Horny college kids get caught fucking in a car. Put them together and you've got one helluva party. You can actually find me on one of the vids like that. Spread on either an "Amateurs Caught Fucking!" site or if you google "Step siblings caught fucking in the car." Here's my story.
I'm 19 years old and live with my stepmom and her daughter. She just turned 19, too. What can I say? I got lucky. Her daughter was a fine girl and she'd make me hard as fuck but she didn't know it. One night, I got her a little tipsy and she told me she wanted me like I wanted her. Didn't take long for me to grab a cam and asked her to prove it. Lucky me, she agreed.
We headed onto my car, my stepmom would kill me if she found out I was gonna be dipping my rod in her sweet daughter's pussy. I set the cam up without her knowing (not that she would if she even looked properly with how tipsy she was) and started kissing her. She'd kiss back, we'd suck on each other's tongues and I'd rub at her panties from under her dress. "It's hot in here…" she told me grinning, taking her dress off. Damn, no bra. I fondled her tits and started sucking on them, feeling my cock throb as she moans in my ears. I sat on the back seat and got her on top of me. Slowly I poked up her pussy. Fuck, she was tight. She moaned, groaned, growled, grunted, all the while bouncing on my stiff prick. Louder and louder she got.
I saw a light flicker on in the house. "Let's end this, Kara" I told her. And I started meeting her thrusts. Another light downstairs came on. Fuck… I'm gonna cum soon. "Yes, Kara! YES!" I scream. "Mmmm yes… YES!" she'd moan approvingly. I hear the door slam. Pushed her off and came on her back to her ass. Right there was my step mom, at the window, shocked at our sweaty forms.
Let's just say I got kicked out.
But I still get to fuck my stepsister when we're up to it.


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- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1-1/2 cups canned pumpkin
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt-free seasoning blend
- Dash pepper
- 1/2 cup fat-free evaporated milk
- Minced fresh parsley
- In a saucepan over medium heat, saute onion in oil until tender. Add the broth, pumpkin, lemon juice, curry powder, sugar, salt if desired and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in milk; heat through. Garnish with parsley. Yield: 4 servings.
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National Research Council president John McDougall has a theory about why Canada doesn't get full value out of the billions it pours into research.
Blame it on health care. The country spends nearly half of its research dollars in an area that produces relatively few spinoff benefits because Canada isn't a global player, says Mr. McDougall, appointed last year by the Harper government.
"We don't have a health industry, other than a consuming one. So it's not really a surprise we don't get much out of it," the Alberta-bred engineer and businessman explains between bites of a sandwich and a cup coffee at Ottawa's Fraser Café.
"We're investing most of our assets in a race that might start in Canada, but ends in another country. It's not that we don't do good things, it's that we're exporting raw technology, and people."
With the keen eye of a portfolio manager, Mr. McDougall is determined to get a better "return" on the nearly $1-billion a year Ottawa spends at the NRC by firmly rooting the country's leading government research organization in a clutch of quintessentially Canadian projects.
And just maybe, he'll help fix Canada's innovation gap along the way.
So Mr. McDougall is moving the venerable 94-year-old institution away from pure "curiosity research" toward work on a cluster of key scientific challenges that have the potential to drive Canada's economy. So far, the short list of four flagship projects, or "big ideas," includes research into higher-output wheat strains, printable electronics, composite materials made from biomass and CO2-ingesting algae.
The NRC can "sprinkle" resources around the country, hoping some of its bets pay off over time, or it can "steer the ship a little more," he said.
"We're dealing with limited resources, and it's not as if there is a mattress full of money that keeps replenishing itself. We've got to get value out of it."
The transformation is not without controversy. Critics have complained about Mr. McDougall's lack of a science background (he doesn't have a master's or a PhD), his penchant for projects most likely to benefit Western Canada and his attraction to research in areas he put his own money as a private investor.
And inside the NRC, there's grumbling about his efforts to turn scientists and researchers into salespeople and promoters.
But Mr. McDougall is unapologetic. Canada, he pointed out, is too small a country to do everything. So it must develop critical mass by better targeting its R&D efforts.
"Canada has a psyche, and the psyche is one of fairness, which leads to a slice-and-dice mentality," he lamented.
If Calgary has a medical school, Edmonton wants one, too. And the pattern, he argued, is replicated across the country, with every dollar spent on R&D.
"It's very hard to develop critical mass when we are continually chopping it up," he said. "But if we don't get critical mass, then we're never going to develop more RIMs in this country," referring to Research In Motion Ltd., the Waterloo-Ont.-based maker of BlackBerry smart phones.
Mr. McDougall is an Albertan to the core – a fourth-generation Edmontonian who made his living in the oil patch and real estate before taking over the Alberta Research Council in 1997.
He's blunt, but amiable, peppering his sentences with expressions such as "by golly" and "surely to God."
And he grumbles good-naturedly about the Ottawa bureaucracy: "It's a very well-refined art, and there's lots of it."
But the smile fades as he describes the conflicts between the demanding timelines of the NRC's private sector customers and the endless questions and requests he gets from inside the government.
"The one word I hate in this town is 'template.' There's always a new template," he complained of the traditional ways of doing things.
Mr. McDougall, entering Year Two of a five-year term, still lives in Edmonton, in a newly built house he and his second wife Irene recently moved into on the North Saskatchewan River near the University of Alberta. Among his regrets is that he only gets back there three or four days a month.
Year One at the NRC has been consumed with developing the flagships. Aided by a team of about a dozen NRC officials, Mr. McDougall has identified the first four programs. He eventually expects there will be 15-20 of them, helping to guide the NRC's money and effort for years to come. As new projects come to the fore, other research projects may be wound down.
"The flagships will be a constant evolution, like a series of waves coming on a beach," he said. " … It's a process that's never-ending."
But how do you take the vast breadth of research the NRC does – everything from ice to microelectronics – and figure out what stays and what goes?
Mr. McDougall suggested it's a case of figuring out where Canada has a strategic advantage, where our industries fit into the global economy and where there's realistic potential to develop a value chain of companies that will use and ultimately invest in the NRC's work. And almost as importantly, he said the flagships must be projects that people can get their minds around – both inside and outside government.
"If we are going to get these economic benefits, we have to find things that make sense in the Canadian context," he said.
All countries have different assets to work with, Mr. McDougall said. And like it or not, Canada's greatest strength is its natural resources, which are a natural focus for the bulk of the NRC's work. He pointed out that Canada has 20 per cent of the world's known oil reserves, a third of its high-grade uranium, 20 per cent of its fresh water, as well as boundless biomass and minerals other countries crave.
"Surely to God, in a world that has an insatiable appetite for this stuff, that should be a natural hook to hang at least some of this innovation agenda on," he argued. "Because if you do it well, you help the world, you help your own economy, and you create jobs, innovation and a value chain along with it. And it's very hard to break it away because it's tied to something here in the ground."
The NRC, he added, probably enjoys a better reputation internationally than it does at home. And that's a problem.
"We aren't clear with the public in Canada what we are doing. They can't see it," he said. "Part of success means being able to communicate with people so they understand what you're doing and why it matters."
Mr. McDougall is less concerned about budget cuts, which are looming for all government departments and agencies this year. The NRC recently cut 52 jobs across the country, many of them linked to the organization's Industrial Research Assistance Program, which provides research aid to smaller companies.
Mr. McDougall acknowledged there will be more cuts. But he said he's confident the NRC can continue to grow, by attracting private sector financing to its flagship programs.
"I came to grow the place, not shrink it," he insisted. "Worst-case scenario is that whatever we will lose from government, we'll make up from other sources in terms of overall capability."
Curriculum vitae
Roots: Born and raised in Alberta, John McDougall's provincial roots date back to the 1870s, when his great-grandparents came to Edmonton, then a remote outpost of 40 people. "In the beginning, if you're going to come into a place and make something, you really have to dig in and do it yourself," he says of his ancestors.
Education: Unlike many of his predecessors at the National Research Council, Mr. McDougall is not a scientist. He doesn't have a PhD or Master's degree. He earned a BSc in civil engineering from the University of Alberta and completed several postgraduate courses in environmental engineering. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers.
Family: Mr. McDougall has been married to his second wife, Irene, for 15 years. The couple live in a newly built house near the University of Alberta in downtown Edmonton. They have four adult sons from their previous marriages. One owns a yoga studio, another runs a ski school, one is doing post-doctoral research in the United States and the fourth is in marketing for Cold-FX.
Career: Mr. McDougall began his career in the oil industry, worked for a while in the family's real estate business and eventually founded his own consulting engineering firm. He later spent 12 years as president and CEO of the Alberta Research Council. From 1991 to 1997, he taught at the University of Alberta as chair in management for engineers. He's also the founding chairman of Innoventures Canada.
Why he took the NRC job: "In Canadian terms, in innovation, this is as good as it gets. You have the biggest levers to pull, great infrastructure, lots of brilliant people and a mandate that says 'Make a difference to the economy.'"Report Typo/Error
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Akuma Motorsports will be holding a Dyno Day/ Meet and Greet event on Saturday April 27th 2013 (rain date will be Saturday May 4th 2013). A great time will be had by all, refreshments will be provided as well as a friendly X-Box driving competition!
Dyno runs will consist of 3-4 pulls and will include "best-run" dyno plot printout and a professional evaluation/recommendation for future power goals.
Additional tuning needs can be scheduled that day.
In order for Akuma to keep the cost down ($75 per event), we will need a minimum of 15-customers. Payment can be received via paypal (email@example.com) or at the shop directly (address below).
4-9-13 Update: We have upped the fun factor by giving a 1/2 price discount to 450 WHP cars and FREE pulls to cars producing 500+ WHP! This applies to all 4-cyl models
We will provide a list of members that have committed to a slot and update the list on a daily basis. Only confirmed slots will be scheduled that day (April 27th) so we can guarantee your event. Walk-ins are welcome as well but can not be guaranteed.
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Common guys lets get some cars out there!
Was there today and it looks like there is going to be some very nice vehicles coming out.
anyone going?
This Saturday
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text: Project Description The priorities for this master bath remodel included an increased shower area, room for a dresser/clothes storage, the introduction of some sustainable materials, and salvaging some of the previous fixtures. The former bathroom had walls delineating separate areas for the shower, tub, toilet and vanities. The space felt cramped and choppy. Once all of the walls were removed, the room felt spacious and filled with light. During demolition a few of the previous materials were salvaged for re-use, including light fixtures and windows. A large window that had formerly been stuck in the corner of the room was relocated to be centered in the space and over the new tub. The homeowners prefer to use sustainable man-made countertops throughout their home, so we brought in a local fabricator to create stone using concrete and recycled glass. One of the homeowner's top priorities was to create clothes storage in the bathroom so they could get rid of one of the many dressers in their bedroom. A custom built-in was created to house all of the husband's clothes and was tucked neatly into the space formerly occupied by the shower. One of the biggest challenges and physically one of the largest items to be newly introduced in the room was the tub. It was a floor model that the homeowners fell in love with and bought at an extreme discount. They felt it was too good to pass up, but it was also very big and very boxy. Instead of fighting the size and shape, we designed the space around it and made it a focal point of the room. Many of the other lines in the room echo its geometric and modern clean lines. The end result is a crisp, clean aesthetic that feels spacious and filled with light. The bathroom deserves an award for its edited use of materials, its serene and simple design and its successful fulfillment of all the homeowner's wishes.


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That is one heck of a suit bro.You did a bangup job.Love it!!!!!
That is one heck of a suit bro.You did a bangup job.Love it!!!!!
I gotta say, I'm not a huge fan of customs, but I think that looks awesome. You've really achieved your goals there mate. My hat comes off to you! Gotta love those shoulder pads too!
Man I have got to give you credit for pulling together some cool custom Mandos.
Thanks wickedbeard, mandalore697, Southern hunter.
I pleased you all like the Judge Valcar outfit, and I would like to thank everyone for there kind comments thoughout this project...
All I need to do now is head back to the drawing boards and think of another one to make..... lol
You need to get some mannequins for all this mando my friend!
Your costume looks great! i'll admit that @ first i wasn't wild about the idea, but you made it look great!
thanks for the link too!
Thanks ragamuffin. I think when I took on this project, I knew I needed to work hard on getting it right from the start. I did loads of possible design drawings. Loads of possible colour matchs. But I thought that I would use the ones I have becasue they stand out the most. And most of all I thought the Dredd outfits from the movie needed a little more colour. It just did not capture the comic side of what it was trying to show.
So while doing this crossover that was formost on my mind from design to completed work....
WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!..............lOVE IT!!!!!
While at the London Film and Comic Con on sunday, I got a picture taken with Lee Townsend, an artist that works for 2000AD. He has done a few Judge Dredd story lines, and is currently working on another. He was sitting at his stall, working on a hand drawing of someone standing there. But once he saw my Judge Valcar outift he could not keep his eyes off me.. lol
So it had to be done, I walked over and shooked his hand, and got a pic taken with him... Big smiles all round...
It was a great day out....
That is a totally sweet suit of armor
where did you get the helmet
Ho snap.
That is awesome! I am a huge fan of your original Sniper Mando but I love this suite! And I don't even like 2000AD!!!
Great job Valcar, keep it up! (BTW, I'm Aika on Mercs forums)
Thought I would pop this pic update, Myself and ShadowUK went to the London Film And Comic Con at and I got to meet one of the Comic artisists that have done a few Judge Dredd storys, Lee Townsend...
He loved the outfit and let me have a pic taken with him, it was a good day.
Nothing sort of amazing!:thumbup
Super awesome costume!
That's amazing.
What a cool idea. Not that I'M a big Dwedd...er...DREDD fan er anything.


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Glad to hear that she was ok, good shot by the woman.
This is a discussion on Home Intruders Shot By Tulsa Apartment Resident within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=12810676 Interesting comment by the cop in the video. That is better to just comply rather than resist. I like to see him comply if ...
Interesting comment by the cop in the video. That is better to just comply rather than resist. I like to see him comply if they ask him to take his clothes off.
Great shooting by the lady
Two Intruders Shot, One Killed During Tulsa Home Invasion
TULSA, OK -- Tulsa Police say one of two men shot during a violent home invasion early Thursday morning has died. They identified him as 18-year-old Darreon Carter.
Carter was shot in the head and leg. The second suspect, 23-year-old Daniel Holman, remains in critical condition in a Tulsa hospital. He was shot in the head and stomach.
The men were shot by the resident in the apartment in what police say was a case of self-defense.
The incident happened at the Brighton Park Apartments at 51st and Yale shortly after a resident called 911 and said two intruders had been shot during a robbery. Tulsa Police were called to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. where they say a resident in the apartment fought back.
Police say a woman had just entered her apartment when two men forced their way inside and demanded money.
The suspects were armed with screwdrivers and demanded money. After the victim gave them money, they told her to take her clothes off but she refused.
The commotion awoke the woman's boyfriend who came out of the bedroom and began struggling with the two intruders.
Police say the woman then got a handgun out of her purse and shot both intruders.
Carter died late Thursday morning
Glad to hear that she was ok, good shot by the woman.
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The Sgt in the one video says fight back.
The semi-retired two striper in the other video says don't fight back, it makes more work for him.
Great Job, 2 less bgs to prey on other people.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
She can shoot and shoot she did!!!!!!
Without her gun things would have turned out totally different.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness,
nor the arrow for its swiftness,
nor the warrior for his glory.
I love only that which they defend.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
2 head shots thats great!
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The Dalai Lama:"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun."
If it were his wife or daughter would he want them to "just comply"?Interesting comment by the cop in the video. That is better to just comply rather than resist. I like to see him comply if they ask him to take his clothes off.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
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headshot x 2!! bravo!
I carry a gun to protect myself & the people I love from the Monsters that roam this earth.
That there is good old rootin tootin shootin
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
This impressed me, too!
Under pressure and makes two head shots means this lady probably had some training and lots of guts.
Congrats to her...
One dirtbag down...
Hope the other one meets up with the first...
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Well, it seems the woman did comply with the robbery aspect! When it came to rape... well, that just wasn't gonna happen! Good for her!
The cop who said comply? Yeah, well, she did at first. Now he wants her to comply to being raped? He'd be looking for a new job if I was his chief or sheriff. Better to just keep your mouth shut than make a statement like that!
We can only hope the second guys doesn't make it. I heard his buddy is saving a turd cigar for him in hell to smoke when he gets there.
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
wow, 2 head shots, 1 COm and one leg....good shooting!
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Now THIS is what I call a "feel-good" story. These two dirt-bags got exactly what they deserved. Great shooting by the woman. I wish I knew what caliber she was using, but I suspect .380. If she'd been using .38 spl +P or better we'd have had an even better outcome.
Strategies and tactics note: So she was coming home and opening her door and that's when these useless pieces of garbage made their move. Situational awareness should be heightened at such times.
The trashbags were armed with screwdrivers. Make sure that your HD setup has strong options at close hand in every room. If you can't get to a gun, what else do you have on tap? What else are you skilled in using?
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Ozgur Alaz: How Does Your Business Appear On Social Media?
Use different display options available on social media to give a company a distinctive identity.
When one mentions social media practices, the first thing that comes to our minds is a question like "What are we going to do on Facebook?" or "How should we use Twitter?" On the other hand, would you be surprised if I told you that your website is your first and the foremost social media tool. Let's take a closer look.
Every day, tens of people like, share or tweet pages of your website. An important portion of your website's social media traffic is created by this kind of sharing. Your social media visibility, on the other hand, is tens of times bigger than this traffic. More people than the ones who visit your website see your brand in these posts. Actually, your brand awareness is created by these posts. Well, have you ever taken a closer look at how your website looks on social networks? Successful companies get one step forward in the competition by giving extra care to their social media visibility.
That's where real opportunity lies. You can increase your website's traffic coming from social media by optimizing its social media look. You can design how it will look once someone likes your pages. And this should be a part of the marketing team's work, not the developing team's. As someone who have been working on this topic, making tests and getting results, I want to share some practical information regarding this with you.
Keep this question always in your mind while writing sharing texts: "What do I want people to say while recommending my brand to their friends?" We don't write these copies for robots, we write for real people. That's why you should choose texts that include advice and motivate the friends of the sharer.
Image is everything. You can choose which image will be shown on social media sharings. If you don't choose it yourself, posts will be shared with random images. See these images as poster designs. You should use big images that are interesting and in the right size. If the images are not in the right size for social networks, they will be shared in a smaller form and will be less visible.
Activate the right Twitter card for your content! Twitter cards have many different features for different content types. Identify the Twitter card that is the most compatible with your website and content and use it. Posts with Twitter cards create 4-5 times more interaction.
Don't think of social media sharing texts as fixed. This is actually a medium for advertising. Change these texts in different campaign periods, announce your campaigns. Provide people with reasons to visit your website and make a purchase.
You can lead people to follow your brand on social networks right after they share your page on Twitter or Facebook. This may look like a very trivial detail but it's very important to make people who like your brand a part of your community.
Check your social media sharing texts once in a month. Identify faulty pages. Many different things like wrong sized images or missing or too long texts can cause faults in posts.
Analyze your most shared pages! Analyze what kind of a sharing performance your website's pages show on different social networks. Analyze the most shared pages to see what is interesting and significant to your users. This social sharing trends data will provide you with valuable insight about your content, products and brand.
Let's keep on with a couple of examples with perfect social media look for a little inspiration.
Thenextweb's Facebook posts capture one's attention with big sized images. Every article has a social media summary. This way, more people click on the link. Moreover, its Facebook meta tags are chosen elaborately. Writers of articles are also made visible in the posts.
We love Fab.com's explanatory texts. In those texts, it's explained what makes Fab different and why we should do shopping on Fab.
Let's take another look at Fab's product pages. Explanatory text talks directly to people. It's written like an ad copy.
Or, let's take a look at Fancy.com's Twitter posts. What we see is an amazing Twitter cards use. All posts are shared automatically with a big image and the product's price tag.
With these examples, we've introduced you to the secret weapon of champion companies. Applying these principles, you can both improve your social media look and double your website's traffic coming from social networks.


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Miley Cyrus: 2009 Kids' Choice Awards
Oh I really do love the dress Miley Cyrus is wearing here at the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards. With her new, long, sunkissed locks, Miley hit the perfect note of formality with her strapless, tiered white dress. Also, I might be partial to the frock because it reminds me of a cake.
Check out all of our 2009 Kids Choice Awards coverage here!
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Fort Dauphin (Manitoba)
|Fort Dauphin
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Fort Dauphin Museum
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Fort Dauphin, was built in 1741 near Winnipegosis, Manitoba with Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the western military commander, directing construction. The area provided a post located between the Assiniboine River and the Saskatchewan River. It was named for the Dauphin prince of France.
A second Fort Dauphin was built in 1767 on the north shore of Lake Dauphin, so both the fort and the lake had the same name. This fort was built by French fur traders after the era of the western military commanders. As with many of the forts of the times, they kept the same names while changing locations to facilitate trade with the First Nations and to secure better physical locations.
The site at Winnipegosis was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1943.[1]
- ^ Fort Dauphin. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
External links[edit]
- Manitoba Historical Society - La Vérendrye
- Manitoba Historical Society - Timeline
- Manitoba Historical Society - the Verendreyes
Coordinates: 51°39′17″N 99°55′26″W / 51.6546°N 99.9238°W
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Are Ryan Moloney, Kristy Wright, Jason Crews, Damen Stephenson and Robbie
McGregor bored with domestic adoration? They are instantly recognisable soap
celebrities who share nightly audiences of more than a million Australians, yet
for a few weeks last month they gathered in Jervis Bay to work free on a feature
film, Enemies Closer, which may never find an audience.
On paper, it just doesn't add up. Are they anticipating the day their soap
bubbles will burst, working towards futures beyond the small screen? Are they
just dying to get out there and act in whatever vehicle presents itself? Do they
think there's a chance of a feature film opening those dreamed-about Hollywood
doors, despite the odds? Why, why, why? Why are our soap stars so keen to work
on the big screen?
Most of us are likely to have heard at some stage of "Toadie" from Neighbours
or "Chloe" from Home and Away. And this, it seems, is a big part of the
problem. Soap characters loom larger in the collective conscience than the
actors toiling behind them. And those actors don't want to spend their entire
lives being recognised for their juvenile efforts.
At 16, Moloney was cast as Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi, a suburban school kid
with a mullet. Now 21, Toadie has experienced a few furtive romances, fought
with his parents and graduated to university, where he's studying law. Acting in
two-and-a-half-hours of telly every week is hard work, but at an age and in an
occupation where unemployment is the norm, Moloney's not complaining.
His Neighbours years have paid for a house in suburban Melbourne and he is
seen each weeknight by an Australian audience of almost one million, as well as
many more internationally. He has another 18 months on his contract and insists
he's happy and not about to quit.
So why did he travel to Jervis Bay for a weekend to perform an unpaid cameo
as a waiter who "helps build the tension" in Enemies Closer, a production
steered by a first-time director, first-time writer and first-time producer,
being shot on a tiny budget without any guarantee of a cinema release?
"That role enabled me to branch into a bit more realism instead of the soapy
constraints," he says. "It had a bit more edge and there was room to create a
Moloney says he believes in the film, a suspense-thriller about a young
design student who stays rent-free in a house that appears to be haunted.
Moloney loves the fact his character was just a little bit bad. "All characters
in Neighbours are soapy-like, clean-cut and nice. Basically, the bad guys come
in and they leave."
Wright, now 22, was Chloe in Home and Away for four years before she left at
the end of last year. After deciding to pursue film work, features or shorts,
she has vowed not to undertake another regular soap role. Playing the lead in
Enemies Closer is her feature debut and, fingers crossed, her crossover project.
But who will see it? Even a solidly performing local feature such as
Chopper was seen by only half a million people in cinemas. The Wog Boy, a very
mainstream feature, was seen by just over one million. Six of the 25 feature
films entered in this year's AFI awards will probably never enjoy a cinema
release. Conversely, each episode of Home and Away reaches a domestic audience
of 1.5 million, and millions more worldwide.
Wright says that while she hopes Enemies Closer will perform well in cinemas,
ultimately she doesn't care how many people see it. What she wants is peer
respect: "I'd rather have a great actor congratulate me on my work than win a
popularity award."
So is pursuing unpaid jobs at the expense of paid work in television just
about credibility? Wright says no, that's a common misconception. It's really
about space, the room to create. She praises the Home and Away cast and crew,
arguing that it takes greater skill to deliver two-and-half-hours of soap each
week than an hour of a teleseries or a couple of minutes of film.
She concedes that film actors are perceived as "better", but says that's
because they can afford to be. They enjoy the luxury of rehearsals, for a start.
Soap actors learn their lines, memorise their cues, find their light, hit their
marks and deliver. Wright says she is pursuing film because now that she has
experienced the disciplines of soap she wants the luxury of being allowed to
But will she find that she can? Senior scriptwriter David Hannam (Stingers,
Something in the Air, Pacific Drive) says soap producers recognise their own
production constraints and overcome them by casting young actors essentially as
themselves. "Then scripts are written around the personalities," he explains.
The actors then mature into their twenties, only to discover the opportunities
for character development shrinking.
Soaps have little need for twenty- and thirtysomething characters. Their two
key audiences are young kids and older people. The oldies identify with the
Harolds, Madges, Cookies and Ailsas, while the kids relate to the kids, their
problems at school and their relationship stories. Pretty much everyone in
between is watching another channel.
But if the twenty-through-forties group doesn't watch soap, it most
definitely goes to the movies. The actors know it and so does the film industry.
And while Hannam thinks soap actors are clever to explore other acting options
early, he says their big-screen quest can be put down to a single name. "You can
sum up the phenomenon in two words," he says, "Guy Pearce."
Pearce appeared on both Neighbours (1986-90) and Home and Away (1991-92)
before his role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert launched
him onto the world stage. LA Confidential secured his future. Pearce works in
movies around the globe, has earned critical respect and is a "name actor". He
is in a position to select his roles and (more or less) name his price. If he
can do it, the young soapsters might be thinking, why can't I? Agent Mark
Morrissey says the lesson to be learned is that young actors should get local
film experience before heading to Hollywood.
Former Home and Away star and TV Week honey Melissa George left Australia to
try her luck in LA four years ago and is still waiting for a significant TV or
film role. Ditto Kimberly Davies, whose biggest gig this year was 30 seconds
screen time as a restaurant maitre d' in Madonna's The Next Best Thing. "It's
much easier to go over there promoting an Australian film. Go there cold and
it's a very intimidating environment," Morrissey says. But why are actors so
keen to make movies? Actors, he says, want to make films because audience
members pay money for tickets, whereas TV is essentially free, so the perceived
value of an actor's work is lower.
Profile clearly also matters. In film, the actor becomes the star. In soap,
the character becomes the star. Pia Miranda reached a bigger audience during her
Neighbours stint as Karen in 1998 than through her lead role in Looking for
Alibrandi. But Roadshow's marketing campaign ensured Miranda is now a name to
watch out for.
Casting agent Maura Fay admires soap actors for their bravery, "putting it
out there", but says there is a lingering doubt in the film marketplace about
them. For those who make the transition, the rewards can be bountiful but,
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Jason Donovan
Was Scott in Neighbours. Film: Blood Oath (1990), Rough Diamonds (1994), The
Sun, The Moon And The Stars (1996), Diana And Me (1997), Sorted (unreleased)
Kylie Minogue
Was Charlene in Neighbours. Film: The Delinquents (1989), Street Fighter
(1994), Bio-Dome (1996), Misfit (1996), Cut (2000), Moulin Rouge (unreleased).
Alex Dimitriades
Was Nick in Heartbreak High. Film: Head On (1998), Subterano (unreleased).
Heath Ledger
Was Snowy in Sweat. Film: Blackrock (1997), Paws (1997), Ten Things I Hate
About You (1999), Two Hands (1999), The Patriot (2000), Four Feathers
(unreleased), A Knight's Tale (unreleased).
Melissa George
Was Angel in Home & Away. Film: Dark City (1998), The Limey (1999), Bring It
On (2000), New Port South (unreleased), Sugar & Spice (unreleased), Mulholland
Drive (unreleased).
Melissa Thomas
Was Rebecca in E Street. Film: Dallas Doll (1994), Thank God He Met Lizzie
Rose Byrne
Was Belinda in Echo Point. Film: Two Hands (1999), My Mother Frank (2000),
The Goddess of 1967 (2000), Star Wars: Episode II (unreleased).
Matt Doran
Was Damian in Home & Away. Film: Lillian's Story (1995), The Thin Red Line
(1998), The Matrix (1999), Star Wars: Episode II (unreleased)
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The RC boat club was formed in West Palm Beach in the late 1970s. In the beginning, it
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Our races consist of various classes of gas or nitro-powered remote control boats. Some
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Pop-Culture | Posted by Emma K on 04/21/2011
The J. Crew Controversy
A recent J. Crew promotional email showed a picture of the company's president and creative director Jenna Lyons laughing with her 5-year-old son, Beckett. A bottle of Essie nail polish is juxtaposed with their photo. The caption of this spread reads, "Lucky for me I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is so much more fun in neon." For most, this image, shown at left, depicts a loving mother and her son sharing a fun and sweet moment together, but some social conservatives have labeled the image as "blatant propaganda celebrating transgendered children." This statement comes from an article written by Erin R. Brown for the website of the Culture and Media Institute, whose mission is to "prove – through sound scientific research – that liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines American values." The article begins, "J. Crew, a popular preppy woman's clothing brand and favorite affordable line of first lady Michelle Obama, is targeting a new demographic – mothers of gender-confused young boys." Brown goes on to suggest that Beckett has been somehow exploited by people pushing "liberal, transgendered identity politics." Psychiatrist and Fox News contributor Keith Ablow also wrote an article on the topic. He went even further than Brown, calling the image "a dramatic example of the way that our culture is being encouraged to abandon all trappings of gender identity—homogenizing males and females when the outcome of such 'psychological sterilization' is not known." Ablow demonstrates his blatant idiocy to an even greater extent with this suggestion:
"Well, how about the fact that encouraging the choosing of gender identity, rather than suggesting our children become comfortable with the ones that they got at birth, can throw our species into real psychological turmoil—not to mention crowding operating rooms with procedures to grotesquely amputate body parts? Why not make race the next frontier? What would be so wrong with people deciding to tattoo themselves dark brown and claim African-American heritage? Why not bleach the skin of others so they can playact as Caucasians?
Why should we hold dear anything with which we were born?"
Ablow's extrapolations are outrageous. People don't change their gender because of something as trivial as putting on nail polish; they transfer genders because the identity they were born with doesn't match their biology. Similarly, sexuality isn't something that can be influenced by external forces. If Beckett grows up to be gay or transgendered, it certainly won't be because him mom permitted him to paint his toenails as a five-year-old. But you don't need to take my word for it; Dr. Jack Drescher, a New York City psychiatrist who serves on the American Psychiatric Association's committee addressing sexual and gender identity, has stated, "I can say with 100 percent certainty that a mother painting her children's toe nails pink does not cause transgenderism or homosexuality or anything else that people who are social conservatives would worry about." And the comparison to race is ridiculous. I won't get all the way into this issue, but gender identity and cultural identity are two completely different things that a psychiatrist like Ablow should know better than to lump together.
In my opinion, this whole story is a non-issue that doesn't even warrant discussion, but since social conservative ignoramuses like Keith Ablow have made it a topic of controversy, I think they need to be called out for their offensive commentary and the way they have blown this thing way out of proportion. The story being told by the photo is that of a loving mom who is embracing her son's creative whimsy. Ablow closes his article by asking, "I wonder what Jenna would think if her son wanted to celebrate his masculinity with a little playacting as a cowboy, with a gun? Would that bring the same smile of joy and pure love that we see on her face in the J. Crew advertisement?" You know what, Mr. Ablow? I think that her reaction would have been just the same. She is clearly a mother who loves her son for who he is, and who would support him no matter what. Beckett is lucky to be being raised in an environment without harsh restrictions on self-expression. Whether he grows up to be straight, gay, or even transgender, I'm confident that his mother will accept him for who he is. That's what this photo is all about.
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Nereida @ at 1:24 pm, April 21st, 2011
I would only worry for the boy later in life, if his high school peers see this and mock him for it. If this is really what she is like as a mother and not just an image, then she is awesome. All kids should be allowed to have fun and express themselves. Shame on the naysayers
Natalia @ at 4:08 pm, April 21st, 2011
I've never understood why pink is a "girl's color". My poor boy cousin always got teased as a child for loving pink as much as I did. I never understood that so I'd let him wear my pink socks when we were alone haha. I hate society.
Miriam @ at 6:33 pm, April 21st, 2011
I really hate this whole situation.
Kristen A @ at 7:09 pm, April 21st, 2011
Interestingly enough, in the video segment where Ablow shoots off his mouth about this story he's wearing a shiny pink tie…hmmmmm….
Fox @ at 7:10 pm, April 21st, 2011
Stupid situation. Its funny as pink used to be for boys and blue for girls in the past. Blue was once supposed to be 'dainty' and suitable for females.
Liz @ at 8:10 pm, April 21st, 2011
Exactly @ Fox! This whole situation is such BS. Don't stigmatize children's interests! Let them be children!
Emma K @ at 9:46 pm, April 21st, 2011
Jon Stewart actually did a bit on this…I think he really got it right: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-13-2011/toemageddon-2011—this-little-piggy-went-to-hell
Anna @ at 3:15 am, April 23rd, 2011
According to their logic, all female to male transgendered kids must have never had their nails painted, seeing as that can define a persons gender…I guess logic is out of the question here though. Ha
Lauren @ at 10:02 am, April 23rd, 2011
I stopped shopping at J. Crew long before this "controversy." Which, in my opinion, is a bit odd but nothing significant. The worst that could happen is some annoying, homophobic kid sees this ten years from now and posts it on Facebook.
stephen @ at 2:03 pm, April 28th, 2011
But why is it lucky for her that her boy's favorite colour is pink? If she is so open minded she wouldn't really care, would she?
Renee @ at 8:18 pm, May 26th, 2011
I saw this and just laughed people can be so stupid sometimes this is just a mother and her child being cute and adorable but there turning this into some fiasco


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Give a BIG old Nest welcome to the lovely Nikki of Tikkido! I have followed Nikki's blog for a long time and am ALWAYS impressed with her crafts and party decorations. She is a MASTER of celebrations, ya'll! We are lucky to have her here at the Nest to share a bit of her DIY genius with us, so grab a plastic water bottle, your leftover fabrics and get ready to be inspired by this quick, easy, beautiful craft idea! Welcome Nikki!
There are really great printables out there for pretty much any theme. But I don't always use them. Sometimes, for example, I'm inspired by some gorgeous fabric. Rather than hire a designer to create custom printables to compliment my fabric (that can get pricey, and I do *not* have the talent for graphic design), I like to use the actual fabric in as many ways as possible.
One way I love to use up extra scraps of fabric is for wrapping water bottles. All you need is:
--Standard bottles of water
--white or light paper
--glue gun
--trim (optional)
Start by cutting strips of fabric. The bands on my grocery store water bottles were 1.5" tall, so I made my fabric strips just a smidge bigger.
Next, cut strips of white or very light paper the same width. Did you know that a standard piece of printer paper is the perfect length to wrap around a water bottle? So all you need to do is figure out how tall the strip needs to be and cut away. Glue the paper strip over the label on the water bottle. While this step isn't strictly necessary, it does act like primer, and blocks the water bottle text from showing through the fabric. Especially light fabrics.
Once the strip of paper has been glued on, it's time to add the fabric. Tip: you only need to use the glue at the back of the bottle. This prevents any unsightly lumps and discoloration from using the hot glue gun. Again, more of an issue with light fabrics than dark, but it's better safe than sorry. Add a trim if you like. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. It depends on the party.
What's your favorite way to use up fabric scraps?
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Position players you can get going and know where they are at once they get here. Spend a couple of days on the field and we have a better idea.
With pitchers, you just don't know what is going on in the arm. Historically, baseball has always brought pitchers in a week before position players. Usually, by the time the position players get here, the pitchers are ready to throw somewhat live.
When you think about in terms of minor league camp, our first day (for hitters) on the field is the ninth. They get here the seventh, take physicals the eighth, and are on the field the ninth. We have the only the ninth, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th on the field before we are playing games. We should have a lot of our pitchers ready to throw simulated live BP by the 10th of March.
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Daryl Jones has not come along as everyone would have hoped but word is he has been hard at work this off-season. Does there need to be a sense of urgency with Daryl?
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Joe Thatcher obviously made an impression with San Diego last year and has a good shot at making the club out of Spring. What did you see from him that he does so well?
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His history has been as such that – even though he doesn't have overpowering stuff - he is left-handed and has a history of missing bats.
He did it in Portland the whole time he was there and he certainly did it in the big leagues.
If you had to champion one Latin prospect that would make it to the majors over the next two years – who would it be?
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I would probably say the best odds of getting to the big leagues might be a reliever – a Wilton Lopez or Ernesto Frieri.
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Nick Clegg has criticised a Labour-led council that sent leaflets to social housing tenants encouraging them to consider fostering a child as a way to avoid the so-called bedroom tax that comes into force next week.
The deputy prime minister was confronted about the issue during his weekly Call Clegg phone-in on LBC radio. He also praised stay-at-home mothers, following complaints that his childcare proposals help only those going to work.
Clegg said: "It is not right for Ealing council to take an exemption that we announced a couple of weeks ago to say foster families will not be covered by this and then to use this to go round locally saying why don't you turn yourselves into a foster family."
He said it was the first he had heard of the leaflets. "I am not happy at all with councils encouraging people to change the way they are as families just to avoid that £14 a week," Clegg said.
The Ealing leaflet says: "Are you a tenant or resident that will be affected by the changes to housing benefit? … If you are in this position, then you could think about using your spare room to foster. Foster children are not counted as part of your household for housing benefit purposes."
The west London council defended the leaflet, saying it would retain a vigorous assessment procedure. "We want as many people as possible to consider fostering and recognise welfare benefit changes may have appeared to be a barrier to some families who could become potential foster parents."
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said: "Reforming the spare room subsidy will save the taxpayer around £500m a year. We need to make the best use of our existing social housing stock when there are nearly two million households on the social housing waiting list and over a quarter of a million tenants are living in overcrowded conditions."
Clegg denied during the phone-in that his office had received a complaint of improper conduct about the Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock in 2011. Hancock denies allegations over his conduct.
"My office never received one of the letters from the complainant's solicitors. We did receive a letter in February of this year. The police have looked into this matter before, [and] have dismissed it because they don't think they can take it forward on advice of the Crown Prosecution Service," he said.


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Last season, the Bobcats survived last place by just three games, beating out the Atlanta Hawks. With the Hawks picking up two more talented young players, Charlotte is going to have its work cut for itself to stay out of the Southeast cellar this season. But like the Hawks, the Bobcats picked up two quality first rounders: Brandon Wright from North Carolina and Jared Dudley from Boston College. Both of these guys were exceptional in the college ranks and have the potential to be big time NBA talents.
The acquisition of Jason Richardson should prove to be a solid pick up. He brings 19 points per game and nearly seven boards to the gym each night and gathers big crowd support with his electrifying dunks. He is definitely that scoring shooting guard that this team was missing. Raymond Felton had a breakout season last year averaging 14 points per game and seven assists per contest.
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By Gwen Ashley Walters
From Triple Creek Ranch, Montana
8 servings
Cook the venison only to medium rare, as most game meats toughen beyond 135 degrees F. Prepare the sauce first, and re-heat when ready to serve. If venison is not readily available, try this with beef tenderloin or pork loin. If you substitute pork, cook to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F.
3 pounds venison loin
Kosher salt
Ground black pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons butter
1-1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Balsamic Blueberry Sauce
1. Cut the venison into 3-ounce steaks, about 1-1/4 inches thick.
2. Season steaks with salt and pepper. Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Sear in batches so as not to overcrowd the pan, about 2-1/2 to 3 minutes per side for medium rare. Remove to a warm platter and let rest 5 minutes before serving.
Makes 1-1/2 cups
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
4 cups beef stock
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
1 teaspoon green peppercorns
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water
1. Bring blueberries and beef stock to a boil, reduce heat and simmer vigorously until reduced to 3 cups, about 8 to 10 minutes.
2. While stock is reducing, sauté shallot, garlic and green peppercorns in 1 tablespoon of butter in a small skillet until shallot is translucent, about 4 minutes.
3. Stir in balsamic vinegar and tarragon to the shallot mixture and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Simmer until vinegar is reduced to 1/2 cup, about 8 to 10 minutes.
4. Blend the vinegar reduction and the reduced blueberry/stock mixture in a blender until smooth. (Caution: hot liquid in a blender shoots straight up. Cover the blender lid tightly before turning on the blender.)
5. Strain the sauce and keep warm while preparing the venison loin. If necessary, thicken the sauce by stirring together the cornstarch and cold water and stirring this "slurry" mixture into a boiling sauce. (The sauce has to boil for the slurry to thicken.)
Copyright © 2001, Gwen Ashley Walters. All rights reserved.
Gwen Ashley Walters is cookbook author, cooking teacher, food writer and Certified Culinary Professional with a degree in Culinary Arts. Gwen's travel guide/cookbooks, The Great Ranch Cookbook, (1998) and The Cool Mountain Cookbook, (2001) were published by Pen & Fork Communications.
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