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To close out the calender year, the InRO music staff takes their annual look back at a handful of albums that we never got around to sharing full-length reviews for and offers up some capsule-length reviews to help fill in the proverbial gaps. This year's feature was spearheaded by staff writer Chris Nowling, who takes on a lion-share of these capsules, but I do chime in on a couple of occasions with my thoughts on the underrated returns of Vitalic and Manic Street Preachers. Anyway, there are a handful of worthwhile albums here. Give it a read over at InRO.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
InRO Feature: While We Were Sleeping in '09 - The Albums
To close out the calender year, the InRO music staff takes their annual look back at a handful of albums that we never got around to sharing full-length reviews for and offers up some capsule-length reviews to help fill in the proverbial gaps. This year's feature was spearheaded by staff writer Chris Nowling, who takes on a lion-share of these capsules, but I do chime in on a couple of occasions with my thoughts on the underrated returns of Vitalic and Manic Street Preachers. Anyway, there are a handful of worthwhile albums here. Give it a read over at InRO.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Roger Ebert's Best Films of the Decade
Just when it looked like Ebert stopped numerically ranking things, here he goes with his list of the ten best films of the decade. Pretty strong overall, with a few films here he initially championed (Monster, Juno, Almost Famous), and a couple more left-field surprises (My Winnipeg, Chop Shop). However, he saves the biggest stunner for his #1 selection, Charlie Kaufman's Fellini-esque head-trip Synecdoche, New York. This is the first such list I've seen with this film in the top spot, so if nothing else this proves that Ebert still has that passionately idiosyncratic vein running through his body. Good for him. I've got the top ten below, but head over to his site for some nice honorable mentions, including one for Herzog's wicked Bad Lieutenant.
Ebert's 10 Best Films of the Decade:
1. Synecdoche, New York
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Monster
4. Juno
5. Me and You and Everyone We Know
6. Chop Shop
7. The Son
8. 25th Hour
9. Almost Famous
10. My Winnipeg
Monday, December 28, 2009
Stereo Sanctity's Best Films of 2009
Well, if nothing else, 2009 has turned out to be one of the more curious years at the cinema in recent memory. For every anxious blogger claiming '09 to be the best overall cinematic year in a decade, there were an equally vocal group of naysayers claiming there to be little product of value. Personally, I think it fell somewhere between the two extremes, with American film in general really showing an inferiority to world cinema, which has slowly but surely usurped control of the medium. In fact, I only saw maybe three out-and-out great American films this year, coupled with a handful of solid to really good entries from a reliable group of filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh, Wes Anderson, and James Gray.
However, if you were willing to put in the leg work (or the bandwidth), 2009 should have proven to be a diverse and rewarding 12 months at the movies, which in certain respects could be seen as the last ten years in a sort of microcosm. Much of the year-end prestige product fell short of my expectations (The Lovely Bones, Nine, Invictus), and some well-regarded blockbusters such as Avatar and the god-awful Star Trek reboot left me cold. However, there were plenty of worthwhile films between the margins and enough solid work to expand this list beyond my traditional 20 selections. So then, just as I did with my music list last week, I have refrained from any extraneous commentary with these picks, and instead saved my thoughts for whatever contributions I make to InRO's upcoming Best Films of 2009 list. I've also gone ahead and designated 30 or so other Honorable Mentions for those looking to explore the year even further. Enjoy.
Honorable Mentions [alphabetical]: 24 City (Jia Zhang-ke); (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb); An Education (Lone Scherfig); Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi); The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda); Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodovar); Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn); Cargo 200 (Aleksey Balabanov); The Cove (Louie Psihoyos); Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson); The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh); The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel); The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow); In the Loop (Armando Iannucci); The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh); Jerichow (Christian Petzold); Julia (Erick Zonca); Knowing (Alex Proyas); The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch); Lymelife (Derek Martini); Me and Orson Welles (Richard Linklater); The Messenger (Oren Moverman); Munyurangabo (Lee Isaac Chung); Moon (Duncan Jones); Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu); Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki); Public Enemies (Michael Mann); A Single Man (Tom Ford); Sin Nombre (Cary Fukanaga); Sugar (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck); Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim); Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy); Tyson (James Toback); Up (Pete Docter);
Next Ten [20 - 11; alphabetical]:
Directed by Greg Mottola
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans
Directed by Werner Herzog
Goodbye Solo
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Lorna's Silence
Directed by Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Night and Day
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
The Road
Directed by John Hillcoat
The Sun
Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
Tokyo Sonata
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Tony Manero
Directed by Pablo Larrain
Two Lovers
Directed by James Gray
Top Ten [10 -1; alphabetical - #1 selection designated in red]
35 Shots of Rum
Directed by Claire Denis
Directed by Lars Von Trier
Inglourious Basterds
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Directed by Götz Spielmann
A Serious Man
Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
Silent Light
Directed by Carlos Reygadas
Still Walking
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Summer Hours
Directed by Olivier Assayas
Where the Wild Things Are
Directed by Spike Jonze
The White Ribbon
Directed by Michael Haneke
At the Movies - Top 10 of the Decade Countdown: #1
Well after nine weeks we now arrive at A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips' choices for the best film of the last ten years. And after some speculation around these parts that Scott would be bold and select something like Edward Yang's Yi Yi, he instead reverts to the middle and selects Wall-E, a solid Pixar film with an avid following, but one that doesn't seem to me to be any better or worse than Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles or Up. Phillips, on the other hand, takes the bold route, selecting Paul Thomas Anderson's scathing capitalist allegory There Will Be Blood, one of only a handful of films that I would seriously consider for this honor.
Perusing their complete lists, my personal top 10 surprisingly overlaps most with Phillips', though I'd say Scott has a couple more unique picks further on down the line. All in all these selections aren't bad, particularly when considering this is aired on national TV. But even still, I wish Scott would have stuck with his elitist New York art persona and dropped a Taiwanese new wave film on here or something. But I digress. Check out the segment below and head over to their site for the complete rundown.
Perusing their complete lists, my personal top 10 surprisingly overlaps most with Phillips', though I'd say Scott has a couple more unique picks further on down the line. All in all these selections aren't bad, particularly when considering this is aired on national TV. But even still, I wish Scott would have stuck with his elitist New York art persona and dropped a Taiwanese new wave film on here or something. But I digress. Check out the segment below and head over to their site for the complete rundown.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas
Obviously I stole this outright from Awardsdaily, but it was too perfect not to pass along. Anyway, Merry Christmas.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Stereo Sanctity's Best Albums of 2009
I unveiled my Top 10 Albums of 2009 list on last Friday's 'Best of the Year' podcast, but with InRO's official staff-wide list still a couple of weeks away, I thought I'd now offer up my complete personal list in the interest of full disclosure. This being such a deep year-- not unlike 2008, come to think of it-- I also went ahead a gathered up a list of 50 (or so) Honorable Mentions, albums of high quality in their own right that for one reason or another were excluded from my final Top 20. In an effort to illuminate why I admire so many of these records, and in order to lend some context to those unfamiliar with some of these titles, I've also included links to those albums which I reviewed or in some cases to certain related podcasts. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the year 2009 in music, which, despite not housing too many out-and-out instant classics, was nevertheless a nice note to send the decade out on. Bring on the 2010's.
Honorable Mentions [alphabetical]: Alva Noto – Xerox Vol. 2 [Raster-Noton]; Anduin & Jasper TX – The Bending of Light [SMTG]; Arve Henriksen – Cartography [ECM]; Atlas Sound – Logos [Kranky]; Baroness – Blue Record [Relapse]; William Basinski – 92982 [2062]; Bat for Lashes – Two Suns [Astralwerks / Parlophone]; Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue [Warp]; Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle [Drag City]; Black Mold – Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz [Flemish Eye]; Blackout Beach – Skin of Evil [Soft Abuse]; James Blackshaw – The Glass Bead Game [Young God]; Brock Van Wey – White Clouds Drift On and On [Echospace]; Boredoms – Super Roots 10 [Avex Trax / Thrill Jockey]; Tyondai Braxton – Central Market [Warp]; Built to Spill – There Is No Enemy [Warner Bros.]; Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers [Dead Oceans]; Current 93 – Anok Pe: Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain [Coptic Cat]; Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains [Self-Released]; Dinosaur Jr. – Farm [Jagjaguwar]; Do Make Say Think – Other Truths [Constellation]; Ekkehard Ehlers & Paul Wirkus – Ballads [Staubgold]; Japandroids – Post-Nothing [Unfamiliar]; Julianna Barwick – Florine [Self-Released]; Elegi – Varde [Miasmah]; Es – Kesämaan Lapset [Fonal]; Fever Ray – Fever Ray [Mute / Rabid]; Future of the Left – Travels With Myself and Another [4AD]; Hildur Guðnadóttir – Without Sinking [Touch]; Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health [Gigantic]; Isis – Wavering Radiant [Ipecac]; Jono El Grande – Neo Dada [Rune Grammofon]; Kiila – Touta Touta [Fonal]; Lightning Bolt – Earthly Delights [Load]; Lokai – Transition [Thrill Jockey]; LSD March – Under Milk Wood [Important]; Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré [Seventh]; Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers [Columbia]; Mokira – Persona [Type]; Mountains – Choral [Thrill Jockey]; Jon Mueller – Physical Changes [Radium]; Nudge – As Good As Gone [Kranky]; Oneida – Rated O [Jagjaguwar / Brah]; On Fillmore – Extended Vacation [Dead Oceans]; Jim O'Rourke – The Visitor [Drag City]; The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Higher Than the Stars EP [Slumberland]; Pissed Jeans – King of Jeans [Sub Pop]; Sonic Youth – The Eternal [Matador]; Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years [Rough Trade]; SND – Atavism [Raster-Noton]; tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs [Marriage]; Volcano Choir – Unmap [Jagjaguwar]; White Rainbow – New Clouds [Kranky]; Woods – Songs of Shame / Sunlit 7" [Shrimper / Woodsist]; The xx - The xx [Young Turks]; Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs [Matador]; Zu – Carboniferous [Ipecac]
Next Ten [20 - 11; alphabetical]:
Antony & the Johnsons – The Crying Light
[Secretly Canadian]
Burial + Four Tet – Moth/Wolf Cub
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
Humcrush – Rest at World's End
[Rune Grammofon]
jj – jj n° 1 / jj n° 2
[Sincerely Yours]
Micachu & the Shapes – Jewellery
[Rough Trade]
Marissa Nadler – Little Hells
Polvo – In Prism
Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer
Wolves in the Throne Room – Black Cascade / Malevolent Grain EP
[Southern Lord]
Top Ten [10 - 1; alphabetical - #1 selection designated in red]:
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion / Fall Be Kind EP
Circulatory System – Signal Morning
Emeralds – What Happened
[No Fun]
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
[Warner Bros.]
Viviane Houle – Treize
[Drip Audio]
Mount Eerie – Wind's Poem
[P.W. Elverum & Sun]
OOIOO – Armonico Hewa
[Thrill Jockey]
Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
[Southern Lord]
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Ashes Grammar
[Mis Ojos Discos]
Monday, December 21, 2009
At the Movies - Top 10 of the Decade Countdown: #2
I'm not sure if the term "misunderstood masterpiece" applies to any modern film better than Steven Spielberg's extraordinary A.I. Artificial Intelligence, A.O. Scott's selection as the second best film of the decade. I can't say I was expecting this film to pop up on this list, however, particularly after Michael Phillips extolled the virtues of Minority Report earlier on in this countdown, with nary a word from Scott. Anyhow, I can't really argue with it's inclusion, especially since it should end up ranking in the upper half of my own decade list when I decide to unleash it the second week of January. Ratatouille on the other hand, is another really good Pixar film, but these films never strike me as best-of anything candidates. That's just my particular biased, of course, but this nevertheless remains one of Pixar's better efforts to date. Everyone, however-- including Phillips, obviously-- needs to watch A.I. again, pronto.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Podcast: End of Radio #17 - 'The Ten Best Albums of 2009'
"Whittling down twelve months and hundreds of albums into one 3-hour End of Radio Podcast Spectacular, your co-hosts Jordan Cronk and Jon Staph examine the year in music and count down the ten best albums of 2009.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Nominations
I really have little to say about this morning's SAG nominations. However, there are three things are worth pointing out:
- No Up in the Air for Best Ensemble: I wouldn't read too much into this, since all 3 actors earned nods, but it is something to keep in mind as more awards come down the pike.
- Diane Kruger for Inglourious Basterds: Here's a left-field nomination, and not an undeserved one. But this is where Kruger's awards run begins and ends. Look for Julianne Moore or Samantha (or both) to make the Academy's top 5.
-The Last Station surfaces: Just a couple days ago I wondered aloud where The Last Station was in this year's race. Well, both Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer showed up today, and that is probably all they'll need to get Oscar voter's to see the film and mark their names on the ballot.
(via Incontention)
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Diane Kruger, "Inglourious Basterds"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Best Ensemble
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
67th Annual Golden Globe Nominees
If I didn't know better, it would seem like the HFPA actually voted for some films and performances they actually liked as opposed to which studio sent over the best gift basket. Of course, they still made room for not one but two Sandra Bullock nominations, and a sad consolation Best Director bid for Clint Eastwood-- not to mention the inclusion of Spiderman at the expense of the lesser known Jeremy Renner. But lo and behold, the Globes also saw fit to throw a bone to such inventive picks as Michael Stuhlberg (A Serious Man), Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria), and the writers of District 9. I'm don't necessarily concur with all these picks mind you, but it does shift the perspective of each category ever so slightly (that is until the SAGs weigh in on Thursday and bring us back closer to the middle). Anyway, it's the Globes, a drunken good time with enough star wattage to ignite the red carpet. I can dig.
(via Awardsdaily)
Motion Picture, Drama
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air
Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Actress, Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Actor, Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Actor Comedy/Musical
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joe Gordon Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Actress, Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep, It's Complicated
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Neill Blomkampt & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers, It's Complicated
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are
Foreign Language Film
Broken Embraces
The Maid
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon
Original Song
"Cinema Italiano," Nine
"I Want To Come Home," Everybody's Fine
"I See You," Avatar
"The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
"Winter," Brothers
Monday, December 14, 2009
At the Movies - Top 10 of the Decade Countdown: #3
Another couple of solid decade picks for the new hosts of At the Movies this week, one of which is rather infamous and one of the more obscure variety. They seem to be trading off in this regard. I have no idea where they go from here, however, though I'd imagine There Will Be Blood would be in the top two of at least one of their lists. We shall see.
2009 New York Film Critics Circle Winners
Just when you think the NY critics will go all highbrow, they go all middle of the road instead. Save for an another awesome notice for In the Loop's brilliant screenplay, nothing here is out of the ordinary. Just a few days ago, the race seemed wide open-- the chasm is now diminishing by the hour. New York, I love you but you're bringing me down.
Winners via Awardsdaily:
Best Film – "The Hurt Locker"
Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker"
Best Screenplay – "In the Loop"
Best Actress – Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia"
Best Actor – George Clooney for "Up In The Air" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Best Supporting Actress – Mo'Nique for "Precious"
Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz for "Inglourious Basterds"
Best Cinematography – Christian Berger for "The White Ribbon"
Best Animated Film – "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Best Non-fiction Film – "Of Time and the City"
Best Foreign Language Film – "Summer Hours"
Best First Feature – "Hunger," director Steve McQueen
Special Award – To Andrew Sarris for his contribution to film criticism
15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards Nominations
The consensus continues to grow with this morning's announcement of the BFCA nominations. I actually have little to say here-- other than this is a yawn-inducing selection of films and performances-- but I'm just wondering what happened to The Last Station? It's shown up on exactly zero lists or nomination tallies thus far. And after last night's thrashing on At the Movies, I'm close to dropping it's acting prospects from by predictions. We'll see how the Globes and SAG react later in the week. Anyway, here are the Critics Choice nominees (via Incontention)
Best Picture
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"A Serious Man"
"Up in the Air"
Best Directing
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, "Precious"
Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Viggo Mortensen, "The Road"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
Best Actress
Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Saoirse Ronan, "The Lovely Bones"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"
Alfred Molina, "An Education"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Best Supporting Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Nine"
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"
Samantha Morton, "The Messenger"
Best Young Actor/Actress
Jae Head, "The Blind Side"
Bailee Madison, "Brothers"
Max Records, "Where the Wild Things Are"
Saoirse Ronan, "The Lovely Bones"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Road"
Best Acting Ensemble
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Up in the Air"
Best Adapted Screenplay
"District 9"
"An Education"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"A Single Man"
"Up in the Air"
Best Original Screenplay
"(500) Days of Summer"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"A Serious Man"
Best Animated Feature
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
Best Art Direction
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The Lovely Bones"
"A Single Man"
Best Cinematography
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The Lovely Bones"
Best Costume Design
"Bright Star"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Where the Wild Things Are"
"The Young Victoria"
Best Editing
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Up in the Air"
Best Makeup
"District 9"
"The Road"
"Star Trek"
Best Score
"The Informant!"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Where the Wild Things Are"
Best Song
"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart"
"(I Want To) Come Home" from "Everybody's Fine"
"Cinema Italiano" from "Nine"
"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog"
"All is Love" from "Where the Wild Things Are"
Best Sound
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Star Trek"
Best Visual Effects
"District 9"
"The Lovely Bones"
"Star Trek"
Best Action Movie
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
Best Comedy
"(500) Days of Summer"
"The Hangover"
"It's Complicated"
"The Proposal"
Best Picture Made for Television
"Gifted Hands"
"Grey Gardens"
"Into the Storm"
"Taking Chance"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Broken Embraces"
"Coco Before Chanel"
"Red Cliff"
"Sin Nombre"
"The White Ribbon"
Best Documentary Feature
"Anvil!: The Story of Anvil"
"Capitalism: A Love Story"
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc."
"Michael Jackson's This Is It"
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Police abducts, tortures Farmer to death in Ogun
Police in Magbon Division, Ogun State has reportedly tortured a 42-year-old farmer, Segun Elegbede to death in their custody. The policemen from the Anti-Robbery Squad of the state, invaded Ajibawo village in Ado-Oto area of the state, looted shops before descending on the victim, tortured and abducted him.
He was said to have been taken away to the division and prevented from seeing friends and family members. Seven days after he was arrested, a member of his family was reportedly called on the telephone that he was dead and his corpse deposited in a morgue.
The wife of the victim, Fatimoh Elegbede, said she was not around, adding that she was alerted to the attack around 5pm.
"When I got back to the community, everywhere was deserted. When I entered our house, I saw that it had been vandalised.
"When I got to Magbon Police Division, I was not allowed to see my husband; they kept asking me to exercise patience. After seven days, the police called my husband's sister that she should come for his corpse," she added.
The family lawyer, John Aina, described the incident as unfortunate, saying the police had refused to disclose where the corpse of the victim was deposited.
Aina, who had petitioned the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Iliasu, said the police must investigate the death and bring the perpetrators to book.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he was not aware of the incident, promising to get back to our correspondent.
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CI&S Dayton South is a remarkable property. Everything is clean and looks new and updated, including our room. As you enter, the lighting is dim - I suppose to make you relax. Even the room lighting is subdued - again I guess to be relaxing. I didn't mind it, but I did turn on all the lights in the room! The room has enough towels and toiletries and the toiletries are name brand, which I appreciated. The TV is a flat screen and works well. The bathroom is spacious and the tub is spacious. As usual, there is never enough water pressure to suit. My only complaint about our room is that the air conditioner was loud. My husband ended up just turning it off. It works fine, but loud. The beds are firm, but not rock hard. I'm sure they are fine if not very good for most people. We are used to a water bed at home, so we tossed around because of that.
Help yourself to cookies and snack bars all day long. There is also a selection of coffees and teas all day long. Thanks!
The breakfast is exceptional for a free breakfast. The egg and sausage selection varied the two nights we were there.
We stayed on the second floor - there is a lounge there that is very nice. We helped ourselves to the magazines and books available to borrow. Again, thanks, that is a nice touch.
This hotel is easy to find - easy off and easy on.
I will stay here again if in the area.
we did not use the pool, but it was being used and looked fine.
we used the business center, which is one desk with one computer set up only.
we did not use the fitness room.
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Ash and Serena have feelings for one another but neither are aware of what the other feels. They are both left hurt after a harsh argument and are split after an encounter with Team Rocket.
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I've read your stories lately because I'm trying to read a range of things about love to help me write my own love story. I was wondering where you get your inspiration? Is there a girl or guy who you love and who inspires you?! If so I'd love to hear about them as I LOVE anything romantic!!!
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In a decision that could prove highly favorable for many criminal defendants, the Supreme Court on Monday made it more difficult for prosecutors to introduce statements at trial from absent witnesses who are not available for cross-examination by the defense.
The court's 9-to-0 decision addressed a situation that typically arises when a witness who has given a statement to the police later claims a privilege against testifying at trial, or when a co-defendant who has pleaded guilty has made incriminating statements during plea negotiations.
The basis for the court's decision was the Sixth Amendment's confrontation clause, which gives a criminal defendant the right ''to be confronted with the witnesses against him.'' In an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, the court overturned a 24-year-old precedent under which a statement from a witness who was not available for cross-examination could nonetheless be used at trial if the judge found it to be reliable.
Justice Scalia said the requirement of reliability was too subjective, amorphous and ''malleable'' to comport with the intent of the Constitution's framers, for whom the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses was essential. The right was firmly established in English common law at the time the Constitution was adopted, he noted.
''Admitting statements deemed reliable by a judge is fundamentally at odds with the right of confrontation,'' Justice Scalia said, adding: ''Dispensing with confrontation because testimony is obviously reliable is akin to dispensing with jury trial because a defendant is obviously guilty. This is not what the Sixth Amendment prescribes.''Continue reading the main story
The decision, Crawford v. Washington, No. 02-9410, overturned an assault conviction that had been upheld by the Washington Supreme Court. Michael D. Crawford stabbed a man who, he believed, had tried to rape his wife. His defense was self-defense, and the question at trial was whether the victim was reaching for a weapon when he was stabbed. Mr. Crawford's wife, Sylvia, who was present at the time, had given the police a statement suggesting that there was no weapon. Invoking the marital privilege, she did not testify at her husband's trial, but the judge permitted the prosecution to introduce her taped statement.
Under the rule the Supreme Court established Monday, the prosecution may introduce statements only from absent witnesses who had previously been cross-examined by the defense, such as at a deposition or at a previous trial. So the rule will not hamper prosecutors in putting on evidence at a new trial following a mistrial, for example.
One criminal law expert, Prof. Richard D. Friedman of the University of Michigan Law School, said the decision was a ''wonderful development'' that could bring significant changes in the conduct of criminal trials. If prosecutors have any doubt about the ultimate availability of their witnesses, they will have to give the defense a chance at cross-examination before trial, he said.
''The court is saying that the confrontation clause is not a matter of weighing and judging, but that it means what it says,'' Professor Friedman said.
While all nine justices voted to overturn Mr. Crawford's conviction, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor did not sign Justice Scalia's opinion establishing the new rule. They said the statement in the Washington case did not even meet the 1980 rule's test of reliability, so there was no occasion to overrule that decision, Ohio v. Roberts.
These were other developments Monday:
Guilty Pleas
Ruling this time for the prosecution, the court unanimously overturned a decision of the Iowa Supreme Court in the case of a defendant who pleaded guilty after waiving his right to a lawyer. The Iowa court said the judge could not accept such a plea without first giving the defendant two pieces of advice: that there was a ''risk that a viable defense will be overlooked,'' and that the defendant would be deprived of an independent opinion on whether the guilty plea was wise.
While the judge does have to make certain that a guilty plea is voluntary, this particular formula is not constitutionally required, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the court in Iowa v. Tovar, No. 02-1541.
Boy Scouts
Without comment, the court refused to hear a challenge by the Boy Scouts to Connecticut's exclusion of the organization as a beneficiary of the annual state employees' charitable fund drive. The state concluded that the Scouts' policy against gay leaders violated the fund drive's nondiscrimination rule. The case was Boy Scouts of America v. Wyman, No. 03-956.Continue reading the main story


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The Afghanistan women's national football jersey now comes with a hijab
Former Afghanistan women's football team captain Khalida Popal designed the new kit with Hummel
FIFA lifting the ban on head covers in 2014 was already a great milestone for hijab- or turban-wearing football players all over the world. Now, the Afghanistan national football team, The Lions of Afghanistan, have introduced the first official jersey that incorporates a makeshift hijab for its female players.
Khalida Popal, former captain and founding member of the nation's women's football team, worked with the Afghanistan Football Federation and Danish sportswear company Hummel to design the uniform. The new kit comes with a hooded inner top and leggings that can be worn inside the shirt and pants if the wearer prefers to be covered. The front of the jersey, of course, sports the lion emblem, embossed onto the fabric like a wood carving.
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"When I started playing football, I came with one goal... I will work a lot for women's equality," Khalida said in a video for Hummel. "Football wasn't only a game for me. It was more like a tool to empower women."
Although her professional football career ended years ago after she injured her knee, Khalida continued her work as an advocate for women's rights and fought for women's football to be embraced by the nation, despite having received death threats. Even after it became more widely acceptable for women to participate formally in sports in Afghanistan, the issue of some of the women having to wear hijabs remained. The concern was that headscarves were impractical on the field.
"It was very challenging for our teammates because our country is Islamic and the government and the people really want the women's national team to wear a hijab," she told People. "But our team was traveling to South Asian countries and it was very hot there and very difficult to play with big scarves around our necks and heads."
Needless to say, the new jersey that was developed by Hummel made a big difference and closes the gap between modest wear and sports attire.
"The uniform means a lot for the national team of Afghanistan – especially for the women," Khalida added. "Because they fought to wear it and it says, 'I am a woman and I'm able to play under the flag of my country.'"
Related: Dolce & Gabbana launches new Abaya line
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Samsung Launches Volume Production Of 256MB MMC Micro, 512MB Gets Closer
Samsung Electronics officially launched volume production of 256MB MMC Micro media.
Sized 24x32x1.4mm, cards support 7MB/s write, 10MB/s read, withstand 10K rewrite cycles and power from 1.8V or 3.3V.
Of course, the novelties are positioned for cell phones and other smart handhelds.
At the moment Samsung MMC Micro series includes 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB cards. This month we should also expect 512MB media, 2GB monsters coming in H2 2006.
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In South East Asia elephants are a huge draw for tourists. In places like Thailand, people arrive excited to ride the largest land mammals on earth – unaware that what they're doing is part of a cruel, unnatural practice that requires the animals to work long, hard days. What if there was a way to keep the elephants as a staple part of the South East Asian tourism industry – but in a role that was satisfying for both humans AND the elephants? The Chai Lai Orchid shows us that there is.
In Northern Thailand, nestled in the mountains of Chiang Mai, you will find The Chai Lai Orchid. This is a beautiful tourist attraction dedicated to "sustainable tourism", "kindness to elephants", and to helping "at risk women take the first step to get out of poverty and see a future of hope."
Currently there are 11 elephants at The Chai Lai Orchid. Four are babies and all "work" each day to earn their food and board. That being said, their "work" is more like a trip to the spa! Instead of dressing the elephants up in heavy metal chairs, and strapping tourists to their backs, the staff at the Orchid offers tourists a one of a kind experience that involves bathing, kissing and feeding the elephants. The mantra is all about respectful observation and interaction vs. exploitation – and they LOVE it! ("They" being both the elephants and the tourists).
Look at all these happy faces!
Unfortunately, The Chai Lai Orchid is not a permanent home for the elephants. When the babies get older they will be returned to their "owner" who will subject them to a life of bull hooks, heavy metal chairs and painful tusk removal.
We can help The Chai Lai Orchid and help set the standard for sustainable tourism by supporting their Crowdrise Campaign – Dollars for Dee Dee and Friends (Dee Dee is one of the adorable baby elephants on site). With the money, the Orchid will be able to rent (and ultimately buy off) the elephants from their current owner and show the world that animal centric tourism can be both kind AND profitable.
If you aren't in a position to donate to the campaign – no problem. Here are a few alternatives:
Raise Awareness: Tell your friends and family about the campaign and use the hashtag #DontLetDeeDeeDown on social media.
Take the Trip of a Lifetime: Visit Thailand and stay at The Chai Lai Orchid. There are adorable bungalows on site for very reasonable rates.
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That book is good, but it's about Git and not about Unix. If you want to read up on Unix, pick up some other book. A Unix Filesystem Hierarchy Standard [1] is a good way to learn about which directory means what on Unix. Not all systems follow it, but the most widely used do follow it to a great extent. In short: /opt is a directory for third-party software for which your system does not have a ready-made package (or a package made by you). Hence, it is not supposed to contain any user's stuff, especially "volatile" stuff, which changes frequently. For these things Unix offers a standard place: the /var/local hierarchy. The problem with it is that it's supposed to be system-wide, and unless you really mean your repo is system-wide (for instance, it is shared in the sense that several other devs are supposed to commit to it) it's way better to just put it under your home directory. Note that Git itself does not mandate any place for your repo. Moreover, you tell it to Git when you perform any remote operations! So, for a private repo it's OK to be located, say, under ~/devel/ myrepo.git, and then you could refer to it locally as ssh://myhost/~devel/myrepo.git -- that way you won't get any permission problems by definition. Things change if you need to "write-share" the repo between several devs. In this case you have generally two ways to implement this: 1) Create a common directory for shared repos, a group including all the devs and set the correct permissions for this group on that directory. 2) Use some "hosting" tool like gitosis or gitolite which would care permissions problems all by themselves and more. [...] > PS: oh and the perms of the /tmp folder are 'drwxr-xr-x' so I got to fix this > as well if I got it correctly. But one problem at a time. As I've said, the correct permissions are 1777. 1. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.


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Overhaul of snooping laws demanded
Plans to curb council snooping do not go far enough and the UK's surveillance laws should be overhauled to stop "unnecessary, unwarranted and unchecked state intrusion", campaigners said.
Plans to curb council snooping do not go far enough and the UK's surveillance laws should be overhauled to stop "unnecessary, unwarranted and unchecked state intrusion", campaigners said.
More than 20,000 warrants for the interception of phone calls, emails and internet use have been issued since the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) came into force in 2000, the human rights group Justice said.
It called for a root-and-branch reform of Britain's surveillance powers to provide "genuinely effective safeguards against abuse".
Justice said so-called directed surveillance, where someone can be followed or have their house watched, had been authorised on at least 30,000 occasions in the past decade.
A further 2.7 million requests have been made for information such as phone bills or location data, along with more than 4,000 authorisations for intrusive surveillance, where bugs are planted, the group said.
In all, nearly three million surveillance decisions have been taken by public bodies under Ripa since 2000, but fewer than 5,000 were approved by a judge, the report found. And it said the main complaints body, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, has only upheld 10 of 1,100 complaints since Ripa began.
Justice said the proposals to curb the excessive use of surveillance powers in the Protection of Freedoms Bill do not go far enough. "Ripa has not only failed to check a great deal of plainly excessive surveillance by public bodies over the last decade but, in many cases, inadvertently encouraged it," the report said.
"Its poor drafting has allowed councils to snoop, phone hacking to flourish, privileged conversations to be illegally recorded, and CCTV to spread. It is also badly out of date."
A Home Office spokesman said: "The first duty of the state is the protection of its citizens, but this should never be an excuse for the Government to intrude into people's private lives. This is why we are changing the law to restore common sense and prevent local authorities using surveillance for trivial offences.
"The Protection of Freedoms Bill will ensure local authorities cannot use Ripa without approval of a magistrate. This is an important further safeguard to ensure that information is not misused."


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"Honey, put down the markers, we don't color on ourselves…or the wall..or the floor…just paper. PAPER!! Is that so difficult a concept?"
"If your sister says stop, then STOP!"
"When we get in the car, we sit down and we buckle up. I shouldn't have to say that every time we go somewhere."
"That's not a sword, and we don't hit people."
"You're too old to run around the house naked."
"If you don't listen, I'll throw away your toy. I don't even care."
"I don't actually like to yell, so if you don't want me to why don't you listen?"
"I know I said you couldn't watch TV [Dear God, what was I thinking?]but you could mayyyybe earn it back if you would please just follow directions now."
"Don't lick that!"
"I'm sorry that your leg hurts; but it didn't seem to bother you before I asked you to clean up."
"If you don't listen, there will be a consequence…I don't even know what it is yet, but you won't like it."
"No, you can't have candy for breakfast. Eat what I gave you because that's what we're eating."
"If I'm in the bathroom, don't open the door!"
"Don't worry about what your brother is doing, worry about what I asked YOU to do!"
I used to have this idea in my head that parenting is more about being with my kids and loving them than disciplining them. But somehow that's not how it's going for me. Honestly, from the minute my kids wake up I feel like most of what I'm doing is giving them directives: "Get UP, Get Dressed, Eat Breakfast, Pack your library book in your backpack!" When I'm not telling them what to do I'm telling them what not to do, as the list above reveals.
Occasionally, my child will speak soft, kind words, or try to tell me their whimsical thoughts. And even THEN half the time I can't even focus on that sweet moment because one of the other two is acting out.
Is this what parenting is? Am I missing something?
I'm starting feel right now, especially with my middle child that I'm just in a never-ending battle. Maybe I'm trying to get him to leave a friends house and JUST want him to put his shoes and coat on. I like to think it's a fair request in New England winter. Yet we drag on back and forth, me taking away treats or fun things; he pushing back with angry words and stubbornness.
By the time we get home there's something new to argue about, assuming we even made it the whole car-ride home without a clash.
And tonight, I'm sitting there praying with the big kids at bedtime after a whole bedtime saga, and he just says "stop praying, stop praying, stop praying" and I ended up downstairs after just crying because I feel like I'm failing at this. Failing with him. Like I must have been inconsistent or faulty in something when the kid was 18 months old and we simply can't recover.
Maybe I let him have one too many muffins one day instead of firmly saying "no", or maybe I yelled a bit too loud once and his little brain decided that he'd start fighting anger with his own. I joke… but really…do you ever wonder if you have been parenting all wrong and you just don't know how to get back on track? I don't even need to be on the track…just maybe parallel to it.
I don't want to be the mom who spends the whole day saying no. I don't want to be the mom whose kids require twenty reminders to do one thing. I want to give my kids fun things, good things. I want to be a light-hearted Mom who creates a home of peace. But I'm not sure I'm that mom right now.
How do we let God hold our kids, yet seek Him to strengthen our own for the task He gave us as parents? How do we encourage our kids to obey without nagging, to listen because we love them- how do we motivate them with less punishment, less anger? Or maybe, how do we learn to admit that even with our mistakes, we're really loving them better than we think?
I'm putting this out to you Moms- Dads- Grandparents- Aunts- Friends- What advice would you give to me and other struggling parents who think they might be losing it somewhere? How can we discipline as needed without creating a negative atmosphere in the home? Comment, post, text me if you must. 🙂 This mom is ready to listen.


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Instead of homogeneous, "blind," establishment listings that provide little more than an address, a phone number, and a meager review if any, Jersey City Bar Guide individually catalogs every tavern within the limits of The City. Unlike other local search properties that rely on their userbase for the bulk of their content, Jersey City Bar Guide loosely revives the classic editor created content format to provide structure, local authority and consistent tone to its reviews.
Jersey City bar Guide strives to eliminate "fuzzy" or "financed" search returns — when you look for a local watering hole on Jersey City Bar Guide, you can be assured that you are getting exactly what you want and that the listing will be in Jersey City — results leaking in from adjacent municipalities are not present on Jersey City Bar Guide.
Differences from other guides are immediately apparent when viewing a listing. Plenty of large format images grace our detail pages along with current contact and address information. In-depth editorial abstracts familiarize you with each property before you delve into the more subjective user reviews or step foot into the barroom. Business owners and/or management also benefit from our administrative console which allows for real-time inclusion of upcoming events, promotions and inventory within their bar.
We are also looking to keep the residents of the city in touch with the businesses around them. Many people flock to Jersey City as a residential alternative to Manhattan or other New York borroughs. Unfortunately, while many choose Jersey City as the place where they lay their heads, New York City usually beckons for work and socializing. With the abundance of pubs and restaurants within city limits, there are loads of reasons to save a PATH trip or tunnel fare and bring the merriment west of the Hudson.


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I was at "NTSU" from '67 to '71. There were so many wonderful things happening then on campus and in Denton.
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Back in the spring I was working on a project about women's empowerment through music, and it got me thinking about all of the fabulous females out there who had to fight for many of the privileges we enjoy today. Hey, decades ago there were practically no women authors, and even fewer books featuring female heroines.
Even today women have to fight gender stereotypes as authors, and have to defend their female characters as well.
So this season my reading list is (mostly) by women, presumably for women, featuring women and miraculously all have a woman's name in the title. (It's also the first time I've included two books by the same author on my reading list!)
Here are some of the diverse ladies with whom I'll be spending my summer:
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
- Elizabeth and After by Matt Cohen
- My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
- Always Alys by Harriet Lane
I love to read and I love sharing my favourite books with you. (For more reading inspiration, click here.) These lists are totally my own creation and I was not paid or perked to share my opinions with you by any author or publishing company. Full disclosure: I do receive a small commission from Amazon when you choose to buy a book from my site. It keeps this blog running and food in my dog's bowl, but rest assured I'd never suggest you buy something I wouldn't buy for myself. Enjoy!


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Find information about Wofford College graduate programs, and registering for elective discussion sections and seminars. As a student, your first stop should be the registrar's office, where you can pick up a free copy of both the academic calendar and course catalog, in order to find available credit classes that you may be interested in taking. In-person class registration has largely been replaced with online sign-up, and many schools offer mobile apps that streamline the course registration process. Finally, check with the admissions office for assistance with prerequisites, tuition payment deadlines, and Wofford College admissions applications information. Please use the form above to request admissions info for Wofford College.
Given the large number of colleges, universities, and vocational training programs, how can you make a wise choice, in order to select the school that's best for you? Of degree-granting schools, over 1,600 award associate degrees and 2,400 award bachelors degrees. By asking yourself several important questions, you can narrow down the list to a reasonable size. Many students choose a college nearby, not only to save money on in-state tuition, but to remain close to family and friends. If you're looking further afield, ask yourself what you want to achieve long-term, and don't start college hoping you'll figure out what major to choose later.
By looking over the course catalog from any major university, you can get an idea which courses are going to be required in a given major. Try to remember how you felt when you took related subjects during high school, and ask yourself if you would look forward to several years of in-depth involvement and study in that field. If you're lucky enough to know what direction you want to take, then college rankings can help you define your options, based on your GPA, class standing, extracurriculars, and test scores. Beyond degree requirements such as Wofford College degree programs, you may consider SUNY Potsdam prep classes for complementary electives to your primary course of study.
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This video series shows growers and others how to identify BMSB, why this pest is important in agriculture, and what's at stake if we don't stop it. Update: We created four new videos to address recent developments in monitoring, trapping, management, and biological control.
Officials from New Zealand requested, in April, about twenty odd dead insect specimens preserved in bottles of hand sanitizer.
A specialized training workshop covering parasitoids of the BMSB will be offered January 17 and 18, 2018, at the University of Florida.
Download presentations from the BMSB IPM Working Group and Areawide Stakeholder Meeting, held November 29, 2017.
The list of native natural enemies that attack brown marmorated stink bug includes other species of insects, spiders, and even some birds and mammals.
A key natural enemy of brown marmorated stink bug is the egg parasitoid Trissolcus japonicus, also known as the "samurai wasp". These stingerless warriors search for and destroy 60–90% of BMSB eggs in Asia.
Download presentations from the Stakeholder Advisory Panel Meeting, held November 2, 2016, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Learn about currently open positions on the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug project.
This new guidance document for grape growers provides a synopsis of what researchers have learned so far and management recommendations using an integrated approach. Available in English and Spanish.
The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), is a voracious eater that damages fruit, vegetable, and nut crops in North America. With funding from USDA's Specialty Crop Research Initiative, our team of more than 50 researchers is uncovering the pest's secrets to find management solutions that will protect our food, our environment, and our farms.


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In a reply brief filed in New York bankruptcy court, Chemtura said that its 2009 bankruptcy exempted it from payments to NPC Services Inc., a corporate entity set up following a 1984 consent decree over the cleanup of a polluted area in East Baton Rouge Parish, La....
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- Message-id: <email@example.com>Package: qt4-x11 Severity: important Hi, when trying to build your package, this error has been raised: > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/qmake' > g++ -c -o project.o -pipe -DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION -g -I. > -Igenerators -Igenerators/unix -Igenerators/win32 -Igenerators/mac > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/src/corelib/arch/generic > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/include > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/include/QtCore > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/include > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/include/QtCore > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/src/corelib/global > -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_COMPONENT -DQT_NO_STL > -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_NO_COMPRESS > -I/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/mkspecs/linux-g++ > -DHAVE_QCONFIG_CPP -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT > project.cpp > In file included > [from ***] > from project.h:27, > from project.cpp:24: > /home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/global/qglobal.h:141:4: > error: #error "Qt has not been ported to this OS - talk to email@example.com" > make[1]: *** [project.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kibi/qt-final-build/qt4-x11-4.1.3/qmake' > make: *** [common-configure-arch] Error 2 [A bit reformated so that it is almost readable in a mailreader.] This is due to the fact the GNU (GNU/Hurd) is not detected in the actual Makefile, that's why I propose a patch fixing this (as a dpatch, see the first attached file). I'm not sure that upstream has to add anything specific for that OS; at least the build runs OK. A second issue is the unconditional use of PATH_MAX, which is a POSIX incompatibility (as briefly described on the hurd-devel-debian page[1]). 1. http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian Since this problem is being fixed directly with upstream AFAIK, I include as a second attachment another dpatch, which is a workaround to that, setting PATH_MAX to an arbitrary value using #ifndef/#define, so that the package could be built before upstream releases a new version of some files. [Here ends my important bug report, what follows is wishlist but is related to what's just written above, so I guess I'd better put it alltogether.] Since I noticed that mkspecs files were available for hurd-g++, I decided to give theme a try, patching debian/rules to use the following flag: -platform hurd-g++ I noticed several troubles (located in the mkspecs/hurd-g++/* files): -lICE is missing -lpthread(s?) is missing As the package is built correctly (TTBOMK) with linux-g++, I'd suggest that upstream synchronizes hurd-g++ directory from linux-g++ by copying it, so that it could be used some day for some hurd-specific options. At the moment, that mkspecs file is really outdated. Thanks for your attention. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois PS: I'd tag the whole "upstream" but I guess that applying my diffes as dpatches is an option until upstream has accepted (or not) them, thus I don't. Feel free to fix this if I'm wrong.
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- Message-id: <firstname.lastname@example.com>Source: qt4-x11 Source-Version: 4.2.1-2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of qt4-x11, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: libqt4-core_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libqt4-core_4.2.1-2_i386.deb libqt4-debug_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libqt4-debug_4.2.1-2_i386.deb libqt4-dev_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libqt4-dev_4.2.1-2_i386.deb libqt4-gui_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libqt4-gui_4.2.1-2_i386.deb libqt4-qt3support_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libqt4-qt3support_4.2.1-2_i386.deb libqt4-sql_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libqt4-sql_4.2.1-2_i386.deb qt4-designer_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-designer_4.2.1-2_i386.deb qt4-dev-tools_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-dev-tools_4.2.1-2_i386.deb qt4-doc_4.2.1-2_all.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-doc_4.2.1-2_all.deb qt4-qtconfig_4.2.1-2_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-qtconfig_4.2.1-2_i386.deb qt4-x11_4.2.1-2.diff.gz to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-x11_4.2.1-2.diff.gz qt4-x11_4.2.1-2.dsc to pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-x11_4.2.1-2.dsc A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to firstname.lastname@example.com, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Brian Nelson <email@example.com> (supplier of updated qt4-x11 package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing email@example.com) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:42:02 -0500 Source: qt4-x11 Binary: libqt4-sql libqt4-core qt4-doc libqt4-debug libqt4-qt3support qt4-designer libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-gui qt4-qtconfig Architecture: source i386 all Version: 4.2.1-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <email@example.com> Changed-By: Brian Nelson <firstname.lastname@example.com> Description: libqt4-core - Qt 4 core non-GUI functionality runtime library libqt4-debug - Qt 4 library debugging symbols libqt4-dev - Qt 4 development files libqt4-gui - Qt 4 core GUI functionality runtime library libqt4-qt3support - Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 4 libqt4-sql - Qt 4 SQL database module qt4-designer - Qt 4 Designer qt4-dev-tools - Qt 4 development tools qt4-doc - Qt 4 API documentation qt4-qtconfig - Qt 4 configuration tool Closes: 380097 394836 394953 Changes: qt4-x11 (4.2.1-2) unstable; urgency=low . * debian/patches/20_hppa_inotify_fix.dpatch: new patch that should fix the FTBFS on hppa due to missing defines (Closes: #394953) . * Added patches for hurd support (Closes: #380097) . * debian/patches/10_qmake_for_debian.dpatch: restored the modification to remove link_prl from the CONFIG line, which fixes problems with unnecessary linkage (Closes: #394836) Files: 9db4745c4b4d115979b3e1b7d5b5f0d1 1380 libs optional qt4-x11_4.2.1-2.dsc 3ccf09364cb8ab2dae86c891847c1a96 21637 libs optional qt4-x11_4.2.1-2.diff.gz e7796ffcd7c0a506a2934274411b1cc3 21219016 doc optional qt4-doc_4.2.1-2_all.deb 33c8f171e7b290dc30a6aee979b22bd5 4198868 libdevel optional libqt4-dev_4.2.1-2_i386.deb ade9a39e337f36d2a2cfb39c3304005c 1166698 libs optional libqt4-core_4.2.1-2_i386.deb 93d508bb30bc3a592033416b7df1d1ee 4550196 libs optional libqt4-gui_4.2.1-2_i386.deb e6584d6544cae4a96014ab18b2b9c957 312072 libs optional libqt4-sql_4.2.1-2_i386.deb a9805f2056c387329bc98310c0c443f6 1251676 libs optional libqt4-qt3support_4.2.1-2_i386.deb 74a2f5e32055e3521fd82b7472d7ff40 1066566 devel optional qt4-designer_4.2.1-2_i386.deb 0b8b5b7752d4d1ed4417730232bf99be 57204644 libs optional libqt4-debug_4.2.1-2_i386.deb 6a3e09f64c8a07432e30911ba96da429 745878 devel optional qt4-dev-tools_4.2.1-2_i386.deb d5675c29c93f1fb592870ac152cb3ac9 94478 x11 optional qt4-qtconfig_4.2.1-2_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFR2yR1Ng1YWbyRSERAhDIAKCF7PbgZ/rcIMnIkA39wXRnl3RSzQCcC+xt cqdptTmMk15uJcAhqUUh3mQ= =OYF9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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On the surface, Marina Lambrini Diamandis seems like your typical pop star. She's petite, fashion-forward, and painfully gorgeous. But don't let those big brown doe eyes fool you. Take a minute to listen to her debut album, The Family Jewels, and you'll see she's quite different from the pack. The 24-year-old Brit babe is smart, wields her songwriter's pen like a sharpened sword, and has no problem pointing out her flaws for musical honesty's sake.
Marina and the Diamonds — there's only one of her, she'll explain later — has already scorched the charts at home in the UK, and she's grown quite the following of lovers of smart-pop here in the states. And rightfully so. Her witty lyrics combined with foot-tapping beats are a delicious combination you get addicted to after just one taste.
Marina is traveling around the US on her first headlining tour here. We had to find out more about what makes this future chart-topper tick, so we chatted her up by email for this Limelight Spotlight Q&A:
Some of us Americans are still a little bit confused by the "and the Diamonds" bit, but you're a solo artist. Explain who The Diamonds are.
My goal was never to be a solo artist, 'famous,' 'superstar' type act. I wanted to create something for the people, by the people. As a fan, I wanted to feel valued and acknowledged in an industry where my supposed 'idols' were glamorizing pimps, hoes, money, power. So I created "Marina and the Diamonds" giving power to someone other than myself. I am quite selfish and self-obsessed so it's important to try and be as humble as you can. I love my fans dearly. They are a reason to survive. I LOVE THEM. They are their own people. They do not express their views, parrot fashion, to collide with mine. They are definitely thinkers. I want to make a difference to pop culture, for women and for men, and to help my generation become kinder and happier, in any way possible.
What's your earliest music related memory?
My mum playing 'Jolene" by Dolly Parton on repeat. Love Dolly.
What was the first song you've ever written about?
Being a "plastic rainbow." Being a fake, not being able to accept myself, compromising constantly.. the usual themes.
Why are you obsessed with the mess that is America?
Because I am entirely seduced by its contradictions and messages. It is responsible for many of the western world's ills yet has the message of "be happy, be successful, be beautiful" everywhere.. yet, many of its people are far from truly happy. Another example is how alcohol and street drugs are heavily controlled (and quite rightly) yet America has the prescription drug addiction problem in the world. And they are extremely easy to obtain. Not criticizing.. just fascinated really!
What would you say is the biggest mistake you're glad you made in life?
Taking the wrong path/paths early on. I mean.. I was auditioning for girl bands. However, it made me realize that my brain was actually very un-commercial and very opposed to conformity. I was made aware of stereotype I was expected to fill, as a woman in pop.
What is your favorite lyric on your album, The Family Jewels?
I feel numb most of the time, the lower I get the higher I'll climb and I will wonder why, I got dark only to shine.
If the music industry was the lunch room in a high school, which table would you be sitting at, example: the jocks, the cool kids, the band geeks… And who would be at the table with you?
Well… if we are coming from who I was in high school, probably hovering and walking about flirting between the jocks and the cool kids. I didn't eat lunch and I didn't have a gang or a clique. How could I observe and analyze if I was all caught up and PART of something? (excuse for being a loner).
If you suddenly lost the ability to sing, which singer's voice would you want to lip-sync to?
Johnny Cash!
Finish the sentence: My life would suck without…
MY FANS. The be all and end all and reason for waking up.
More on Marina and the Diamonds: Twitter / Official Website / Myspace


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"Seems that every summer I have a few people eating my potato salad that would say "Hey, this is good, but it would be even better with some hot sauce". So now I divide my salad up...read on and find out how the story ends!"
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- 2 1⁄2 lbs small red potatoes (all of equal size) or 2 1⁄2 lbs fingerling potatoes (all of equal size)
- 1⁄2 cup red radish, sliced thin
- 1⁄4 cup red onion, diced
- 1⁄2 cup scallion, finely minced (white and green)
- 1⁄2 cup roasted sweet red pepper, bottled, diced
- 3 medium hardboiled egg
- 1⁄3 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped
- 2 cups low-fat sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, whole grain
- 1⁄4 cup Splenda sugar substitute
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, fresh ground
- 3 teaspoons hot pepper sauce, of choice
- Scrub potatoes. Place in large pot and cover with cold water at least two inches above potatoes. Add 1/2 tsp salt to water. Bring to boil, lower heat and simmer until fork tender. Drain and set aside to cool.
- In large bowl combine sourcream, Splenda, dill, vinegar, mustard, 1/2 tsb salt, and pepper.
- Add radishes, scallions, pimiento.
- Separate whites and yolks of eggs. Set yolks aside. Rough chop whites and add to bowl. Toss all lightly.
- Cut potatoes into bite-size chunks. Add to bowl and toss lightly.
- Remove half of salad and place in serving bowl. Set aside.
- Now add hot sauce to rest of salad and place in second serving bowl. Set aside.
- Sieve egg yolks and sprinkle over both salads, followed by sprinkling of red onions and basil to both. May use parsley instead of basil.
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President Trump's wall won't stop Mexican drug cartels from transporting illegal narcotics into the United States through illicit drug smuggling tunnels, which significantly increased after a border fence was constructed and security was tightened, a U.S. government report indicated.
"Illegal tunneling on the southwest border represents a significant and persistent threat to security and will likely remain so in the future," Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office said in a 2010 statement that only went public on April 2, 2017.
"The rise in tunneling is likely a response to heightened border security," the report said.
Information on tunnels constructed since 2010 is scarce, but the number has undoubtedly increased, according to Lance Lenoir, the supervisor of the U.S. Border Patrol Entry Team in San Diego.
Moreover, Homeland Security's Inspector General (IG) referred to the tunnels as "a significant homeland security vulnerability" in a report published in 2012, stating that "law enforcement has recovered approximately 169,000 pounds of narcotics, valued at over $200 million, from drug traffickers using tunnels."
Officials had discovered 146 tunnels as of 2010, 62 of which were finished. Another 67 were identified before completion, the Daily Caller reported.
"Tunnel activity has been on the rise since the first discovery in 1990, though the trend has accelerated since 2006," the HSI report indicated.
Only four drug smuggling tunnels were discovered before 1999. The number of tunnels found annually slowly increased before spiking to 17 in 2006 – which was over double the amount located the year prior. Additional tunnels were discovered in the following years, hitting 25 in 2009 and 23 in 2010.
The spike coincides with 2006's Secure Fence Act, which permitted the construction of up to 700 miles of fence, and Operation Jump Start, which enhanced the number and aggressiveness of law enforcement.
"The success of Operation Jump Start, the border fencing and subsequent elevation in Border Patrol agent levels may have caused [transnational organizations] to seek alternative methods for transporting drugs across the border," the HSI report continued.
The tunnels are highly complex and are difficult to detect. Entrances are typically located in covered shelters, such as warehouses, and have lighting and ventilation systems.
One tunnel recovered in 2010, for instance, was close to half a mile long, 90 feet deep, and was built at an estimated cost of $1 million.
Recently, traffickers have started employing drills that can dig drug smuggling tunnels as narrow as six inches to transport drugs, making it even more challenging for federal agents to detect.
"CBP does not have the technological capability to detect illicit tunnels routinely and accurately," the 2012 IG report stated. "Until CBP has this, criminals may continue to build cross-border tunnels undetected."
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Playing with PhotoScape
Hi, Today I would like to share some news about a neat little program I came across today. It is called PhotoScape and it is a free photo editing software program that you can download. I saw a tutorial about it linked on Saturday's Show Off Saturday over at Sew Can She. Joy who blogs over at Joy's Jots,Shots & Whatnots did a tutorial on how to use PhotoScape to test a Quilt block design. Since I do not have Photoshop or an ElectricQuilt software program, I thought this was an interesting concept. I decided to download the program and in just a couple minutes after following Joy's tutorial I had photos made of what entire quilts would like using the quilt block I designed for the Fabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop. I wish I would have known about this a couple weeks ago.
I discovered when playing with the program that it is best if you use a straight overhead view of your photo as if it is angled in anyway it can be hard to crop the photo properly. The tutorial has you crop your design at what should be the 1/4 inch seam so that the pieces mesh together like they should in an actual quilt.
I am really excited to see all the blocks together. It would make a really neat quilt. This is 30- 12 inch blocks that would make an approximate 60 by 72 inch quilt. I have to reassess what I have left of my solid colors to see if I can make this in the near future, or I will certainly be purchasing more solids in the future to make a similar quilt.
This is my test block of Blue Island Tribal using fabrics from my stash.
This is what 30 of the blue blocks look like in a quilt. This too makes a striking a quilt. I more than likely have material for this style of quilt in my stash.
Here is the last block that I made as a possible verison of my Blue Island Tribal design.
This is what 30 of the appliqued hibiscus flower blocks looks like in a quilt top. I tried to flip my block photo with the program and you can change the direction of it, but it does not end up looking right. I tried mirroring the block but the seams did not match up in the photos. You may be able to work around that but I do not know yet. This is just my first attempt with the software. I am wondering how this design would look with every other row with the tribal triangles block flipped the opposite direction and ending up with a row of tribal triangles blocks on the right outside row as well???
I have been working on calculating how much fabric is needed to make a decent size quilt throw from my block designs. I am looking to be able to share a pattern in the near future.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I appreciate all comments. I will be linking up this post with various weekly linky parties that you can find links for on my Linky Party page at the top of this blog.
Update: Also check out my next post for more pattern options.
Hope you are having a great week.
Happy Sewing,
8 Responses to Playing with PhotoScape
Very cool app. Love your "virtual" quilts. They all turned out pretty.
This is such a wonderful block! Seeing it in different colors, different layouts is always so nice! Good for you learning a new computer program. They sure make our ideas come to life!
Very cool software! I wonder if you can take a photo of plain white fabric and use it for an alternate block? So many design possibilities! I really like your hibiscus concept.
Well your block is one of a few I saved, as I could so see the possibilities for an entire quilt top! I love every one of the 3 designs you did, and totally get what you mean about flipping the blue blocks in the last one. I will definitely check out this software. Hope it's compatible with a Mac. Thanks for the great informative post on this!
Love this so much! Thanks for sharing it so I can check it out.
As you progressed down the possibilities, I had the same thought you did, rotating / every other row. I do like the hibiscus version, it's different. Thanks for sharing about the software, it sounds worthwhile!
Looks like you had a lot of fun with this! So many possibilities, thanx for sharing!
Thanks for sharing about the software. I'm always looking for programs that will help me with design. Your blocks look wonderful as quilt concepts.


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College, for most girls, comes with a rite of passage to make mistakes, to live fearlessly, and to experience the real world while not under a microscope. Most girls don't have to worry about having their every move scrutinized, criticized, and worst of all, publicized. As the only child of the governor of South Carolina and potential US Presidential candidate, Charlotte Maryland Baker is not granted the luxury of the typical college experience.
Tyler Stone lives for baseball and everything that comes with it. The only place he feels he matters is on the pitching mound, and his stats prove he's an exceptional player. Without the distraction of dating or making friends, he can concentrate on the one thing that makes him feel complete – Baseball.
Opposites attract, or so they say, but what WILL happen when these two opposites collide?
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Of course people look at real estate as a quick way to make lots of money. The formula is simple. A lot of real estate changes hands every day. Even a small portion of this market share multiplied by returns from each transaction can amount to a lot of money. A typical residential property sells in Toronto at an average price of $400,000. Even 2% of this amounts to $20,000. Do this five times over and the return would be $100,000. Depending on where you start your career, getting a real estate licence can be fairly easy. Another reason most people are attracted to this business is because it seems to have a low overheads.
All these factors that make a career in real estate so appealing also make it more competitive. You are not the only one. A lot of other people think along the same lines and try to make a quick buck. The reality is quite different for most. There is also a need for real estate professionals to constantly update their skills and knowledge by taking classes. There are also rigid guidelines and codes of practice implemented by various government and non-government agencies.
During the first year, people are able to do reasonably well because they have access to a very reliable source of leads, family and friends. This sphere of influence however dries up rather quickly. Step in to Year 2 and the storey is quite different. This is where marketing comes in. Most REALTORS® run into trouble here because either they have not thought of the ways to market or don't have the resources. Advertising can be a very expensive proposition. Even with the advent of online marketing methodologies, generating traffic and converting them is a very tricky business. And don't forget that one has to spend considerable amount of money either advertising the domain names or for pay per clicks for bringing that traffic in the first place.
Despite all the expenses to generate actual business, there are other costs associated with becoming a REALTOR® and staying a REALTOR®. Image consultants advise having a nice car, professional presentable personality, a wardrobe current in style, smart phone, data access, marketing gifts i.e. branded pens, USBs, mugs etc., and not to forget the board fees, insurance cost, office or desk fees, secretarial service expenses. The list just goes on.
The scenario is not so bleak though. With a proper marketing plan, right brokerage, prestigious brand, peer support and guidance one can certainly succeed.


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Christmas 2017 & Angel Tree
20 Children from two County schools were blessed with our Angel Tree this year.Thank you to all of Boone County who helped make Christmas special for these kids.
2017 Sweet Potato Harvest Job Well Done! 6,040 lbs. harvested by three of our awesome State 309 inmates, Guy, Jody and Jeremy. Thanks to our Transport Officer, Roger Johnson, for once again making the trip.
Special Thanks to Cross County Sheriff's Department, Ben Eddings Auto Group, Jeff Davis and especially, Mr. B. B. Matthews of Wynne, AR for providing these sweet potatoes and allowing us to visit his farm each year. We appreciate ya!
2016 Angel Tree
Over 70 children were blessed this Christmas by the citizens of Boone County.
Thank you!!!
2017 Garden Field of Corn Tomatoes, Squash & Zucchini Peppers Cucumbers
Boone County Jail has one of the largestgardens at a county jail in the State of ArkansasThese items grown help feed our inmates and cut the cost of food each year
2016 Christmas Party Corporal Robert Cutburth20 years of service
Fun for the Holidays!
Sanctuary House of Hope
Grandma's House
On July 18, 2017, Sheriff Mike Moore and Captain Tom Smith along with Chris Jamison and Anthony Barber from our Boone County Reserves Association presented checks in the amount of $2000.00 each to Sanctuary, Grandma's House and House of Hope, three outstanding Boone County Charities.
All monies donated was raised at our 5th Annual Golf Tournament held on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at the Diamond City Country Club
Once again, we thank all who participated and help make these donations possible
2017 BCSO ReservesGolf TournamentJune 24, 2017
And they are off!
"Chef" Larry Gilliam
Res. George White w/ Tish Knapp
Sheriff Moore gave out the scorecardsto start the day!
Great Time was had by all. Food, Fellowship and best of all,Lots of money raised for Boone County Charities
Thanks to all who helped and participated


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Destiny 2's first big expansion, Curse of Osiris, is drawing near. With its release date scheduled for Tuesday, December 5, Bungie has shared some details regarding launch day and pre-loading, and it's also delivered a new trailer highlighting some of the DLC's new content. [Update: Destiny 2servers are now offline for maintenance and are expected to be back up at 10 AM PT, at which time a new update and Curse of Osiris will be available.]
Pre-loading will be available, but not especially far in advance. Players who pre-order the DLC won't be able to start downloading it until 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / 4 PM GMT on December 5 (3 AM AET on December 6). Launch day will also see another maintenance period, although an exact schedule or timetable for this hasn't been announced. Curse of Osiris will be officially released once maintenance concludes.
In order to pre-load, you'll need to ensure you have enough storage space. The requirements range pretty dramatically from platform to platform; here's the minimum that you'll need on each system (which we can safely assume accounts for the size of the base game):
Curse of Osiris costs $20 or is included in the $35 Expansion Pass. It introduces a new planet, Mercury, for players to visit, along with new story missions, Strikes, Crucible maps, weapons, armor, and more–you can see some of the new gear in the video above. The expansion's release will coincide with the first of two big December updates. December 5 will also mark a change to Guided Games and the weekly reset schedule, and it will also see the release of PS4 Pro and Xbox One X enhancements for Destiny 2.


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