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You will find no campy tchotchkes on this lake house Located in a private lakeside community called 505 Ranch Club a mere 45 minutes away from the city, this modern house boasts clean lines and lovely views. Architect Michael Landrum worked closely with landscape architect Sarah Lake from the very beginning of the process so that the outside could be fully integrated into the design. He also created a functional vacation house. "A second home involves different considerations than a primary residence," he explains. To create a space that would work for grown-ups and kids, Landrum separated the master suite and living areas from the children's wing with a large, screened porch.
Designer Annie Hyde started work on the interiors early in the process. "Michael had a model that I could look at," she says. "What I envisioned was something very simple. It's so pretty there. It almost reminds me of a Frank Lloyd Wright. I wanted the interior to be very serene and calming. I wanted to create that sense like you're outside when you're inside."
In other words, she wanted to avoid the musty, campy, clichéd lake house look. "I know how hectic life can be with kids—all the life and clutter. I wanted to design something that felt homey and warm but not cluttered," she says. It was also important to create a place conducive to entertaining. The homeowner and her husband have large families, and they needed room for everyone to hang out and stay for a while. "Everything is really comfortable," Hyde says. "I wanted it to feel like you are on vacation."
The family couldn't be happier with the results, and they take zero credit for the house. "Annie and Michael did everything. I've known Annie for years, and she literally did everything. She has a really good eye," the homeowner says. She says they spend a great deal of time at the lake house—even celebrating Christmas and Easter there with friends and family. "The kitchen is nicer than the one I have at home. The laundry room is nicer, too," she says with a laugh.
The neighborhood also gets high marks from the family. 505 Ranch Club boasts everything from skeet shooting and an ATV course to stocked fishing ponds and a campground with teepees. It also employs a great property manager who makes the best cookies ever. It's one of very few places near Dallas where you can watch polo and then go for a boat ride. While that's lovely, the homeowner appreciates something even simpler.
"I love enjoying the sunset there. In the city, we don't really watch the sun set."
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Reuters and C|Net in Second Life 30
An anonymous reader writes "Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second Life, and C|Net is following suit. Both companies are joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet. Starting on Wednesday, Reuters plans to begin publishing text, photo and video news from the outside world for Second Life members and news of Second Life for real world readers who visit a Reuters news site at: http://secondlife.reuters.com/"


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Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has dismissed suggestions he could leave the club during the summer transfer window, amid reported interest in his signature from Chelsea.
Alonso has been linked with a move to Chelsea before August's transfer deadline, with the Spaniard a target for Jose Mourinho if, as expected, he leaves the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season to succeed Rafael Benitez as Blues manager.
There have also been claims Mourinho could attempt to keep Cristiano Ronaldo from the clutches of Manchester United, as the Real Madrid forward is linked with a return to Old Trafford.
Alonso, however, has extinguished claims he could follow Mourinho to Chelsea - claiming his future is with Real Madrid at not at Stamford Bridge.
"Of course I'm going to be here next season," Alonso told Marca following Madrid's resounding 6-2 win against Malaga on Wednesday.
Along with Chelsea, Alonso's former club Liverpool have also been credited with interest in the Spain midfielder, as Reds manager Brendan Rodgers looks to bring further reinforcements to Anfield during the imminent transfer period.
The 31-year-old spent spent five seasons with Liverpool, during which time he won the Champions League and FA Cup, before being sold to Real Madrid for £30 million in August 2009.
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Demonstration in Washington, D.C. to Raise Awareness of Medicinal Marijuana
February 2000
The Millennium Medical Marijuana March on Saturday April 29, in Washington, D.C., is a chance for everyone to show support and raise awareness for medicinal use of marijuana.
"The purpose of the Millennium Medical Marijuana March is to get the attention of Congress and to get them to reschedule medical marijuana for medical use," says Richard Eastman, co-creator of the event. "If enough people show up, Congress will have to take notice, and expedite an initiative to make marijuana available for medical use."
The free event will include the march and a rally before and after the march. The first rally begins at noon at Lafayette Park. California District Attorney Terence Hallinan and other politicians, law enforcement officials, doctors and medical patients have been invited to speak.
The March will start at 3 p.m. at Lafayette Park. For those who cannot walk the mile-and-a-half route, a shuttle will be provided. Necessary accommodations such as toilets and a first aid station will also be available to marchers. Eastman says that the National Park Service has been very cooperative with the organizers to make sure everything goes smoothly.
The second rally will be held at Henry Bacon Ball Field. In addition to speakers, there will also be entertainment which will be announced soon.
According to Eastman, a presidential election year is the perfect time to hold the march because it may force all of the presidential candidates to make statements on their stand concerning medical marijuana use. Eastman believes that the candidate who supports marijuana for medical use will be the one who will be elected president in November. Vice President Al Gore has been challenged to attend the march.
Even though marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes in California because of Proposition 215, which passed in 1996, federal law still outweighs state law. This means the federal government has the power to undermine any state-passed initiatives. According to Eastman, this is why it is important to work to change the laws at a federal level; and why he wants to raise consciousness to a national level. "A lot of us patients who use marijuana for medical purposes don't have five, ten or twenty years for the government to keep researching and to approve marijuana for our use," says Eastman. "They need to take the research we already have and let marijuana be available for compassionate use now."
Wayne Turner of ACT UP in Washington, D.C., is working to recruit volunteers to find housing with local churches for low-income marchers. Eastman himself is relying on donations to put on and attend the march, and says he knows many people who use marijuana for medicinal use are disabled and have few resources. He suggests they look for sponsors to help them attend the march. He is trying to raise $20,000 to put on the march, mostly from Californians.
People planning to attend the march should make travel and hotel accommodation plans as early as possible. The Millennium Medical Marijuana March is the day before the Millennium March on Washington for Equality, which is expected to bring many gays and lesbians to Washington.
Eastman hopes the march will also serve to encourage patients to write their representatives and candidates about the issue.
For more information about the march, contact Richard Eastman at (310) 453-2700 or at www.santamonica215.com.
This article has been reprinted at The Body with the permission of AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA).
This article was provided by AIDS Project Los Angeles. It is a part of the publication Positive Living.


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Natural occurrences are something we cannot take full control of. There are conditions in our environment that we can work on to help lessen the possibilities of situations such as a flood. But, once the flood occurs, it will be really hard to deal with. A more difficult situation to deal with is a water damage basement due to the flood.
Aside from having the basement flooded because of persistent rain and similar weather conditions, there But There Are Professionals Groveland MA 01834 is also the possibility of standing flood water in the basement caused by previous heavy rains. Both situations can bring serious health and safety hazards for everyone in the family.
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1. Safety is the largest concern in this situation. To avoid further complications with regards to electrical connections, it is highly recommended to turn Groveland MA 01834 of the house's main source of electrical power.
2. The next stop is with the source of the water getting into the basement. If there is a leak in any parts of the roof, it should be covered immediately to avoid further inflow of water into the basement.
3. After careful assessment of the flooded basement, it is time to move on with the actually removal of the water within the room. This can be done with Wet Basement - Definition and Causes Groveland MA 01834 the help of a drainage system set up for the location. If there is none, one can make use of a submersible water pump to get rid of the water in the basement.
4. When the water has been extracted, it is time to get the whole place dry. Moist places give off an unpleasant smell in the long run. Having a number of box fans continuously drying the entire room plus a working dehumidifier to Groveland MA 01834 help stabilize the amount of moisture and the level of humidity in the room is really important.
5. In terms of the insurance policy, it is possible for one's coverage to involve the damage caused by a flood. It basically depends on one's type of coverage and what it involves.
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THERE can be a huge cost discrepancies when sending children off to school.
As the Hastings youngsters prepare for the classroom next week some parents are left counting the cost of it all.
Others have managed to get out of the expensive exercise.
Amanda Buntschu has dodged the hefty expense for five-year-old daughter Charly, who starts her first year in primary school at St Agnes, thanks to hand-me-downs from eight-year-old daughter Joelle.
"I'm lucky I've been able to pass the clothes down to Charly so it hasn't been all that costly for me at all," she said.
"In all, for everything, it's probably been a couple of hundred dollars."
It's a different story however for Nicola McKellar who's daughter Lilly is facing her first year of high school in year 7 at St Paul's.
Although Lilly is excited about her first year in High School her mother was slightly less impressed.
Mrs McKellar estimated the cost of preparing her daughter for school to be more than $1000.
She said the uniform, which consisted of just one of everything, left her about $500 out of pocket.
"And that was pretty much the minimum," she said.
"That includes the bag and the school book pack which would have been about $130 as well.
"It all adds up pretty quickly."
But Mrs McKeller said the most expensive item came in the form of an iPad.
"And then you've got the cost of forking out for a decent cover for it so it doesn't get dropped and broken," she said.
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Well, that was tantalizingly awkward and uncomfortable and dramatic.
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and manager Don Mattingly held a joint news conference Monday, but that�s where the togetherness ended.
Mattingly wore a black shirt and sat through nearly the entire session with his arms folded across his chest. No need for a body language expert to tell you he�s harboring plenty of anger over his contract situation.
He said so as well. Colletti often went to sips of a water bottle to avoid the discomfort.
Colletti didn�t clear the air on whether Mattingly would be back or not, and Mattingly�s job status has been in question all year.
�We�re going to talk about it,� Colletti said. �That�s all I�ve got for you right now.�
That was repeated over and over when asked about Mattingly, who was sitting next to Colletti, arms still folded.
Mattingly�s job seems even more in doubt despite the fact the Dodgers were two wins away from the World Series.
Mattingly informed reporters � not the Dodgers � that by beating the Braves and winning the NLDS, his contract option was vested for next year.
That doesn�t mean the Dodgers will retain him, but they might pay him not to manage.
�This has been a frustrating and tough year, honestly,� Mattingly said.
He wasn�t talking about anything on the field. He was talking about the dark cloud hanging over his job.
Mattingly said he�d like to be back with the Dodgers. Sort of.
�Yeah, I love it here,� Mattingly said. �I like being here. But I don�t want to be anywhere you�re not wanted.�
Obviously, he hasn�t felt wanted all year and with good reason.
The Dodgers didn�t and wouldn�t address his contract situation then, and given an opportunity Monday, they didn�t do it postseason, either.
When asked if he�d like to retain his coaching staff, Mattingly said he would if it was up to him. Of course, that�s if Mattingly is retained.
�We�ll talk about everything,� Colletti responded.
Mattingly, arms still folded, smirked.
He�d heard that line one too many times Monday.
Mattingly said he hoped he�d be given the opportunity to talk to owner Mark Walter, president Stan Kasten, Magic Johnson and the rest of the Dodgers brass. Sounds like event that is in question.
�I don�t want to be somewhere people don�t want you,� Mattingly said.
Mattingly is mad. He clearly feels unwanted, even though he wouldn�t use those damning words.
�I don�t know if that�s the case,� Mattingly said. �I know where I have confidence in myself to do the job. If people don�t feel the same way ��
Colletti later said like Mattingly, he too had confidence in himself.
Punch. Counter punch.
Mattingly believes in himself and he did enough to warrant a contract extension long before now.
�Can you manage or not manage?� Mattingly said. �It�s a tough spot. To me, it was at a point, three years in, you either know or you don�t.�
If Dodgers officials were on the fence, Mattingly�s no-nonsense comments might have pushed them farther to the side of parting ways.
Good for Mattingly. He got backed into a corner � after taking the Dodgers from worst to first despite injuries � and was just two wins from the World Series. What more does he need to do?
As for who he felt still was asking the questions about whether he�s the right man, Mattingly punched back.
�It�s everywhere when you�re put in this position,� Mattingly said of his job uncertainty.
And where he was Monday was on the other side of a great divide with Colletti and the Dodgers.


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Forest experts can better 'arouse' the general public about their subject. IUCN CEC Special Advisor Frits Hesselink suggests how.
Reprinted from arborvitae 42: Communicating Forest Values
"Is your species sexy?" asked Ricardo Carvalho of IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication, while interviewing scientists of IUCN's Species Survival Commission. After two plenary sessions of many rather
boring PowerPoint presentations with no time for interaction, the atmosphere among participants suddenly lightened up. There was laughter and people started to sell their lifetime's work in a different manner: "My species is unusually sexy as they have both sexes in one organism". "Of course my species – cats – are sexy: lions spend 10% of their time on it". "What's more sexy than insects? Oh yes, I forgot: my wife!"
I had to think of that episode when reading the latest publication of marine biologist and film maker Randy Olsen, Don't be such a scientist: talking substance in an age of style. In this book Olsen argues that scientists should pay more attention to how they communicate their work. They should focus not only on substance or content, but much more on the style of communication: "….communication is not just one element in the struggle to make science relevant. It is the central element. Because if you gather scientific knowledge but are unable to convey it to others in a correct and compelling form, you might as well not even have bothered to gather the information."
As a professor in marine biology, Olsen had gained a reputation on a range of conservation issues. But only as a film maker he learned that information, facts and figures do not speak for themselves, unless you are teaching students or talking to your peers. To get people – nonexperts – to listen to your research or project findings, you have to first stimulate curiosity in them. You do that not through content but through style: humour, spontaneity, personal messages. Only after you have 'aroused' your audience are they open for the content. Or in Olsen's words: "When it comes to connecting with the entire audience you have four bodily organs that are important: your head, your heart, your gut, and your sex organs. The object is to move the process down out of your head, into your heart with sincerity, into your gut with humour, and, ideally if you're sexy enough, into your lower organs with sex appeal.'"
Domain matrix (click to view full size)
- HEAD / Driver of logic, analysis / Characteristics: 'Think before you act', facts, figures, scientific content of message
- HEART / Driver of emotion, passion / Characteristics: Spirituality, sentimental, artistic values, love, faith, beauty
- GUT / Driver of humour, intuition / Characteristics: 'Just do it', 'Rely on your gut feeling', spontaneity, instinct, fun
- LOINS / Driver of sex / Characteristics: Basic universal dynamic, sex appeal, excitement
In the matrix above I present my personal summary of Olsen's explanation of how human psychology basically works.
The same psychology is at work when we are confronted with words. Words have not only their literal or dictionary meaning; they also have strong associative connotations. A word invokes feelings, images, memories and values. People in the disciplines of journalism or advertizing know how much words matter. Choose the wrong words in your headline or tagline and no one will read your article or buy your product. To illustrate how this works for the word forest, I did a little experiment with arborvitae readers, CEC members and people for whom forests or forest conservation is not of immediate concern. All were asked their first associations with the word 'forest'. In the matrix below I summarize the associations and ordered them according to the four domains.
Matrix of Associations with the word 'forest' (click to view full size)
- HEAD / Resources, carbon, biomass, timber, ecosystem, income, wildlife, people, web of life, natural richness, habitat, soil, goods and services, oxygen, lianas, mushrooms, medicine, people, trees, deforestation,birds, communities, culture, wellbeing, beauty, commercial good
- HEART / Awe, rustling leaves, tranquility, fresh and nicely cold, childhood play, climbing trees, shade, bird songs, silence, folklore, home, bounty, peace, softness, fairies, folk songs, collecting blueberries, loneliness, solitude, calm, peacefulness, sacredness, walking in the forest, concerns and problems,green and quiet
- GUT / Freedom, forest fires, demons, spooky, spirits, fear, rituals, magic, fun, joy, security
- LOINS / First girlfriend, sex, making love
The associations of most forest experts were in the domain of the brain. Some really tried to be 'without a mistake' in their answer, e.g. "Forest is a land which is dominantly covered by trees of different dimensions, in association with grasses, herbaceous plant, lianas and other flora such as epiphytes." Only a few forest experts had some associations in the domain of the heart, one in the domain of the guts. The answers of CEC members were spread over the domains of brain, heart and guts. The great majority of the associations of the non experts were only in the lower three domains.
I hope this illustrates that if you – as a forest expert – want your information to be taken into account in decision-making, you have to realize that most people take decisions not based on the head, but on the heart, guts and sex. You have to arouse their interest by 'communicating' to those organs before they are open and willing to listen to the substance of your information.
The good news is that a few forest experts did come up with a personal story touching the heart and guts, such as this one: "My first association to forest is as a child – having been born and raised in a forest area in Africa – the first impression that I had of forests is an undeveloped area full of demons and spirits. I am always afraid of entering the forest due to fear, and the many stories told by elders of encounters with wild animals…." Here we have the beginning of a way to arouse and connect with nonexperts. If you are not a born communicator, this is where professional communicators can help to get attention for your science and project-based information: with style, storytelling, messaging, and tone of voice that appeals to the audience you want to reach.
Contact: Frits Hesselink, email@example.com
Frits is a communications management consultant and a member (and former Chair) of IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication. This experiment was made possible through the kind cooperation of a number of forest experts. CEC members also asked the question to a number of 'non-experts' in their personal networks, e.g. adolescents, maids, gardeners, handymen, shop-keepers, farmers, corporate managers, engineers,
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F.W. Woolworth tries to undercut his old friend and competitor, Harry, who gives the discount king a run for his money. The temperature rises with Agnes and Henri. Enjoy the continuing story of the life of Harry Selfridge, American founder of the London store. Jeremy Piven ("Entourage") stars.
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Meridian, Miss. Meridian and Lauderdale County are the first in the state of Mississippi to have a joint Crisis Intervention Team.
Crisis intervention has always been an issue for Meridian police officers and Lauderdale County sheriff's deputies. That's why grant money was made available to study and plan for the Crisis Intervention Team prior to launching it earlier this year.
"For years now, law enforcement has recognized that there were individuals who they were dealing with who would be better served in a mental health facility as opposed to going to jail or being left to," Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun says. "If they are home or on the streets. But law enforcement didn't have a lot of options."
The special team is relatively new. In fact, it has only been around since May of this year and is made up of four local agencies. This includes the Meridian Police Department, the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department, Weems Mental Health Center, and Central Mississippi Residential Center. In order to receive certification, the officers had to go through a 40 hour, week long training course. Investigators say this program has been a great tool so far.
"This program is mainly geared towards adults and we're at the drawing board on setting and trying to find ways we can help the youth in this community," MPD Captain Wade Johnson says.
Lauderdale County dispatchers have also been trained to identify callers who may need assistance from the Crisis Intervention Team and therefore know when to dispatch a CIT officer.
"But of course, we don't live in a perfect world," Calhoun admits. "And there are times that an officer who isn't CIT trained may arrive on the scene and recognize because of basic training that they've received as well, that I need a CIT officer to access and make a determination about."
Calhoun says the individuals who need special assistance are transported to Central Mississippi Residential Center in Newton for help.


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URBANA – The featured speakers for University of Illinois Herb Day are both informative and entertaining, according to a U of I Extension herb specialist. The event will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center near Lincoln Avenue and I-74 in Urbana.
"This is the 13th annual Herb Day," said Chuck Voigt, University of Illinois Extension vegetable and herb specialist and coordinator of the event. "Even those who have been to previous Herb Days will find this one to be loaded with especially knowledgeable and entertaining presenters."
Jane Taylor, from Cape Elizabeth, Maine is the founding director of the 4-H Childrens' Garden at Michigan State University and the "godmother" of children's gardens across the United States. She will speak about "Kids in the Herb Garden" and a second talk about grilling with herbs entitled "Fire It Up With Herbs."
Carolee Snyder, from Carolee's Herb Farm in Hartford City, Indiana, will provide information about the "Elderberry, Herb of the Year 2013." Snyder has served on the board of the International Herb Association, is a member of the Herb Society of America, and has been a perennial vendor in the Herb Day retail area.
Jan Powers, from Stone Well Garden in West Peoria, Illinois, last spoke at the 2003 Herb Day and is returning this year to talk about "Herb Gardens." Powers is well known in the Peoria area for her gardening expertise.
Voigt said there will be one additional speaker at the event.
In addition to the speakers, there will be a retail area selling a wide variety of herb, spice and gardening products as well as books and products from the presenters.
Advance registration of $60, which includes an herb-themed lunch buffet (including vegetarian options), must be received by Jan. 11 to guarantee lunch. For more information, call Linda Harvey at 217-244-1693 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
On-site registration on Jan. 19 begins at 8 a.m. and will continue only as long as space allows. On-site registration does not include lunch. The first educational session begins promptly at 9 a.m.


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The summer theater season has just begun, and I've already seen what I hope will be the most exasperating play of the year. Lungs is the inaugural production in the newly renamed Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Art Center—Barrington Stage Company's former Stage Two, in the building that until last week also housed Pittsfield's VFW hall. The upstairs theater is now named after resident playwright Mark St. Germain, and Mr. Finn's Cabaret, in the newly refurbished downstairs bar, honors composer William Finn, head of BSC's Musical Theatre Lab.
Duncan Macmillan's 90-minute two-hander is a setless, propless, often motionless exercise in nonstop conversation. A young couple, called simply M and W, agonize over whether or not to have a baby, given the planet's fucked-up present and precarious future. Can they in good conscience place another carbon footprint onto Mother Earth? The dialogue is fragmented, stop-and-go, overlapping—intentionally superrealistic rather than "theatrical." Which is fascinating, actually, often funny and a pretty faithful rendering of today's fractured thought processes.
At least, that's the playwright's intention—to create the world of his nameless characters' relationship, as he says in a program note, through "their words, their decisions, their streams-of-consciousness and their silences." But it seems that one of his characters got away from him. The man, M, is an ordinary guy, easygoing and rational, but W, the woman, is a jabbering mass of neuroses, and it's her hang-ups and obsessions that drive the relationship and the play.
What Macmillan calls "this little conversation that eventually comes to span a lifetime" turns into a case study of solipsistic hysteria. W is a model of long-winded self-absorption, and poor M becomes by contrast the quintessence of incomprehensible patience, waiting to get a word in edgeways. I wondered if I just wasn't connecting to female hopes and fears around childbirth, but my companion, a mother of four, didn't find her sympathetic either, "just annoying."
High praise, however, to the two performers, Brooke Bloom and Ryan King, whose headlong performances keep things stimulating and occasionally convincing. Bloom in particular manages to make her bizarre character consistently interesting, if appalling.
Another compelling 90-minute performance has just opened Shakespeare & Company's season. Tod Randolph is mesmerizing in Cassandra Speaks, Norm Plotkin's one-woman play about the journalist Dorothy Thompson. A Berlin-based correspondent in the early Nazi era, Thompson initially underestimated Hitler and later used her syndicated column to rail, in vain, against the growing menace. The show's title evokes the Trojan princess gifted with prophecy but cursed with never being believed.
Surrounded by books and papers in the den of her Vermont farmhouse as she works on this week's column while preparing for her third wedding—and waxing melancholy over the previous two—Randolph's Thompson regales us with anecdotes from her personal and professional life: interviewing Hitler ("formless, pudgy, empty, a man without qualities"), skinny-dipping with Edna St. Vincent Millay, borrowing train fare from Freud to go and cover a revolution in Poland. It's an absorbing overview of an era, performed with gusto and passion by one of our most thrilling actresses.
Lungs: Through June 10, BSC's St. Germain Stage, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, (413) 236-8888, barringtonstageco.org.
Cassandra Speaks: Through Sept. 2, Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, (413) 637-3353, shakespeare.org.
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Each profession has their own unique terms. Learn libraryspeak with our dictionary beginning with the "A"s.
AACR An initialism referring to Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. General rules for entries and descriptive cataloging.
abridgment A shortened edition of a written work, usually prepared by someone other than the original author, which preserves the overall meaning and manner of presentation of the original.
academic library A library which is an integral part of a college, university, or other post-secondary educational institution, administered to meet the needs of its students and faculty.
accredited library school A library school whose degree program has been accredited by the American Library Association.
almanac An annual publication containing useful statistics and facts, both current and retrospective. Almanacs may be general (example: World Almanac and Book of Facts).
American Library Association (ALA) The leading professional organization of public and academic librarians in the United States.
archives An organized collection of the noncurrent records of an institution, government, organization, or corporate body, or the personal papers of an individual or family, preserved in a repository for their historical value.
atlas A book of maps.
audiovisual materials Non-book materials such as filmstrips, recordings, films, video-tape, slides, audio tapes, compact discs, video cassettes, records, computer software, etc.
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In total, Chevrolet is bringing some 39 vehicles to the 2013 Specialty Aftermarket Manufacturers Show (SEMA) in Las Vegas, but for now, the automaker is only willing to show off a few of the tricked-out passenger vehicles – i.e. cars that aren't named Camaro or Corvette – that will grace its display in early November.
Personalization Sonic Concept: If you happen to be lucky enough to attend the 2013 SEMA show, take a look at this red Sonic hatchback each day you're there – the car won't look the same as the show drags on, since Chevrolet plans on adding cosmetic and performance parts each day. Although this car uses a stock 1.8-liter four-cylinder, it does receive a new lowered suspension kit, upgraded brake package with Wilwood front calipers, and a 18-inch wheel/tire package – all of which will soon be offered through Chevrolet's own performance accessories catalog.
Chevrolet Performance Sonic RS Concept: Chevrolet says it wanted this Sonic RS show car to be both bright and playful – that might help to explain the retina-scorching exterior which combines bright yellow paint with blue graphics and blue highlights, including grille accents, lamp assembly surrounds, and mirror caps. In addition to the new performance accessories affixed to the red Personalization Sonic concept, the Sonic RS show car also gains a new "stage" kit for the 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, which adds a cold-air induction and a high-flow exhaust.
Ricky Carmichael All-Activity Sonic: Technically, this Sonic, customized with the help of AMA supercross star Ricky Carmichael, debuted at last year's SEMA show, but the hopped-up Sonic returns with a few new tricks for 2013. Like some of the other Sonics on display, Carmichael's personalized hatchback receives the new stage performance kit for the 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, along with the new performance suspension and brake upgrade packages. We personally dig the hefty billet shift knob for the six-speed manual transmission, which sadly doesn't appear to be part of Chevrolet's accessories portfolio.
Spark EV Tech Performance Concept: We're used to seeing electric vehicles tuned to provide maximum range and efficiency, but the Spark EV show car headed to SEMA eschews that in favor of tapping into its torque reserve – a meaty 400 lb-ft available right at launch. Flip the military-like switch cover up on the shift knob, press the red button (decorated with a menacing smiley face for good measure), and you'll access a revised powertrain algorithm, which allows the little Spark to blast from 0-60 mph in roughly 7.5 seconds.
Other revisions include tinted head- and tail-lamp assemblies, new aluminum-alloy wheels, a wild white-on-green two-tone paint job, and a front bow-tie emblem that glows green. Seeing as GM has no immediate plans to even offer the normal Spark EV outside of California, Oregon, and South Korea, don't count on this reaching production anytime soon.
Cruze Diesel Personalization Concept: On the other hand, the Cruze Diesel Personalization Concept is closer to production. This show car is Chevy's way of showing off some of the revisions it has in store for a mid-cycle enhancement next year. Although some pundits suspected the U.S.-market Cruze would adopt the new front fascia worn by European-market Cruze models, that's not the case. Instead, the lightly-updated Cruze boasts a new grille design that's more in line with what we saw applied to the updated 2014 Malibu range. The Cruze Diesel Personalization Concept retains the stock 2.0-liter turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine, but receives a custom front splitter, lower front fascia, and rocker sills built by 3dCarbon, along with larger wheels, and an upgraded Kicker Audio sound system.
2014 Malibu LTZ Concept: Speaking of the updated 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, it's also making its way to Vegas for the SEMA show. Unlike some of Chevy's Sonic concepts, the tarted-up Malibu focuses on subtle styling tweaks. The metallic wine paint color is unique to this concept, which also rides on 18-inch aluminum wheels cribbed from the 2014 Impala parts bin. The stock 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder is paired with a customized Borla exhaust system, but power remains unchanged at 259 hp.
2014 Impala Urban Cool Concept: Chevrolet's all-new full-size sedan also receives a few mild tweaks for its SEMA show debut. The concept looks lean and mean, thanks to a lowered ride height, a conceptual ground effects package, and new 20-inch wheels that may soon be part of Chevrolet's accessories catalog, Interior amendments include gloss and anodized piano black accents, along with grey leather seating highlighted with orange stitching. We're told if public reaction is favorable, this entire package may be applied to a future production vehicle.


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Flagler and four other Florida school districts face civil rights complaints alleging the schools' suspension and expulsion rates for black students are disproportionately high.
BUNNELL — In the midst of a complaint that Flagler County schools punish black students more often than their white peers, a group of local NAACP members spoke at a School Board meeting about its concerns.
Linda Sharpe Haywood, president of the Flagler chapter of the NAACP, said the group of about 10 members decided together to attend the board's regular meeting Tuesday.
"The assumption is if we don't show up, we don't care and that's not true," Sharpe Haywood said in an interview after the meeting.
Over the summer, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced it had filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights against Flagler and four other Florida school districts, alleging the schools' suspension and expulsion rates for black students are disproportionately high.
The Flagler chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People discussed the complaint during a meeting last week. Several members decided to attend Tuesday's School Board meeting.
"We were frustrated because not much has changed since the complaint was filed," Sharpe Haywood said.
School Board meetings are usually sparsely attended unless there is a controversial item on the agenda.
Sharpe Haywood told the School Board about a 13-year-old Buddy Taylor Middle School honor student who had been suspended for three days because she defended herself after another girl punched her in the face. She said the girl and her family did not feel she had been treated unfairly because of her race because both girls are black, but "we felt it was a harsh punishment for a 13-year-old," she said.
Vice Chairwoman Colleen Conklin said the residents' concerns will be taken seriously, though she said she had not heard previously from any of them about the specific issues broached during Tuesday's meeting. She urged them to "please feel free to pick up the phone and call one of us."
"I'm not sure what the circumstances are," Conklin said, adding, "I don't want to comment on what the circumstances are because I don't know."
During a workshop session before the regular meeting, Cheryl Massaro, who chairs the Department of Juvenile Justice Circuit 7 board, also gave a brief presentation about national and local efforts to reduce disproportionate minority contact with law enforcement.
"It is a federal issue — it is not just a Flagler issue," Massaro said.
In other business:
- The School Board unanimously approved four memorandums of understanding for the collective bargaining agreements with the Flagler County Educators Association. The document spells out minor changes to the Value Added Model, which uses student test data to evaluate teachers.
- The Department of Education also announced late Tuesday that on Wednesday morning it will post a report that contains the numbers and percentages of teachers graded highly effective; effective; and needs improvement, at the state, district and school level for the 2011-12 school year.
The School Board also discussed giving pay increases of about 2 percent to professional staff and administrators, including school principals and vice principals. The cost to the district would be $143,513, including retroactive pay to July 1.
Many of these employees have not had salary increases since the 2008-09 school year and health insurance costs have gone up more than 30 percent during that time, Chief Financial Officer Tom Tant said during a workshop before Tuesday's regular meeting.
The board plans to vote on this change during the Dec. 18 regular meeting.
"I think we owe it to our administrators to respect and appreciate what they do for us," board member Sue Dickinson said, adding that she supports giving the raise.


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The ROD authorized LACMTA to go forward with project implementation, including property acquisitions, utility relocations and the purchase of any rail cars needed for the project. It also makes LACMTA eligible for any federal funding requested for the project.
"I would like to thank the Obama Administration and the Federal Transit Administration for being great partners on this job-creating project," said LACMTA Board Chairman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "The Crenshaw/LAX line will not only bring light rail to the residents of South L.A. and the LAX area, but it will create thousands of badly needed jobs. This is another step forward for a Measure R project, which voters approved in 2008 and will bring L.A. the 21st Century transit network Angelenos deserve."
The 8.5-mile light-rail project will run between the Expo Line on Exposition Boulevard and the Metro Green Line. It will serve the Crenshaw Corridor, Inglewood, Westchester, and LAX area with six stations, a maintenance facility, park and ride lots, traction power substations and the acquisition of rail vehicles and maintenance equipment.
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Brittani Sahm joins the Washington and Lee sports information staff for her first year as the sports information assistant, serving as the main contact for men's and women's soccer, women's tennis, women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, women's lacrosse, and riding.
Sahm has come to W&L after spending a semester at Williams College where she was a sports information intern.
At Williams, Sahm was responsible for the men's and women's soccer statistics, women's volleyball statistics, and game-day publications. She also assisted in the daily duties required for 30 varsity sports.
Sahm is a 2011 SUNY Cortland graduate, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management and a minor in computer applications, and was a member of the women's track and field team. She was a volunteer in the sports information department for two years.
On the track, Sahm competed for the Red Dragons during their most recent SUNYAC Championship title in the 2011 outdoor season. Her 4x100-meter relay team finished second, recording an NCAA-provisional qualifying time (48.35). In the same season, Sahm was selected to the USTFCCCA's All-Academic Team, and the SUNYAC Commissioner's List and All-Academic list.
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Is a calorie just a calorie? Science writer Gary Taubes says no. In a study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, diet researchers reported that patients on a low-carb diet kept weight off longer than those on a low-fat diet, re-introducing a long-standing debate.
Debate Revived: Low-Carb Or Low-Fat Diet?
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One of the best things you can do once youre bitten by the orchid bug is to become a member of the American Orchid Society (AOS).
The mission of the AOS is to:
Increase member satisfaction and participation
Extend the knowledge, production, use and appreciation of orchids
Collect and disseminate information
Support education and research
Support the preservation and perpetuation of orchid species
Recognize outstanding achievement
Organize and maintain an orchid judging system
Provide visitors to the Visitor Center and Botanical Garden with a positive, enriching experience
Your membership in this national society includes a 12-month subscription to Orchids magazine which has to be one of the most beautiful and informative magazines Ive ever seen. It comes out monthly and includes a number of articles each month for beginning growers, a question and answer column, reviews of new books, and of course advertisements from all the biggest and best growers in the country.
With your welcome package you will receive brochures from the Orchid Emporium, a very good Your First Orchid book, and much more to acquaint you with the society and its services.
The AOS also has an excellent web site American Orchid Society. I encourage you to visit even if you do not join the society. There are lists of affiliated societies, an About Orchids section with lots of good advice and wonderful culture pages for each major orchid genus, listing of shows around the country by month, a listing of orchid vendors, a marketplace to locate AOS members by state, an on-line store for orchid gifts, books and supplies and a discussion forum. Use the Affiliated Societies link to find a local society in your area of the country and many of them have e-mail addresses and web site addresses for those societies. I will expand on the value of local societies in one of my next articles. The information in the About Orchids section is clear, concise and there are culture sheets which can be downloaded and printed easily. The Calendar and Events area has a month by month listing of events and shows around the country. The Bookshop and Emporium is the on-line store for the society.
I recommend that you spend time looking at the information on this website, checking out the vendors websites to give you an idea of what types of orchids you are drawn to, and review pricing from various vendors. Most of the vendor websites will have cultural information on the major species; some will even accept questions via e-mail. Take advantage of the wealth of information out therethe AOS has pulled it all together in one place in order to provide a resource for orchid lovers.


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MILWAUKEE — Khris Middleton made one of two free throws with 0.6 seconds left and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Boston Celtics 112-111 in improbable fashion on Tuesday night.
Middleton drew a foul on Avery Bradley to get to the line. Boston had tied the game when Kelly Olynyk made two free throws with one second remaining.
Milwaukee appeared to have won the game on Greg Monroe's last-second hook shot, giving the Bucks a 111-109 lead. Olynyk then drew the foul with no time expiring off the clock.
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U.S. House members returning to work today face two key issues before the end of the year: trying to avoid the looming fiscal cliff and determining whether to continue the Bush tax cuts.
"The issues are huge," U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, said Monday. "This is the most difficult time.
"The stakes have never been higher."
Granger and others gather today in Washington, D.C., to spend the next five weeks crafting a plan to avoid tax increases and government spending reductions that without any congressional action would go into effect next year.
She knows the government remains deeply divided, but she's optimistic that elected officials will do the right thing.
"In a campaign, compromise is a very bad word," Granger told a crowd of about 350 Monday at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce's Leaders in Government Series at the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel & Spa. "But that's what politicians do to be effective.
"Yes, we can get out of this mess."
Congressional leaders across the country have spent the weeks since the Nov. 6 presidential election with constituents trying to identify priorities and any approaches recommended for dealing with the tough issues of the day.
At the top of their to-do list is finding a plan they can agree on to prevent massive across-the-board cuts from going into effect. These cuts were triggered by a supercommittee's inability last year to identify ways to significantly cut the federal deficit over the next decade.
But Granger and others say Congress still has time to come up with a compromise to prevent those spending cuts from automatically occurring.
Granger said part of the solution may well rest with addressing some of the government's biggest costs -- Medicare and Social Security -- as well as potentially revamping the nation's tax system.
"This is an opportunity for us to fix things," she said. "But it may be a patch to get through the fiscal cliff.
"Don't turn your backs on us if that happens," she said, adding that she believes a long-term solution will follow.
Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison recently said she believes elected officials will work together to do what is needed.
"I believe we will come up with a way forward," she said during Sunday's State of the Union program on CNN. "Do I think we're going to do everything by the end of this year? Probably not.
"But I think we will not have a fiscal cliff," she said. "We will have a plan, hopefully, to go forward."
A second priority, Granger said, is addressing the Bush tax cuts.
These cuts went into effect after 9-11 as a way to try to temporarily help Americans and the economy as well. Set to expire in 2010, the cuts have since been extended. Without another extension, the cuts will expire in 2013.
Several local officials say they believe the cuts, which give a typical middle-class family a tax break of about $2,200 a year, should be extended again. Otherwise, families nationwide will see tax increases for everything from child tax credits to employee payroll taxes.
"Right now ... is not the time to have the most massive tax increase since World War II," Granger said.
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, said she wants to see the tax cuts extended as well.
"For the good of our country and our economy, we must work together to quickly extend tax cuts for 98 percent of all Americans," Johnson said in a statement sent out Monday.
"If Congress fails to act, middle-class families will see their income taxes go up in 2013.
"It is essential that we work together to provide certainty and peace of mind to families, retailers and small businesses during this holiday season."
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GammaTech Adds to Popular RT10 Line of Fully Rugged Industrial-Strength Tablet PCsNewest Model, the RT10C, Features Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor, 10.2" Touch-Screen High-Resolution LCD Display, and Military Standard Tough Features (January 24, 2012)
FREMONT, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/12 -- GammaTech Computer Corp., a major international manufacturer and supplier of innovative notebook and tablet computers, has added another model to its line of RT10 fully rugged computers designed and built to stand up to the daily grind found in industrial applications. The new RT10C features a touch-screen, 10.2" wide display and Windows 7 compatibility. But what sets it apart from the competition is its compressed military-grade durable design. Neatly packaged into a five-pound unit, the RT10C is the ultimate portable personal computer.
"We are pleased to introduce our latest addition to the RT10 line of fully rugged personal computers," stated Paul Kim, GammaTech's VP of Sales and Marketing. "The RT10C is a perfect unit for system integration in the industrial industry, such as the automotive market. As with the custom capability of all of our products, the unit also provides the user with an exceptional built-to-specs, on-the-job PC solution, positioning it far above standard consumer PCs and tablets. Data processing and capturing have never been more convenient or easier, which leads to increased productivity, as this unit can be taken around a plant for use right on the floor with virtually no fear of damage from the work environment."
The GammaTech RT10C features an Intel® Core i7-620UE mobile processor with integrated HD graphics providing stunning visuals and smooth high-definition video playback, and runs on either Windows® embedded standard 2009, Windows 7, or Windows 7 Pro embedded operating systems. It supports both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies. Other features include an AC power connector, two USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port, PCMCIA slot, two mini card slots, CompactFlash slot and VGA port. An optional vehicle or office docking station includes four USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port, Serial port, and VGA port.
Its many user-friendly features include a high-resolution (1024x600) WSVGA TFT LCD display with an LED backlight to eliminate eyestrain. The resistive touch-screen display responds to both stylus and fingertips alike. Data is kept safe with security features such as TPM 1.2 fingerprint recognition, and an optional Smart Card reader.
Up to five hours of usage is provided by the nine-cell Smart lithium-ion battery, assuring trips through the plant will never be interrupted by the need to recharge. With tough features, the unit meets military 810G standards for durability and IP65 standards for dust resistance. The fully rugged and sealed design completely guards internal components, making the tablet drop-proof, spill-proof, shock-proof, dust-proof, and watertight.
The fully rugged RT10C PC is an ideal combination of form, function, and survivability.
The fully rugged GammaTech RT10C, as well as the rest of the GammaTech product line, is available through authorized resellers nationwide and at http://www.gammatech-durabook.com/whereToBuy.jsp. Every GammaTech product may be customized to customer specifications.
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GammaTech Computer Corporation is a leader in the design, manufacture and sales of cost-effective, high-performance mobile computing solutions throughout North America. Its award-winning line of rugged and hardened notebook and tablet computers are designed and built-to-order to increase mobile productivity for business, government, healthcare, fire, public safety and a host of other entities. GammaTech offers a complete portfolio of products that delivers power and performance needed in the most demanding work environments, resulting in increased productivity and accelerated return on investment. GammaTech is headquartered in Fremont, California, which provides the final assembly, inventory, service and technical support.
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Royal Purple has been manufacturing synthetic oils and lubricants since 2003, but did you know where and why it became Royal Purple? Founder John Williams was a pioneer in developing synthetic lubricants since the 1950's. He was asked to help develop a lubricant that helped solve chronic bearing failure in large compressors, and not only did he come up with a new additive technology but his formula had exceptional oxidation stability for long oil life.
His technology provided remarkable protection against rust and corrosion in wet and high temperature applications, and also cleaned up equipment and prevented build up and varnishing. The new lubricant solved the bearing failure issues, and was so unique compared to anything else they had seen that it was suggested to Mr. Williams that it shouldn't be the same color as all the other oils and lubricants, so purple coloring was added to it to make it different.
Another event that Royal Purple hosted last Spring was the Reel Wars, where they took video submissions from enthusiasts showcasing what they could do with Royal Purple. The contest was simple, and the first 100 entries received a case of Royal Purple oil, while the Grand Prize Winner received $5,000! The winning entry is the lead video above, the "Purple Bot" that detects the type of motor oil needed for anything with a motor… including a chainsaw. The Honorable Mention winner is the video above
Did you know that Royal Purple lubricants were used in the fighting robots in the movie "Real Steel"? You can find Royal Purple at nearly 25,000 retailers in the US, which includes products for automotive, marine, 2-cycle, rotary, racing, transmissions and even an additive for your cooling system. Royal Purple focuses their charitable efforts on children and veterans, giving to the Hot Rodders Children's Charity and the Warrior Weekend Charity.


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Blu-ray Review - I Love You Phillip Morris
April 10, 2011
"I Love You Phillip Morris" is a tricky film to decipher. Garnering unnecessary attention for its homosexual content, the picture is actually more of a fleet-footed con artist valentine, paying reverence to a master of deception, Steven Jay Russell. A comedic excursion into the limits of personal freedom and the miracle of love, the picture is a skilled effort of constant surprise, led wonderfully by Jim Carrey, who gives a blessedly respectful performance that mingles pleasingly with laughs and shock.
Steven (Jim Carrey) is a seemingly happy family man living a life of service as a local cop. When a car accident clears his head of domestic obligation, Steven goes on to embrace his suppressed homosexuality, finding the new lifestyle murder on his bank account. Embarking on a series of profitable con games, Steven is soon caught and sent to prison, where he quickly masters the system of favors and revenge. Into his life comes Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor), a younger inmate who takes an immediate shine to Steven's odd sense of confidence. The two become lovers, developing an unbreakable bond that's tested when the state endeavors to separate the two. Slipping back into his skills of deception, Steven makes a grand effort to return to Phillip's arms, hoping their love can be rekindled, despite his addiction to role-playing in massive acts of fraud.
I suppose there's to be some expectation of bite when the screenwriters of "Bad Santa" (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa) decide to make their directorial debut. However, "I Love You Phillip Morris," despite many opportunities to treat the characters from an acidic perspective, keeps the shenanigans amazingly light and sporadically emotional. The premise is familiar (think of it as the gay cousin of "Catch Me if You Can"), but the tone stands at attention, weaving between broad acts of deception and intimate declarations of love between these men, who've finally found a sense of peace from their hectic lives in each other's arms.
I Love You" isn't a farce, despite Carrey's occasional (and welcome) rascally business, but more on the metered side, permitting the actor time to find a passion within Steven, instead of playing his games of fraud as calculated opportunities for the rubber-faced one to pratfall his way around the frame. It's a fantastic performance from Carrey, who expresses a knotted desperation here that keeps the film moving along through extended confidence games and tense moments of awareness, as Steven happily engages in troublemaking to boost his financial appeal, only to find himself eventually stymied and on the run from the law. Carrey tones down his primary colors and expresses a compulsion within Steven that urges him to sustain his commitment to Phillip at any cost, even taking him down a dark path of medical complication. McGregor is unexpectedly gentle here as the prized lover, but Carrey elevates the episodic structure of the screenplay, communicating Steven's heartfelt pull toward illegal activities and his sense of loyalty, providing needed laughs along the way.
The AVC encoded image (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation is an explosion of color. An unexpected development, really. Dealing with a semi-dark subject matter, the cinematography reaches for the sky, offering the BD viewing event a rich assortment of bold colors, all nicely separated, with some truly evocative environments, amped to a delightful degree (lighting is outstanding and well-preserved). Costumes also benefit from the hefty hues, with yellow prison jumpsuits popping right off the screen. Shadow detail struggles some, with low-light encounters fighting contrast issues, losing fine textures along the way. Clarity is generally good, picking up the particulars of prison signage and set design nuances, while close-ups reveal a fantastic read of wrinkles and emotions.
The 5.1 DTS-HD sound mix holds the tonal changes of the movie with confidence, leaping around with a vigorous track that respects the comedic energy of the performers. Dialogue exchanges are offered up crisp and clean, provided frontal movement to solidify exposition, while some of the more slapstick encounters are pushed around in the surrounds. A few scenes benefit from a pleasing echo to convey cavernous locations. Atmospherics are generally convincing, with prison activity a primary audio element, supplying voices and metal clanks all around the listener. Scoring maintains its jubilant position, winding around the mix without stepping on the voices. Low-end lacks a sufficient presence.
English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles are offered.
The feature-length audio commentary with writer/directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, producers Andrew Lazar and Far Shariat, chief lighting technician Max Pomerleau, and director of photography Xavier Perez Grobet is a highly informative and wonderfully entertaining chat from a good chunk of the filmmaking team. The directors remain in charge during the conversation, but the group effort is felt, with everyone delighting in the antics of the film while staying focused on the task in hand. There's plenty of chatter about the New Orleans locations, working with the hyper antics of Jim Carrey (who performed pratfalls with a cracked rib), and some critical info shared about the film's testing process. The commentary never lacks energy and remains ripe with amusing backstage info, especially when talking about the trials of low-budget filmmaking. It's a fulfilling listen.
"Deleted Scenes" (16:47) consist primarily of tiny character pieces, opening Steven's world up just a little further. Two key moments are offered: a storm sequence with Steven and Phillip on a boat in the middle of the ocean, and an extended look at Steven's time with his first boyfriend.
"The Making of 'I Love You Phillip Morris'" (11:52) is a standard-issue BTS featurette, with cast and crew interviews offering thoughts on motivation, story, and on-set admiration. It's always entertaining to see Carrey in the moment, with a good amount of the on-set footage helping to emphasize the filmmaking effort.
A Red Band Internet Trailer, Red Band Theatrical Trailer, and Green Band Theatrical Trailer are included.
Requa and Ficarra keep the feature frothy, carried forward by a bouncy score from Nick Urata, while slowly revealing a disarming sincerity. There's a confidence with the material that's heartening, sustaining the film's entertainment value while taking a few darkly comic detours, one that leads to a wicked, bravely tasteless third-act twist. "I Love You Phillip Morris" is a difficult film to encapsulate quickly, with the picture's challenging narrative and peculiar funny bone better experienced in motion rather than recounted.


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On April 11, we asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time. You could vote via comment, Facebook, Twitter or email. And vote you did. Between April 11 and April 21, when voting closed, we received an amazing 12,231 ballots. So many, that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20. Each weekday at 11 a.m., a new player will be listed as we count down all 20.
Remember, any Dodger, Brooklyn or L.A., was eligible, including managers, owners, announcers, etc. Points were assigned based on where you list the player on the ballot. Your first choice received 12 points, second choice 10, third place eight, all the way down to one point for 10th place.
So with no further ado, here is No. 20:
No. 20 Don Sutton (1 first-place vote, 4,530 points)
You know you have a rich history when your team's all-time leader in wins and strikeouts can only finish as the 20th-best Dodger in history.
Sutton pitched for the Dodgers from 1966 to 1980 and again in 1988. He leads the team in wins (233), games as a pitcher (550), innings pitched (3,816.1), strikeouts (2,696), shutouts (52) and losses (181).


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This month, we focus on one of our newest employees, Joseph Dowdy. You may recognize his name from several articles that he has written and posted in our blog and within our newsletter over the last few months. He is also one of the driving forces behind the promotion of local events and our social media networks. We asked Joseph to tell us a little more about himself…
Hey! My name is Joseph Dowdy and I have been doing event promotion and social media marketing with ACK for a few months now. You may have seen me hanging around some of our local events and may have even read some of my blogs. I joined the team in January as an intern and I guess I did something right because as of this month I've been hired on as an official employee! Despite it being a relatively short time, I have really enjoyed being a part of the ACK family and am eager for my future with the company.
I absolutely love Austin! After spending four years enduring Iowa winters while earning my undergraduate degree from Cornell College, I made my way back to the homeland. I couldn't have made a better decision! Since I've been back I've devoted my time to a few nonprofit organizations including Keep Austin Beautiful and Foundation Communities. Eventually, I came across the position at ACK (in a craigslist ad!) but I still try to stay involved with the Austin community as much as I can. For example this month I participated in KAB's citywide cleanup as a group leader and led an Inner City Outings campout to McKinney Falls.
Working at ACK has been a great experience thus far and I'm sure it will continue to be into the future. I've been able to play an important role in the Kayak Angler Tournament Series, learn about so many new products and brands and participate in a great number of other events and online discussions via twitter, blogs and forums.
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One night last week, when I was watching what must have been the 500th recounting of the Casey Anthony trial, I suddenly recalled my favorite subject to teach in college -Greek mythology. At first, I wasn't certain about the connection, but as I listened to Nancy Grace and her tribunal of experts rage and whine while images of luckless little Caylee and her foolish mother flowed across the screen, I suddenly remembered the Furies.
If I remember my Edith Hamilton's Mythology correctly, the Furies were a host of invisible tormentors that the gods sent to torment mortals who had committed unforgivable crimes ... patricide or infanticide, for example. The immortal Furies pursued their victims for the remainder of their mortal lives lashing them with whips and relentlessly whispering their sins in their ears. The marks of the whip caused the victim to age rapidly, and, they were troubled by sleepless nights. Of course, this "divine punishment" was an imaginative way of describing the torments of a guilty conscious.
Now, as I watch Casey Anthony flee the Orange County courthouse (again), amid shouts of "Baby Killer" and "Justice for Caylee," I am struck by similarities to the ancient Furies. Is it possible that our modern equivalent of the Furies resides in those angry citizens who are waving placards in Orlando and Jacksonville? Does a Fury reside in Nancy Grace?As Casey, runs towards a car that will spirit her away to safety - does she hear the shouts? Does she flinch as though struck by an invisible whip?
I'm getting carried away here but I can't help it. I love good theater, even when it is dispensed by. CNN instead of Netflex. Besides, I am suddenly reminded of O.J., who like one of those doomed Greek heroes, was first blessed and then cursed by the gods. When I see him now, overweight, getting a bit flabby, with that sheepish grin (like the cat that ate the canary), I get the distinct feeling that O. J. didn't get away with anything. He will live out the remainder of his life with his crime branded on his forehead.
I liked my theory about the Furies so much, I told a friend of mine about it. He didn't agree. He said that O. J. and Casey lacked nobility. In effect, he said that their lives were too petty and trivial. Certainly, they didn't deserve a punishment as awe-inspiring as the wrath of the gods. In other words, only arrogant kings or immoral queens deserved to be tormented by the Furies. Only the chosen have the depth of soul to be guilty of hubris.
Well, I thought about that and I don't agree. I remember what that grand old expert on living and dead religions, Joseph Campbell said about those mythical heroes and heroines. He recalled having seen Oedipus boarding a New York subway, Helen of Troy shopping on 5th Avenue, or perhaps Odysseus getting out of a taxi on Broadway. He said that all of the great stories are a kind of template that is destined to be repeated for all eternity. Today, the great tales are not the sole property of royalty, but belong to all of us. Tristram may be a dishwasher in a Greek restaurant where Isult is a waitress. Achilles may be a pro-Nazi skinhead in London and Orpheus may be in Nashville where he just released his first cd.
Campbell felt that the petty, mean-spirited, cruel - as well as the gentle, faithful and compassionate - might reenact a story that has been told and then forgotten numerous times. None of them are noble but they might acquire something akin to nobility by suffering. In other words, selfish, dissembling Casey Anthony may be granted forgiveness at some point in the future. In the tragic story of Oedipus, the old, blind kind is only forgiven when he is dying. Then the Furies become his comforters and grant him peace.
So, I am wondering about those who escape earthly justice, evade prison and rush off to complete book/film script deals and become some kind of shady celebrity who is occasionally exhibited like an exotic reptile on TV talk shows ... is that "success in show business" possibly deceptive? What is it like spending the rest of your life knowing what people think when they see you? Does O. J. feel that he really got away with something? Is he not painfully aware that there are places where he can never go again? As for Casey, what is your freedom worth if you must hide?
There is a marvelous way to end this ordeal, both for Casey and O. J. They need to confess. Neither can be arrested or imprisoned again. What if Casey Anthony confessed to David Letterman, sitting right there on the guest couch between say .... maybe Madonna and Elton John? What if O. J. confessed to Oprah? What if those confessions were rerun for a solid month like a mobius strip? How would you feel about these two sinners? Would you forgive them? Would the Furies disappear?


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Stoke survived another impressive comeback by Birmingham to bring their losing run to an end in a dramatic 3-2 victory at the Britannia Stadium.
The Potters, who had been defeated in their last four Barclays Premier League fixtures, took a deserved first-half lead through Robert Huth and looked home and dry when Ricardo Fuller made it 2-0 in the 71st minute.
The Blues, as they had done on Saturday against West Ham, swiftly erased the deficit thanks to Keith Fahey and Cameron Jerome, but Dean Whitehead netted five minutes from time to win the contest.
The much-needed victory lifted Stoke above Birmingham in the table to 15th, with the Blues sliding down to 17th.
It had appeared the three points would be secured in a comfortable manner by the mid-point of the match after an opening period the hosts had dominated.
Stoke were soon on the front foot as their wingers began to impose themselves, Matthew Etherington aiming a cross at Kenwyne Jones' head and the ball falling to Jermaine Pennant, who produced an even better delivery that the Trinidad and Tobago striker nodded wide.
Pennant then floated another delightful ball into the danger zone from the right but Ben Foster was able to claim it.
Potters fans protested for a penalty moments later when Foster collided with Danny Higginbotham as the goalkeeper rushed out to push the ball away, but referee Mark Clattenburg waved play on and Fuller saw his attempt deflect off target.
The home side continued to send crosses into the Birmingham box, with Jones heading wide again and Foster just managing to keep Huth at bay.
A defensive mix-up for the Blues saw Fuller slipped in, but Foster was alert once more and came out to take the ball off the Jamaican's toe.
The England stopper looked less assured soon after as he flapped near his goal-line at a Rory Delap long throw, although he did appear to have Huth leaning against him.
Whitehead collected a knock-down in the 37th minute and attempted to unleash a shot that hit a defender and went for a throw.
Delap hurled it into the box again but this time Foster confidently fisted it away.
Another Delap throw led to a corner three minutes before the break which Jones rose to meet powerfully, Foster tipping the header over the bar.
But two minutes later Stoke's pressure finally paid off as they took the lead through their skipper Huth.
Fuller's drilled shot from the edge of the box ricocheted off a couple of Birmingham players and Huth was there to lash the ball in off Foster.
It could have got worse for the Blues before the interval but Foster saved a shot from Delap and Fuller got in the way of a Huth header before Clattenburg blew for half-time.
The hosts maintained the tempo after the break as Etherington chipped the ball into the path of Fuller, whose touch let him down with Barry Ferguson looming, and Huth headed a corner wide.
Huth was on hand again to meet Pennant's free-kick but could not get the direction right and then Etherington swung in a dangerous ball which nobody could get on the end of.
Birmingham looked more potent moments later as Jerome cut into the box and hit a low shot which Begovic got down to save, and they went the closest to date when Roger Johnson saw the Bosnian keeper tip his bullet header over.
Suddenly Stoke's lead was looking vulnerable, with Craig Gardner firing a free-kick at Begovic.
Birmingham then almost equalised as a scramble saw Higginbotham hit his own post and Gardner's shot blocked on the line.
Within seconds, though, it was Stoke who had the ball in the net, Fuller twisting and turning before producing a wonderful strike into the top corner.
The points looked safe for Stoke, but only three minutes later Blues substitute Fahey pulled one back after a mistake by Higginbotham.
Alex McLeish's side had come back from 2-0 down in their last game and before Stoke knew what was happening, they had repeated the trick as Jerome glanced Sebastian Larsson's cross past Begovic.
It had taken the Potters only five minutes to throw away a two-goal lead and they looked shell-shocked.
Their opponents smelt blood and Gardner fired one in which Begovic dealt with.
But in the end, it was the hosts who emerged triumphant from the game's crazy climax as Etherington's cross slipped between the legs of Scott Dann and Whitehead pounced, prodding home to seal victory.
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Obama said to nominate Sally Jewell to head Interior Department
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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will nominate Sally Jewell, president and chief executive officer of Recreational Equipment Inc., to become secretary of the Interior Department, an administration official said on condition of anonymity in advance of a formal announcement.
The selection of Jewell, who would succeed Ken Salazar, was reported earlier Wednesday by The Washington Post.
Jewell is the president and chief executive officer at the outdoors company Recreational Equipment Inc., known as REI, which sells clothing and gear for outdoor adventures with more than 100 stores across the country. Prior to joining REI in 2000, Jewell worked in commercial banking and as an engineer for Mobil Oil Corp.
Jewell is the first woman in Obama's crop of second-term Cabinet nominees. The White House faced criticism that the new Cabinet lacked diversity after Obama tapped a string of white men for top posts, but Obama promised more diverse nominees were in the queue for other jobs.
Obama was to announce Jewell's nomination during a ceremony in the White House State Dining Room on Wednesday afternoon, according to the official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to confirm Jewell's nomination ahead of the president.
Information for this article was contributed by Bloomberg News and The Associated Press.
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She's a jewel alright, don't know nothing about the job, but that's ok; obama don't know anything about his.
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Michael Phelps' love interest Sarah Herndon
Michael Phelps' latest love interest is 22-year-old Sarah Herndon, according to an interview with the waitress/model from California (the same description as his previous flame, Megan Rossee, with whom he broke up just after Christmas). He and Herndon met in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico before Christmas; fished for lobster in the Bahamas after the holidays and had an evening of sushi and "Zero Dark Thirty" back in Baltimore. Also see: • Michael Phelps' reported new love interest another Cali waitress-model, bikini stunner • VIDEO: Interview with Sarah Herndon
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Prior to the institutionalization of hedge fund investing, investment decisions and allocations were made largely on the basis of performance and the qualitative aspects of a fund: People, process and philosophy. Over the past decade, the investor due diligence process has evolved.
What was once a short and rather perfunctory process has become lengthy and detailed, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative aspects of a fund and its performance. While there is no one-size-fits-all formula for investors, one certainty is that managers who understand the components of the due diligence process will have an easier time meeting the requests of investors. To successfully raise capital, managers must be able to articulate clearly their value proposition, the components of their performance and the risks they take to achieve it.
Based on feedback from fund of funds and direct investors in hedge funds, we found that the due diligence process has become very data driven and time intensive, requiring greater transparency and granularity than ever before.
Prior to selecting an investment target, hedge fund investors first determine the investment strategy to allocate capital. These may include (but are not limited to): Equity fundamental value, market neutral, event-driven, global macro or relative value strategies.
After generating a manager list within the strategy subset, the natural entry point for an analysis of a fund is a qualitative look at its people, process and philosophy. These elements comprise the backbone of all funds and are the source of their performance.
People: This is typically the most important and decisive element of the due diligence process. Investors want to know who the decision makers are at a fund and where they received their training. A hedge fund manager's experience and pedigree are important in establishing his or her expertise. While not necessary, working at a recognized firm with a proven ability to generate alpha lends credibility. This may lead to a shorter due diligence process, because it makes it easier for investors to check references. Investors will speak to previous employers and colleagues to determine a manager's exact role and specific contribution to performance.
Process: Investors want to know that a manager has a proven process in place — from idea generation, through research and portfolio construction, to risk management. Managers must be able to articulate their process in a concise manner and convey to investors that a fund's performance is consistent and repeatable.
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NBC Olympics: A glimpse of the cross-platform future
More than 100 million Americans have watched at least some of the Sochi Winter Games on the networks of NBCUniversal, according to Nielsen. NBC executives said Wednesday the ratings for the 2014 Sochi Olympics — the most viewed Winter Olympics ever — have been "beyond expectations," adding that the bigger story is success beyond primetime. In a conference call from Sochi, NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus noted viewing habits are changing: "The Olympics have always been a glimpse into the future," in terms of media behavior and the way companies release material. What they're finding is a "circle model," in which digital consumption drives people back to TV which drives them to digital.
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Not too many people braved the snow on October 22 for story time, but the ones did enjoyed stories and crafts with Lisa Roose. The next story time will be held on Tuesday, November 5th at 10:00. Mardel Brockett will do the program.
The book discussion groups will meet at Westview on Wednesday, November 20. The afternoon book selection is The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. They meet at 4:00 p.m. The evening group meets at 7:00. They will discuss Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly.
New books this week include:
Nonfiction: Holidays & Celebrations: 2013 (Taste of Home recipes) and Tip and the Gipper by Chris Matthews.
Fiction: Rosemary Cottage by Colleen Coble, Fired Up by Mary Connealy, Trapped by Irene Hannon, Unforeseeable by Nancy Mehl, Starry Night by Debbie Macomber, Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery, Lydia's Hope by Marta Perry, Loss of Innocence by Richard North Patterson, Storm Front by John Sandford, Identical by Scott Turow, The Promise by Dan Walsh, For Every Season by Cindy Woodsmall and Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods.
We also have a new young adult title: Confessions: The Private School Murders by James Patterson.