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FOREST GROVE – Pacific's defense made five interceptions to lead the Boxers on a historic Homecoming Saturday as the Boxers moved to 5-0 for the first time in school history with a 56-14 drubbing of Puget Sound in Northwest Conference football action at Lincoln Park Stadium.
The Boxers had four interceptions in the first half alone, including two on back-to-back Puget Sound plays in the first quarter. The effort led a day where the Boxers could do no wrong in the first 30 minutes, scoring 21 points in both the first and second quarters en route to a 42-0 halftime. In the process, Pacific's quarterback tandem of P.J. Minaya (Sr., Wahiawa, Hawaii) and T.C. Campbell (Jr., Kaimuki, Hawaii) combined to complete 16 of 17 passes.
With the win, Pacific improved to 5-0 for the first time in program history dating back to 1891. The Boxers' 2-0 NWC start is their best conference start since 1951.
Head Coach Keith Buckley acknowledged the record as an important milestone in the rebirth of the Pacific program. "We are proud that we have represented Pacific University in the way that we have this year," he said. "When we started the program, we set out to build a program that not just our kids but the Pacific community could be proud of. We have made great strides and have a long way to go, but 5-0 is great and as a team we are definitely proud of it."
Pacific outgained the Loggers offensively 443 yards to 281 yards as a quartet of Pacific quarterbacks combined for 309 yards and five touchdowns. Campbell was a perfect 7 of 7 for 137 yards and two touchdowns, while Minaya completed 9 of 10 for 101 yards and three scores. Neither saw action in the second half.
Jordan Fukumoto (Jr., Mililani, Hawaii) caught seven passes for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns while James Berry (Jr., Belmont, Calif.) had three catches for 67 yards and a score. Gunther Schultze (Sr., Bellflower, Calif.) led a strong Pacific rushing attack with 44 yards on six carries. Bronson Barretto (So., Mililani, Hawaii) had eight carries for 33 yards and a touchdown.
Moses Villareal-Gomez (Jr., Stockton, Calif.) tied his own school record by making all eight point-after attempts he kicked. The junior also had eight PAT conversions in last year's contest at Puget Sound. The team's five interceptions, meanwhile, is the best since a school record effort of seven picks against Whitman back in 1962.
For Puget Sound (1-3, 0-2 NWC), Braden Foley completed 18 of 23 for 175 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted three times. Kevin Miller caught eight passes for 86 yards and a touchdown while Kupono Park rushed 18 times for 61 yards. Penalties cut the Loggers badly with 12 called for a total of 165 yards.
The near perfect first half was a stark difference from the Boxers' last three games, which saw the team scrambling a bit in the first 30 minutes. "That first half all of the way around, offensively, defensively and on special teams, was pretty clean," Buckley said. "In two of our first five games we didn't play well in the first half and we had to come back and turn it on in the second half. We set a goal to come out from the on-set and put the pedal to the metal and go. I think, across the board, everyone came out and did that well."
The Pacific defense successfully held Puget Sound on their first series, which started on a Loggers' fumble recovery at their own 41-yard line. With the ball at the Pacific 34-yard line, Sawyer Petre was brought out to try and tie his school record 51-yard field goal from last weekend. This time, the attempt fell well short.
Pacific took advantage, taking over four minutes to drive 66 yards. Minaya completed the drive by finding Fukumoto for a 13-yard touchdown pass at the 5:20 mark.
The Boxers' offense kicked into high gear from there. On the second play of the next drive, Brandon Harms (Jr., Canby, Ore.) made a juggling interception that he returned 23 yards for the touchdown. On the Loggers next play from scrimmage, Bryan Mills (Sr., Imbler, Ore.) made the first of his two interceptions at the Puget Sound 36-yard line. That set up a short three-play drive that culminated on Minaya's nine-yard scoring pass to Bryce Kershner (Sr., Jordan Valley, Ore.) that put the Boxers up 21-0 with 3:10 left in the first quarter.
Mills used his second interception of the game to set-up the Boxers' first second quarter touchdown, which Campbell completed with a 40-yard scoring pass to Berry at the 8:38 mark. Puget Sound was well into Pacific territory on their next drive, only to watch Jaquari People (So., Merced, Calif.) stunt the drive with Boxers' fourth interception of the game. Campbell then marched the Boxers' 93 yards, ending the drive on a 48-yard touchdown pass to Fukumoto to make it 35-0 with 1:42 left.
Pacific forced a punt on the Loggers' next series, and Harms' 29-yard return put the Boxers in great position for one more first half score. Minaya closed the two-play drive out with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Schultze with 39 seconds left, allowing the Boxers the commanding 42-0 halftime lead.
The Boxers played few of their starters in the second half, and Puget Sound took advantage to score their first touchdown on the opening drive of the stanza. Foley ended the 61-yard drive with a 12-yard scoring pass to Kevin Miller with just three minutes gone. Warner Shaw (So., Waimea, Hawaii) then marched the Boxers through a nine-play, 63-yard drive that milked six minutes off the clock. Barretto rushed seven times in the drive, including a one-yard scoring run that put the Boxers up 49-7 with 5:57 left in the frame.
Puget Sound scored again on their first possession in the fourth quarter, with Foley finding Brennan Schon for a 25-yard touchdown pass with 10:46 to go. Pacific would tally another score late with Colby Ruark (Fr., Clarkston, Wash.) running in for four yards with 2:16 to go to make it a 56-14 game.
Fittingly enough, the game ended on an interception as Alex McGann (Fr., Molalla, Ore.) picked off Hans Fortune on the goal line with 26 seconds left for the Boxers' fifth pick of the day.
Tim Hastie (Sr., Auberry, Calif.) led the spectacular Pacific defense effort with six tackles. Mills had four tackles to go along with his two interceptions. Kamu Morita (Sr., Honolulu, Hawaii) and Chase Rogers (Jr., Lahaina, Hawaii) also had four tackles each in the victory. Chris Beaulaurier led Puget Sound with eight tackles.
The road for Pacific will be tough over the second half of the season. The Boxers travel to Puyallup, Wash., next weekend to face No. 15 ranked Pacific Lutheran. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. The game can be heard live in the Portland area on 1360 AM KUIK and worldwide via a live Internet webcast at GoBoxers.com.
BOXER BYTES: As part of the Homecoming festivities, an alumni choir sang the national anthem. Inductees into the Pacific University Athletic Hall of Fame were honored at halftime, as was the Gamma Sigma fraternity, which celebrated its 150th anniversary at Homecoming…After losing twice to Puget Sound in the first year of the reinstated program (2010) the Boxers have beat the Loggers in three straight games…Today's game marked the third time this season that Pacific has scored 30 or more points. The Boxers have eclipsed the 50-point plateau three times in the last two seasons…Pacific wore pink shirts during warm-ups and pink armbands during the game in recognition of the Pacific Student-Athlete Advisory Council's Breast Cancer Awareness Week. S-AAC sold T-shirts during Homecoming, with proceeds benefited the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health Sciences University.
Pacific Picks Their Way To Historic 56-14 Rout Of Puget Sound
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American women who get routine mammograms are more likely to be called back for additional tests than women in other countries, even though such caution does not result in more cases of breast cancer being found, a new study has found. 'Higher callback rates would be fine if we had evidence we're getting more bang for the buck,' said Dr. Joann Elmore, lead author of research published Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 'But we're not.'" The study found that "American mammographers do not detect any more cases of breast cancer, nor do they detect cancer at earlier stages, than their counterparts in such countries as Australia, the Netherlands, Italy or Britain." They do, however, have a much higher false-positive rate: "According to one of Elmore's earlier studies, one in every two U.S. women will have at least one false positive after 10 years of annual screening. ... the authors say they have adjusted for most of the other factors that could lead to higher false-positive rates and hint strongly that America's litigious culture is implicated." ("Callbacks don't increase detection", Chicago Tribune/San Diego Network of Care, Sept. 17). See also Nov. 2, 2000; May 12, 2003; "Study suggests false-positive mammogram results linked to radiologists experience", UW School of Medicine Online News, Sept. 27, 2002 (earlier Elmore research).
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|Dev: Adhesive Games
|Pub: Meteor Entertainment
|Release: December 12, 2012
|Players: 1-16
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
Customization in Hawken takes the following forms: You have your choice of a base mech. You can then outfit it with a primary weapon, from a selection limited by the frame, a secondary with the same restrictions, and a few internal modifications that alter your stats in small but significant ways. It's more comparable to Call of Duty and its old weapons/perks system than anything from Mechwarrior, Earthsiege, or any of the other mech greats. You won't be balancing weaponry with heat mitigation while staying within a tonnage limit, that's for sure.
There's also the optimization tree, which has paths for offense, defense, and movement (though they overlap in some ways, which helps them complement each other). Optimization points (along with permanent boosts to one's abilities) are gained for leveling. They can be spent in the optimization trees for permanent stat increases that affect things such as heat buildup, healing startup time, and weapon damage. Aesthetic variations are also available for each mech, including new torsos, limbs, thrusters, and paint patterns, but they do not seem to have any sort of explicit, functional effect on gameplay.
That said, customization is kneecapped by the game's financial structure. Most parts for a mech run 3,000 or so Hawken Points, while mechs cost over 6,000. As a frame of reference, even after dominating a match and gaining enough XP to level my mech up five times in one go, I still gained only about 200. You can circumvent the grind by paying real money for Meteor Points (and aesthetic parts are only available for real money), and the costs in those terms are fairly low, but all this really cuts into the playability of the game.
The game provides you with only the starter mech, which is an all-around functional piece of equipment, but to find out how any of the others play, beyond simply reading about them, you must actually buy them. For their winter event, Meteor gave me 5,000 Hawken Points, which I combined with what I'd already earned to buy a mech that sounded appealing. I soon discovered that it did not fit my playstyle and, as such, was entirely useless to me. In a game where I'd simply been able to try it out and then move on, I'd have shrugged it off as a discrepancy in taste and tried something else. In Hawken, though, I'd spent the fruits of my investment on this hulking scrap heap and, dammit, I was going to play through a whole match with it no matter how much I cursed the game's balance, its oddly clunky lock-on mechanics (specific to Hellfire missiles), and the papier-mâché that passed for its armor. By the end, I was livid, shouting obscenities of which I am definitely not proud.
This was all completely avoidable, too, even with the game's existing financial model. The developers do let players test out mechs for a period without actually purchasing them, but it's limited to the specific mechs the developers have selected at any given time. Considering you can't modify them or really level them up without purchasing them anyway, it seems strange that they limit which ones you can try. It would certainly save a lot of undue frustration.
There are other issues, of course. There are only a handful of maps to play and the friend system offers no readily apparent means by which to party up and play with said friends (you have to hope there's an empty slot in the game you join, then invite them in), but the biggest ones are all related to the ways in which Hawken tries to squeeze you for your pennies. It's a fun diversion, to be sure, but with its less-than-extensive customization options, absurd reliance on grinding to incentivize microtransactions, and limited variation in actual gameplay, it probably isn't worth a monetary investment.
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Q: Please help me solve a design dilemma I am having with my husband. We want to redo our guest room because it has zero appeal. It's filled with old ugly furniture that we each had before we got married. I love the idea of decorating it in a cottage style.
When I'm shopping or looking through magazines, I always see great things that would look amazing in a cottage. Because we don't own one, this will allow me to get this style out of my system. As well, I think it would be charming to create a guest room that feels like walking into a cottage. My husband, on the other hand, thinks theme rooms never work and said we should write and ask your opinion.
Please help. Hilary
A: As a decorator, it's never an easy spot to be in when married clients ask you to side with one over the other in matters of design. Somewhere in the back of my brain, I become a seven-year-old child being asked to choose which parent I love more. It's just not an easy decision.
I have a dear friend, Merwyn, in North Carolina who I consider a tastemaker when it comes to all things food, decor and gardening. He instinctively has "it," if you know what I mean. I look forward to my visits to his home not only because of his wonderful company, cooking and bartending abilities, but because I love his guest room.
Whenever I plan a trip, my mind immediately transplants me to his house and the room I get to call my own for three nights.
Here's where I hope your husband is sitting down. Merwyn's guest room is decorated as if it were a sophisticated cabin in the back woods. It features an antler chandelier, antique woodencarved picture frames, a painting of pheasants by his grandfather and a mirror framed with twigs (that he made).
I cannot tell you how many restful sleeps I have had tucked under his homemade quilts and vintage Hudson's Bay blanket. It is pure heaven.
I especially love that Merwyn has taken the time and effort to create an actual, authentic retreat for his guests. Once the bedroom door is closed, I am in a cabin and it makes me smile even as I write about it. He could just as easily have decorated it like an English country cottage or a Parisian apartment, and I'm sure I would love it as much. That he hasn't decorated it with "hotel" bedding and a mirrored nightstand pleases me most. He, like you, has a love for the "country cabin" look, so chose that theme and made it work for him.
If your husband does agree to this idea, you should take the time to actually source some authentic, vintage pieces so that the room doesn't look as if everything in it was made yesterday. Give it a bit of patina by making the rounds to auctions and antique stores. The hunt could be something you do together as a couple, making the entire experience that much more pleasurable. (Soon I'll have a new shingle over my door: Couples' Therapist.)
The photo on this page is not Merwyn's guest room, but an actual cottage guest room. The quilts, which are new, make the room overtly country whereas the rest of the choices are more subtle. You may wish to do a solid bedcover and place a blanket or quilt folded at the end of the bed. The nightstand and trunk are vintage, found at antique stores and both the driftwood light over the bed and the twig table in the foreground are new. To reiterate: mix it up! Buy old with new and perhaps even throw in a DIY arts and craft piece. You mention your guest room currently only has old furniture from your single days. Is there a piece that you could paint and reuse in a new way? The room pictured has been trimmed out with reclaimed hemlock, but I'm not suggesting you take the theme to this extreme as that just may push your husband over the edge.
So Hilary (and husband) to summarize, theme guest rooms can work when done well and thoughtfully. The two of you should decide if "cottage style" is the way you wish to proceed. If it's not, choose a decor style together and have fun creating an oasis for your guests. And remember, the two of you can book the room for a weekend getaway as well!
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Standing on the brink of a new year, let's look back at all the things that happened in the past 12 months, the things that surprised, confounded, enraged, frightened, delighted and amazed us — the events that most of us never could have predicted when we rang in 2012.
— Joan Morris
We didn't know that …
1. Sadly, violence would take so many lives and shatter many more as we experienced not one but several mass assaults at public places, most notably the Aurora, Colo., theater and the Connecticut elementary school attacks.
2. The United States would teeter closer to that "fiscal cliff."
3. Gay marriage would become more mainstream with additional states voting to allow the unions and several television shows featuring same-sex couples in prominent roles.
4. We would show our ultimate diversity as "The Walking Dead" surpassed many broadcast shows in terms of ratings and the sappy song "Call Me Maybe" became the ubiquitous song of the summer.
5. The leading money-raiser from breast cancer research and awareness, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, would get on the wrong side of public opinion when it withdrew funding from Planned Parenthood, which provides free and low-cost breast exams. Pink in the face, the organization quickly said "Never mind" and restored the funding.
6. We would say goodbye to so many of our music and film stars and celebrities: Whitney Houston, Etta James, Davy Jones, painter Thomas Kinkade, newsman Mike Wallace, Dick Clark, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, football great Junior Seau, Richard Dawson, Ray Bradbury, "Moesha" star Yvette Wilson, Rodney King, writer/filmmaker Nora Ephron, Andy Griffith, Ernest Borgnine, Fannie Farmer cookbook author and local legend Marion Cunningham, Kitty Wells, Celeste Holmes, Sally Ride, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sherman Hemsley, Chad Everett, Marvin Hamlisch, Ron Palillo, Phyllis Diller, Arlen Specter, George McGovern, Larry Hagman, Hector "Macho" Camacho and jazz legend Dave Brubeck.
7. Hue Jackson's once promising prospects as Oakland Raiders coach would end in a losing record and a firing. His replacement wouldn't do much better. But oh, those San Francisco 49ers!
8. A whole bunch of politicians would go a bit nuts trying to explain the mysterious female anatomy and its superpowers to stop impregnation during a rape and all sorts of other things women had no idea they could do. Women later revealed their real superpowers in the voting booth.
9. Quarterback Peyton Manning would trade a horseshoe for the whole horse, finding a return to glory with the Denver Broncos after the Indianapolis Colts dropped him as damaged property.
10. We would be reminded again of the racial divide, perhaps highlighted at its worst in the shooting death of an unarmed black Florida teen by a member of a Neighborhood Watch program.
11. "Hunger Games" wouldn't go hungry for an audience, setting records before it even hit the theaters.
12. The hopes for the start of the professional hockey season would melt away.
13. "The Hobbit" would return in spectacular fashion.
14. Abraham Lincoln would be the most popular Republican the GOP had, plus he hunted vampires.
15. President Barack Obama would win another term.
16. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II would become something of an idol when she played opposite actor Daniel Craig in a "Bond" sendup that had the queen seemingly sky diving into the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics.
17. If that weren't enough, Queen Elizabeth thrilled her subjects with a jubilee to mark her 60 years on the throne. Stand back: She's going after Queen Victoria's record of 63 years, seven months and two days.
18. The U.S. Supreme Court would validate the constitutionality of most of President Obama's health care plan and change the pejorative "Obamacare" into a rallying cry in the election.
19. It was a veritable celeb baby boom, with Beyoncé, Jessica Simpson, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Adele, Claire Danes and Snooki all giving birth to future stars.
20. We'd say bye-bye Octomom and hello Tanning Mom as the most ridiculed mother in America after the excessively tawny Patricia Krentcil was accused of allowing her 5-year-old daughter to get burned inside a tanning bed.
21. The much anticipated Facebook IPO would seriously flop as investors failed to "like" it.
22. Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards would be acquitted on two charges he used campaign donations to cover up an affair and love child.
23. Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky would be convicted of molesting young boys that were part of a second-chance charity he was involved in, sending him to prison.
24. Ending speculation that began before the couple even exchanged wedding vows, Prince William and wife Kate would announce they are preggers.
25. We would suffer a moment's panic that the Mayas were right and the end of the world was near when little Honey Boo Boo redneckognized our world.
26. Baseball great Roger Clemens would be acquitted on charges of lying to Congress about steroid use.
27. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would write his life story, and it would turn out he isn't a cyborg; the Kennedy clan remains unconvinced.
28. Years after we said goodbye to the Ewing clan, "Dallas" would return to the airwaves.
29. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes would implode, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would talk happily ever after, and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart would do a little of both.
30. Although some would suspect a Jedi mind trick, George Lucas sells the "Star Wars" franchise to Disney, which has plans for making more movies. We just hope these won't make us gnash our teeth.
31. We would learn that "Fast and Furious" isn't just a movie and video game. The plan to track criminals in Mexico by selling them marked guns would go terribly wrong.
32. We would still be talking about Amelia Earhart's disappearance more than 70 years later.
33. Scientists would announce the discovery of Higgs boson, the so-called God particle, and we would be Googling it trying to figure out what it meant.
34. The world would go virtually visual with the rapid rise in popularity of Pinterest and Instagram.
35. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps would win gold at the London games but not as many as we expected. We'd be satisfied, however.
36. U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas would defy odds to win the women's all-around gold medal, but all anyone wanted to talk about was her hairstyle.
37. An attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, would kill Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans and would eventually derail the hopes of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to become the new secretary of state.
38. The 2012 football season would begin with replacement referees, who soon would make us appreciate the usual guys we hate. After too many bad calls, the NFL would reach an agreement with the regular refs, allowing them to return to the field immediately.
39. Between the 99 percent and the 47 percent, we wouldn't know where we ranked.
40. The San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's would both make it into the postseason, but it would be the Giants who would, after making us sweat, go on to win the World Series.
41. Superstorm Sandy would put out the lights on Broadway and wreak havoc on the East Coast.
42. Mr. Nuts, a Fremont cat, would gain national attention by predicting the loser of the presidential election using a litter box and nature to determine the future.
43. An extramarital affair and a plot that had a whiff of "Fatal Attraction" would end the career of the CIA director, David Petraeus.
44. Kevin Clash, the actor who voices Sesame Street's Elmo character, would resign amid allegations of sex with underage boys.
45. Lindsay Lohan would find a legal way to make a spectacle of herself, starring in the horrible "Liz & Dick" made-for-TV movie. She would soon revert to form with a slew of legal troubles.
46. "Fifty Shades of Grey" would dominate our list of secret reading pleasures.
47. We would all learn what "Gangnam Style" is, even if we couldn't pronounce it correctly.
48. NASA would be cool again with the success of the Mars Curiosity mission.
49. Boy bands would come screaming back into vogue, thanks to One Direction.
50. The world wouldn't end. Turns out the Mayas just got tired of making calendars. We could relate.


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Score one for Halle Berry in the latest custody battle with baby daddy Gabriel Aubry.
TMZ has learned Halle and her lawyers, Neal Hersh and Judy Bogen, prevailed in court today -- as both she and Gabriel stood by while their lawyers argued before the family law judge.
We're told the issue had to do with the custody agreement the couple signed. There's a provision in the agreement dealing with how much time each of them gets to spend with Nahla when Halle shoots a movie.
Halle is going to Europe soon to shoot a flick, and Gabriel and Halle were arguing over the "movie clause" -- specifically, how they're supposed to divide their time with Nahla.
We're told the judge bought Halle's interpretation of the "movie clause," meaning Gabriel won't get as much time with Nahla as he wanted.
See also
- Halle Berry Claims Gabriel Violated Custody Agreement
- Halle Berry In Court -- Trouble Brewing Over Custody
- Halle Berry, Gabriel Aubry Back In Court -- No Deal


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Winter Wheat Farmers Concerned with Lack of Snow
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Some South Dakota farmers are concerned about the lack of snow cover protection for winter wheat.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop weather report that snow cover for winter wheat is rated at 61 percent poor with the remaining 39 percent adequate.
Winter wheat condition is rated at 21 percent very poor, 49 percent poor, 27 percent fair and 3 percent good.
Alfalfa snow cover is rated at 37 percent poor, 61 percent adequate and 2 percent excellent.
The USDA says the average snow depth at year's end across South Dakota is 4 inches.
Farmers and ranchers continue to cope with drought reduced feed supplies and stock water supplies as the winter progresses, though livestock is doing well in most areas of the state.
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Emineth, who is running in the GOP primary in hopes of challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, appeared on the local North Dakota radio program Rob (re)Port show on WDAY AM970 and discussed a report CNN's KFile published Thursday that revealed that Emineth had shared several inflammatory posts on social media.
One of those posts was in 2016, when Emineth retweeted an image that called on users to "like and share" if they thought no more mosques should be built in America.
"If you look at the context of some of these posts, I just retweeted it. I never made a comment on it, right? And so the bottom line is, a lot of the radicalization that's turned on in the country and around the world has come out of these mosques," Emineth said.
"So I just made a statement, I'm a Christian that believes we ought to propagate our Christian faith. So I see an article and I retweet, 'no more mosques in America,' you know, and like, and share. So I retweeted it. So yeah. So what? I believe in Christian — I believe in liberties, freedom, free speech, and Christian values is kind of my base. And so yeah, I posted it, so no big deal. I'm not that stressed out over it."
Emineth later said that Muslims should "absolutely" be allowed to build mosques in the US, CNN reported.


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This is just awful and so sad.
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Family dog killed after trying to save dying owner
June 4, 12:27 PM Dog News Examiner Penny Eims
Cleveland, OH - It appears that breed misconceptions may, yet again, have contributed to the euthanasia of a beloved family dog.
According to a recent story in the News-Messenger, faulty assumptions caused the death of a loyal companion that valiantly tried to save his dying owner.
In April, the Cleveland Municipal Court ordered that Zeus, a 140 lb Rottweiler, be euthanized for "the mauling death" of his owner, Carolyn Baker.
Baker, aged 63, was found dead in her driveway in February. Authorities assumed that the 140 lb dog had mauled his owner after seeing a few bite marks on her body.
The assumption was wrong. According to Cuyahoga County Coroner, Frank Miller, Carolyn Baker's body did have a few bite marks, and some evidence of pawing, but the woman died from a heart attack and hypothermia, rather than from a vicious dog attack.
According to the coroner, it appears that Baker's dog was trying to help bring his ailing owner inside to safety, hence the paw and bite marks. Rather than a vicious mauling death, the wounds sustained on Baker's body were caused by a frantic pet attempting to drag his beloved owner inside to warmth and safety.
Baker was lying outdoors in the cold for several hours, clothed only in her nightgown. Zeus barked continuously until a neighbor finally came out to see what the problem was.
Zeus paid for his efforts with his life. The 9 yr-old dog was put to death via court order. Carolyn Baker's family now knows the truth, thanks to the coroner's report, and they too believe that Zeus had tried to save Carolyn's life.
One has to wonder what might have happened to the dog if he was a Labrador Retriever, or Standard Poodle....perhaps a bit more investigation before an assumption of "vicious mauling death".


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Inscribing Subjects to Citizenship: Petitions, Literacy Activism, and the Performativity of Signature in Rural Tamil India
This essay examines how activists in rural southern India have sought to reshape the field of political communication by encouraging lower-caste women to submit written, signed petitions to district-level government offices, and so represent themselves to the state. I argue that contradictions between democratic recognition and the will to development that inhere to the political structure of contemporary governance in rural India correspond to tensions within the semiotic structure of signature itself, between constative representation and performative creation. Governmentality and the forms of communication that it requires often rest on the notion that written self-representation constitutes an act of political agency. But the limits of a governmental communicative reason that would conflate written subject and agent become especially clear in postcolonial contexts where the construction of those citizens that would be represented is in fact a product of the very act of representation. It is the narrative of development-as-pedagogy that holds out the promise of a future alignment of communicative frameworks, technologies, and participant roles, allowing for the transparent self-representation of an already-constituted citizen. By tracking the ambivalent experience of one group of women in particular, this account focuses on how the logic of signature as self-representation has served to recontextualize the marginality of petitioners as something within the state's broader field of power.
Editorial Overview
In the August, 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Francis Cody describes the reshaping of political communication in rural southern India through the efforts of lower-caste women. Through the guidance of adult literacy programs, these women develop written petitions which are then personally submitted to representatives of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), allowing the traditionally subaltern group to represent themselves to state. Cody interrogates the logics of writing, pedagogy and development which confer value upon the written signatures of the neoliterate as a performance of political agency.
Drawing upon Derrida's framing of signatures as both performative and constative, Cody argues that governmentality is based on the conceptualization of written self-representation as an act of political agency. By tracking the experiences of a group of petitioners in Katrampatti, Cody demonstrates the limits of such governmental communicative reason, finding that citizens are constituted within a narrative of development-as-pedagogy, promising transparent self-representation through the alignment of communicative frameworks. Seeking to better understand what counts as effective participation, Cody calls for the broadening of Foucaultian and Derridian interpretive procedures, allowing for the ethnographic examination of the logics of written representation and deferred transparency at work within governmentality.
Editorial Footnotes
Cultural Anthropology has published many essays on gender politics in India. See Aradhana Sharma's "Crossbreeding Institutions, Breeding Struggle: Women's Empowerment, Neoliberal Governmentality, and State (Re)Formation in India" (2006), Ritty Lukose's "Empty Citizenship: Protesting Politics in the Era of Globalization" (2005), and Amanda Weidman's "Gender and the Politics of Voice: Colonial Modernity and Classical Music in South India" (2003).
Cultural Anthropology has also published extensively on formations of citizenship. See Damani Partridge's "We Were Dancing in the Club, Not on the Berlin Wall: Black Bodies, Street Bureaucrats, and Exclusionary Incorporation into the New Europe" (2008), Ilana Feldman's "Difficult Distinctions: Refugee Law, Humanitarian Practice, and Political Identification in Gaza" (2007), Blair Rutherford's "Desired Publics, Domestic Government, and Entangled Fears: On the Anthropology of Civil Society, Farm Workers, and White Farmers in Zimbabwe" (2004), and Renato Rosaldo's "Cultural Citizenship and Educational Democracy" (1994).
About the Author
Francis Cody is an assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
Related Readings
Athreya, Venkatesh B. and Sheela Rani Chunkath. (1996) Literacy and Empowerment. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Derrida, Jacques. (1986) "Declarations of Independence." New Political Science 15(1): 7-15.
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chali wrote:GJ51 wrote:There is no such thing as a friend who borrows a car and doesn't replace the petrol used. That's not a friend, that's an inconsiderate dependent.
However, I've never had any such unrealistic expectations, and I'm pretty sure that Marty doesn't either.
Shalom, Aloha, Salaam
I would say the opposite a true friend you do not have such expectations.
it's the same for me, I can borrow their cars without ever having to think about
to pay them financially.
But I think it's more about growing up and how the friend circle is formed.
On the other hand, if I would have a greedy friend i would probably be greedy back
Marty has already solved my problem (many thanks)
/ Chali
As I knew he would. Thank you for being my guru. I am truly humbled by my moral ignorance. You are a beacon of enlightenment.


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First there are two accidents in North Sinai today October 8/10/2012
The first one : Police force securing a truck delivering money to NBE bank in Al Arish was attacked by two militant masked men on a motorbike. The result of that attack : One officer was killed , one was injured and one gunmen was hit and died from his injuries unfortunately.
The second one : A CSF transport carrying over 40 CSF conscript near the Egyptian Israeli borders crushed today. The Ministry of health announced officially the death of 22 conscript and the injury of 24 conscripts. At least 8 conscripts died while they were being transferred in ambulance from the location of the crash to Al Arish hospital. The army sent its helicopters to transport the victims of the crush to Cairo.
Now there is a confusion that came from the fact that the dead and the injured of both accidents were transferred to the same hospital.
|Transferring the bodies by Amira Al Tahawi
Now I find people claiming that Israeli media is saying that those conscripts were killed in terrorist attack !! I checked major Israeli news sources as well twitter account and found nothing.
I am amazed on those claiming that Ch.3 in Israeli TV is saying that those 22 conscripts were killed by the Jihadists !!!!!!!!!!!! I am so amazed that no one even bothered to check the main Israeli websites or even to search in the main website of that Ch.3 in Israeli TV !!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyhow people here are the testimonies of North Sinai's activists and citizen journalists whom I trust like Ahmed Al Ghoul


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These 40 hours are dedicated to the philosophy & practice of PowerYoga with a slant toward sharing this practice with others. This training is 7-9 hours a day over a consecutive 5-day period, consisting of two sessions per day of 3-4 hours each with a 3-4 hour break in between sessions. Most sessions are split between practice and a mixture of discourse, interactive dialogue and question and answer assignments. You will also share this practice by teaching during our time together. We are focused and serious about the subject yet the training and practice is light-hearted.
So many different topics could arise during these interactive, non-dogmatic sessions. We could really graze across so much. Yet there is a certain knowledge I want you to walk away with. You will know what PowerYoga is, you will learn a complete PowerYoga routine of about forty asanas called 'Brahma' and you will practice sharing this routine. You will learn the multi-dynamic possibilities of every asana. You will learn PowerYoga philosophy and history and depending on time, we may learn some Sanskrit. Other topics include working with injuries, personalizing a practice, yoga & business and much more.
If you attend each class, arriving on time and remaining for the duration of all sessions, complete all homework and requirements and if Bryan feels that you have earned it, yes; you will receive a certificate of completion from Bryan Kest and Santa Monica PowerYoga. Just remember, by attending this training you are not buying a certificate. You are buying an experience. This is not a certificate mill.
Bryan's teacher training comes with a recommended reading list. There is nothing mandatory. He only wishes to pass these books along to you because he has found simple and wonderful truths in each of these books and all seem to be tremendously motivating. He sincerely hopes that you all enjoy them as much as he did!
All true wellness and health come from a calm and peaceful mind. A calm and peaceful mind is
• Less dominated by habits and addictive behavior. • Less reactive to outer situations (less stress). • More centered and objective. • More accepting of life and its fluctuations. • More in tune with the body breath, feelings and intuition.
So, the poses naturally need to be infused with a purpose and meaning which brings insight and energy to an otherwise mundane physical practice of poses, or eastern calisthenics. In this way, the poses become asana or "meditation in motion." As we excel in this practice, our yoga begins to transcend the yoga room and permeates our life. In other words, a strong physical practice needs to be grounded in a strong mental practice.
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Surely iPhone specific websites are bad? Its just as bad as the old 'works best in Internet Explorer' buttons from the previous decade.
I don't do much stuff for mobile, but surely you can have one 'mobile version' that works pretty well across the majority of devices? It just seems stupid to tailor it specifically for a device, especially the iPhone, who's market share is only going to get smaller.


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More than 700 paintings from 14th to 18th century Europe hang on the walls of the Alte Pinakothek gallery in Munich – and that's just the permanent exhibition.
The Lenbachhaus gallery in Munich houses paintings and sculptures from classical modernism and the present day.
In March 2012 the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts in Leipzig opened the third part of its new permanent exhibition.
The Wallraf in Cologne is one of the foremost picture galleries in Germany.
The Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover is one of Germany's biggest and best-known community art galleries.
The Liebieghaus in Frankfurt , situated in idyllic surroundings close to the banks of the river Main, is home to a sculpture collection of the highest quality.
The NRW Forum in Düsseldorf presents regularly changing exhibitions that challenge each subject within its cultural context.
The Kunsthalle art gallery is unlike any other museum in Düsseldorf , not just in its appearance but in its conceptual framework too.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
My name is Tim Hansen, owner of Proactive Marketing.
I provide Internet Marketing services, Web Design, Social Media, Video, Email marketing and more, to local businesses here in my area.
People looking to hire an Interior Designer to help them decorate their home.
This project is for one of my clients who is an Interior Designer in Danville CA.
The name of her website is called http://www.biophilicinteriors.com and which means
"Decorating with elements of nature has a positive impact
on how your home affects you emotionally."
I am looking to have a Graphic Header created for her wordpress site that reflects a Nature theme, something in forest green with running waterfalls, bamboo plants etc. Colours in green and blue mostly


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9 Adorably Mismatched Animal Pals [VIDEOS]
Just like us humans are fascinated by the behavior of animals, and enjoy interacting with our furry friends when we have the opportunity, some animals display similar curiosities toward other species in the animal kingdom.
Our nine favorite inter-species animal videos of 2011 are below.
Parrot And Dog Reenact Spaghetti Scene From 'Lady and the Tramp'
Horse And Dog Play Together Like Old Friends
Chimp Bottle-Feeds Milk to Baby Tiger
Bulldog And Horse Hang Out At Occupy Wall Street
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Analyst: Cruise Ship Industry Will Recover
For Carnival, the drawn-out saga of it's disabled cruise ship Triumph has come to an end. But what will the long-term impact on cruise bookings be? PhoCusWright Senior Director of Research Douglas Quinby discusses on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... meanwhile captain ... or Carnival cruises triumphant return to court last night and kept God's greener ... he declined to four thousand passengers needed off a plane that now the company is facing a public relations fiasco can Carnival right the ship ... public relations expert Douglas couldn't be in focus Trade joins me to explain that was thanks for joining this morning ... somehow the O is this to the company ... odds are calcium on ... a difficult time here was ... I didn't want it didn't admit I'm you tell us ... how big a blow you think this is to Carnival I victories line obviously dealing with a public relations nightmare after this that I was out to see how my How did they start recovering from here ... well ... like this to happen from ... time to time in the cruise industry they are fairly rare but ... do we see that the fact that the fall they have extraordinary impact ... in the short term in terms of the ... media coverage ... for the industry overall impact is relatively ... muted ... and we certainly would ... I just our forecasts for industry growth for twenty thirteen as a result of ... this one is that ... and of course good news is there were no ... injuries or deaths on board that certainly had the living conditions were quite miserable I'm during this ordeal let's hear from one of the passengers ... it's not ... I ... mean ... and ... monthly line ... he was leaving and how we ... I ... when you hear that ... Chan an anime after watching the pictures of up to the conditions under said ... how ... when people back to going on a present thinking to myself why would anyone right now the thinking to book a cruise for the next vacation ... well ... they ... absolutely have an impact on ... first time cruisers were people who were just thinking about ... taking a cruise but ... give it a core group of cruisers that ... they love these brands that love the experience they know that the fight to defend server error was quite interesting with Carnival Corporation ... even after it reported that the horrible tragedy ... that occurred at the beginning of ... last year ... even then the North American brands of Carnival actually grew in two thousand and twelve ... with the international Britain and Europe are really ... I struggle so ... it's going to be in them at the first time cruisers ... but I'm still a big impact is going to be overall to be a relatively modest and for all the times I was listening to love people coming off a ship or people that were on cellphone been calling in to news organizations they were saying how wonderful the crew was that despite ... how bad things got on the ship in the living conditions ... the crew went out of their way to make things accountable as possible and that a silver lining here for Carnival I think any really ... turn that into you really what was I a good thing for them in and say you know is that is that we've got to think things are out of control up to the engine fired at least me when out of our way we are on board and passengers seem to be ... um you know expecting in the fact that that ... that was all a to do at that point ... I doubt it just it to this day ... I dream vacation for a lot of travelers that turned into a nightmare ... so everything the carnival can do to get out the front of the situation the fact that you know ... what on site with the ship was ... brought back into port in Alabama ... the responsiveness of the crew what they did a very positive indication to all the things that the cruise line is doing including offering of five hundred dollars ... cash came in above and beyond ... a refund and a future cruise credit all of those things that they are an indication that ... the carnival recognizes that have to turn this around out in front of the very quickly ... 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text: The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Tensions between the two groups had been rising since the discovery of gold on Native American lands. When a number of tribes missed a federal deadline to move to reservations, the U.S. Army, including Custer and his 7th Calvary, was dispatched to confront them. Custer was unaware of the number of Indians fighting under the command of Sitting Bull (c.1831-90) at Little Bighorn, and his forces were outnumbered and quickly overwhelmed in what became known as Custer's Last Stand.


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Ahh the big V. The chasm come Feb 14 between those who love to embrace it and those who's only V is a "two to the valley" hand gesture at the very thought of it. Love it or hate it, I think it provides a splendid excuse for eating well. And if you don't want to sit amidst other love struck couples attempting to spoon each other over the table linen and cutlery,
I've put together a menu with plenty of bits you can do ahead. You dont want to spend the entire evening tizzing about the kitchen so prepare the soup ahead, the pasta and the chocolate tarts - making the day more about assembly than any great cooking efforts.
I've put together a menu with plenty of bits you can do ahead. You dont want to spend the entire evening tizzing about the kitchen so prepare the soup ahead, the pasta and the chocolate tarts - making the day more about assembly than any great cooking efforts.
- Bloody Mary Gazpacho with Candied Maple Bacon
- Squid ink pasta with chilli, basil, lemon and bug meat
- Espresso chocolate tarts with honeycomb
Bloody Mary Gazpacho with maple candied bacon
2 rashers bacon
2 tsp maple syrup
Bloody Mary
1 tsp horseradish
500ml tomato juice
2 tblsp Worcestershire sauce
Pinch celery salt*
½ tsp lemon zest
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp chili sauce
To garnish
A small handful of chopped celery leaves and flat leaf parsley
Salt and pepper to season
Preheat the oven to 200C.
Line a tray with baking paper. Place the bacon on the paper, drizzle over the maple syrup and bake for 8-10 minutes or until crisp. Allow to cool.
Add the remaining ingredients to a food processor and blitz until combined. Season with salt and pepper and top with Pour into serving glasses, top with celery and parsley leaves and place bacon on top of the glasses.
* Celery salt is from specialty grocers or from Herbies Spices
Squid Ink Pasta with bug meat, chilli and lemon
You can buy squid ink pasta at specialty food stores if you're not inclined to make it yourself. If you do this, skip the pasta making and just follow packet instructions for preparing the pasta.
Squid ink pasta
300g 00 pasta flour
3 eggs
2 tsp squid ink*
1 tbsp butter
2 cloves garlic, finely sliced
1 small red chili, finely chopped
2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
6 cooked Balmain bug tails, peeled
100ml white wine
Basil leaves to scatter
Shaved parmesan to serve
To make the pasta add the flour to a bowl. Add the eggs and squid ink and knead until the ingredients have incorporated (about 3 minutes). Cover in cling film and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough and pass through a pasta machine.
Place a saucepan of water over high heat and bring to a rolling boil. Add the pasta and cook for 2 minutes or until al dente. Strain, reserving a few tablespoons of cooking water.
Place a large fry pan over medium heat. Add the butter and allow to brown slightly. Add the garlic and chilli and cook until fragrant. Add the flat leaf parsley and bug meat and cook until just warmed through. Add the white wine, swirling to combine the ingredients. Remove from heat. Add basil leaves, parmesan and pasta and toss to combine. Season generously with salt and pepper and serve.
*Squid ink comes in 4g sachets and can be purchased from specialty grocers
Espresso and Milk Chocolate Ganache Tarts with Honeycomb
Don't forget to sift. Poison by bicarb is not the message you want to give on such a ubiquitous occasion. This recipe makes for left over honeycomb – a necessity when it comes to honeycomb.
Serves 2
1/2 sheet good quality sweet short crust pastry
75ml pouring cream
20ml espresso
80g dark chocolate
100g caster sugar
30g liquid glucose
20g honey
5g bicarbonate soda, sifted
Grease and line 2 x 10cm diameter individual loose-bottomed tart tins.
Preheat oven to 180C.
Roll out the pastry to 5mm thick on a lightly floured surface, cut out two 15cm-diameter rounds and line the two tins. Blind bake for 15 minutes, remove pastry weights and paper, continue baking until golden (5-10 minutes). Set aside.
For the ganache bring the cream and espresso to the simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the chocolate, remove from the heat and stir until smooth. Refrigerate until thickened (about 30 minutes).
For the honeycomb, combine, sugar, glucose, honey and 1/2 tbsp water in a saucepan over low heat, stir until sugar dissolves, then bring to the boil, brush down sides of pan with a clean wet pastry brush and cook until light caramel (5-7 minutes). Add the bicarbonate of soda, stir quickly (be careful as mixture will puff), then quickly pour onto a heatproof tray lined with baking paper and cool completely (15-20 minutes).
Pour the ganache into the moulds and return to the fridge to set. Just before serving, break the honeycomb into bite-sized pieces and push a few pieces into the centre of each tart. Serve cold.


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Here is a photo of Ole and Mari Finnestad's great granddaughter, Marion Vallem Sanderson with her confirmation class of 1925 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lee, Illinois.
Marion Sanderson is sitting in the chair on the far left side. Bertha Finnestad is sitting in the same row to the right of the Reverend.
Ingmond Finnestad is in the second row from the top, third from the left. Marvin Finnestad is in the same row, fourth from the right.
Below is the church's ledger for the confirmation class:
The bloodlines of Marvin, Ingmond and Bertha Finnestad were not related to Ole and Mari Finnestad. Bertha, Marvin and Ingmond were the children of Elizabeth and Alfred Finnestad. Ingmond would eventually marry Mildred Knutson which connected Ole and Mari Finnestad's descendants to the Sanderson family. For more on that, read my previous post by clicking on the link.
Marion Vallem Sanderson was the daughter of Ellen Marie/Mary (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson. Her grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis Vallem.
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Marion Vallem Sanderson, Bertha, Marvin and Ingmond Finnestad - confirmation
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Now lets examine the claims of those who feel they are on the track of
creating a living cell
>> 1. "Delineate itself from its environment through the production and
>> maintenance of a membrane equivalent, most probably a rudimentary or
>> quasi-active-transport membrane necessary for selective absorption of
>> nutrients, excretion of wastes, and overcoming osmotic and toxic
This is something a simple membrane of cellophane can do. That does not
make cellophane alive.
>> 2. Capture, transduce, store, and call up energy for utilization (work),
Capturing energy is something any soap bubble or cellophane membrane can
do. Transducing that energy is what happens when it is carried across the
membrane to the inside, where it can be stored, and used for work
(expansion of the bubble). Anyone who has carried out experiments on
osmosis in high school biology class has done all of these with a passive
cellophane membrane.
>> 3. Actively replicate, not just passively polymerize or crystallize, and
If you can explain what you mean by "active" and "passive" process is, I
will understand what the difference between the growth of a crystal and the
growth of a proteinoid microsphere is, in physical terms. The crystal is
supplied with elements externally that then accrue to the crystal and
increase its size. It may also bud off into new crystals as well. The
proteinoid microspheres are supplied with elements externally that accrue
to the microcell and increase its size. It may also bud off into new
microspheres as well. The difference is.....?
>> 4. Write, store, and pass along seemingly conceptual information that
>> orders' for what is to be manufactured in the future, and to actually
>> to pass those processes and "factory products" out of linguistic-like
>> (codon) messages ('recipes') into physical biochemical, biological, and
>> thermodynamic reality."
Here absurdity reaches new heights. Certainly in every sense that
proteinoid microspheres are capable of these things, inorganic crystals are
also. They are capable of giving 'orders' about what is being added in the
future, and actually bringing to pass those processes and products out of
linguistic-like coded messages (ordered arrays of molecules that are part
of the crystal surface) into reality.
Are the cellulose membranes or soap bubbles or crystals alive according to
the above definition?


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Generations of physicists have claimed that time is an illusion. But not all agree. In his new book, Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that time exists—and it's key to understanding the evolution of the universe.


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The Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation is approaching a legal showdown with the World Series champion Boston Red Sox over the use of the "B Strong" logo and slogan.
Gary Aboud, father of Braden Aboud who died in 2007, said the foundation has been in legal discussions with the baseball team for several months over "B Strong," which has been trademarked by the foundation for almost seven years.
"We're at an impasse and I'm afraid soon we will be going to court over it," Gary Aboud said. "It's a David versus Goliath battle."
The El Paso Times reached out to the Red Sox communications department but did not immediately receive a response.
The Braden Aboud Foundation was created in 2007 and that same year trademarked the slogan "B Strong" with the logo of a "B" on a dove over the word "strong," Gary Aboud said.
Since then, the foundation has had to issue a cease-and-desist letter from other organizations trying to use a variation of "B Strong."
At one point the Livestrong Foundation, while trying to protect its trademark, prohibited the Braden Aboud Foundation from donating to cancer research.
Following last year's Boston Marathon bombings, the Red Sox started using its logo over the word "strong" on uniforms, merchandise and the stadium.
That warranted a cease-and-desist letter from the Braden Aboud Foundation.
"They didn't do much with it in the summer, but in the fall they started back up," Gary Aboud said.
During the World Series, the Red Sox "B Strong" logo was cut into the outfield grass of Fenway Park and it could be seen on national television. The Red Sox won the championship in October.
Legal representatives for the Red Sox and the foundation have been in discussions for several months but are not close to an agreement, Gary Aboud said.
The Red Sox have offered a joint-licensing agreement that would recognize the Braden Aboud Foundation as the owners of "B Strong," and allow the baseball team to use it.
The hold up is any compensation for the foundation, Gary Aboud said.
"They are not willing to give it up because they feel there is no marketing confusion," Gary Aboud said. "There is value to it because they don't want to give it up and they are not willing to cease and desist."
An Internet search for "B Strong" shows several links to the Braden Aboud Foundation and several images of the Red Sox logo.
"They have sold that on merchandise and made money over it," Gary Aboud said. "They give the money to charities, but we're not included on that list."
Gary Aboud said they may have to file a lawsuit within the next couple of months against the Red Sox and Major League Baseball.
If the foundation does not fight to protect the trademark, there is a chance they can lose the rights to it, Gary Aboud said.
"It is becoming almost a full-time job to protect this name," he said.
In 2011, the Braden Aboud Foundation had to ask the family of Belinda Hernandez, a former Chapin High School softball player who died from brain cancer, to not use "Bee Strong" while gathering cancer donations because of the trademark.
Braden Aboud died in skiing accident in Ruidoso and his family created the foundation in his memory. The foundation helps disadvantaged students.


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VPG Group needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Get Hired Boot Camp
We're launching a new website and e-learning course teaching proven and effective tips and strategies to help job seekers land a new job.
We'll be targeting professionals, college graduates, executives that have been laid off or downsized and looking for a new career.
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Logo to be creative and expressive of a professional career development program but also expressive use of the phrase 'boot camp' with a military look and feel and typography.
No specific color scheme has been decided upon yet so feel free to use your own creativity and inspiration however we would again suggest using a military theme with like color scheme.
Descriptive terms: intense, powerful, coaching, direction, guidance, advice
Logo will be used in all of our marketing materials, both online and offline so should have high brandability.
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• Appropriate for print and web
• should work on light or dark background
• Vector and layered psd source files
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• Anything that is similar to or a 'knock off' of another companys logo or trademark.
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Breton Point State Park
Brenton Point State Park is a state park on the coastline of Newport, Rhode Island. It offers a wide variety of activities, and presents a spectacular view of the Atlantic, Beavertail Lighthouse of Jamestown, and a marvelous sunset. Rich in history, hikers can see the remains of what was once a prosperous estate just off the walking trails of the park. Brenton point offers visitors woodsy trails to explore, restrooms, picnic tables, kite-flying, hiking, gentle rock-climbing, fishing, picture-taking, or just a place to sit and relax.
The land on which the state park resides once belonged to William Brenton, an American Colonial Official who moved from England to Rhode Island in 1673. He was the governor and deputy governor of Newport from 1660 – 1668 and resided at his estate, Hammersmith farm, part of which is now Brenton Point State Park. The land next passed to Theodore Davis, a lawyer and famous Egyptologist, who in 1889 constructed the "Reef", a large, shingled mansion characterized by its tall chimneys, distinctive tower, and wide windows overlooking the sea. Davis also built the grand stables known as the Carriage House, the remains of which visitors may still see today, the Tower, with a four-faced clock and musical chimes visitors today can still climb to get a better view of the area around the Point, and the servants quarters called the Bungalow, today home to Park Administration and bathrooms of Breton Point. In 1941, the army took control of the land and it was used as the Costal Artillery Battery until 1946. In July of 1960, the main house was destroyed by a fire and finally torn down in 1963. In 1969, the State of Rhode Island took over the property and in 1976 it was finally opened to the public as a state park. Though the main house was destroyed and the beautiful farmlands and gardens of the old Hammersmith estate are now overgrown by trees and underbrush, the State park still offers a wide field for kites and picnics, woodsy trails for exploring and viewing the old Carriage House and Tower, and a long stretch of rocky shore for fishing, climbing, shell collecting, or just relaxing. [1]
The landscape of the state park is a varying one. Starting from the shore, the park offers a long, winding coastline of large, flat rocks on which to climb. When the tide retreats, water is trapped in inlets of the rock, making Breton Point a good place for gathering starfish, crabs, snails, shells, and other tide pool sea life. Father back, a wide green field provides a location for visitors to picnic, throw a ball back and forth, fly a kite, or just lie back to watch the clouds. Surrounding this field is a small woodsy area hiding the Carriage house and Tower from direct sight of the road.
The temperature of the state park varies greatly depending on where you stand. Close to the shore, the cool breeze off the water often makes the temperature appear much cooler than it is inland. Especially during spring and early fall, it might not be a bad idea to bring a sweatshirt to walk the shoreline. During the winter, a jacket is definetely advisable.
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If you try to look up directions on MapQuest, you will get a complicated set of directions that will take you on a bunch of narrow backroads. In my opinion, the best thing to do is to stick to the main roads (America's Cup and Bellevue, if you're coming from the Newport Bridge). Plus, you'll get a great view of the shops downtown, and the mansions on Bellevue!
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Brenton Point State Park is free for all to enjoy. There are no fees for the park, the shore, or the hiking trails, and the bathrooms are free for all to use.
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The shoreline of Newport stretches to the left and right of the point, giving viewers a long sight of the coast. The coast itself is a picturesque view, waves crashing onto a jagged shoreline while a lone fisherman casts his line. Beyond him, Rhode Island sound stretches out, and there are often fishing boats and sailboats adrift in its waters. In the distance, Beavertail lighthouse of Jamestown is just visible.
From the park, green grass stretches in all directions, abruptly ending in a line of trees and dense brush that seems to go on forever. To the adventurous newcomer, however, an opening in the trees is not hard to discover, and a large, airy building, crumbling yet still majestic, presents itself. This is the remains of the old Carriage House, a ruin that will leave viewers wondering at its original splendor. To the left and right an unpaved path stretches, and any in the mood for a long walk will find themselves on a journey through the woodsier part of Newport. Those on the right trail will shortly discover the Tower, a large stone structure stretching upwards higher than the Carriage house. Though at one point in time a stone staircase wound itself around the tower to the top, many of the lower stairs were broken off over time and a newer staircase was constructed beside the tower so that visitors might still have a chance to experience the view from the top. At the top, one can see far over the trees, out into the blue of the Atlantic. The Carriage house is just visible over the tops of the leafy trees surrounding it. Stretching all around is a dense forest of lush green trees.
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The shoreline is a wonderful place to walk or climb along the rocks, which hide hundreds of tide pools swimming with undersea life waiting to be discovered. Many find the fishing at Brenton Point enjoyable, while others prefer to sit on the rocks or at the wall taking pictures of the rocky coast.
The park is a popular place to picnic while watching the kites soar overhead. There is plenty of room for a game of ball or for walking a dog. The Newport Kite Festival takes place during the month of July, drawing visitors from all over for kite-flying demonstrations, kite battles, kite sales, and lots of kite-flying (http://riroads.com/events/eventdetail.gci?Event=875912275). The woods behind the park are good for walking, hiking, exploring, discovering nature, and viewing the historical old Carriage House and Tower hidden within the trees.
To any who have not experienced the Rhode Island tradition known as Del's Lemonade, the time has come. While enjoying a picnic lunch on a warm summer's day at Breton Point, take a quick walk to the parking lot, where the Del's truck waits, and buy a frozen lemonade. It is the perfect complement to any hot summer day, especially when relaxing in the sun.
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Brenton Point State Park is not a campgrounds, and as such, there are no camping facilities. However, Newport offers its visitors a wide variety of places to stay, including hotels, motels, family-owned bead-and-breakfasts, summer homes, and campgrounds, such as:


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ScottBB needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Blockbuster Franchisee
We represent a group of Blockbuster franchise stores, not the entire chain.
18-30 year old movie renters
1) Email weekly update showing 4 large movies covers with a "now showing" message.
2) Web page that will show detailed information on any movie they click from the email.
3) Web page where our customers can sign up for the weekly newsletter update. They recieve a voucher for signing up.
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This is a screengrab from another Blockbuster web site. Something similar to this so we fit into the "same family" feel would be ideal.
1) The email communication sample is shown with a voucher at the top. This voucher should be a template we can change the offer each week. Some weeks won't have a voucher, so the template needs to be able to "shrink" up when the voucher isn't present.
2) Mockup of page number 2 required.
3) Signup / Confirmation mockups. We can change the text in the middle with HTML code. Consider recycling the same voucher image from item 1.
We require photoshop PSD source files, any jpg/png/gif etc images required by our HTML coder to build the site as designed. For text, we require the font, color and size to be specified.


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Present, future collide in new Renteria era
MESA, Ariz. -- This year, you'll hear a lot about Wrigley Field's past as the ballpark celebrates its 100th anniversary. This spring, Javier Baez, Albert Almora and Kris Bryant provided a peek at the future as they got their at-bats in Cactus League games.
Now, it's time to focus on the present Cubs.
MESA, Ariz. -- This year, you'll hear a lot about Wrigley Field's past as the ballpark celebrates its 100th anniversary. This spring, Javier Baez, Albert Almora and Kris Bryant provided a peek at the future as they got their at-bats in Cactus League games.
Now, it's time to focus on the present Cubs.
On Monday, the Cubs open the 2014 season against the Pirates at 12:05 p.m. CT in Pittsburgh, and it marks the beginning of the Rick Renteria era in Chicago. After four straight sub-.500 seasons, the Cubs have turned the team over to the affable Renteria, who has spent 16 years as a manager or coach and another 13 as a player. This spring, Renteria, 52, has fielded more questions about Baez and the other prospects than the current roster, and he knows Cubs fans are eager to see the kids play. His message? Patience.
"My biggest concern is the guys who are here," Renteria said. "I understand all the youngsters are developing and moving along, which is great, but they'll be here when they get here. I think as a manager, I have a team. I have a team of guys who have been here, and I have to make sure they understand I'm pulling for them. The other aspects that fall into place will take care of themselves."
The Cubs who are here include Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo, Darwin Barney and Junior Lake. They've got their work cut out for them. Rizzo hit 23 homers and drove in 80 runs, but batted .191 with runners in scoring position. Castro is coming off a .245 season, and Barney hit .208 last year. New hitting coach Bill Mueller has been busy in the cages.
The Cubs ranked second to last in runs in the National League, and when they did score, they struggled, losing 43 games in which they had the lead. Jeff Samardzija, who will make his second straight Opening Day start, has seen a difference this spring.
"To see our youth out there and how we're playing, I've seen us create more runs than we have in the past, which is exciting, whether it's stealing bases or taking advantage of miscues on the other team's defense and taking long at-bats," Samardzija said. "I think that'll be a big key for us."
The secret weapon may be Emilio Bonifacio, a leadoff option the Cubs haven't had in the past. A non-roster invitee who signed Feb. 19, his versatility will allow Renteria to insert him anywhere on the field.
"We have a true leadoff guy in him, fast," pitcher Carlos Villanueva said. "We didn't have that last year. Little things like that add a lot to run production -- you add one or two runs a game. I don't know how many games we lost by one or two runs -- I heard the stats the other day and it was ridiculous."
In case you didn't hear, the Cubs were 5-16 in one-run games at home last year.
What does Renteria bring? He's very passionate, and he'll be more animated in the dugout than Dale Sveum was the past two seasons. He has connected with the Latin players because of his fluency in Spanish, and his team meetings last a little longer because he delivers his message in both languages. He's even tried to learn some Japanese.
"It's completely positive," Castro said of the attitude in Cubs camp. "Everything we talk about in here is positive, how we can win with this team, how we can prepare to compete in the season. The [NL] Central division is hard, but it doesn't matter. If you play the game right, you have a chance."
Three teams from the NL Central reached the playoffs last year, and the Cubs finished a distant 31 games back. They've resolved some of the past problems by signing Jose Veras as the closer, and they feel the bullpen is stronger with Pedro Strop, James Russell and Wesley Wright. Samardzija, Edwin Jackson and Travis Wood are back in the rotation and will be joined by Jason Hammel.
"I think we improved our pitching," Villanueva said. "When it comes to the position players, we didn't make that many changes, but just the fact that those guys have another year of experience will help a lot."
But did they do enough to win in the division? Last year, the Cubs were 41-45 against teams outside the Central and 25-51 against their division, tied with the Astros for the lowest winning percentage by any team against its own division in baseball.
"If you ask every person, they think we can go out and compete in our division, and we can," Jackson said. "As long as we keep that mind-set and we go out and play like that and we take that attitude when we take the field that we'll win, [we'll be OK].
"A wise person once told me, 'You keep tricking yourself to think something and eventually you'll start believing it and play like it.' We don't have to do a lot of tricking. We have a lot of potential in this clubhouse. It's a young team. We can go out and win games, and once you start winning, you get accustomed to winning. It's like wildfire, it's contagious. You don't have to think about the game a lot, you can just go out and have fun. That's what we plan on doing this year."
The kids are coming. Every time Baez hits a home run for Triple-A Iowa, fans will clamor for his promotion.
"They're close," Villanueva said of the prospects.
But they have to wait. Time to focus on the present.
"Opening Day is full of hope," Villanueva said. "You all dream big. You all want to get off to a good start. Team-wise, I do feel better [about this year]. It's different -- we have new leadership, new coaching staff. We know we're close, we know we'll have reinforcements during the year."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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There is no doubt that for some, Milan, Italy is synonymous with ultra chic living as a cosmopolitan capital of innovative design and fashion trendsetting. With grand architecture and historic beauty at every corner, there is also a lot to be proud of as Italy's second largest city. Why would one want to break with design tradition when you have architectural monuments like the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele and the Duomo di Milano as part of your urbanscape? Enter this first-of-its-kind eco urban residence in the heart of Milan's fashion district. Sustainably renovated and uniquely energy efficient with its Finnish soapstone fireplace and green rooftop, this eco casa has set new design standards for Milanese city dwellers who are eager to green their views.
Architect Alessio Rogoldi and Designer and Professor of Green Management, Fabrice Leclerc, dedicated two years to renovating this classical Milano flat into a state-of-the art, multilevel eco residence. Located in the Duomo neighborhood of Milan's center, the duo has created a true oasis that boasts a rooftop garden with thirty five fruit trees, forty-seven rose species, and medicinal herbs that help filter the industrial air of Milan. The once concrete dwelling is also now cooled by this greenery and shaded year round. In one year's time, the greenhouse on the roof will be fully equipped with solar panels, allowing the house to not only to produce its own renewable energy, but create a possible supply for neighbors in the vicinity.
The residence's loft has, at its center, a Finnish 'Tulikivi' soapstone fireplace, which can heat the entire home for twenty-four hours with only four pieces of firewood (wood that is acquired from local, sustainably-managed Italian forests less than twenty-five miles away). This 'Tulikivi' fireplace has also won the Fine Particle Achievement of the Year Award, for its clean(er) combustion and the reduction of carbon particle emissions to a figure seven times lower than traditional fireplaces.
To add to overall energy-efficiency, the home's walls are also insulated with local Italian sheep's wool. The designers state that the energy costs have essentially been reduced by five times with all of these combined features. Additionally "the presence of a fireplace in the heart of the house makes the vibe very different from a residence with a standard heating systems – much healthier as well. The atmosphere is comparable to a hot stone sauna or infra red cabins that aid one's immune system. Plus, it really feels like a home".
A variety of European companies collaborated with the designers to create eco solutions for home fixtures and appliances – Gaggenau, Bulthaup, Iguzzini, and Haastens, to name a few. But the touch we like the most is the recycled 'preserve jar' wall filled tinted liquids. The resident gnomes also add some color as the garden sprites of this renovation project. Evidence perhaps, that even with the most advanced and sustainably-minded undertakings, a bit of whimsy and light-heartedness is good for the soul and home.
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I'm looking for advice. I believe that I have been spiritually off-balance for years (possibly my whole life) and I'm trying to work on this..somehow. I found the site below and all of the signs match me:
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- Bumping into things or other general feelings of clumsiness
- Falling asleep duringmeditation
- Continual daydreaming
- Having out of body experiences without meaning to and feeling that they are not within your control
- Sensitivity to light and noise
- Unable to carry on a normal conversation, including losing track of what you were saying.
I'd rather not get into buying sage or anything. I do have Amherst crystals (including a meditation crystal) but I have no idea how to use them. I've suffered from all the problems listed above, including anxiety, panic attacks and depressed feelings for a very long time. I saw a psychologist about this stuff once and it wasn't helpful at all. My clumsiness of late (and a horrid memory) is what has gotten me concerned enough to do something about it.
I'm no expert in the mystical fields. I am very spiritual but hold few, if any beliefs, if that makes sense. (I guess you might say I'm a Sensitive without a religion lol.) Any advice, links, anything would be helpful.


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this company is located in jiangdu of yangzhou city,in the side of jianghang cannel, the crossing cannel, the crossing point of jinghu and ningtong express way.it belongs to the forging machinery manufacturing industry.its specialize in producing plate bender, plate bevel shearing line,mechanical scribing machine, hydraulic scribing machine, pipe straightener, pip bender, semi-automatic submerged arc welding line, hydraulic plate cutting machine, mechanical plate cutting machine,three-roll bending machine, large milling machine, common type plate processing perofessions like: light pole, electrical pole, machinery, electron, automobile, shipbuilding, electrical equipment for family, cooking equipment,building decoration etc. this company has strong technical force and advanced processing equipment, and has won iso9001 international quality certification system in 2003, all products are manufactured according to the national advanced standards. the technical personnel of this company develop many new products meeting the needs of market,and fill in some gaps of country, especially for the light pole, electrical pole manufacturing equipment, our company has everything needed. the aim of the company is quality competition, price sompetition, service competition.welcome to negotiate and cooperate with our company through visting, telephone or letter.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, January 02, 2006
The Business of Illustration
"The business of illustration is literally nonexistent today.... When Bernie Fuchs and I did what we did, it was a different world. We had to make a lot of hard decisions as things changed. Where do kids starting out today take their talent if they want to do what we did? I would say they're fucked. There is nothing for them. They can't follow the path that Bernie and I followed any longer. And our society is pretty unforgiving for those who make the wrong judgments."
Harsh and perhaps cynical words but valuable and thought-provoking advice, whether you are an illustrator or whatever you may have devoted your life to. Go to Illustration Art and be enlightened.
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I think there's a path available to follow for everybody.ReplyDelete
Your own. Like you are doing.
Thanks for sharing. Seen your other blogs too. Great work.
And a happy New Year.
From Bob Heindel, Bernie Fuchs and Mark English, we've all seen the damage our industry has taken, there is always going to be a need for illustration: the difference between their time of business and ours is the competition we face: from animation to photoshop, etc: our world has expanded but our place in it has shrunken!ReplyDelete
I would agree with this. I think we really need to think out of the box to keep our businesses going. I also think its time to expand the notion of what illustration is.ReplyDelete
The world is moving really fast now. Business models are changing at lightening speed and there is no real guidance from anybody because I don't think anybody knows what to do.
For myself. I keep looking for innovators in the field and study them. Hoping that I'm not already too late.
The field has changed but there's still opportunities and illustrators have to adjust and maybe take on projects that they ordinarily would pass on. It's about being inventive and creating our own opportunities. We can't sit around complaining about what was because that's non-productive. We sure as heck should acknowledge and appreciate these trailblazers. I recently read a blog where a young artist actually said that Norman Rockwell was the most overlooked illustrator? I thought What? and by whom? I think everyone knows who Norman Rockwell was. I do understand what these folks are saying about prestige jobs and maybe that idea of celebrity status illustrator is diminished, but there's still work out there. I would say just be the best you can be and things may happen. Take pride in your work and attack each project with distinction.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the post and insight although I can understand the perspective of "being fucked". It seems more like the problem seems to be being outmoded. Digital artworks can be produced at a faster rate with equal talent in an industry approved format. For the traditional illustrators today to integrate with this capitalist model they simply have to adapt or die off. It's a harsh reality but far from being "Fucked" it's an opportunity to grow personally by seeking the kind of "bread and butter" work which allows the grace for more personal gallery oriented work. Anyone who isn't utilizing the inter-network to promote themselves without an already established name for themselves will be severely at odds with the system as it now stands. Personal media tablets are here and they are going to get more and more like paper as time goes on, get with it for the users will be looking for art to bedeck their environment. Thanks again.ReplyDelete


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The stirring documentary "Blackfish" vividly tracks the thorny case of Tilikum, a 12,000-pound killer whale and longtime SeaWorld Orlando attraction responsible for three deaths over the course of several decades in captivity.
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, who also cowrote with editor Eli Despres, interweaves compelling, humane testimony from ex- SeaWorld trainers and marine experts with rich video footage showing Tilikum and other orcas performing in whale shows, existing in dark water tanks and at times attacking trainers (Cowperthwaite takes a largely restrained approach here).
The through-line: In 1992, SeaWorld purchased Tilikum from Victoria, Canada's shuttering Sealand Park, where the orca was one of three whales involved in the drowning death of a trainer. Though, according to the film, SeaWorld asserted that Tilikum would be used only for breeding, the whale went on to perform at its Orlando site. Did so many years in allegedly traumatic, soul-crushing captivity, against the hyper-intelligent mammal's natural bent (orcas have no record of violence against humans in the wild), contribute to Tilikum's 2010 fatal attack on veteran SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau? Is this just another case of corporate greed and deception trumping employee — and animal —safety?
Since SeaWorld declined to comment here — and only last week issued a statement to film critics rebutting many of Cowperthwaite's charges — "Blackfish," named after the Native American term for orcas, remains decidedly one-sided. But when that "side" is such a vital, convincing proponent for the greater protection and understanding of such evolved and majestic creatures, it can't help but win.
Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic elements including disturbing and violent images
Running time: 1 hour, 23 minutes
Playing at: the Landmark, West Los Angeles and the ArcLight Hollywood.


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Kids love arts and crafts and this is an easy craft for even young children. This is a great 4th of July craft for kids. Using just drinking straws and possibly beads, kids can make a bracelet and necklace for themselves or for a gift. It's a fun dressup accessory. For more dressup projects.
Items needed:
- Red and Blue drinking straws
- White beads or white drinking straws
- Elastic string
- Scissors
- Cut drinking straws into small pieces about 1/2 inches long.
- Cut a piece of elastic about 3 inches longer the the circumference of the child's wrist.
- String straw beads (and other beads if using) in a red, white and blue pattern.
- Tie off end securely, leaving a short tail so end doesn't unravel. To secure knot you can add a dab of glue.