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2013-07-28 • The Bride's Book
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alt: hello trisha, want some company? hello vkn
vkn: Happy Dancer Alt Morning
alt: what's up?
vkn: I can tell you are still smiling All is well no problem with the link you posted
alt: I kept getting an error when I tried to access the link.
vkn: At least I had no prob
alt: okay, no problem
vkn: and the info on the GEDCOM uploading was/is good for all
alt: yes, I think so
vkn: Wondering about posting wedding info historically as a project Could do the Atlanta Daily World and the Chicago Defender
alt: that type of story is always good .. historically... we (Blacks) did more than just jump over a broom in the master's front yard LOL
vkn: The descriptions are fun as well as historic So elaborate
alt: Yes, I have one to post about 1900 ,,, the invited guests were very intersting and the gifts presented were described in full detail
vkn: jumped over the entire neighborhood
alt: right
vkn: Well you may recall that gifts were displayed in advance of the event
alt: I remember the gifts, not sure about when they were presented/displayed.
vkn: one room in home of bride was cleared and gifts put on tables
alt: ah so, now I remember
vkn: Then there was the "keeper of the Brides Book" Who itemized what each person gifted
alt: they really followed the rules of etiquette... was it Emily Post, or was this before her time?
vkn: It went on for days No Emily Post was the ruler to the T Emily Post was 2nd to the Bible
alt: yep
vkn: Every home had one
alt: hello keli1
keli1: Good afternoon!
vkn: Howdy keli1 So what is new keli1
keli1: Nothing new hear, still dealing with simple but hard genealogy challenges, LOL
alt: hi daviss
vkn: Howdy Daviss How you be
daviss: hello there alt, keli1 and vkn!
vkn: keli1 for example
keli1: Hello to Vicki in AZ, how are you doing?
alt: I saw where Shamele, Debbie Aboot & a couple of other AA ladies attedned the GRIP --- Genealogy Research Institute of Pittsburg this past week.
daviss: I am as well as could be expected thanks What was their take alt?
keli1: I saw that as well, I considered attending it
alt: dunno, just saw a photo online with them in the photo.
daviss: ahhh ok
vkn: alt is GRIP similar to MAAGI?
keli1: I completed a long time ago the application for first families and never submitted it, I must do this
alt: I would imagine so vkn. first families of ????
keli1: MAAGI focused on AA not sure if GRIP does
vkn: Is that John Logan or?
keli1: you know if ancestors are documented during certain times they get a certificate recognizing it
alt: I doubt it re: focus.. there were only 4-5 Black ladies in the photo of about 25-30 people and it was a course on Land records
keli1: it is called First families, also MAAGI is of course open to all
vkn: ahhhh I see, thanx
alt: I know keli1 I'm a member of the OGS 1st families of Ohio lineage society having documented ancestors in Ohio prior to 1820. actually before 1803 & Statehood
vkn: keli1 is your first familiesVA ?
keli1: yes same thing Art, they have different categories
alt: I went in OGS FFO in 2005... Also Settlers & Builders .. ancestories in Ohio before 1851 & the CW veterans families for a CW ancestor.
keli1: These first families (Davis) are PA
alt: okay keli1
daviss: How far back have you been able to go keli1?
alt: what is the criteria for PA keli1?
keli1: on the Davis in PA 1838, but believe I can go back further to VA, I don't believe they began in VA, for VA I can go back fairly far, on Worden-back to England-1500s
alt: getting into a lineage society is a great way to "verify" your documentation.... most societies act as 'gate keepers' and won't let you in if your i's aren't dotted & your t's crossed.
vkn: Del Jupiter has 1st families Florida
alt: ah so, great for Del Jupiter
keli1: I agree, same with DAR, it is all about the documentation,
alt: Florida must be back into the 17th century for FF of Fla.
keli1: awesome vkn on Del Jupiter. all this chit chat means i am suppose to finish that project.
daviss: surely keli1 you don't have more than one project going lol
vkn: Del may just be Pensacola not sure
daviss: what about you vkn how far back?
keli1: PA1638-1790, 1791-1865 and 1866-1900
vkn: 1808 is eldest HENDRIX-BELL but breaks in events and documentation.
alt: I figured Pa would be very early as it is an original colony.
daviss: Is that in Fla vkn or Bamer?
keli1: last night i typed up as many surnames I could think of and will continue to add, that is my new so called project. where in Florida vkn
vkn: VA-PA daviss but not specific to 1st families
daviss: ok vkn
alt: oh man, that could really be a biggie keli1 re: surnames, especially if there were a lot of daughters in the ancestral lineage... new surnames thru marriages.
vkn: Jackson County Keli BLACKSHEAR-KING
keli1: I lived in Tallahassee for years before I moved to VA.
vkn: Have LESLIE in Fernandina keli1
daviss: wow keli1
alt: on surnames.. can you imagine the 'new" surnames from your family if say from a family of 15-16 children as in the old days there were 9-10 daughters.. hence 9-10 'new' surnames in that ancestral line.
vkn: Ex president of Spelman has Fernandina 1st roots
keli1: I wonder if you are related to the King's, who married a Murphy in my family. hmm, the King's now live in Atlanta, lived in Grand Rapids Michigan, Detroit, etc.
vkn: No known Murphy keli1
keli1: Art, I can't imagine, it was mind blowing, just the little I have done
vkn: Lots of FPOC Fernandina
keli1: Paul King married Monica Murphy, I am trying to think of Paul's mother. hmmm..
alt: keli1, I'm still finding relatives from the Reno lines out of Medina, Ohio due to them having 8 daughters and their marriges created new surname relationships with their children.
vkn: My Paul King is a SLATER married an Amaya Portland from Spain
daviss: so far I have no Adams, Murphy, Slater, King, Reno , Portland hendrix Bell or nada {sniff, sniff}
keli1: oh my goodness Art, 8 girls, geez, I am still trying to determine if my guy served in civil war out of Ohio, have to take a break
vkn: sniff
keli1: Art, you will not track the woman, you will have to track her kids then go back, LOL
alt: but you're probably related to a family where there was a female in the family of an Adams, Murphy, King, slater, Reno, Portland, Hendrix & Bell and their surname changed with a marriage. right keli
keli1: art, any links to Imes?
vkn: Fancy move Keli1
daviss: oops keli1 wb hope so alt!
alt: vkn, you know Hendrix, like in Jimmy Hendrix is a variation of Hendricks.. who btw has ancestors from Urbana, Ohio ... his grandpa
keli1: My Davis's were only in Ohio for about 5 yrs, brought land and then left -
alt: not sure keli1 right keli1, but the were a bunch of ex-Ohio folks in the area of mIchigan were they settled.
vkn: oh really alt? my HENDRIX/HENDRICKS/HENDRICHS is VA WVA rooted
keli1: Joseph Davis first wife is Mary Belle Imes, I think they were married in Ohio, but haven't been able to prove it -yet Interesting vkn, where in WV?
vkn: none specific keli1 just in the census schedule
alt: keli1, there might be a marriage record on familysearch.org ... wouldn't hurt to look for an Imes/Davis marriage, if you haven't already an Ohio marriage on familysearch.org .. I've seen them for AA's as early as 1807.
keli1: vkn, if in Jefferson county, let me know, I have lots of resources. Yes have checked family search and have to continue on a regular basis
alt: i knew you had keli1, but just had to mention it anyway LOL
vkn: Thanx keli1 lots of quilt pieces with no matching threads. Thanx. Making a note of you as resource
keli1: I visit family search on a daily basis, darn shame, they are about 100 yrs ahead of ancestry, so I check them first and they scan up about a million records a week
alt: I was telling vkn last night that familysearch has added the "official" marriage for the NC co-habitation records ... yesterday I found my Peter & Louisa Lawrence's marriage it 1866 .. it stated they had been co-habitants for the previous 19 years. and there was an image of the actual record.
vkn: It is amazing
keli1: oh my goodness that is awesome!!!!! 19 yrs, now you can go back a bit on the 19yrs?
alt: yes keli1, I have followed the family from the 1850 slave schedules into the 1870 census and of course up to 1940.
daviss: thats wonderful alt!
keli1: woohoo! I am hoping for more to come....
vkn: Indeed it is wonderful
alt: take a look at my story .. I don't have a blog, but here is the storyhttp://tinyurl.com/kjpyebe
keli1: oh I will,
vkn: Do you have other NC mysteries Alt
alt: oh yeah vkn .. most of my NC ancestry is a mystery to me.
vkn: The AAH has all NC Cohabs alt
alt: really!!!!! hello Selma
daviss: libraries alt
vkn: At least the marriage records are
selma: Good afternoon folks
keli1: Hello Selma! I access thru school
vkn: Howdy Selma but alt you be beyond average
keli1: well folks I need to eat-it was good chatting and thanks for the motivation to submit my first families to PA, great reminder, good for us all to do like Art and Ohio, ttyl
vkn: okies keli1 good to chat
alt: take care keli1
vkn: what device are you using keli1
daviss: talk later keli1
keli1: oh I am on my ipad
vkn: okies thanx keli1
keli1: food and cspan-3, american history tv, "Religious Identity in Early America, airing now, if u are interested bye!
daviss: bye me I am gonna do some more family searching lol
selma: Not too much alt
alt: daviss, practice with the ancestry.com new search
daviss: lol alt I have already
alt: is it getting easier to use?
vkn: I need to learn
daviss: I like the old one better to tell you the truth
selma: Wow..re the cohabitation records on family search alt
alt: me too, but I can live with the new search as I get used to it
vkn: What is easier to like Daviss Have you tried it Selma
alt: yes, Selma .. well NC marriage records which includes the co-habitation records
selma: No I was just reading back and saw what alt said Oh ok.. Was that information not provided in Barnetta's book
vkn: What is easier to like Daviss
selma: Is it the actual image?
alt: I dound my ancestors who were in Barnetta's books with the actual record image on familysearch
daviss: To me its not bad vkn It may be because of the Its always been that way concept lol
selma: Ok...great
vkn: okies understanding
alt: yep, the actual image w/ marrying official and the # of years the co-habitated Selma .. try Peter & Louisa Lawrence, edgecombe co NC
selma: I will... Does it show the whole page? Or was it a separate certificate
alt: I saw just their record selma .. separate & by itself
daviss: did you know both names already alt
alt: but you can go forward or backwards for surrounding records yes daviss okay vkn, thanks!!
daviss: did yours download yet alt?
selma: I like browsing..
alt: I like the individual records cause you can print and scan without 'cropping"
daviss: ok Selma
selma: Have a great day
vkn: okies selma
alt: takec are
daviss: I am still slow...what is USCTERS
alt: well y'all I'm off to do some more 'gold mining' take care
vkn: USCT peeps
daviss: oh
vkn: bye for now
daviss: bye


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Costa Rica, a country long regarded as one of the freest and most democratic in Latin America, was profoundly shocked by the July 7 murder of veteran journalist Parmenio Medina Pérez--the first assassination of a journalist in the country's recent history.
Unknown assailants shot Medina, producer and host of the weekly radio program "La Patada" (The Kick), three times at close range. His program had often denounced official corruption and earned the journalist numerous threats. Two months before his murder, Medina received death threats in connection with accusations he made on air about fiscal improprieties at a local Catholic radio station, and unknown attackers fired bullets at his house. Twenty minutes after Medina's murder, one of his colleagues at "The Kick" received an anonymous call saying he would be the next victim. The station that carried Medina's program, Radio Monumental, received threatening calls for months, the station's news coordinator told CPJ.
The public demanded justice, and the murder investigation began swiftly. However, it did not produce major results. Soon, a veil of secrecy covered the endeavor. In August, a consortium of individuals and civil society organizations launched the Frente Ciudadano contra la Impunidad (Citizens' Front Against Impunity) to pressure authorities to solve the case.
On January 7--exactly six months after the murder--the San Josébased daily La Nación quoted a Frente coordinator, Albino Vargas, as saying, "We're convinced there are political, business, and religious influences that are interfering so the truth about the crime won't surface." According to the same article, the Organization of Judicial Investigation, Costa Rica's law enforcement agency, said that even though more than 100 people have been interviewed and many leads have been discarded, no details can be disclosed because the matter remains under investigation.
The impunity surrounding the murder further contributed to its devastating effect on Costa Rican journalists, who now fear violence in reprisal for their work. According to a June survey by La Nación, 55 percent of the 97 journalists polled said they had received some kind of threat during their careers. Though some threats were physical, most journalists were threatened with defamation suits.
Medina's murder boosted efforts to reform Costa Rica's antiquated media laws. Two days after the murder, two deputies presented plans to the Legislative Assembly to create a commission mandated to investigate the laws, according to Fernando Guier, a lawyer and columnist for La Nación.
On July 23, a group of editors presented a proposal to revise the press laws. One of several currently pending before the Legislative Assembly, the editors' proposal is considered to be the most comprehensive. For defamation cases, it introduces the "actual malice" standard, which requires plaintiffs to prove not only that the published information is false, but also that the journalists knew or should have known it was false at the time of publication. The legislation encodes the neutral reporting standard, which says that journalists cannot be sued for accurately reproducing information from an explicitly mentioned source. The proposal also provides for the protection of journalists' sources.
The Legislative Assembly's press freedom committee convened several times, hearing editors, representatives of the journalists' association Colegio de Periodistas, Supreme Court justices, and legal scholars. But no agreement had been reached by year's end. Only one of the proposed changes was accepted--the elimination of the crime of disrespect, a little-used provision that imposes prison terms of up to two years for offending the honor of a government official
In an unprecedented decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued provisional measures on September 7 ordering Costa Rican authorities to stay certain sections of a 1999 defamation verdict against the daily La Nación and one of its reporters, Mauricio Herrera Ulloa. Decisions of the court are legally binding on Costa Rica and other countries that have accepted the court's jurisdiction.
In November 1999, a Costa Rican Penal Court convicted Herrera Ulloa of criminal defamation and ordered him to pay damages to former diplomat Félix Przedborski based on 1995 articles that cited European press reports alleging corruption by Przedborski. After the Costa Rican Supreme Court rejected La Nación's appeal, the journalist filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which ordered the Penal Court to stay its ruling while the commission studied the case. The court refused, so the commission filed a complaint with the Inter-American Court, which issued a stay. At press time, the commission was still studying the case.
On December 26, Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Tribunal issued a controversial split decision ordering the privately owned television station Teletica Canal 7 to invite all 13 presidential candidates to appear on a scheduled debate, rather than the top four contenders as the station had originally planned. Pilar Cisneros, co-director of the channel's news department, told CPJ that the station appealed to the Supreme Court, which on January 3 refused to hear the case on the grounds that it was an electoral matter. The channel aired the debate between the top candidates as planned on January 7 and followed with January 8 and 9 debates between remaining contenders. Cisneros announced that Teletica Canal 7 would appeal the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
January 24
Mauricio Herrera Ulloa, La Nación
The Costa Rican Supreme Court rejected the appeal of journalist Herrera Ulloa and the San José daily La Nación, who were convicted of criminal defamation.
On November 12, 1999, the Penal Court of the First Judicial Circuit in San José convicted Herrera Ulloa and La Nación of criminal defamation based on 1995 articles by Herrera Ulloa that cited European press reports alleging corruption by former Costa Rican diplomat Félix Przedborski.
The court ordered Herrera Ulloa to pay a fine equivalent to 120 days' wages, the plaintiff's legal fees, and 60 million colones (US$190,000) in damages to Przedborski. It also ordered that the journalist's name be inscribed in an official list of convicted criminals. La Nación was instructed to remove all links to the offending articles from its Web site and to publish parts of the ruling.
In response, the newspaper and the journalist filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an entity of the Organization of American States (OAS).
According to Herrera Ulloa's lawyer, Fernando Guier, the petition recommended that the commission urge Costa Rica to bring its press laws into compliance with the American Convention on Human Rights, which the country ratified in 1970. On March 1, the commission's then-executive secretary, Jorge Taiana, asked the Costa Rican Penal Court to suspend its ruling while the commission studied the case.
When the Penal Court refused to comply, the commission asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, another OAS entity, to confirm the suspension. (The court's decisions are legally binding on Costa Rica and other countries that have accepted the court's jurisdiction.) On April 6, the Inter-American Court's president, Antônio Cançado Trindade, ordered the Costa Rican government to suspend the verdict. The Inter-American Court held a May 22 hearing on the matter.
On May 21, CPJ issued an alert about the hearing. Executive director Ann Cooper was quoted as saying, "It is shocking that journalists in Costa Rica can be branded as criminals simply for doing their professional duty."
On May 23, the Inter-American Court confirmed the ruling ordering the Costa Rican government to suspend the verdict.
Then on September 7, the court, which is based in San José, Costa Rica, issued "provisional measures" ordering Costa Rican authorities to keep Herrera Ulloa off the official list of convicted criminals until the Inter-American Court system resolves the case. The government was also instructed not to enforce the order requiring La Nación to publish the Penal Court's ruling.
That was the first time the court had taken such action in a freedom of expression case. Provisional measures are only issued in cases of "extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons," according to the American Convention on Human Rights.
On October 3, the Penal Court confirmed that it would abide by the Inter-American Court's decision, Guier later told CPJ.
During its 113th regular session, held from November 12 to 16, the Inter-American Commission conducted a hearing to determine whether it would hear the case. At year's end, no decision had been made.
July 7
Parmenio Medina Pérez, "La Patada"
Medina, producer and host of the weekly radio program "La Patada" (The Kick), was murdered by unknown assailants who shot him three times at close range with a .38-caliber weapon, once in the back and twice in the head.
Medina's 28-year-old program often denounced official corruption and earned him numerous threats. On-air accusations he had made since 1999 about alleged fiscal improprieties at a local Catholic radio station led to its closure and an investigation of its former director.
Two months before his murder, Medina received death threats in connection with the accusations, and unknown attackers fired bullets at his house. Although Medina had been under police protection, he asked that it be lifted just days before his death.
In a July 10 letter, CPJ praised President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría for condemning the murder and encouraged the president to ensure that the perpetrators were caught. President Rodríguez responded with an e-mail message saying, "[M]y government is committed to cooperate as best as it can with the judicial authorities to clarify these facts until their ultimate consequences and will do all it can to discover the material and intellectual authors."
No substantial progress in the investigation had been reported at year's end, however.


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March 5, 2013
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 5 Florida State (11-0) kept its undefeated record in check Tuesday afternoon on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium as the Seminoles defeated Presbyterian College (8-5) 9-2.
Stephen McGee paced the Florida State offense with a career-high four RBI as the Port St. Lucie, Fla., native finished the game 2-for-4 with a double and his first career home run. McGee unloaded on a 2-2 offering from PC starter Brian Byrum (1-2) in the bottom of the fifth hitting the ball off the scoreboard in left for his first round tripper as a Seminole.
"It's been so long, I don't even know what it really felt like," said McGee on hitting the home run. "When I hit it, of course I thought (it was gone) but I was too precautious so I just took off just in case. But when it came off the bat, it felt great."
"It was just something that I didn't even know," said head coach Mike Martin on finding out that McGee hit his first career home run. "I just know that Stephen McGee has been invaluable to our baseball team both as a leader and as a guy that plays the game the right way day in and day out.
"It was just a big lift for us to get it done against a very good PC team."
Marcus Davis and Giovanny Alfonzo both drove in a pair of runs, while Davis and Seth Miller each scored two runs in the win.
Luke Weaver turned in another brilliant performance on the mound to run his record to 2-0 on the young season. The sophomore right hander blanked the Blue Hose for 6.0 innings allowing just three hits and no walks as he struck out eight. In his last three appearances, Weaver has given up just four hits and no walks while striking out 19 in 13.0 scoreless innings of work.
"Luke pitched extremely well," added Martin. "I was very, very pleased with what I saw. You saw a guy that was poised; you saw a guy that was getting it done."
"It was a good comparison to my last start," said Weaver. "I felt this start was just as good as my last. I came out a little too amped up, but I felt good. I just hope to keep it rolling."
The Seminoles would jump on the board in the second inning when Miller was hit by a pitch with one out and moved to third on a single up the middle by Jameis Winston. One batter later, Miller scored on a sac-fly to left off the bat of Alfonzo to give FSU the early 1-0 lead.
FSU added to its lead in the fourth scoring twice off Byrum to push its lead to 3-0. John Nogowski was hit by a pitch with one out and advanced to third on a double to right by Miller. After Winston drew a walk to load the bases, Alfonzo would drive in his second run of the afternoon when Byrum plunked him on a 0-1 offering to bring home Nogowski. With the bases still loaded, Byrum attempted to pick off Winston at second but threw errantly into centerfield allowing Miller to score from third.
Byrum's day would come to a close after 5.0 innings as he allowed five runs on three hits as he walked three, struck out three and hit five batters.
After McGee's two-run home run in the fifth, the Seminoles widened their lead in the sixth scoring four more runs to take a commanding 9-0 lead. The first three batters to the plate reached as Alfonzo led off with a single to left and John Sansone and Josh Delph drew back-to-back walks. Following a Blue Hose pitching change, Davis drove in both Alfonzo and Sansone with a shoe string base hit to right, while McGee brought home two on a double down the line in left.
The Seminoles got two solid innings from Kyle Bird, who pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth innings. The sophomore left hander allowed a hit and a walk while striking out one in his fourth appearance of the season.
Presbyterian finally cracked the scoreboard in the ninth scoring two runs off Kenny Burkhead. With runners at second and third following a one-out double to right by Aaron Preston, Trey Hayes hit a single back up the middle to plate PC's only two runs of the game. Burkhead bounced back to get Cam McRae to ground into a game ending double play.
Florida State and Presbyterian will return to the diamond for game two of the mid-week series on Wednesday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m. The Seminoles will send left handed pitcher Billy Strode (0-0) to the mound for his first career start. The Blue Hose are scheduled to start lefty Chad Sanders (0-0).
Wednesday's game will air live over the internet on Seminoles.com All-Access, while fans can listen to the game live on the All-Access player. Locally, fans can listen to the game on 1270 AM. As always, Seminole fans can follow the Noles on twitter @FSU_Baseball and remember to like the Seminoles on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FSUBaseball). Live stats for all three games will be available via gametracker.


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It was inevitable that a dramatic feature about Woodstock would debut on the fabled festival's 40th anniversary but, coupled with all the other tributes and DVD packages and interviews and look-backs and think pieces, I'm tempted to call for a moratorium on the whole shebang. I am a proud, if somewhat jaded, member of that tie-dyed generation but there's only so much hippie nostalgia I can endure.
The drama in question, Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock," is a bit like the festival itself – a happy mess. It was scripted by James Schamus and based on an eponymous memoir by Elliot Tiber subtitled "A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life." Elliot had been working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village, N.Y., but moved to the Catskills to bail out his parents' ramshackle motel. When a permit for what was originally billed as a small-scale neighboring music and arts festival is rescinded, Elliot helps strike a deal to keep the show alive at a 600-acre dairy farm down the road. (The location was actually Bethel, not Woodstock, but Woodstock sounds better.) The rest is history and herstory.
As played by Demetri Martin, not a very galvanizing actor, Elliot is both the center of the action and a witness to the maelstrom. His personal odyssey during the "3 Days of Peace & Music," as the festival was billed, is intended to symbolize a generational passage. Living as a semicloseted homosexual, the strait-laced Elliot locates a companionable vibe in Woodstock. He liberates himself, along with 500,000 other shaggy attendees. Although Lee reveals little of the festivities and concerts, except from faraway, he provides a marvelous extended sequence in which Elliot, hitching a ride on a policeman's motorcycle, is ushered into the scene. The hippie (or would-be) hippie procession is like a fantasia. In only a few minutes we are treated to an inexhaustible gallery of painted faces and fads.
This is perhaps the most authentic scene in a movie that otherwise, despite its careful, almost fetishistic attention to the look and feel of the experience, seems counterfeit. It's inevitable that the hippie movement now seems as fixed in time as the Paleozoic Era, but Lee encourages his actors to behave as if they were in a roadshow production of "Hair." In the case of Imelda Staunton, who plays Elliot's horribly overbearing Russian-Jewish immigrant mother, she's such a stock caricature that the bottom drops out of the movie every time she waddles into view, and, as Elliot's father, Henry Goodman is only slightly less stock.
The film comes across as rather dim-witted because Lee's take on Woodstock is almost entirely self-contained and un-ironic. (An exception: One of Woodstock's producers, played by Jonathan Groff, alludes to an upcoming bliss-out at Altamont featuring the Rolling Stones.) I'm not arguing that Lee should have front-loaded his film with posthippie hindsight. But it's one thing to present Woodstock as if nothing came after it, quite another to dramatize it as simply, well, "3 Days of Peace & Music."
Even apart from its soundtrack, the Michael Wadleigh documentary "Woodstock" was such a comprehensive take on the event that Lee's movie was bound to suffer by comparison. But the documentary points up what is flagrantly wrongheaded about "Taking Woodstock," where the machinations of the producers and promoters lack any real bite or guile; the cavorters descending on the scene are without exception sweet-souled; and the acid trips, including Elliot's, are fun-house frolics. The only really bad guys are the Mafia soldiers trying to muscle in on the scene, and they are driven off as if they were country bumpkins. (Heading up security is a burly, golden-tressed ex-Marine transvestite played by Liev Schrieber in what can best be described as a career stretch.)
Lee may want to portray Woodstock as a shining moment in time, but, in doing so, he barely gives lip service to what was roiling the country. Emile Hirsch, playing a shellshocked Vietnam vet, seems like just another giddily stoned soul mate. Lee works in occasional documentary footage of the Vietnam War, or the Apollo moonwalk, but these clips seem like bulletins from Neverland.
Lee has always had an affinity for innocence and an abiding affection for outcasts, and both traits serve him well in "Taking Woodstock" – but only up to a point. Beyond that point, where sanctification meets reality, the film floats up, up, and away. It's as if he decided to photoshop the Age of Aquarius and retain only the airhead naiveté. Grade: B- (Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use, and language.)


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Lance Cpl. Brian Benfield shouted those words moments after he rammed his S.C. Highway Patrol car into the side of a pickup truck, driven by a man police say was drunk and recklessly navigated through Rock Hill streets and yards last month. Troopers then chased Travis Gary Knight, 44, of Jacksonville, Fla., on foot before he tripped, and an officer "fell on top of him."
The Herald this week obtained a copy of the dashboard video from Benfield's patrol car after filing a state Freedom of Information Act request. The video shows Benfield, 40, driving his patrol car into the side of a gray pickup truck on Mount Gallant Road.
"He could have easily went left of center and hit somebody and killed them," Benfield told a trooper on scene. "The way he was driving, we had no choice but to do what we had to do."
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At about 2 a.m. March 23, troopers tried pulling over a 2003 Dodge pickup because the driver was "possibly intoxicated," according to a York County Sheriff's report. The driver didn't stop, but sped down Twin Lakes Road, cutting across yards and through neighborhoods, before the truck turned onto India Hook Road and headed toward Celanese Road.
Cpl. Benfield pulled into the intersection at Mount Gallant and India Hook with his lights and sirens on to get between the truck and any other traffic. After troopers relayed via radio that Knight drove through a red light, he approached the intersection where Benfield waited. Benfield turned his patrol car into the side of the pickup truck, totaling both cars.
Knight jumped out of the truck and ran, officers reported. During the chase, Benfield yelled for troopers to "tase him." Officers caught up with Knight. He was arrested and charged with failure to stop for a blue light, driving under the influence, driving without a license, failure to obey a traffic control device and open container.
Knights was being held Wednesday at the York County Detention Center on a $16,942 bond.
"I attempted to tase him, and I missed," a trooper told Benfield. "When I went to reload, that's when he tripped and I tripped and fell on top of him."
After the crash, Benfield, who called his captain and repeatedly assured his colleagues he was OK, told sheriff's deputies he was afraid someone would be hurt or killed if the chase continued, so he intentionally turned into the Dodge truck with his patrol car, the report states.
The state Department of Public Safety declined The Herald's request to interview Benfield.
The truck took the most damage on the passenger's side. The airbag in Benfield's patrol car deployed, deputies reported, and he was taken to Riverview Medical Center to receive treatment for minor injuries. Knight was taken to Piedmont Medical Center, where he was treated for a broken hand.
Knight told deputies his Rock Hill girlfriend gave him permission to drive the pickup. The woman confirmed that she let Knight use the truck, but she had not seen him in more than a week, according to police documents. She later told deputies that she knew Knight as "Eugene Gary Losco."
On Wednesday, the woman, who asked not to be identified, told The Herald she and Knight met online and had been in a relationship for about a year. He attracted her, she said, because he seemed adventurous and claimed his relatives were in the police force – something she thought they had in common. Deputies say the woman gave Knight more than $5,000.
"There was always something to help him out with," she said.
After the crash, deputies contacted U.S. Army officials after deputies say Knight falsified military documents, according to a sheriff's report.
Army officials confirmed Wednesday that there is no record of "Travis Gary Knight" or "Eugene Gary Losco" having ever served in the Army in any capacity.
Troy Rolan, Army spokesman, said any type of punitive actions against Knight would be handled by federal authorities.
It was unclear Wednesday if Knight faced any federal charges.


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Possible Worlds connects a residency site in Watts, California with the LACMA collection and campus. In collaboration with LACMA and the Watts House Project, an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers, Ybarra, Diaz, and Slanguage, the artist's team of collaborators, participated in a residency at the home of longtime residents of Watts, the Garcia family.
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As reported at DallasCowboys.com the Cowboys added two defensive backs today. DeAngelo Willingham was claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Bucs and Jeremy Haynes was also picked up.
Willingham was cut by Tampa Bay following its last preseason game. He played cornerback and safety in college at Tennessee.
Haynes played at wide receiver his first two years at McNeese State before moving to cornerback. He was cut by the Titans during training camp.
It's clear both positions were in need of depth.
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Terence Newman, Mike Jenkins, Orlando Scandrick, Alan Ball, Mike Mickens
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FS – Ken Hamlin, Courtney Brown, DeAngelo Smith
SS – Gerald Sensabaugh, Pat Watkins, Michael Hamlin
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No. 69 (third round) – OLB Jason Williams – Western Illinois – Out 4-6 weeks
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No. 110 (fourth round) – OLB Victor Butler – Oregon St.
No. 120 (fourth round) – DE Brandon Williams – Texas Tech – Out For the Season
No. 143 (fifth round) – CB DeAngelo Smith – Cincinnati
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No. 208 (sixth round) – TE John Phillips – Virginia
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by LeRoy Palmer, printed in Railroad Magazine June 1940
Thanks to John Price KF5GNW for digging this one up.
As months and years drift by, the number of us old-time telegraphers in rail service who know the train wire language is dwindling, like the "thin blue line" and the "thin gray line" of Civil War veterans. On practically all the main-line dispatching circuits the telephone has displaced the telegraph. Only the oldest ops can remember the days when the average train dispatcher had a "copier," a fast pen operator who wrote all orders in the order book as the dispatcher issued them and checked as each was repeated.
In this era of telephone dispatching, the work is, of course, done much more quickly. Orders are now repeated in one-fourth the time that was required for even the "gilt-edge" Morse man, although the time and all station names are spelled out, while train and engine numbers are repeated on the telephone. The veteran brass pounder has to admit it, even though he misses the vanishing language. Formerly I could be busy at my desk, or even reading the newspaper, and still hear the train wire with its "OS" reports of trains passing over the district, and thus I kept posted on everything approaching my station. Now I hear nothing unless I sit with the telephone receiver hung over my head. They took some of the romance and fascination away from railroading when they installed telephones on the train wire.
The twelve-hour night shift men were excellent "spotters." That is, they were adept at catching much needed sleep when opportunity offered and they trained themselves to wake for their call. The old Morse dispatchers knew that Bill or Joe was "in the hay" when they got no answer on the first call and they would slowly repeat "RC RC RC DS" or "ZA ZA ZA DS," or whatever the call was, the repeated chatter bringing the op to life. This was customary and was well understood.
One of the first things the op learned was to arouse from deep slumber for his call.
I remember the first job I ever worked, night operator for the Milwaukee Road at Burlington, Wis., in 1901. I'd been on the job only a few nights when one morning just before daylight, I got mighty sleepy and stretched out on the freight desk, with an "Official Guide" making a soft pillow for my head, and was soon sleeping soundly. I dreamed I was walking along a street, and as I passed a store I heard a telegraph instrument tapping out "BU BU BU BY" which was my office call. I thought, "Gosh! I'd better go in there and answer that. It's my call!" The next thing I knew, I was tumbling off that desk onto my feet as I realized that the Beliot dispatcher was hammering out slowly "BU BU BU BU DS."
I dove for the telegraph desk.
I have had this same dream, or one very much like it, many times since on similar occasions. Other old time ops report having had identical experience. Seldom would we get deep enough in the hay to fail to recognize the familiar sounder call. There's not much excuse for lightening slingers to drowse on an eight hour shift nowadays, but should a man working the late night, or third, trick in the heat of Summer, slip off to dreamland between trains, the telephone bell is, perhaps, not the equal of the old repeated Morse call to arouse him from slumber.
Perhaps you have sat in some wayside depot waiting- room and listened to the clatter of the instruments in the telegraph office and wished you could understand what was passing over the wire. But missing now from the chorus of clicking sounders is the loudest one of all, the sounder of the train dispatcher's wire. What you would hear now, if you could read them, would be the message wire and the commercial wire, carrying private telegrams. Gone is the hottest and fastest of them all, the sounder with the mysterious abbreviations and language of its own, which every student aspired to read. When a student could read the train wire his education was complete; he was a full-fledged op.
In 1900 I was an apprentice at the CMStP&P depot in Elkhorn, Wis. George Hayes was the daylight operator there. In addition to his regular duties, he had the job of teaching two students, Bill Jordan and I. Both of us were green farm hands. I don't know how dumb I was as a ham1, but I do remember that Mr. Hayes was in despair over Bill. We both did learn, however. I became a boomer2 op, and the last I heard of Bill Jordan he was the chief dispatcher for some Western pike.
I was given night work with the night man, a short, fat little Irish3 fellow named Eddie Uinane. Eddie was a prince. He used to send to me faithfully an hour or so every night when he wasn't too busy, but he was a rotten sender. The boys along the line had a hard time reading him. But I got accustomed to the funny twists he put on his Morse, and I had no trouble. Later on, when I was working along the line on the extra board, if some op had to copy Eddie and I was around he'd make me sit in and take Eddie's dots and dashes.
Meanwhile, I put in about six months with Eddie, showing up when he did at six p.m. and quitting at one a.m. I was beginning to get discouraged. I could read words off the Western Union commercial wire pretty well, but I couldn't get used to those "cut" words used by the dispatchers, even though I listened faithfully, trying to separate the characters and make sense of them.
I'll never forget that winter night when I opened the waiting room door, hustled over to the huge coal stove to thaw out, and heard the big train-wire sounder in the office rattling away. I listened a moment, when -- just like that-- I could read the language! Boy was I tickled! What previously had been a jumble of sounds was now clear to me. When Eddie came in a few minutes later, I had the joyous news for him that I could read the train wire, and he seemed as pleased as I was.
After that, I was more anxious than ever to perfect myself. One day George Hayes said to me: "Kid, I'm going to give you a note to W.H. Melchoir, the chief train dispatcher at Beliot, and send you over to take your examination. Eddie says you have your block rules learned okay and you can read the train wire. They need operators and you are good enough to start out."
Next day I rode the morning local passenger train to Beliot. Mr. Melchoir examined me and sent me to Burlington to work that very night. There was no physical or standard rules examination at that time, but you had to know the block rules. You had to know how to ask the man east of you for a "47" before you let an eastbound train into the block, etc. A "block" was the stretch of track between your office and his, and "47" meant "Will hold all westbound trains until your train arrives."
Because the Morse train dispatcher had to work fast in order to keep his trains moving, there came into use so many abbreviations that if, as you sat in the wayside station waiting-room listening to the sounders, you could have read every letter that was
passing over the train wire, you still would have been unable to know what was going on, unless you understood the code. You might have heard the dispatcher
and the op converse as follows: "Sa wn x w cmg ma hv 9 r tm." snaps the dispatcher. {Say when extra west train is coming. I may have orders for them.}
"A rt tnk c tr smk no," returns the op. "Es hr ty cm ty in ste nw." {All right, I think I see their smoke now. Yes, here they come. They are in sight now.}
"U gt nytng r em." asks the DS. {Have you got anything for them?}
"Es abt 15 m wk," replies the operator. {Yes, about 15 minutes work.}
"OK 31 cy 3 r em & let me kw hw mch wk ty gt at DR b4 c clr em ma hv to chg tt meet wi 42 No 7s ab 20 mi I'll hnd hm sm ti on tm at DR." {Okay. Make 3 copies on a 31 order for them and let me know how much work they've got at Darien before you clear them. May have to change that meet with number 42. Number 7 is about twenty minutes late. I'll hand him some time on them at Darien.}
Hour after hour, with occasional periods of rest, twenty-four hours a day, the sounder rattled on. Few words were spelled out in train movement conversation, as this language -- the "cut" language of the old Morse train wire -- clicked over the line.
All railroad offices with telephone dispatcher's wire equipment have a Morse circuit to fall back on in case of trouble on the phone wire. The young operators dread this. If they happen to be working with an old Morse dispatcher, they are in hot water trying to read his abbreviated instructions. To a veteran, however, it's the old familiar code.
Morse men admit that the telephone, like the typewriter, makes for greater efficiency. It standardizes operations, saves time and work, and diminishes the hazards of the iron trail. But we of the old school miss the romance of the earlier days of rugged individualism when you reached for a brass key instead of a black telephone receiver, and were proud of the bold, rapid, flowing strokes with which you wrote your train orders by hand.
And if a tobacco-chewing boomer op were suddenly yanked out of the dim past and put to work on a teletype machine, his consternation would be equaled only by his profanity. Teletypes are doing their bit to make Morse a dead language. So far, you'll find 'em on only a few of the big roads. The latest pike to install this system is the Erie, which is now using teletype machines for their consist and passing report systems.
As every rail knows the "consist" of a freight train includes all of its car numbers, listed in order, beginning at the head end. For each carload are shown contents, tons, destination, route (including other roads, if any such are needed to take the car to its destination), and sometimes the name of the consignee. Ventilation, refrigeration, or heating instructions are shown for perishable freight, and when livestock was last fed and rested.
All this information, in the case of the Erie, is transmitted by teletype to the company's general offices at Chicago, Cleveland, and New York, and to the district office at Jersey City, NJ, immediately after hotshot freights have left the yards. There, centralized tracing bureaus use the information to answer quickly all shipper and receiver inquiries about the movement of cars -- inquiries that in days gone by were answered with the aid of Morse conversation.
A friend on the Erie tells me that when his company adopted teletypes for its consist and passing report systems, last March, it converted 845 miles of telegraph wire to printer circuits, making a total of 2320 miles of these circuits now in operation on the Erie. Of this total, he says, 2075 miles are equipped with duplex apparatus over which messages or consists can be sent in both directions at the same time.
Morse experts concede that the telephone, the typewriter and the teletype seldom fail and, as I pointed out, do the work more easily and more rapidly. Few train dispatchers and ops would go back to the obsolete system if they could.
But now and then you'll run across a mellow old boomer who sighs for the snappy Morse dialogue on the dispatcher's wire that is fast becoming a lost language.
1 - In this context, the term "ham" means a new employee, and / or a trainee. 2 - "Boomer ops" commanded high salaries due to the shortage of trained telegraphers during the era of rapidly expanding rail lines, and these ops jumped from job to job following the "booms" for ever higher pay. 3 - No Political Correctness in 1940 !!!
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Gujarat No. 2 in Group A after beating toppers Punjab
Gujarat 266 (Juneja 42, Gohel 41, Sandeep 4-40) and 232 (Juneja 79, Kalaria 33*, Ladda 4-112) beat Punjab 268 (Kaul 93, Mandeep 66, Dhurv 3-51) and 193 (Dhurv 5-76)
Gujarat scored a crucial win over Group A table-toppers Punjab at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Valsad. Punjab would have backed themselves to chase 231 for victory, but were bowled out for 193 and fell short in what was shaping up to be a thrilling finish. Left-arm spinning allrounder Rakesh Dhurv picked up eight wickets in the match, including five in the second innings.
Punjab were on the back foot almost from the outset, losing their openers with just 11 on the board. Mandeep Singh made 42 but was short of support and Punjab slipped to 69 for 5. Gurkeerat Singh and Amitoze Singh stretched the score to 112 during their sixth-wicket stand, but Gujarat made inroads again. Dhurv removed Gurkeerat, Siddarth Kaul and Harbhajan Singh in a space of four runs. Punjab gave Gujarat a scare, though, with the last-wicket pair of Sarabjit Ladda and Sandeep Sharma putting together 63, but Dhurv bowled Sandeep to complete his five-for and seal victory for Gujarat. Punjab still lead the table, and Gujarat are second on 21 points.
Rajasthan 299 (Menaria 103) and 234 for 9 decl. (Chouhan 76, Saxena 65) drew with Saurashtra 228 (Makvana 54, Jackson 54, Pankaj 5-61) and 217 for 5 (Kotak 54) need another 295 runs to beat
Saurashtra began the day with intent, going after the remaining 295 runs, but they pulled the shutters after they lost their fifth wicket. Having settled for just the one point, Saurashtra are now placed fifth in Group A, but only three points behind Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, who are joint-third.
Saurashtra had promoted Shitanshu Kotak and Sheldon Jackson on the third evening, and they set up a good platform through 73 runs in 22.3 overs. Cheteshpar Pujara, though, failed to make an impact for the second time in the match, and fell for 24. Kotak followed soon, and Saurashtra were now struggling at 129 for 3.
Shah counterattacked now with a 35-ball 34, but Saurashtra lost two wickets together. From 164 for 5, Kamlesh Makvana and Aarpit Vasavavda shut shop, and added 53 in 27.2 overs.
Hyderabad 337 (Ashish Reddy 82, Kartik 4-88) and 196 for 8 decl. (Bhandari 57*) drew with Railways 213 (Shinde 5-78) and 280 for 7 (Bhille 65*, Ojha 4-95)
By setting them 321 in 70 overs, Hyderabad didn't leave Railways much time to go for six points, which they desperately needed, but Railways made a fist of it before having to settle for a draw. The one point left Railways at 15 points, well behind the contenders, but not quite out of the tournament. With nine points from seven games, Hyderabad have no chance of progressing.
Kamal Sharma and Mahesh Rawat scored quick 48s to give Hyderabad nervous moments, but Pragyan Ojha accounted for both of them to set the chase back. Nitin Bhille played the anchor role, and scored an unbeaten 65 to ensure Railways salvaged the one point.


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Game Boy child electrocuted in Thai hotel
Tragic accident, local police report
A seven-year-old British boy has been killed in Thailand after being electrocuted during an attempt to plug the mains-charger for his Nintendo Game Boy into a hotel power socket.
The incident took place on Saturday, but details have only now been released following an investigation carried out by local police. The victim was named as Connor O'Keefe, 7.
Officers said the boy's death was an accident caused because Connor was still wet after a dip in the pool of the hotel at which he and his parents were staying. Police believe he either plugged in the power adaptor or attempted to remove it. Either way, water from his body made contact with the electricity supply with fatal consequences.
Police said the boys hotel, the Sunset Beach Hotel in Patong Beach, Phuket, was not to blame for the accident. ®


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Houston attorney who represents Anthony Graves disbarred
Robert S. Bennett, the attorney representing exonerated death row inmate Anthony Graves, has been disbarred after a fee dispute with another client, according to court records.
A specially assigned judge held a three-day trial in a Harris County courtroom last week before siding with representatives of the State Bar of Texas who said Bennett violated rules of professional conduct.
State District Judge Carmen Kelsey found that Bennett kept money from a $50,000 retainer that he did not earn and strung out litigation by repeatedly trying to appeal a final judgment.
In court, Bennett denied the allegations. Neither he nor his attorney returned calls for comment.
The judge ordered Bennett to return $27,500 to Gary Land, a former client. Another judge has ruled that Bennett pay $26,000 for his attorney's expenses, said Land's attorney Nick Oweyssi.
The order, signed Friday, also immediately prohibits Bennett from the practice of law. He is expected to appeal the ruling.
Bennett had been representing Graves, an exonerated Texas death row inmate who has filed a state bar grievance asking the state bar to discipline the prosecutor who wrongfully convicted him of capital murder.
Graves said Wednesday that he supports Bennett and believes the lawyer will win his appeal.
"It's an injustice and I'm confident he'll win the appeal," Graves said. Graves testified that Bennett helped him file a grievance against Charles Sebesta pro bono.
Graves, who was convicted in the 1992 murder of 45-year-old Bobbie Davis, her 16-year-old daughter and her four grandchildren, was released on Oct. 27, 2010, more than 18 years after his conviction.


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In 1993, the herd was used by Rubeus Hagrid to teach his Gryffindor and Slytherin Third years about Hippogriffs. They were kept in a large paddock during the lesson[1].
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- Hippogriff with bronze coat
- Hippogriff with pinkish roan coat
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Friday, December 13, 2013 - Vladimir and Milan - SCREEN TEST - FULL CONTACT
Vladimir and Milan - SCREEN TEST - FULL CONTACT
We persuaded the very sexy Milan Hornik to come in for a screentest, and paired him up with Vladimir Kruty. Vladimir has a brief chat with Milan and then leans over and starts to kiss him. Milan reaches to feel Vladimir's hot body as they kiss. Vladimir soon as Milan's jeans open and off so that he can suck on his cock. He sucks that cock a little and then goes back to kissing Milan as he wanks him. With Milan's cock growing to its full length Vladimir goes back down and sucks on it. He sucks and wanks, taking the cock in his mouth, down to the base. Milan reaches to grope Vladimir through his underwear. Then Vladimir gets on his knees, cock out and Milan takes it in his mouth. His own cock is rock hard as he sucks on Vladimir's. Then they swap over so that Vladimir can suck some more, but only for a while as he is soon on his knees and feeding his dick back into Milan's mouth. After sucking Vladimir lifts his legs in the air and Milan shows that he is up for rimming that hot hole. Not only rimming though, soon he has his hard cock deep in that ass. He wanks Vladimir as he fucks him nice and deep. Vladimir moves onto his knees, with Milan fucking him from behind. Vladimir's cock stays hard as he gets fucked good and hard. Then it is back to missionary position for Milan to fuck him some more. He wanks Vladimir to a massive eruption of cum as he fucks him deep. Then Milan needs to cum as well. He pulls out and shoots his cum right up Vladimir's hot body. They kiss again and then go to clean up after a wonderful screentest.
... more about Vladimir and Milan - SCREEN TEST - FULL CONTACT further in this newsletter
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We paired Filip Cervenka with Jarmil Sladky in a very good duo. Jarmil is just out of the shower as Filip is waiting for him, in the kitchin. They have to decide on breakfast, but the discussion doesn't go far as they begin to kiss. As they do so Jarmil's towel drops and Filip takes hold of his cock. Filip also removes his jeans, so they are both naked as they kiss. Jarmil reaches down to rub Filip's cock. Then Filip goes down on his knees and sucks on Jarmil's stiff dick. His mouth works well on that cock, his head bobbing up and down on it. Then he comes off the cock, to lick Jarmil's balls before resuming. Filip's cock is rock hard as he suck. He stands up and kisses Jarmil again and then sits on a chair. Jarmil drops to his knees and takes a turn at sucking. Filip's cock is big and hard as Jarmil's mouth wraps around it. He licks up and down on the shaft and sucks the big head. Jarmil then moves, to lay on the table so that Filip can suck him again. After sucking a while Jarmil gets up again and Filip bends over, resting on the table. Jarmil's dick slides deep into Filip's waiting hole and fucks him nice and deep. That ass opens up good to take Jarmils throbbing cock. Jarmil then sits on the chair and Filip slides his ass over that cock riding up and down on it. As he rides Filip wanks his own rock hard cock. He keeps up the wanking, getting faster and faster as he bounces up and down on Jarmil's cock. As he wanks he moans and soon shoots his cum. Breathing heavily he milks all the cum out of his cock and then lays on the table again, so that Jarmil can fuck him some more. Jarmil fucks that hot ass, his cock going in nice and deep. His fucking gets faster and he pulls out and dumps his cum over one of Filip's legs. Filip then stands and they kiss again, all thoughts of breakfast forgotten.
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We have a host of great shoots today, beginning with Milan Hornik's Screentest, with Vladimir Kruty. Then we have Ivan Mraz in a most special helping hand. That is followed by Filip Blazej in his session stills and we finish with a backstage video of a scene featuring Borek Sokol and Robert Drtina.
We have a very good selection of castings too, with Dominik Lachtanik, Billy Zapad and Igor Vesely. They all look very good indeed, but most impressive is Igor with his magnificent body, so he will be my pick of today.
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New Season Announced For Theatre Victoria
The 36th season for Theatre Victoria has been announced and will prove to be it's most exciting and diverse season yet!
By popular demand, Theatre Victoria will perform "Annie," according to a news release from the theater. The iconic musical is scheduled to run July 20-28 with single tickets going on sale Monday, June 18. In October, the theater will present "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson. The award-winning play opened on Broadway in 1979. The play is scheduled to run from Oct. 19-27. The New Year brings the '50's pop musical "The Marvelous Wonderettes," by Roger Bean, running Feb. 15-23. This show is set in 1958 Springfield High School Prom, where the four main characters have big dreams. The audience will have a chance to watch their lives unfold. The play uses classic songs from the era, such as "Lollipop" and "Dream Lover." The comedy, "Caught in the Net," by Ray Cooney, will conclude the season and is scheduled to run April 19-27. A two-timing cab driver named John Smith has two separate families. The situation gets complicated when two half-siblings meet in a chat room.
In addition to the plays and musicals, Theatre Victoria will host events geared for young people. The season kicks off with its 8th Annual T3 - Triple Threat Theatre Summer Camp in two sessions. The Headliners session, for children ages 9 and older, will be Monday through Friday and The Stars of Tomorrow session for children ages 4-8 will be from June 11-15.
The Headliners will present Disney's "The Jungle Book, Kids" and "Winnie the Pooh, Kids," on Saturday. General admission ticket price is $7.
Fall acting classes for the Youth Academy will be held in a 10-week session starting in September. The spring academy, also a 10-week session, will start in early 2013.
Theatre Victoria's board of governors, staff and volunteers are planning some new, enhanced and returning special events for October, December and January.
The season and flex pass subscriptions are now on sale. All of the performances and education programs will continue to be held at the Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts.
For more information about Theatre Victoria and any of its events, call the Welder Center Box Office 361-570-8757 or visit their website at theatrevictoria.org.


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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Birth Day Cake
I recently had a birthday. It was a very good day with lots of well wishes, cards, presents, and a cake. But it started me thinking about what an odd thing it is to celebrate your birthday. You are queen (or king) for a day with no chores, no hassles, just your choice of cake, your choice of dinner, and presents (at least, that's how it works in our family.)
So what is it the birthday girl (or guy) did to deserve all this attention? Arrive. Yup, that's basically it. You just show up, take a breath, and all of a sudden you're a super star. But who made it all possible? Who put in the work to make it happen? That's right, the mother. 9 months of pregnancy, up to 3 days of labor, excruciating pain, possible surgery, and she gets nada.
Why doesn't the mother get the credit and recognition every year? She's the one who should get the cake. She should also get to retell the birth story every year, in graphic detail, including how long the labor was, how much it hurt, and how many stitches were required. And the baby that she birthed should give her a thank-you gift every year.
Since my mother lives in another state, I couldn't share my birthday cake with her. Which is too bad, because it was really nice. I usually go with a chocolate overload cake, but this year I wanted something a little lighter. I had some nice, ripe mangos on the counter, so I chose a recipe that combined layers of sponge cake with a delicious mango mousse. Topped off with fresh mango puree, it was lovely.
Sorry you couldn't have a slice, Mom. Thanks for giving me life. Oh, and there's a little something for you at The King's English. :-)
Mango Mousse Cake
- adapted from Sky High - Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/3 cups cake flour
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and slightly warm
Rum Syrup:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup light rum
Mango Mousse:
2 cups diced mango, from 4 or 5 mangoes
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup plus 1-1/2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp unflavored gelatin powder
2 Tbsp light rum
1 cup heavy cream
1- Preheat the oven to 350 deg. F. Line the bottoms of three 8-inch cake pans with rounds of parchment paper. Place a large bowl and beaters from a hand-held electric mixer in the freezer.
2- Place the eggs in a large heatproof bowl. Gradually beat in the sugar and the vanilla. Set over a pan of simmering water and whisk constantly until all the sugar dissolves and the eggs are warmer than body temperature. Remove from the heat and, with the mixer on medium-high, whip the eggs until very fluffy and stiff enough so that a slowly dissolving ribbon forms from the dripping batter when the beaters are lifted.
3- Sift the flour and return it to the sifter. Carefully sift about a third of the flour over the top of the eggs. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold it in. Repeat with the remaining flour, folding just until blended evenly. Drizzle the melted butter over the batter and gently fold it in. Divide the batter between the three prepared cake pans.
4- Bake the layers for 12 to 14 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer the pans to wire racks and let the layers cool completely in the pans. To unfold, run a butter knife around the rims to gently release the edges of the cakes. Tap them out gently and remove the paper on the bottom of each layer.
5- In a small saucepan combine the sugar, lime juice, and water for the rum syrup. Cook over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Boil until the syrup is reduced to 1/2 cup. Remove from the heat and add the rum.
6- Place the mango chunks in a medium saucepan. Add the water, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 10 to 15 min. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
7- Transfer the cooled mangoes, along with any liquid in the pan, to a food processor or blender. Puree until smooth. Remove 1/2 cup of the mango puree, stir in 1-1/2 Tbsp of the sugar, and set aside for garnish. Place the remaining mango puree in a large bowl.
8- Put the gelatin in a small glass or ceramic dish. Add the rum and let soften for about 5 minutes. With a microwave on low, heat the gelatin until dissolved, 10 to 15 seconds.
9- Whisk the gelatin and remaining 1/3 cup sugar into the mango puree until the sugar dissolves.
10- In the large chilled bowl, whip the cream until stiff. Using a rubber spatula, fold the cream into the sweetened mango puree.
11- To assemble the cake, place one cake layer on a cake stand or serving plate, flat side up, and soak it with 1/4 cup of the Rum Syrup. Spread one 1/3 of the Mango Mousse over the layer evenly. Repeat with the second cake layer, using another 1/4 cup syrup and another 1/3 of the mousse. Add the last cake layer. Soak this with the last of the syrup and mousse. Chill for about an hour, to allow the mousse to set up. Garnish with chopped mangoes, if desired.
8 comments:
- Adam said...
Happy belated Lynn :). I always feel bad for my mother when I think about what I put her through, two weeks late, doctors trying to induce birth for days, then finally no choice but surgery. Yeah, harsh. But then again, she gets the joy of me as a son, that's gotta be worth something right? :).. hahahaha :). The cake looks awesome and insanely light, definitely a great summer cake. I'm going to have to keep this in mind for my mother's birthday next year :).
- August 10, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- bellini said...
Belated Happy Birthday Lynn!!!This looks like a nice light cake that I would not feel guilty about having two small slices!
- August 10, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Kenni said...
I had a teacher who told us we should buy flowers for our mothers on our birthdays. I like the concept behind that. Hope you enjoyed your birthday!
- August 11, 2011 at 4:47 AM
- kickpleat said...
Hope you had a wonderful birthday! And that the sun most likely came 'round too (yay August!).
- August 11, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- hobby baker said...
Oh I hope you had a great birthday! I got a good chuckle over telling the birth story every year... :D
Love your light pick for a cake, looks luscious.
- August 11, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Rachel @ Not Rachael Ray said...
Happy (belated) Birthday! That cake looks amazing!
- August 12, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Shannon Riley said...
Delicious! :D
- August 13, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- grace said...
how kind of you to acknowledge your mother on your special day, though you write the truth--it's her special day, too! :)
unique cake, this. i'd like a slab for sure.
- August 15, 2011 at 1:22 AM


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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2006 Media Releases
TierOne Bank Foundation, World's Foremost Bank to match contributions for fourth consecutive year
Mayor Coleen J. Seng announced today that the Lincoln Cares program will help fund eight projects across the community in 2006, including an addition to the Nature Center Prairie Building in Pioneers Park. Lincoln Cares is a community donation program that gives Lincoln Electric System (LES) customers an opportunity to voluntarily add one dollar to their bill payments each month for projects not included in the City budget.
"The Nature Center is a City treasure that has served the community, including thousands of school children, for more than a decade," said Mayor Seng. "The Prairie Building addition project will provide more classroom and exhibit space to further expand the Nature Center's ability to teach visitors about Nebraska's natural environment, its creatures, plants and their habitats."
Donations to Lincoln Cares will provide $25,000 to strengthen the $398,000 grant application to the Nebraska Environmental Trust for the addition. Other funding partners of the Prairie Building project include the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, the Lincoln Public Schools Foundation, the Friends of the Pioneers Park Nature Center, the Lincoln Parks Foundation and LES.
In addition to the Prairie Building project, Lincoln Cares will help fund a Sherman Field Baseball Plaza, a shelter at Woods Park, renovation of the historic Rose Garden in Antelope Park, the North 27th Street MoPac Trail Bridge, swimming and recreation program scholarships, a new outdoor adventures program for youth and the Green Team youth employment program. A complete listing of the projects is attached.
For the fourth consecutive year, Lincoln Cares will receive matching funds from TierOne Bank Foundation and World's Foremost Bank (Cabela's VISA credit card operation). From its inception in February 2003 through December 31, 2005, LES customers have donated $232,671 to the Lincoln Cares program. About 6,563 LES customers donate to the program every month.
TierOne Bank Foundation and World's Foremost Bank have provided a 50-cent match for every dollar contributed, up to $30,000 each. The total corporate contribution to Lincoln Cares, from February 2003 through December. 31, 2005 equals $180,000. Total individual and corporate donations to Lincoln Cares since February 2003 is $412,671.
"Lincoln Cares is a wonderful example of a public-private partnership that is making our community a better place to live," said Mayor Seng. "I want to thank TierOne Bank Foundation and World's Foremost Bank for contributing to this program since its inception. Their participation means that every dollar donated by our citizens essentially doubles."
Since 2003, Lincoln Cares has provided funds for the recently completed Nebraska State Liberty Bell Shelter in Antelope Park; restoration of the Four Wars Memorial and Pioneer Woman sculptures; the Sunken Gardens renovation; the acquisition of prairie and grasslands at Pioneers Park Nature Center; the Park Middle School Teen Center; air conditioning at the Ager Play Center and the Bethany Park Shelter; the Green Team youth employment program; and Parker's Pals swim and recreation program scholarships for low-income youth.
"TierOne is very proud to be one of the original sponsors of the Lincoln Cares program," said Roger Ludemann, Executive Vice President of TierOne Bank. This will be our fourth year of involvement through our TierOne Bank Foundation, and we are very committed to the long-term success of the program."
"The World's Foremost Bank is pleased to once again be a corporate sponsor for Lincoln Cares," said Tom Boatman, Chief Operating Officer and Interim President of World's Foremost Bank. "The many projects and programs that have been completed would most likely not have occurred without Lincoln Cares. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabela's, we are especially excited to be a part of the 2006 scholarship program to promote outdoor activities. The success of Lincoln Cares shows that Lincoln truly does care."
"We are very thankful for everyone who supports this program," said Lynn Johnson, Director of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department. "With our tight budget, this program allows us to go the extra mile to keep the parks system one of the jewels of Lincoln."
To donate to Lincoln Cares, LES customers can add one dollar to their bill payments each month. Those who pay LES through automatic bank billing can add Lincoln Cares to their payments each month by calling LES at 475-4211. Automatic bank bill customers may discontinue their voluntary contributions to Lincoln Cares at anytime by notifying LES.
For more information on Lincoln Cares, contact the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department at 441-8264 or see the City's Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: cares).
Addition to the Nature Center Prairie Building at Pioneers Park - $25,000.
Parker's Pals Swim Program Scholarships - $10,000.
Parker's Pals Recreation Program Scholarships - $10,000.
Outdoor Adventures Program for Youth (new) - $30,000.
Green Team - $6,000.
Woods Park Shelter - $15,000.
Sherman Field Baseball Plaza - $25,000.
Renovation of the Antelope Park Rose Garden - $10,000.
Parks and Recreation staff also are proposing to establish a collection of hardy landscape roses in the strolling garden northeast of the existing rose display garden. This garden will provide visitors with an opportunity to view hardy landscape roses well suited for growing in the typical home landscape. Groups of roses will be planted with complementary ornamental grasses and flowering perennial plants. The initial planting of hardy landscape roses was funded in 2005 by a generous donation from HWS Consulting Group.
North 27th Street MoPac Trail Bridge - $6,000.


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