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General Gameplay | Management | The Movies | Stars | Relationships | Staff | The Charts | The Sets | Your Studio Lot | Technology | Script and Dialogue | Final Film | Money and Budget | Competition |
Is there an ending in the game?
The game starts in the early 1920s and will go on until 2005. But the game won't stop there, as you can keep playing for as long as you like with all of the game's technology unlocked and available to you to play around with.
So what do I have to do exactly?
There are three major aspects to The Movies, though you're free to choose your level of involvement in each. These are
Running your own movie studio
Creating and managing your superstars
Creating and editing your own movies
On which formats will the game be released?
The Movies will be available this fall for Windows, and will be released for console at a later date.
What game modes will be available?
The Movies comes with a Story Mode and a Sandbox Mode (free play). Story Mode will see you running your movie studio from the early 1920s till 2005 and beyond. Sandbox mode will let you to choose which decade you want to start in. You'll also unlock all of the technology and sets that are available up to the year that your Sandbox game begins.
How do I stay in touch with everything and everyone in my lot?
With so much going on and so many Stars to look after, you could be forgiven for feeling somewhat intimidated by the idea of trying to keep track of everything and everyone. Don't be. The game's interface has been specifically designed to make every option, every action just one or at the very most two small mouse clicks away.
Icons for all your movie Stars can be found in a vertical column down the left hand side of your screen, meaning you'll never be at odds when trying to track them down to find out what they're thinking or doing.
You can also easily access all of the information you need regarding your staff and studio rankings from clearly laid out Charts, which once again, are just a single mouse click away.
Can I control time in the game, like pausing it?
There are three time controls: Pause, Play and Fast Forward. Pausing the game will allow you to deal with any emergencies in your Studio, without wasting precious movie-making time. If you're the impatient type and don't fancy waiting around as buildings are constructed, then you can speed up time with an easy to reach fast forward button. Pressing Play will return the game to its normal playing speed.
One of the main driving forces behind The Movies is the idea that anyone can be made into anything. Certain characters will of course be more adept at certain tasks such as scriptwriting, acting or researching new technologies, but there'll be nothing stopping you from taking a lowly lot sweeper and trying to turn them into a movie Star or vice versa.
When it comes to customizing your existing stars, you'll find that you can play around with their looks a great deal in your studio's Makeover Department, by changing their clothes, hairstyles, makeup, jewelry and even tattoos. Each Star's appearance will also depend on the decade in which they live in, so don't go expecting to see actresses wearing belt-thin miniskirts in the gentile early 1900s.
How are you handling each Star's portraits, bios etc?
As your Stars' career progresses, you'll find their biographies changing to reflect their movie triumphs and failures, as well as their habits, vices and relationships with other Stars. They will each have their own history of behaviour, such as getting caught in by press while drunk, picking fights, or engaging in late night shenanigans. What's more, each character's physique and appearance will change over time thanks to the game's revolutionary morphing technology.
Why should I make movies?
While there are many different things you can do in The Movies, fundamentally, the game is about making films. For starters, the only way you can make money and raise the profile and reputation of your stars and company is by creating movies.
However, it won't simply be a case of randomly releasing a movie and hoping for the best. You'll have to keep an eye out for predictions about what the public will want to see in the near future, or even right here and now. You'll also have to make sure that you cast the right actors for each movie, keep the egotists in check and ensure that everyone gets along. The success of your movies will then influence your position in the Studio Charts and provide you with more money to make better and more technologically advanced movies.
Will it be possible to win a prize for my movie?
You're not only competing for a Best Movie award, but also for Best Studio and Best Actor awards. Every five years there'll be an Awards Ceremony, and depending on your Studio and Star rankings in the Charts you'll be able to win prizes. Star Awards will include Best Director, Best Actor and Best Newcomer, while Movie Awards will be presented for Best Script and Best Movie. There'll even be an award for Best Studio Lot and a studio's Overall Movie Quality.
What codec is used in the rendering?
When your movie is finished all sounds and texts are in - you'll have to render it to make it a video file. The movie will be rendered with the WMV9-codec, which is the best option for streaming. After rendering you can upload the file to The Movies website for others to watch and rate.
Am I supposed to make trailers or mini movies or
There has been some confusion about this issue, so lets clear this one up now. In The Movies you get to make movies, not trailers. Conversely, if you wish to make a trailer for one of your movies to email to your friends, then you'll be able to cut certain parts in order to create a fully functioning trailer.
Which genres of movies will I be able to make?
There'll be five main movie genres in the game: Action, Comedy, Romance/Drama, Horror and Sci-Fi. However, these merely act as guides, meaning you'll easily be able to create sub-genres such as dramatic war movies or hilarious romantic comedies.
What are the ways of making a movie?
There are two ways to make a movie. You can put your scriptwriters into a Script Office to write a script for a certain genre. The other way is to write your own script with the Advanced Movie Maker.
Can I write my own script and/or scenario?
When you build a Script Office you can drop up to five scriptwriters into it to write a script for a certain genre. You can assign your writers to work on a one, two, three or four-star script (the higher the better, but also more expensive). You can then edit any script - as it's being filmed - by dropping it into the Advanced Movie Maker.
What do I do in the Advanced Movie Making (AMM) facility?
Everything! The AMM is where you customize your movie by creating your own script and making all of the decisions for your final movie. You can pick your Stars, assign roles and put them in costume. In addition, you can choose sets, props and weather and sound effects.
What if a movie star gets too ugly and/or out of shape?
If you have the money you can send your star to get some liposuction or plastic surgery. These procedures will help add a few more years to a star's youthful looks, but they won't be able to beat time forever.
Will there be child actors available, or actors of different heights?
There are currently no children actors in the game and all characters will be the same height in order to allow each and every one of them to be subject to the game's revolutionary morphing technology, which allows them to age, gain or lose weight and build muscle.
How many Stars do I have to take care of?
Movie stars are notoriously hard to manage, which is why you'll want to limit yourself to somewhere between six and twelve. Of course you can have as many as you like, but the more you'll have, the harder it'll be to keep them all happy. In addition to Stars, you also have extras who are far less demanding and far more autonomous then your egotistical megastars.
Do my actors have voices?
Your actors don't have any voices per se, but you'll be able to put your own recorded voices (be it you, your friends or your family) in the game for each and every actor. And thanks to our cutting edge lip-synching technology, each actor will actually mouth the exact words you've recorded for them.
Do the actors demand anything in return for their talents?
Most definitely. Your stars need to be kept happy as their mood affects the success and quality their acting, and their reliability. They need to be able to relax, have a drink or go to a restaurant. The more successful the actor, the more they'll demand from you, like bigger trailers and their own entourage. If they get really famous they may even demand to play only leading roles and ask for a higher salary.
What kind of problems might I experience with my stars?
T hey can develop drinking or eating problems, requiring you to send them to rehab to either beat the booze or shed some unwanted pounds. Overeaters can also be sent to get liposuction to shed excess blubber.
Do I get to choose who I hire?
Yes! The more prestige your studio has, the more people will be willing to work for you. And hiring and assigning people to certain jobs and roles is just a simple case of picking them up and dropping in a building of your choice, be it a Scriptwriting Office, Stage School, Research Facility or Crew Facility. It's that easy. Each job will have specialist applicants, but ultimately, you'll be able to make anyone into anything.
Will my Stars form relationships?
Absolutely. Actors will be able to forge relationships with one another, be they positive or negative ones. You can watch your stars interacting with each other, and you may find them kissing, cuddling or even throwing punches. If you keep casting the same two stars together in a number of films, you'll find they can develop a friendship, fall in love or even end up hating each other. The way two actors feel towards each other can significantly affect their screen chemistry and performances too.
Do the actors specialize in certain film genres?
Yes. Actors carry a rating for each of the game's five genres. Ratings will increase the more they star in a certain type of movie. So, say you cast a star in horror after horror film. You'll soon see their horror movie experience and ability rocketing. However, try to then cast them in a genre that they have little or no experience in e.g. comedy, and you'll find their performance more than a little lacking.
Are there other ways to improve my actors' abilities?
You can drop your actors into an unused set and they will start practicing the genre meant for that set. So if you drop a Star into an alleyway set, he/she will start improving his/her action movie skills. If you then drop another actor into the same set, they'll start rehearsing together.
Are relationships important when filming?
The relationship that your Stars have will affect their performances on set and could significantly help or hinder the quality of your movie. Casting two Stars together who hate each other will have a negative effect on the film. However, cast two Stars together who like each other and you'll help generate great onscreen chemistry and boost the film's overall quality.
How can I influence a relationship between my stars?
The easiest way of doing this is by dropping one star next to another so they can talk. They may hate each other and start fighting, or maybe they'll get on and chat. They could even fall in love. Each relationship will be forged over a period of time, meaning both friendships and rivalries will intensify. Placing stars who already know each other into restaurants can also help accelerate their bonding.
What different types of staff will be available?
Builders construct and maintain your studio, janitors take care of cleanliness, while camera operators and sound technicians help with the filming of your movies.
Can you hire and fire your staff?
You own the studio, so you can do as you please and that includes hiring and firing your staff. Just pick them up and drop them in a Fire room and they'll be history.
Will there be animals in this game?
There are two types of animal in the game, horses and dogs. They both appear in movie scenes which require them, and they are both conveniently very well behaved. You'll also see flies and butterflies flying around your studio lot too.
What are Extras and what are they used for?
Extras are actors that fill the less important, background roles in movies. They consist of inexperienced but budding movie stars. They can be made into Stars after they have built up their experience levels, but while they remain as extras, they won't require any management or attention from you.
How do I get these Extras?
Extras are predominantly made up of wannabes who queue up outside your Stage School . You can create an extra by picking them up and dropping them in the Create Extra room in your Stage School . Just like Stars and Directors, each wannabe will come replete with their own stats, strengths and weaknesses.
Can I do more with my Extras?
Your extras won't demand anything from you like your Stars do, but they will need to be paid a reasonable salary, depending on their experience. Like Stars, extras will develop an experience rating for every genre, meaning it could be prudent to change an extra into a fully fledged movie Star if they gain a enough experience and show a great deal of promise. To help raise their experience levels, you can drop them on a set so that they can practice rehearsing a certain movie genre.
How many Charts are there?
There are three Charts: Stars, Movies and Studio Performance.
How do I create the number one star in the business?
Treat your Stars like real celebrities and you'll be halfway there. Give them a huge salary, ensure they hook up with a famous partner and furbish them with a big trailer and entourage. However, the most important way of ensuring that your Star becomes number one in the business is by casting them as the lead in blockbuster movies that rake in the cash at the Box Office.
Will my Star always be in The Charts?
Stars enter the Charts as soon as they become Stars and stay there until they either retire or die. This is true for rival studios' Stars as well. Movies will appear in the Movie Charts as soon as they're released.
How do I know what sets to build for my movies?
Certain sets are better for certain types of movies, so building the sets best suited for your next movie is a good idea. After your sets are built, your scriptwriters will write a script that's best suited to the sets you've built.
How many different sets are there?
There are more than 40 sets that you can furbish with new props, backdrops and lighting to create an almost endless amount of set variations if you so wish.
How do I improve the prestige of my studio?
To keep your stars and staff happy in your studio, you'll need a high Lot Prestige rating. The higher it is, the better its position in the Studio Charts will be, which will result in more people wanting to work for you.
Much relies on the look of your studio. You'll have to take care of your buildings so that they don't decay and eventually run into disrepair. Placing down litterbins or hiring more janitors to pick up garbage and clean the paths will help keep your studio tidy, and your stars happy.
Does every member of staff work at the same speed?
To begin with, yes. However, as each worker gains experience, the better and faster they'll be at their jobs. Any member of staff can do a different job around your lot, but it's not that smart to keep switching their roles if you want them to become specialists in one field.
What technology can I use to make my own movies?
When you hire scientists, you can choose what kind of technology they research to improve the quality of your films and make them look more revolutionary. You can choose to research Movie Making Technology, Costumes, Sets (including Backdrops and Props), and Facilities.
What happens after a script is completed?
Before you start shooting your movie, you must drop a completed script into a Casting Office to select your actors, director and crew.
Can I add sound and music during the editing of a movie?
Absolutely. You can even record your own voiceovers for each actor or embellish your movies with some of the great sound effects available to you.
Will I be able to market my movie before I release it?
You can set a marketing budget for each of your movies. There are five spending levels to choose from, ranging from a minimal amount to a huge marketing budget. The higher your marketing spend, the more excited movie goers are likely to get, and as a result, your movie will be far more likely to rake in the big bucks.
Can you hire actors from other studios?
Movie stars from rival studios who want to work for you will queue up outside your Stage School , allowing you to pick them up and hire them if you wish to do so.
Can you win awards in the game?
Awards Ceremonies take place every few years and will awarded to the best studios, movies and stars, depending on their rankings in the Charts. There are many different awards to win, like Best Actor, Movie and Studio. There are also awards for Highest Climber and Best Newcomer.
What does an Award do for you?
The awards accumulated by a stars, movies or studios have an impact on their Chart rankings. This also has various knock-on effects. Stars who win an award will also receive a boost to their mood straight after the Awards Ceremony, but they'll also become more demanding as a result.
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Dunne, Mar 2003, @22.95, 224 pp. ISBN: 0312276621 After ten days visiting her son and his family in California, retired attorney Martha Patterson returns to New York City after an all day trek home. Just wanting to go to sleep in her air conditioned Greenwich Village apartment, Martha finds the cooling device is broken and the hotter than a match stick heat unbearably wilting her brain. Perhaps it is jet lag, a senile moment, or just heat strok...

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Additional Poems by Edwin Markham
Lincoln, Man of the People
When the Norn Mother saw the Whirlwind Hour
Greatening and darkening as it hurried on,
She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down
To make a man to meet the mortal need.
She took the tried clay of the common road
Clay warm yet with the genial heat of earth,
Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy;
Tempered the heap with thrill of human tears;
Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff.
Into the shape she breathed a flame to light
That tender, tragic, ever-changing face.
Here was a man to hold against the world,
A man to match the mountains and the sea.
The color of the ground was in him, the red earth;
The smack and tang of elemental things:
The rectitude and patience of the cliff;
The good-will of the rain that loves all leaves;
The friendly welcome of the wayside well;
The courage of the bird that dares the sea;
The gladness of the wind that shakes the corn;
The pity of the snow that hides all scars;
The secrecy of streams that make their way
Beneath the mountain to the rifted rock;
The tolerance and equity of light
That gives as freely to the shrinking flower
As to the great oak flaring to the wind
To the grave's low hill as to the Matterhorn
That shoulders out the sky.
Sprung from the West,
The strength of virgin forests braced his mind,
The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul.
Up from log cabin to the Capitol,
One fire was on his spirit, one resolve:
To send the keen axe to the root of wrong,
Clearing a free way for the feet of God.
And evermore he burned to do his deed
With the fine stroke and gesture of a king:
He built the rail-pile as he built the State,
Pouring his splendid strength through every blow;
The conscience of him testing every stroke,
To make his deed the measure of a man.
So came the Captain with the mighty heart;
And when the judgment thunders split the house,
Wrenching the rafters from their ancient rest,
He held the ridgepole up, and spiked again
The rafters of the Home. He held his place
Held the long purpose like a growing tree
Held on through blame and faltered not at praise.
And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down
As when a lordly cedar, green with boughs,
Goes down with a great shout upon the hills,
And leaves a lonesome place against the sky.
Online Source: http://www.bartleby.com/104/8.html
A Prayer
Teach me, Father, how to go
Softly as the grasses grow;
Hush my soul to meet the shock
Of the wild world as a rock;
But my spirit, propt with power,
Make as simple as a flower.
Let the dry heart fill its cup,
Like a poppy looking up;
Let life lightly wear her crown
Like a poppy looking down,
When its heart is filled with dew,
And its life begins anew.
Teach me, Father, how to be
Kind and patient as a tree.
Joyfully the crickets croon
Under the shady oak at noon;
Beetle, on his mission bent,
Tarries in that cooling tent.
Let me, also, cheer a spot,
Hidden field or garden grot
Place where passing souls can rest
On the way and be their best.
Online Source: http://www.bartleby.com/104/7.html
The crest and crowning of all good,
Life's final star, is brotherhood;
For it will bring again to Earth
Her long-lost Poesy and Mirth;
Will send new light on every face,
A kingly power upon the race.
And till it come, we men are slaves,
And travel downward to the dust of graves.
Come, clear the way, then, clear the way;
Blind creeds and kings have had their day;
Break the dead branches from the path;
Out Hope is in the aftermath--
Our hope is in heroic men
Star-led to build the world again.
Make way for brotherhood--make way for Man!
Online Source: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/poems/mark01.html
For all your days prepare,
And meet them ever alike:
When you are the anvil, bear--
When you are the hammer, Strike.
He drew a circle that shut me out--
Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
The Avengers
The laws are the secret avengers,
And they rule above all lands;
They come on wool-soft sandals,
But they strike with iron hands.
Online Source: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/poems/mark01.html
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THREE clubs last night plunged on mature talent, pulling in players from the state leagues in part owing to a belief that mature players were a better choice than the young players on offer in the draft.
North Melbourne, Melbourne and Essendon all drafted players in their early twenties, with the Bombers making the surprise selection of 22-year-old mature recruit Dylan Van Unen, who previously played for Box Hill and Frankston in the VFL, at pick No. 51. They followed up by selecting 22-year-old Nick Kommer from East Perth with a later pick.
"Van Unen is a defender who can play tall and small, we think he is the sort of player who can step up and play senior footy straight away for us," Bombers recruiter Adrian Dodoro said.
"We wanted to get two boys who we thought could play for us next year, Nick Kommer is very, very hard. we think we might have got a bit of a smokey there to be honest."
The Bombers also chose Martin Gleeson, who is Jonathan Brown's second cousin and related to Adrian Gleeson, after having been able to secure father-son Joe Daniher with their first pick.
Daniher, the key forward-ruck who might otherwise have been the first player taken in the draft, was also available to Sydney as a father-son pick as his father, Anthony, also played for the Swans, but Daniher chose the Bombers. Watching Daniher being selected by Essendon would have salted the wound for the Swans, smarting after missing Kurt Tippett in the trade period then having him unavailable in the national draft.
North Melbourne likewise picked up two players formerly at other AFL clubs, selecting 23-year-old Daniel Currie who was on the Swans' list for four years with pick No. 56 and Gold Coast Suns midfielder Taylor Hine (pick No. 61), who played eight games in the second half of this year before being delisted.
The Roos also finally secured Ben Jacobs in the draft at No. 37 after they had been unable to secure him from Port Adelaide through the trade period. The deal foundered when North refused to give up more than pick 37 for the player. That proved wise as Jacobs slid through the draft to the second round and the Kangaroos were able to select Jacobs with that pick. Port, however, did not use a pick after 30, so No. 37 would have been redundant for them.
The Demons selected Matt Jones out of the Box Hill VFL side with a third-round pick (No. 52). But other former players failed to find clubs including Daniel Connors and Jason Gram.
Amusingly Melbourne's new recruiter, Todd Viney, got to call out the name of his son, Jack, taken as a father-son selection by the Demons in more ways than one.
Lachie Whitfield, as expected, was taken by Greater Western Sydney with the first of its opening trio of picks, following with Jonathan O'Rourke and Lachie Plowman.
Whitfield said: "It's very humbling, it's something I hold very dear. I am honoured to be the No. 1 selection."
Having voluntarily opted out of the draft's first two rounds due to the draft and salary cap cheating charges against them, Adelaide finally had its pick at No. 62. It was their recruiter Hamish Ogilvie's first draft in charge of recruiting and he chose Tasmanian Sam Siggins, 19.
The Western Bulldogs with two consecutive picks in the top 10 – No. 5 and 6 – chose Jake Stringer with their first pick. An aggressive and tough midfielder Stringer slipped slightly in the draft after having badly broken his leg and some clubs being alarmed by its impact on his running. Jackson Macrae was the second choice.
After Collingwood declined him as a father-son selection, James Stewart was picked up by Greater Western Sydney with No. 27. Hawthorn re-selected veteran Michael Osborne with a fourth-round pick.
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Aug. 19-Sept. 21 | Vida Sačić exhibits her work at the Catich Gallery. Currently, her research is focused on investigating limits of control vs. chance in process-based work.
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Eighteen Viejo Elementary School students have graduated from a 30-hour reading program. The Literacy Project Foundation has hosted a special ceremony at Viejo Elementary School to congratulate the students with a certificate of achievement and a free book. This winter, the foundation helped 228 struggling readers at no cost in 12 schools throughout the Anaheim, Capistrano Unified and Long Beach school districts.
Volunteers from the Mission Hospital Foundation will be recognized as outstanding volunteers at OneOC's 37th Annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards on April 19. Honorees include Lynn Maioriello of Coto de Caza, who is the president of the auxiliary of Mission Hospital and a member of the foundation board, and Vicki Veal of Rancho Santa Margarita, who has been a volunteer on most event committees at Mission Hospital. Other honorees include: Shawn Wehan, Margarita Solazzo, Ed Jordan, Bill Eldien, Beth Schimmel, Kathleen Krogius and Patti Fukushima.
Clifford McKinley, a longtime Police Services volunteer in Mission Viejo, will be honored during OneOC's 37th Annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards on April 19. He joined Mission Viejo's Senior Community Activity Team in 1991 after working nearly four decades as an inspector for the Department of Agriculture. During his 22 years as a Police Services volunteer, McKinley has dedicated 8,338 hours of service to the community.
Amanda Renee Groendal of Mission Viejo has graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's degree in business administration, concentrating in accounting and statistics. She is a member and past president of Kappa Alpha Theta and Rho Lambda. Groendal, who has accepted a position at the accounting firm of Grant Thornton, is the daughter of Jack and Debra Groendal of Mission VIejo.
Navy Seaman Apprentice Michael Yota, son of Denise and Jeffery Yota of Rancho Santa Margarita, has completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. The eight-week program included: naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. Yota is a 2009 graduate of Capistrano Valley High School of Mission Viejo.
Mission Viejo residents Craig Thomas and Sabrina Paris are part of the cast in the "Impostors of Scapin," a play set up by the Camino Real Playhouse. The show runs through May 5. Tickets are available at 949-489-8082.
Mun Ng, a footwear designer at Oakley in Foothill Ranch and a member of Toastmasters Club Possibilities Unlimited 7368-F in Mission Viejo, has won first place honors as best speaker in the Founders District Division G International Speech Contest. Ng competed against four other contestants to win this honor with his speech "Undeniable." He will compete again on April 20 at the Founders District Conference in Cerritos.
The Soroptimist International of Lake Forest is hosting its annual Bras for A Cause with the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce at 6 p.m. on April 27 at the Norman Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way in Mission Viejo. The theme is Bras of the Rich and Famous. Dinner will be served by the Outback Steakhouse Foothill Ranch and there will be entertainment by comedian Frances Dilorinzo. Money raised will provide free mammograms for uninsured women under 40 and other charity projects by Soroptimist International. For tickets, visit http://lakeforestcachamber.com.
Two volunteers from South County Outreach – Mary Zugmeyer and the Toshiba SCOuts team – will be recognized as outstanding volunteers at OneOC's 37th Annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards on April 19. Zugmeyer has been a volunteer at the food bank for the past eight years, assisting clients with utility assistance. "She has an amazing heart, counseling families who are struggling to pay their bills and working with her fellow volunteers," said Gabrielle Comfort, of South County Outreach. The Toshiba SCOuts is a club of Toshiba employees who are dedicated to hosting food and seasonal drives, fundraisers and other events to support the families in need.
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LANDOVER, MD. – In a career that has spanned six decades, three-time Olympian and 1984 Team USA Olympic flagbearer Ed Burke added two more victories to his resume in winning both the superweight throw and weight throw in the 70-74 year old age division as the USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships kicked off Friday at the Prince St. George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md.
Burke (M73), who won the superweight throw with a mark of 11.57m/37-11.5 and the weight throw with a mark of 18.69m/61.4, is one of a record 1,044 entrants competing in Landover that include 10 Olympians and 30 world champions. Competition continues Saturday and will conclude Sunday. Complete results along with more information on the Masters Indoor Championships can be found here.
Burke wasn't the only athlete placing their names among the best in history at the Masters Indoor Championships. At 95 years of age, Orville Rogers set the world record in the men's 95-99 age group in the 400m with his time of 2:24.51. Meanwhile, Anthony Palazzo (M85) set the American record in the superweight throw (6.14m/20-1) and Charles Allie (M65) set the American record in the 400m (58.81).
The performance for Burke was the latest in a long line of milestones in the sport of track and field. After competing in the hammer throw at both the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, Burke became the first U.S. Olympian to compete in Olympic Games 20 years apart when he qualified for the 1984 Olympic Games at the age of 44 and was selected to carry the American flag during the opening ceremony.
"It is a great honor," Burke said. "But personal bests is what it is about. I'm better when I am striving to beat myself. Even (Friday) when they call your name you are still going to get butterflies. And I still learn something every time."
Burke contributes his longevity in the sport to simply staying healthy.
"I never conceived myself as a world record holder," Burke said, who took 12 years off from the sport between the 1968 and 1984 Olympic Games. "For some reason holding the American record always meant more to me. And I was able to do that for 14 years."
A complete list of Friday's winners can be found below.
Men's winners
Keith Chambers (M34), 54.76; Antwon Dussett (M37), 49.73; Edward Winslow (M43), 51.86; Lee Bridges (M46), 53.55; Chris Faulknor (M50), 55.10; Bennie James (M56), 57.87; Bill Collins (M62), 58.13; Charles Allie (M65 AR), 58.81; Albert Williams (M72), 1:08.11; Robert Lida (M76), 1:08.89; Robert Culling (M81), 1:35.02; Jack Greenwald (M85), 2:09.45; Roy Englert (M90), 2:20.97; Orville Rogers (M95), 2:24.51
3,000m race walk
Andrew Albright (M42), 22:52.03; David Swarts (M47), 13:31.39; Lubi Hernandez Palomino (M52), 17:10.03; David Couts (M57), 15:44.38; Andrew Smith (M63), 16:58.32; Norman Frable (M67), 17:46.68; Joel Dubow (M70), 19:59.64; Charles Boyle (M89), 26:32.91
Brad Byrnes (M33), 10:11.95; Rick Cahoon Jr. (M35), 9:21.17; Kevin Castille (M41), 8:28.55; Brad Barton (M46), 9:03.01; Kevin Miller (M51), 9:11.44; Stephen Chantry (M58), 10:18.99; Nolan Shaheed (M63), 10:39.75; Gary Patton (M67), 10:55.02; Louis Coppens (M70), 13:36.90; Bill Spencer (M77), 13:44.13; John McMahon (M82), 16:23.18; Hugh Campbell (M88), 15:48.61; Roy Englert (M90), 20:02.36; Orville Rogers (M95), 30:19.33
Weight Throw
Ronald Summers (M60), 20.52m/67-4; Paul Economides (M67), 18.30m/60-0; Ed Burke (M73), 18.69m/61-4; Edgar Holmes (M79), 12.32m/40-5; Ray Feick (M80), 12.29m/40-4; Phillip Brusca (M85), 9.99m/32-9; Charles Ross (M90), 4.13m/13-6
Super Weight Throw
Ed Burke (M73), 11.57m/10-2.75; Wayne Sabin (M79), 6.81m/22-4; Ray Feick (M81), 7.01m/23-0; Antonio Palazzo (M85), 6.14m/20-1.75; Charles Ross (M90), 2.32m/7-7
Pole Vault
Don Isett (M73), 3.12m/10-2.75; Joseph Paradine (M77), 2.10m/6-10.75
Women's winners
Lisa Edwards (W34), 1:03.41; Maurellhena Walles (W38), 1:02.04; Tara Smith (W40), 1:06.59; Charmaine Roberts (W45), 1:00.56; Sarah Lawson (W50), 1:06.89; Nilsa Paris (W55), 1:14.74; Susan Loyd (W55), 1:13.40; Jeanne Bowman (W60), 1:20.91; Susan Aberhold (W65), 1:24.27; Jane Simpson (W71), 2:16.16
3,000m race walk
DaBeth Manns (W36), 22:50.02; Rebecca Garson (W48), 18:42.47; Maryanne Daniel (W54), 16:47.39; Sandra DeNoon (W57), 18:46.41; Donna Green (W60), 18:45.76; Sylvia Ellis (W65), 18:30.08; Lois Dicker (W73), 20:31.72
Laura Jennings (W31), 11:59.14; Amy Blanco (W36), 10:42.82; Lisa Ryan (W43), 10:43.26; Lisa Valle (W46), 10:53.00; Mary Swan (W51), 11:46.36; Debbie Lee (W56), 11:50.87; Barbara Broad (W62), 11:58.89; Mary Trotto (W65), 19:18.50; Linda Swenson (W71), 23:43.16
Pole Vault
Sarah Schaft (W32), 2.70m/8-10.25; Helen Croskell (W40), 2.40m/7-10.5; Karen Rieger (W49), 2.25m/7-4.5; Linda Jarjisian (W52), 1.50m/4-11; Lydia Woods (W59), 1.20m/3-11.25; Kay Glynn (W60), 2.55m/8-4.25; Phil Raschker (W66), 1.50m/4-11


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It's 11:22 AM on Memorial Day, just over an hour away from the first pitch of the day fixture of the Diamondbacks' day-night doubleheader, and a beaming Didi Gregorius is signing balls and hats and baseball cards for fans standing above Chase Field's home dugout. As he works his way down the line, he signs a Dutch-lettered poster that is meant to commemorate his first career home run, a first-pitch line drive to Yankee Stadium's right field porch, and then a child's baseball mitt. And then, while already preoccupied with signing a ticket stub, and without warning, the Diamondbacks' prized shortstop is struck near the left jawbone with a ball tossed by a hasty fan.
"Man, that's the second time this year," Gregorius says, laughing and shaking his head.
He wasn't referring to a previous autographing mishap; he was talking about the 93-mph Josh Outman fastball that concussed him on April 26, the day of his 11th career start, and forced him to the seven-day disabled list.
Of being hit in the head then, Gregorius explains, "That was my first time."
At the time, he was rapidly fastening himself to the Diamondbacks' everyday lineup — going 11-for-27 with a 1.226 OPS and two home runs in his first seven games with his new team while playing an excellent shortstop, showcasing a rifle of a right arm. The reviews were coming in quickly and enthusiastically. The fan base was instantly enamored.
He made his way all the way from Willemstad, Curaçao, through the Cincinnati Reds organization and into manager Kirk Gibson's batting order — a six-year journey — and then, in a flash, he was prostrate in a batter's box in downtown Phoenix, more than 3,000 miles from home, his legs waggling upward as Diamondbacks personnel rushed to surround him. Dread glutted the Chase Field aura.
Officially, the injury was called a right temple contusion, but the medical jargon couldn't fully suppress worry.
"My mom saw it happen. I had like 10 missed calls from my family," Gregorius recalled of his post-injury trip back to his locker. "They all wanted to see if I was alright.
"When I finally had a chance, I talked to them. I told them everything was fine, that I just got tested and everything. Of course it was frightening for (my mom), to see her son get hit in the head and get taken out of the game."
The somberness wasn't limited to the Gregorius household. It loomed large in the press box, as well, and bled over to the sports pages of America and Curaçao by the next day. A fresh career, off to such a promising start, was seemingly in the balance.
You couldn't help but wonder — would batter's box distress wreak wreckage on the 23-year-old? Would the hot start be put to a halt because of the errancy of a hard-throwing Rockies reliever?
Not a chance.
"I played a couple of games in extended (spring training)," Gregorius explained of his rehabilitation program, "and I felt comfortable right away."
The proof of that — comfortability — came in his first at-bat back, on May 5, when he sent a 2-1 Edinson Volquez offering to Petco Park's right field stands — a solo shot that ultimately accounted for the Diamondbacks' only run of the game.
A couple of days later, Diamondbacks infielder Cliff Pennington — the guy who was most negatively affected by the emergence of his budding teammate — told his manager that Gregorius was the best player in baseball at the moment.
He may be the most humble, too.
Back in the Diamondbacks dugout on Monday, Gregorius has walked 25 feet to retrieve the ball that hit him in the face. He signs it and tosses it back, nearly completing the autograph line. He takes a seat and sighs.
"It's going to be a long day, huh," I say.
"Yeah, and we fly to Texas tonight," Gregorius says, somehow laughing.
It would be a good flight. After going 0-for-4 in the day end of the Diamondbacks' doubleheader sweep, Gregorius had two of his team's seven hits off of Rangers' pitcher Yu Darvish, who struck out 14 batters in the game. And they weren't bloop singles nor drag bunts. One was a first-inning RBI triple; the other a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth.
Gregorius, it seems, has long been destined to play baseball. He was born in Amsterdam while his father, Johannes, pitched in Honkbal Hoofdklasse, a Dutch professional baseball league. He grew up sharing a middle infield with the Braves' Andrelton Simmons, fending off the advent of top prospect Jurickson Profar, and looking up to older brother, Johnny, who is now a professional infielder in Curaçao.
He signed with the Reds at 17 years old, turning down previous interest from the Mariners and Padres, among others, to ensure he'd begin his career stateside, rather than in the Dominican or Venezuelan summer leagues.
"The Reds were the only team who offered to send me straight to the States," Gregorius said.
Yet, though he compiled several above-.300 seasons at various levels, the scouting report on Gregorius never deviated from the original mock up. He couldn't hit, scouts obstinately swore. There were holes in his swing, they said. He lacked power and he was too aggressive. "Helpless" was the word they used to describe his performance against lefties.
Above Gregorius in the Reds organization was shortstop Zack Cozart, an Ole Miss product who was presumed to have a much higher ceiling as a hitter, though lacking the defensive tools to stand out. Five years older and with four years of high-level college baseball under his belt, Cozart had all but blocked Gregorius from advancement on the organizational depth chart.
Given their ages and respective years under team control, Gregorius — who, by the end of the 2012 season had an eight-game major league debut as a September call-up with the Reds — was speedily becoming the more coveted trade target, suspect as his offensive ability may have been.
Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers, who got to see Gregorius play in his own backyard during the Arizona Fall League and never doubted the player's plate prowess, loved him. By the time trade talks were underway in the 2012 offseason, the left side of Towers' infield was practically vacated of young talent. Stephen Drew, the franchise shortstop from 2006-2012, had been traded away the previous season, and a handful of players, ranging from veterans like John McDonald and Willie Bloomquist to a low-end prospect named Jake Elmore, filled the position by committee in his absence.
So, stocked with a horde of young pitching talent in his farm system, Towers offered up Trevor Bauer, the organization's top prospect at the time, in order to attain Gregorius. On December 11, 2012, Towers got his man in a three-way trade that sent Bauer to the Indians, Shin-Soo Choo to the Reds and Gregorius to the Diamondbacks.
The move, like much of Arizona's offseason, drew considerable scrutiny. Despite his struggles and quarrels with the Diamondbacks the previous season, Bauer was seen as a sure thing with a high ceiling. Talent evaluators, meanwhile, ascribed much less star potential to Gregorius, making his weaknesses in the batter's box out to be dire.
Towers, on the other hand, compared him to Derek Jeter. "We liked Gregorius better," he added.
Insubordination and over-confidence are often cited as reasons for Bauer's departure. Though highly touted and widely considered to be one of the better prospects in all of baseball, the 22-year-old pitcher disagreed with management on matters of approach, refusing to pitch to contact and often straying from catcher Miguel Montero's lead. His warmup routine was something of a circus, an aerobic regimen of great proportions that seemed to cause pregame exhaustion. But he refused to alter it.
In that regard, Gregorius is Bauer's antithesis.
"I ask everybody (for baseball advice)," Gregorius says, sitting beneath the dugout Gatorade cooler. "Everyone sees the game differently. I ask my parents. I ask my family. I ask guys in (the clubhouse)… I ask everybody for advice."
There's that. And then there's this: "Just like they say, I'm really not that good of a hitter," he says, "but I'm working to get better."
I look up at the lineup board adjacent to the jumbotron. "You're hitting .330," I tell him.
"I know I'm not going to hit .330 the whole year, because I'm not a .330 hitter," he humbly retorts. "And I'm not going to go around and say I'm a .330 hitter."
That's fine with Diamondbacks brass.
Team President and CEO Derrick Hall had this to say about his expectations of the shortstop: "If Didi Gregorius is a .265-.275 hitter and occasionally flashes the power that he has, shows the excitement and enthusiasm that he has every day, the speed on the base paths, the chance and willingness to take an extra base, and (play) the defense that he plays, which is just stellar, I'm going to take that."
His average may no longer be at that .330 mark — it's currently sitting at .324 after a 2-for-8 performance in Monday's doubleheader — but Gregorius is putting on a clinic in character, something the Diamondbacks organization clearly holds in high esteem, hitting triples and home runs off of Yu Darvish, and flaunting defensive wizardry.
It's now just past 11:40, less than an hour until game time, and our chat is coming to a close.
"Have a good couple of games and a great trip," I say, packing up my things.
Trademark smile and all, Didi Gregorius shakes my hand, jumping to his feet. "Thanks," he says. "I'll try."


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The Enterprise JavaBeans Specification, v1.1 does not specify the format of the finder method description. The GlassFish Server uses an extension of Java Data Objects Query Language (JDOQL) queries to implement finder and selector methods. You can specify the following elements of the underlying JDOQL query:
Filter expression - A Java-like expression that specifies a condition that each object returned by the query must satisfy. Corresponds to the WHERE clause in EJB QL.
Query parameter declaration - Specifies the name and the type of one or more query input parameters. Follows the syntax for formal parameters in the Java language.
Query variable declaration - Specifies the name and type of one or more query variables. Follows the syntax for local variables in the Java language. A query filter might use query variables to implement joins.
Query ordering declaration - Specifies the ordering expression of the query. Corresponds to the ORDER BY clause of EJB QL.
The GlassFish Server specific deployment descriptor (sun-ejb-jar.xml) provides the following elements to store the EJB 1.1 finder method settings:
query-filter query-params query-variables query-ordering
The bean developer uses these elements to construct a query. When the finder method that uses these elements executes, the values of these elements are used to execute a query in the database. The objects from the JDOQL query result set are converted into primary key instances to be returned by the EJB 1.1 ejbFind method.
The JDO specification, JSR 12, provides a comprehensive description of JDOQL. The following information summarizes the elements used to define EJB 1.1 finders.


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Friday, March 27, 2009
Steamed Hard Cooked Eggs
If you've been reading me awhile, you might remember that Santa brought me this fancy, schmancy electronic rice cooker for Christmas, which replaced a very cheapo simple no frills (and not very good) rice cooker I had before.
I admit I was a bit leery about going with one of these types of rice cookers because it was substantially more cost-wise than that cheapo one I had before, but after using it multiple times for rice I have totally fallen in love with it! And the best part is that the one I got is a combination rice cooker, steamer, slow cooker and tofu maker. I've not done the tofu. Yet.
Anyway, when I was flipping through the book that came with it, I saw eggs in the steaming section - well, I had never steamed eggs before! I have always boiled them, and in a very specific way so as not to have that green ring around the yolk. I don't know why that's so important, but it's a goal. (I know what you're thinkin'. Don't even.)
So, I decided I wanted to give my new rice cooker a try at hard cooking some eggs. So easy too, you just put in 1-1/2 cups of water into the steamer bucket and then set the insert tray in there,
...and then stack the eggs in the nice little indentations provided in the insert that makes them stand upright. Isn't that just adorable? (I am so easily entertained these days...)
Close the lid, set it to steam, set the electronic timer, start it and in 23 minutes you have perfectly steamed hard cooked eggs! I still finish them off the same way, in a water bath with a bunch of ice cubes, but look how fantastic they turn out! No green around the edges - great to use for a tuna salad or shrimp salad, yes, but perfect when you're making deviled eggs.
I think this in gonna be my new favorite way to do hard-cooked eggs from now on!
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Hi Mary! I love those beautiful brown eggs! Yum.ReplyDelete
I have a tried and true boiled egg recipe. Place your eggs in the pan and bring to a hard boil. As soon as you get a good boil remove the pan from the burner and set on the back of the stove. Place a lid on and leave on for 15 minutes. Then cold water bath until cool. The yolks will be creamy smooth and there is never any green around the edges.
That is actually very close to how I do mine when I boil them Teresa! I just asked my husband where my farm eggs are. He gets them from a fella he knows & hasn't brought me any in a while!Delete
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14 August 2014 | Interview by Craig Kasnoff
An Endangered Species Day Interview on Saving Tigers in the Wild:
Sharon Guynup has written on topics ranging from climate change, fracking, the discovery of the SARS virus in bats, the physics of melting glaciers, mercury's impact on wildlife and humans, the safety of nanotechnology, and the state of the oceans, to the genetic sequencing of the TB virus, toxic chemicals in household products, conservation tigers, jaguars, Asian turtles, sharks, pronghorns, and others–and has chronicled eco- and adventure travel.
Her latest project is Tigers Forever: Saving the World's Most Endangered Big Cat, a collaboration with award-winning National Geographic photographer Steve Winter. The book melds spectacular images of tigers and their secret behaviors with insights into why one of the world's most iconic species is careening towards the edge–and describes the extraordinary efforts to save them. The book is published by National Geographic Books and distributed by Random House.
In this interview Sharon talks about "saving tigers" in the wild.
Question: Why did you (and Steve Winter) write Tigers Forever: Saving the World's Most Endangered Big Cat?
Sharon Guynup: Steve is a wildlife photojournalist who worked for a decade on assignment for National Geographic in search of wild tigers, with stories on the creation of the biggest tiger reserve in the world in Myanmar's Huakang Valley, a story on the incredible biodiversity of Kaziranga National Park in northeast India (which has possibly the highest density of tigers in the world)–and then finally, a tiger story, where he spent two years trying to capture images of this magnificent cat in Sumatra and Thailand and a few locations in India, hoping to reinvigorate global concern as their numbers continued to plummet.
In 2007, I was working on a story about rhino poaching in Kaziranga–when I glimpsed my first wild tiger and began writing regularly about big cats. In 2007, global estimates of remaining wild tigers hovered around 3,500; by the time Steve's Nat Geo story "Cry of the Tiger" ran in National Geographic in 2011, estimates had dropped to about 3,200.
The idea of a world without tigers is sad beyond words–and we were driven to speak louder, hoping to help jar the world into action before it's too late. So together we produced Tigers Forever. But we wanted to tell the tiger's story: Just showing pretty tiger pictures will not save them. People need to know the threats that face tigers, what must be done to mitigate those threats, and see what's working on the ground–and what isn't.
Our book explores why these cats have been both feared and revered throughout human history, details why they are disappearing–and outlines the bold initiatives to save them. I interviewed over 60 tiger experts across the globe (mostly in Asia–there were many months where I became somewhat nocturnal, up much of the night on Skype calls with people that were in time zones that were 10 1/2 to 12 hours ahead). Today, biologists estimate that perhaps three thousand wild tigers remain, scattered in small pockets across Asia in 13 countries, six subspecies (though one, the South China tiger, may be extinct in the wild).
Question: How and why did you become interested in tigers?
Sharon Guynup: I was one of those kids who dragged home an endless stream of emaciated, damaged creatures that I found in the New Jersey suburbs where I grew up. They were the first of a lifetime of mammals, birds, fish, lizards and rodents that shared my home and that I've admired in nature. I have always been awed by the world's creatures, not just the cute furry ones. But my first pet was a kitten that I dragged home at the age of four, Squeaky, a tiny orphan that I bottle-fed and hovered over for few weeks; we were bonded for life. I hold a deep, special affection for cats.
Early in his career at National Geographic, Steve did a story on jaguars. Those months in Latin American rainforests tracking jaguars sparked a lifelong love affair with big cats. Since then, he's done stories on snow leopards, tigers, mountain lions and is currently working on a story about leopards.
Question: What do you see as the biggest threat facing tigers in the wild?
Sharon Guynup: There is a perfect storm of threats facing tigers: shrinking habitat that's being razed by the region's skyrocketing human population; dwindling food supplies that continues to disappear as forests fall and humans hunt for the same animals that tigers eat (and kill tigers that then prey on livestock, with farms literally on the edges of wildlife reserves and little else to eat). The third of these is quickly wiping out remaining tigers: slaughter of tigers in India and across their range for a lucrative market in China for tiger skins (used for home decor) and bones (used in tiger bone wine, a traditional Chinese medicine tonic made by soaking a tiger carcass in rice wine).
According to Debbie Banks, tiger expert at London-based Environmental Investigation Agency, Belinda Wright, who heads the Wildlife Protection Society of India, and other top tiger experts agree that if the Chinese demand from all sources is not stopped, tigers will not survive.
Question: What do you see as the best option to save them? And how can the "everyday" person help save tigers in the wild?
Sharon Guynup: The good news: there is still enough habitat to support healthy tiger populations. One thing I've learned is that they're very adaptable.
When you add boots-on-the-ground protection, strong laws, enforcement and careful monitoring, they bounce back. A tigress breeds at the age of three and can birth 15 cubs in her lifetime. It's a very productive species. But it will take committed, targeted action and creative strategies to bring tigers back. Saving them will require the expertise of the best scientists, and those experts must share their knowledge with governments and prod them to act.
Governments must protect remaining habitat. And they must safeguard tigers from poachers with armed protection in the national parks where the cats still thrive. Armed guards? Yes. Parks need patrols for the same reason that cities need police. And governments must enact stringent laws—and prosecute poachers. In India, which is home to half the world's remaining wild tigers, there is a 3 percent conviction rate for wildlife crime.
And the communities that live with tigers must benefit from living side by side with a dangerous predator—tourist dollars and/or compensation for lost livestock.
But saving tigers also requires a world that cares. The world must hold China accountable for the 5,000-6,000 captive tigers they're raising on tiger farms–with legal sale in the country of skins from those tigers and a shady trade in bones that end up in tiger bone wine, feeding an incredibly lucrative international trade in tiger parts that is wiping out tigers across tiger range.
There are three organizations that are really making a difference: The U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency, the Wildlife Protection Society of India in Delhi and WildAid, a US-based organization. Every dollar donated to these organizations goes towards work that front-lines tiger conservation–not funding a huge, ponderous conservation organization that may claim to be saving wildlife, but actually may be accomplishing little.
If we want to have tigers in the world, we must speak up and speak loudly. In the words of renowned field biologist George Schaller, "I learned long ago that conservation has no victories. It's a never-ending process that each of us must take part in."
We still have time. Where there's life, there's hope. But, as I note in the final words of Tigers Forever: "The time to act is now. Once the last tigers disappear, no longer gliding on velvet paws through the jungle, we cannot bring them back."
A special thanks to Sharon Guynup for taking the time for this interview and for her -and Steve Winter's- amazing efforts in helping to save tigers in the wild.
Find organizations saving endangered tigers at Saving Endangered Tigers.


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Hmm … that makes it sound like you'll be having German winemakers for dinner. In truth, they'll be having dinner with you at Bouquet in Covington. I don't post too many special events lately, but I happen to be a huge (HUGE!) fan of Johannes Leitz and of the Nikolaihof biodynamic estate. If we hadn't just replaced a lot of plumbing in my house and brakes on my car, Kevin & I would quickly shell out the money to go to this. Instead, I'm writing about it.
Bouquet Restaurant and Wine Bar will be hosting a German and Austrian Winemaker Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 20. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a champagne reception, followed by a five-course gourmet dinner at 7 p.m. prepared by chef Stephen Williams.
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The cost of dinner is $75 per person, including tax and gratuity. Space is limited. For more information, or to make a reservation, please call 859-491-7777.
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Nikolaihof 2009 Grüner Veltliner Hefeabzug
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Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr 2009 Riesling Kabinett
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Ossabaw Heritage Pork
Weingut Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg 2009 Riesling Quarzit
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Duck Stuffed With Braised Rabbit
Sattler 2009 St. Laurent, Neusiedlersee
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Duo of Hot and Cold Foie Gras
Weingut Leitz Rüdesheimer Magdalenenkreuz 2009 Riesling Spätlese
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You want to sell your family. Maybe even your house. Sell it all and find some money, because this weekend sees RM Auctions hit the Villa d'Este concourse, and they're bringing along some rather fine machinery to tempt lots of moneyed types.
Like a prototype Ford GT40 works roadster, raced, binned, left for dead and then restored to Ferrari-baiting magnificence. Or a Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder, which, if we're not mistaken, is the dictionary definition of 'lust'. Or the likely headline sale of the show, the Bugatti Type 57, replete with a supercharged 3.3-litre straight-eight and that delightful baby-vomit paintjob. Or the first prototype of the Lancia Stratos HF Zero, above, a car Top Gear rather admires.
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Quote:Agreed - we had Vesty - nowhere near Tom at the moment but head and shoulders above Donald todayWeeksie
He didn't have to play if he wasn't fit!
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The home sides effort was hallmarked with impressive touches of brilliance by their All Black World Cup-winning fly-half Stephen Donald, both in hand and with his boot.
Donald is a good player. He played today ahead of schedule because Tom wasn't fit and Sam has not looked good at fly half at any point this season.
Right now Donald is a much better organiser and distributor of the ball than Tom but you need runners and forward momentum to get through defences. Sadly we don't generate much forward momentum and a lot of the time our runners are going from a standing start.
has over a dozen caps for NZ.
it's also largely due to a lack of talent
has over a dozen caps for NZ.Quote:marshie10
it's also largely due to a lack of talent
I never rated that Graham Henry bloke.
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Heathcote on the other hand looks like a cracking prospect.
Not Donald's fault how much he is being paid though, is it? Blame that on those who are paying him.
I agree with you, though, and if he had players playing well around him, I could easily see him yet being regarded as a success. Unfortunately, opinion about him has been unduly influenced by all the general negativity surrounding the club this season, and his delay in arriving after the world cup, his lack of fitness when he got here, and his recent injury, haven't helped. To me it feels like he hasn't yet started his Bath career properly.
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I'm generally a big fan of what Donald CAN bring to a rugby pitch but at the moment it's going to take me a long time to forgive deliberately stepping out of Mujati's way. That's not the action of a team player.
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He is still injured and never should have started, he was playing on 1 leg all afternoon.
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Does he want an opt out from his contract? That was going around yesterday.
I believe the club and Donald can come to a mutual agreement that will see Donald return home. It would not surprise me if this does occur.
Just a thought, but perhaps if Beaver wants out and the club are willing to let him go at the end of the season, they're playing him now regardless of fitness to at least recoup some of their money?
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The Cellie Coping Kit for Children with Injury: Initial Feasibility, Acceptability, and Outcomes." Child Care Health Dev. 2018."
Posttraumatic Stress in Children After Injury: The Role of Acute Pain and Opioid Medication Use." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018."
Application of a Framework to Implement Trauma-Informed Care Throughout a Pediatric Health Care Network." J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2017;37(1):55-60."
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Posttraumatic Stress in Children Following Medical Events." J Pediatr Psychol. 2016;41(1):138-48."
A New Method for Assessing Content Validity in Model-Based Creation and Iteration of eHealth Interventions." J. Med. Internet Res.. 2015;17(4):e95."
Development and psychometric evaluation of child acute stress measures in spanish and english." J Trauma Stress. 2013;26(1):19-27."
Acceptability and feasibility of family use of The Cellie Cancer Coping Kit." Support Care Cancer. 2012;20(12):3315-24."
Acute stress symptoms in children: results from an international data archive." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012;51(8):812-20."
After the injury: initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children." Health Educ Res. 2011;26(1):1-12."
Child coping and parent coping assistance during the peritrauma period in injured children." Fam Syst Health. 2011;29(4):279-90."
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NEWARK, N.J. -- Marshawn Lynch showed up at Tuesday's Media Day, and we know at least one topic he wouldn't have mind talking about.
Skittles announced a deal with Lynch on Tuesday. It's an endorsement that is so logical we already assumed it existed.
The candy manufacturer Mars will make a "Seattle Mix" in honor of the running back and will donate $10,000 to Lynch's Fam 1st Family Foundation for every touchdown he scores Sunday. Lynch also will receive financial compensation, according to ESPN. We'd include more details if we were getting paid by Skittles.
Lynch has four 100-yard games in six postseason contests, with six touchdowns. The last playoff game during which he didn't score was the 2010 divisional-round loss in Chicago.
Terrance Knighton and Paris Lenon have helped turn around the Denver Broncos' rush defense in recent weeks, but they will have their hands full Sunday in Super Bowl XLVIII. If recent history holds, Lynch should bathe in another chilly shower of Skittles in New Jersey.
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Despite the fact that Dorothy Zbornak was often found hunched over a slice of cheesecake in Golden Girls episodes, in real life, Bea Arthur was health-conscious and vegetarian. In the just-relesed The Dead Celebrity Cookbook by Frank DeCaro, he details Bea's eating habits in a chapter aptly titled, "Thank You For Feeding A Friend." The following excerpt is Bea's favorite recipe for mornings and brunch:
Bea Arthur's Vegetarian Breakfast
(Serves 2)
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2 medium tomatoes, sliced
• ¾ cup chopped fresh mushrooms
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 4 slices bread, toasted
Preheat oven to 250.
Melt the margarine in a small sauté pan over medium heat.
Add the tomatoes and mushrooms, and sauté until soft, about 4 minutes.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Put some tomato-mushroom mixture on each piece of toast.
Heat in the oven for 2 minutes before serving.
And that, my friends, was Bea Arthur's preferred way to start her day, every day.
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My family LIVES for the Boys of Summer, and anytime we can catch a baseball game, we're there. However, paying up to $40 each to attend a major league game isn't in our budget, so we look for other great games. We have a minor league team about 30 minutes from our home, and we try to attend on Dollar nights. Our local high school will play until the middle of June, and those games are usually free and in the evenings when it isn't so oppressively hot. We also have a college nearby that offers games at a low cost as well. Our city Little League will be playing about six blocks from our house for the month of June, so we will catch a few games there as well. Of course, don't limit yourself to just baseball! Look for other sporting events as well, and support your local athletes.
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Recently I picked up a Morris W-30 acoustic cheap at a second-hand shop. It looked like it had been hanging on the wall forever, but on inspection was in good shape. It seemed like it was crying out to me to rescue it, so I took it home. Noticable problems were drying out(corduroy effect on the top, protruding frets)and way too much relief in the neck. When I got it home I found the truss rod was locked tight.
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
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Computational Engineering and Machine Learning for Robotic Inspection SystemsZeit: Thu 8.5.2014, 17:15, 60 Minuten
Ort: Room MT 226/1 in Science Park 1
ZusammenfassungStarting from concrete applications of robotic inspection systems in the field of active thermography and surface inspection, the specific computational requirements of the tasks will be identified. From these common concepts will be developed that apply to a wider range of inspection robots. In the second part of the presentation the use of machine learning methods will be presented to show how machine learning is applied in the aesthetic judgment of surfaces and how machine learning is used as an analysis tool to model male and female decision making in quality control applications.
VortragenderDr. Christian Eitzinger received his Master degree from the University of Linz in 1995. In 1997 he started working at Profactor as a researcher in the field of image processing and is head of the machine vision group since 2001. He received the Erwin-Wenzl Price for his thesis on training methods for fuzzy neural networks and is member of the Austrian Association for Pattern recognition. Since 2005 he is coordinating several European research projects in the field of machine vision
Einladender: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Strumpen
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Last week I turned 28 and it actually wasn't as bad I thought it was going to be (do I say this every time??). I was surprised with lovely gifts and later sent to a spa to have 27 massaged away! On Sunday Ryan and I went to Go Ape! which was super random and pretty awesome. I could get used to climbing trees and swinging down a zip-wire. I'm not going to lie, there were some mini freak outs but only when I started overthinking it. So I'd breathe and remind myself to enjoy being up in the trees and taking new risks.
I'm proud of us. We had never done that before so we were both
sh*itting ourselves putting our brave boots on and encouraging each other along the way. We'll probably go back in the summer as we were freezing our butts off. I've been trying to push myself out of my comfort zone lately and jumping off trees was definitely a good start.
We ended the birthday celebrations with a mini break at Milton House and lots of relaxing. Probably should have had the massage after all the climbing craziness. I am sore as hail.
Looking forward to 28 and determined to make it a great year to look back on!!
Thanks to all of my friends and family and their sweet birthday wishes, cards and gifts! I am a lucky lady.xx


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