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The Jawbone UP24 Is Here: Our Take on the Fitness Gadget
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The Jawbone UP24 Is Here: Our Take on the Fitness Gadget
"UP"date: There's a new band in town — the Jawbone UP24! Before getting to our review of last year's model, learn about the minimal upgrades to the new UP24 in the next slide.
The POPSUGAR Tech and Fitness teams faced off in a Jawbone UP challenge to see if using the fitness tracker band could really motivate us to take more walks during the day, go to bed at a decent hour, and otherwise live a healthier lifestyle.
Built with an accelerometer, the hypoallergenic rubber UP ($130) monitors daily activity like walking and running and breaks that activity down by total steps taken, pace, distance, and calories burned. The data is then synced to UP's iOS and Android apps — which also include a nutrition database to record meals and snacks — by inserting one end of the band into the phone's headphone jack. For the less motion-based exercises, users can input a workout into the app, like yoga for 30 minutes, which is then logged with an estimate of calories burned. Recent software updates to the iOS app will now pull in information from third-party wellness apps like MyFitnessPal and Withings.
Available in eight colors, the UP band also monitors sleep cycle, showing in a graph the hours of deep or restless sleep per night, and how long it took to fall asleep. Intended to be worn 24/7 (it's water-resistant!), UP will send you a little buzz when you've been sitting too long or vibrate to gently wake you up in the morning with the smart alarm setting.
While, admittedly, the Tech team didn't always keep up on daily steps as compared to the marathon-training Fitness team, all four participants wore the UP bracelet for about a month, from sleep to shower to the gym.


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The bass: it kind of squelches and farts, burps and belches, pops and fizzes and trumps in a public bathroom. It's there, not wholly pleasant and perhaps a little too in your face but nevertheless an essential remnant of some past necessary activity; said activity here being the dissolution of The Beta Band, obviously, for King Biscuit Time is, d'uh, one Steve Mason.
'C I AM 15' does very little for the majority of its duration but hang in the air like a proverbial bad smell; problem is that once you've taken a shine to it, it's as hard to dislike as it is to ignore. A clean and crisp guitar battles gallantly against the aforementioned low-end guff, while Mason utters something in his trademark laconic moan. Politics rear their head, too: the rhymes of Top Cat close the song, all Blair this and Bush that. Sounds like a cliché on paper, but resonates resplendently through inner earphones.
'C I AM 15' is as eccentrically askew a slice of pop as you could hope for. It's a curve ball from leftfield that was entirely expected, a rope-a-doped freak that planned its fall the whole time. It's Mason, basically.
The bass: is quite nice, really.
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The Bible talks about having unity with other believers and discernment. Should a Christ follower have fellowship or unity with a Christian who does not believe Christ to be divine? I say that apart from a divine Christ there is no Christianity. I have some friends who are professing Christians and others who appear to think that Christ was not divine. Your thoughts on this?
Your question immediately brings to mind the book Christianity and Liberalism written by J. Gresham Machen in 1923.
As you may know, Machen was a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1915–1929 and at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia from 1929–1937. He witnessed firsthand the effects of liberalism and a lack of church discipline that impacted the Presbyterian Church in the USA in those days. One of the issues that particularly drew his attention was the fact that the PCUSA was sending out missionaries who did not affirm the essential tenets of the Christian faith, like the deity of Christ.
In Christianity and Liberalism, as the title itself suggests, Machen argued that Christianity and liberalism were in fact different religions. As you suggest, Christianity without the Christ who is the eternal Son of the Father, the great "I am" who existed before Abraham, the Word of God by whom and through whom all things were created, and who became flesh in the fullness of time, is simply a contradiction in terms.
Machen's stand against liberalism eventually led to a separation and to the formation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1936. Machen and others refused to accommodate themselves to those who denied Christ. Machen himself was defrocked by the PCUSA for his refusal to support the liberal agenda, but his courage and willingness to suffer loss for the sake of Christ has been an encouragement to many others to stand faithfully for Christ. The OPC has understood her calling to "to go to [Jesus] outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured" (Hebrews 13:13).
True Christianity affirms Jesus as the King of kings, the Lord of lords, who was and is and ever more shall be and to whom all authority in heaven and on earth has been given. He the Lord's Anointed, the Prophet, Priest, and King to whom the whole of Scripture points. He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. He has returned to the glory that He had with the Father before the world began. He powerfully and effectively loved the Church and gave Himself up for her that she might be saved and share in His glory. He has been raised in resurrection body to ascend to heaven at the right of the Father.
The Westminster Confession of Faith, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church's official statement of faith, speaks to your question regarding the deity of Christ in chapter IX, "Of Christ the Mediator," especially in sections 2 and 3 which read as follows:
2. The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance and equal with the Father, did, when the fullness of time was come, take upon him man's nature, with all the essential properties, and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin; being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance. So that two whole, perfect, and distinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion. Which person is very God, and very man, yet one Christ, the only Mediator between God and man.
3. The Lord Jesus, in his human nature thus united to the divine, was sanctified, and anointed with the Holy Spirit, above measure, having in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell; to the end that, being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and truth, he might be thoroughly furnished to execute the office of a mediator, and surety. Which office he took not unto himself, but was thereunto called by his Father, who put all power and judgment into his hand, and gave him commandment to execute the same.
Your comment and question remind us of the strong instruction and exhortation of the short epistle of II John, especially verses 7-11 which say this:
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
As the apostle Paul writes in II Corinthians 6: 14-15, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?" This passage speaks to church membership and to marriage. Believers should be equally yoked, believers joined to believers. The cup and the bread we share at the Lord's Supper testify that we are holily joined to the God-man Jesus Christ and to one another in Him. The church, holy and catholic (that is, worldwide), is His body, and the church is to be composed of those who believe in Him and their children. Those children are to be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
As Christians, then, in love, we call men, women, and children everywhere to repent of their sin and rebellion and to embrace Jesus Christ with us, as He is so freely offered to us in the gospel. He is named Jesus, which means "Jehovah (or Yahweh) saves." "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
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Linking Florida's Natural Heritage: Science and Citizenry was a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 1997. It was designed to create a virtual library of Florida ecological information from heterogeneous museum, library, and citation databases throughout the state of Florida. This was a model program of cooperation between the Florida Museum of Natural History; the libraries of the University of Florida, Florida International University, and Florida Atlantic University; and the Florida Center for Library Automation.
Until November 2005, the Linking Florida's Natural Heritage (LFNH) website allowed students, researchers, and the public to query museum specimen databases, library catalogs, and other citation databases for taxonomic and topical information. In November, the system architecture became unsustainable. Because of global efforts to standardize the electrification of museum data, the project developers believe additional integrative efforts would not be productive at this time.
From this site, you may now access a list of sites that offer specimen data related to Florida species and the Florida Environments Online (FEOL) database which covers the literature related to Florida species and ecosystems.Many of the items in FEOL are in full text.


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Hemingway, E. – "Fifty Grand", Atlanta July 1927
"Hemingway Talking" by Milt Machlin, Argosy September 1958
"Ernest Hemingway: The Young Years" by Charles A. Fenton, Atlantic March 1954
Hemingway, E. – "Two Tales of Darkness", Atlantic November 1957
"Hemingway: Living, Loving, Dying" by Carlos Baker, Atlantic January 1969
"Ernest Hemingway – Muy Hombre!" by Jackson Burke, Bluebook July 1953
"Ernest Hemingway" por Don Galaor, Bohemia March 26, 1944
"Amigo Entrañable, Bohemia June 14, 1953
"La Marchadel Tiempo-Bohemia Presenta-E. Hemingway", Bohemia September 24, 1950
Hemingway, E. – "La Historia de los Antilopes", Bohemia May 6, 1951
Hemingway, E. – "El Viejo y El Mar", Bohemia March 15, 1953
"Personality: Author-Adventurer", MD, Medical Newsmagazine April 1959
"The Old Man ... and the short words" by Ernest S. Green, Printer's Ink April 3, 1953
Hemingway, E. – "The Circus", Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine & Program 1953
"The Marvel Who Must Die" a book review of "The Old Man and the Sea" by Carlos Baker, Saturday Review September 6, 1952
"A Letter from Hemingway"
"When Warriors Sleep" a book review of "The Sun Also Rises" by Carlos Baker, Saturday Review July 4, 1953
"Hemingway and Painting" by James Thrall Soby, Saturday Review December 4, 1954
"The Man I Married—Ernest Hemingway" by Mary Hemingway, Today's Woman for Young Wives February 1953
"Hemingway in Idaho" by Ellis Lucia, Westways February 1970
Life with Poppa, Time November 8, 1954
An American Storyteller, Time December 13, 1954
Hemingway, E. – Great Blue River, True, The Man's Magazine April 1955
"Who the Hell is Hemingway?" True, The Man's Magazine February 1956
Hemingway, E. – "Pamplona!", True, The Man's Magazine February 1961
Hemingway, E. – "The Sights of Whitehead Street", Esquire April 1935
"NatÙrlich werde ich Dichter!", Constanze 15 Juli 1953
Hemingway, E. – "Monologue to the Maestro, A High Seas Letter", Esquire October 1935
Hemingway, E. – "The President Vanquishes, A Bimini Letter", Esquire July 1935
Hemingway, E. – "Defense of Dirty Words", Esquire September 1934
Hemingway, E. –"The Good Lion" and "The Faithful Bull", Holiday March 1951
Hemingway, E. – "The Heat and The Cold", Ken June 30, 1938
Hemingway, E. – "Good Generals Hug the Line", Ken August 25, 1938
Hemingway, E. – "False News to the President", Ken September 8, 1938
Hemingway, E. – "H.M.'s Loyal State Department", Ken June 16, 1938
Hemingway, E. – "The Next Outbreak of Peace", Ken January 12, 1939
Hemingway, E. – "The Time Now, The Place Spain", Ken April 17, 1938
Hemingway, E. – "United We Fall Upon Ken", Ken June 2, 1938
"The Old Man Lands Biggest Catch", Life November 8, 1954
"Hemingway, Driving Force of a Great Artist", Life July 14, 1961
"His Mirror was Danger" by Archibald MacLeish, Life July 14, 1961
Hemingway, E. – "The Old Man and The Sea", Life September 1, 1952
Hemingway, E. – "The Old Man and The Sea", Life September 1, 1952
Hemingway, E. – "The Dangerous Summer", Part I, Life September 5, 1960
Hemingway, E. – "The Christmas Gift", Look April 20, 1954
Hemingway, E. – "The Christmas Gift: Part II", Look May 4, 1954
Hemingway, E. – "Safari", Look January 26, 1954
"A Visit with Hemingway", Look September 4, 1956
Hemingway, E. – "A Situation Report", Look September 4, 1956
Hemingway, E. – "Hemingway's First Picture Story", reprinted from Look January 26, 1954
"Hemingway: A Personal Story" by Mary Hemingway, Look September 12, 1961
"McCall's visits E. Hemingway" by Kurt Bernheim, McCall's May 1956
"The Sun Also Rises in Stockholm" by Harvey Breit, The New York Times Book Review November 7, 1954
"El Viejo y el Mar", Fernando G. Campoamor y Pierre Berger, O Cruzeiro Setiembre 16, 1957
"The Most Fascinating Man I Know" by Marlene Dietrich, This Week Magazine (The Los Angeles Times) February 13, 1955
"All-Star Bullfight" by A.E. Hotchner, This Week Magazine (The Los Angeles Times) August 8, 1954
"Ernest Hemingway and the American Novel" by John Atkins, Wisdom June 1958
"I'm Hungry Darling" by Chris Ritter, Saturday Evening Post (?) no date
"Ernest Hemingway—Wars, Women, Wine, Words" by Mark Strage, Pageant April 1953
"Ernest Hemingway", Writers Take Sides May 1938
"Hemingway and the Image of Man" by Saul Bellows, Partisan Review May-June 1953
"The Helpless Hero of Ernest Hemingway" by Lois L. Barnes, Science & Society Winter 1953
"Hemingway and History" by John McCormick, Western Review Winter 1953
"Hemingway's Quality Built on a Stern Apprenticeship" by Charles Poore, The New York Times October 29,1954
T.L.S. from Carlos Baker to Ted Pittenger dated November 11, 1952
Picture of Hemingway from a magazine
The Hemingway Reader flyer from the Book of the Month Club
"The Man I Married—Ernest Hemingway" proof (slide 66)
"The Man I Married—Ernest Hemingway" proof (slide 7)
Movie ad for "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"
Hemingway, E. – "Banal Story", The Little Review Spring/Summer 1926
Hemingway, E. – "In Our Time", The Little Review Spring 1923
Gallery proofs-Old Man and the Sea
"When Hemingway Earned Half a Cent a Word on The Toronto Star", by Cranston, Herbert, Herald Tribune Book Review January13, 1952


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When we drive a physical system away from a state of thermal equilibrium by forcing a change in one of its variables -- e.g. when we push a piston into a gas, or when we stretch a single molecule using optical tweezers -- then we perform a certain amount of work, W, on the system.
Over the past decade, a number of results -- collectively known as nonequilibrium work theorems (NWT's) -- have revealed that equilibrium information is subtly encoded in the statistics of W, even when the system is driven significantly far from equilibrium.
In my three lectures I will present an introduction to these theoretical results, as well as to their applications in the context of experiments and numerical simulations aimed at estimating thermodynamic properties of complex systems. The first lecture will present a general overview of these results. In the remaining two lectures I plan to cover a number of topics, including: useful mathematical tools for deriving and analyzing NWT's; practical issues regarding the applications of these results; generalizations of NWT's, and their relation to Fluctuation Theorems; and the connection of NWT's to deeper issues of macroscopic irreversibility.


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Sold: How to Sell Your Designs Online
This Article Provides Tips and Hints to Sell Your Industrial Designs and High-Level Design Services Online
There are many platforms to sell graphic designs, vector images and photographs, but this article mostly focuses on how to sell industrial designs and other multidisciplinary design creations online. I share sites for selling 3D Models, Packaging Designs, Architecture Projects, Fonts, and Motion-Pictures online.The first platform I'd like to mention is the BuySellDesign, with a tagline of Good Design is Good Business, the BuySellDesign provides designers an opportunity to not only sell existing projects but also future works, all types of designs are accepted, and unlike existing platforms such as the freelancer, BuySellDesign platform is invite-only, accepting only award winning high-profile designers as sellers, and only high-level companies as buyers, thus also ensuring a higher payoff for the designers.BuySellDesign interface is pretty straightforward, you can buy or sell design. However you will not be able to view any designs from the website without approval; this was made to protect designers' unpublished works from being stolen or copied. BuySellDesign is integrated with designcreation.org so that each included design in the platform has a proof of creation document that could potentially be used in future for auto-protection.To be able to view designs, design portfolios and services, a company has to submit a request, requests can be submitted to get design quotes, to view or browse portfolios of existing designers or to contact designers for commissioning. The platform is more or less manually managed to ensure that designers information could only be accessible to the real buyers.To sell design services in the platform, one has to register, application is not so fast, you will need to provide a bunch of details ranging from your previous work, clientele to your capabilities and design specialties, however inclusion in the platform has many benefits, creating jobs and business leads to the member designers. Branded as the online marketplace to buy and sell creative designs and ideas, the Salone del Designer website offers award winning designs a possibility to sell their creations. This platform is managed by A' Design Award and DesignMediators, which also helps designers to set-up sales price, terms and agreements.The platform is open for public view, as the designs presented here are those who have already been disseminated, however designers' contact information is not visible to guests, and interested parties are required to register and get approved to see contact details, or alternatively contact the secretariat which manages the requests for communications if appropriate.Salone del Design platform lists designs based on categories, and is also a good source for inspiration, there are many categories, and you could find designs ranging from packaging to architecture, from engineering to social design projects. Clicking on a category opens a nice view of exhibited designs. The Design Mega Store is another platform where you could sell design products (i.e. if you already have it produced), Design Concepts, Art Works, Craft Items and Design Services. Selling your designs at design mega store is very straightforward, simply you register and have your design listed, there are no commission on your sales as the registration is paid. It is like a shopping mall of design where each user can open its own shop.The DM Design magazine lists some very good designs. To be included here you need to be a winner of A' Design Award, however the site gets many hits, and creates a lot of business leads especially for realized products and limited edition pieces. DesignMediators helps designers and manufacturers by bringing them together, thus you could also sell your designs there by applying and having yourself included in their database. Usually high-level clients and jobs are be available. You receive updates and requests if a company request matches your profile.To sell Photos online.. This is perhaps the easiest thing, because there are literally thousands of sites for this. The most popular or nice ones are Corbis, iStockPhoto, Graphic Leftovers, BigStockPhoto and ShutterStock. Other places to sell your photography are Fotolia, Shutterfly, ShutterPoit, 123RF, Dreamstime, CanStockPhoto and DepositPhotos. I must say there are a lot of commissions in action, you can of course sell your photos through BuySellDesign and DesignMegaStore as well.Illustrations and artworks can be sold at VectorStock (Vectors only), 20x200, 1000 Markets, ArtFire, Artbuzz, Cafe Press (as part of products), Etsy (Direct Marketplace), imagekind, nuzart, RedBubble, Spreadshirt, Supermarket, Threadless, Thumbtack, Zalista and Zazzle, you will realize that more than half of these sites do not sell the work itself but you customize products such as t-shirts with your art, and sell it that way. To sell crafts, Etsy is the best choice.How to sell your architecture online, well there are thousands of real estate sites, but the only possible way to sell conceptual architecture designs is from BuySellDesign and DesignMegaStore options. If you require privacy BuySellDesign will be a better choice, if you want a shopping-window, DesignMegaStore is the way to go.Sell your video and motion-pictures online through stock image websites, which most of them also offering the sales of clips, however these usually limit you for 45 second clips etc, therefore if you want to sell your video which is slightly advanced such as a short feature, a documentary, you could do it over amazon, if you want to be able to sell its rights first try to have BuySellDesign find you a client.Selling fonts online is perhaps too easy, simply use MyFonts or Linotype. However that is the superficial side of the story, you could sign with a foundry or reseller, and alternatively go it alone over BuySellDesign or DesignMegaStore. Resellers such as FontShop, Fonts.com, MyFonts and Veer will help you reach more customers, while selling yourself makes sure you control who you sell and get the whole money instead of a pie.Selling ideas for industrial design? Do not even think of participating in design contests organized by contest platforms to collect ideas, they provide little to designers, i.e. only a few cents per design you submit, if you really value your industrial design ideas, sell it through BuySellDesign, or apply to international design awards to get coverage to sell your next design for big bucks. Especially do not join contests or competitions where you could see others works while the competition is ongoing, this schemes were developed so that others could steal your design (or to build upon it), if the contest do not behave in such manner (i.e. if no-one sees others designs while the competition is still open for submissions), perhaps it might be a good idea to join them, it can be a good practice and potential sale of the design if it wins. I would like to remind you that competitions organized by NGOs and Government aided ones such as regional, national or local competitions will compensate the most for your time, while international design awards could give you the push you would need to reach more clients.How to sell 3D files online? There are two types of marketplaces, one is model oriented i.e. you sell your models, the other is super high-tech places where you upload your 3d model, and they print it 3d and you got the sales revenues i.e. shapeways and sculpteo. To sell models, you should check turbosquid, the 3d studio, daz 3d, renderosity, 3d ocean, and 3d export. If you like you could also sell your models printed first at shapeways, and sell at DesignMegaStore at product section by also providing a packaging and a manual thus adding further value to the naked 3d object.Selling your packaging designs online: my suggestion is to use BuySellDesign or DesignMegaStore platform (at DesignMegaStore, you could create a standard service for packaging design, and sell it as a turn-key solution with a fixed price for different product categories), alternatively you could apply to awards and get publicity; good packaging designs are always on demand and getting publicity can help you sell your next projects at higher prices.Finally sell your websites, templates and website-design-services through your own platform. Because if you are already good at it, why bother uploading your project files to other vendors.. But of course if you want to rich a higher-level clientele, you can always use BuySellDesign or DesignMegaStore too or participate in design awards and website competitions. Exerpt:There are many platforms to sell graphic designs, vector images and photographs, but this article mostly focuses on how to sell industrial designs and other multidisciplinary design creations online. I share sites for selling 3D Models, Packaging Designs, Architecture Projects, Fonts, and Motion-Pictures online.The first platform I'd like to mention is the BuySellDesign, with a tagline of Good Design is Good Business, the BuySellDesign provides designers an opportunity to not only sell exis..
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Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson has joined four former city mayors in support of legalizing marijuana.
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On April 23, 2012, Benjamin Powell gave the following speech at The Future of Freedom Foundations Economic Liberty Lecture Series. The speech, Implications of the Crash of 2008, can viewed above in its entirety.
Benjamin Powell is an associate professor of economics at Suffolk University, the President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, a senior economist with the Beacon Hill Institute, and a senior fellow with the Independent Institute. He earned his B.S. in economics and finance from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
Recorded: Mon. April 23, 2012
Experts: Benjamin Powell
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I posted about this yesterday but got little response. We are going to crossville tn to see it,
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I see the date on this now. I guess I should be more observant before I comment or post. I don't usually check the library to see if someone has already posted on the subject before I post myself. I'll try to do better with that! Thx.
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LOS ANGELES - Shane Salerno's phone never stops ringing.
Known until now as a screenwriter for "Armageddon" and "Savages," working by day on a sequel to "Avatar," he has taken on a surprising and news-making identity: the latest, and, apparently, greatest seeker of clues about J.D. Salinger.
Salerno is finally opening up about a private quest he worked on for a decade, spending $2 million of his own money. Stating that he has found more than even he had imagined, including what the author might have written over the last half century of his life, Salerno is presenting his case in "Salinger," a unique, 3-way project: A 700-page book, co-authored with David Shields; a theatrical release distributed by the Weinstein Company; and a TV documentary that will air on PBS in January as the 200th installment of "American Masters."
Earnest and energetic with sharp, narrow blue eyes and dark, brushed-back hair that could qualify him as an honorary Baldwin brother, the 40-year-old Salerno seems an unlikely candidate for breaking Salinger ground. He is not an experienced biographer, a trained academic or investigative journalist. He is, instead, a lifelong Salinger fan, a believer and a go-getter who has often succeeded simply by refusing to quit.
"When I get something in my head, I go after it with extreme passion and I went after this for a decade with extreme passion," Salerno, who reportedly negotiated 7-figure deals for each edition of "Salinger," said during a recent weekend interview.
Salerno has come as close as anyone to giving the public a peek into the safe in Cornish, N.H., where Salinger allegedly stashed his unreleased manuscripts. Citing two independent sources, he has alleged that several more Salinger books are on the way, including new material on Holden Caulfield and on the Glass family that Salinger featured in "Franny and Zooey" and other books. No one, so far, has disputed Salerno. Salinger's longtime publisher, Little, Brown and Company, has declined comment. So has Salinger's son, Matthew.
The results of his work can be found, in part, in a 4-room office suite in Brentwood. There are rare editions of Salinger books, including a reviewer's copy of "Franny and Zooey" that includes the critic's handwritten notes ("Owes a lot to Faulkner," reads one comment). He has a rejection slip The New Yorker sent to Salinger, informing him they were not interested in "The Catcher In the Rye." He has folders marked "Personal Letters," "Divorce Papers" and "The Vault/The Safe."
Salerno interviewed hundreds of people and has amassed hundreds of documents, letters and photographs. For a time, he had an agreement with a Salinger family member - Salerno won't say who - to cooperate on the project, but the deal fell through. But "Salinger," the book and movie, still features notable new material:
-Photographs, letters and other materials from Salinger friend Paul Fitzgerald, whose close bond with the author lasted from World War II to 2010, the year Salinger died. (Paul Fitzgerald died just months later.) Fitzgerald's son, John, said in an email that his father had always respected Salinger's privacy, but that the family also believed it was time to "shed light" on misinformation. "After many lengthy conversations with Mr. Salerno, I knew that this would be the very vehicle to do so," he said.
The great prize was a World War II snapshot so tiny that no one at first could make out what it contained. "He (John Fitzgerald) called up and he said, `I don't know what it is. It looks like he's at a table,'" Salerno said. "I remember sending out my assistant to run out and buy a magnifying glass."
There was indeed a table, with an open notebook or journal on top, in or near a forest. A mustachioed Salinger looks up with a warm but careful smile, a cigarette in hand. Salerno verified that the snapshot was the only known photo of Salinger working on "The Catcher in the Rye." (A caption on the back reads: "The writer in our outfit, Jerry Salinger, taking time out to pose").
-The end of a decades-long silence by a woman who as a teen in the 1950s formed an intense bond with Salinger and was a model for the title character in his story "For Esme - With Love and Squalor." Jean Miller spoke at length about their relationship and provided letters Salinger sent to her.
"I felt now I was in a position to tell my side of the story without, as Salinger was dead, betraying him," Miller said in an email. "I trusted Shane to tell my story. He had worked on this for so many years. He had Salinger's best interest at heart. He was not one of these parasites chasing down Salinger."
-Unprecedented detail about his war years and brief, first marriage.
-The discovery, based on an interview with the widow of TV and movie director Peter Tewksbury, that Salinger strongly considered allowing Tewksbury to adapt "Esme" into a feature film.
Salerno was born in Memphis, Tenn., in 1972, and was raised primarily by his mother as the family moved from Memphis to Washington, D.C. to San Diego. He went to the movies all the time - "theaters were kind of like a babysitter" - and cites two films as fundamental - the blockbuster "The Empire Strikes Back" and a cult thriller, "Thief," Michael Mann's feature debut.
"Basically, my career has lived in those two worlds," he said.
By high school, he was serious enough about movies to make one himself, an anti-drug documentary, "Sundown," that attracted national attention after Larry King aired it on CNN and interviewed the baby-faced filmmaker. Salerno was in such a hurry to get to Hollywood that he didn't bother with college or even attend his high school graduation. Instead, he found work as an apprentice on the crew for "NYPD Blue" and by age 30 had worked on projects with Winslow, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg.
The idea for the Salinger project came about a decade ago. Salerno was in a Burbank bookstore and picked up a copy of Paul Alexander's 1999 biography, "Salinger." Anxious to be his own boss, fascinated both by what he knew and didn't know about Salinger, Salerno acquired film rights to Alexander's book. His original plan: Make a narrative feature and get Daniel Day-Lewis to star.
"I thought Daniel Day-Lewis not only perfectly encapsulated Salinger, but when Daniel Day-Lewis is made up for events he can look strikingly like Salinger at certain angles," Salerno said.
"But I knew that ... he would want to know so much, there was so much research and diligence. So I really began preparing the research in order to prepare for a meeting that I hoped would happen with Daniel Day-Lewis. Then I did a couple of interviews (about Salinger) over the phone and interviews in person and it became clear to me that this was a documentary."
The "Salinger" movie and book have a diverse, unpredictable cast. There are authors (Gore Vidal, Tom Wolfe), biographers (Paul Alexander, A. Scott Berg), friends and former lovers, an unnamed man that former Salinger lover Joyce Maynard once dated and such film stars as John Cusack, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Edward Norton. Salerno says he wasn't trading in on Hollywood connections or simply trying to add brand names for box office appeal. The actors he chose were dedicated fans.
"My belief is that there are people that have pieces of this story, or perspectives on this story, that are valid without them being Harvard or Princeton professors of literature," Salerno said.
"Ed Norton's point of view on certain things can be looked at one or two ways. You can look at it as, `Ugh, some actor's talking about J.D. Salinger.' Or you can say, `You ever listen to that guy? He really has an extraordinary perspective on Salinger.'"
Salerno, like any top Hollywood writer, is an old hand at never asking for something just once. He was willing to work for years to get contributors. He remembers calling Berg so many times that the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, whose subjects have ranged from Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn to President Woodrow Wilson, lectured him on protocol: Be persistent, but don't nag. Call every few weeks, not a few times a week.
"In my memory, I told him the story of a cat that once went under my house and how at first I kept trying to shout at it to get out," said Berg, whose comments are used in both the film and the book. "And then I realized that I should just pour a dish of milk and place that a few feet from the house and leave the cat alone. I recall telling him to `Let the cats come to the dish, even if it takes days, months, or years.'"
Salerno didn't get everyone he wanted. He wrote to director John Hughes, a Salinger obsessive whose "The Breakfast Club" was influenced by the author. But Hughes, a Salinger-like figure within Hollywood who left town in the 1990s, declined. John Updike also turned him down.
The book and film feature the famous and the infamous, like old TV footage of John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, who has often cited "Catcher" and its condemning of "phonies" as a reason he shot the ex-Beatle. Salerno even considered speaking with Chapman, currently an inmate at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, N.Y.
"We started to go down that road, and felt it was such a slippery slope," he said.
Salerno doubts that the film and book will stand as final statements; the recent publicity has brought in a wave of new materials. Sorting through his papers, Salerno shows a Salinger letter from 1967 he just received in which the author disputes his image of being a man who dislikes movies. A tip Salerno learned of the other day could lead to "global news," he says with characteristic enthusiasm.
"There are some surprises ahead," he adds. "This is not over."


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Just a few weeks ago Keanu Reeves told the world that a draft for "Bill & Ted's 3" was just six weeks away. Well according to his former co-star, Alex Winter, things are ahead of schedule.
"Just got the script. And now to read..." tweeted Winter in response to a query from Anthony Maurizio, a fan who was just looking for confirmation of Reeves' earlier claim.
So what could these lovable morons be up to this time around?
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"When we last got together, part of it was that Bill and Ted were supposed to have written the song that saved the world, and it hasn't happened," explained Reeves earlier this month. "So they've now become kind of possessed by trying to do that. Then there's an element of time and they have to go back."
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Here is the ultimate destination for your city escape; where the loudest sound you will hear is the melodic yodelling of a pair of loons, or the bubbling waters rising from the hot tub.
Set among the pine, birch and maple forests of Quebec's Laurentian region, this contemporary, custom-built dream cottage is wrapped in a symphony of green living, offering expansive panoramic views overlooking crystalclear Lac Mercier and the surrounding woodlands and rolling hillsides.
Built in 2010 and situated mere minutes from Mont Tremblant Ski Resort, this wooded hideaway, with 7,000 square feet of living space, is located at 156 Ch. Des Futaies, minutes from Tremblant Village. The property includes 6 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms and is listed for sale by Sotheby's International Realty Quebec, for $2,095,000.
Beautiful white pine beams and columns extend vertically from the ground level to the apex of the double height cathedral ceilings.
These, and the use of horizontal pine beams throughout, give the cottage a unique and balanced interior, where the rich (though subtle) tones of the rounded pine beams bracket or frame the open concept of the living area. Both combine into a harmonious palette of calmness and linear architectural Zen.
Definitely a modern masterpiece, this custombuilt cottage was designed and implemented with the finest materials and finishes. This is reflected throughout the property in the eat-in gourmet kitchen, Ecosmart ventless fireplace, geo-thermal heating, granite counters, wine cellar, guest house, gym, and exterior shell of Alberta cedar.
The south-facing placement of the cottage and its numerous double-glazed windows maximizes the use of natural light and warmth from the sun, as it arches across the front of the home. Its integrated, non-intrusive landscaping highlights conformity with the surrounding woodland, water and sky.
"As a developer, I wasn't too impressed with the style of architecture that was being built in this region," said the cottage owner, property developer Matthew Shear.
"It's antiquated; like some of the Scandinavian log cabin styles that came out of the 1980s, which are found across the area. We fashioned the design on this old log cabin style, with a much more contemporary and vertical application," he stated.
Shear's design influence comes from travelling throughout Europe and the United States. "If you visit European ski areas or even the U.S., the architecture is very different, very positive and advanced, compared to where we are now. You'll have huge stone castles that modernize, incorporating the most advanced kitchen settings and materials such as wood beams and columns, as modernizing factors."
The owner/developer adapted the dwelling to the surrounding environment, rather than altering the environment to fit the residence. "Our philosophy was to blend in with the environment, rather than putting a stamp on it," stated Shear. "Basically we kept the trees very close in proximity to the house, therefore bringing a continuous flow of trees inside and outside, creating the natural warmth of themes that exist in nature. This inspiration is taken in part from a melding of Spanish coastal architecture and Quebec influence."
The exposed wood beams and columns are not only aesthetically beautiful; they function much as the skeleton that supports our body. "They also shape and give strength and rigidity to the structure," explained Shear.
Though out of reach of most readers, it is refreshing to see the result of designers who push the limit in contemporary building design; using architecture as art and as a signpost to who we are and where we are going.
"What's stunning are the wood beams and columns.," says the broker for the property, Joseph Montanaro. "It's like bringing the forest inside the house. This is part of what makes this cottage so unique; not your typical chalet."
Montanaro said that the cottage was originally priced at $2.8 million but has been reduced to $2,095,000. "We reduced the price substantially for a quick sale. This isn't just a cottage, but a real house for full-time living with all the modern conveniences and custom adaptations. It's an exceptional site near a host of outdoor activities."
For more information please contact Joseph Montanaro at 514-660-3050, or via his website (MLS# 8621162)


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FOOD- DISH- They mix: Oil & Vinegar get together at Barracks
Connoisseurs of fine cooking oils and vinegars will be happy to know that Oil & Vinegar opened quietly on July 8 in the Barracks Road Shopping Center between Talbot's and Barnes & Noble. The European culinary gift shop is only the seventh store in the chain opened in the United States. The Dutch franchise has over 100 stores in 14 counties around the world. Owners Paul & Bridget Urmanski loved the one they visited while they were living in Milwaukee, and when they decided to move to Charlottesville (Bridget has a sister here, and her father, Jack O'Leary is a partner in the business) they approached franchise owner John Blogg about opening a shop.
"He came and visited Charlottesville and loved it," says Bridget Urmanski. In addition to oils and vinegars, the store also sells a variety of prepared foods from around the world such as chutney from South Africa, Delidevs allioli sauce from Spain, Arugula pesto from Italy, and rum flavored chocolate for chocolate fondue. Gift baskets and recipe books are also available.
"We're a culinary gift shop with a wide range of food and cooking products from around the world, in a Mediterranean-style environment," says Urmanski. "We hope to be the top-of-mind choice for people looking for a unique culinary gift."
Oil & Vinegar is especially known for its Amphora Wall, says Urmanski, a collection of fancy bottles and cruets that customers can have filled with their favorite oils, clean them when they're empty, and return to the store to be refilled. The store also features a sampling table where customers can try things in the store with bread from Panera down the street.
Look out, Food of All Nations, looks like another tony specialty shop has come to town!
Eat & learn: Cooking classes heat up
Sometimes learning about food can be almost as fun as eating it. That's the hope of the Seasonal Cook which, for the price of a night out, teaches students how to cook, entertain, and choose wines before they get to devour all the goodies.
On July 6, the shop, located in the West Main Market, hosted a "How to Throw a Tapas Party" class as part of its debut "How to Entertain" series. The class, co-taught by chef and food stylist (some one who makes those dishes look so gorgeous on magazine covers) Marisa Catalano and chef and wine educator Megan Headley offered recipes for sangria, tapas such as blue cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped dates and grilled chorizo with sherry, as well as tips for setting a table like a pro.
"We're trying to teach people to make 'make-ahead' dishes so they can enjoy their parties and not be slaves in the kitchen," says Headley, a 28-year-old UVA grad and graduate of New York's Institute of Culinary Education, who started the series in May.
If you act fast, you might be able to get in on the "How to Throw a Sushi Party" class on Thursday, July 20. If not, there's always the "How to Throw an Antipasti Party" class on Thursday, August 3. In addition, the two offer wine and cheese pairing classes through August 21.
"I'm very passionate about demystifying the confusion surrounding old world wine and cheeses," says Headley. "People think they need to be rich, or older, or more sophisticated to appreciate or afford these wines and cheeses, but that's not the case."
Headley says her classes are a "101 class" on how to read a wine label, since many of the old-world wines are labeled by region, not wine type. It's an education that can be daunting, since, as Headley points out, there are 2000 varieties of grapes in Italy, compared to only 18 types in California, which makes a guide through the regions almost essential.
And Headley says that cheeses from a certain region go best with wines from the same region. For example, Italian piave (a hard cheese like Parmesan) goes best with white wines like Tocai from the Friuli region, where the cheese is made.
"That's why we do a lot of regional pairings," says Headley. "Why argue with nature?"
Barracks Road Shopping Center welcomes Oil & Vinegar, a new European culinary shop with a mysterious Amphora Wall


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Equinox Has New Ad Campaign
NEW YORK — Equinox, New York, has launched a new advertising campaign called My Body, My Biography, which tells the stories of people who say working out at Equinox has helped them overcome adversity. The Web site includes profiles, photos and videos of select members as well as user-generated content where anyone can share their own story. Visitors can get to know Equinox members, such as an injured Olympic athlete, a struggling single mother of five and a plane crash survivor, at www.mybodymybiography.com.
Bally Names New CFO
CHICAGO — Steven Barnhart is the new senior vice president and chief financial officer for Bally Total Fitness, Chicago. Barnhart, who will report to Bally CEO Mike Sheehan, will be responsible for overseeing Bally's financial functions, including the finance and accounting, financial analysis, treasury, and purchasing and risk management departments, as well as the IT department.
Snap Promotes Findley
CHANHASSEN, MN — Former Curves President Gary Findley is the new chief operating officer of Snap Fitness, Chanhassen, MN. Findley had been Snap Fitness' senior vice president of franchise sales since joining the company in 2008. As COO, Findley will continue to lead the company's franchise sales development both domestically and internationally.


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Taking Sides: Clashing Views in World History, Volume 2, Expanded Second Edition, is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in world history. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading historians and commentators on world history, reflect opposing positions and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. For each issue, the editors provide a concise introduction and postscript summary. The introduction sets the stage for the debate as it is argued in the "yes" and "no" readings. The postscript briefly reviews the opposing opinions and suggests additional readings on the controversial issue under discussion. By requiring students to analyze contradictory positions and reach considered judgments, Taking Sides actively develops students' critical thinking skills. It is this development of critical thinking skills that is the ultimate purpose of each of the volumes in the widely acclaimed Taking Sides program. Book jacket.Mitchell, Helen Buss is the author of 'Taking Sides: Clashing Views in World History, Volume 2, Expanded', published 2007 under ISBN 9780073515175 and ISBN 0073515175.[read more]
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Cramlington Bowling Club welcomes new players and visitors throughout the season from April to September.
Contact via their Facebook page.
Cramlington Community choir meet on Wednesdays in term time, 1900-2100 at Doxford Methodist Church Hall, Doxford Place, Cramlington, NE23 6DY. Led by Jane Harland. A friendly welcoming choir of about 30. We sing songs old and new from around the world. No need to read music. Everyone welcome. £5 per session. For further information contact Jane by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Held on a Wednesday lunch time £4 for two course meal with tea or coffee
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Blagdon Terrace, Cramlington NE23 6QQ
St. Nicholas' Church is the traditional church visible in the middle of the town and as such is a popular venue for weddings and baptisms.
Several congregations using different styles of worship meet at St. Nicholas' Church. The 8am Sunday service is quiet and reflective with little or no music. The 10am service on Sunday is a celebration for families and people of all ages. The Wednesday morning service is a quieter service but does include hymns. The Prayer and Praise service is free-style, using a variety of styles of worship and includes a lot of music.
To exchange information and provide a forum for discussion about leasehold issues in Cramlington and the wider area.
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Every Wednesday 9:30am – 12pm
A friendly tennis club based at Alexandra Park in Cramlington. All welcome and all abilities catered for.
Players can access tennis as a member, key holder & non-member so there is something for everyone.
With the CCTP you have 3 options to play tennis at Alexandra Park:
1) Become a CCTP member, get loads of benefits that make your tennis cheaper and provide you with extra tennis opportunities: including discounts on coaching, matches, Wimbledon ticket ballot and a court key.
2) Enrol on one of our coaching courses, get expert coaching from LTA licensed coaches, improving your skills and meeting new people. All players can try a session for FREE and are open to members and non-members
3) Become a 'Key Holder' you have no CCTP benefits other than a court key to access the tennis courts around CCTP usage. You need to provide your full details and can name up to 3 other players that will be playing with you when you use the key but the main key holder must be present when using the key.
For further information or to book onto any of our courses/activities please contact CCTP Head Coach Phil Barron on 07711479026 or email@example.com
Manor Walks Shopping and Leisure is Cramlington's leading shopping destination with over 100 High Street outlets, independent boutiques and eateries open seven days a week.
The centre has everything you need for a complete day out so you can shop, dine and relax with retailers including Boots, Dorothy Perkins, New Look, JD Sports, Claire's and an adjoining retail park with units including Next, Argos and TK Maxx.
The centre has a wide variety of modern dining choices on offer such as Nando's, Frankie & Benny's and Sambuca or if you prefer something lighter, why not try one of the independent cafes including Kitchen and Bettini's. Manor Walks is also home to the only multiplex VUE cinema in the county which includes the largest screen in the North East featuring all the latest blockbuster movies.
For more information about Manor Walks follow @ManorWalks on Facebook, Twitter and Instragram or visit the website http://www.manorwalks.co.uk
The times below are for the Manor Walks Shopping and Leisure. For individual store opening hours please check the shops directory.
Weekly Opening Times
- Monday: 8:00am – 8:30pm
- Tuesday: 8:00am – 8:30pm
- Wednesday: 8:00am – 8:30pm
- Thursday: 8:00am – 8:30pm
- Friday: 8:00am – 8:30pm
- Saturday: 8:00am – 8:30pm
- Sunday: 9:30am – 4:30pm
CSCS was created during last year's summer school break (2017). we have been an active and established service within our community now for over 8 months. Based in Cramlington but help families and young people all round the Northeast.
Collecting donations of Uniform for all the local schools and surrounding areas. expanding rapidly around neighbouring communities as the scheme grows.
Freema Chambers
Forum Way, Cramlington NE23 6YB
The North East's biggest rugby league club. National Community Club of the Year. Home of Rockets Community. Teams from Rocket Tots to adults. All welcome!
The Rockets currently train over 140 players spanning from U8's to Open Age teams.
We run teams at the following age groups: Boys U9's, U10's, U11's, U12's, U13's, U14's U15's and U16'S. Girls
U12's U14's andU16's
They also run two Open Age Men's teams, one in the North East Premier Division and one Merit team for our Youth players making the transition into the Men's game.
The club has 22 volunteers with diverse backgrounds, which include RFL qualified coaches, RFL accredited referees, a RFL Touchline Manager, catering staff, a treasurer, a child welfare officer and a club photographer.
Church of the Nazarene, Durham Road, Cramlington NE23 3ST
Toddler Group has 5 sessions per week. It is a very popular and well-known group for babies and toddlers.
It is a safe environment for children to play, with a fantastic selection of toys, structured crafts and always finishes with a singsong. The room is carpeted so nice for younger children. Nothing is too much trouble for the dedicated team who run the group. Venue is lovely and clean with good changing facilities.
Parents and carers get a chance to talk and have refreshments while still being able to supervise their children. If you would like more information regarding the Toddler group please contact us.
Tuesday 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm
Wednesday 10am -11.30am
Friday 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm
£3 per child. Babies and toddlers of all ages.
Runs on: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays
Jane Percy House supports people with a range of disabilities including cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and arthritis, multiple sclerosis and disabilities resulting from accidents or a stroke. As well as providing physical care, it is committed to ensuring that people have control over their lives and are treated with dignity and respect at all times.
Located in Cramlington, Northumberland, they provide accommodation and support for people with complex and high dependency needs, giving independence and lifestyle choices for adults with physical disabilities. It forms part of the nationwide network of disability support services provided by The Disabilities Trust.
Crowhall Lane, Cramlington, NE23 3YP
Monday: 8.00am – 8.00pm
Tuesday: 9.00am – 9.30pm (staffed until 6.00pm)
Wednesday: 8.00am – 8.30pm (staffed until 6.00pm)
Thursday: 10.00am – 8.30pm (staffed until 7.30pm)
Friday: 8.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am – 12.00pm (open longer if football match)
Sunday: 9.00am – 10.00pm (open longer if football match)
The club ethos is to make football fun and available to everyone. They are a community club with a community spirit who believe all children should have the opportunity to play organised football in a fun and safe environment.
Cramlington Town F.C. are a FA Community Club – with age groups ranging from under 7 to Seniors. They provide football to 270 local boys, girls and adults and are based at Cramlington Sporting Club, with some of the best facilities available to junior/senior football.
In May 2009 Cramlington Cobras merged with Cramlington Town F.C. senior team who play in the Northern Alliance League, and now Cobras hve become Cramlington Town F.C. The Committee felt that this was a step forward and would help secure and develop the club in the future and allow the players to progress from junior to senior football.
Venues: East Hartford Pavillion, Cramlington, NE23 3BE and Cramlington Sporting Club, NE23 6BN


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IDC of Portsmouth and Greenland, NH
IDC Latest News
|IDC Chosen to develop new website and social marketing initiatives for The Birchtree Center
|IDC announced today that it will develop a new website and implement web-based marketing initiatives for The Birchtree Center
|IDC to Enhance and Expand Web Marketing for EnviroVantage
|IDC to redesign website and create online marketing campaigns for environmental cleanup leader.
|IDC Appoints Devon Morrow Marketing Associate
|IDC has appointed Devon Morrow as Market Research Associate.
|Integrated Development Corporation Marks 20 Years in Business
|June 25, 2007
IDC, one of NH's oldest web programming, marketing firms.
|IDC Launches Upgrade of Portsmouth Music and Arts Center Website
|June 18, 2007
Expanded site gives community arts and music school leading-edge technology, more flexibility.


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It's like 1994 all over again – but in 3D.
Simba & Co. casually pawed aside Stephen Soderbergh's newest all-star cast and Ryan Gosling's macho driver as "The Lion King" reclaimed the top spot at the weekend box office, taking in an estimated $29.3 million.
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Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
The rather stunning performance of "The Lion King" rerelease goes back "to the circle of life idea," said Disney executive Dave Hollis.
"Teenagers who saw it two decades ago are now parents and brought their children. Parents who saw it when it first came out are now grandparents and brought their grandchildren," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "It was an opportunity to see the movie in a way they hadn't seen it before. And it's a little bit of the perfect storm."
The new 3D version of Disney's animated classic about life on the great savannah was timed to promote the upcoming BluRay edition and was only expected to earn about $12 million to $13 million, but families roared in appreciation this weekend. They made up 74 percent of its audience – and "The Lion King" had no other kids' movies as competition among the top 10.
Now, its planned two-week run could be extended.
In all, the movie, which is the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film ever, has racked up $357.8 million in domestic sales, according to EW.com.
Soderbergh's "Contagion" dropped to second place this weekend with $14.5 million. That was a 35 percent drop-off for the thriller about a nasty pandemic flu that spreads from Hong Kong to Minneapolis and far, far beyond, shaking up the lives of a protective dad (Matt Damon), a CDC director (Laurence Fishburne) and a WHO investigator (Marion Cotillard), among others.
"Drive" was third with $11 million, and "The Help" keeps doing just fine in its sixth weekend, taking in $6.4 million for a running total of $147.4 million.
The Sarah Jessica Parker comedy-drama "I Don't Know How She Does It" made a disappointing debut in sixth place with $4.5 million.
As E! Online noted, her husband did much better: Matthew Broderick is the voice of the grown-up Simba.
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Fright Fest Zombie Auditions
Bring Your Best Zombie to Six Flags!
Love Halloween and the fall season? We have the job for you! Audition to be a Fright Fest zombie! We are hiring zombies for the full run of Fright Fest from September 13 through October 31, 2019.
Zombie Auditions
Take place in a group with a few exercises performed in front of a panel of judges. No previous experience required. Must be at least 16 years old.
Auditions take place in the Employment Center. Please enter the employee entrance on Route 537 West, past the park's main entrance.
Please visit www.sixflagsjobs.com to apply before attending an audition.
Audition Dates:
July 27 - 1 p.m.
August 3 - 1 p.m.
August 9 - 6 p.m.
August 17 - 1 p.m.
August 24 - 1 p.m.
August 30 - 6 p.m.
September 19 - 6 p.m.
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State officials are reviewing pasteurization records of Whittier Farm in an attempt to determine what contaminated the milk produced at the farm with listeria bacteria.
State officials are reviewing pasteurization records of Whittier Farm in an attempt to determine what contaminated the milk produced at the farm with listeria bacteria. Two deaths and two additional illnesses have been connected to the farm's milk since June -- information announced by state health officials Thursday. The cause of the contaminations is still unknown, but a state milk inspector reviewed the company's pasteurization records, which indicate the amount of bacteria present in the milk, at the West Main Street processing plant, said Nancy Allen, director of public health in Shrewsbury. The incidents mark the only fatal listeria-related illnesses Dr. Al DeMaria, the state Department of Public Health's director of communicable diseases, can recall in the state in the past 20 years. The farm has suspended its operations for the foreseeable future. Multiple calls to the farm were not returned yesterday. Presently, all state officials can do is speculate how the milk was contaminated. DeMaria thinks the contamination occurred after the milk was pasteurized. ``It could have been in a flavoring additive,'' said DeMaria. However, DeMaria said most additives are added before pasteurization. The farm's pasteurization process, which typically kills bacteria such as listeria, appears to meet code and regulations. This has led DeMaria to think the contamination may have occurred post-pasteurization. Unlike other states such as California, all Massachusetts farms are required to pasteurize milk intended for mass-production as ``raw milk is inherently dangerous,'' said DeMaria. ``From all appearances, they appear to have done nothing wrong. They've passed all inspections, but somehow it got into the milk,'' said DeMaria. ``It's still under investigation.'' Asked why the state warned consumers of the tainted milk months after the two deaths -- one man died in June, the other in October -- DeMaria said connecting the cases through forensic fingerprinting and finding the cause of the infection can be onerous and difficult. About 20 to 25 cases of listeria are reported in the state each year, according to the DPH. Blood samples contaminated with the bacteria have to be collected at hospitals and shipped to state laboratories, where scientists ``grind up the samples and analyze the DNA,'' then record their findings in a database. Each sample leaves a ``forensic fingerprint,'' said DeMaria. ``Just like 'CSI,''' he said, referring to the TV show about criminal investigations. The four cases connected to the tainted milk had four DNA fingerprints that ``were clones of each other,'' said DeMaria, with Whittier Farms being the link to all four. Typically such connections are not announced until an investigation is complete, but because ``there was confirmation of a field product we had to take action,'' the DPH doctor said. Milk produced at the farm is known by several brand names including Whittier, Schultz, Balance Rock, Spring Brook, and Maple. State officials are urging consumers who have such milk to throw it away. Staff writer Dan McDonald can be reached at 508-490-7475 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A federal bankruptcy judge approved RG Steel's $767,000 "retention" plan for 21 employees Tuesday over the sharp objections of the United Steelworkers.
The payments, approved by Judge Kevin J. Carey in Wilmington, include stipends for health insurance and a bonus equal to three months' salary, if the workers remain through Dec. 31. RG Steel — which owned the Sparrows Point mill in Baltimore County before auctioning it to a redevelopment firm and liquidator this summer — said the move was necessary to wind down its estate.
The 21 employees are "the last remnants" of the company, down from more than 4,800 workers in May, RG Steel said. About 2,000 of the laid-off employees worked at Sparrows Point.
The United Steelworkers called the payments "inappropriate, unfair and outrageous" in a letter to members. Its attorneys said RG Steel didn't justify the plan, and noted that retirees and laid-off workers have been stuck with unpaid bills for medical care provided before the company's health plan ceased.
"These unpaid bills have the potential to ruin the lives, credit and financial health (to say nothing of the physical health) of RG's former employees and retirees," the union said in its court filing.


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Loss of agricultural land, particularly Prime Farmland, occurred at a record pace during the 2006-08 period. The data documents the effects of the economic recession on urban development and the idling of farmland in response to water shortages, particularly in the San Joaquin Valley.
Irrigated farmland decreased by 203,011 acres between 2006 and 2008, with Prime Farmland representing 49 percent of the decrease (98,471 acres). Urbanization totaled 72,548 acres, the lowest rate recorded since the late 1990's; during the 2004-06 mapping cycle, new urban land had totaled 102,010 acres.
Land idling, at 260,412 acres, increased by 29 percent since the prior mapping period. It was predominant in the southern San Joaquin Valley. The cessation of irrigation resulted in most of the land being reclassified to Grazing Land or Farmland of Local Importance. These conversions could be reversed if environmental factors change.
Since tracking of agricultural land conversions began in 1984, more than 1.3 million acres have been taken out of agricultural use in the state. This represents an area larger than the size of Merced County, or a rate of about one square mile every four days.
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Everyone knows that time is supposed to be linear (at least the way that we experience it), but our usual representation is circular, since the watch face and clock face were designed for the convenience of returning their hands to the 12 o'clock position, not necessarily usability. This clock takes time and represents it in a more linear fashion with a minimal facade which conceals a rotating scroll that indicates the time.
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If you were to look to at my love life as following a trajectory, forming one neat and perfect line (ha), it would appear as if, since the tender age of 17, I were perpetually engaged in an active search for The One. With the exception of what amounts to a total of about a year and a half lost to housebound illness and heartbroken depression, adding in some month or two breaks here and there in between active dating, I have spent nearly 16 years of my life in serial monogamy, AKA some form of a relationship.
These relationships have ranged from the short-lived, failed attempts of one to three months to serious, deeply committed, live-in relationships lasting three to four years. In perhaps too many, I have turned out to be the heartbreaker, but I have also had my share of experiences where my heart had been utterly destroyed as well. Yet each time, I eventually dust myself back off, heading back into the adventures of love, though perhaps with my heart more carefully protected the next time.
My married childhood friends who thought I'd be the first of us down the aisle—as did I—observe my endless adventures with men with amusement and/or not-well-disguised pity. They wonder if I'm too picky, too flighty or, if they're feeling generous, wonder when a truly great guy will realize just how amazing I really am.
"He's out there," they say, not really meaning to come across as condescending, I'm sure. "Be patient."
Some of my perpetually single friends have expressed concerns that I at times might be too eager to be paired up with a mate, but I contend that desperation has been not my driving urge. On the contrary, I love to give and receive the sincerest form of love. I have been driven by the mission to find and keep that love—I know that is possible, at the right time, with the right person. I have seen in it very close to home, as my parents' own love affair only grows deeper and more beautiful with each passing year. I know I want that too some day.
In my periods of self-reflection—which by the way can still occur in the midst of a struggling relationship, which as those of you who have lived there know can be even lonelier than being single—I have also come to a realization about love that relationship experts repeat over and over because it's true. You cannot truly expect to really find and keep the genuine, enduring love from another person until you can learn to find and accept that same love from yourself.
Don't roll your eyes at me. Think about it. If you can't appreciate your own inner beauty, your gifts, talents, strengths and what you can bring to the table, not just in romantic relationships but to the world in general, how can you expect someone who may be starting off as a perfect stranger to you to learn to either?
Of course, a great partner can see beyond the b.s. you sometimes hold up as a mask to protect yourself from hurt. A great partner can be your biggest cheerleader and in the most loving and respectful ways encourage you to be your best self that is most genuine to the real you. A great partner can help you to open your eyes to that beautiful person you truly are inside and out.
But you can't depend on a partner to do all that hard work for you. At some point you're going to have to take a look in front of the metaphorical and literal mirror by yourself and say, "Damn it, I am an amazing person, worthy of love. I deserve happiness, wonderful friendships, a career I love, success and all the great rewards of life. Regardless of whether I ever find The One or not."
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Maqloobeh With Chicken: Non Traditional Method
Maqloobeh is a traditional Palestinian dish. This was introduced to us by one of my husband's close friend. Maqloobeh is nothing but a rice dish made with rice, meat and layers of vegetables like eggplant, potato and cauliflower . The choice of vegetables varies, but eggplant is a must for a traditional Maqloobeh. This is also called as upside down rice, since it's made in one pot and inverted in a large serving plate just before serving. The look of the dish itself makes you feel festive. A single pot dish packed with flavours and nutrients. With very mild spices, just the juices released from the meat and vegetables makes it so delicious.
The recipe which I have given here is a bit of nontraditional method. The procedure is almost the same, but I couldn't get eggplant so it comes under the category of nontraditional method. This is a very good meal to sit and enjoy with your family.
Chicken- 500 g
Rice- 500 g
Onion- 1
Tomato- 1 big one or 2 small one
Broccoli- 1 whole broccoli
Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
Paprika powder- 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste- 2 tsp
Parsley- 2 stalk
Olive oil- 3 tbsp
Salt as required
Wash the chicken well, cut it into big size pieces. Rub the chicken with spices, ginger garlic paste and salt. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add the chicken pieces and fry them on each sides in medium heat. Then add the sliced onions and stir well. Add some water to the chicken and cook until the chicken is cooked.
Wash the broccoli, separate the florets and put them in boiling water for 5 minutes. Slice the tomatoes and set aside. Wash the rice in cold water and set aside.
Take a large heavy bottomed vessel. Keep it in slow heat, add the olive oil, arrange the slices of tomato at the bottom of the vessel. Then arrange the chicken slices. Then add a layer of rice on top of the chicken. Then add the broccoli florets. Then add the remaining rice, salt and enough water to cover the top of the rice. Keep the heat in slow, cover the vessel tightly and do not open the vessel until the rice looks fluffier. Better to use a transparent cover so that you can keep checking for the rice without opening the vessel. Once the rice looks cooked and all the water is absorbed, switch it off and allow it to rest for at least 20 minutes.
Then place a large serving plate on top of the vessel and carefully invert it.
Serve the rice by itself or with salad and stew.
A great dish to enjoy as a family.
This recipe goes to Festive Rice event hosted by Akheela of Torview.
22 comments:
- Shabitha Karthikeyan said...
Very new dish to me. Looks so good and sounds interesting too !!
- September 30, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Reshmi said...
hey umm...i like this dish..itz very intersting..love to try it soon...superb presentation yaar!!!
- September 30, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- divya said...
Oooh how wonderful delicious! Lovely!
- September 30, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Namitha said...
That looks seriously terrific !
- September 30, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Suja Manoj said...
Festive rice..looks absolutely delicious and tempting
- September 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Pavani said...
mouthwatering n delicious rice..
- September 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Satya said...
wow how wonderfully u made this rice ...superb job dear
- September 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- NIDHYA said...
A-one chicken rice..awesome
- September 30, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- My Kitchen Antics said...
That is indeed quite elaborate...feel like having a plate full now
- September 30, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- My Kitchen Antics said...
That is indeed quite elaborate...feel like having a plate full now
- September 30, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Puja said...
That rice looks so festive n delicious..very nicely done dear!
US Masala
- September 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- SavithaRaj's Spice Land said...
New dish to me...and mouthwatering
- September 30, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- Torviewtoronto said...
this looks fantastic
- September 30, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- Sulagna said...
What a beautiful recipe..Thanks for sharing !!
Best Regards
- September 30, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Biny's Recipes said...
Its such a different and yummy recipe....thx a million for visitg my web...its an honour......u have a lovely space...
- September 30, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Droolworthy dish, looks wholesome and yummy..
- October 1, 2010 at 1:55 AM
- Pavithra Elangovan said...
Wow this is really interesting recipe ..looks so so delicious ...the first picture makes everyone drool rightaway.
- October 2, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- Unknown said...
my my....new to know but mouthwatering and inviting :)
- October 3, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- モバゲー said...
- October 10, 2010 at 2:05 AM
- 家出 said...
- October 24, 2010 at 3:26 AM
too oily..
- April 17, 2012 at 6:39 AM
it's actually a Palestinian dish..but i dont make mine that way..that's too greasy!
- April 17, 2012 at 6:40 AM


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If you've never heard of cubic Hamiltonian graphs before then take a look at Christopher Manning's wonderful cubic Hamiltonian graph builder. No, really, do! We too had never heard of them and now we think they are the bee's knees!
But what is a cubic Hamiltonian graph, you ask? A graph, of course, is just a bunch of points (vertices) connected by lines (edges). A cubic graph is a graph where every vertex has 3 edges – that is, each vertex is connected to exactly three others in the graph. And a Hamiltonian graph is a graph which has a closed loop of edges (a cycle) that visits each vertex in the graph once and only once, (this is called a Hamiltonian cycle). So a cubic Hamiltonian graph is a graph where each vertex is joined to exactly three others and the graph has a cycle visiting each vertex exactly once.
What has made us so excited about cubic Hamiltonian graphs is watching Manning's cubic Hamiltonian graph builder in action. The builder starts from the Hamiltonian cycle in the graph. This loop of edges accounts for two out of the three edges for every vertex in the graph. The builder then starts adding in the third edge for each vertex, knitting the graph together before your eyes. The creation of a torus is particularly beautiful to watch.
Manning uses something called the LCF notation to build the graphs. This ingenious notation succinctly describes the structure of cubic Hamiltonian graphs by describing how you add the extra edge to each vertex by counting backwards or forwards around the Hamiltonian cycle. For example our torus has the LCF notation [10]150. This means that every vertex is joined to another 10 edges along the cycle, and this process is repeated 150 times, once for each vertex, to complete the graph. (The 1st vertex is joined to the 11th, the 2nd to the 12th, the 3rd to the 13th, and so on...)
A graph represented by the LCF notation [10,7,4,-4,-7,10,-4,7,-7,4]2 starts with a cycle of 20 vertices – inside the square brackets is a list of instructions for 10 edges, and these are repeated twice, giving the total number of extra edges, and therefore vertices, as 20. In this graph the 1st vertex is joined to the 11th (a distance of 10 edges), the 2nd to the 9th (a distance of 7), the 3rd to the 7th (a distance of 4), the 4th to the 20th (a distance of -4, or counting backwards 4 edges), the 5th to the 18th (distance of -7), and so on. This graph is knitted into a dodecahedron.
Watching Manning's program knit together these graphs is beautiful to watch. But this mathematics has many important uses as well. Not only are Hamiltonian cycles important mathematically, they also have many useful applications. You can read more about graphs on Plus, and about the role Hamiltonian cycles play in bell ringing and DNA analysis. And you can read more about Christopher Manning's work on his blog.


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Dateline NBC
It's been more than two months since Greg Faull, a 52-year-old American expatriate living in the tropical paradise of Belize, was found murdered in his beachfront home.
It was an execution, plain and simple—Faull was shot once, in the head, and there was no sign of struggle or robbery. Local police are no closer to solving this crime today than they were two months ago. The person they would most like to talk to is Faull's neighbor: the wealthy American Internet entrepreneur John McAfee. But McAfee hid from police, then fled the country in early December. He is now safely back in the United States, and about to cash-in on book and movie deals about his life on the run.
You probably think you know the story already. A tattooed tycoon with a bevy of teenaged lovers and a fondness for guns taunts the police from secret hideouts. Armed with a laptop and smart phone, he simultaneously maintains his innocence while hammering the Belizean government with scattershot claims of rampant corruption.
But you probably don't know the half of it.
Soon after the news broke that McAfee was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Faull, Dateline scrambled producers and camera crews and correspondent Keith Morrison to get the story behind the story. The results of Dateline's investigation, which took its team from coast to coast and across Central America, is "Trouble in Paradise," and airs Friday night on NBC at 9pm ET/8pm CT.
The first thing Dateline set out to do was to investigate the murder, which had been lost in the media frenzy surrounding John McAfee. Aside from Faull's killer, Shane and Brittany McCann were probably the last people to see him alive. On the evening of November 10, 2012, Faull had dinner with the McCann's at their home on Belize's Ambergris Caye.
"Saturday night we had a few people over. We invited Greg," says Shane McCann. "Everyone in the neighborhood likes to do things."
Among the topics of conversation that night was the news that John McAfee, the eccentric millionaire who lived down the beach, had just reported that very morning that four of his dogs had been poisoned.
The neighbors thought that McAfee's dogs, a collection of a nearly a dozen mangy mutts who barked all night, were a snapping and snarling scourge for anyone who tried to walk along the beach to nearby bars and restaurants.
Like some other tourists, Faull had been bitten by McAfee's dogs. He had confronted McAfee about the dogs, and in fact, he had complained to local authorities about the problem a month earlier, but nothing had been done.
Neighbors say Faull made no secret of his dislike of those dogs and had often threatened to poison them if nothing were done to bring them under control. At dinner that night, McCann says Faull seemed to claim responsibility for poisoning the dogs
"He told me right there on the beach," says McCann, "'Did you hear? The dogs were poisoned.' And he gave me a little wink."
After dinner, McCann says he watched Faull walk off into the night, headed for home. Early the next morning, McCann says he was awakened by a call from one of Faull's caretakers, who told him Greg Faull was dead.
Assuming that Faull had had a heart attack, McCann says he rushed over to his friend's house, arriving well before the police. Inside, on the main floor, McCann says he saw his friend lying face up in a pool of dried blood, his legs straight out, his hands at his side, as if posed.
"It didn't look natural" , McCann says. "It looked like someone had laid him there."
According to McCann, Faull's keys were still in the door and he was still dressed in the clothes he'd been wearing the night before, though his T-shirt had been pulled up over his head.
"Yeah, it was pulled over, like in a hockey move or something… [it] was all the way behind his neck, but his shirt was still on."
The eeriest detail, says McCann, was the movie soundtrack that kept playing over and over again from the TV across the room.
"It was playing Pirates of the Caribbean, Volume Two. And it's doing the credits over and over. It was freakin' scary, man," McCann says. "Every 30 seconds the menu of that movie would just come on and off, on and off, on and off, on and off. There was no sign of struggle and nothing was stolen. We finally had to turn off the TV. It was bad."
Greg Faull's early retirement from his contracting business into tropical bliss in Belize lasted just five months and 10 days. His father, Art Faull, says his son, an avid sailor and fisherman, had never been happier. So it was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky when the US Embassy in Belize called him that Sunday afternoon with news that his son had been murdered.
"I yelled, I said, 'No, it can't possibly happen. Not Greg,'" Art Faull said, in his only interview since his son's death. "Cause I don't think anyone could have overpowered Greg if he'd have had a chance, you know? I suspect that he just never had a chance."
Immediately after securing the crime scene at Faull's house, police investigators headed over to McAfee's compound to question him, since he and Faull had feuded about the dogs. But when the police got there, McAfee was nowhere to be found.
Within hours the news was all over the internet that Marco Vidal, head of Belize's paramiltary Gang Suppression Unit, a team that focuses on combating organized crime, had named McAfee a primary suspect in the case.
Vidal and the Gang Suppression Unit had a history with John McAfee. In April, 2012, the GSU had raided another of McAfee's compounds, located on the mainland, on the suspicion that he was operating a meth lab there. Though that raid turned up no illegal drugs, and McAfee denied producing or even using drugs, he had been arrested on a weapons charge and briefly jailed.
The charge was later dropped and McAfee took to the press to launch blistering attacks on the Belizean government and the GSU, accusing them everything from petty corruption to murder.
And now, though McAfee was missing, he was not silent. The day after he disappeared, he launched a media blitz, blogging, emailing and calling journalists from undisclosed locations to insist that he had nothing to do with the murder of Faull, and to claim that he would likely die in custody if he turned himself in for questioning.
For the next three weeks, the 67-year-old McAfee courted the press and used every opportunity to rail against the Belizean government before escaping to Guatemala with his 20-year-old girlfriend.
Shortly before Christmas, McAfee was deported to the United States where he says he is prepared to meet with Belizean officials and answer any questions they might have about the Faull murder. Belizean authorities say they do not intend to take him up on that offer. The police say McAfee is not a suspect in the case, but that he remains a person of interest, and someone they still want to question.
"Trouble in Paradise" also examines John McAfee's life from his early successes in the Silicon Valley to his days on the run in Belize. There are exclusive interviews with two of McAfee's young girlfriends in Belize and Guatemala, as well as people who knew him in Belize.
Keith Morrison and the Dateline team finally tracked McAfee down while he was being detained in Guatemala, and conducted the only extensive network interview the provocative entrepreneur has given since fleeing his home in Belize. McAfee denies having anything to do with Faull's murder, and discusses his relationship with Faull at length. He also responds to accusations about drugs and answers questions about his controversial lifestyle.
But the forgotten man in the media maelstrom surrounding McAfee is Greg Faull. In moving interviews, Faull's friends in Belize and his family in Florida describe an industrious, fun loving man who never met a stranger. Fearing that the investigation into his death has stalled, the Faull family tells Dateline that they have enlisted the help of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, who is pressing Belizean for information.
"It feels hopeless, because, you know, it's a foreign country and I don't know how to handle it," says Greg's father, Art. "So we're waiting to see if we can put any pressure anywhere on the Belizean government just to continue their investigation. And find out who is responsible. But I just don't know when it'll happen. It's desperately important to know. This whole family is just terribly broken up. We all are."
On Saturday, January 19th, Faull's family will hold a memorial service in Florida. Afterward, they say, Faull's ashes will be scattered in the Gulf of Mexico where he spent his happiest hours sailing and fishing.