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"America believes in nothing quite so deeply as its own greatness," says Leonard Pitts, Jr., writing for the Miami Herald. "There is something sad about yelling, 'We're number one!' when you are, in fact, not."
This is a man for which the glass is forever half empty, who sees the American world through a racially tinted prism, and a man who apparently harbors a bitterness that won't allow him to grasp what makes this country great. It's probably an exercise in futility but I'll try my best to explain greatness - on his terms.
It's not only Americans who refer to our president as 'the leader of the free world' - it is the world that says so. At the moment, that leader happens to be a black man. This achievement comes from a country that, a couple hundred years ago, considered blacks to be no better than cattle. From the declaration that "All men are created equal," a mere three generations lapsed before war was waged to rid the country from the immorality of slavery. For the most part, white men fought white men to free black men. Civil rights laws, written and enacted by an all-white Congress, gave power to our courts to protect all citizens from racial discrimination. Almost simultaneously, similar strides were made concerning women, the elderly, the handicapped and those of alternate sexual persuasions. To the once oppressed, 200 years might seem like a long time to make these corrections. Yet on the timeline of history, these monumental societal turnabouts were accomplished with unprecedented speed. That is greatness in action.
It is true that much of the early economic backbone of this country was built by kidnapped and enslaved Africans. It is also true that today the descendants of those slaves enjoy a much higher standard of living than their counterpart descendants of non-slaves living in Africa. While Americans were struggling to make things right, blacks in African nations were kidnapping, enslaving and killing their own. Now, black Americans living in the poorest state of Mississippi have a per capita income that is 400 times greater than blacks living in the poorest African nations. That minorities have, and will continue to thrive in this country is a true measure of greatness.
While some may argue that capitalism wasn't invented here, few could disagree that the modern system blossomed as America wholeheartedly embraced it - a logical evolution following the abolishment of slavery. Capitalism is a crucial ingredient that underpins freedom in so many ways: The inconvenient truth is that private fiscal enterprise allows one to live where and how they want, to raise a family on their own terms, to pursue dreams and aspirations that entail risk. Yet greatness is not measured only by the degree of achievement from the fruit of one's labors, nor is our a nation's greatness measured by GDP. The mystery of greatness lies in a daring formula that trusts in man's affinity for and aspiration toward liberty, that promotes the efforts of the individual and allows for personal achievement without limitation.
There are other countries that are 'free' and many people who believe their country is 'great.' They follow our footsteps and count on the USA to continue to lead. And so it will be - as long as Americans resist the doubters that whisper it should be otherwise.
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rejected at Rutgers-Newark, Loyola-Chicago, George Mason, and Minnesota.
Rejected at John Marshall - Chicago today. No worries though, i just wish they could have told me sooner. Waiting is soo annoying. I could withdraw from these schools but then it would be like just giving them the application money without making them work for it at all. I am a closure type of person.
I've decided to keep all of my rejection letters so that, when I'm appointed a judge somewhere I can send the schools photocopies of the letters with "How you like me now, biatch?" scribbled on it. Maybe a bit childish, but so was their rejecting me...Bastards.
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Like most Nicholas Sparks stories, "Safe Haven" is set in a sleepy North Carolina seaside village
Like most Nicholas Sparks stories, "Safe Haven" is set in a sleepy North Carolina seaside village that oozes Southern charm.
There are waterfront fish houses owned by life-long residents who know one another's family histories, and late 19th century homes with porch swings shaded by towering live oaks.
There's a rain-soaked kiss between a sweet, widowed store owner Alex (Josh Duhamel) and new-girl-in-town Katie Feldman (Julianne Hough).
There's even a canoe scene reminiscent of a moment from "The Notebook."
But the couple's serendipitous meeting is only the beginning of the story – the chemistry is where the similarities to Sparks' other love stories end and a wave of suspenseful intrigue takes over.
In the romantic thriller, which opens Feb. 14, Hough's heroine has left Boston on the run from an abusive husband, Aussie actor and "Revolution" star David Lyons.
That sense of foreboding is what makes "Safe Haven" so special, says producer Wyck Godfrey.
"The thrills, the danger of it, left me on the edge of my seat," the producer said during a live, behind-the-scenes look at the local film that screened in theaters last month. "It's also about second chances – about picking yourself up after heartache and learning to love again. I cried when I read it, but I usually cry every time I read good scripts."
Filming for the Nicholas Sparks adaptation kicked off this past June and wrapped about 45 days later.
In May, a few of the Relativity Media production's 200 crew members began the search for filming locations, said production supervisor Bass Hampton.
The promotion to supervisor came after Hampton, of Charleston, worked as locations manager for five other Sparks' films, including the locally filmed "Nights in Rodanthe."
"I took a long, slow approach to make sure I knew what I was doing before I took the next step in my career," Hampton said. "I'm the kind of guy who wants to know how to hit a ball before heading out to the golf course."
Though Sparks set "Safe Haven" in Southport, scouts considered Wrightsville Beach and Varnamtown before deciding on the novel's setting for filming, he said.
"At first, we were worried we might disrupt business, but I think it worked out that we enhanced peoples' businesses," Hampton said. "Southport bent over backwards to accommodate us. It was a great place to spend the summer. You really got a chance to get to know the place and its people."
The shoot presented a few challenges for residents, however.
City officials received complaints after movie crews set off fireworks during late-night hours in late July.
The incident prompted Southport officials to review the city's filming ordinance. The public will have an opportunity to comment on the new filming policy during a Board of Alderman meeting on Thursday afternoon, according to city documents.
Despite the hiccups, "Safe Haven" producer Marty Bowen, who filmed the pilot for the TV series "Revenge" in the area in 2011, said the community was "staggeringly supportive."
"I knew after that project that I'd be back in a heartbeat, so when I found out we were considering Southport, I knew I wanted to be here," he said this past July on set.
Whether it was a local barkeep sitting out a glass of his favorite bourbon – Booker's – for a nightcap, or neighbors bringing over a 10-pound pan of baked ziti after the birth of his twins at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, locals found "lovely" ways to welcome the filmmakers, Bowen said.
"Everything about shooting in North Carolina, Wilmington and Southport has been special," he said. "It's a home away from home."
The hospitality went both ways.
"Safe Haven" filmmakers are estimated to have spent between $15 and $20 million in Southeastern North Carolina on qualifying expenses, such as crew salaries, lodgings and construction costs, according to the N.C. Film Office.
Set builders bought materials at local stores, including "Ryan's Port Market," a general store built for the movie on Brunswick Street near the town's Yacht Basin.
Leigh Leverett, a Wilmington-based costume designer, said she shopped for wardrobe pieces at boutiques in Southport and Wilmington.
"We always try and do our shopping as locally as possible," Leverett said.
The costumer said the stars' wardrobes reflect the laid-back beach vibe the region is known for.
"Because it's set in Southport, we were trying to go for a realistic, inexpensive look, not what Hollywood would say is real," she said. "There's shorts, tanks, button-up cotton tops. The kind of things you'd be able to pick up locally. It's comfortable – and it's a pleasant little movie."
Now, those in the small Brunswick County Community who have already come to love the film are holding their breath to see if America will, too.
Hotelier Dave Pukenas, who runs the Robert Ruark Inn at 119 N. Lord St. in Southport with his wife, Linda, said most guests weren't aware of filming until they arrived for their stay.
Mention of the shoot whetted their appetite for star watching, he said.
"We had a lot of people really interested in the production once they found out it was filming here, so we'd take them down and show them the set," Pukenas said. "We didn't have anyone from the production stay with us, but it was a very vibrant, good summer here."
Expectations about town are high.
"We have several friends who have businesses in town and we've discussed the potential it has, so we're all anxiously waiting to see what happens," Pukenas said. "I'm hoping it will really drive people here."
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The rumour originates from Rixstep, and since I had never heard of these guys before, I pretty much assumed from the start that it was a bunch of nonsense. When I actually came to read the story they posted, it became even more apparent: this was a load of nonsense.
"Developers planning on marketing software for 10.7 will submit their products to the App Store as iPhone and now iPad developers have already done," the rumour reads, "10.7 will have kernel support for ('insistence on') binaries signed with Apple's root certificate. No software will be able to run on Mac OS X 10.7 without being approved and signed by Apple, Inc."
The rumour fell apart right there, as 9TO5Mac notes, since Mac OS X's kernel already has support for signed binaries (more here), and in fact, is already using this technology. You can spot signed binaries on Mac OS X quite easily: applications that ask you keychain access after being updated are not signed, and those that do not ask, are signed.
In any case, lousy rumour or no, the prospect of iPhone-style application control ever coming to Mac OS X is not a pleasant one. As such, Mac developer Fernando Valente decided to email Steve Jos at his usual address. "There's a rumour saying there will be a Mac App Store and no software without authorisation from Apple will run on Mac OS X," he asks, "Is that true?"
"Steve Jobs' response" (I'm assuming a number of Apple people monitor this address) was as clear and to the point as can be. "Nope."
Good. Mac OS X is a great operating system, and nobody wants it ruined by totalitarian and arbitrary App Store management.


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A Salisbury man faces a pair of robbery charges among others after Davidson County sheriff's deputies allege he robbed a woman of her medications and cash and threatened to kill her cat Sunday night in the Tyro community.
A Salisbury man faces a pair of robbery charges among others after Davidson County sheriff's deputies allege he robbed a woman of her medications and cash and threatened to kill her cat Sunday night in the Tyro community.
Rodney Scott Earnhardt, 40, of 8770 Castor Road, has been charged with two counts of felony robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of communicating threats, forcible trespass, interfering with emergency communications and impersonating a law enforcement officer. Earnhardt was placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond and was given a court date of March 11.
Davidson County sheriff's deputies responded to a robbery call on High Bluff Drive about 10 p.m.
Deputies arrived and spoke with the 39-year-old woman and conducted their investigation. They would later find out that a man had entered the woman's residence and robbed her at knifepoint, according to a sheriff's office news release.
Sheriff David Grice alleged Earnhardt entered the residence and took pills from the victim before exiting the home and then immediately came back and demanded money.
According to arrest warrants, Earnhardt took 30 dosage units each of Xanax, Adderall and Vicodin. The court document further stated that Earnhardt held a knife to the woman's neck and threatened her to give him her medications.
The deputy wrote in the arrest warrant that Earnhardt held a knife to the woman's throat and called someone on the phone and stated, "I'm gonna need help cleaning up a body."
Additionally, arrest warrants stated that Earnhardt took $230 in cash from the woman, and Earnhardt threatened to kill the woman's cat with a knife if she didn't give him her money.
Earnhardt cut all landlines to the victim's house, a deputy wrote in an arrest warrant. He also used an electronic application that disclosed his telephone number as the Davidson County sheriff's office's public number and told the woman by calling her cell phone and telling her that he was a deputy checking on a disturbance call at the residence, all of which was done in the presence of a deputy, according to arrest warrants.
Grice said Earnhardt and the woman are acquaintances. He said the woman identified Earnhardt, leading to his arrest.
No injuries were reported.
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The Lindcove Research and Extension Center (LREC) in Exeter, Calif., will be forced to relocate its citrus research activities unless provisions are created to mandate the removal of citrus trees infected by the citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in areas near the center.
That statement from LREC Director Beth Grafton-Cardwell comes on the heels of findings in May that confirmed a high number of citrus trees at the research center were infected with the aphid-spread CTV. The infected trees were removed.
According to Grafton-Cardwell, testing found 46 CTV-infected trees in LREC research plots. Four infected trees were located in the Citrus Clonal Protection Program's (CCPP) foundation area located at the LREC.
Removing infected trees near the LREC is the next priority.
"If we can't clean up this problem then it threatens the viability of growing citrus at this station and having a research or foundation block program here," Grafton-Cardwell said.
The Lindcove facility lies within the Tulare County Pest Control District where CTV-infected tree removal is currently voluntary. The future of the Lindcove citrus research center hinges on establishing a mandatory policy of CTV-infected tree removal in the LREC's surrounding area.
Two options exist to achieve the goal. One would create a division (including the LREC and the surrounding area) within the existing Tulare County district where infected tree removal would be mandatory. Grafton-Cardwell supports this option.
The second is creating a new pest control district to include the LREC and the surrounding area. The new district would require grower approval.
"The reason we want the option of splitting up the Tulare County Pest Control District is that it would be easier to split the district in two and have different tree removal requirements in each part. It would speed up the process.
Unless a mandatory CTV-related tree removal plan is created, LREC citrus research could be forced to move elsewhere. If that occurs, the current physical facility could be redesigned to focus on other crops. Moving citrus research elsewhere would cost several million dollars.
"The citrus industry has a lot invested in this station, and it would be silly to lose that because we're not conducting CTV-related tree removal."
She said the board of supervisors and the Pest Control District Board of Directors in Tulare County would work with the agricultural commissioner to define an area for mandatory tree removal.
"That hasn't happened yet. The wheels are moving very slowly but they are turning."
Several aphid species transmit the CTV virus in California: the cotton/melon aphid, Aphis gossypii; spirea aphid, Aphis spirea; and the black citrus aphid, Toxoptera aurantii.
Grafton-Cardwell characterized the heavy CTV finding at the LREC as an epidemic. CTV is the most destructive citrus virus disease in the world, yet the aphids found in California are not effective vectors (transmitters) of the virus.
"This is why growers are reluctant to pull trees because they don't see how destructive the virus can be," Grafton-Cardwell said. "If we don't suppress the disease to extremely low levels to control it, California may eventually get one of the severe strains or the brown citrus aphid that efficiently moves the virus. Then we would become like the rest of the world where CTV is the most destructive citrus virus."
Grafton-Cardwell believes CTV findings at the LREC would impact the California citrus industry two-fold.
First, the detection of CTV in the foundation area prevents budwood release to the nursery industry until trees can be retested over a period of time (one or two high virus titer periods) and shown to be free of disease. Titer is equivalent to the amount of virus particles in the plant.
Second, the high CTV outbreak would impact research programs since studies are heavily impacted by increased CTV-caused tree infection.
"Three of the blocks had significant numbers of infected trees — five, nine, and 21 trees. When five to 21 trees are removed from a 200-tree research plot, research is affected because replicates of the experiments are eliminated." After 21 infected trees were removed from the one block, Grafton-Cardwell explained, "Now there is a patchwork quilt of a research block."
From 1992 to 2005, no CTV-infected detections were found in the foundation block. Annually, the number of CTV detections in plots averaged three trees for the entire research center.
During 2006, the CCPP foundation area had two CTV findings signifying a breakdown of protection in the area. Budwood was not released from the foundation trees during the June period to ensure nurserymen would not receive CTV-infected budwood.
Infected trees cannot be cured and removal is the only way to halt CTV. The disease is spread by grafting infected plant tissue, or during aphid feedings and vectored to new trees.
The CCPP provides disease-free budwood to California nurserymen who utilize it to produce registered 'mother' trees, and increase trees that provide the buds to create field trees sold to growers.
The scion material (fruiting portion) of California (citrus) trees must come from periodically tested, registered trees. Rootstocks are grown from disease-free seed. This helps California growers produce trees with few diseases and maximum fruit yield and quality.
"The citrus industry will struggle to get sufficient budwood to make trees for them," Grafton-Cardwell said of the 2007 CTV outbreak. "Growers are assessed a dollar amount based on boxes that fund the Citrus Research Board. A lot of the projects they are funding and supporting are located here at the research station. The CTV situation impacts whether that research can be successfully completed or not."
CTV infections occur in younger blocks of trees. Aphids are attracted to young trees with heavy flushes of new growth. It is highly likely that other CTV-infected trees currently exist that don't have the sufficient virus titer this year to be detected.
"We can expect to find additional infected trees in research blocks in 2008. The LREC research program is compromised by the heavy CTV infection."
CTV is non-persistent — aphids carry it inside the body for a short time. According to Grafton-Cardwell, the aphids' success in transmitting the virus is impacted by: the titer level of virus in the tree; the number of infected aphids flying to neighboring trees; the receptivity of the tree the aphids land on (tender flush availability); and the type (isolate) of the virus.
The citrus-growing region in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) is divided into five pest control districts. Originally formed to eradicate California red scale, district efforts switched to CTV detection and tree removal in the 1960s. In the mid-1990s, citrus growers in two districts, Tulare and Western Fresno, voted to suspend mandatory CTV tree removal.
Researchers from the University of California (UC) Riverside, UC Davis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Cooperative Extension farm advisors conduct over 30 various research projects on 125 acres at the LREC. Some projects examine how well new varieties of Navel, Valencia, and Mandarin strains perform on various rootstocks under SJV weather conditions.
Other projects study the effects of pre-harvest pesticides on nematodes, insects, mites, and post-harvest treatments for diseases. Each research project requires protection from diseases that may influence the results of the tests. California Citrus Research Board grant funding largely supports the studies.
SJV growers and UC Riverside established the LREC in 1959 to provide a research environment typical of the Central California citrus industry.


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The United Black Men's Think Tank of Buffalo is sponsoring "Candidates Night Forum" for candidates of the Buffalo Board of Education.
The forum will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in St. Martin Village Community Center, 564 Dodge St.
Candidates will address policy issues and present their positions on matters of interest to the public.
Candidates who are able to attend are being asked to notify Bernadine Kennedy, facilitator of the Think Tank, by calling at 884-3312 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com to confirm their intent to participate. Free parking and light refreshments will be provided.


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How To Slice a Bell Pepper
Bell peppers are one of our all-time favorite vegetables. They can be hollowed out and filled with rice stuffing. They can be cut into strips and dipped in dressing for a quick afternoon snack. Or they can be diced and used in any stir-fry, frittata, or pasta sauce. This method works well for prepping any bell pepper for any dish you want, but it's certainly not the only way! How do you slice your peppers?
What You Need
one or more bell peppers - green, red, yellow, or orange
a sharp knife
1. Slice off the top of the pepper - This removes the stem without the difficulty of cutting through or around it. Once the cap is removed, it's easy to lay it flat on the counter and slice off the edible parts.
2. Use your fingers to pull out the seeds and innards - This removes all those messy seeds in one piece. Once you have the bulk of it removed, go back in with your fingers and pull away any remaining fibrous white filaments.
3. Slice the pepper in half - Lay the pepper flat on the work surface, with the cut top down, and slice right through the middle.
4. Slice off thin strips lengthwise - You can make these strips thick or thin, depending how how you're planning to use them.
5. Line up the strips and slice across - This is easiest to do if you work with just a few strips at a time. Line them up together and simply cut across to make even squares.
Additional Notes:
• After removing the stem and innards in step 2, the pepper can be filled with stuffing and cooked.
• You can store the strips made in step 4 in water to keep them fresh and crunchy. With a little dip, this is a great afternoon snack.
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A series of Trading Cards featuring images from The Dark Crystal was released in 1982. The Donruss Company created a series of 78 trading cards from the film. Originally sold in packs of 8 cards (via boxes of 36 packs). Each card featured a picture on the front and part of the story of The Dark Crystal (collecting all the cards will provide the whole story).
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In the mid-1950s, the New York-based artist Ray Johnson (1927-1995) initiated a new form of artistic practice called "mail art," in which participants received a letter or object in the mail, added to or subtracted from that item, and forwarded it onward to another participant in the mail art network. Through this process, Johnson established a network of artists called the New York Correspondence School (NYCS).
Robert Warner, one of the participants in this network, engages the legacy of this school both by sending mail art and creating art installations out of 13 boxes of ephemera that Johnson gave him in 1988 -- known as BOB BOXES. For this exhibition, Warner reinstalls the boxes, this time emphasizing Box 13, which contains ephemera from a mail art event Johnson organized in Illinois in 1974.
The exhibition also includes 25 collages that Johnson made for gallery exhibitions. These exquisitely constructed collages were build out of dense layers of NYCS artwork and made to portray prominent artists, curators and critics of the New York art world.


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A Better Tomorrow: Ultimate Edition (UK - DVD R2)
Scott McKenzie checks out the Ultimate Edition release of the John Woo classic
Chow Yun-fat plays Mark Gor, a member of the Triads who along with his friend Ho (played by Ti Lung) run a successful counterfeiting scheme. When Ho is double-crossed and sent to prison, Mark takes revenge but is injured and is reduced to cleaning the boss's car by the time Ho is released. Ho's brother Kit (Leslie Cheung) is a police officer and shuns his sibling when he finds out about his criminal life. Try as he might, Ho can't leave his criminal past behind him and is drawn back into helping Mark get back at their enemies while trying to seek Kit's forgiveness.
After paying his dues making comedies for Golden Harvest against his will, the meeting of minds between John Woo and producer Tsui Hark resulted in the decision to remake the 1967 Hong Kong drama Story of a Discharged Prisoner. Woo also used the opportunity to channel his frustrations and deliver the combination of drama and action that Golden Harvest would not allow him to produce. The resulting movie was incredibly successful, breaking records in Hong Kong, and allowed John Woo to focus on the type of films he always wanted to make.
A Better Tomorrow is the first collaboration between John Woo and Chow Yun-fat and marks the beginning of the action sub-genre dubbed 'Heroic Bloodshed' by western critics. The themes of friendship and honour feature heavily and continue to do so throughout Woo's body of work since in titles such as The Killer, Hard Boiled and Face/Off. The screenplay focuses on the bonds between strong characters and what happens when one of them has to go to prison. Even though A Better Tomorrow is heavy on action, Ho's relationships with Mark and Kit are at the core of this movie.
Early in his career, Woo had served at the Shaw Brothers' studios as an assistant to action director Chang Cheh. He wanted to bring the action genre up to date and replaced the swordplay of Cheh's movies with a style of gunplay that had never been seen on screen before. The second phrase that was coined as a result of this movie is 'bullet ballet', describing Woo's choreographed style of action, which is intentionally over the top, with the characters never reloading and firing off more bullets than the guns could ever hold. These intricately planned sequences, especially Chow Yun-fat's one-man army attack, are breathtaking and set the standard for movie shootouts ever since.
The performances of the three central actors add an emotional depth that is notoriously lacking in the action genre. Ti Lung is a veteran of kung fu movies and while there is a brief nod to his previous roles during a scene with Leslie Cheung, with the character of Ho he gets to show a wide range and is very much the emotional core of the movie. The young and sadly missed Leslie Cheung shows just why he was a well-respected actor in the role of Kit, who is torn between his family and his responsibility as a police officer. However, Chow Yun-fat steals the show as the super-cool killer Mark, whose iconic style is based on the character of Alain Delon in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai.
It's difficult to imagine modern action movies without the influence of A Better Tomorrow. John Woo's signature techniques of two-handed gunplay and slow motion have been referenced and just plain ripped off ever since, both in Hollywood and in his native Hong Kong. It is a classic that, at ninety minutes, doesn't over-stay its welcome and is both compelling and exciting from beginning to end.
Bad news, I'm afraid. The lovely steel case promises a digitally restored and remastered movie but the result was far from my expectations. Apart from the fact that it is anamorphic, the video quality is a real let-down. You name it, we've got it here. The picture is very grainy, fuzzy and lacks detail, particularly in the background of wide shots. There are occasional scratches and dirt on the picture, which also flickers from time to time. Whatever process Optimum used to remaster the film, I hope they didn't spend too much on it because it doesn't work.
More bad news, I'm afraid. There are releases of A Better Tomorrow in region one and region three with Dolby 5.1 and DTS tracks, but what we get in little ol' Blighty is a Mono track. There isn't as much interference in the audio as there is on the picture but the dialogue is muted and the music sounds tinny. On DVD we expect a lot more from an 'Ultimate Edition' than VHS-quality audio.
Disc one comes with a feature commentary from Asian film expert Bey Logan. He is a well-respected and sought-after commentator and it's easy to see why. Some DVD commentaries are peppered with long moments of silence from less well-prepared filmmakers and critics, but once again Logan delivers non-stop facts and insights about a film that he obviously loves. The other extra on disc one is the theatrical trailer.
The main extra on disc two is a made-for-TV documentary about John Woo. With his involvement, it tracks his life from growing up in the slums of Hong Kong to his career at Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, then through the breakthrough movies like A Better Tomorrow to his Hollywood blockbusters. Interviews with collaborators past and present are linked together to provide an in-depth analysis of the director's life and the influences on his work. Also included on the second disc are archive interviews with John Woo and Chow Yun-fat from 1993. Most revealing of all is Yun-Fat's admission that he didn't like reprising his role from A Better Tomorrow and isn't a fan of either of the sequels.
A Better Tomorrow is a classic that deserves a place on the shelf of any fan of action movies. This is a decent set that is the best available in the UK but there are more comprehensive sets available in region three. The video and audio quality let the set down overall and while it's worth picking up if you can find it for a good price, it doesn't deserve the 'Ultimate Edition' tag.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 26th June 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
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Building resilience to disasters
This policy brief, published by the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, outlines how science and technology can help developing countries cope with disasters by strengthening their resilience to natural hazards.
Resilience to natural hazards is the capacity to protect lives, livelihoods and infrastructure from destruction, and to restore areas afterwards. Whether a natural hazard becomes a disaster often depends on countries' preparedness and vulnerability.
Science and technology can help build resilience by advancing knowledge of how to best prepare for natural hazards, and how to protect vulnerable communities. It also furthers understanding of the challenges that stand in the way of building resilience.
For example, forecasts of when and where a natural hazard might occur enable early warning systems to be set up. The accuracy of these forecasts varies depending on the hazard, and many developing countries still lack the capacity to use available data.
But the spread of mobile phones, and increasing focus on communication channels that utilise input from locals, can help improve early warnings, says the policy brief. In Bangladesh, for example, the use of an expanding mobile phone network and local communication channels, such as cyclists with megaphones, has reduced the number of deaths caused by floods and cyclones.
Research can also identify measures for preventing secondary disasters, such as the outbreak of cholera following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more sophisticated risk assessments can then build on the available science to determine people and places at risk, taking into account the local context. Such assessments require skills and infrastructure not yet available in many developing countries.
When a disaster hits, technology can play a crucial role in the search for survivors, finding out which areas have been affected, and reuniting people affected by the emergency. But technological solutions need to be accompanied by innovations in how technologies can be deployed — an area where partnerships with the private sector can play a key role.
Resilience cannot be built on scientific and technological advances alone, the brief concludes. Their effectiveness depends on good coordination between the people and organisations that use them before, during and after an emergency. It also depends on the capacity of these practitioners to learn lessons from past experience.
Link to full policy brief from the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
This policy brief was written by Martin J. Goodfellow, from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and Chandrika Nath, scientific adviser at the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.


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HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING To Play Final Performance on Broadway Sunday, May 20th
The revival of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING will play its final performance on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The 50th Anniversary production, which recouped its $9 million initial investment in December 2011, will have played 30 preview and 473 regular performances at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street).
"We could not have asked for a better vision of this legendary show than Rob Ashford's joyous production which literally sent audiences dancing out into the streets," said producer John Gore, "I am certain the original creators would be proud of this chapter in the legacy of this great show."
"My producing partners and I are extremely grateful to the unbelievably talented company of actors and skillful crew that have given vibrant life to this show for over 500 performances." said producer Michael McCabe. "Their collective commitment, spirit and energy is what has made the audience experience so singular and thrilling. We could not be more proud of this production."
Directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING currently stars Nick Jonas as J. Pierrepont Finch, Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning star of screen, television and stage Beau Bridges as J.B. Biggley, and making their Broadway debuts, star of stage and television's "Ugly Betty" Michael Urie as Bud Frump, and Rose Hemingway as Rosemary Pilkington. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING c0-stars 2011 Tony nominee Tammy Blanchard as Hedy La Rue, Rob Bartlett as Twimble/Wally Womper, Sara Jane Ford as Smitty, Ellen Harvey as Miss Jones, 2011 Emmy Award winner Michael Park as Bert Bratt, and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper as the voice of the narrator leading a cast of 30.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING has music and lyrics by Academy Award and Tony Award winner Frank Loesser, and a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on the book by Shepherd Mead. The creative team for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING includes Derek McLane (Sets) Catherine Zuber (Costumes), Howell Binkley (Lighting), Jon Weston (Sound), Tom Watson (Hair), Doug Besterman (Orchestrations), and David Chase (Music Director and Arranger).
Nominated for eight 2011 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING began previews Saturday, February 26, 2011 and opened Sunday, March 27 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre starring Daniel Radcliffe and 2011 Tony Award winner John Larroquette, who both played their final performance on January 1, 2012. On January 3, 2012, breakout star of Fox' smash hit television show "GLEE" Darren Criss stepped into the role of J. Pierrepont Finch opposite Beau Bridges' J.B. Biggley. On January 24, Nick Jonas began his run as J. Pierrepont Finch.
The 50th Anniversary production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING is produced by Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Joseph Smith, Michael McCabe, Candy Spelling, Takonkiet Viravan/Scenario Thailand, Two Left Feet Productions/PowerArts, Jen Namoff/Fakston Productions, Hilary A. Williams, HOP Theatricals, LLC/Paul Chau/Daniel Frishwasser/Michael Jackowitz, and Michael Speyer - Bernie Abrams/Jacki Barlia Florin - Adam Blanshay/Arlene Scanlan/TBS Service.
Tickets for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING range from $52 - $132, and are available at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office and at Telecharge.com (212-239-6200). The playing schedule is as follows: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm, Fridays, and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. Please note there will be no performance Tuesday, May 15, 2012.


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The Neosho Police Department will soon have three new patrol vehicles and four new mobile units.
The Neosho Police Department will soon have three new patrol vehicles and four new mobile units.
On Tuesday evening, Neosho City Council members approved the police department's acceptance of a Homeland Security grant, which will provide four complete systems for the department's mobile computer network, with no match required by the city.
The grant, administered by the Missouri Police Chief's Association, will provide four mobile terminals, leaving only two units in the department not updated. The grant requires no match from the city and includes laptops, docking stations, power adapters, consoles, computer mounts, antennas and installation in the patrol vehicles.
The department received the grant two years ago, which allowed seven aged mobile units to be updated at that time.
Council members also voted, on final reading, to surplus three police department vehicles, two 2007 Crown Victorias and a 2006 Ford Expedition.
David McCracken, Neosho police chief, said one of the vehicles was totally damaged, while the other two were already set to be replaced.
McCracken said the city plans to trade in the surplus vehicles and purchase two 2013 Ford Interceptor Sedans and one 2013 Ford Interceptor Utility, which he said is similar to a Ford Explorer.
The council approved the purchase of a 2013 Ford Interceptor Utility for $20,496 and two 2013 Ford Interceptor Sedans for $22,273 and $17,273, from Joe Machens Ford, of Columbia, for a total net cost of $60,042.
McCracken said $60,000 was budgeted for the replacement of vehicles, making the purchase only $42 over, however, the department is also expecting insurance funds from the damaged vehicle, which will more than cover the difference, he said.
"The funds from the insurance settlement, except the $42, will be used to equip these vehicles, due to the nature of the new cars that most of our equipment will not work in," McCracken said. "We'll have to make either modification kits or buy new inside equipment for that."
McCracken told council members that the new mobile units are expected to arrive around the same time as the new vehicles.
He said it will be at least three months before the department receives the new vehicles.
Council members also heard from the city's new director of finance, Peter Ramsour, who provided a positive report on the city's sales tax numbers.
Ramsour said the city saw a 2.9 percent increase in sales tax revenue for this month compared to a year ago.
"The five year running average, for the same time, same month, was $128,940," Ramsour said, noting that the current figure is $160,775. "That's a 24.69 percent increase, so I think you should feel comfortable in that."
In other business, council members:
• Voted to approve an annual contract with Davis, Lynn and Moots, who were selected in the council's Nov. 6 meeting to perform the city's annual audit for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 2012, 2013 and 2014. The contract will be renewed and approved on an annual basis.
Clarified that the City of Neosho is not involved in waterline insurance being offered by American Water Resources of Missouri. Neosho residents will soon receive mailings from American Water Resources offering waterline insurance, though city attorney Steve Hays said that service is completely independent of the City of Neosho.
• Issued a proclamation, recognizing Terra Sanders, development services administrative assistant, as the City of Neosho's employee of the quarter.
• Briefly discussed changing the Parks, Recreation and Golf Course board to a seven-member committee as opposed to the current nine members. Davidson said the board is having trouble filling vacant seats. At their last meeting, the board discussed changes to golf course fees, which were supposed to be presented to the council Tuesday evening. However, because the board did not have a quorum at that meeting, their vote on those changes is void and must be taken again at a future meeting where a quorum is present.
The council is expected to address the number of members on the committee at the next city council meeting.
• Announced vacancies that exist on the airport industrial development board; board of adjustments-zoning; board of appeals; economic development sales tax committee; historic district commission; parks recreation and golf course board; and the planning and zoning commission. If interested in serving on any of these advisory boards, contact city clerk Nora Houdyshell at 451-8050.


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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - Kamil Krasny and Honza Forst - FULL CONTACT
Kamil Krasny and Honza Forst - FULL CONTACT
Honza Forst and Kamil Krasny are two very good models. We brought them together for a scene. It starts is Kamil asleep on a mattress, surrounded by candles. Honza comes in and lays next to Kamil and begins to caress his friend's body. He gently massages Kamil's body, running his hands all over his back and legs. Kamil, still very sleepy, turns over and Honza caresses his chest as well. Kamil rubs his eyes as he wakes more. As Honza's hand rubs over Kamil's cock his own is out of his boxers and his buddy takes hold of it and starts to wank. Honza takes hold of Kamil's cock and wanks as well. Soon they both have hard dicks and Honza, removing his shorts, lays between Kamil's legs and starts to suck him. Wanking himself as he sucks Honza's mouth works well. He licks and sucks at that big cock. Then he moves to kiss Kamil, as his cock lays on top of the other one. Kamils takes both cocks in his hand and wanks them as he kisses Honza. Honza then swaps places with Kamil, laying on the mattress with Kamil on top, so they can 69. The each suck those cocks very well indeed. Honza is horny for some ass though and Kamil is happy to oblige. He moves onto his knees, bent over, with Honza behind him. Honza's dick slides into Kamil's tight hole and he starts to fuck. His cock works in and out, nice and deep as Kamil moans with pleasure. Moving to a spoon position we see Kamil's dick to as Honza's works in and out of his hole. Kamil is really hungry for that big dick in his ass and sits his ass right down on it. He rides up and down on that hot dick, wanking himself as he takes it. Soon Kamil is ready and blows his load all over Honza's belly. Then Kamil wanks Honza to a massive climax as well. He then kisses his was up Honza's body, finally reaching his lips for a final kiss to end a lovely scene.
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In Wank Party 2013 #3 part 1 we have four very hot guys. Walter Uwe, Adam Rupert, David Chudera and Daniel Kutka. We first see Walter and David having a lunch break at work. As they eat they chat, waiting for another shift of workers to come in. Adam and Daniel duly arrive. Going to their lockers they strip off and, instead of getting into fresh clothes they start to play with each other. They kiss and then Daniel starts to suck on Adam's hard cock. Walter and David are amazed as they watch. As they watch Adam sucks Daniel and then stands and let's his buddy suck him again. David and Walter are feeling themselves as they look on, and then David moves around the table to close in on Walter. Walter removes his tee-shirt as David sits on him and begins to kiss his chest. Walter wanks on David's cock as Daniel continues sucking Adam. David removes his tee-shirt as well and then has a suck on Walter's rock hard cock, they kiss as well. Walter then sucks on David's cock and turns him onto his knees to check out his ass. He wanks on David's dick and then kisses him as Daniel and Adam's big hard cocks bob against each other. Adam then goes down and sucks on Daniel again as Walter stands for David to work on his big, hard cock. Then the guys all come together across the table. Daniel sucks on Walter and David feasts on Adam's hard cock. As they all move again Walter is standing for Adam to work on his dick and David goes down on Daniel. David's ass is prominently displayed as he sucks Daniel. Then he turns over continuing to suck as Adam lays on the table, next to him sucking Walter. Walter then goes down on Adam again, before David takes over on that monster cock, with Daniel sucking him as well. Everyone has been sucking up a storm ready for much more action in part 2.
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Finally, finally, spring has arrived in Prague. This is the third brilliant spring-like day in a row. I'm having lots of fun on long walks. However, never say you can't teach an old dogs new tricks. Aida, who turned eight on April Fools Day, has learned a most disconcerting new trick. Kampa park is full of people enjoying the weather. Aida has learned to act like a homeless person, a homeless dog, and she goes up to each group of people sitting on the park benches and begs for handouts. No amount of screaming or threats on my part will deter her. Unfortunately, her new homeless dog behavior has induced me to keep her on the lead while walking in the park. And old dog with a very annoying new trick. The weather, however, is great, and long, long overdue.
On Friday we publish Part One of our Third Wank Party (love the sexy name). So, today, I'm presenting my Second Sneak Peek. I'll get busy and publish a third Sneak Peek by Friday.
Our lead feature today is Kamil Jezek with Honza Forst. They are followed by Tomas Ludva in a very good massage, Petr Myska's erotic video and Martin Tlacko's session stills.
Our line-up of castees today are very impressive too. We have Honza Bohaty, Radek Kozel, Ivo Husak and Kamil Zarlok. All look good but my pick today is Honza Bohaty.
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Becoming Digital
Ken Hamma is assistant director for Collections Information, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Senior Advisor for Information Policy, J. Paul Getty Trust. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
Art museums are and traditionally have been about conserving, curating and exhibiting works in permanent collections and about presenting special exhibitions. Museum audiences expect these activities, which are the basis of responsible collections management. They are the key opportunities for education and interpretation of collections and are frequently the basis for income generation through ticket sales and periodic membership drives and through related transactions in bookstores and restaurants. These activities tend to drive institutional resource decisions in the direction of managing physical assets, not in the direction of comprehensive cataloguing, full digitization of collections and union lists of artists.
It should be no surprise, then, that the number of museums with websites is large, but the number of museums that have integrated digital knowledge management functions into their organizations is still relatively small. If we wish seriously to evaluate the potential for museum participation in federated digital libraries, or more immediately the benefits of responsible data management in museums, it is clear that the creation, maintenance and delivery of digital repositories cannot be considered in isolation from the physical needs and traditional opportunities of the collections being represented.
These traditional needs and opportunities remain, even if the digital surrogates that may support these functions become available for other purposes, purposes that may achieve greater interoperability among libraries, museums, archives, research organizations and digital production groups. How to achieve greater integration of digital assets for research or other purposes while fully supporting the physical needs and traditional uses of collections is not an easy question. Simply posing the question, however, is a critical first step, because grounding the creation and maintenance of digital assets in the institutional goals of exhibitions and education, preservation and interpretation, seems to be the key strategic opportunity for museums. Such a strategy can inform management practices that will, under the best circumstances, generate experience that can in turn clarify and refine strategic vision.
Aside from widely used communications and information technology advances like e-mail or a new version of desktop applications, for which there are other deployment criteria, the reasons for adopting or implementing new technologies should begin with and continuously be evaluated against the museum's strategic goals. There are many opportunities to employ technology to extend and enhance the realization of strategic goals. It is the museum leadership's challenge to choose from among those opportunities based on the broader institutional trajectory and to create clear expectations for evaluation based on both financial and programmatic effectiveness.
Selecting technology leadership (in the form of full-time staff or project consultants) requires as much if not more attention to the prospective leaders' willingness to engage with the interpretation of works of art, for example, as to their technology skills. By the same token, as technology matures and changes and continues to become an integral part of almost everything we do, museums should expect to find and to demand from training programs a rising level of technology skills among those trained to work in museums. The days are long past when it was necessary to hand off leadership of technology-related projects to dedicated technology staff because no one else in the institution understood the requirements and issues involved. Also long past are the days when this aspect of museum management, like all others, did not have as one critical outcome a role in reshaping the institution's strategic goals.
Creating and managing digital assets and publishing digitally are new program activities that will add to the bottom line of a museum's expenses and thus should be required to add value to the institution. At the core of long-term institutional value, museums should expect to build over time a repository of intellectual property based on their collections. This repository is likely to include interpretative materials and scholarly research. It will as likely be made up of various media including text, images, video and audio. Individual projects or program aspects such as a digital audio guide or a website may or may not be required to contribute to the value of this core repository. Core digital resources, however, hold value over time and should be planned specifically through the exercise of a data model or functional analysis of the total institution's production and use of information. Just as an institution would not lightly undertake development without a full analysis of needs and prospects, no institution should undertake being digital without a similar full analysis.
Information management requires skills new to most museums, which almost certainly means staff newly hired or reassigned to cover these functions, a point also emphasized by Baca and Coburn in this issue. At least in scope, if not in staff positions, this realignment is over and above the more obvious needs for infrastructure and technical support. It is a good sign that more and more of these titles are appearing in the classified ads of Aviso, the newsletter of the American Association of Museums, such as the recent ad for a Manager of Collections Documentation Services at the National Museum of American History. A few examples of these new positions and skill sets follow:
Adding information management as an integral part of a museum's routine activities will or should change the organization with the addition of at least some new staff, new skill sets and a new management effort. Even in a zero sum budget, the only choice involved is about how not if that change will be received and integrated into the organization's activities. The change within an institution may be small and consist only of a rewritten job description to ensure that rights management and policy for images extends also to digital images coming into and leaving the museum; or it may be large and envision collection information management as separate from but supporting its traditional home in the registrar's office, or the wholesale conversion of a film photo studio to digital capture with the attendant need to manage the resulting stream of bits and bytes instead of slides and transparencies. In either case, managing the change will be a persistent, ongoing task. The appearance of new opportunities based on the relatively rapid pace of change in information technology and management requires a heightened indeed, a new awareness of managing change in everything from the organizational chart to budget to staff expectations and the ability to deal with change.
Making information management pay off requires good project planning, the best cataloguing that the institution can achieve and fearless cost benefit analysis from start to finish.
Who should think about all of this? Where does it start? Given institutional behavior patterns, the chances of this kind of digital asset creation, management and preservation strategy rolling out from the top of the organization down are slim to none. Much more likely is that someone (or more than one person) in the middle of an institution's organizational chart and in the middle of a project will understand the set of opportunities that are unique to that particular museum. If that person or team decides at that moment that taking on the bigger picture is worth the effort, the institution will benefit in many ways and for a long time to come.
What can help? Case studies, unquestionably. There is no end in sight to project reports and documents purporting to outline best practices in a world where "good enough" is usually difficult in itself. There have been more proposed standards to select from over the last two decades than anyone might implement in a lifetime. And except for relatively small, focused organizations that too frequently find themselves preaching only to the choir, the museum community's professional membership organizations have very nearly utterly failed in this area.
The one bright spot, it seems to me, that is currently developing in the space that bridges good practice, standards and implementation in a day-to-day production environment is the Cataloguing Cultural Objects project sponsored by the Visual Resources Association (VRA). While this project will likely prove to be among the most useful developments in this area, the encouragement for more museums to take advantage of this type of guidance and invest in standards-based collection documentation needs to demonstrate financial and mission benefit and needs to examine the associated management and production decisions. We need case studies that analyze our own institutional behavior, both successful and unsuccessful. Because so many current efforts rely on grant funding, we need to document and examine the engagement levels of leadership in creating long-term value from opportunity funding. We need to dissect and understand good and bad decisions and their consequences in the information management production environments that museums have created. We need to be able to document value and to do so in a way that suggests that this kind of value can be replicated and re-purposed.
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Tips and Tricks and Favorite Things: The Year's Top Videos
2012 saw the introduction of something entirely new to Apartment Therapy… Apartment Therapy videos! In our series of original videos, we spoke with various makers about their passion for their work, went into readers' homes to hear about their favorite things, and collected tips for everything from painting a door to getting a whole house for free. Here are 10 of the year's top videos.
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1. Paul Cutting: How To Get a Free House
2. One Minute Tip: Create a Basic Landing Strip
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Freddy Galvis has homer, 3 RBIs to lead Philadelphia Phillies over Tampa Bay Rays 10-1
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Freddy Galvis homered and drove in three runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 Tuesday.
Galvis, who hadn't played an inning in the outfield in six professional seasons, made his first start of spring training in left field, a position where the Phillies do not have a set opening-day starter. The 23-year-old Galvis, usually a shortstop, went 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
Galvis hit a two-run homer off Robert Hernandez with one out in the fifth inning, his third of spring training, and added an RBI single against Hernandez during a five-run sixth. Hernandez allowed nine runs and 11 hits in six innings.
Domonic Brown went 3 for 4 with two doubles, and Ryan Howard and Humberto Quintero had two hits apiece.


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List of 172 deserters from this British Regiment, mostly from the War of 1812, that would have settled in the US. A small list of 56 soldiers that applied to settle in Canada around 1820.
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text: St. Francis Xavier Apostle to the East – St. Francis Xavier On December 3rd, the Church remembers the life of St. Francis Xavier, a successful missionary and pious man who would come to be known as the apostle to the East. After encountering Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier would become one of the first Jesuits, and would spend much of his life spreading the Gospel and teaching the faith to children. We, who are called to spread the Gospel in our own everyday lives, call to mind the actions of this zealous saint. A Brief Biography of St. Francis Xavier In 1506, Francis Xavier was born in Spain, to a noble family of the Basque region. In time, Francis was sent to the collège de Sainte-Barbe (college of St. Barbara) in Paris. An intelligent young man, Francis became a teacher in philosophy after completing his studies. His career in academics looked highly promising. However, a companion working on God's behalf would guide him in another direction. Francis was 24 when he first met St. Ignatius of Loyola, who was already in the process of developing the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Tirelessly, Ignatius persuaded Francis to live for the Lord, often repeating to him these words of Christ: "What profit is it to a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his soul?" (Mk 16:26). Finally, Ignatius won the young man to Christ and in 1534, taking a vow of poverty, chastity, and apostolic service, Francis joined the newly formed Society of Jesus. He was ordained a priest in 1537. Most of the rest of his life was spent as a traveling missionary. He ventured into many countries and into impoverished and rough communities in order to spread the Word of God. He was most successful in doing so, converting and baptizing thousands. He had dreams of traveling to preach in China, but before this could take place, he fell ill and died on the island of Sancian in 1552. The Apostle to the East "In these places, many do not become Christians for the sole reason that they lack those to make them Christians." – St. Francis Xavier to Ignatius of Loyola. Francis Xavier is called the "Apostle to the East" due to his extensive travels to Eastern countries to preach and convert people to Christianity. In letters to Ignatius of Loyola, Francis lamented that there were many people throughout the world who were not Christian simply because they lacked access to priests and missionaries to teach them. Because of this, Francis dedicated his life to bringing the Gospel to those lands. Not long after his ordination, St. Francis traveled to Lisbon, and then on to Eastern countries and islands. For ten years, he preached in India, the East Indies, Malaysia, and Japan. He taught the Gospel to the masses, converting thousands and baptizing children. While on his travels, he wrote to Ignatius of Loyola of his progress: "I have not stopped since the day I arrived. I conscientiously made the rounds of the villages. I bathed in the sacred waters all the children who had not yet been baptized. . . .The older children would not let me say my Office or eat or sleep until I taught them one prayer or another. Then I began to understand: 'The kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.' I could not refuse so devout a request without failing in devotion myself. I taught them, first the confession of faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; then the Apostles' Creed, the Our Father, and Hail Mary. I noticed among them persons of great intelligence. If only someone could educate them in the Christian way of life, I have no doubt that they would make excellent Christians." Aside from his wishes to take his work to China, St. Francis also dreamed of establishing Christian universities, like those in Europe, in all these communities he visited. However, illness would end his life before he could see these hopes realized. St. Francis Xavier and Marian Devotion Francis had a deep and tremendous devotion to the Blessed Mother, and when he implored God for grace, it was done through the intercession of Mary. He encouraged all the faithful to have recourse to her and finished every sermon by praying the "Hail, Holy Queen." He considered serving Mary an honor, and wore his rosary prominently around his neck and prayed it every day. A Short Prayer to be said on the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier O Lord, you won many peoples for your Church through the preaching of Saint Francis. Inspire the faithful today with the same zeal for spreading the faith, so that everywhere the Church might rejoice in her many children. Amen. This article was adapted from Best Loved Saints by Fr. Lawrence Lovasik, S.V.D.


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20 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 29, 1990
'90 The outside thermometer at The First National Bank on Monday registered 74 degrees at noon. Could this be a record high for November in these parts?
A Warfordsburg area man apparently died instantly in a one-vehicle accident along Route 484 in Union Township which was not discovered until several hours after it occurred early last Thursday, November 22. Police said that Curtis Eugene Smith, Warfordsburg, apparently fell asleep at the wheel while traveling west in the village of Lashley last Thursday.
As the annual Christmas tree is erected by the Women of Today, the long-standing trees surrounding the courthouse were trimmed this week in preparation for their eventual complete removal from the town square area.
Hunting pressure was strong in the morning Monday but trailed off into the afternoon, as area hunters lamented the warm, dry weather on the opening day of antlered deer season November 26.
Jeremy Fletcher, 13, son of Bryan and Debbie Fletcher, killed his first buck, an 8-point, Monday morning.
Area men hunting in Sullivan County November 19 bagged three bears, one weighing in at 228 pounds and the other two at about 100 pounds each. They were Kevin Strait of Fort Littleton; Clair Slates of Fort Littleton; and James Bradley of Mercersburg.
Deaths: Dr. J. Frank Alexander, retired dentist and community leader, McConnellsburg; Calvin Wolfe Sr., Mercersburg; Jessie J. Atherton, Mercersburg; Ervin E. Hockenberry, St. Thomas; Curtis Smith, Warfordsburg; Martin Mowen, McConnellsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Cline of Mercersburg on November 19; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Berkstresser of Hustontown on November 21.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 27, 1980
'80 A Logansport, Ind., truck driver was trapped for nearly three hours in the cab of the truck tractor and semitrailer he was driving when it wrecked on Monday at 12:15 on Sideling Hill, five miles west of Harrisonville. The McConnellsburg Firemen's Rescue Unit, using the Jaw of Life, a hydraulic rescue tool, and two wreckers from Fisher's Service Station worked for nearly three hours on the mangled metal of what was left of the cab body which trapped the driver in the demolished rig, parts of which were scattered over a wide area. An emergency medical team of Dr. Lorentz and three nurses administered sedation and intravenous fluids to the injured man during his ordeal. Following his release he was rushed to the Medical Center and transferred immediately to the intensive care unit of the Washington County Hospital. Police reported that the rig, loaded with jars of maraschino cherries, was travelling east at a high rate of speed and failed to negotiate a sharp right curve. The rig ran off the road on the north berm, knocking down several guard posts and continued into the front yard of the Wallace Mellott property, knocking down several trees. It struck the west side of the home, where the tractor came to rest. There was extensive damage to the west side of the home. The trailer disintegrated and scattered cargo over the Mellott property and even into the basement and living room of the house. The tractor and cab were a mesh of tangled metal, and the first person on the scene was amazed to hear the driver's call for help coming from beneath the wreckage.
Specials at the IGA: Cool Whip, 79 cents; turkeys, 79 cents; ring bologna, $1.69 lb.; Downy fabric softener, $1.79.
Birth at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford E. Peck of McConnellsburg on November 17.
Deaths: Charles I. Abbott, McConnellsburg; Jesse Willey, Great Cacapon, W.Va.; Ellis T. Ford, Saltillo; Gilbert Everetts, McConnellsburg.
Kimberly Alice Hess of Fort Littleton became the bride of David Roy Kline of Harrisonville in a ceremony performed in the Knobsville Methodist Church on October 11. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hess of Fort Littleton and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kline of Harrisonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Deshong of Harrisonville recently celebrated their 36th anniversary.
Marriage licenses: Robert Hixon, Hancock, and Debra Decker, Warfordsburg; Gordon Locke and Donna Grissinger, both of Orbisonia.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 10, 1970
'70 A two-story frame home of Mrs. Lola Zellers in Wells Tannery was completely destroyed by fire at 2:30 a.m. last Thursday and, although fire companies from Hustontown, Saxton and Breezewood responded to the alarm, they were unable to save the property or any of the contents. Mrs. Zellers, a widow who lives alone, was awakened by the smell of smoke and managed to escape from the burning home, clad only in her nightgown and slippers. Firemen were able to contain the flames which could have spread to a trailer home of Mrs. Melvin Beegle, a sister of Mrs. Zellers, which is located only 50 yards away on the west side. The fire is believed to have been caused by a defective flue from a coal and wood heating stove, which Mrs. Zellers had stoked a few hours earlier.
William Reed Shives, 18, of Big Cove Tannery, had the distinction of being the first young voter last Thursday to register under the new federal law.
The two-story frame home of Jacob Hauman, located on the Mountian Road near Harrisonville, was saved from destruction by fire on Tuesday afternoon of this week due to the prompt response from McConnellsburg and Hustontown Fire companies. Mr. Hauman, who is over 90 years of age; his invalid daughter, Mrs. Olive Shives; and his son, Earl, were all at home at the time, but were unaware that the house was on fire. The fire is believed to have started around an overheated chimney.
A St. Thomas man was charged with assault with intent to kill and additional charges of aggravated assault and battery and pointing a deadly weapon following a shooting incident at the Scrub Ridge Mountain Inn. The victim of the shooting was identified as Roy Herbert Kline, 46, of Harrisonville, employed as a bartender and residing at the inn. Kline was allegedly shot in the left forearm, with the bullet entering above the wrist. He was released form the hospital on Monday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilmer Sipes will observe their 50th anniversary on Sunday, December 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Winegardner of Fort Littleton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 19.
Paul Duane Hershey and Gary J. Hershey are presently serving in the armed forces overseas. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Hershey of Harrisonville and both attended the Forbes Road School.
Deaths: Albert Peck, Florida; Mrs. Bonnie Mellott, Six Mile Run; Margaret Barnhart, Sykesville, Md.; Harvey Grissinger, Maddensville; Olive Grissinger, Mount Union.
Births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jean Remsburg of Breezewood on November 28; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Myers of Greencastle on November 28; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Garland of Big Cove Tannery on November 30; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Peterson of Shade Gap on December 3.
The Fairview Community Building near Hustontown was the setting on Sunday, October 25, for the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shotts Sr.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 15, 1960
'60 Preliminary plans for changing Route 30 to bypass McConnellsburg have been completed, according to Park Martin, state secretary of highways, who was in McConnellsburg last Friday to explain the new route.
The board of directors of The Fulton County Bank has passed a resolution to increase the capital of the bank from $200,000 to $250,000 by splitting the present shares of stock, which have a $50 par value, four to one, and setting the par value at $12.50 a share.
The Fulton Chamber of Commerce, with donations from businessmen and civic organizations, has contracted with J.J. Alleman Electric Co. of Greencastle for 18 strings of Christmas lights to decorate the town at a cost of $1,000 plus $40 sales tax which includes putting them up and taking them down and storage.
A magnificent 8-point buck made of a deer hide tacked around a frame of two-by-sixes and stuffed with rags and propped up in Nhyle Bivens' field, has fooled a number of hunters judging by the bullet-riddled hide. Marvin Peck admits to putting it there "just for the heck of it."
The marriage of Carol Sandra Cooper of Hancock and William Ralph Miller of Three Springs on December 2 is announced.
A 2-1/2-hour-long inauguration parade for President John F. Kennedy is being planned for January 20. Tickets are selling for $3 to $25.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. King (nee Judy Guyer) of Wortington, Pa., announce the birth of a son, David Thomas, on November 22.
Goldie Mae Stevens of Needmore and Ernest Leon Collins of Hancock were married on December 3.
Marriage licenses applied for at the local courthouse: Harty Willard Barnett, Hustontown, and Edith Blanche Mellott, Needmore; Johnnie Edgar Black and Mary Jane Knepper, both of McConnellsburg.
Births announced: a daughter to A/2-C and Mrs. Fred F. Shives in Selma, Ala., on December 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. David R. Oden, Mercersburg, on December 6; a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton Breakall II of Hancock on December 6.
Statistics show that teachers' salaries last year average $6,000 annually, compared to $2,390 10 years ago.
Billy Stevens Jr. of Columbia, S.C., while visiting with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stevens of Hustontown, was bitten in the face in five places by a neighbor's dog last week.
James Wible, Fort Littleton, is a patient in Chambersburg Hospital with a broken leg and other injuries suffered in a car accident.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Starliper, Mercersburg, on December 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gordon, Mercersburg, on December 6; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Martz, Hustontown, on December 6.
Deaths: W. Scott Rinedollar, Everett; Mrs. Mary Kinzer of Lewistown; Sylvester Pittman, Cumberland, formerly of Hancock; Mrs. Jessie McKee, Amaranth; Walter Cuff, Chambersburg, formerly of Fulton County; Mrs. Nancy Wagly, New Brunswick, N.J., formerly of Fulton County.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 14, 1950
'50 Mr. and Mrs. James Clippinger of Hustontown have moved into their newly furnished apartment in the McClain building.
Gene Gray, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gray of Warfordsburg, was one of the lucky deer hunters, bagging a 5-point buck.
A 20-year-old former Fulton County girl was convicted on Wednesday on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Washington County man. A Cumberland County jury found her guilty of firing the shot which resulted in the death of Robert S. Lemin, 30. The shooting took place on August 30.
Births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Reed Henry of McConnellsburg on December 6; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gordon of Mercersburg on December 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Swope of McConnellsburg on December 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Doyle of McConnellsburg on December 10.
Between 50 and 60 trucks completely tied up traffic on Town Hill Mountain on Monday night when ice covered the entire road from the mountian to Breezewood.
The person or persons who robbed the local VFW Club last Monday were rated this week among the "meanest" thieves. A container set up at the club, plainly marked as being there to receive contributions for the Willis Seville family, was stolen. The Seville family lost their home in a fire on November 21.
Marshall Hellman of McConnellsburg has been re-elected president of the Fulton County Fire Police Association.
Foster Raymond Colledge and Margaret Evans Thomas were married Saturday evening.
Lucky deer hunters in the Hustontown area this year include Walter Fix, Clair McElhaney, Max Shope, Sam Ranck, Walter Mellott, Ivan Hess, Richard Keebuagh, Wayne Keebaugh, Robert Keebaugh, John Martz and Rudy Souders.
Deaths: Harrison M. Shaffer of Johnstown; Harold Akers of Vandalia, Ohio.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 12, 1940
'40 Entries in the first corn growing contest in Fulton County are being exhibited this week at The First National Bank. Those taking part in the contest are Wilmer Mellott of Belfast Township; James Culler and Carl Johnston of Ayr Township; Raleigh Barnett and Edwin Wright of Taylor Township; and Leonard Keebaugh of Dublin Township. The highest yield recorded was that of Edwin Wright, who has 220 bushels of approved Lemaing from a two-acre field.
Death: Christian W. Spade of Crystal Spring.
Fulton County Pomona Grange will hold its annual Christmas party in the Needmore hall on December 14. All subordinate granges will prepare two numbers for the program.
About 80 persons attended the 16th annual ladies' night and banquet of the Masonic Club of Fulton County at the Mellott Hotel on December 5.
A turkey dinner was held at the Narrows Gun Club on December 4 to mark the close of a successful hunting season. Among those who made remarks were M.W. Nace and Enoch Kerlin, Mr. Nace being the founder of the club and Mr. Kerlin having hunted in that particular area more years than any other person present.
Dr. C.R. Grissinger of Pittsburgh, formerly of Fulton County, was recently honored by having conferred upon him the degree of FICA, a fellowship degree of the International College of Anesthesis, which comes as a result of merit and experience, without money and without price.
County Treasurer H. Eugene Chesnut and Winifred L. Bard were married on December 7.
According to Game Protector Isaac Baumgardner, only 27 deer were reported killed in Fulton County this year.
Johnny Stenger, popular clerk at the Rexall Drug Store, gave up his job here on Saturday. He has taken employment with the Steel Insulating and Weather Stripping Co. of Hagerstown.
Mrs. Estella Seylar and son Joe, with John Greathead as the driver, left on Tuesday for Florida.
Clarence Shore is confined to his home with a broken hip.
Kenneth Richards, Melvin Cutchall and Wilson Mellott went to Washington, D.C., on Monday in hopes of finding employment at the new camp being built there.
Prof. and Mrs. Thomas Rupert announce the birth of a son, born on Saturday at the Huntingdon Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Autabaugh of Thompson Township are all smiles over the arrival of a son, Stanley Jr.
Hogs are still selling very low, 5 1/4 cents per pound, while the top for calves is 10 and 11 cents.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of December 11, 1930
'30 Deaths: Mrs. Mary Belle (Pittman) Nelson of Mc- Connellsburg; Mrs. L. May Cornelius of Patterson, N.J.; Gerald C. Keebaugh of near Lemasters; Miss Sarah Elizabeth Michael of Everett; David Metzler of Samaria, Mich.
Smallpox has broken out in Huntingdon County, one victim being reported thus far.
Dean Naugle, 19, of Burnt Cabins, is confined to the Altoona Hospital with a concussion of the brain and a deep cut above the right eye which he received on Saturday when his car collided with a truck near Tyrone.
Harry, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Henry of Lincoln Way East, was injured Thursday when he was struck by a car driven by a New York woman. The car passed over his leg, breaking it near the ankle. He also received injuries of the head and various scratches and bruises.
Odd Fellows from all over the state will meet in Mc- Connellsburg on December 17 when Webster Grim, grand master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, will visit the local chapter. In order to accommodate the expected crowd, this meeting will be held in the courthouse.
Nhyle Morton of Lincoln Way West is suffering from blood poisoning, the result of a wound on his hand.
The Harrisonville and McConnellsburg String Band met at the J.W. Dishong home on Friday evening and played some fine music. Members of the band are Stanley Strait, Wayne Hollenshead, Claude Batdorff, R. Judson Dishong and Miss Julia Batdorff. Mrs. Levi Morton played the piano.
Mrs. Verna Bergstresser of Waterfall has purchased the farm of Mrs. Ellen Bergstresser for $2,025.


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The giant Moberly Spartan logo "pops" from the wall, marking the main entrance to the Moberly High School.
Mattox Signs attached the 3/8-inch brushed aluminum logo to the brick Monday afternoon (June 17). Members of the Moberly School District Administration, as well as school board members, gathered to see the completed pattern before Phil Mattox "did his magic" with final cut aluminum.
The MHS major construction project is another step closer to completion.
MHS Superintendent Gena McCluskey pointed to several electrical light poles being moved during a visit to the campus Monday.
"This makes way for more visitor parking," says McCluskey. "There will be over 20 more spots for parking close to the main entrance of the school." She also directed attention to the color of the metal on the outside of the building, which is now all the same color.
Construction is now on Phase 6 – the final phase. McCluskey smiled and said, "The building will be ours August 9!"
Touring inside, the two pop-ups, activity-learning centers, surrounded by windows, provides a quality learning environment. Natural light within the school is a positive aspect of the new construction. With and additional 40-plus skylights, McCluskey says it was decided to go with two pop-ups instead of four, saving the district approximately $289,000.
One of the most costly areas to finish (per foot) is the lab area. There are classrooms located on each side of a full-functioning lab. New lab equipment has been donated, making the labs exceptionally nice for students returning to classrooms this fall.
Moberly High: Here's your sign
The giant Moberly Spartan logo "pops" from the wall, marking the main entrance to the Moberly High School.