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Exclusive interview with Felipe Massa: �I hope I'll be back on the track soon!�
... where you find your dream car
Maranello, 3th August 2009
This morning Felipe Massa left Budapest in the direction of Sao Paulo do
Brasil, where he will arrive in the evening. His wife Raffaela and his
personal doctor Dino Altmann are travelling with him, while the rest if his
family left for Brazil yesterday.
Before leaving the AEK hospital, where he recovered after the accident
during the Hungarian GP's qualifying, Felipe gave an exclusive interview to
the official Ferrari website.
How do you feel? What do you remember from the accident?
�It is sort of a strange feeling. I know exactly what happened, that a spring
came off Rubens' car and hit me on the helmet. I know that something
happened to me, but I didn't feel anything when it happened. They told me
that I lost consciousness at the moment of the spring's impact on my
helmet and I ran into the barriers, then I woke up in hospital two days later.
I don't remember anything and that's why what the doctors did had to be
explained to me. When I saw Rob (Smedley, his race engineer), he asked
me if I remembered Rubens, but the last thing I remembered was when I
was behind him at the end of my fast lap in Q2, and than it's blank. It's
difficult to explain. I'm feeling much better now and I want to recover as
soon as possible to get back behind the wheel of a Ferrari.�
Do you want to thank anyone?
�First of all I want to thank God. Then I want to thank the doctors at the race
track and at Budapest's AEK hospital, who have done a lot for me, and
Dino Altmann, who came with my family from Brazil and who was
extraordinary over the last days.
But I also want to thank everybody who prayed and who wrote to me via my
own and Ferrari's website, hoping that everything went well. So many
people wrote to me, also many who aren't interested in Formula 1, but had
heard about what happened to me: thank you so much and I want to tell
them that I'm praying also for them. I would have done the same if an
accident had happened to another driver: I would have prayed for him that
everything went well.�
How much help was the fact that your family was here over the last
�My family is important to me. They have always been close to me during
my career, victories and defeats, and the most difficult moments. There
was only Edoardo at Budapest, but when the accident happened Raffaela,
my father, my mother and then my sister came to Hungary. I know that
they've suffered a lot and I want to thank them. And then there's another
family I have to thank: the Ferrari family. They were great, they helped us in
any possible way and it's a great thing to be part of this group.�
What's your first wish when you get back to Brazil?
�Coming back to my home, checking that everything is as it was before.
Many things have happened over the last days and I want to get back to a
normal life. I want to get back into the best possible condition, doing things
you do every day.�
For a while your car will be driven by Michael Schumacher: do you have
any advice for him?
�Michael doesn't need my advice! It was him who gave me many tips
during my career when we were racing together. He knows how to win, he
knows how to drive and he's great: it was the best choice handing over the
car to such a fantastic person and I'm sure that everybody will be happy to
see him back on the track again. Although I hope I'll be back on the track
with Ferrari as soon as possible.


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The finish line at the Boston Marathon became a scene of carnage Monday after two explosions believed to be bombs. Three people were killed, and more than 100 were injured, some losing limbs. Authorities who responded reportedly found at least two more unexploded devices. The marathon is one of America's oldest and best known sporting events. Monday's race drew more than 20,000 participants, and hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the route. Does the fact that someone could carry out an apparent attack at the finish line of one of the world's most prominent races mean that such outdoor events can't be made safe? Would you think twice about watching or taking part in such an event? Has America let down its guard more than 11 years after 9/11?
Boston Bombing: Heartbreak At The Finish Line
Courant editorial, April 15
Three Dead, Scores Injured After Explosions Rock Boston Marathon
Reuters, April 15

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Advice to New Poker Writers Part 2: Don't Wait To Be Asked
4 comments:
- swampsterjy said...
i'd add a couple of points.
1. Be original. I got sent a few ideas recently that were along the lines of 'How not to go broke playing A-K' and 'an interview with Liz Lieu'. I thought i'd gone back in time to 2005.
2. If you send examples of your work to an editor, make sure you include an interview (preferably someone prominent, but someone at the top of their game but not well-known is just as good.) It shows you have the confidence to approach pros (you'd be surprised how shy novice poker writers can be). Just don't do Liz Lieu.
- 8 February 2012 at 13:20
- Barry Carter said...
Damn, that's two articles I just wrote I can throw in the bin
- 8 February 2012 at 13:24
- swampsterjy said...
ah yeah, it was you. I thought i recognised the email address
- 8 February 2012 at 14:32
- Muhammad Amir said...
I am very hard on people who don't follow my next Betting 411 tip. In my opinion, if the only tip a new poker writer follows is this one, then they will have no problems finding work.
- 3 May 2013 at 21:26


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Chest tube insertion - series
Normal anatomy
The pleural space is the region between the two filmy membranes that surround the lung. It is normally very thin and contains only with a tiny amount of fluid.
If air or fluid, such as blood, gets into the pleural space, the lung can collapse, preventing adequate air exchange. Chest tubes are used to treat conditions that can cause the lung to collapse, such as:
- Air leaks from the lung into the chest (pneumothorax)
- Bleeding into the chest (hemothorax)
- After surgery or trauma in the chest (pneumothorax or hemothorax)
- Pus in the chest (empyema)
Chest tubes are inserted to drain blood, fluid, or air and allow full expansion of the lungs. The tube is placed in the pleural space. The area where the tube will be inserted is numbed with local anesthesia. The patient may also be sedated. The chest tube is inserted between the ribs into the chest and is connected to a bottle or canister that contains sterile water. Suction is attached to the system to encourage drainage. A stitch (suture) and adhesive tape is used to keep the tube in place.
The chest tube usually remains in place until the x-rays show that all the blood, fluid, or air has drained from the chest and the lung has fully re-expanded. When the chest tube is no longer needed, it can be easily removed, usually without the need for medications to sedate or numb the nerves. Antibiotics may be prescribed to prevent or treat infection.
Recovery from the chest tube insertion and removal is usually complete, with only a small scar.
While the chest tube is in place, the nursing staff will carefully check for possible air leaks, breathing difficulties, and need for additional oxygen. Frequent deep breathing and coughing is necessary to help re-expand the lung, assist with drainage, and prevent normal fluids from collecting in the lungs.
The patient will stay in the hospital until the chest tube is removed. After the tube is removed, a chest x-ray is used to be sure the lung is normally expanded.
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In [our] journey since the last two posts, we've covered a bit of introductory Perl 6 ranging from a scalar to currying functions and other tom foolery. Here, we'll discuss a big part of Perl 6: Object oriented programming.
Anybody who comes from a Perl 5 background probably knew that Object-orientation wasn't exactly first class; I don't even know if you'd define it as 'coach.' Perl 6 now extends this to full object-orientation. -Real- object-orientation, if you wish to think of it in that manner.
That means this will most likely be long ride. So, we should probably get on soon as possible.
Class declaration comes in two forms:
The first can only be used as the first declaration [statement] in the file or string (in the case of
class Foo; #rest of file is class definition
class Bar { ... }; #block is class definition
Attributes are known in other cultures as instance variables of a
class. They are declared with the
has keyword, and declared public with a "." sigil following the primary sigil (see below); this generates accessor methods in the class of the same name. Private attributes that indicate no accessor method are declared with the secondary "!" sigil. Ex:
pugs> class Dog {
....> has $.name is rw = 'bruce';
....> has $.age is rw = 6;
....> has @.legs is rw;
....> has $!brain;
....> }
pugs> my $d = Dog.new();
pugs> $d.name
pugs> $d.age()
pugs> $d.age = 7
pugs> $d.brain()
*** No such method in class Dog: "&brain"
line 1, column 1-11
Methods are a lot like subroutines, but with their own keyword
method. The obvious difference is they're invoked on objects. In Perl 6, many of the primitive types are objects like
Int and
String. That is how we invoked methods such as
.say(); Ex:
The last way is an indirect object call. It acts like a subroutine, with the object seperated from the parameters. The parameters are comma seperated after the colon, i.e.:
pugs> class Bar {
....> has $.name is rw = 'jack';
....> method h {
....> say "hello world";
....> }
....> method myname {
....> say "my name is "~$.name;
....> }
....> }
pugs> my $me = Bar.new;
pugs> $me.name = 'austin';
pugs> $me.myname;
my name is austin
pugs> $me.h();
hello world
pugs> h($me:);
hello world
doit($object: 1,"world");
And of course, the parenthesis are optional.
Classes can inherit from one another using the
is keyword. That is, the act of saying a class inherits from another is just a class trait. Ex:
You can access inherited attributes just like normal:
class Hello is World { ... }
class Cool is Awesome is Fun { ... } #multiple inheritence
pugs> class Foo {
....> has $.name = 'jack';
....> }
....> class Bar is Foo {
....> method z {
....> say $.name;
....> }
....> }
pugs> my $x = Bar.new()
pugs> $x.z
role is a reusable unit of class code. In the way that modules export subroutines and the like for other modules and your code, a role exports methods and attributes into a class. This is like inheritence; inheritence is just a different way to reuse code.
A role define's both attributes and methods, i.e.
They can be pulled into a class as such:
pugs> role Hi {
....> has $!status;
....> has $.world = 'earth';
....> method initstatus($s) {
....> $!status = $s;
....> }
....> method printstatus {
....> say $!status;
....> }
....> }
When you use roles with a class, they are treated almost as if you had simply typed in that code right there. With inheritence you only have accessor methods to access your attributes; with role's they can be referenced by their
pugs> class Foobar does Hi { ... }
$.name (this applies to private attributes as well.) Ex:
We pull in the other methods through the role. Continuing:
pugs> class Foobar does Hi {
....> has $.name = 'austin';
....> method sayname {
....> say $.name;
....> }
....> }
Using Roles, it is as if we wrote the code in
pugs> my $x = Foobar.new();
pugs> $x.name
pugs> $x.world
pugs> $x.initstatus("super");
pugs> $x.printstatus;
Hi directly in the declaration of
class Foobar. This is reusable, and it can be used to give methods to classes that need similar functionality, but without an inheritence relationship.
An interface is a role that only defines method stubs, and no attributes.
Role Conflicts
Given one class defined over two roles, each with a method of the same name, which method should the class take when it's invoked? Either. In Perl 6, you simply choose one, and you can do it by giving a full name of the method you want to call (the format is
Role::method) given the roles your class uses.
Delegation lets you act like another object's methods are your own methods. You use the
handles keyword to specify what methods will act on what attributes rather than on the object itself. It sounds confusing, but it's easy in practice and gives you some nice reusable code. Ex:
As you see, if you use the
pugs> class backend1 {
....> method hello { say "hi" }
....> }
pugs> class backend2 {
....> method hello { say "hello" }
....> }
pugs> class Foo is backend1 is backend2 {
....> has $.backend handles "hello";
....> }
pugs> my $f = Foo.new();
pugs> $f.backend = backend1.new();
pugs> $f.hello;
handles keyword with an attribute, by setting that attribute to an object you can delegate methods to that object rather than yours.
Scope (private/public)
In a class, methods are implicitly public. You can make them private simply by appending
my to the
method keyword.
There is a loophole in private scope like this however; a class can declare it
trusts another class to access it's private methods:
pugs> class Bug {
....> trusts Zapper; # probably a bad idea
....> }
Subroutines can be defined in classes just like methods. They cannot be accessed via
$object.methodname invocation, and cannot be inherited although you can pull them in by roles.
"Submethods are for declaring infrastructural methods that shouldn't be inherited by subclasses, such as initializers." (S12) Ex:
pugs> class A {
....> method foo { say "foo" }
....> }
pugs> class B is A {
....> submethod foo { say "foobar" }
....> }
pugs> class C is B is A { ... }
pugs> my $b = B.new;
pugs> my $c = C.new;
pugs> $b.foo;
pugs> $c.foo;
We can do this thanks to the joys of multiple inheritance via multiple
is traits.
Multiple dispatches and Operator overloading
In the last article we discussed
multi subroutines that applied to having two subroutines of the same name, with different signatures.
multi applies to any code object like a
method or
submethod. Ex:
Operator overloading make use of multiple dispatch. Operators are just subs with a special syntax that describes how they are used in an expression. You can define an operator as
pugs> class Foo {
....> multi method hello(Int $i) { say "int:\t"~$i }
....> multi method hello(Str $s) { say "str:\t"~$s }
....> }
pugs> my $f = Foo.new();
pugs> $f.hello(1);
int: 1
pugs> $f.hello("austin");
str: austin
postfix (unary), or
infix (binary.)
Operators are defined with subs in the form of
multi sub how:exp.
how is that of the above (
prefix postfix and
infix), while exp defines the operator to overload, using any method to treat it as a hash subscript, i.e. you could use
<+>, <<+>>, {'+'}, etc..
The * at the start of the multi-sub definition indicates that it is in global scope; without this, the operation of addition is lexically scoped to the area at which it was defined. Generally, you'll probably want to use *, though. As of pugs r16643, operator overloading in this fashion does not seem to work yet.
pugs> class Foo {
....> has $.age = 10;
....> }
pugs> multi sub *infix:<+> (Foo $a, Foo $b) { $a.getage + $b.getage }
pugs> my $a = Foo.new;
pugs> my $b = Foo.new;
pugs> $a + $b
This time we looked at a very big part of Perl 6. Just by using simple features like Roles and Delegations in Perl 6, you can achieve some very powerful constructs. You also get all the classic object-oriented features you'd expect from other languages.
Have fun. :)
Next round: Grammars + Rules.


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Best Kids Parties: Airplanes
Name: Ramona (3)
Location: Arlington, Texas
My daughter is obsessed with airplanes. It just so happens that Red Jett Sweets is a cupcake food truck out of Fort Worth that fit right in to the airplane theme. We used the truck colors - red and teal - as the party colors.
My husband designed the invitations and the party graphics in Illustrator. We spray painted airplanes red and made clouds using poly-fill to hang over the food and drink tables. I bought 2 suitcases and painted one red and one teal. I lined them with red and teal fabric for our in-flight snacks (truffle popcorn and chips). We used a plane cookie cutter to cut out our sandwiches. Our cheese plate was arranged on a USA cutting board from Target.
The Red Jett Sweets truck provided the cupcakes - vanilla, banana with nutella frosting, and strawberry. We made a chocolate cake as well.
The kids played pin the propeller on the plane. A game I found on Hip Hip Hooray. We created a Birthday Getaway game where kids threw planes into hula hoops "taking off" from Dallas-Fort Worth and "landing" in either LA, NYC, or Orlando. We picked the destinations because Ramona has traveled to them this year. We had wooden airplanes for the kids to paint as a craft.
We had a photobooth with clouds and airplanes that matched the invitation.
The Arlington Fire Department saw the party and stopped by unexpectedly to let the kids climb into the fire truck. The food truck with the fire truck made for very happy 3-year-olds.
Thanks Amber! Readers, check out more of Ramona's party at Wills Casa and find the free printables here.
(Images: Wills Casa)


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2429 Ketchum Road Memphis, TN 38114
Sale Amount: $1.5 million
Sale Date: Nov. 2, 2012
Buyer: Blue Salt LLC
Seller: Noall Investment Properties LLC
Loan Amount: $1.5 million
Loan Date: Nov. 2, 2012
Maturity Date: N/A
Lender: Noall Investment Properties LLC
2429 Ketchum Road • Memphis, TN 38114
Details: The 346-unit Willow Oaks apartment complex at 2429 Ketchum Road has sold once again after trading hands in September.
Blue Salt LLC, a Delaware company, paid $1.5 million for the multifamily property in the Defense Depot's 38114 ZIP code from Bountiful, Utah-based Noall Investment Properties LLC.
Alan G. Noall signed the warranty deed as member of Noall Investment Properties.
The warranty deed's date was Nov. 2 but effective as of Sept. 25, the same day that Noall Investment Properties paid $1.1 million for property from Willow Oaks Apartments LLC. That entity bought the complex in 2005 for $4 million.
Built in 1966, the 257,838-square-foot, Class D multifamily complex sits on 18.74 acres on the south side of Ketchum Road near its intersection with Airways Boulevard. The south side of the property abuts Interstate 240.
The warranty deed filed through the Shelby County Register of Deeds lists the address as 2459 Ketchum Road, but the Shelby County Assessor of Property, whose 2012 appraisal is $2.5 million, lists the address as 2429 Ketchum Road.
The transaction also included a deed of trust issued by the seller, with Jason W. Coutts signing the deed as manager of Blue Salt.
5119 American WayMemphis, TN 38118
Sale Amount: $1.2 million
Buyer: Shiv of Memphis LLC
Seller: Feenas of Memphis Inc.
Loan Amount: $830,000
Lender: First Capital Bank
Details: An entity called Shiv of Memphis LLC has paid $1.2 million for the Sleep Inn at 5119 American Way in Parkway Village.
The company bought the 20,034-square-foot motel Nov. 2 from Feenas of Memphis Inc., which had acquired the property in 2006 for $1.2 million. Niranjan Patel and Sushma Patel signed the warranty deed as president and secretary, respectively, of Feenas of Memphis.
Built in 1998, the motel sits on 1.63 acres on the south side of American Way, in the Johns Creek Phase 4 subdivision, between the street's intersections with Mount Moriah and South Perkins roads.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal is $1.2 million.
In conjunction with the purchase, Shiv of Memphis filed a $1.2 million loan through First Capital Bank. Nitinkumar Patel and Anandkumar Patel signed the trust deed as members of the buyer.
67 acres in Collierville
Sale Amounts: $3 million; $1.3 million
Sale Dates: Oct. 31, 2012
Buyer: Hilliard Crews Partnership (Hilliard R. Crews Jr. and Hilliard LLC)
Seller: Shea Partners (Boyle Investment Co. and Boyle North Company LLC)
Loan Amount: $2 million
Loan Date: Oct. 31, 2012
Lender: BancorpSouth Bank
Details: Hilliard Crews Partnership has paid a combined $4.3 million for roughly 67 acres of land in Collierville from Shea Partners.
The buying partnership, composed of Hilliard R. Crews Jr. and Hilliard LLC, bought the vacant parcel in two special warranty deeds Oct. 31 from an entity composed of Boyle Investment Co. and Boyle North Co. LLC.
The land sits on the west side of Shea Road south of Frank Road in Collierville. Original plans were to turn the property into Shepherd's Creek subdivision.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal of the property is $2 million.
Russell E. "Rusty" Bloodworth Jr., executive vice president with Boyle, signed the warranty deed as managing partner of Shea Partners, which had bought the acreage from the A.D. Cartwright Jr. Revocable Trust in December 2007, also for $4.3 million.
Hilliard Crews Partnership financed part of the purchase with a $2 million trust deed through BancorpSouth Bank. Crews signed the trust deed as general partner of the grantor.
300 Poplar Ave.Memphis, TN 38103
Loan Amount: $1.4 million
Loan Date: Nov. 5, 2012
Maturity Date: Nov. 5, 2015
Borrower: K & A Poplar
Lender: Clayton Bank and Trust
Details: The owner of the mixed-used property at 300 Poplar Ave. Downtown has filed a $1.4 million loan through Clayton Bank and Trust.
K & A Poplar, a general partnership whose address is in Collierville, acquired the 19,074-square-foot property in a quitclaim deed from K & A Investments on Nov. 1; the deed of trust was filed Nov. 5.
Built in 1964, the Class C property includes two buildings – a BP gas station and an office strip center – that sit on 1 acre on the north side of Poplar Avenue, between North Lauderdale Street and North Danny Thomas Boulevard.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal is $501,400.
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Being mayor of the largest city in Volusia County doesn't count for much when you're trying to talk your way through a locked door at an Orange City high school.
Being mayor of the largest city in Volusia County doesn't count for much when you're trying to talk your way through a locked door at an Orange City high school.
Deltona Mayor John Masiarczyk learned that recently when he wandered out a rear door at University High School. It automatically locked behind him. Two nearby students refused at first to let him in even though Masiarczyk identified himself and showed them his school-issued visitor's badge.
One of the students eventually recognized Masiarczyk and opened the door, but the mayor faced another grilling from an adult staff member before being allowed back on campus to help with a class project.
"The fact they checked kind of impressed me," Masiarczyk said, adding the suspicious students and staff member "were on their toes and did their job."
That's the way it's supposed to work in Volusia County public schools, especially in the days since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in mid-December.
Volusia and Flagler schools have had rules for years that require visitors to sign in at the main office and get a badge before going elsewhere on campus. Staff members are trained to confront anyone who doesn't. Stricter enforcement – even for parents and volunteers — was ordered after Newtown.
That's just one of the steps taken to tighten campus security and increase law enforcement presence at area schools.
The School Board and Sheriff's Office in Flagler County teamed up to provide deputies at the five traditional elementary schools through June at a cost of $84,000. Flagler's middle, high and alternative schools already had deputies on campus. No decision has been made yet on whether to retain the elementary deputies for next school year. That would cost $275,000.
Volusia high schools have full-time school resource deputies, while middle schools share deputies. The School Board pays the $1.1 million annual cost for the 14 deputies, half the force Volusia schools had before shrinking budgets force a cutback in 2007.
Volusia Sheriff Ben Johnson estimates it would cost about $6.2 million annually to add deputies to the rest of the campuses, including elementary schools. "In a perfect world, we'd be able to do it, but I don't know where you'd come up with the funding," Johnson said. And he's not sure that would be the best investment if the funds were available.
"You lose more kids going to school on bicycles" than in school shootings, Johnson said. "You could save more people ... if you spend $6 million for deputies on the outside and that would provide safety to all of the citizens."
Faced with a projected $33 million budget deficit for the coming year, Volusia School Superintendent Margaret Smith said spending priorities must be weighed carefully. "It's all a matter of balance — keeping schools safe and having quality instruction. It's not a matter of one or the other."
Meanwhile, school district and law enforcement officials in the two counties are walking through each school campus again — as they do regularly as part of ongoing security procedures — to look for any additional areas where campus access points need to be tightened in the wake of Sandy Hook.
"It's just a fresh eye," Johnson said. "How do you eliminate people from walking off the street onto a campus? ... Controlling access is very difficult. People can come over fences or through a driveway. People got across the Berlin Wall."
Volusia is also offering active shooter response training to school administrators, teachers and other staff in a joint project with the Sheriff's Office. The two-hour training is "generic in nature to train staff to respond to a shooting anywhere, whether it's at school or the mall," said Greg Akin, Volusia schools' transportation director who also oversees some of the district's security initiatives.
It's designed to train staff how to respond if they're confronted by an active shooter, how to prevent and prepare for such incidents and how to recognize indicators of potential violence.
The key to all of it, Akin said, is to be alert and aware of surroundings at all times and: "If you see something, say something."
State lawmakers are discussing school security issues, too, in their current 60-day legislative session. Gov. Rick Scott has asked them to spend $75 million on keeping schools safe, a 16 percent increase from a year ago.
A Senate committee this week approved a bill that would allow local governments to ask voters for approval of extra taxes to pay for school security and mental health referral services.
Bills also have been filed to require more lockdown drills at schools and to authorize principals to allow teachers and other staff who complete firearms training and have concealed weapons permits to carry guns at school.
That's a hotly debated issue nationwide with proponents such as National Rifle Association leaders calling for armed security guards at all schools while several education-related organizations opposing guns on campus in the hands of any one but police.
Opinions are divided here, too.
"I do not think that more guns on campus would be a benefit at all," said Peter Conley, a longtime Volusia kindergarten teacher and former Army reserve medivac helicopter pilot, who just retired from Pierson Elementary. "It puts the students at risk. Taking a gun away from a teacher could cause a serious incident. ... I think there's a greater chance for someone being injured than stopping an armed intruder."
A third-grade teacher at Forest Lake Elementary in Deltona who has a concealed weapons license feels differently and would like to see state law changed to allow teachers and others to carry guns on campus. "I carry everywhere else that I go," Lynne Beery said. "It would be nice to be able to protect my students at school."
Seventy-two percent of more than 10,000 teachers and school administrators who answered a national survey in January said they would be unlikely to bring a gun to school if it were allowed. School Improvement Network, which distributes online educator training videos, reported 36 percent of its survey respondents said they own guns but only 37 percent of them said they would be likely to take one to school.
Those results don't surprise Ken Trump, president of National School Safety and Security Services in Cleveland and a widely recognized school security expert.
"We should allow teachers to teach and police officers to do public safety functions," he said in a telephone interview. "Teachers should be armed with books and computers.
"Teachers are by nature nurturing, cuddling individuals," Trump added. "You're asking them to become a potential killer in a matter of seconds" if they're expected to confront armed intruders with their own guns. "It goes beyond training to the mindset."
Trump has a similar perspective when it comes to school security issues in general. Security cameras, fences and locked doors can only do so much to protect children at school, he said.
"The first line of defense is a highly alert staff and student body," he said. "People behind the technology are what really make the difference."


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This is a wonderful, large villa, set within sizeable grounds close to the South Golf Course in La Manga Club. The villa offers ample accommodation for families or groups of friends. A traditional bungalow in style, the villa is situated close to the centre of the resort and is within easy reach of tennis and other sports. It is fully airconditioned / heated making it an ideal all year round property for golfing holidays or just a fabulous villa in the sun. The accommodation has easy access and everything is on one level, with the exception of one bedroom which is externally accessed via a flight of steps. This would suit older children or a couple but not younger children.
Note: Pricing is for 4 bedrooms. Full weeks only in high season. Reduced prices based on 3 bed occupancy are available in mid and low seasons. Please contact us for details.
Free wi-fi is available at this property.
Entrance through to lobby area.
Living Room with two sofas, coffee table, large flatscreen television, DVD, CD player, with access to outside terrace with table and chairs, sun loungers, private pool and garden.
Dining Area - a circular room with table and chairs for eight people adjacent to the living room and kitchen.
Kitchen, fully equipped with oven, hob, dishwasher, microwave, fridge/freezer, toaster, kettle, patio doors to terrace and private pool.
Master Bedroom – a lovely large room with Kingsize bed, bedside cabinets and built in wardrobes. Sitting area. Doors to terrace and pool. Ensuite Bathroom: Bath, shower, washbasin and WC. Please note that the master bedroom is off the kitchen
Bedroom Two with twin beds, bedside cabinets, built in wardrobes, tv and doors to terrace, plus Ensuite Bathroom: Bath with shower, washbasin and WC.
Bedroom Three with twin beds, bedside cabinets, built in wardrobe. Ensuite bathroom.
Bedroom Four with twin beds, bedside cabinets and built in wardrobes. Ensuite Bathroom with bath, shower, WC and washbasin. This bedroom is accessed externally via separate stairs - there is no internal access to this bedroom/ensuite.
Utility Room: Washing machine and tumble dryer.
There is a large private pool, (quite deep) and outdoor shower, surrounded by lovely gardens and terrace areas with a very nice roof terrace also. Please note that there is no pool heating. There is plenty of garden seating for a sunny or shady spot to relax in and comfortable outdoor dining furniture. Ample, private off-street parking for cars.
* This property has Sports Rights discounts for 8 people
Relevant information: In July & August please Saturday changeovers only.
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Mono deco: History debate on Water Street
Did you ever notice– perhaps while waiting for that second margarita out on the patio– that Mono Loco is a gem of architectural history? The one-story, cayenne and green copper patina-painted edifice was actually built as an old church garage back in 1935 in the Art Deco style. After petrol, eateries serving fried chicken, pizza, and big beefy burritos were all served at 200 W. Main Street before Barbara Shifflett transformed it into the mainly Cuban eatery Mono Loco in 1996.
There are only four other examples of Art Deco in this brick-and-column-besieged town: the 1939 Coca Cola Bottling Plant on Preston Avenue, Richmond Camera (once a gas station) on High Street, the former Ben Franklin store (now Stacey Hall) on W. Main, and W.A. Hartman Memorials on E. Market.
Why so few? UVA Professor Emeritus of Architecture K. Edward Lay, author of The Architecture of Jefferson Country, gives a pretty convincing answer.
"The influence of Jefferson in the Federal Period and the popular return of classicism and other traditional styles at the turn of the 20th century here usurped the prevalence of other styles that were influencing architecture elsewhere at this time." In other words, Monticello muffled moderne.
Which explains, in part, why the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) denied Mono Loco's proposal for an addition at its April 15th meeting. The BAR, which reviews all visible changes to the exterior of designated buildings in its attempts to "safeguard and preserve elements of the city's cultural, social, economic, political and architectural history," worried that the enlarged dining room and re-worked patio would obscure the art deco facade. So it was back to the drawing board for architects Fred Wolf and Dave Ackerman of Wolf Ackerman Design.
The modernizing team spent a month re-working their design to make it more BAR-able. "The first plan was respectful of the building, we felt, but we scaled the addition down a bit in our second plan and used more of the existing structure," Ackerman tells Dish.
Whatever they did, it worked. The new proposal, which includes a new dining room facing east with khaki-colored stucco walls and a copper roof and a patio reworked with lots of steel, was approved at BAR's May 20 meeting. No word yet on when construction will begin.
As for Ackerman, the BAR's rejection might have made him go a little loco, but he now, reluctantly, concedes that the second plan is better than the original.
"But that doesn't mean I want the BAR to deny all of my proposed designs the first time, " he says, half-jokingly. Ackerman also let us in on a little insider's advice: whether a plan is accepted depends largely on make-up of the Board on a scheduled review date. "Professors from the Architectural School tend to be the most sympathetic," he says.
There must have been more than a few profs at the BAR's review of Wolf Ackerman's proposal for the renovation-expansion of Rapture last year, because it passed with flying colors the first time 'round. In case you hadn't heard, Rapture's newly acquired posterior is transforming into a steel-and-glass-adorned dance club of the highest caliber.
"It's very cool," says Rapture co-owner Mike Rodi of the design. "It's in the style of real clubby clubs– unlike anything else in Charlottesville."
The enormous club will feature glass floors, a steel staircase, a cast resin bar lit from underneath and– yippeee!– new bathrooms accessible to diners as well as dancers. So when will the doors of R2 open onto 3rd Street? "If we're not done by August, I'll kill myself." Rodi says.
Others who've recently passed the BAR? Metro's new sign made the grade, as did Meri Jane Carter's new steel crèpe cart, which should be stocking the Downtown Mall with these sweet and savory French delights by late July.


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Giveaway: domino, the book of decorating
I bought this book as soon as it came out and I still reference it for ideas - most recently for curtain and color inspiration. I was so sad to see domino go and will miss the little surprise-party feeling I got when I saw it in my mailbox. This book is a testament to the beautiful, talented and thoughtful work for which domino came to be known & loved. Simon & Schuster has generously allowed me to give away two of these books to you, my lucky L&H blog readers! Just leave a comment below by this Thursday, April 2 at midnight. I will compile a list for random.org to do the drawing and announce the lucky two winners on Friday. Good luck! And thank you, S&S.
And because the shipping is on us, we're only able to ship within the US.
36 comments:
- danielle said...
What a great giveaway! My husband and I just bought our first homes, and I am in desperate need of inspiration!
- March 31, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Perfect giveaway! I've been lusting after the book in stores and would love a copy of my own.
- March 31, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- jane said...
ooh, count me in :)
i really miss domino.
- March 31, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- dani b. said...
i miss domino too! my fiance and i just started to house hunt, so this book would rock for when we make our purchase!
- March 31, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- Kelly said...
i have yet to buy this bad boy. maybe owning it would help pull me out of my no-more-Domino depression?
- March 31, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- cindy said...
yes, hopefully it'll help me get over my domino sorrow... thanks!
- March 31, 2009 at 10:04 AM
I really wanted to order one for myself when I bought Lizzy a copy for her bday! Such a great idea, Liz!
- March 31, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- Meghan said...
I am in major Domino withdrawal too! Thanks for the chance to win.
- March 31, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- Danielle said...
I would love to add this book to my inspiration pile!
- March 31, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Alyssum Pohl said...
I'm intrigued! I'm going to go google domino right now.
- March 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM
how fun is that! good thing i keep updated with your blog :)
- March 31, 2009 at 11:38 AM
love this. really need some inspiration.
- March 31, 2009 at 1:17 PM
- Maddio said...
"Ohh, oh, Dom-in-o" as Van Morrison once sung
Domino was a great magazine! I collected all my issues for decor guidelines and inspiration. Getting ready to relocate to a new house this summer, and relocating equals redecorating! Would be great to have such a handy source!
- March 31, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Brittany said...
what a wonderful giveaway! i've had my eye on this book for a while.
- March 31, 2009 at 1:27 PM
How exciting! I subscribed to Domino just in time to receive the last issue. I was so sad... but hooray for the book! Hooray for L&H!
- March 31, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Thanks for the opportunity! I would love the inspiration.
- March 31, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- ashley said...
love this giveaway. how i miss domino!
- March 31, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- jodieak51 said...
I miss Domino terribly as well, and would ove to own this book. Great Giveaway!
- March 31, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- michelle said...
oh I miss Domino so much! I would love to add this to my collection! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
- March 31, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- hannah said...
what a wonderful giveaway! i've been eyeing this book for a while now.
- March 31, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Kendra said...
sign me up!
- March 31, 2009 at 4:32 PM
- Chris said...
I could use a little inspiration right about now! sign me up! ; )
- March 31, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- abby :: tfp said...
good giveaway! would love to add this to my collection. also really missing domino…
- March 31, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- maggie said...
*fingers crossed*
Hope I win! I miss Domino :(
- March 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Oooh I totally have been coveting this for so long but haven't gotten around to buying it. Such an awesome giveaway!
- March 31, 2009 at 8:42 PM
- Bohemian Gal said...
I LOVE Domino mag & was also sad to see it go:( I'm relocating from California to Africa in July & would love this book for the 10 hour + plane ride & decor inspiration for my new abode!
- March 31, 2009 at 9:39 PM
- Sheri S. said...
Wow, great giveaway - I've been wanting to get this book for a while now. Thanks for the chance!!
- March 31, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- Jennifer said...
I miss Domino, what a great giveaway!
- March 31, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- lillie said...
i've been planning to splurge purchase copy soon. i would be so delighted to win one! thank you (and s&s) for the fun giveaway!
- April 1, 2009 at 2:06 AM
- tiaraco said...
Great idea for the giveaway! I have been eyeing that book, but just have not had the chance to buy it! I hope I am lucky! Also, I agree with Jane - I miss Domino.
- April 1, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Alicia said...
I was just thinking that I wanted to head on over to the bookstore & pick up a copy of this...maybe I won't have to!
- April 1, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Lucky Finds said...
Ah! This would be perfect to help me perk up my new little apartment!
- April 1, 2009 at 3:22 PM
- Tommy said...
Oh, man. I go away for a few days and you go and start a contest?! :) This is really cool. I miss Domino like crazy and don't really see a replacement option right now. Thanks for this option! (And people, please comment for more than just give-aways! It's a wonderful blog, and not enough readers take the time to comment.)
- April 2, 2009 at 8:36 AM
- Amy said...
fantastic giveaway! i hope it's my lucky day!
- April 2, 2009 at 10:48 AM
i am really going to miss domino...:( love your blog!
- April 2, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- heather{dot}com said...
So sad, but what a great giveaway to honor its memory!
- April 2, 2009 at 7:30 PM


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Featuring the original all-star Japanese voice cast and subtitled in English, Yakuza 3 chronicles the next steps in the life of the man once known as the Dragon of Dojima – Kiryu Kazuma.
As Kiryu works to begin a new life running an orphanage in Okinawa, the world he left behind in Tokyo also moves quickly. When the chairman of the Tojo clan is shot and the rivalry between the families plunges the city into chaos, even Okinawa is not far enough away to escape the grasp of the mysterious forces pulling the strings.
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The Yakuza series is the brainchild of Toshihiro Nagoshi, one of SEGA's most prolific and successful internal developers. Along with the Yakuza saga, Toshihiro also created the beloved Super Monkey Ball series and has worked on other well known SEGA games such as Daytona USA, F-Zero GX, Spikeout. To this dayToshihirostill over-sees work of internal development teams to make sure his creations speak to gamers as he originally intended.
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Beatriz drove the car in the season-opening race at St. Petersburg. She started 25th and finished 22nd.
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Most of us have digital calendars on our computers or smart phones, but that doesn't mean we should necessarily abandon the trusty wall version. Handmade calendars serve as a functional piece of art and an inexpensive way to add a cheery element to your home or office. Check out five of our favorites for 2012 after the jump!
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Cannibal Terror (US - DVD)
Gabe checks another BBFC 'Video Nasty' off his list while picking his teeth.
Some of life's goals are harder to achieve then others. Some people spend their days writing the great American novel, while others earn black belts or Olympic gold metals. Me, I have two goals: I want to see every single one of the BBFC's Video Nasties, and every single Euro-cannibal film that came out of the '70s and '80s. Personally I find my goals more lofty then those of most people labeled 'hero', and if you've every tried to watch either a Video Nasty or Euro-cannibal flick you know how brave I truly am. Sometimes I get a chance to kill two birds with one stone, as in the case of Cannibal Terror, a Spanish/French made, one time Video Nasty, involving a malevolent group of anthropophagi.
Cannibal Terror is an extra special entrée in the cannibal sub-genre. Often it goes overlooked by the sub-genre's chroniclers, though not due to its rarity. The ignorance comes from the fact that Cannibal Terror is really only two-thirds of a movie. Most of the cannibal footage is actually taken from Jesus Franco's Cannibals, which I reviewed a while back for Blue Underground. What's particularly funny about this, beyond the fact that no one in their right mind should want anything to do with Jesus Franco footage, is that the cannibals of Cannibals are some of the whitest and most out of shape 'Indian Savages' ever put to film. It took three directors and three writers to create a dismal 'plot' to surround Franco's footage with, which basically consists of three underachieving criminals kidnapping a rich industrialist's daughter and taking her to cannibal country.
Building an entire film out of scraps of Franco's pathetic cannibal leftovers is apparently harder than it sounds. Filler isn't quite the right word for the degree of time wasting employed here. Within the first ten minutes we're introduced to the main players in such a meandering fashion I honestly thought that the disc had skipped back to the beginning. The thieves take three minutes to open a door, the kidnapped girl wonders around outside without incident for another three minutes, and we watch the femme fatal of the group walk about a mile through town without a cut. Then the kidnapped girl talks to her father on the phone, and he makes her guess what sort of origami animal he's made for her for another excruciating two or three minutes. All this comes to pass, yet somehow someone forgot to film the scene where the little girl is actually kidnapped.
But all is not for naught, because around minute fourteen one of the kidnappers' associates is hit by a car while crossing the street to the hideout, and the ensuing reaction is laugh out loud funny ('Oh my God, the motherfucker can't even cross the street!'). After running to cannibal country, which is sometimes tropical jungle, sometimes evergreen forest, sometimes seaside, and sometimes swamp (I'm guessing the film takes place in the land of Oz), the kidnappers kind of forget to ask for a ransom. There's a lot more awkward pausing ('Oh my God look! What's that over there?!...Oh, it's just a bird.'), but mostly the sleazy retardedness of the film makes the excruciating journey worth the high price. The near finale shootout is another highlight, as suddenly the screen cuts to black and fades back in to see the characters captured by the cannibals.
I'd like to claim that Severin has cropped Cannibal Terror too closely, especially on the bottom of the frame, but I have a feeling that the framing issues are really just the result of old fashioned bad filmmaking. The anamorphic 1.85:1 frame starts pretty dirt caked during the opening credits, but soon after the artefacts and tracking lines more or less disappear, revealing a transfer far too good for this film. There is a general haze of grain, and a fleck of print damage here and there, but things are mostly clean considering. Colours are a little muted, but mostly natural (except the stock footage shots, which look like they were raked across the ocean floor before spooling) and surprisingly solid. The whole transfer could do with a bit of brightening up, but really I don't see anything worth complaining about. I suppose I should also note in passing that the Franco footage is easy to discern from the non-Franco footage.
One of Cannibal Terror's finer so-bad-it's-good points is its inane score, which repeats ad nausium. Seriously, the title track starts with the credit's establishing shot, runs about three minutes, then starts up again after a few minutes of dialogue, from the beginning. The dubbing is among the worst I've ever seen. It appears that the English speaking actors didn't even try to line up the dialogue with the lip movements, and very few of the voices (all three or four of them) match the faces they're coming out of. There's even a point where an acoustic guitar solo is incorrectly dubbed with some other song all together. The release is technically stereo, but it really might as well be mono. Almost all the dialogue, sound effects, and music is simply piled up equally in both channels. To Severin's credit, the shortcomings are all in the original material, and the track is pretty clean, and rarely distorted (I noticed a few cracks in the highest registers of the music). Check out the cannibalization grunts for a real system workout.
This Cannibal Terror disc doesn't just feature a normal deleted scene, it features a spicy deleted scene. In the scene the girl who was just raped and left for dead a scene before strips and dances for the guy that raped her. Tacky, yet strangely hilarious. We also get a goofy trailer that was apparently made by someone who didn't actually watch the film. The trailer actually sports a couple of gore shots from Cannibals that didn't make the final cut.
Cannibal Terror might be too bad a film for any but the most cultured bad film connoisseur to really enjoy, and the three main gore scenes may be a little two much for squeamish fans to stomach (the effects are noticeably more icky then those of Franco's film), but if you're the type that goes for this kind of track (like me), you might be in for a terrible delight. Those looking for a genuinely frightening time with cannibals should probably stick to Cannibal Holocaust, and those only in it for the sleaze might do better with Cannibal Ferox, though I can guarantee that there is no animal slaughter in this film. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to sit back and pray that Severin sends me Franco's Devil Hunter next.
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Wilson Bros Reviewer Join Date: August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,183
Nice work, Mr P. We saw this turd a couple of years ago, and feel like it should come with some kind of medal for making it through to the end.
At least Cannibal is more "fun" to sit through.
At least Cannibal is more "fun" to sit through.
£ukasz D Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 859
I haver a question to u Gabe...Do u pick the movies u review or u get the movies to be reviewd from the distributors by their choice??
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
A little of both.
jdryyz Member Join Date: June 2008 Location: United States Posts: 7
"Yeesss we have a video" - Viv
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Disc Details
Release Date: 26th August 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Deleted Scene, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Alain Deruelle, Olivier Mathot, Julio Pérez Tabernero, Jesus Franco
Cast: Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire, Pamela Stanford
Genre: Horror
Length: 89 minutes
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My Hero "Big Brother" Janet is fuming when she discovers that George has been secretly filming her for the Ultronian reality show Thermowatch. With a camera in his right eye, George does not notice when the producers turn the tables on him.G
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Are You Being Served? "Heir Apparent" An old photograph convinces Mr. Grace he is closely related to Mr. Humphries.G
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Ladies of Letters Irene is in prison. The police raids Vera's house and she ends up on the same prison ship as Irene. The two soon become the life and soul of the community.G
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By ALAN FERGUSON, Associated Press
Tony Parker insists the San Antonio Spurs' veteran core has at least one more championship run left.
With Tim Duncan also back and Manu Ginobili re-signed, the Spurs begin their quest to atone for last season's heartbreaking title-round defeat Wednesday night against the team they eliminated in the Western Conference finals, the Memphis Grizzlies.
With Duncan, Ginobili and Parker having already played a combined 39 NBA seasons, there are questions of how long the Spurs can keep the three on the court and continue the franchise's run of excellence. Duncan is 37 years old, Ginobili is 36 and has missed significant time the last two years due to injury, and Parker is 31 but entering his 13th NBA season.
"I'm so excited to start with the Spurs and try to win a championship," Parker said when training camp opened. "I get another opportunity to get Timmy out with a championship. I'm ready to go."
San Antonio hasn't won fewer than 50 games in a non-lockout season and hasn't missed the playoffs since going 20-62 in 1996-97, a record that helped it take Duncan with the No. 1 overall pick in the subsequent draft. With help from their star forward, the Spurs have won four NBA titles and came within seconds of a fifth crown this past season until Miami's Ray Allen hit a tying 3-pointer late in Game 6.
San Antonio (58-24) again came up short in the deciding game against the Heat, leaving some to wonder if that was the franchise's last chance at a title with its current roster.
"I don't think it's time to heal all wounds yet," said Duncan, who averaged 18.9 points and 12.1 rebounds in the NBA finals. "We're going to let it fester for a little while, we're going to continue to think about it because it's going to continue to hurt whether we talk about it or let it go or not. But once the regular season starts and the ball goes up, we are going to be focused on a whole 'nother season."
The Spurs did their part to keep their core together by signing Ginobili to a two-year deal worth $14.5 million. They also signed center Tiago Splitter to a four-year, $36 million deal this summer, and will keep Kawhi Leonard and Cory Joseph around through the 2014-15 season after picking up their fourth-year options Monday.
With help from those players, the Spurs will try to win a fourth straight Southwest Division title but might get a challenge from their opening night opponent, among others.
Thanks in part to one of the league's best defenses, Memphis went a franchise-best 56-26 in 2012-13 - finishing two games behind San Antonio - and advanced to the conference finals for the first time. The Grizzlies' run, however, ended with a sweep to the Spurs.
Memphis chose not to keep coach Lionel Hollins and will instead turn to former assistant Dave Joerger to lead the push toward an NBA title.
"We want to make a statement and make history, and that's what we set out to do each and every year," point guard Mike Conley said. "This year's no different. I think we just got to learn from our mistakes last season."
The Grizzlies have made a few moves to try to help that run, most notably re-signing one of their top defenders in Tony Allen. The swingman, inked to a four-year contract worth $20 million, got one more vote than LeBron James for the league's all-defensive team.
Center Marc Gasol earned the NBA's defensive player of the year, and Conley joined him on the all-defensive team after helping Memphis allow a league-low 89.3 points per game.
The Grizzlies added 3-point specialist Mike Miller, part of two title-winning teams in Miami. Memphis averaged a league-low 13.5 3-point attempts in 2012-13.
The Grizzlies also acquired Kosta Koufos from Denver to serve as Gasol's backup and lured guard Nick Calathes away from Europe to make his NBA debut four years after leaving the University of Florida.
"In order to take another step, you're going to have to be a little better," Gasol said. "Every step now really does take a lot of work from everybody. I mean everybody got to play a little better.
"Everybody got to be on the same page, which we already are."
Top scorer and rebounder Zach Randolph also returns for the Grizzlies, who will try to snap an eight-game losing streak in San Antonio that includes four playoff defeats. Randolph was limited to 11.0 points per game on 30.2 percent shooting in the conference finals.
The Spurs split four regular-season matchups with Memphis in 2012-13 as Parker averaged a team-best 25.5 points. He scored 24.5 per game in the teams' playoff series.
Conley averaged 18.0 points against San Antonio during the regular season but scored 15.3 per game on 38.3 percent shooting in the playoffs. He was held to nine points on 4-of-13 shooting in Game 4.
Spurs 102
Grizzlies 90
Spurs 88
Grizwalds 79
Some observations I came away with:
Kawhi was comfortable anywhere on the floor whether it was splitting defenders or shooting from the outside.
Danny Green had some mental errors on offense but his defense was stellar.
Parker seemed to lift himself out of his preseason funk in the second half.
The second unit was awesome without Parker in the game. Maybe teams will not be able to focus on him so much as the head of the snake this season.
Manu had only 1 turnover and slashed and finished like the Manu of yesteryear.
Belinelli has a long way to go to be effective on defense but he was a true compliment on offense. His stats don't show it because he was usually doing the 1st or 2nd pass and not the assist but he was an integral part of the setup to scoring the basket.
Patty Mills worked the paint on offense and was not just a perimeter shooter. His pesky defense was effective as well.
Diaw impressed me with his defense in the paint. He is now looking for rebounds and blocks.
Pop seems to be teaching the other players how to best utilize Splitter when he is on the court.
- Everyone looked a bit rusty (but it's the first game)
- Tp/Kawhi had a nice little 1-2 game working for little spurts (both were driving and assiting/creating thier own shots and forcing the defense to collapse on them)
- Manu and Marco worked well together in short spurts
- Manu actually looked decent and was driving well to the left. Had a couple of teardrops and layups over the Grizzlies bigs, which was encouraging
- Bench looked AWESOME!!!!! I really liked how the Spurs built up a big lead with thier starters resting, it was nice to see
- Diaw looked good and was holding his own against the Grizz bigs, if Duncan/Splitter/Diaw stay healhy and fresh, I think the Spurs just might have enough bigs to compete with anyone
- Bonner still sucks on defense....Ayres was serviceable!
I think he's going to be a star. And as time goes on, he'll be the face of the Spurs, I think.--- Coach Pop on Leonard
I didn't comment on Ayres because he has so few NBA minutes let alone Spurs minutes but I expect to be making positive observations of him as well when he gets used to the system and the team. Baynes likely gets used in certain matchups or back-to-backs but I guess it is not his time yet.
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Im Jolie:
In that one post, you told us you were a 2L at Michigan, 31 years old, working at a firm, and going to quit shortly after. I would suggest removing your post as there are probably very few 31 year old 2Ls at michigan and you never know who will read these things.
You'd be surprised. But thank you for looking out for me. As it turns out, I didn't say anything I'd be ashamed or fearful of anyone linking to me (including the comment about my likely length of tenure).


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Ian Somerhalder Adorably Kisses Nikki Reed's Forehead at the Farmers Market
Ian Somerhalder leans in to his girlfriend Nikki Reed to plant a smooch on her head while browsing items at the Farmers Market together on Sunday morning (August 17) in Los Angeles.
The 35-year-old Vampire Diaries star and 26-year-old actress walked around and tasted some of the fresh produce on display.
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The night before, the couple hit the red carpet separately at the 2014 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.
"We won!!!!! @YEARSofLIVING won!!!! WOW!!!!!" Ian tweeted after.
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Three months after the previous release, the ReactOS Team has released version 0.3.8 of their Windows NT-compatible operating system. We have taken a short virtual look at this new release. In addition, the project will have a booth at the FOSDEM event in Brussels, Belgium on the 7th and 8th February. Several members of ReactOS Development Team along with the Project Coordinator will be attending. You can have a chance to test the live system, speak with developers, and get a closer look at their project.
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There was a vote a couple of weeks ago that affected filibusters by individual United States Senators.
Spring has finally sprung and before you know it, the U.S. 25 Yard Sale will be here. Grant County had a wonderful turn-out last year and this year will be even better. This year's date is June 6, June 7 and June 8 and now is the time to start getting ready. We have established the first Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in June every year for the yard sale.
The first week of the 2013 Regular Session of the General Assembly is now complete. The legislature is now recessed for three weeks to give members time to organize, review bills, and draft others. We will reconvene February 5 for the remaining 26 days of session.
Where did respect
for others go?
I would like to commend Deborah Lucas Angel for her recent column "What a waste!". She was right on the money concerning laziness of shoppers. As an employee of Wal-Mart, I see this everyday. When we find items from the freezer or coolers, we are required by the state to throw these items away. We also throw away any item that the customer leaves at the checkout aisle because they do not want them and do not feel it is their place to put them back where they got them.
Will you do the same?
On Nov. 29, 2012, the United States Senate unanimously re-authorized the U.S. Fire Administration and both fire service grant programs (SAFER and AFG). Despite the oncoming "fiscal cliff," run-away deficits, and impending draconian cuts to discretionary spending, Senators were unanimous in their support for the fire service.
If staunch conservatives, such as Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul were able to agree with their more liberal colleagues that adequate funding of
Since I don't tweet, text or e-mail I must revert to the age-old method of communicating by "taking a pen to hand" and besides my ribbon on the typewriter has faded away.
Yes, it's old-fashioned and outdated, as many things in life, all except memories, those never fade away. Memories are sometimes the only things we have left of the past.
And so it seems that is the case with the burning of the building of the Dry Ridge Consolidated Colored School, now a memory.
Many children need good, adoptive homes
As this is National Adoption Month, I just felt the need to write this. When I was born in 1939, my mother became ill with TB and she died a year later. My dad then left me and my older brother with my elderly grandparents on a search for another woman. My grandfather passed away, leaving us with our grandmother to care for us.
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Selena Gomez's Message to Justin Bieber: 'Cry Me a River'
New York, NY – Selena Gomez has a message for Justin Bieber: "Cry Me a River."
The "Spring Breakers" songstress performed the same tune that Justin Timberlake made famous when he had his bitter breakup with pop princess Britney Spears.
SelGo, who is an ambassador for UNICEF, performed for the organization in New York City over the weekend and crooned JT's breakup anthem, in the midst of her on-again-off-again split with superstar boyfriend Justin Bieber.
The clip spread like wildfire on YouTube and social media, and entertainment publications dished on how Gomez was extremely angry while singing the tune.
"I've been through a lot the past few months. It's been weird and sad and cool," Gomez told the audience as she introduced the song.
"This song definitely speaks to me," Gomez added, who was wearing all white and donned flowers on her hair.
The Biebs sang the same song, reportedly to Gomez, not too long ago during his Nov. 10 concert in Boston.
The couple, who dated for close to two years, called it during a a romantic New Year's getaway in Mexico.
Since the split, Bieber has been sulking while videos surfaced showing the teen heartthrob smoking what appears to be marijuana.
"He's been really down about the breakup," a source told Us Magazine.
A pal close to SelGo said Bieber had become a "bad influence."


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Bantam, May 2001, ISBN: 0553109146 Illegal fossil hunter Gorka Bilbao found the bones in the John Day Canyon. He turned it over to noted forensic anthropologist Dr. Thaddeus Ranking, who immediately gave it to the Core of Engineers. The University of California at Riverside tested a metacarpal bone and reported that the remains are over 14,000 years old, male, and Caucasian, destroying all the theories on early North American man. T...
Dance of the Thunder Dogs
Berkley, Nov 2004, 21.95, 368 pp. ISBN: 0425198367 BIA investigator Emmett Parker is home after thirteen years away solving tribal crimes. He is recuperating from a wound in his chest made from an axe during an Upstate new York case. Although being at home is an adjustment, his tribe is proud of his accomplishments and honors him at a pow wow attended by the president and his former lover Dagen Kirsch. They have a romantic encounter that makes...
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Berkley, Nov 2003, 22.95, 352 pp. ISBN 0425191915 Comanche Emmett Parker was investigating a drive-by shooting on the San Sasinos Apache Reservation in Arizona when the attorney general's office ordered him to go to Syracuse. Modoc Indian Anna Turnipseed was working a case in Las Vegas when she was assigned to work with Emmett. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the FBI agents have worked together in the past and always managed to solve their cas...


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They call me "Smiley".
@ urs: Many people can relate themselves to the whole distraction thing, but ADHD is a serious mental disorder, despite people saying, "Pfft, anyone can claim they have it, hell, they can diagnose you incorrectly," which is true. I'll go ahead and explain what I have. Wikipedia does a really good job describing what ADHD really is. In fact, let me get that article out and get another source. Also, it's something you are diagnosed with as a kid normally, but what happens usually is that people find out later in life. You can still get help, which is good. I was diagnosed in Argentina when I was 5-years old, and I had three therapists working on me so that I could pass my classes for once.One thing that I noticed about myself is I sometimes get obsessed with certain things, and apparently, it is related to ADHD. Just very compulsive behavior. I also can't help but get twitchy and fidgety at the most random times.Here is Wikipedia. The classification part is accurate. I am, unfortunately, the one in the middle (predominantly inattentive). You can go down to comorbid disorders under Signs and Symptoms to get an idea of what other additional things ADHD can do to a person. I don't like it. It made my life miserable before I was sent to the mental institution. It was a whole cluster of problems I had, and to show the severity of my situation, I was hanging out with rape victims, sexual abuse victims, schizophrenics, self-haters (I still have that issue, but I definitely am better. Before, I had no control over it), and the like. In other words, I was not OK, but I'm just happy it gave me a great kick-start to a better life.Here is an additional source. It's good to look at the other disorders/problems that go with ADHD, otherwise, you don't have it:http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/complete-index.shtmlAlso... Fuck, I forgot. Maybe I'll remember later. Lost a thought.Edit: I remember now. It has to do with medication. Oh, yeah, the ADHD medication. Don't do it. It's bull-shit. I never took it, but the only medications I had to take were anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds.
Ray: monochrome ftw! I love that it makes everyone look all noir-y. We should have a thread just for b/w pics!
Quote from: xphobe on February 14, 2011, 11:16:51 PMRay: monochrome ftw! I love that it makes everyone look all noir-y. We should have a thread just for b/w pics!But wait - my haircolor won't show in b/w. Can't do it.
That's just what my world looks like without the light of Jesus in it.
Quote from: urs on February 14, 2011, 11:19:06 PMQuote from: xphobe on February 14, 2011, 11:16:51 PMRay: monochrome ftw! I love that it makes everyone look all noir-y. We should have a thread just for b/w pics!But wait - my haircolor won't show in b/w. Can't do it.You could always go all super artsy and b/w everything EXCEPT the head furIs she a foxy albino? Does she have neon in her bloodstream? Nobody knows!
Oh, no, I've got it; I was diagnosed two years ago. I cut my doc's hair every two weeks, and he thought I was a good candidate, and after some research, I had to agree with him. He had me take a few tests, and he was right-o. I started off taking Adderall, which initially seemed like a godsend, but then I got really bitchy, and it turned into a love-hate relationship - I loved that I felt more functional, but I hated how it made me feel, which was either nothing, or bitchy. I started Wellbutrin in Dec. after I discovered some research that noted that it has been useful in treating mild to moderate ADD, and that's been much better; plus it really helps with the neuropathic pain I've had the last few years. It actually makes me a bit more focused than the Adderall did, too, without even a hint of the crankiness.I also get obsessed with certain things: bright colors, hair, neuroscience, and all social sciences (don't even get me started on the random infatuations of my childhood - Chinese brush painting? For real?). I am finally putting it to good use and am back in school pursuing a psych degree. Plus, if the day ever comes that I can't physically do hair anymore, I will need a backup career that doesn't require coordination, balance, or fine motor skills. I still can't keep track of my pencils or my parking spots, but I have better coping skills than I did in high school, so I am doing alright so far. Thanks for the info, though; I appreciate it. Not only cute and smart, but nice, too? You're a triple threat!
Why thank you "Str8" (wink wink). But Infidel Muhammad has first claim on my body for recreational purposes, pending any change in my marital status.Pony: I see what you mean. It was not intentional. Perhaps subconsciously that's why I picked that one though. Yee ha!
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one
Quote from: urs on February 14, 2011, 11:34:17 PMhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/uggoff/5367725268/#There is a perfectly serviceable b/w shot amongst them urs "black and white2"Otherwise outrageously beautiful colours throughout.
I've also been to the hospital because I thought I had ADHD because I am easily distracted and forget the most normal things. My father had autism, so they were linking my behaviour to autism. It turns out that I'm mild autistic/ADHD, i.e. that I don't actually have ADHD or autism, but that my difficulties are caused by ADHD/autism-like behaviour.I'm delaying, but I still have to make an appointment with the students' psychologist so that they can help me to get some structure in my life.
Oh sweet, fellow ADHD-ers! Fidgiting, pacing and forgetfulness (that's one that's gotten more annoying lately) are pretty much like daily hobbies for me.
You look like your dog
so, that's what you look like when yet again one of our theists is being willfully ignorant? About ready to pop them?
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.


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101 Dalmatians: Part 17A
You will notice that in Part 17, I was able to identify which animator did which character in a shot. That's because Ruth Wright, the secretary responsible for this portion of the draft, included the information whereas none of the other secretaries bothered. I did make one change to this in shot 17. Wright had Ollie Johnston animating Perdita and Hal King animating Pongo. Given the characters' relative size in the frame and the amount of acting each had to do, I believe that Wright made an error.
The opening scene between Cruella, Horace and Jasper is cast by character. Marc Davis handles Cruella (as he does throughout the film), and Cliff Nordberg takes care of her henchmen. I've talked a fair bit about the so-called "lesser" animators at Disney. Here's a perfect example of excellent work being done by Nordberg. At other times in the film, Horace and Jasper are animated by John Lounsbery or John Sibley, but Nordberg is fully capable of animating to their level on these characters. He shares the screen with Marc Davis, certainly one of the best of Disney's animators, but there's no feeling that Cruella is a more polished piece of work than what Nordberg is doing. Nordberg's handling of the acting and dialogue in shot 4 is excellent, as is his action animation when Cruella throws Horace back into the van on top of Jasper in shot 5.
The march of the dogs through the snow storm (and the draft notes that there is "live action blowing snow") is a demonstration of the power of posture to communicate a character's emotional state.
Perdita's entire spine, from head to tail, is drooping, showing her to be exhausted. Facially, her eyelids are partially closed and drooping, while a single line beneath each eye, indicating a bag, reinforces how tired she is. This one drawing shows the power of cartooning. What Hal King has done here is to isolate what conveys the necessary emotion. Adding more detail to this drawing would not strengthen it; additional detail would distract from what's important. The point of cartooning (and animation) is to strip away everything that doesn't contribute to the desired statement and to play up what's left.
Hal King pretty much handles the entire march through the snow and deserves praise for how effective the animation is in these shots. Eric Larson and Ollie Johnston get some personality scenes with Pongo, but King sets the tone.
The first shot of the collie (shot 14 by Julius Svendsen) is my nomination for the worst piece of animation in the entire film. The collie is running through deep snow, yet the dog does not appear to be exerting himself in the slightest. There is no sense of force emanating from the dog's limbs or a sense that the terrain isn't solid. There is also no effects animation of snow being disturbed by the dog's legs (though this probably wouldn't have been handled by Svendsen). The run is especially weak when you compare it to Ollie Johnston's Pongo animation in shot 16.1, where Pongo struggles to run through deep snow to let Perdy know that they have reached shelter. Johnston's run is specific to the environmental conditions, where Svendsen's is not.
Later shots of the collie tend to go quite flat. In contrast to the other dog animators, Svendsen leaves the collie in profile most of the time and doesn't turn or tilt the character's head during dialogue. It's a shame, as the collie has a heroic role to play and his voice, by Tom Conway, is quite distinctive. While other supporting characters in the film are successfully realized, the collie is a missed opportunity.
(Tom Conway was the brother of George Sanders, who later voiced Shere Khan in The Jungle Book. Sanders was married to Zsa Zsa Gabor, whose sister Eva voiced Bianca in The Rescuers. Instead of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, for Disney features you can play Six Degrees of George Sanders.)
Svendsen is the sole animator of the collie, so he has to take responsibility for this. His animation of the horse earlier in the film is far superior. Once the characters move to the dairy barn, the drawing and animation of the collie look decidedly weak next to Hal Ambro's cows, who are far more dimensionally drawn and animated.
You can tell that censorship was breaking down by the 1960s. In the '30s, Disney had to cover up Clarabelle Cow's udder with a skirt. Here, the pups are actually shown suckling on the cow's teats, something that never would have been allowed in earlier years.
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- Thad said...
(Posted this in the other post by accident...)
Your comments about the collie aren't very surprising. It's not only weak animation, the collie's just not a very pleasing design at all. It's ugly and out of place. No fun to it like all of the other characters (animal and human).
- September 10, 2008 8:03 PM
- Floyd Norman said...
I sure don't mean to pick on Sven because he was a darn good animator. Yet, I still remember concerns about the collie way back then.
I'm surprised the director never asked for changes. Maybe we were just concerned with getting the picture done.
Funny remembering this after all these years.
- September 12, 2008 6:36 PM
- Pete Emslie said...
One more bit to add to your "Six Degrees of George Sanders". One of the cows in that sequence of 101 Dalmatians is voiced by Queenie Leonard. At the time, she was the wife of Tom Conway. By the way, Conway also provided the opening narration in Peter Pan.
For the record, I like the collie's design. He certainly looks like a noble aristocratic type, and I always found his air of gentle authority quite comforting as he provided a temporary safe, warm haven for the pups, giving that scene a bit of a breather from all of the action that both precedes it and that which follows.
- September 14, 2008 1:35 PM
About the collie,I had the great chance to talk quite often with John Ewing. Lounsbuy's assistant and he said that Wollie would allow a lot through.John gives an account on Sword in the Stone about a badly drawn scene of Kay that John Ewing animated, one of his first and wollie let it go though. John was expecting it to be given the thumbs down. Whether Wollie directed the Collie seq I don't know?
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Eldora Speedway has sold out its grandstand seats for its inaugural Camping World Truck Series race July 24.
The race, dubbed the "Mudsummer Classic" on the half-mile dirt oval, will run on Wednesday night prior to the Nationwide-Sprint Cup weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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While the Tony Stewart-owned track has sold out its 17,782 grandstand seats, there are 300 general admission tickets for the hillside still available.
NASCAR, which has not had a national series race on dirt since 1970, still needs to finalize a format for the event.
NASCAR is expected to have heat races with 30 trucks starting the main feature event, said NASCAR Vice President Jim Cassidy. NASCAR, which has a top-25 rule that guarantees the top 25 in owner points an automatic spot in the lineup, has not announced the qualifying procedure.
With no pit road, it's likely there will have to be a break during the race if NASCAR wants to give teams time for adjustments.
The race likely could be done on one tank of fuel as the feature likely will be between 100 and 150 laps.
"Probably closer to 150," Cassidy said. "We're still finalizing, but probably more like 150 for the feature."
The trucks will be slightly modified for the dirt race, with the removal of the splitters among the modifications.
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Willie Mosconi's Winning Pocket Billiards for Beginners and Advanced Players, with a Section on Trick Shots
Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1995 - Games & Activities - 140 pages
Few players have left a more indelible mark upon a sport than the late Willie Mosconi. For nearly half a century, Mosconi dominated the game of pocket billiards, winning the coveted World Title fifteen times from 1940 to 1957 and pocketing a string of records along the way. His unparalled skill with the cue humbled opponents and astounded audiences worldwide.
In this timeless classic, Mosconi shares his expert advice on every facet of the game, from the essential fundamentals to more complex trick shots. Detailed diagrams and step-by-step illustrations guide beginners and advanced players alike through such basics as the selection of the cue; the proper grip, stance, and bridge; the stroke and follow-through; cueing the ball; and hitting the object ball. Players of any level can improve their game by following Mosconi's invaluable instruction on the finer points of combination and kiss shots, the proper application of English, and the speed of stroke. A section of practice drills encourages players to develop their skills toward mastery.
Mosconi was also renowned for making seemingly impossible shots with confidence and ease. Through diagrammed explanations, he reveals the secrets behind such shots as the "Machine Gun," the "Football Shot," the "Handkerchief Shot," "Jump the Rack," the "Railroad Shot," and more. With a bit of practice and patience, any player can play like the indomitable Willie Mosconi.
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Plumbing Tempe
Thank you for choosing Robins Plumbing, Inc to service your plumbing needs. We are proud to offer plumbing services in Tempe, AZ. and have been since 2004. When choosing Robins Plumbing, Inc not only can you rest assured to have a professional and qualified service plumber, you can count on us being the plumber you can trust 24 hours a day. We value you as a loyal client, and we value and are committed to our community. When you choose Robins Plumbing as your service plumber you are part of a bigger community and goal as we strive to give back to the cities we serve, including Tempe. How can we provide quality service for you today? Please contact our Tempe plumbing office at 623-486-4657.
We know how frustrating it can be to wait around all day for a service provider. With that in mind we will provide prompt service on your schedule, finding an option that works best for you. We provide a two hour window, yes, you read that right, no more waiting around all day for the plumber to show up. We value your time and we commit to being to your home or commercial property in Tempe within the two hour window we've provided and we also call you with a notice that your technician is on the way.
Our phones are answered 24 hours a day by someone on staff. You can be assured that in an emergency you will not get a recording or have to leave your information with an answering service. We are here to help you with your emergency plumbing needs 24 hours a day.
For emergency plumbing in Tempe, AZ. trust Robins Plumbing, call 623-486-4657
Plumbing Tempe
Finally, a plumber you can trust, 24 hours a day.