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Munich: Limited Edition (US - DVD R1)
Gabe gawks at Spielberg's masterful look at counter terrorism in the 1970s
Munich chronicles the true story of a secret Israeli hit squad assigned to track down and kill eleven Palestinians believed to have been involved with the planning of the 1972 Munich massacre of eleven Israeli athletes. Sent on the mission are men who, though experts in their particular fields, are relative novices when it comes to pre meditated murder. The squad leader, Avner (Eric Bana) is particularly torn between his loyalty and thirst for vengeance, and his moral fibre, which becomes quieter and quieter as the massacre develops.
I'd like to preface my review here by stating for the record that I am a massive fan of Steven Spielberg. I agree with the critical consensus that he tends to look for happy endings where they don't belong, and that he has an undeniable flair for the sugary-sweet. Despite these assertions at inadequacy, I believe Spielberg is the best storyteller in modern film, and perhaps only second to Akira Kurasawa in an all-time ranking. From a purely visual standpoint he's never failed, and from a material stand point he has only a handful of creative flops (I'm thinking Hook, Always, and Amistad here, I've never seen 1941 or The Terminal).
2005 was a great year to be a fan of the man with the grey beard's work. In the summer I marvelled at the pure visual grandeur of his 9/11 allegory, War of the Worlds, a picture that I had almost no hope in enjoying, based on the fact that it was finished on such a tight budget and that I didn't think the story needed to be retold. All the while I was resenting Spielberg for not yet dealing with his much-delayed Munich Olympics project. Little did I realize that the man was pushing it into production as a sat there in the theatre, shivering as tripods were vaporizing human beings.
I'm too young to have experienced the tragic melodrama that was the 1972 Munich Olympics, and learned about it in my adult life through Kevin Macdonald's 1999 Oscar winning documentary, One Day in September. As soon as I heard Spielberg's name attached to the material I was hooked (though I did assume the project was going to centre on the Olympic event, rather than the aftermath at the time). Then came September 11th, 2001, and the events of September 5th, 1972 became more relevant then ever. After much admitted avoiding of the issue, Spielberg was ready to deal with that day in his own way with the one-two punch of War of the Worlds and this, his latest masterpiece, Munich.
Munich is an equally complex and simple film. At its base is a simple plot of vengeance. Vengeance has been a popular theme in cinema over the past few years, most likely because of the worldwide posttraumatic stress syndrome brought up through the attack on the Twin Towers. Films dealing with the theme of vengeance over the last five years have included Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy, Tarantino's vengeance flashbacks, Kill Bill volumes one and two, and Tony Scott's hyperactive Man on Fire. There were two popular comic based revamps, Batman Begins and The Punisher, which were both based on glorified vigilantes. Horror movies stepped back into their grindhouse, revenge-thriller roots with Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects and to a lesser extent, the Saw movies (whose killer is a sort of emotional vigilante). Even Martin Scorsese dealt with the theme in his period opus Gangs of New York, and Wes Anderson as the plot thruster of his ode to quirky nature documentarians, The Life Aquatic.
The complexities of Munich are found in its subtext; the grey in between the black and white of glorious retribution. The best vengeance films of our modern resurgence deal in the moral ambiguity of the situation, and this is no exception. Some critics have chastised Spielberg and his screenwriters for refusing to take sides, while others berate him for being either a PLO or Israeli sympathizer. I think that the cold and disconnected look at the events Spielberg has utilized is the only way the story could've been told. The characters on both sides of the confrontation are presented as flawed human beings, which is ultimately what we all are. Yes, this is the story of the Israeli's, and the side plot analysis of the opposing camp verges on time padding, but the humanity of the situation remains intact.
I must also confess that I have become a massive Eric Bana fan as well. I adored Ang Lee's Hulk, and basically discovered the actor in that role (I still haven't seen Chopper, and his role in Blackhawk Down was far too brief). A year later I sat through the embarrassment that was Wolfgang Peterson's Troy, and discovered that the one shining light of dignity was Bana's performance as Hector. When I heard he was attached to the project I just about jumped out of my skin, and he was great, though occasionally he seems to have confused acting with mouth breathing.
Though Bana spearheads the cast, and steals the screen most of the time he's on it, everyone involved is so uncommonly sharp and convincing that I cannot believe that Crash won best ensemble cast at this years SAG awards. Say what you will, but it seems to be a popularity contest to me. Some of the international cast (Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler) is made up of solid as rock standbys whose faces you may recognize, but have trouble placing. That enigmatic genius Geoffrey Rush puts in some face time as the man in charge of the operation, who is equal parts collected, warm, and brutal. And let me take this opportunity to officially announce that I approve of the work of Daniel Craig, and if this role wasn't one of the finest 'leaner, meaner' James Bond auditions I've ever seen, I must've had my eyes closed (though when recasting of 007 was announced I originally wanted Bana to fill the shoes, but we can't always get what we want).
The technical direction is just about perfect. Steven, again, is the storyteller of his generation. Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, hot off War of the Worlds, creates a similar hyper real, cinema verite on uppers style to that of the alien invasion flick. The 1970s come to life here like we've rarely seen a recent time period come to life before, in all their gaudy, grainy, sun-bleached glory. I love Munich because it looks like a Sidney Lumet or William Friedkin crime flick, complete with zooms instead of pans, and more concern over looking real than looking clean.
The suspense is thicker than ten Brian De Palma films. Each hit is preceded by a meticulously constructed set up, the camera moving from character to character, cutting back and forth between the hesitant predators and their oblivious prey. The images verge on iconic. Spielberg manages to take the tired pre-attack montage and make it work. Some of this technical wizardry threatens to undermine the emotion of the film, but I think that the line was successfully toed without crossing in this case. Any time the crew gets overzealous, the cast brings the film back down to earth.
The films Achilles heel is its occasional loss of focus. The story line tends to meander into the realm of TV miniseries, and occasionally the audience is privy to unnecessary information. Not unlike Peter Jackson's otherwise wonderful King Kong remake, Munich could do with a bit of fat trimming. The material doesn't correlate with the two hour and forty-four minute running time, and what should've been a drum taught classic is instead an occasionally saggy near-miss. Munich was the finest film I saw in 2006, but its lack of focus causes it to fall just shy of a career best for its director.
What would I cut? Despite the great performances and character deepening dialogue, the scenes where Avner meets with the French 'Godfather' Papa to explain his teams actions. These do bring warmth to the film when the main characters are at their coldest, but it also stops the narrative. The information given in these scenes could easily be given by other means. Spielberg also has a tendency to heavy handedly push Avner's growing frustration and sadness. But despite these discrepancies, the film never suffers from a case of Spielberg-itis, and is possibly the most mature in the director's cannon.
Munich is one of those films that I find nearly impossible to judge on a video quality level. Spielberg and Kaminski have colour-coated every location, ala Soderberg's Traffic. Some scenes are muted and grainy, while others vibrantly bleed colours over the entire frame. Most 'errors' in this presentation are most likely done with purpose. With this in mind, I'd say this is one of the better film to DVD transfers I've ever seen. A cleaner presentation would hinder the film's tactile nature.
Some sequences utilize the high contrast, bleach-bypass techniques the director and cinematographer made famous with Saving Private Ryan and Minority Report, and this DVD recreates the deep blacks very well. Some of the low-lit scenes suffer from some cross-colouration, especially in skin tones. The reoccurring bright red amongst muted colour motif leads to some bleeding, but again, I think this was on purpose. Detail levels are sharp even during fast camera movements. The heavy grain throughout adds to the gritty realism, and helps duplicate the look of early '70s crime dramas. Some films were not made for HD duplication.
How do you heighten the reality of a fact-based, documentary style film? By hiring Ben Burtt to do your sound design. The man behind the buzz of the lightsaber and the roar of the tie-fighter is in top form here, even when he rooted in the real world. The Dolby Digital 5.1 track (sorry DTS fans) is lively, well balanced, and it really hits when it needs to. The subtlety of this mix can be hazardous, as some viewers may crank their systems up, unaware that the reason they can't hear anything is because Spielberg and Burtt are about to blow something up. The LFE channel only kicks in when necessary, and doesn't numb the viewer like other, more aggressive tracks. This mix reminds us that moderation can be vital to building tension.
Music is supplied, of course, by Spielberg standby John Williams. I hate to say it, but this may be one of his weakest scores. Williams, in my humble opinion, hasn't been 'on' for years, with the exception of his work on Lucas' Star Wars films (which have an already determined style and a fair amount of completed themes to draw on). This particular score borrows pretty heavily from the pseudo-tribal melodies of Hans Zimmer's recent work with Ridley Scott, a style quickly becoming the tritest in Hollywood. Williams also seems to be borrowing heavily from his own Schindler's List score, the soft guitars of which sound sappy in this film. Some of the suspense cues are decent, but all in all this was pretty mediocre stuff from one of the world's most sought after composers.
The music is, like the effects, well balanced in all 5.1 channels. Fidelity is nearly perfect. Dialogue is audible and balanced well enough that I didn't once need to adjust the volume. The ambiance of city streets around the world is clear and tonally realistic. I honestly can't fathom a better mix for this particular film. Not a reference track for those who want to give their system a real work out, but a fine example of modern technology filtered through classic means of artistic creation.
For an extra bit of cash, those of us who really enjoyed the film can pick up this limited edition set. Basically the disc's producers have tightly crammed everything you'd ever want to know about the making of the film into just over eighty minutes of featurettes, seven in all. Really, this could've been one big documentary, but this kind of chapter chopping seems to be the norm on most of Spielberg's recent DVD releases.
Part one is an introduction from the man himself. Steve explains briefly the genesis of the project and his intentions as a filmmaker. This sections essentially stands as the director's defence against acquisitions of wrongful intent from both conservatives and liberals. He explains that the film is based on fact but that the events it depicts cannot be proven fact, so there is some creative discretion exercised.
Part two is entitled 'The Mission, The Team', and is kind of a recap of what the film is about and how the creative team built the script. It's a good example of why this really would've worked better as one large documentary because it lacks direct focus. It could've been easily mixed with part three, 'Memories of the Event'. Here the producers give us more of a historical look at the Munich massacre itself. This was the most interesting part of the disc, and made me crave more fact-based material, but alas, I was whisked away to part four, 'Portrait of an Era'.
This section chronicles the great lengths Spielberg and team went to in order to duplicate the age of polyester and bellbottoms. Producer Kathleen Kennedy politely describes the era as 'unattractive', and then excitedly explains that Europe looked a little better at the time. This is the section where Kaminski gets a chance to shine, explaining his process. After watching this I realized that this may be the last analogue film Spielberg will ever make. The film's look was produced by filters, gels, and film manipulation, not digital means.
Part five, 'The On-Set Experience', is a case of the section title dictating the content. Spielberg and company made this film on an insanely tight schedule, including over one hundred speaking parts, and several outdoor location shots. The majority of the sets were dressed to look like other countries, but on occasion the crew shot on location, as in Paris, where you can see a non-digital Eiffel Tower behind the actors. The producers seem to agree that the director works best at a break-neck pace, and that his first instinct is usually his best.
Part six is entitled 'The International Cast', and chronicles the selection of the hundred plus speaking parts. Most of the actors are relative unknowns in America, and seem to have all been shocked with Spielberg's work ethic and pace. I have to agree that the international make-up adds authenticity to the film, even if actors are constantly playing characters from outside their actual nationalities. Bana describes the on-set experience as a trip to the United Nations.
The features are concluded with part six, 'Editing, Sound and Music', which is also pretty self-explanatory. The most intriguing thing about this section is the fact that post-production was in process at the same time as on-set production. The film was being edited as it was filmed, something Spielberg devotees will remember the director has done since the days of Jaws. We are also privy to sound man Burtt working his magic, which really should've been presented in 5.1 audio so it could be fully appreciated. Burtt explains the basis for some of the film's more unworldly sounds in his usual monotone drawl. And things are wrapped up with Spielberg praising Williams' sub-par score, and defending the aging composer, who was coming off Revenge of the Sith, War of the Worlds, and Memoirs of a Geisha when he agreed to score Munich. Poor guy.
Munich gets my vote as best picture of 2005, although I didn't actually see most of the most critically lauded films last year. It represents a controlled and mature turn from one of history's finest directors, and features some amazing cinematography. The international cast is uniformly terrific, headed by Eric Bana who deserves to be one of Hollywood's top talents. This Limited Edition DVD isn't stuffed with features, but there's enough behind the scenes footage to offer an insight into the work ethic of geniuses. Less rabid fans of the film should be content with the single-disc release, which features a solid and subtle Dolby Digital track and a perfectly representational video transfer.
Personally, I hope Spielberg continues to challenge himself with work like this. There are so many slam-dunk opportunities awaiting him ( Indiana Jones IV, ahem) that I can't help but wonder if he's exhausted himself with his last two features. Here's too more adult drama from the master of intuition.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 9th May 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English and French, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Extras: An Introduction by Steven Spielberg, Munich: The Mission, The Team, Munich: Memories of the Event, Munich: Portrait of an Era, Munich: The On-Set Experience, Munich: The International Cast, Munich: Editing, Sound and Music
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler
Genre: Drama
Length: 164 minutes
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- Orange juice
- Grapefruit juice
- Tomato juice
- Smoothies
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I have a confession to make. I strive to cook "real food". By that, I mean that I like to cook meals for my family, using fresh ingredients-- organic, as much as possible. You will never find a tub of frozen fake whipped topping or canned cream soups in my pantry. I make all of my cakes and cookies from scratch. Sounds impressive? So, here's my confession-- I still love "comfort foods"! I also have a sweet tooth (ya think?)
When I was in high school, I can remember racing to the cafeteria to buy a slice of their famous cinnamon toast. It sold out in minutes, because most of the student body loved it as much as I did. If I was lucky enough to make it in line, a cafeteria worker would lift a piece of cinnamon toast, off a baking sheet. Score! I can remember savoring that crunchy piece of bread with a heavenly balance of cinnamon and butter. It was more than butter toast, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
I can't begin to describe it, but I longed for some of that toast many, MANY years later. I gave up trying to recreate it-- until the Pioneer Woman posted her version of making cinnamon toast on her blog. Ree Drummond is evil. She has no shame when it comes to ways of cooking and baking with butter. I wondered, was this the long-lost recipe?
I mean, how hard is it to make cinnamon toast? You toast bread, slather it with softened butter and sprinkle cinnamon sugar. Right? Well... this version has two simple little twists. I mean, eensie weensie changes that are so darn simple, that I wonder why I didn't think of it myself?
On a Saturday morning, this was destined to be made.The night before, I removed a stick of butter so it would be nice and soft... this morning, I preheated the oven to 350F.
DEMY Digital Recipe Reader**. I had already copied and pasted Ree's recipe so I had it handy. I love this new toy of mine. I have all of my recipes at my fingertips-- literally.
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UPDATE: I found that using my toaster oven is a faster/easier way, when making this for two people. I toast the bread, until just before it's golden brown. I then slather on the cinnamon-butter and turn the toaster oven to "broil". Watch it, carefully, and remove just as the topping begins to bubble. This way, I don't have "soggy bread syndrome" on the bottom. Works great!
UPDATE: I get lots of comments and emails that this is just as easy to make in a toaster. To be honest, it's broiling the cinnamon-vanilla butter that gives this toast such a great texture.
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|Geocaching merit badge requires prior parental approval for requirement(s) #7.
|Geocaching merit badge is an option for the National Outdoor Badge for Hiking.
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|The word geocache is a combination of "geo," which means "earth," and "cache," which means "a hiding place." Geocaching describes a hiding place on planet Earth - a hiding place you can find using a GPS unit. A GPS (Global Positioning System) unit is an electronic tool that shows you where to go based on information it gets from satellites in space.
Geocaching merit badge requirements
1. Do the following:
2. Discuss the following with your counselor:
3. Explain the following terms used in geocaching: waypoint, log, cache, accuracy, difficulty and terrain ratings, attributes, trackable. Choose five additional terms to explain to your counselor.
4. Explain how the Global Positioning System (GPS) works. Then, using Scouting's Teaching EDGE, demonstrate the use of a GPS unit to your counselor. Include marking and editing a waypoint, changing field functions, and changing the coordinate system in the unit.
5. Do the following:
6. Describe the four steps to finding your first cache to your counselor. Then mark and edit a waypoint.
7. With your parent's permission*, go to www.Geocaching.com. Type in your zip code to locate public geocaches in your area. Share the posted information about three of those geocaches with your counselor. Then, pick one of the three and find the cache.
8. Do ONE of the following:
9. Plan a geohunt for a youth group such as your troop or a neighboring pack, at school, or your place of worship. Choose a theme, set up a course with at least four waypoints, teach the players how to use a GPS unit, and play the game. Tell your counselor about your experience, and share the materials you used and developed for this event.
View the change list (history) of these requirements. The text of these requirements may be locked. In that case, they can only be edited by an administrator.
Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.
Requirement resources
GPS Introduction:
- Simple pdf instructions: http://www.geocaching.com/articles/Brochures/EN/EN_Geocaching_BROCHURE_online_color.pdf
- Geocaching.com video: What Is Geocaching? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VFeYZTTYs
- Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.geocaching.com/faq/
1.a. Geocaching hazards
1.b. cuts, scrapes, snakebite, insect stings, tick bites, exposure to poisonous plants, heat and cold reactions (sunburn, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, hypothermia), and dehydration.
1.c. Buddy system
2.a. Geocaching Etiquette: Never bury a cache: http://www.geocaching-101.com/2010/03/21/the-basics/
- Cache Locations - never bury: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/other/geocache.html
- Never bury - respect the environment Leave No Trace
- Hiding a Geocache: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/geocaching5.htm
2.b. Geocaching etiquette: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/gh3.pdf
- Hiding a Geocache: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/geocaching5.htm
2.c. Leave No Trace
3. Glossary of Terms: http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx
- Waypoint: http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx#Waypoint
- Cache: http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx#Cache
- Attributes Icons: http://www.geocaching.com/about/icons.aspx
Examples of additional terms are included above such as Muggle, ROT13 Code, etc.
- Benchmarks: http://www.geocaching.com/mark/default.aspx
- Datum: http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx#datum
4. How GPS Receivers work: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm
- Global Positioning System: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS - http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=GPS
- Scouting's Teaching EDGE
- Garmin GPS Acadamy Videos: http://www8.garmin.com/gpsacademy/
5.a. Map and compass
5.b. See links above: Map and compass - GPS
5.c. Universal Transverse Mercator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator
- Latitude/longitude system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system
5.d. Plot a UTM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator#Locating_a_position_using_UTM_coordinates
6. Four steps to finding your first cache: http://www.geocaching.com/about/finding.aspx
- How to Go Geocaching: http://www.wikihow.com/Go-Geocaching
- Waypoint: http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx#Waypoint
- Types of Geocaches: http://www.geocaching.com/about/cache_types.aspx
- Video: What does a Geocache Look Like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDSBXSofsck
- Video: Introduction to Geocaching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcFvoU7b92Q
7. www.Geocaching.com
8.a. Cache to Eagle
- Geoscouting Cache to Eagle: http://www.geoscouting.com/cache2eagle.html
- Guidelines: http://www.geoscouting.com/pdfs/c2eguidelines.pdf
- Patch: http://www.geoscouting.com/contact.html
8.b. Travel Bug: http://www.geocaching.com/track/faq.aspx - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_Bug
8.c. Hiding Your First Geocache: http://www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx
- Cache Guidelines: http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#TOC
- Cache Maintenance: http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#maint
8.d. Cache In Trash Out: http://ww2.scouting.org/100years/100years/sitefiles/1000/YourSource/PlanningTools/Geocaching/CITO_Public.pdf - http://www.geocaching.com/cito/default.aspx - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_In_Trash_Out
9. Sample Geohunt (Geocaching scavenger hunt) with multiple waypoints: http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/GeoHunt.html
Related awards
|Sports-related awards
See also
|General Merit Badge information
External links
- Canadian Orienteering Federation
- Intl. Orienteering Federation
- Geocaching.com
- Geocaching to Promote Scouting
- Orienteering Games for the Computer
- Schoolyard Compass Game
- Scout Skills Orienteering Badge UK
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Orienteering Federation
- AE Orienteering
- The Compass Store
- Orienteering Unlimited
- Orienteer Website
- GeoScouting.com


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secrets of making pie crusts. I cannot believe that people actually buy canned pumpkin pie filling, however! Really?! Pumpkin pie filling is so easy to make! For the last few decades, I've always made trust Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie Recipe. It's fool-proof. I rarely use Evaporated Milk, but I truly believe that this ingredient is what makes pumpkin pie creamy and delicious. This year, I decided to try one of my most trusted sources of recipes and baking ingredients-- King Arthur Flour. There was an ingredient that I found a bit peculiar. In fact, I debated if I wanted to risk KAF's recipe vs. Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie.
Pumpkin Pie Filling only requires a whisk, folks! Of course, I've been playing with my OXO Egg Beater that I won at the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival. It's a really cool gadget, priced at under $20.00, and I'm using it a lot! The ingredients you need are: white and brown sugar, eggs, evaporated milk, spices, a touch of flour, and pumpkin puree (a printable recipe card is at the end of this post.)
TIPS: Place the prepared pie plate onto a baking sheet to prevent spills. King Arthur Flour gave me a great tip: "Pumpkin pie filling is basically a custard; the eggs in the filling will continue cooking as the heat from the edge of the pie moves toward the center, which is why it's important to remove the pie from the oven before the center is completely set. Leaving it in the oven too long will cause the eggs to overcook, tightening the proteins and causing the pie to crack in the center."
I made this pie the night before Thanksgiving, so that it would be well-chilled.
Traditional American Pie Crust recipe.
I'm posting a printable recipe for pie crust and the pumpkin pie below. You can also view King Arthur Flour's video on how to make this by click here.
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KVLY TV Mast - Blanchard, North Dakota's Claim to Fame
The SmallTown: Blanchard, North Dakota - Population 26.
The Claim to Fame: The KVLY TV Mast
I have always been fascinated by the structure now known as the KVLY TV mast. In my teens, when it was known as the KTHI TV mast or simply, the KTHI tower, I liked to occasionally take the back roads on a weekend trip to Fargo just to stop by and marvel at it. If I was traveling with someone who had never seen it before, it was always fun to stop about 12 miles away and, ask them to guess how far away it was. A typical answer was 2-3 miles.
At 2063 feet, it is currently the tallest manmade structure in the U.S and the third tallest in the world. From 1963 to 1974 it was the tallest structure in the world. In 1974, the final segment of the Warsaw Radio Mast in Poland was completed, making it the new record holder, beating MY tower by a measly 58 feet! My tower was now in second place! I almost booked a flight to Poland with a hacksaw. As it turned out, this wasn't necessary. The Warsaw tower collapsed of it's own accord in 1991 and the KTHI tower was once again the world champion! Records will show that I was at a UND Fighting Sioux hockey game that evening and had nothing to do with the structure's failure.
It wasn't until 2010 that the amazing Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, stomped all over The KVLY tower with a final height of 2722 feet. Since then, another tower, in Tokyo, Japan, the Tokyo Sky Tree, has been completed, bumping my tower back to a still respectable third place in the world.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the KXJB TV mast, just a few miles down the road near Galesburg, North Dakota, is only four feet shorter than the KVLY tower. One day, in July of 1998, a crew that had just finished repairing this tower, temporarily affixed a 4 foot flagpole to the top and, for a few glorious days, it was the world's tallest manmade structure.


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DELTA In a climate-controlled warehouse here, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, much like a squirrel storing acorns for hard times, is putting away seeds of native plants and grasses for forest restoration and wildlife habitat improvement.
We have three mixes here, maybe 15 species in all, that are going to Grand Junction for aerial reseeding in the area burned by the Pine Ridge Fire last summer, Jim Garner, a habitat biologist, said last week while moving pallets of seed bags with a forklift onto a truck.
The seed mixes, concocted for what will best fit steep slopes, harsh soil and general burn conditions, are among the estimated 140,000 pounds of seed that will be dropped on the Pine Ridge burn area.
The recently opened 9,000-square-foot seed repository, built at a cost of $1.2 million, is on a mesa in the Escalante Wildlife Area about six miles west of Delta.
The seed warehouse is an effort to be proactive instead of reactive, Garner said.
We used to buy seed when we needed it, Garner said. But we were subject to the market price.
As the size, intensity and frequency of wildfires across the West grew, forest officials began to look to the long-range future, Garner said. It was clear that stocking up on seeds would avoid scrambling when they were needed for reseeding, he said.
Reseeding helps hold off the invasion of non-native species of plants, Garner said. Increased recreation and energy exploration can transport non-natives on vehicles.
The state agency collects seeds or acquires them from collectors and companies, then sends them to nurseries where they can be produced in great number in greenhouses and outdoors, Garner said.
The majority of the seeds stocked in the warehouse will be preferred native species, but some non-natives are being produced because of cost, Garner said.
Squirrel tail costs $10 to $15 a pound, but crested wheat is cheap, $2 to $3 a pound, Garner said. Aspen fleabane and sulfur flowered buckwheat are $80 a pound.
Use of expensive seeds has to be evaluated in the light of project goals and how critical the situation is, he said.
The warehouse eventually will store about 50 to 70 species of grass and flower seeds, among them sagebrush, mountain brome, dusty penstemon, basin wildrye, Sandberg bluegrass, Oregon daisy, western yarrow and sulphur buckwheat.
The American dragon head is a native, but its aggressive so it has to be used judiciously so as to maintain plant diversity, Garner said.
Warehouse stock will include seeds for the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management as well as parks and wildlife projects, Garner said.
Temperature is important for storing seeds, Garner said. Seeds have been known to remain viable for 25 to 30 years at room temperature, but its not a sure thing, he said.
Fans at balcony level will keep the temperature in the ground-floor storage area in the high 70s or low 80s in the summer when the temperature outside is blistering, Garner said.
A small cooler is reserved for more finicky seeds, Garner said. Sagebrush seed in a natural setting, for example, lasts a year, but, in the freezer, the seed can be viable for five years.
In the cooler, the operative rule is to maintain the combination of temperature and relative humidity less than 100, Garner said. The temperature is kept in the low 40s and the relative humidity at 32 percent, well below the target.
On a more expansive scale, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has a National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
Plant scientists and researchers globally have turned to the bank after natural disasters and in their search for plants with properties that increase their ability to meet medicinal, nutritional and climatic demands.
The Delta warehouse has no ties to the federal program, Garner said.
The 140,000 pounds of seed will be spread on almost 14,000 fire-scorched acres north of Grand Junction, said David Boyd, spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management in northwest Colorado.
The reseeding is expected to take five days of flying, Boyd said. We want to do it while there is snow on the ground.
The cost of seed and airplanes is $1 million, Boyd said.
We want to get native seeds down to stabilize the soil before invasive species get started, Boyd said. Cheat grass is a concern because its not good for livestock or wildlife and it tends to dry quickly, which perpetuates the fire cycle.
Reseeding with seeds from the same area is preferable because the same species can have slight differences depending on latitude. Sagebrush in Colorado and Idaho could differ slightly, Joe Lewandowski, a spokesman for Colorado Park and Wildlife in Durango, said.
The idea for the seed warehouse germinated as a result of the Uncompahgre Plateau Project, a native plant program of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, federal and state agencies and utility companies.
Since 2002, the partners have harvested seeds from 1.2 million acres of timberland west of Montrose and sent them to growers.


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In 1980, Dr. John Reefer moved to Butler County and started his practice in internal medicine. Over the ensuing thirty-plus years he has served the people of this area by providing some of the highest quality health care available.
While he will still be performing administrative duties at Butler Memorial Hospital, at the end of June, Dr. Reefer will be resigning from his clinical practice.
As one of the people who have had the opportunity to see him work and provide the care that he has, I can say this area is losing one of the finist clinicians that I have ever met. His quiet leadership in the health care community has allowed Butler Memorial Hospital to incorporate some of the finest health care facilities and programs to be found in a community hospital anywhere in the United States.
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Houma-Thibodaux parades enter their second weekend Friday and will continue through the Carnival season's Fat Tuesday finale.
Houma-Thibodaux parades enter their second weekend Friday and will continue through the Carnival season's Fat Tuesday finale.
The first weekend of parading ended Sunday, with police and krewe officials reporting no major problems.
Krewe of Ambrosia captain Tracey Westerman said her parade Saturday night went "perfectly."
"We couldn't have asked for a better evening," she said today. "The weather was perfect and the crowds were large and people were excited."
This was the second year Ambrosia has been a night parade, and organizers and city officials made some improvements, Westerman said.
"That first time, it was freezing and we had some little kinks we needed to work out," Westerman said. "But this time we had more lighting, the weather was better, everything just went so much smoother."
Police reported minor incidents during this weekend's parades in Terrebonne and Lafourche.
At the Hercules parade Friday night in Houma, one man was arrested for disturbing the peace by intoxication and resisting an officer, and three people were issued summonses for disturbing the peace by intoxication, illegal use of emergency lights and failure to make ID known, Houma Police said today.
At the Aquarius parade in Houma on Saturday, two people were issued summonses on drug charges and underage possession of alcohol.
For Ambrosia, one person was arrested for remaining after being forbidden, one person was arrested on an outstanding warrant, and eight were arrested for underage drinking.
"There were no major incidents or injuries in Thibodaux that we've heard of," said Thibodaux Police spokesman David Melancon. "Everything appeared to go smoothly."
At the Krewe of Hyacinthians and Titans parades in Houma on Sunday, one man was arrested for disturbing the peace by intoxication and resisting an officer, police said.
Parades continue this weekend throughout Terrebonne and Lafourche and on through Fat Tuesday. For a complete schedule, along with live webcams and a paradetracker that will let you use your cellphone to follow the parades' progress through Houma or Thibodaux, visit houmatoday.com/mardigras.


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The former Traffic man wins the inaugural Musicians' Union Award
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Steve Winwood features on the title track, Thirty Second Lover, of the latest Steve Cropper release titled 'Dedicated'.
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More than a year after the preventable debacle at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration's inexcusable inaction, blame deflection and coverup are being exposed.
This past Sunday, "60 Minutes" aired a report on Benghazi that was a year in the making. It showed, among other things, that the security contractor hired to run the mission's unarmed guard team had warned repeatedly that the mission would fall to an attack because the armed Libyan guards could not be trusted. A Green Beret commander based in Tripoli had warned Washington that al-Qaida was preparing to attack Americans in Benghazi and the only option was "leave Benghazi or you will be killed." Those warnings were ignored.
The White House said for as long as a week after the attack that there was no evidence it had been premeditated. But numerous people on the ground at the time knew it was a planned al-Qaida attack and told Washington that.
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The Coldwater Eagles will host a fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 1-5 p.m. to raise money for the family of Baby Gauge.
Gauge's journey
Baby Gauge is the infant son of Stacie (Massey) and Derek Parker of Quincy. Shortly after his July 19 birth, Gauge's medical journey began. He was transported to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo due to fluid in his lungs, and later one of his lungs collapsed.
What followed were diagnoses of pneumothorax, swollen lungs, high blood pressure, another lung collapse and a variety of other issues.
Gauge was later transported to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Despite the fact that they have insurance, medical bills from�his treatments are still weighing heavily on the Parker family.
His parents had been staying in Ann Arbor with Gauge while his older brothers stayed at home with family and friends.
The length of Gauge's stay in Ann Arbor, in addition to the costs of treatments and expenses from his care, continue to accumulate.
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Sunday's event will help raise funds to provide assistance to the family. It will include a pig roast, silent, raffle, entertainment by the Silvermoon Band, an obstacle course for kids, food and a cash bar.
Event supporters so far include the Coldwater Eagles, Grand Occasions, the Silvermoon Band, Albright Swine Farm, FireKeepers Casino and a number of family and friends.
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Each and every year when I begin my FPT's I begin predicting with my head, not my heart. I try to base my predictions not on the noise of my fellow collective diehard, but what I think is most likely going to happen. Then, at some point in the season, like clockwork, I try to follow a trend. Maybe I picked against the Seahawks and they won. Next time I better pick against them so they will win again!
Completely and utterly irrational.
Yet surprisingly, it works more often than you might think.
The point in all of this is to simply reinforce the obvious: These prediction threads are pointless, but fun all the same. There's not a Soul alive that can predict the outcome of sporting events with 100 percent accuracy. If they could, they would make Paul Allen look homeless by comparison. Still, it doesn't make it any less fun to see if you're right! After all, you have a 50% chance of picking the right team with each prediction. You would take those odds any day at the card table in Vegas.
This is going to be a very good test for our team at home. If we lose a game or two at home this year, certainly this could be one of them. I still like the Seahawks in this one because of that "12th Man Magic" that transforms good players into great ones. This can neutralize any opponent and we've seen it happen for years. The Patriots will give us everything we can handle. The Seahawks can win, but will they?
In honor of following trends I say not this week. (You see what I did there.)
Aros' Fearless Prediction: Seahawks 17 - Patriots 23
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I was surprised, though, to read that Ree's recipe included frozen bread dough. Really? I have a recipe for bread rolls that is so easy to make. I swear. Truly. With a Kitchen Aid Stand mixer, I can have the dough mixed together and rising in the oven (as an incubator) in fifteen minutes! For real. I didn't photograph how to make the dough, because...well, I was so intent on surprising my husband with these dinner rolls that I didn't want to stop to photograph. I started these at 4:00pm. I literally mixed the yeast, added the rest of the flour and let the dough hook mix all of this together in five minutes. I have a trick that works well for me-- I turn the oven on to WARM and preheat to 200 F. Then I turn it off. 45 minutes later, my dough has doubled. I also like this "dough doubler". I bought on King Arthur Flour's website. Since then, I've seen them at restaurant supply stores. Otherwise, an oiled bowl and plastic wrap works well, too. My recipe is part white flour and part whole wheat. It's delicious and, so far, it's my favorite bread roll.
I have been busy baking and making all kinds of great recipes. I'm feeling better. I made another bread, today, and I photographed how to conquer the fear of working with yeast. It's easy, I tell ya!
NOTE: I buy my vital wheat gluten online at King Arthur Flour. It helps whole grain based dough to rise better.
Make this. You don't need frozen dough. But, if you buy the dough anyway, at least pick up where Ree transfors frozen bread dough into the rolls. You will thank me for sharing them. If you don't have a cast iron skillet-- use a regular pan. As for me... I have my sights set on a bigger cast iron skillet...so I can make more rolls like these!


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Pottawatomie County residents are being better served by a greater law enforcement presence as local agencies report the cooperation and teamwork is the best it's ever been.
Pottawatomie County residents are being better served by a greater law enforcement presence as local agencies report the cooperation and teamwork is the best it's ever been.
That was the consensus during a Law Enforcement Legislative Luncheon in Shawnee on Friday.
"It's unbelievable the cooperation you have with law enforcement in this county," said District Attorney Richard Smothermon, adding residents are safer because of their ongoing efforts.
Addressing a group of business and community leaders, Smothermon, along with Sheriff Mike Booth, Shawnee Police Chief Russell Frantz and Tecumseh Police Chief Gary Crosby, each spoke, with the common theme being cooperation.
Part of that cooperation includes the "dream" Smothermon had 10 years ago to expand his three-member Drugs and Violent Crimes Task Force that is funded with federal dollars.
This year, with additional manpower donated by local agencies, that team is now comprised of seven, he said.
Shawnee police have provided three full-time officers to the task force, while the sheriff's office and Citizen Potawatomi Nation police have each dedicated one officer to the cause.
"Why is that important to you," Smothermon said, telling the crowd that this year, that additional manpower was needed, as there were 10 homicides in his district, which includes Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties.
"For this area, I can't even fathom that number," Smothermon said, adding there's usually two or three in a given year.
Smothermon credited the task force and tremendous cooperation between all agencies in the fact that in nine of the 10 murders, all but one has been solved. Defendants in the nine cases have been charged; while some have pled and sentenced and others are awaiting adjudication in what Smothermon believes will be life sentences. He's also seeking the death penalty in two cases, he said.
"The cooperation of this task force is valuable to you," Smothermon said.
Another example, as he pointed out, was a massive methamphetamine raid in June 2012 that resulted in 45 arrests.
Sparked by a tip, a joint investigation that included trash pulls, a 28-day around the clock wire tap, along with surveillance, led to 125 officers gathering one summer morning to "kick in 13 doors" and make arrests in the sweep.
Smothermon said 35 were arrested that day and 45 were ultimately arrested and charge in the case, with authorities seizing $145,000 in cash, 13 vehicles and four pounds of meth.
Smothermon said two pounds of pure, uncut methamphetamine tracked back to a Mexican Drug Cartel was being brought into Pottawatomie County "every other day."
That's a "huge amount," and the two people responsible were living across the street form Tecumseh High School, he said. Because of the teamwork in that case, Smothermon said it's made a big impact here.
"Because of that, I promise you are safer," he said.
Frantz spoke about the cooerative efforts as well and how officers, along with dispatch personnel, work tirelessly to serve residents.
Frantz said Shawnee's dispatch center answered 79,000 calls for service and officers took 7,420 reports. The department, with 56 officers, made 2,911 arrests and wrote 7,360 citations.
Last year, Frantz said Shawnee's burglary rate decreased by 8.3 percent, while larcenies are down 17 percent.
"That's tremendous," the chief said.
Crosby also spoke about the ongoing cooperation efforts, adding he's seen many ups and downs since becoming chief in Tecumseh in 1995.
"It's never been better…we work in harmony and community with one another," he said.
Even sitting down to enjoy a meal together, Crosby said it's not uncommon that officers from many agencies will share things that can solve a case as they are often times searching for the same people.
And while Crosby said most people dread traffic tickets, he explained that it's one way they help combat problems associated with fatality accidents.
He said at one point, Tecumseh had the deadliest stretch of roadway in Oklahoma.
With grants from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office to work drunk driving and other seat belts enforcements, Crosby said they are working to promote safety with seatbelt compliance, which can reduce fatalities and bring down the risk in this area, which in turn, can help lower car insurance rates.
He spoke of the "More Cops, More Stops" campaign that has begun, and said the "Click It or Ticket" campaign will be in May.
"We're trying save lives," Crosby said.
Sheriff Booth rounded out the presentation and also addressed road safety issues.
When he took office, Booth said Pottawatomie County was ranked third in the state for fatality accidents.
"I said 'Not on my watch,'" Booth said, adding they now have a full-time deputy devoted to highway safety. He said all of the efforts are helping.
"Al of us together have made a huge difference," Booth said.
Booth talked about second amendment rights and his position, along with the state's other sheriffs on the issue of gun violence. He said they all agree that they won't do anything that jeopardizes a citizen's second amendment rights.
During the luncheon, Smothermon also acknowledged all of the activities going in the search for a bombing suspect in Boston, noting that police officer Sean Collier from MIT was killed in Boston during a gunfight.
"He was murdered…the community never saw that coming," Smothermon said, asking everyone in the room to remember that local law enforcement officers put their lives on the line each day.
Senator Ron Sharp, R-Shawnee, and Rep. Josh Cockroft, R-Tecumseh, also made a few comments on legislative issues.


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Grove very critical of Gov. Brown, Fuller's reaction is mixed
Taft's two state representatives, Senator Jean Fuller Assemblywoman Shannon Grove both released statements in response to Governor Jerry Brown's 2013 State of the State address.
Here is Grove's reaction:
"The Governor just saluted public employee unions and thanked them for the millions of dollars they poured into passing the Prop. 30 tax hike last fall. Where's the Governor's shout-out to the small businesses whose pockets they all just raided again? Californians now pay the highest taxes in the nation because of Prop. 30, and our state's competitiveness in keeping and attracting job creators is suffering.
"I trust that the voters won't continue to fall for the Democrats' convoluted logic that if California has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, the answer lies in taking more money from working people and giving it to the bureaucrats in Sacramento to spend on themselves.
"Brown keeps touting his 'balanced' budget, but his numbers are based on revenues gained from $50 billion dollars' worth of higher taxes. He and the supermajority may think that they can tax away pension liabilities and the state's other IOUs, but California's challenges will only be resolved when we create a better business climate so people can get back to work."
This is how Fuller reacted:
"Governor Brown was given a reprieve by California voters last Fall and a rare opportunity to work across the aisle to find meaningful and long-term solutions to the state's most challenging problems. While I am encouraged that the Governor highlighted the critical needs of water infrastructure, education, job creation and CEQA reform, we should be watchful for any real progress and improvements. And in the other areas of the Governor's Address, from implementing a new federal health care law to climate change to high-speed rail, it's important to note that over-spending on these projects will not result in any immediate economic benefit."