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Everything needs a foundation, and director Peter Jackson lays a fitting corner stone for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy with his latest epic finale, "The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies."
Picking up the action from the cliffhanger at the end of the second movie, the villagers of Laketown flee the ruins of their wooden village, destroyed by Smaug the dragon (Benedict Cumberbatch).
The dwarves prepare the mountain for siege, while, Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Galadriel (Cate Blanchet), Elrond (Hugo Weaving) and Saruman (Christopher Lee) confront the nine kings returned from the dead, and find an old enemy.
In front of the mountain, the refuges of Laketown and the wood elves prepare a siege to claim a part of the treasure.
Tensions escalate as Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) negotiates to prevent a skirmish. Despite his efforts, the dwarves of the Iron Hills arrive to defend the mountain. Before the armies of men, elves and dwarves can meet, Azog (Manu Bennett) and his force of orcs, by a second force of orcs from the north, attack. At the climax of the storyline, the five armies battle to decide the fate of Middle Earth.
Teen Pulse staff writer Ben Hanlon asked students, "What is your new year's resolution?"
...Five, four, three, two, one! The big apple drops and it's officially 2015.
With a fresh year in mind it is no surprise that fashion tops my resolution list.
For those of you struggling to piece together a fashion resolution, take into account the two sides of the fashion resolution scale to find your tailor made resolution.
On one end is minimalism, a style characterized by extreme spareness or simplicity. From the fashionista's perspective, minimalism exudes subtlety and elegance. These nuances are evident in higher-end pieces that fall under the minimalist category.
Fashion runways today bear eccentric and avant-garde draperies, jewels and footwear. Sometimes, such items are thrilling to see on the runway, but cannot be worn in public on a regular day to day basis. Of course, we all need that special dress for the cocktail party next Saturday or the sky high heels for Lucy's wedding on Wednesday, but are those items really necessary?
William Zinsser, author of "On Writing Well," tells us to "simplify, simplify, simplify." This simplifying process applies to fashion, as well as writing.
Will "detoxing" style put you through both a physical and mental catharsis? I leave the experiment to you.
Teen Pulse staff writer Wilbur Wang asked students, "What was the best present that was ever given to you?"
Youth Activity Center Schedule
Monday: Air hockey tournament (Los Alamos open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., White Rock closed.)
Tuesday: Christmas coloring contest (Los Alamos open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., White Rock closed.)
Wednesday: Movies and munchies (Los Alamos open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., White Rock closed.)
Thursday: Activity Center closed for Christmas Day
Friday: Staff's choice game/activity (Los Alamos open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., White Rock closed.)
The Los Alamos Youth Activity Center is located at 475 20th Street, 662-9412. The White Rock Activity Center is located at 139 Sherwood Blvd., 672-1565.
Today marks the second edition, of "The Pondering Column." Here I will discuss, reader written questions, regarding morals, philosophy and belief.
Today's question, asked anonymously: "Is torture ever justified?"
This question has particular relevance given recent events. As you may know the CIA released a previously classified report, stating that they had used various techniques of torture to dissolve credible threats against national security.
The morals behind torture have been an issue for humans since the beginning of our existence, but the answer to this specific question is fairly simple. Yes, torture can be justified.
Now the real question is, at what point is torture justified? A wide variety of cases would permit torture, at least from my perspective. The only parameter surrounding the permissibility of torture is similar to the "eye for an eye" law of retaliation.
This law asserts that if one injures another, he or she will be injured to the same extent. So if I shoot your eye, you can shoot mine, but what exactly is taken with torture? The well-being of an individual.
Every year, families around Los Alamos host exchange students from different parts of the world. In 2013, teens came from Germany, Poland, France and Serbia, and this year after applying through the Rotary Club, teens came from Europe and South America.
Arriving from the Netherlands, Frederiek Gerretschen, 16, a junior at Los Alamos High School during the 2014 school year, is one student who has traveled from her hometown to experience American culture.
"I love to travel and to get to know other cultures, and the best way to get to know a different culture is to live there," Gerretschen said.
When Gerretschen turned in her application, she did not know where she was headed or what to expect, but by March she was informed that she would be placed in Los Alamos.
Since then, Gerretschen has become integrated into the LAHS community. During the fall, she was a member of the cross country team. She currently introduces her own culture to Los Alamos teens through the LAHS International Club.
Although Gerretschen visited New York prior to her exchange trip, she has identified differences between the Netherlands and the United States.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Josh Smith overcame a late mistake with two key baskets down the stretch Saturday, finishing with 25 points in Detroit's 110-108 win over Phoenix.
Smith's 3-pointer with 26 seconds left put Detroit ahead 108-105, but he followed that with an ill-advised foul on Gerald Green's try from long range.
Green tied the score with three foul shots.
Smith, however, then atoned for the miscue by hitting a bank shot in traffic with 1.2 seconds remaining for the winning margin.
He also grabbed 11 rebounds as Detroit won a second straight.
Greg Monroe (20 points, 12 rebounds) and Andre Drummond (13, 13) each recorded a double-double and Will Bynum contributed 16 points for the Pistons.
The Suns got 21 points from Channing Frye en route to a third loss in four contests.
Marcus Morris and P.J. Tucker each scored 17 for Phoenix.

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WASHINGTON — To his supporters, Mitt Romney exudes cool fire.
The rigid jaw, the focused eyes, the straight shoulders and the perfect hair all project the image of a man who seems born with confidence — a fixer.
Romney looks presidential, and in the White House, the Republican nominee promises to be a leader who would calmly analyze the economy, devise remedies, check the numbers on a balance sheet and work from there.
To critics, though, the Romney way is too much a caricature, too scripted and sculpted, as though he never owned a dirty T-shirt or even saw one in his house. He would find fixing things as president presents a very different challenge from running a company — he must be nimble enough to change a style or a position, sometimes dramatically, always in the public eye. That could mean alienating conservatives and fueling the criticism in other circles that Romney has no political core.
And yet throughout his life, Romney, 65, has viewed politics as a means to carry out a deeply felt mission to make the world better, a duty instilled in him by his parents and his church. Thanks to his analytical skills and a gilded support network that made his success a virtual birthright, he's had a steady climb toward the summit he seeks.
Romney's personality, which Massachusetts residents liked when they elected him governor in 2002, has its roots in a family of American privilege, where no one rolled their eyes if a child mused about being president. Romney has long tried to emulate the plainspoken, politically moderate father he adored, former auto executive and Michigan Gov. George Romney.
Guided by strong Mormon values, Mitt Romney followed the family maxim that good politics could go hand in hand with good works.
"I met early presidents," he once told McClatchy Newspapers, recalling the night when, as a teenager, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower came to dinner and recalled World War II campaigns — and problems he had with misconduct by his own troops.
Romney saw that leaders like Eisenhower "were not supermen who could leap tall buildings in a single bound."
They were ordinary people, Romney learned, who developed special skills for dealing with others. "The president has an IQ of that of above-average Americans, but not genius level," Romney said. "They have skills developed from life experience, which prepares them to lead and accomplish."
Over the years, Romney executed time after time: He fixed the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. He fixed Massachusetts' health care system. He fixed companies as a business executive.
His Mormon faith is a strong influence, and Romney maintains a gentle but omnipresent missionary zeal. In 1996, when he worked at Bain Capital, the Boston private equity firm he co-founded, the 14-year-old daughter of the company's managing director was reported missing.
Reports at the time said Melissa Gay left her home in Connecticut, went to a party, took ecstasy and vanished. After a few days, Bain shut down the firm while it helped organize a search. After five days, Melissa was found safe.
Her father, Robert Gay, recalled the rescue in Romney ads this year. "Mitt's done a lot of things that people say are nearly impossible," Gay said. "But for me, the most important thing he's ever done is to help save my daughter."
Romney's ease with people has surfaced in several guises. He's a car guy. Five years ago, his family gave him a '62 Rambler for his 60th birthday, honoring his dad's last year at the helm of American Motors, 1962.
At the 2008 Detroit auto show, Romney chatted easily with Ford officials about octane and the paint job on a new red Ford pickup. His wife, Ann, peered into the back seat, and there were jokes about how it was so roomy one could pitch a tent there.
The genial Romney was evident often during the first years of his governorship. In 2004, as he introduced a new kind of transit fare card, Romney joined the Kingston Trio in singing "Charlie on the MTA," the tale of a man stuck on the Boston rail system because he didn't have enough money to pay the fare. He said he was fulfilling a childhood ambition.
That at-ease Romney has since disappeared from public view. The dad and neighbor has been replaced by the more calculating politician trying not to make a mistake.
When he tried to get lyrical about cars during a February campaign stop in Detroit, he spoke about how his wife drives "a couple of Cadillacs" — and Democrats quickly saw fresh evidence of Romney as an out-of-touch patrician. His out-of-tune singing at a Florida campaign stop in January has been replayed endlessly by comedians mocking him.
More troublesome to opponents is Romney's harder, businesslike edge, caring more about money than people.
He came under fire after Bain Capital aided another firm in buying an Indiana office supply plant 18 years ago, when Romney was on leave, running for the U.S. Senate. The new owners required employees to reapply for their jobs, usually with lower pay. The workforce was cut about 25 percent, and shortly thereafter the plant closed, when Romney was back at Bain.
Romney said he was not running Bain when the company was bought. But, he told McClatchy, "I have to tell you, if a business isn't doing well, sometimes you have to perform surgery."
History suggests that a Romney White House would put the emphasis on doing what works.
"Getting America on the right track does not require a person who knows all the answers. It requires a person who knows how to get all the answers and to get them done and that's what good leaders do," he said.
Supporters point to his success running the 2002 Winter Olympics for clues as to how he would run an operation under ceaseless public scrutiny. Kem Gardner, a friend active in Utah affairs, asked him to take over the scandal-plagued Games.
Romney saw a fresh corporate challenge, ordering a "strategic audit," where officials talked to everyone involved in the Games. At the end, Romney recalled, "We had a pretty good map of what was right and wrong in the business, of what had to be fixed, and which things were urgent and which were long term."
Perhaps ironically, since Republicans are vehemently opposed to higher taxes, Romney at the time found that budget-cutting alone would not save the Olympics. "So the answer to our budget problem would have to be new revenues — marketing and sales," he said.
The Olympics gave Romney a national reputation as an effective fixer, and his political timing was ideal. In Massachusetts that year, nervous Republicans were concerned that Gov. Jane Swift was vulnerable. She left the race and Romney ran as a reasonable, open-minded centrist.
Romney characteristically pursued the campaign like a problem to be solved. "The campaign was a good deal like a turnaround," he would write. He listed rules: Know why you're running. Get the right people. And carry out a strategic audit — "we analyzed the state and its problems."
Romney won and would go on to sign the 2004 state ban on assault weapons. He helped push through a law requiring that nearly everyone in the state obtain health care coverage, a model for what would become the nation's 2010 health care overhaul spearheaded by President Barack Obama. Sen. Edward Kennedy, who trounced Romney in his 1994 Senate bid, was present for the state signing ceremony, where Romney called him a friend.
"People liked the fact he said he'd work with Democrats in the state, and he did. He was a real coalition builder," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Massachusetts.
By 2006, Romney had a new project: winning the White House. According to a Boston Globe analysis, he logged all or part of 212 days out of state, developing a national network.
Romney quickly found business dealings like those of Bain are more transparent than they used to be in his father's day, or at least people demand that they should be. The public wants to know more about the company's inner workings, and Democrats demand to see more Romney tax returns. The Republican Party of his father, which embraced moderates like George Romney, now all but ostracizes them. The father's off-the-cuff manner, which scuttled his presidential bid in 1967, is even more of a liability in this 24/7 media age.
So Mitt Romney characteristically adjusted. He had run for governor as a supporter of the state's abortion rights law. But at a 2006 lunch that year with national reporters in Washington, he said he was "firmly pro-life" and "in a different place than I was 12 years ago."
Romney lost the 2008 nomination to Arizona Sen. John McCain. This year, he made sure he wouldn't be outflanked on the right.
He became more cautious and more conservative. He advocated "self-deportation" for illegal immigrants. In June, after securing the nomination, he took no position on Obama's new directive allowing many younger immigrants to remain in the country.
None of this means Romney would govern as a doctrinaire conservative. History is full of presidential nominees who veered left or right to get the nomination, then hustled back to the middle in time for the November election.
By October, signs of the old Romney were slowly appearing. He modified his immigration position two days before the Oct. 3 debate, telling the Denver Post he would not overturn visas granted under Obama's policy. He told the Des Moines Register on Oct. 9, "There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda."
If he returned to Romney Classic in the White House, he likely would embrace Washington's power players in search of a deal.
At the first presidential debate, Romney insisted he would be able to work across the aisle in Washington — unlike Obama — the same way he said he did in left-leaning Massachusetts. "I like the fact that in my state, we had Republicans and Democrats come together and work together," he said. When he signed the state's health law in 2006, among those present was Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., whom Romney called a friend.
Democratic lawmakers in Massachusetts, however, said Romney took an all-business approach and showed little interest in getting to know them, reserving an elevator in the state House of Representatives for the governor by blocking it with a red rope.
New presidents tend to have honeymoon periods where the other party bows to the mandate and gives the new leader some of what he wants. George W. Bush got his huge tax cut with Democratic support in 2001. Bill Clinton got the Family Medical Leave Act approved in 1993 with Republican support.
Obama has had a rougher time; his signature proposals, the economic stimulus and health care, passed with virtually no Republican support.
History suggests Romney would at least try to follow the early Bush and Clinton models. Recent history suggests he'll have a difficult time. But his people skills, and his ability to analyze, at least say he'd have a plan for getting things done.


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Jumpers, people with a genetic anomaly that enables them to teleport themselves instantaneously to anywhere on the globe, have existed for centuries. An age-old battle rages between the Jumpers and the Paladins, a clandestine organization set on eliminating them from the planet.
The Jumper: Griffin's Story game extends the film's storyline, following Griffin, a battle-hardened Jumper determined to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of the Paladins. Griffin is played by Jamie Bell in both the film and the game, offering players the ability to experience the character first hand as he battles through exotic locales around the world, on a quest to find his parent's killer. Players use their teleportation skills to "Jump" within hand-to-hand combat range of an enemy, and use intense combo fighting systems to start dishing out devastating blows.
Jumper: Griffin's Story the video game will be available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Wii video game system from Nintendo, and XBOX 360. The game is available now at all North American retailers, and is followed by the theatrical release on February 14, 2008 and is rated 'T' for Teen by the ESRB. For more information about the movie please visit https://www.jumperthemovie.com/, and for more information about the game please visit https://www.jumpermoviegame.com
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Looking for Thomas & Mary Johnson (MS), Hal Johnson, Arkansas, and Bettie Elizabeth Gablle, Arkansas
Researching information on my grandfather's parents and family. His name was Hal Johnson, born in Mississippi in 1878, died in Arkansas in 1962. His father was Thomas Johnson of Mississippi born in 1835 and his wife was Mary Johnson. I do not know her maiden name. Her father was from Mississippi, her mother from Alabama. Thomas Johnson's parents were from Georgia.
I am also seeking information on Hal Johnson's first wife, Bettie Elizabeth Gable. I am not sure about the spelling of her name, this was the name I was given by my mother. She was born about 1883 in Arkansas, I think, and died in childbirth in Arkansas about 1912, when my Mother was about 4 years of age. The Arkansas death records start in 1914, so I have been unable to gather any information on Bettie's background so far. I was told she died having a 19 lb. baby which the doctor tried to deliver by forceps. Both the baby and my grandmother died. She and my grandfather, Hal, had 14 children before my Mother, Iva Aretta Johnson and her sister, Minnie Johnson were born, and they all died either at birth or by freak accidents in infancy. I was told of those 14, there two sets of twins and one set of triplets, and all were boys except one of the twins. Minnie Johnson died at the age of 22 due to blood poisoning (lockjaw as it was known then), and my mother was the only one of their children who survived to the old age of 74. She died in 1982 in a nursing home, cause unknown. My Mother, Iva Aretta and Minnie Mabel Johnson
married brothers, Lewis and Charley Rettig. Lewis and Minnie had two daughters, Marie and Dorothy. After Minnie died, Lewis remarried, Mary Hammock, and they had one daughter, Geraldine Rettig. Charley and Iva Rettig had a son in 1925, Harold Clinton Rettig. When the baby was six weeks old, Charley drowned while swimming in a local pond with friends. My Mother was left a widow at age 16 with a 6-week old baby. She married my father, Leonard Palmer Hopkins in 1929 and they had three children, Glen Hopkins, Leonard Wright Hopkins, and me, Minnie Louise Hopkins. They were still married in 1959 when my father died of a malignant brain tumor. I have researched my father's family back 12 generations to England and Ireland.
I do have information on Hal Johnson's second wife, Gertie, and their children together. I am however, still researching background family information on Hal Johnson and Bettie Elizabeth Gable Johnson. They are listed on the 1910 Census, living in Arkansas with their children, Iva and Minnie.
I would welcome any information available on the Johnson Family, Hopkins Family, or Gable Family.
Looking for the Thomas Johnson family of MS
My grandfather Hal Johnson was born in Mississippi to Thomas and Mary Johnson. Thomas Johnson was born in 1833 and was a farmer. His wife's mother was from Alabama. Hal married Bettie Elizabeth Gable and moved to Arkansas. After Bettie died, Hal married Gertie Vinson. If you have any information on this family, please let me know. Thank you.
looking for information on the Nesselrotte family of West VA.
My son-in-law is James E. Nesselrotte. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, bur his family moved to West VA. He attended Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, West VA. His Mom was Lizzie Nesselrotte, who passed away in Nitro West VA. He has uncles Paul and Amos. He has aunts, Fredia, Ada, and Myrtle Kuhn married to Jimmy Kuhn. His family also lived in Crites Mountain and Charleston, West VA. Please contact me if you have any information regarding this family. I am trying to do a family history for Jim and his son (my grandson) Justin. Thank you.
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The sharpener comes as a right-handed version but the blades are easily reversed to convert it for left-handed use.
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'Glee' star's boyfriend dead in Philadelphia hotel
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Bendik, the boyfriend of "Glee" star Becca Tobin, has been found dead in a Philadelphia hotel room.
Police say they were called to the Hotel Monaco just after 1 p.m. Thursday and that a man was pronounced dead minutes later.
The city medical examiner's office confirmed Bendik's identity and will determine the cause and manner of death. There were no signs of foul play.
Tobin's manager, Ricky Rollins of Schumacher Management, also confirmed Bendik's death and says that "with respect to both the Bendik and Tobin families, there is no comment at this time."
Almost a year ago, "Glee" star Cory Monteith died of an accidental alcohol and drug overdose in a Canadian hotel. Tobin joined the show's cast in 2012.
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AP Harrison, Purple and White Pansy Flowers - Original 19th-century watercolour
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An original mid-19th-century watercolour painting, Arthur Prichard Harrison Purple and White Pansy Flowers.
This beautiful and highly accurate watercolour painting, by Arthur Prichard Harrison, shows three pansies: in heraldic art, the pansy symbolises thoughtfulness.
In good condition for its age. There are adhesive marks on the verso, as shown.
19.7cm x 13.3cm.
This minutely detailed nature study comes from a collection of paintings by one of the nineteenth century's foremost heraldic artists. Arthur Oates Prichard Harrison ran a business in Great Portland Street, London, designing and illustrating coats of arms and other heraldic devices, and studies of flowers and other natural subjects played an important part in this work.
Beginning in the first half of the twelfth century, heraldry is a very distinctive branch of the visual arts. It has its own very particular pictorial language, in which the different elements on a coat of arms all have a meaning. And though it is an ancient art form, it is one that is continually being reinterpreted, in the light of changing styles and tastes.
Heraldry is all about creating a visible symbol of family or corporate identity. To begin with, it was simply a means of identifying who was who on a Medieval battlefield – with visors down, the design on a knight's shield could be the only means of telling whether they were a friend or a foe.
During the Middle Ages, the emphasis gradually shifted towards display, rather than simple identification: used far beyond the battlefield, coats of arms became much more complex. At the same time, the heraldic system became much more organised, with designs being registered with bodies such as the College of Arms.
Heraldic artists still flourish today, designing and painting coats of arms. And of course heraldic art is continually being shaped by the artistic tastes of the times, meaning that the same coat of arms will be interpreted very differently in different periods. Yet there is always the requirement that the elements on a coat of arms should be clearly identifiable. Heraldic artists are constrained by the need for accuracy in representing the different kinds of animal, plant or flower that appear on a crest: in this respect they have relatively little room for artistic license.
At the time that Arthur Oates Prichard Harrison was working, through his company A.P. Harrison and Son, the trend in heraldic art was towards the 'busy.' Victorian heraldry has been described as being like the overcrowded drawing rooms of the period: full to bursting with colour and visual detail. This was also a period when heraldic art was very much in demand, given the Victorians' liking for heraldic crests on stationery, in stained glass, and on signet rings for example.
The studies of flowers, birds' eggs, and other natural subjects in our collection show how painstaking Arthur Prichard Harrison was in getting the details right. These are mostly small watercolour paintings with an extraordinary level of intensity and accuracy. Heraldic art has a message to convey, so that while heraldic artists need imagination in working out an overall design, they need to be precise in depicting objects, animals and flowers. Many of the flowers that Harrison made studies of have a heraldic meaning.
Heraldic designers work on commission, and the evidence is that Arthur Prichard Harrison was among the most sought-after of the mid-nineteenth century. While he published and illustrated numerous books on heraldry, he is best known today as the publisher of the Armorial Register of the Order of the Garter, showing the coats of arms and insignia of all the Knights of the Garter, from the time that the Order was founded by King Edward III in 1343. First published in 1850, the register was 'compiled by A. Prichard Harrison, under the patronage of Her Majesty.'
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Book of Micah
Author: The author of the Book of Micah was the Prophet Micah (Micah 1:1).
Date of Writing: The Book of Micah was likely written between 735 and 700 B.C.
Purpose of Writing: The message of the Book of Micah is a complex mixture of judgment and hope. On the one hand, the prophecies announce judgment upon Israel for social evils, corrupt leadership and idolatry. This judgment was expected to culminate in the destruction of Samaria and Jerusalem. On the other hand, the book proclaims not merely the restoration of the nation, but the transformation and exaltation of Israel and Jerusalem. The messages of hope and doom are not necessarily contradictory, however, since restoration and transformation take place only after judgment.
Key Verses:
Micah 1:2, "Hear, O peoples, all of you, listen, O earth and all who are in it, that the Sovereign LORD may witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple."
Micah 5:2, "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."
Micah 6:8, "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
Micah 7:18-19, "Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea."
Brief Summary: The prophet condemns the rulers, priests, and prophets of Israel who exploit and mislead the people. It is because of their deeds that Jerusalem will be destroyed. The prophet Micah proclaims the deliverance of the people who will go from Jerusalem to Babylon and concludes with an exhortation for Jerusalem to destroy the nations who have gathered against her. The ideal ruler would come from Bethlehem to defend the nation, and the prophet proclaims the triumph of the remnant of Jacob and foresees a day when Yahweh will purge the nation of idolatry and reliance on military might. The prophet sets forth a powerful and concise summary of Yahweh's requirement for justice and loyalty and announces judgment upon those who have followed the ways of Omri and Ahab. The book closes with a prophetic liturgy comprising elements of a lament. Israel confesses its sin and is assured of deliverance through Yahweh's mighty acts.
Foreshadowings: Micah 5:2 is a Messianic prophecy quoted when the magi were searching for the king born in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:6). These kings from the East were told that from the tiny village of Bethlehem would come forth the Prince of Peace, the Light of the world. Micah's message of sin, repentance and restoration finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ who is the propitiation for our sins (Romans 3:24-25) and the only way to God (John 14:6).
Practical Application: God gives warnings so we will not have to suffer His wrath. Judgment is certain if God's warnings are not heeded and His provision for sin in the sacrifice of His Son is rejected. For the believer in Christ, God will discipline us—not from hate—but because He loves us. He knows that sin destroys and He wants us to be whole. This wholeness which is the promise of restoration awaits those who remain obedient to Him.
Recommended Resource: Holman Old Testament Commentary: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah by Trent Butler.
Joel, Obadiah, Jonah & Micah, New International Commentary on the Old Testament by Leslie C. Allen.
NIV Application Commentary Hosea, Amos, and Micah by Gary Smith
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The Midnight Drags is the event for heads-up eighth-mile drag racers held at the I-57 Dragstrip in Benton, Illinois on Saturday night, June 28, after the Car Craft Magazine Street Machine Nationals in nearby DuQuoin.
To compete, your car needs to pass an NHRA tech inspection for the e.t. and mph your car is capable of. All cars must run a DOT tire. Only rear-wheel-drive American vehicles may compete. No motorcycles or diesels please.
All racers will be required to pay $15 for a tech card upon entry to the track. The fee includes registration for test 'n' tune and track admission for the driver only. Crew members, friends, and family need only pay the $10 spectator admission (12 & under are free). Entries to the 16-car Car Craft Magazine Midnight Drags field are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and will pay an additional $35 for the Car Craft Magazine Midnight Drags competition.
Competitors will receive a windshield banner that must be displayed on the vehicle at all times.
Pairs will be selected at random by tech officials for single eliminations on a heads-up format using a Sportsman tree. The top eliminator will be awarded a Car Craft jacket, a check for $1,000, and coverage in Car Craft Magazine.
Car Craft Magazine staff will be leaving the fairgrounds at 7 p.m. to drive to the track. Gates open for Saturday night test and tune at 6 p.m.


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NBC plans for brighter future
The network scored this fall with 'The Voice,' 'Revolution' and football, all gone for now.
"Last year I came here right off the top and said we had a bad fall," NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said at a TV critics' conference Sunday. "I'm not saying that this year."
In an unusual development — NBC has been the No. 4-ranked network for the better part of the past decade — it's now operating from a position of strength. NBC's audience has grown 19% this season, the only major network to show an increase, and ranks second behind CBS and first among the young-adult audience it sells to advertisers.
Most of fall's gains stemmed from the decision to add a fall run of The Voice, the singing competition that handily beat Fox's rival The X Factor. That, in turn, helped launch two companion series — the J.J. Abrams drama Revolution on Mondays and the Matthew Perry sitcom Go On on Tuesdays: They're the No. 1 new drama and comedy among the young-adult audience.
Now, it faces a daunting stretch with the football season over and The Voice and Revolution off the air until March 25.
Greenblatt says he has known since October that ratings are likely to drop sharply as a result, but he's hopeful that a new hit will emerge to at least partly offset the decline. The delay "is a safer play for us to make sure Revolution stays strong (by) not trying to stretch 10 episodes through a four-month schedule." Both that show and The Voice will extend until late June, providing a bridge to summer programming.
Instead, coming up are White House family comedy 1600 Penn, arriving Thursday (9:30 ET/PT) after last month's preview episode; Deception, due Monday (10 ET/PT), a soapy murder mystery; Do No Harm, a Jekyll-and-Hyde drama about a neurosurgeon (Steven Pasquale); and the return next month of Smash, now on Tuesdays where it will no longer have The Voice as a lead-in. Two more series — Save Me, a comedy with Anne Heche, and Hannibal, inspired by the Silence of the Lambs character — will await the failure of another series to find their opening, and might wait until summer or even next season.
And for next fall, NBC already has given the go-ahead to a full season of a new comedy starring Michael J. Fox that includes autobiographical elements. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, plays a newscaster grappling with a disease who stepped down from his job, says NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke, and "as is true with Michael's life, there is a new medication he is taking that allows him to function with the disease. He approaches his life and work with a lot of irreverence, he laughs at himself" even as "people deified him and put him on a pedestal" because of it.
Look for that show to become a new anchor on Thursdays, part of its bid to broaden the night's comedy audience after NBC says so long to 30 Rock andThe Office.
On the unscripted side, the network this season will add dating series Ready for Love, executive-produced by Eva Longoria. And it will bring back The Biggest Loser and Celebrity Apprentice, whose star, Donald Trump, has ruffled feathers with a string of anti-Obama statements and a verbal attack on NBC News anchor Brian Williams.
Does NBC hope to muzzle him at the risk of harming the show?
"We live in a country where you can say anything you want as long as you're not harming people," Greenblatt says. "We talk to him all the time, but we really don't think what he's doing in his personal life is going to corrupt what he's doing on the show. If he's hurtful and does things that cross the line, then we'd talk about it." The statements "come with the Donald Trump territory. We talked him out of running for president; wasn't that good enough?"
Looking ahead, NBC announced plans Sunday for Camp, a light drama set at a summer getaway, to premiere in July from the team behind Deception. It joins America's Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior and a new adventure series with Bear Grylls on the summer lineup.
Greenblatt also addressed today's technological changes. He notes that networks increasingly look at cumulative audiences on TV and online to gauge the success of shows, regardless of whether all of those avenues are profitable.
"We're given the audience all these tools; it's our fault," he says. "We can't stick our head in the sand and say … it's terrible because the business model has robbed us of our potency." The challenge is, "How do we get people to come to the network at the time we've scheduled our show?" and though that's true of Sunday Night Football and The Voice, "I hope we can do that with more of our scripted shows."


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(A) In carrying out its general purposes as set forth in section 1761.03 of the Revised Code, a credit union share guaranty corporation may do any of the following:
(1) Guarantee to participating credit unions the payment of any deficiency in the individual member's or, as described in division (B)(2) of section 1761.02 of the Revised Code, a nonmember's credit union share accounts caused by insolvency or any other reason;
(2) Issue credit union share guaranty insurance policies or otherwise effect credit union share guaranty insurance;
(3) Advance funds in accordance with agreed lending terms and conditions to aid participating credit unions to operate and to meet liquidity requirements, regulatory capital requirements, or both;
(4) Upon the written order of the superintendent of credit unions or other credit union supervisory authority, and at such compensation as shall be agreed upon, the corporation may assume control of the property and business of any participating credit union and operate it at the direction of the superintendent or other authority until its financial stability has been reestablished to the satisfaction of the superintendent or other authority, or the credit union has been liquidated or merged into another credit union;
(5) Assist in the merger, consolidation, or liquidation of credit unions;
(6) Purchase or otherwise acquire, lease as lessee, invest in, hold, use, lease as lessor, encumber, sell, exchange, transfer, and dispose of property of any description or any interest therein;
(7) Borrow money, and issue, sell, and pledge its notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust of all or any of its property, and guarantee or secure obligations of participating credit unions, subject to section 3901.72 of the Revised Code;
(8) Enter into contracts of insurance or reinsurance, insuring in whole or in part its contractual guarantees to participating credit unions and any other insurance or bonding company contracts necessary or advisable in the conduct of its business, provided a credit union share guaranty corporation shall not assume as reinsurer any risks from another insurer;
(9) Receive money or other property from its participating credit unions, or any person;
(10) Invest its funds as provided in section 1761.13 of the Revised Code;
(11) Receive by assignment, mortgage, or purchase any asset or interest therein owned or held by a participating credit union;
(12) Sell, assign, mortgage, encumber, or transfer property of any nature;
(13) Conduct investigations, examinations, and audits of any applicant or participating credit union in order to determine the financial condition and operations of the applicant or participating credit union;
(14) Become a member or shareholder in any organization, domestic or foreign, regional or national, organized and operated for the purpose of assisting the corporation in carrying out its purposes and, subject to the approval of the superintendent of credit unions, delegate to such organization any one or more of the functions for which it is responsible under this chapter;
(15) Conduct its affairs in and outside of this state, provided it shall maintain its offices, books, and records in the location stated in its articles of incorporation as its principal place of business.
(B) The corporation may obtain, and continuously maintain in effect, reinsurance and a line of credit, each from one or more insurance companies or financial institutions and in such amount as determined by its board of directors. The superintendent of credit unions or the superintendent of insurance may require the corporation to obtain and maintain reinsurance or a line of credit but only in the event the superintendent of credit unions or the superintendent of insurance first finds that such reinsurance or line of credit is actuarially or financially necessary and is reasonably available to the corporation. Such determination shall be made on a year-to-year basis.
In the event of lapse of either reinsurance or the line of credit of the corporation, the corporation shall immediately notify the superintendent of credit unions, the superintendent of insurance, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives, and shall confirm this communication in writing.
(C) All written communication with regulatory significance from a credit union supervisory authority of another state to the corporation shall be copied and such copy shall be sent by the corporation to the superintendent of credit unions and the superintendent of insurance within three days of receipt.
(D) The corporation shall not publicly represent in any manner that it is an agency of the state or federal government. Any public representations of the corporation's status or legal existence are further subject to rules adopted by the superintendent of credit unions and the superintendent of insurance.
(E) The corporation shall submit its standard contract of share guaranty, and any amendments thereto, to the superintendent of credit unions and the superintendent of insurance annually. The contract of share guaranty shall reflect all terms governing the guarantee of payment of a credit union share account and shall constitute the policy of credit union share guaranty insurance.
Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 652, §1, eff. 3/23/2015.
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Rosetta to buy Permian basin assets from Comstock
Rosetta Resources Inc. is entering the Permian basin with plans to buy assets from Comstock Resources for $768 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.
Rosetta Resources Inc. is entering the Permian basin with plans to buy assets from Comstock Resources for $768 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.
The acquisition covers 53,306 net acres (87,373 gross) in Reeves and Gaines counties in West Texas. The Reeves County assets in the Delaware basin include 40,182 net acres and 74 producing (52 operated) primarily Wolfbone wells, Rosetta said.
Total current net production is 3,300 boe/d, of which more than 73% is oil. A Houston independent, Rosetta estimates 1,300 gross, or nearly 800 net well sites targeting the Wolfbone on 40-acre vertical well spacing.
Rosetta estimates total net risked resources potential of 145 MMboe, of which 67% is oil and 82% liquids. Potential upside also exists from further vertical well down-spacing and potential horizontal drilling, including the Wolfcamp formation, none of which is currently included in the resource estimate.
The Gaines County assets in the Midland basin cover 13,124 net acres and are undelineated. Potential exists for multiple exploratory opportunities. Rosetta's resource estimate for the Permian basin acquisition excludes potential future resources from the Gaines County acreage.
An increasing number of independents are looking at unconventional possibilities in the Midland basin (OGJ, Feb. 4, 2013, p. 38).
Jim Craddock, Rosetta chairman, chief executive officer, and president, said the oil-targeted acquisition complements the company's existing Eagle Ford properties in South Texas.
Closing is expected by May 15 with an effective date of Jan. 1.
Comstock, an independent based in Fresco, plans to use the proceeds to trim its debt and finance an increase to its 2013 drilling program in the Eagle Ford.
Consequently, Comstock revised its 2013 capital budget to reflect the West Texas property divestiture. The company expects to spend $410 million on drilling activities and another $12 million on exploratory leasehold for total capital expenditures.
The Eagle Ford shale will account for $312 million. Comstock plans to drill 72 wells (46.9 net) there and is going to increase the number of operated rigs in South Texas from three to six during the second half of the year.
M. Jay Allison, Comstock chief executive officer, said the company is directing resources to accelerate the development of Eagle Ford oil assets.
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The Ins & Outs: Countdown to the Festival on the Green
a blog about music, visual arts, entertainment and everything in betweenby tamara hilmes, internWhat with only 10 days left until the Festival kick-off, it's time to get down to business. As per my previous two Countdown posts, my goal this week will again be to highlight how diverse this week-long festival really is. To refresh your memory, we've taken a look at alternative bluegrass, and eclectic world fushion--now, on to jazz. Yes, jazz. As many of you already know, each year the Festival on the Green hosts a big band dance extravaganza all up and down Main Street, set to the brassy and suave sounds of the Vermont Jazz Ensemble. The 17-member group will be making an appearance again this year (they have been performing in the Festival since 1984), providing the capstone experience on Saturday evening (that's July 18).Starting at 7 p.m., Main Street will be closed to traffic, and Festival goers will be able to "cut the rug" off the sidewalk, according to the Festival web site. Free dance lessons will also be offered by Jim Cadon prior to the seven o' clock start time. Will Downtown Middlebury take a turn for the 1940s with all of this bebopping and boogie-woogie-ing going on? Only time will tell.For those who prefer to enjoy their jazz from their blanket (note: not a rug), a second Jazz group will be performing in the Festival on Friday evening--sort of a preemptive jazz strike, you might Ray Vega and Tales from the Boogie Down will be cutting up a rug of their own on Friday, July 17, starting at 8:30 p.m. Ray Vega and Tales from the Boogie DownVega, a native New York trumpet artist, will swing (quite literally) his way through Middlebury along with his five-piece backup band, bringing with him a "fiery" Latin version of what we have come to call jazz. This, I can tell you right now, is not your mother's trumpet/clarinet/percussion/piano combo, no sir.Vega, who has mastered everything from jazz to salsa to Afro-Caribbean percussion, has performed with a number of ensembles and bands, as well as produced a number of albums under his own name. His first solo work came out in 1996, beginning with his self-titled album, followed by Boperation in 1999, and Pa'lante and Squeeze Squeeze in 2002 and 2004, respectively. Songs from his albums can be sampled here, if the Jazz Baby in you (see the "your mother's" link above) simply cannot wait until the 17th, and be sure to him out via Youtube/live at the Festival to catch his flying fingers in action (they literally leap across the trumpet keys at the speed of light).So, get ready to bebop and rock steady (and I mean dancing; I'm actually not, for once, referring to characters from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ) all throughout the week of July 12-18, beginning with bouncy bluegrass and ending in sassy and sultry jazz. And don't forget to check back here next week for the final entry in the Countdown to the Festival on the Green, brought to you by the one and only Addison Independent.Online editor's note: Check back next Thursday for another update in the "Countdown to the Festival on the Green" series by Addison Independent intern Tamara Hilmes.


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Green Guidance
Green Guidance
Attending to Children's Health at Home and SchoolNo sooner have the kids returned to school, it seems, than it's back to sniffles and sneezes. As flu season starts, it's important to guard against pollutants that can trigger or worsen illnesses, from asthma and allergies to learning and attention problems.
School environments play a key role in affecting children's health and learning ability. Evidence from around the world shows that improving nutritional and health conditions in schools can boost academic performance; influence rates of enrollment, retention, and absenteeism; and increase the likelihood that children start school at the appropriate age.
Because their brains, nervous systems, and hormonal systems are developing rapidly, children are far more vulnerable to environmental toxins than adults are. In the United States, classrooms in half of all 115,000 schools suffer from poor indoor environments. And 14 million U.S. students attend schools that need major repair or replacement. Parents worldwide can meet with school administrators to demand that schools use the least-toxic products possible for renovating, decorating, and maintenance.
Healthy nutrition is also important. A study in Nepal found that children of normal nutritional status were five times as likely to attend school as nutritionally stunted children. Studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest that school-based nutrition interventions can also improve academic performance.
Some tips on protecting our children's health:
1. Encourage handwashing and proper hygiene. In Canada, after the government initiated a pilot handwashing program for first-grade children, participants made 25 fewer visits to the doctor, used 86 percent fewer medications, and were absent 22 percent less than the previous year. Avoid antibacterial soaps, which the WHO says are unnecessary.
2. Use plant-based "green" cleaning products. Avoid items that contain hormone-disrupting, asthma-provoking phthalates (found in synthetic fragrances) or that release caustic, eye-watering fumes from chlorine bleach and ammonia.
3. Choose paints, finishes, sealants, plywood, particleboard, and even magic markers that are free of petroleum-based volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs, such as benzene and formaldehyde, are known neurotoxins and carcinogens. Look for "low-VOC" or "no-VOC" labels and seek pressed-wood products certified as nontoxic and/or sustainably harvested.
4. Avoid wall-to-wall carpets and heavy draperies, which collect VOCs and allergy and asthma triggers such as dust mites. Use natural-fiber, washable area rugs and underpads made from wool felt, camel-hair, or natural latex.
5. Phase out furniture filled with polyurethane foam. These items are commonly treated with fire-retardants made from polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which can harm nervous systems. Seal or dispose of foam furniture that has torn upholstery and choose mattresses and seating padded with natural latex, cotton, wool, or foam untreated with PDBEs.
6. Use integrated pest management. Natural methods of pest control, such as denying bugs food, water, shelter, and entry, are far healthier than known neurotoxins like organophosphate or pyrethrin pesticides. Pesticide spraying near schools has made children acutely ill, causing vomiting, wheezing, and conjunctivitis.
7. Test for lead in old flaking paint and for arsenic in pressure-treated wood playground equipment. A greenish tinge indicates arsenic; wood can be coated with a low-VOC sealant. Carbon-based filters remove lead from water.
8. Test for mold if there's been a flood or chronic leaking. The "sniff" test-that musty smell-should put you on alert.
9. Keep rooms well-ventilated and airy to discourage molds. Also, tests show improved academic performance in schools with plentiful daylight and fresh air.
10. Promote a healthy lunchbox, kitchen, and cafeteria. Serve fresh (preferably organic) produce and whole foods free of added sugars and fats. To hold beverages and foods, use metal containers or safer, more recyclable plastics. (Look for plastics numbered 2, 4, and 5 rather than 1, 3, 6, and 7, which can leach toxic chemicals if heated or scratched.) Limit your kids to only 3 ounces (85 grams) of tuna every two weeks to avoid mercury build-up in their bodies.
For more information on keeping your children healthy and safe, see www.thegreenguide.com.
Mindy Pennybacker is editor of The Green Guide, published by The Green Guide Institute, which provides the research for this department.


text: UMass Boston's football program began in the mid 1980s as a club program, before reaching NCAA varsity status in 1988. Pat Sperduto saw action on the club team, before playing two impressive seasons at the varsity level in 1988 and 1989 at linebacker and fullback for the Beacons. He led the team with 75 tackles, including 43 solos and six sacks during the 1988 season and gained 33 yards on 10 carries as well. Sperduto enjoyed an outstanding senior campaign, leading the team with 96 tackles, including 54 solos and five sacks to go with a pair of fumble recoveries and was named to the New England Football Conference First Team for his efforts. He graduated from UMass Boston in 1989 and still ranks third on the school's all-time sack list with 11 in just two seasons. He continued his playing career following his time at UMB with a stint in the Canadian Football League with the British Colombia Lions, before joining the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League from 1991-93, where he helped them win a pair of ArenaBowls. He also began his coaching career during this time as an assistant with Murray State University, prior to taking over football operations for the American Sports Foundation of Macelatta in Tolentino, Italy in 1992. He began to focus solely on his coaching career as an assistant for the Storm in 1994 and 1995, helping them to another ArenaBowl crown in 1995. He spent 1996 as the defensive coordinator and director of player personnel for the Connecticut Coyotes (AFL) prior to joining the Nashville Kats' staff in 1997. He was the defensive coordinator and player personnel director during the 1997 season and was elevated to assistant head coach/defensive coordinator for the 1998 campaign. He guided the Kats to a 27-15 mark over the next three seasons and led them to a pair of ArenaBowl appearances. Following the sale of the franchise, Sperduto joined the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League in 2001 as a member of the coaching/scouting staff until 2008. During this time, the Kats returned to Nashville and Sperduto took over the coaching reins again for the next three seasons, before moving on to his current position as a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs.


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See You at the 2012 IBC!
For those of you heading to Amsterdam this week for IBC, we – Cisco and NDS – will be doing our first trade show together. Cisco's stand is located in The Connected World at 14.115, Hall 14, and the NDS stand is at A71, Hall 1. We hope you can come by and see us. We have plenty of speakers representing Cisco on panels throughout the conference, so please stop in at one of the sessions we list in our release.
Our mission and passion as Cisco's Service Provider Video Technology Group, now including NDS, is to reinvent the TV experience, together. By integrating the teams and technologies of NDS and Cisco, we can help media companies and service providers innovate faster and farther, by differentiating video services, and driving new revenue streams.
A big focus for us this week is on our next-generation Videoscape components, designed to blend the power of the network, cloud and client so that service providers can move with alacrity into multiscreen viewing — while skillfully navigating the larger transition to all-IP networks.
What we'll be showing:
- The newest components in our Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS), including advanced CDN capabilities, and support for federated CDNs. More on VDS here.
- New advanced set-tops and gateways, designed for hybrid QAM/IP and all-IP distribution
- Electronic program guides and advanced user interfaces designed for multiscreen environments
- New middleware
- New content protection technologies and techniques
- Cloud-based video control software for satellite, cable and IP video distribution
- Our modular "CCAP" (Cable Converged Access Platform) technology, important for IP bandwidth and capacity.
Put it all together, and you'll see that our approach is to help our customers deliver compelling experiences on all devices, establish a market-leading portfolio of cloud + network + client equipment/software, and to lead in hybrid and IP-based technologies in every geographic region . Stop by and visit. I hope we'll have a chance to meet.
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Hitting the road soon? A possible federal government shutdown could put a serious damper on your travel plans.
If the government shuts down on Oct. 1, tourists may experience travel delays and won't be able to access some of the country's top sites, including the Statue of Liberty and other attractions run by the National Park Service.
The possible government shut down doesn't just impact tourists; it can affect school trips, weddings and have a detrimental knock-on effect for local business that rely on tourism this time of the year.
Here are some questions answered to help you navigate a federal shutdown:
Will airports be open and security screening take place? Yes, expect some delays, but security will remain tight. According to the TSA, nonessential employees will be furloughed, but "the majority of our officers who screen passengers/luggage will remain on the job," TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein tweeted.
Will my flight take off? Yes, federal air traffic controllers would remain on the job.
Can I get a last minute passport? Probably not. The Department of State says that it would continue processing foreign applications for visas and U.S. applications for passports. That's because it has some funds outside the annual congressional appropriation. But if the government shuts down, you should expect delays. During the other government shut down in 1995-1996, 20,000 to 30,000 applications by foreigners for visas went unprocessed each day, while 200,000 U.S. applications for passports went unprocessed, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.
Will all national parks, museums and zoos sites really be closed? Yes, and you can add battle fields, historic homes, monuments or any other federally funded tourist site to that list. That's 401 sites in all, including the Smithsonian museums, Great Smoky Mountains, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island in New York, as well as Independence Hall in Philadelphia and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Can at least watch the Baby Panda Cam? Sadly, you'll have to get your dose of cuteness somewhere else. The daily antics of the newborn panda cub on the National Zoo's "Baby Panda Cam" have become a popular pastime for thousands of viewers. The zoo said that managing the panda cam requires staff and volunteers.
Wait! What if I am already at a park at a remote camp site? Park officials probably have already notified you that you'll have to leave. They should have given you 48 hours prior notice for you to make alternate plans.
Can I get a gun permit for a gun I want for my hunting trip? If you don't already have a gun permit, you probably won't be able to get one.
Should I plan on taking Amtrak for my trip from Boston to Washington? Yes. Amtrak, which relies on federal subsidies, is vowing to keep operating, saying that, "Passengers planning to travel on Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor and across the country in the coming days and weeks can be assured that Amtrak will remain open for business."
Will I be able to get back into U.S. after my trip to Niagara Falls? Yes, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers should remain on duty, so you can clear immigration and customs in the U.S., though staffing may be more limited than usual. CBP said it is unsure of how the shutdown will affect the processing of applications filed at the border.


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- Provincie/Eiland: Alicante - Alacant
It has 8 kilometres of coastline, ideal for water sports all year round.
Moraira is one of the towns that make up Teulada-Moraira, 80 kilometres from Alicante. It is a traditional fishing harbour, at the centre of 8 kilometres of coastline, with fine white sand beaches such as Portet or L'Ampolla, and small coves like Andragó or Cap Blanc. For a large part of the year, its Mediterranean waters are excellent for sports such as sailing and scuba diving, thanks to its special microclimate: the average year-round temperature here is 18ºC.
Moraira is an ideal destination for hiking enthusiasts, offering a range of signposted tracks and trails, such as those of Font Santa, Benimarco, Castellons, and Cap d' Or, with beautiful views out over the bay. These typically Mediterranean landscapes are characterised by their pine woods and vineyards. Numerous sporting events are held in Moraira, such as the "300 Millas a Tres" regatta (January), the Moraira-Santa Eulalia tall ship regatta (September), and the Swimming Crossing (August).
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I was wondering, how do you load a spawn?! I want to load a spawn in my map, but how do I do that? It's been my question, since I started using sandbox. How do I do that? Please answer my question. PLEASE. Also in the next version I think It should be way easier. Thank you.
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Emily Hansen found herself and she wasn�t even looking.
Emily Hansen found herself and she wasn�t even looking.
She bestows full credit on the Semper Fi Sisters � �That sisterhood� � and the group�s annual Beach Blast, the fifth edition of which began Wednesday with the first arrivals of the women of loved ones in the military deployed overseas.
Before she experienced her first Beach Blast last year, Hansen was lost in a fog of medication and grief, two years lost after the death of her son, deployed with the US Air Force, in Afghanistan Sept. 15, 2010.
Hansen spent those two years following her son�s death on sleeping aids, anti-anxiety medication and anti-depressants.
She had zero desire to travel from her Athens, MI home to Port St. Joe.
She was in no mood for a getaway with other women, aunts, mothers, grandmothers and wives.
Most of whom had not suffered the tragedy that made Hansen a Gold Star mom, �the elephant in the room� who some shun out of fear of reminder of the ultimate sacrifice any of them might have to make.
Further, Hansen didn�t want to hear stories from other mothers about the sons and daughters who had returned.
Hansen�s had not.
But a friend in an online support group for Gold Star moms suggested that, after two years of mourning, maybe Hansen could use the elixir of the sisterhood.
�For me, the Beach Blast was life-changing,� Hansen said. �Everybody was so kind and understanding. That sisterhood is the word; you never felt like a stranger. It made me realize I need to put everything aside and enjoy my life.
�I really came back a changed person. For two years I was in a fog. I lost myself. I literally found myself at the Beach Blast and I wasn�t even there to do that. I was there to escape, to get away. (The Beach Blast) made me realize I could go on.�
Four days of fun, laughter, tears and stories shared. Three nights of acting sometimes, Hansen said, like a 15-year-old girl again � complete with flatulence seat cushion.
Today, most of the medications are put away and while she will never be the same after the death of her son, there will always be a hole, the Beach Blast has helped breathe life into Hansen�s life.
�We had a blast, just a great time,� Hansen said. �The one thing I was concerned about being a Gold Star mom it was hard to be around people talking about their kids. But the ladies let me tell my story and they shared theirs. They changed my attitude; I can listen to other people now when they talk about their kids.
�It felt good to be around Blue Star moms (those whose sons and daughters have returned safely). To me that is honoring my son. He would want me to honor him by listening to their stories and to have fun. That honors him and his brothers and sisters in arms.�
Full circle
For Paula Lowry of Georgia, the Beach Blast has been something of an arc.
A �newbie� five years ago when she was a co-founder of the Semper Fi Sisters, then a dozen or so Marine moms, formed around the commonality of sons and daughters deployed to a war zone.
Now, a vice-president of the organization, Lowry, as with several of this week�s Beach Blast attendees, could be considered a �veteran� of the home front.
As her son has completed his tour of duty and come home, she has also graduated.
�It really has become a full circle,� Lowry said. �We are all on different levels in this ride we call a roller coaster. We have cooked, ate, cried, laughed. The compassion you feel, the empathy you feel. It is a sisterhood, networking, giving back.
�And now being able to reach down and lift someone up and say, �You�ll get through this.� It has been such a fulfilling experience. And from that experience, it puts things in perspective.�
The perspective comes in significant layers via education, lessons the sisters have not only absorbed but disseminated, the ripples now spreading, literally, across the globe.
�I felt very clueless, newbie is appropriate,� said Melanie Meadows of South Carolina, also on the original Semper Fi Sisters. �It is all totally new. It is not like sending your son off to college.
�When I walked through the door (at the Beach Blast) I knew I was in the right place. Having the support of women � who speak the same language, that was amazing. This year, being an official veteran�s mom � I feel I have a lot to share. I want to get that out. I also feel I have more to learn.�
That these women � 12 that first year, more than 70 last year and numbers unknown at press time this year � would find Port St. Joe was by happenstance, a grain of conversation that became a getaway castle.
But yet they have come to feel embraced by the community, by the kindness and kinship they feel in this bit of paradise.
�I love Port St. Joe,� Lowry said. �It�s such a giving, caring community. From the beginning they have really embraced our mission. We travel at our own expense, but wherever we are we are there to serve our heroes.
�That is our mission. To support those who protect us � our heroes. This is our way of giving back. And the women now go back to their communities and pay it forward. It�s a great feeling to pay it forward.�
The Semper Fi Sisters Beach Blast began Wednesday and continues through Saturday�s Packing Party for Boxes of Love to send to deployed troops. The Packing Party will be held 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. ET at the Centennial Building in Port St. Joe.


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I'll agree, but blame the PA more. They are the ones that hired Fehr and had to know what would probably happen.
The PA hired Fehr for a reason. It's also why you don't see any players speaking poorly of Fehr - he's doing what they hired him for.


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HOUSTON - The federal government will continue to honor the country's "one sacred obligation," to support soldiers and their families during deployments and once they return home, Vice President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to the nation's largest veterans organization.
Biden praised the sacrifices of veterans and their families during a 30-minute speech to the American Legion, which is holding its annual convention this week at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
"We have a lot of obligations as a nation. We only have one sacred obligation, only one truly sacred obligation and that's to equip and support those who we send to war and care for and protect them and their families when they return from war," Biden told the crowd of a couple of thousand veterans and their families.
Biden cited increased budgets, improved medical care and better efforts to bring veterans into the workforce as examples of the support he and President Barack Obama's administration have promised.
He said the federal government is pledging $100 million to fund new research on post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. Biden also said the Department of Veterans Affairs has hired more than 1,600 new mental health care professionals and that the VA's budget has been increased by more than 40 percent.
It was Biden's second trip to Houston this month. Last week, he was in town when his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, underwent tests and an unspecified medical procedure at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The vice president did not mention his son during his speech, but said last week he was doing fine.
A chief concern for veterans has been the backlog of disability claims for compensation for illness and injury caused by military service. Biden said that backlog has been reduced by 20 percent and the hope is to eliminate it by 2015.
"We're working overtime in the VA," he told the American Legion, which was founded in 1919 and has about 2.4 million members and approximately 14,000 local posts around the world.
Biden said the country's commitment to support troops who have been wounded and require continued medical care has to be unwavering.
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It's not exactly complete, but the Detroit Lions have announced their preseason schedule. Exact dates and times will be announced at a later date.
In Week 1, the Lions will host the New York Jets in preseason action at Ford Field. The last time these two teams met in the preseason was in 2005.
In Week 2, Detroit travels to Cleveland where they will take on the Browns for the 45th time in the preseason.
In Week 3, the Lions will host the New England Patriots. Detroit holds a 5-2 record in the preseason series with the Pats.
In Week 4, the Lions will close out the preseason on the road in Buffalo where the two teams will meet for the 33rd time in preseason history,
The 2013 NFL regular season schedule is expected to be released in about two weeks.
In the 2013 regular season the Lions will play at home against the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Guns don't kill people, R-rated movies do
In an attempt to put a Band-Aid on the gushing wounds caused by recent gun violence in America, NATO President, John Fithian, has called upon Hollywood to make fewer R-rated movies.
Fithian joined MPAA chairman and CEO Christopher Dodd in delivering keynote speeches at this year's CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Both men were making good on a promise they made to Vice President Biden following the December shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
"It's cool to be Quentin Tarantino and it's fun to make movies that have all those diverse elements," Fithian said at a press conference following his talk. "But there's a bit of a disconnect between exhibitors and studios as to what works."
First of all, Mr. Fi(l)thian, you censor for a living. You're a professional fink. How do you even know what cool is? Second, nice way to have the industry's back. Curtailing the production of R-rated movies is not going to put an end to the armed, grudge-harboring mental patients that roam our streets. Asking filmmakers and audiences to swallow this heaping spoonful of medicine to make the sugar go down is insulting. Why not just admit complicity on the part of the studios and be done with it.
If Fi(l)thian had called for more sex and less violence, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Here's Hollywood's rating system in a nutshell: One "fuck" and it's PG-13. Two "fucks" earn you an R. If you show tits, it's rated X. If you cut them off with a chainsaw, it's rated R. Hollywood has always championed violence over vice. I'm all for curtailing mindless gore, but only in exchange for heightened sexual promiscuity.
What stings most is Fi(l)thian attempting to dictate aesthetics. Must everything short of pornography be pitched to children? I for one do not want to be sentenced to an eternity of The Smurfs and PG-13 Katherine Heigl romcoms. Don't tell Marty or Tarantino or anybody else what kind of movies to make. It's not cool. The fact that Mr. Nato doesn't know just how uncool a move it is proves just how uncool an asshole he is.
Here is NATO and the MPAA's antidote to the wave of violence sweeping our country:
http://vimeo.com/63947067">PSA from http://vimeo.com/user16535227">FilmRatings.com on http://vimeo.com">Vimeo.
This campaign is intended for adults, not children; can the condescending Sesame Street rebop. The watchdog organizations must be proud of the way they perpetuate Hollywood stereotypes. Why is the fairy princess white and the NC-17 slut a Latina? A black bus driver? Puh-leeze! The only one they got right was rating the superhero PG-13 and sticking him in the back of the bus.
If their little PSA makes the people at NATO and the MPAA sleep better, let them have their fun. Instead of calling for fewer R-rated movies, why not put in a request for more inspired storytelling to help stir Hollywood coffers.
What's the solution to gun control? If I knew the answer to that question that do you think I'd be pumping out jokes for a movie blog? One thing's for certain: just say no to "Check the Box."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cinemacon-mpaa-tweaks-movie-ratings-440392">Source: THR
Remember the Aurora shooting during "The Dark Knight Rises"? That was a PG-13 film, not an R. So are they going to ban PG-13 films now as well?
The rating system is worthless and it always has been.
By the way, the fairy princess in the MPAA commercial is a good friend of mine.
She's wishing upon being a star.
Nah! It was just a job. Pays the bills.
How old is that ratings poster at the end?
Love that the rabbit too scared to see PG13 shows up at the X-rated flicks...
I'm guessing the poster dates back to '84 or '85. The rabbit was one of Hef's old schtups.
I'm for 'R' as long as there are 'no dicks' in it. 'Shame' was shit.
You always did have an aversion to penises, you homophobic old sweetie. No wonder you and Bob were forced to adopt.
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