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Has this ever happened to you? Your business needs to have an event that wows current and potential cleintele. One month before the event, you realize that you are in way over your head and the function is going to fail before it even starts. Thousands of dollars have been flushed down the corporate toilet that could have been avoided with a little help from some forethought and organization.
Where do you start?
Start with the theme and a tentative date and place. For example, you have a master-planned community that is about to be developed. You don't have any homes built, but you want to sell the homesites. Create an event called Sneak Preview and have it in the 2 or 3 major cities that are closest to your development.
Narrow Down the Details
Decide how many people you are hoping to attract. Create a tentative schedule of events. Next to each function, right down specific details. Perhaps you are going to have a banquet. Be sure to write down "catering". Maybe you are going to have a meet and greet. You should write down "cash bar". If you are going to have workshops, write down the attendance size of the workshops and any components you might need there like a white board or tablets and pencils or a projector and laptop. (Don't forget to include microphones!)
Make sure you include registration in the schedule and put down everything that you want to be handed out: nametags, gift bags, guidepersons… whatever you think is necessary.
X Marks the Spot
You should now have a good schedule that gives you the date, times, attendance numbers and any items that you need to succeed. Now it's time to find a place to host your event. Unless you are having a huge function, there is probably no need to look at a convention center so I would start looking at hotels. Find someone in your company that is familiar with the major cities you have chosen and ask them if they know of a good hotel that will fit the bill. Or you can go online and see if they have meetings and facilites options on their website.
Call the event coordinator at the hotel and ask if they have the dates available. If so, ask to fax them your tentative schedule and needs or you can give them a brief summary over the phone to see if they have the capability to host you. Start with the projected attendance. This will be a quick way to eliminate hotels. If they can host an event of your size, follow that up with some of the more picky items: Do they have a catering department that can handle banquets? What are their audio/visual capabilities? Do they have free wireless access or can you get a deal on a group rate? This will further save you time on finding the right hotel for you.
Signing a Contract
Once you find the hotel, you need to sign a contract as soon as possible. Be sure to talk to someone who is familiar with hotel contracts. The hotel will charge you for everything they can including electricity, tables, chairs, coffee, room rental and they like. See if there is anyone else who is hosting an event at the same hotel and contact them privately to see if they can give you any advice.
If the hotel is going to be charging you for anything extra like electricity, include those costs in your vendor application fees. This will save you some unexpected fees that you weren't expecting.
IMPORTANT: Do not advertise your function until you have signed a contract. You never know when another group might be trying to get the same days as you and they might grab your time from under you.
Getting an Audience
Now you have the place and the date. It is time to advertise your function. Select newspapers in the cities of interest, not limited to the cities that will be hosting the event, and purchase ad space. Send out e-campaigns. Write press releases and send them to the newspapers and also to PRWeb and PRNewswire. Notify any vendors that you think may be interested. Create a section on your website that talks about the event, has a form to accept memberships and lists the schedule. (Put a footnote that it is tentative and subject to change.) Be relentless and overachieve. If you want to sell x amount, make sure you invite 3 times that amount or more!
Keeping Your Attendees Happy
At the function, you want to give promotional items to the attendees so that they remember you and also stay informed. Contact a reputable promotional expert to help you set this up. Since you will be buying in bulk, they can work with you and get you a discount.
You will want: nametags, pencils, tablets, brochures and program books. Nice additions would be: personalized golf shirts, tote bags and clocks. Choosing items that are usefull after the event is a good thing as it not only advertises your company, but reminds them of your main function message. Be sure to include your web addess and logo on these items so that your contact info is always handy.
Other items you need to create are signs, easels, schedules and anything that you will need to ensure that your event planning crew can run things smoothly.
All of your items should be top quality and your function needs to be polished. The last thing you want your attendees to do is go home and tell everyone you were cheap.
IMPORTANT: Check with the hotel about any restrictions they may regarding attaching items to walls. You might need to rethink your signs if they can't be taped to a surface.
Maintaining Correct Records
Every person that attends your event is a potential sale. Don't forget to have them double-check their contact info when they arrive. This is the perfect opportunity to make sure that your records are up-to-date. Always have a backup if you are planning on using a laptop to check in attendees. If your laptop is dropped and not usable, make sure that you have printouts of everyone's information that you can then edit with a pencil.
Likewise, create a short anonymous survey to be handed out at the end of the function. Ask such questions like: What was the most valuable panel you attended and why? Was there a panel or speaker that was a waste of time? Do you have any comments for us?
You may get some negative feedback, but this feedback is extremely important for future event planning. Perhaps there was a speaker that was off-color and really gave people a bad vibe. If so, then you never want to use them again. Maybe one of your panels wasn't as structured as you had hoped. You can key in on what was wrong and make it right.
A good idea is to video tape any panels or presentations to be used for training purposes. It is also a good chance to archive these videos or to put them on your website.
Event planning can be overwhelming. There are always little things that need to be handled. But using structure and organization is a good way to get above the chaos.
If you would like to talk to someone who has experience planning functions for small and big companies, consider talking to Intra-Focus, Inc. Their experienced staff would be happy to talk to you to see if their services could help you with your special occasion.


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Regular Podmass readers and fans of podcasting in general are probably familiar with The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a comedy podcast with a sprawling cast presented as an old-timey radio play. How sprawling? Its players include Paul F. Tompkins, Busy Philips, James Urbaniak, John Ennis, Paget Brewster, and a cavalcade of guest stars that's included everyone from J.K. Simmons to Gillian Jacobs. It's an ambitious, frequently hilarious production and understandably one of our favorite podcasts.
Speaking of ambition, on Monday Thrilling Adventure Hour creators Ben Acker and Ben Blacker announced a new Kickstarter project that has more options than Frank and Sadie Doyle's wet bar. The primary project: a 136-page hardcover graphic novel anthology that collects stories set in the various worlds of the show, each story illustrated by a different artist. (Possibilities include Ben Edlund, Jackson Public, Randy Bishop, Chris Moreno, Dustin Weaver, and many more.) If the Kickstarter reaches its $55,000 goal (as of today, it's already at $36,000), Achaia Entertainment will print and distribute it.
Beyond that, The Thrilling Adventure Hour has some stretch goals, including a scripted web series going behind the scenes of the show (for $35,000 beyond the book goal, or $90,000 total), a 3-D motion comic version of a story from the book ($125,000), and a concert film ($200,000). If and when a stretch goal is reached, Acker and Blacker will share with backers previously unreleased Thrilling Adventure Hour content like alternate takes, videos, and that kind of thing.
All of this and more is available over on the project's Kickstarter page, including a panoply of rewards packages for varying levels of donation: $15 gets a digital copy of the graphic novel, whereas $9,999 or more basically buys The Thrilling Adventure Hour (or new iPad with everything the show has done and personalized content from creators and stars of the show).
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The preteen suspect is accused in juvenile court of first-degree sexual assault of a pre-school age boy.
According to the court documents, the incident took place at the day care earlier this month before it was shut down by state regulators.
WISN 12 News has learned Cedarburg police believe at least two children at the former Family Tree Learning Center were the victims of what they call sexual contact by an adolescent there.
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Those proceedings were held in closed court, and court rules prevent WISN 12 News from identifying the suspect.
However, WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr learned the allegations surround an incident alleged to have happened earlier this month at the day care. The preschool boy told his mother the suspect gave him candy, touched him inappropriately and told him to keep it a secret.
Meanwhile, WISN 12 News has learned of allegations of an attempt at inappropriate contact dating back to 2011.
A state of Wisconsin report states, "(The) facility was cited after children were observed not being closely supervised on a field trip, when there was an attempt at inappropriate child-to-child contact in a bathroom. A formal warning letter was issued."
That field trip was to Cedarburg's Cedar Creek Park, with the attempt at inappropriate contact in a bathroom there, according to the report.
Meanwhile, the day care was shut down for good Monday. Employees peeled out of the parking lot without answering questions.
Parents of the children who attended the day care have been told by Cedarburg police that their kids, even if victimized as well, may not be ready to tell them about it, so they've arranged for a forensic psychologist to interview the children with the parents' permission.
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NEW YORK (AP) Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing the officiating following a 91-73 loss at the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.
The Cavs attempted just nine free throws to Minnesota's 35, and Scott said the officiating was ``that bad.'' He said: ``I mean I understand we're playing in Minnesota, but 35-9, we went to the basket just as much as they did.''
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Acer has formally announced the Acer Ferrari smartphone – with the 'elegant' device sporting Android 2.1 Eclair and arriving in March 2010.
The Ferrari tie-up is hardly news, but the branded phone has now been given a firm release date and, as you would imagine, a big heap of PR about why the two brands are such a perfect fit.
"A Ferrari is not just about speed. It is an expression of beauty, power, excitement, pleasure and natural excellence," comments Gianpiero Morbello, Acer Vice President, Marketing and Brand.
"From the original concept to the finished product the new smartphone was conceived down to the finest details with the idea of giving a stronger sense of belonging to all Ferrari fans."
According to Acer's release the Acer Ferrari smartphone is an 'elegant device offering sensational performance, perfectly in line with the wide segment of users it is addressed to'.
The phone should apparently appeal to both the 'trendiest style enthusiasts and techno-geeks'.
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What are some tips on how to avoid caregiver burnout?
The top 10 signs of caregiver stress, according to the Alzheimer Society of B.C., are denial, anger, social withdrawal, anxiety, depression, exhaustion, sleeplessness, emotional outbursts, lack of concentration and developing health problems of your own.
The top 10 ways to reduce your stress as a caregiver to an ill family member are learning as much as you can about the disease they have, being realistic about their abilities, being realistic about how much you can take on, accepting your feelings about the situation, sharing your feelings with others, staying positive, trying to find the humour in life, taking good physical and emotional care of yourself, getting help and emotional and practical support when you need it and planning for the future.
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The Canadian Study of Health and Aging found that the vast majority of family caregivers for the elderly are women, usually wives (24 per cent) or daughters (29 per cent). Most of these caregivers are getting on themselves: half were over 60 and 36 per cent were over 70. Caregivers spent an average of 44 to 63 hours on caregiving, with the higher end taken up by dementia patients.
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According to the national Alzheimer society, family caregivers looking after someone with dementia are apt to spend 75 per cent more time caregiving than those taking care of relatives with other medical issues.
"The task of caregiving can be unrelenting," the Rising Tide report states. "When the role becomes unbearable, there are two frequent consequences: the person with dementia moves to a long-term care facility; and the caregiver's health is diminished and the individual requires health services themselves. The job is hard — physically, emotionally, and financially. Caregiver stress has been shown to be a significant predictor of early institutionalization for the person with dementia."
Why are we facing a caregiving crunch?
Several social patterns are working to reduce the pool of family caregivers. As the population grows older, fewer spouses will be alive to take care of their partners. Women more often have jobs outside of the home, making it harder for them to care for their parents. And they are having their own children later, so often still have kids at home when their parents begin to need care, creating a "sandwich generation" of boomers trying to balance it all. And these women can also become what's called "serial caregivers," caring for children, then senior parents or in-laws, then an aging spouse. With no break or time to themselves, they can burn out easily. Families are also smaller, with fewer siblings to share the care of older parents, and these days they are often living far apart.
What will be the impact of aging boomers on our caregivers and health-care system?
According to the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada's recent report, Care-Full: The Demographic Crunch and Senior Care in Canada, the situation will only get worse as boomers start to outnumber the available pool of younger caregivers.
"Until the baby boomer generation begins to die, seniors requiring some form of care will outnumber the number of middle-aged and senior children able to care for them," the report states. "With more people living into their 80s, we can only expect health-care costs to continue to grow. We cannot avoid the reality of higher future costs to simply maintain our current standards of care. In this endeavour, family, friends and communities will play a vital role. Governments alone cannot spend enough to pay for comprehensive care of seniors."
What can children of aging parents do?
Have an honest discussion with your family members about their health and future needs before they are in crisis.
Learn how to start one of these difficult conversations with the help of tools from BCIT's Mobility program. Visit www.bcit.ca/appliedresearch/mobility/seniors.shtml to download kits.
Learn more about caregiving online:
Family Caregivers' Network Society: www.fcns-caregiving.org
Canadian Caregiver Coalition: www.ccc-ccan.ca
Canadian Home Care Association: www.cdnhomecare.ca
Read up on senior caregiving studies:
Statistics Canada study Eldercare: What we know today www.statcan.gc/pub/11-008-x/2008002/article/10689—eng.htm
Institute of Marriage and the Family's April 2009 report Care-Full: The Demographic Crunch and Senior Care in Canada: www.imfcanada.org
Canadian Centre for Elder Law's 2010 Study Paper on Family Caregiving: www.bcli.org/ccel/publications/study-paper-family-caregiving
Learn more about life planning to prepare for end-of-life decisions at:
NIDUS: Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry: www.nidus.ca
Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C.: www.trustee.bc.ca
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: www.chpca.net
Canadian Virtual Hospice: www.virtualhospice.ca
Learn more about private caregiving services:
We Care: www.wecare.ca
Diamond Home Care: www.diamondhomecare.com
ElderCareCanada: http://www.eldercarecanada.ca
Nurse Next Door: www.nursenextdoor.com
Bayshore Home Health: www.bayshore.ca
Calea Canada: www.calea.ca


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Brewers coach Guerrero honored by Minor Leagues
Former Triple-A manager will be given Mike Coolbaugh Award at Winter Meetings
MILWAUKEE -- Mike Guerrero, the newest member of the Brewers' coaching staff, was recognized by Minor League Baseball on Wednesday for his unsung service down on the farm.
Guerrero was selected as the sixth recipient of the Mike Coolbaugh Award, presented annually to an individual "who has shown an outstanding baseball work ethic, knowledge of the game and skill in mentoring young players on the field." Guerrero will receive his award during the Baseball Winter Meetings Banquet on Dec. 12 at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Guerrero managed Triple-A Nashville in 2013, Guerrero's 25th season as a player, coach or manager in the Brewers' organization. He has been a Brewers instructor since 1996, when Guerrero rejoined the organization as the camp director and manager of Milwaukee's entry to the Dominican Summer League. In 2003, after seven seasons in the DSL, he moved stateside as the hitting coach with the Beloit Snappers in the Midwest League.
Guerrero returned to managing in 2004 with Milwaukee's club in the Arizona League. After two seasons in the AZL, he steadily progressed through the Brewers' farm system, with managerial stints at Class A Advanced West Virginia ('06-07) in the South Atlantic League, Class A Advanced Brevard County ('08-09) in the Florida State League and Double-A Huntsville ('10-11) in the Southern League before taking over at Nashville in '12.
Guerrero is currently managing the Licey team in the Dominican Winter League.
"It is my passion to help develop young players as they strive to achieve their goals of reaching the Major Leagues," Guerrero said in a statement. "I want to thank the Brewers organization for their commitment to me and I thank Minor League Baseball for honoring me with this award."
In the announcement of the award, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin called Guerrero, "A consummate team player [who] has been accepting of any role that we have asked of him within our organization. Through his dedication and hard work, Mike has impacted the development of a number of Brewers players over the years, including Prince Fielder, Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Rickie Weeks. He has touched the lives of many players and has been a key contributor to the success of the organization."
Previous winners of the Mike Coolbaugh Award include Johnny Goryl (2012), Mike Jirschele ('11), Woody Huyke ('10), Charlie Montoyo ('09) and Bobby Jones ('08).
Coolbaugh, a former infielder who played 39 games for the Brewers in 2001 after toiling for parts of 12 seasons in the Minors, died in 2007 after being struck in the neck by a line drive while he was coaching first base for the Rockies' Double-A affiliate. Base coaches began wearing helmets the following season.


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Defiance 2050 PC open beta will be held next weekend
Trion Worlds will host an open beta for Defiance 2050 next weekend on PC.
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Atlas Reactor nails the art of the mash-up: What if XCOM met DOTA?
Trion's interesting new competitive title is a curious and fun beast.
Trove: Minecraft copycat or the evolution of a genre? Trion responds
Trove is the voxel-based creation and questing game from Trion Worlds that bears many initial similarities to Minecraft. Dave Cook speaks with the team to get their thoughts on claims that they're ripping off Mojang, and more.
End of Nations development is "put on hold"
End of Nations development have been "put on hold," Trion Worlds has confirmed.
Rift goes free-to-play on Steam, three new bundles announced
Rift developer Trion Worlds has made its MMO free to all on Steam. The studio has also announced three new game bundles filled with digital bonuses.
RIFT's Beyond Infinity update adds two 20-player raids, more hairstyles
Trion Worlds have detailed the latest update to their enduring MMO RIFT, which adds a couple of new 20-man raids, another five player dungeon, cross-shard dungeon finding, a bunch of new PVP ranks most importantly, more hairstyles. Sadly there's no information about which hairstyles they are yet, although there's some lore behind the rest of […]
End of Nations is neither MOBA nor RTS, it's an evolution, says dev
End of Nations developer Trion Worlds has stressed that its recently re-worked version of Petroglyph's canned RTS isn't a MOBA, it's an evolution of the genre they say.
End of Nations re-emerges as free vehicle-combat MOBA
End of Nations started life as an MMORTS under original developer Petroglyph, but it has now re-emerged as a free vehicular combat MOBA from Trion Worlds. Beta invites have started rolling out now.
Warface: Crytek's teams not 'sitting still' on UK and US release
Warface developer Crytek has been silent on the UK and US launch of its MMO shooter, but today the studio released a statement to ensure the game is optimised for launch. The studio has also confirmed that a second closed beta phase is coming soon.
Rift going free-to-play this weekend
Rift developer Trion Worlds is opening up its doors this weekend as the game will be free to anyone who owns a copy of the game already.
Defiance renewed for a second season by SyFy
Syfy has renewed Defiance for a second season by greenlighting 13 new episodes. Season two will begin production in Toronto in August for a 2014 premiere. The news coincides with Trion's announcement of new content headed to the game end of Defiance, which includes five content updates for the year, with each one offering free, […]
Trion Worlds confirm layoffs today
The development team for Trion World, presumably working on Rift, has been reduced by up to a third with layoffs on Tuesday.
End of Nations development now in-house at Trion
Trion Worlds has brought End of Nations in-house for continued development where it hopes to create "a more polished game."
Crytek's Warface receives five million registered users in Russia
Crytek might have taken a punt by moving towards free-to-play titles, but Warface seems to be exceeding expectations in Russia. The studio has announced over five million users have registered in the country alone.
Defiance's races and cultures teased in new dev diary
The latest entry in Defiance's developer diary series checks out the alien races and invented cultures featured in the shared setting utilised by the SyFy series and Trion Worlds MMO.
RIFT: Storm Legion receives launch trailer and batch of new screens
Trion Worlds have revealed a plethora of assets just in time for the release of RIFT: Storm Legion. The much-anticipated title has been treated to a round of screenshots and a trailer that intend to capture your interest.
RIFT players will "never" be offered a lifetime subscription option, says Trion
RIFT players will "never" get the chance to purchase a lifetime subscription to the game, according to Trion global brand director Jim Butler.
RIFT expansion Storm Legion goes into open beta on November 2
RIFT: Storm Legion will go into open beta on November 2, Trion has announced. All expansion content will be available during the period to those who create a RIFT account and download the client. The open beat ends on November 5 in order to prepare the expansion for its November 13 launch. You can sign […]
Warface screenshots show the shooter's campaign
Warface, the free-to-play online FPS from Crytek, has some new screenshots available below the break showing off the game's campaign. Warface is set in the near future, developed with CryEngine 3, and contains a constantly updated PvE universe complete with multiplayer and PVP. The game will be made available in Europe and the US as […]
RIFT Storm Legion DLC priced, dated: pre-purchasing now on Steam
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I'm supposed to create the game rushhour with the program IntelliJ, but i'm totally stuck with it.
I need it tonight so some fast help would be much appreciated.
I'm very unskilled in programming since this is my first year.
There should be 4 difficulty levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced and expert.
I need to use an enum for the difficulty levels and also an enum for the driving direction for the cars.
For the board i should use an 2-dimensional array and showing the board should be done with the help of a toString method.
Also, the board should be read from an extern txt file. There should be an extern txt file for every board (I'm not sure i'm using the right word for it, but with board i mean the cart where u can see how the vehicles are presented).
I need to save the score in an txt file names score.txt.
The score is based on the amount of moves you needed to do to complete the board/cat.
In the score.txt file is for each board/card the best score saved together with the name of the player.
This is how it should go:
- ask the user the wanted level and cartnumber.
- show the gameboard.
- ask which care should be moved and in which direction.
- Check the input and when there is a problem tell the user what problem there is.
- move the car and show the changed playboard.
- ... keep doing this until the red car could leave the board.
- show the end score
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Family Field Day May 2
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- Published on 16 April 2013
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Mount Vernon Elementary School will be hosts for a Family Olympics at the Tiger Track on Thursday, May 2.
The event will kick off at 5:30 p.m. with a picnic dinner on the track. Pizza baskets will be offered for sale. Other concessions items will also be available for purchase. The field events will begin at 6 p. m. and continue until 8 p.m. For more information, see the April 11 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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A Vision for a More Resilient and Environmentally Friendly Community that Unites Cheltenham Township Government with Residents, Businesses, Institutions and other Stakeholders behind Shared Goals to Make that Vision a Reality.
Click here for the early history of the Sustainable Cheltenham project.
In March 2013 the Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners adopted a Sustainability Plan designed to ensure the health and vitality of the community for generations to come. A first in Montgomery County, this ambitious, multi-year, Township-wide plan establishes 10 goals and objectives that are applicable to all organizations, institutions and individuals. It calls upon everyone to reshape their behaviors to contribute towards building a brighter future.
At the core of the plan is the Municipal Action Plan, which outlines steps the municipality can take to function more sustainable and serve as a leader and model for others.
A dedicated group of volunteers consisting of residents, Township officials, and representatives of businesses and major community institutions worked for nearly two years to devise a roadmap for the Township to foster sustainability in its own actions and promote green practices among the residents and businesses in the community. It worked with a Montgomery County Planning Commission consultant team to develop a comprehensive, Township-wide plan covering a range of issues, including, energy use, mobility, land use, waste management and community/quality of life.
The Cheltenham Township Environmental Advisory Council, one of its volunteer citizen committees, will monitor the plan's implementation and promoting community involvement.
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Years ago, doctors advised people to flush unneeded medications down the toilet. However, experts now agree that medicines that are flushed or poured down the drain can end up polluting our waters and contaminating our food and water supplies. Because wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove medicines, these chemicals may be discharged to rivers and bays. Even at very low levels, medicines in the environment hurt aquatic life.
Throwing them out with the trash is also dangerous. Drugs are still chemically active in the trash, even if mixed with kitty litter or coffee grounds. Several studies have shown that medicines in a landfill can be released into the local environment.
The best and safest option for disposing of unwanted medications is to drop them off at designated disposal sites like the Cheltenham Township Police Station, at 8230 Old York Road in Elkins Park. Cheltenham.


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Stilton & chutney rarebit bites
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per canape
- kcal153
- fat9g
- saturates6g
- carbs10g
- sugars5g
- fibre0g
- protein8g
- salt0.61g
For the chutney
- 2 red onions, thinly sliced
- 4 tbsp muscovado sugar
- 100ml balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegarbal-sam-ick vin-ee-gah
True Balsamic vinegar is an artisan product from Modena, in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and is made…
For the rarebit
- 300g stilton, crumbled
A true glory of British cheese-making that has much controversy about its origins, how it's…
- 200g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 2 eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 6 slices sourdough bread or German rye bread
Put the onions, sugar and vinegar into a large pan on a low heat. Cook for about 25 mins, stirring now and again, until gloopy and sticky. Cool. Mix together the cheeses, crème fraîche, eggs and mustard with some seasoning, then chill.
To serve, heat the grill, lightly toast the bread and cut each slice into chunks. Put onto a baking sheet, spread a tsp of chutney on each chunk, then pile on the rarebit mixture – as much as the little squares can hold. Grill for 3-5 mins until golden brown and bubbling.


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In Part One of The Jewish Disorder Manual, I took on that silly book, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), or as I call it, the "SMD" – "Stupid, Mindless Diagnoses." This bubbameister consists of hundreds of pages of diagnosis, symptoms, each on an "axis," that are numbered, sub-numbered, typed, sub typed, clustered. They can be cyclical, bi-cyclical, perennial, seasonal, monthly, or maybe not -- and can occur alone as long as it doesn't occur with any of the other thousand "Stupid, Mindless Diagnoses" in the book. Yet, pros are forced to use this "professional Bible" to prove that our client is not completely meshugge, but meshugge enough for treatment.
#9. 109.1 Mechutenem Satisfaction or MS
According to "the Book," the only things I don't suffer from are "Fear of Food" and "Hyper-Exercising." But we Jews can't be lumped, clustered, or "standardized" – especially when we talk "emotions." So in defense of our people, I'm adding to my DSM for We Jews which has nothing whatever to do with that book and truly describes how our mishegoss is different from the book's mishegoss.
*Note: Before I get "you-heartless-chaya-who-has-
6: 106.1 Bargaining Anxiety Dysfunction or BAD
Essential Features: The obsessive need to buy retail for anything other than underwear or food. Most striking is the propensity to purchase jewelry from a regular store, or avoiding negotiating at garage sales.
Healthy Jewish Behavior: What "they" call a problem we call common sense! After all, we have a 3,500 year history of having to bargain to survive in shtetls and ghettos where we needed a Yiddishe kop to make sure we could put lokshen on the table. Tiffany wants $5000 for a ring when Uncle Moishe can get you almost nearly the exact same ring for $750 – and put it in a Tiffany box?! Seeing a $20 tag on a lamp with a scratch at a garage sale and saying, "That's fair?" Is this wise, mamalas?! Look at the greatest Jewish negotiattor of them all: Canadian-born Jeffrey Skoll who invented eBay! "Meshugge?" I think not!
7. 107.1 Hypochondrical Insufficiency or HI
Essential Features: The persistent pattern of answering the question: "Hi. How are you?" with "Fine!" -- regardless of what we all know is the truth: "We could be better." This is also characterized by saying "It's nothing!" when we or a loved one coughs, sneezes, or has a cramp. (This condition is a specific perennial subtype of 103:1 Anxiety Insufficiency or AI AI AI.)
Healthy Jewish Behavior: We Jews a) assume the asker means the question, and b) believe in truth. Therefore, when one is interested enough to inquire about us, it's our duty to inform them. After all, we know something about us may not be A-Okay or certainly won't be some time. A headache could be a tumor. A sneeze? Shh Pui. Nasal blockage. A weakness? That 1957 polio shot could've worn off. Does it make sense to wait until it's too late to seek help from our neighbor, our plumber, or maybe even a doctor if "it" doesn't go away in an hour? The result? No Jew has ever died from saying, "It's nothing!"
8. 108.1 Kreplachphobia or KP
Essential Features: A cluster disorder, which among others, includes Shmaltz Avoidance Disorder (or SAD). Jewish people who react negatively when in the presence of "Yiddishe" dishes such as kreplach, shmaltz, gribbenes, holishkes, kishke, preferring instead food that is either low carb or significantly white and thin, e.g.: milk, white bread, mayo.
108.2 A preference for meals that are both low carb and white and thin is a far more serious condition.
Healthy Jewish Behavior: Have you ever seen a photo of our ancestors shlepping through Ellis Island with a trunkful of flanken, or entering the home of the free with a herd of cows, deer, or goats in steerage? No. They made due, and deliciously so with fat, potatoes, and shmaltz! Meanwhile, "nouvelle" Jews on a diet of white and Gingko Biloba are dropping dead at 40, while Zaydes in Brooklyn are dancing in nursing homes at ninety.
9. 109.1 Mechutenem Satisfaction or MS
Essential Features: Adoring the family your child marries into without equivocation. "His" mother cooks gefilte sweet? "His" papa is delightful! The in-laws want your daughter to dig for water in a fourth world country? They insist the young couple "do" Sunday brunch by them – and bring the lox? You're okeydokey with that.
Healthy Jewish Behavior: Twenty-five years you spent teaching your values, never mind paying for braces so your mechutenem should enjoy!? Please. Their side is … not "you." So, will you overlook, keep silent, and make peace at all costs, even if the price is your kinder's soul? In Samuel 4:21 and 1:27, Genesis 21:16, and 37:2 it's clear. We train our children in the way they should go. (Our way!) So any total acceptance of "their path" is not only cowardly, it's a sin. The result? You'll die happy.
10: 110: Unmixed Dysfunction Disorder with Inexplicable Reactions or UDDER
Essential Features: Jews who can be pinned down with one clear diagnosis based on one mindset and behavior, without debate, or signs of mixed messages, signals, feelings, joys, and oys.
Healthy Jewish Behavior: We Jews are nothing if not complex. Have we all not heard Jews say, for example: "OK … a little hefty she is, but a face like an angel," "So he falls over his shoe laces, but he's got a good heart-- and a medical degree," "True, I over worry, but when you were nine, wasn't I right about your chicken pox?" The result? We've survived for thousands of years by looking in, over, under every side and examine each possibility, whether we're talking Talmud, or deciding if we should teach our daughters-in-law how to make an edible brisket. Masters of Mixing, we rest easy knowing we've done our homework, and can feel many ways -- in peace, perfect harmony, and sanity by simply mixing the words: "Oy, the agony! Ai, the ecstasy!"
Should you suffer from any of the above, take a little seltzer mixed with a table spoon of schmaltz and call me in the morning!


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Aztecs look for talent at TE, CB this spring
The search to replace Gavin Escobar at tight end, and Leon McFadden at cornerback is on.
As San Diego State's 2013 football campaign began Monday afternoon, coach Rocky Long professed that the Aztecs two greatest "need" positions this spring are at tight end and corner..
The Aztecs lost Escobar and seniors D.J. Shields and Hunter Hewitt at the tight end position after last season..
To shore up depth at the position, Robert Craighead moved back to tight end after spending last season as a defensive lineman.
While it's still very early in the season, Long seemed to like what he saw from the 6-foot-3, 265-pound redshirt sophomore at practice on Monday.
"I thought Craighead caught the ball better than I anticipated he would," Long said. "I think with his size, he'd be a good blocker. Our question mark was whether he could catch the ball, and he caught the ball just fine today."
Plugging holes at cornerback is also important because 2012 starter McFadden is currently at the NFL Combine, and his mirror on the right side, Josh Wade, has exhausted his eligibility. King Holder, who started one game in place of Wade, won't be able to participate in spring practice because he's recuperating from shoulder surgery.
Long said the competition is wide open at cornerback, and that while the coaches hope to come out of spring with a couple of corners they can trust, they're also not opposed to waiting to see what the freshmen can do when they join the team this fall.
SDSU signed six defensive backs in its 2013 recruiting class.
"There's a couple of corners coming into this class," Long said, adding that they could get a look from the coaches in August, but that he'd "much rather have two to three of (the returning) guys prove they can play and have confidence in them instead of worrying about a freshman playing."
At every position, spring is always about getting the coaches acquainted with what some of the younger guys can do.
"We're going to go three deep on offense, three deep on defense. But everybody gets a shot to prove they can play," Long said. "The guys who proved they can play already, you won't see them much in spring practice. We're working on the guys who haven't proved they can play yet."
Competition at QB?
Adam Dingwell completed 57.6 percent of his passes last year and threw for 939 yards and eight touchdowns. Good enough that Long said he "deserves to start out spring practice as the starter."
But not rock-solid enough that the coach is willing to just gift him with the job for the following season.
"I think we're going to compete at quarterback," Long said.
The Aztecs have six quarterbacks competing for time this spring. Two are newcomers: Chase Favreau, a grayshirt signee from 2012, and Quinn Kaehler, a walk-on transfer from Diablo Valley College.
New offense?
Bob Toledo's offense isn't too different from the scheme the Aztecs played under former offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig.
It's similar enough that Long said he expects the team to be at full speed with Toledo's system by the end of the first week of spring practice.
"They've already looked at it. The players have seen it," he said. "The terminology is a little different, but it's not much different than what we did before."
Rocky Long on Aztecs Spring Practice
Holes on the OL
The Aztecs also lost two four-year starters on the offensive line in right guard Nik Embernate and center Alec Johnson.
But Long isn't too worried about that.
"It's hard to lose seniors, but we have some guys ready to compete for those jobs," Long said. "I think our talent level and depth on the offensive line is pretty good."
Still, they need to find some reliability at center because Johnson and his primary backup, Jimmy Miller, were both seniors.
For now, Long said junior Zack Dilley, who played right tackle last season, will go into spring as the starter at center.
Jordan Smith, a redshirt sophomore, has also played center for the Aztecs, and junior college transfer Lenicio Noble will compete for the position as well.
Injuries, additions and departures
Aside from Holder, safety Marcus Andrews is the only other Aztec who will miss the spring due to injury. Andrews is also recovering from offseason shoulder surgery.
Long said the Aztecs did not lose anyone from the roster after last season.
They picked up three new scholarship players – Noble, TE Dominique Bierria, and Favreau, and also added "two to three walk ons," Long said, adding that he isn't going to talk about the walk ons "until I think they can play."
Kaehler is one walk-on. Washington transfer Blake Rodgers is another. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound linebacker from Tesoro High School redshirted with the Huskies last season.


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I'm trying to solve the linear system AXA=B with LAPACK. Matrices A and B are complex and symmetric 1000x1000. The matrix B is 70% filled with zeros and block diagonal but A is dense.
To solve the problem I rewrite the problem as AY=B, solves for Y with zgetrs and zgetrf.
After all, solves the system Y=XA as (XA)^T = Y^T = A^T*X^T => AX^T = Y^T.
To confirm that result, I use two dgemm calls to regain AXA that I expected it to be the matrix B.
The problem: The result of PROCEDURE2 don't agree with B! the Frobenius norm (zlange) of AXA after PROCEDURE2 is one order of magnitute grater than the original B matrix and is not at all symmetric!
I really appreciate suggestions! as don't understand what is going wrong with this very simple (5 LAPACK calls) procedure.
Thanks in advanced!


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Inbox Zero: Where filters will and won't help
Merlin Mann | Mar 13 2006
This post is part of the Inbox Zero series.
Filters and scripts can greatly minimize the manual processing you do each day as well as way cut down on unnecessary interruptions. The trouble comes when you're filtering so much stuff (especially via "sender" and "subject" filters) that you end up scattering useful and timely updates into a jillion different places out of view. This can be that rarest of beasts where you've actually automated too much.
Instead, focus on creating filters and scripts for any noisy, frequent, and non-urgent items which can be dealt with all at a pass and later. Depending on what you consider noise, this could probably include:
Remember, our ultimate goal here is for you to spend less time playing with your email and more time doing stuff. The idea of a filter is not to hide information that you really need, but to ensure that you aren't being interrupted constantly for what amounts to low-level noise. Choose what you can stand to deal with later on and make regular reading and culling of these filtered items a scheduled task -- maybe twice or three times a week go through all your collected bulk and catch up on what you "missed."
Good rule of thumb: When you check your email and find yourself groaning "Ugh, this again?" consider creating a filter. By the same token, if you notice you're missing stuff to over-filtering, dial it down until you get the mix right. A filter is ultimately best at shunting away the really un-important stuff -- you are the only one who's got the qualifications and wetware to decide what happens to important items. That's why you get the big bucks.
Finally, keep in mind that, like digital security and sustainable human love, smart email filtering is a process, and not a one-time event. Learn, tweak, watch, and improve to keep your priceless attention trained where it can do the most good. (Hint: that's probably not monitoring realtime updates on your current count of LiveJournal friends.)
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Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says the team expects to have a site for its new stadium in the next two weeks.
Blank outlined the timeframe during a Wednesday forum that included business leaders in the community.
The team's owner said the Arthur Blank Foundation wants to get involved in enhancing neighborhoods around the new stadium. To the west of the Georgia Dome and both proposed sites for the new stadium are the Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods.
Earlier this month, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced that a preliminary $19.5 million deal had been reached to buy the property of one of two churches needed to build the $1 billion retractable-roof stadium near the Georgia Dome. Another site to the north is also being considered.
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Birth Plan – Can You Plan A Birth?
"You can't plan birth" is a phrase I'm sure you've come across if you've talked about birth plans. Maybe you've said it yourself. It really does seem like a common response to the idea of mothers having a birth plan.
And after years of talking about birth and birth plans I finally found the words to explain why that's not really the case. Or more, that's not a reason not to have a birth plan – if you want one.


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JUST weeks after The Sapphires swept the field in a feelgood ceremony at The Star in Sydney the AACTA awards – Australia's equivalent of the Oscars – face a financial crisis that threatens their very existence.
The loss of a major sponsor late last year sparked a funding shortage that has led the organisation to shed almost half its staff in the past few months and put in doubt its ability to continue without additional industry or government support beyond next year's event.
The body that runs the AACTAs, the Australian Film Institute, last week retrenched four staff. Two others were let go last October. The AFI now has just seven staff members.
''We've having ongoing difficulties raising the sort of support that's required, and that has led to a need to restructure,'' CEO Damian Trewhella told Fairfax Media on Monday. He added that the organisation was actively seeking new corporate sponsors but also called on the government funding agency, Screen Australia, to increase its support of the event.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards were born in late 2011 out of the AFI Awards in a bid to raise the profile of the local industry and to muscle in on the global awards season that culminates in February with the Academy Awards.
With a high-profile Academy president in Geoffrey Rush and top-line talent including Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe all participating, the second AACTA awards ceremony, held on January 30, appeared to be on the right path. Though the five-city overnight audience for the 9.30pm broadcast on Ten averaged just 318,000 viewers, that was better than last year on Nine and, the AFI claims, a five-year high.
However, the event was almost derailed by the loss in September 2012 of major corporate sponsor Samsung, whose commitment was believed to have been worth about $1.5 million annually to the event. The late withdrawal of host Hugh Sheridan just a week out from the telecast could have been another blow, but Crowe stepped in at the last moment and delivered a superb performance that gave no hint of the problems behind the scenes.
''It's quite remarkable the event went ahead at all,'' Trewhella confessed to Fairfax Media.
The 2012 AACTA Awards cost about $5 million to mount. This year's event was put together for around $3 million, an amount that is insufficient to sustain the awards on an ongoing basis.
''It looks like we have to run this on a project by project basis,'' Trewhella said. ''We're taking a lot of pain at the moment.''
The Australian Film Institute was, for a time, one of the premier cultural institutions in the country, running cinemas, a short-film distribution program and a major research library in addition to the industry's annual awards ceremony. But from the late 1990s, it has been a fading entity. The cinemas and library were offloaded, and the distribution and exhibition program abandoned as a reduction of government funding forced it to concentrate almost exclusively on the awards.
Now, even that is uncertain. While next year's ceremony is all but guaranteed thanks to the support of Destination NSW, which tipped in about $1 million a year over three years to prise the event away from Melbourne, what happens when that deal expires in 2014 is far from clear.
''This is now a period of review and rationalisation,'' said Trewhella. ''If we're going to be able to do this we need to reset the priorities. There's been a rush to acknowledge box office and ratings success and that's important but it's reductionist. We need a commitment to underwrite an event that celebrates excellence in our industry.''
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"In Loving Memory Of
Rosemarie T. Amerling
Born September 7, 1917
Died October 18, 1989"
I decided to post this funeral card today because it had been one heck of a week and my blog was being neglected. I wanted to get something...anything up tonight. I didn't start by looking at my family tree, like I usually do (and like I should do). I did a search for Rose Amerling but didn't find a whole bunch that this card wouldn't tell me.
There was a link to FindAGrave where I could see that her husband was Edwin and when he died, but nothing that helped me with her maiden name. Amerling isn't a very familiar name in regards to my family, in that it isn't a direct line ancestor so I've heard it before, but that's about it. So I did what I should have done in the first place and got onto my family tree and there she was.
Rosemary (which is what I had her as) Amerling nee Boegel and Edwin had four known children (which I won't mention by name since they may still be living). The point is, that she's a Boegel. My mother-in-law's side of the family and Boegel is a direct line surname for my husband and sons.
So, yes, I had her in my tree and I had this card, but until I put it in my blog I didn't make the connection. No huge break-throughs, but a little connection is better than nothing at all.
(Rosemarie Amerling nee Boegel is my husband's 1st cousin twice removed).


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Using your teeth to open a beer bottle displays your skills and resourcefulness, except that it's almost guaranteed to result in a trip to the dentist. Better to wield a piece of clever craftsmanship like this bottle opener. With a streamlined design, the opener has a built-in magnet that keeps caps from going flying and also lets you affix it to your fridge so it's there when you need it.
It wouldn't stay hung on the refrigerator and could hardly get it to open a bottle. Bought as a gift based upon the reviews. It has become a running joke that one could die of thirst if this were the only bottle opener. It was certainly a memorable gift, but not for the right reasons.1


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Hearsay: Why he was found guilty
In this issue's cover story, writer Paul Forrest Jones makes a persuasive case for Sam McCue's innocence in the 1904 murder of his wife, Fannie McCue. Why, then, did the husband swing for the crime?
It all starts with the weaponry– and their curiously careful placement after the crime. Sam McCue's Winchester pump shotgun was found leaning beside the bathroom door– an unusual spot for an interloper to leave a murder weapon. Ditto for the bat which had bludgeoned her: It was found propped by the tub.
There were other curiosities about the Park Street murder scene, according to The McCue Murder, a book mixing out-of-court interviews with trial testimony and released by the Daily Progress shortly after the trial.
For one, Sam McCue– in the earliest moments after the double whammy of his wife's murder and a blow to the cheek that allegedly rendered him unconscious– had the wherewithal to toss his bloody, torn undershirt into a hamper and put on a fresh one. For another, the bloody t-shirt had most of its blood washed off– eight specific "washed spots," according to testimony from Dr. Charles S. Venable.
That's mighty fussy housekeeping amid such larger calamities.
There were other discrepancies. McCue told investigators he tried to place three post-crime phone calls: to his brother, to a friend, and to the police.
And yet a telephone operator testified she routed just one call from the McCue house. It was Sam calling a friend. Upon being informed that the line was busy, McCue allegedly told operator Virginia Bragg, "Oh, don't tell me that; I think someone has shot and killed Fannie and is in my house now."
He "thinks" someone has killed his wife? Some husbands might try to find out for sure.
Operator Bragg said she called the police. She and colleague Lillian Busic said there was no call to McCue's brother, Dr. Frank McCue, who lived two blocks away.
Odder still, according to the prosecution, was the behavior of that doctor sibling on his way to the scene of the alleged intruder-caused crime. Dr. McCue, the lawyer charged, traveled "quietly" and "without once raising an alarm."
Dr. McCue described his brother's wound as bloody and significant. But three other doctors– including one who didn't even notice the wound at first glance– disagreed.
Sam McCue had written scads of love letters to his wife as recently as 1901. However, in court, his late wife's brother described the household as "the most unhappy home I ever saw. I never saw him kick or strike her, but have heard him curse her in the most violent manner repeatedly. The quarrels were always about other women."
A tileman who once worked in the house testified that McCue spoke very "roughly" to his wife, "as if he could have killed her in a second."
That sounds like hearsay. But what about the about-face of the couple's 17-year-old son, Willie, testified to by members of the Baldwin detective agency? Two weeks after the murder, Willie was allegedly telling detectives that his father once chased Mrs. McCue with a revolver, and that his parents "fought like cats and dogs." The boy even penned a letter to an aunt in Georgia indicating that he was planning on sticking with the truth against "all my father's people."
At trial, however, he "emphatically" disavowed all those unpleasant claims.
Another person whose story allegedly changed under McCuvian pressure was John Perry. Perry was what contemporary parlance called the "colored houseboy." He lived in a room at rear of the mansion, just behind the bathroom murder scene. He had been awakened from sleep by the sound of a woman begging for her life during a lengthy struggle.
Perry allegedly told two servants working for a neighboring judge that he heard this: "Oh, Sam, don't kill me!" On the witness stand, however, Perry quoted Fannie as calling out this: "Sam! Sam! He is killing me."
If Perry were pressured to tell a tale favorable to his employer, his supposedly exonerating trial testimony reveals that Sam had curious priorities in relating the news.
"Oh, John, I am in the worst trouble of my life," Perry quoted McCue. "A burglar has knocked me senseless and probably killed my wife."
There's that death uncertainty again. McCue's story remained consistent on that point: until the authorities arrived that night, he never saw, touched, or otherwise had contact with the body of his wife.


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Every Monday PopcornBiz applies a special formula to the top 10-grossing movies of the weekend, taking into account their staying power, budget and critic ratings to determine who really won the weekend. We call it the PopcornBiz Standings.
There's something utterly depressing about the existence of "New Year's Eve" at the top of the box office chart this week. I mean, I knew it would make money because people are bored and have nothing better to do than to sit there and watch a 90-minute update of a "Love Boat" episode. But it saddens me that THIS represents a major Hollywood release during the holiday season. It's December, and we're already being offered January horribleness. Thankfully, we have "Mission: Impossible" and "Sherlock Holmes" coming to save Christmas next week. But for the past two weeks, everything has been horrible. So let us never forget this 2011 Year in Movies, which will go down as the WORST EVER EVER, and let us wish it a hasty exit. Here is the final box office chart via Box Office Mojo.
1. New Year's Eve - $13.7M 2. The Sitter - $10.0M 3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - $7.9M 4. The Muppets - $7.1M 5. Arthur Christmas - $6.6M 6. Hugo - $6.1M 7. The Descendants - $4.8M 8. Happy Feet Two - $3.7M 9. Jack and Jill - $3.2M 10. Immortals - $2.4M
Why "Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise Jumps Out Of Things" couldn't have been released this past week is beyond me. Anyway, this was the lowest grossing film-going weekend of the ENTIRE YEAR. How is that possible in the middle of a peak season? It's akin to Hollywood devoting Memorial Day weekend to nothing but Katherine Heigl movies. It's awful. At least our formula wipes "New Year's Eve" off the face of the Earth. VOILA!
1. The Descendants - 399 2. The Muppets - 69 3. Arthur Christmas - 25 4. Hugo - 20 5. The Sitter - 12 6. Tower Heist - 9 7. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - 8 8. Puss In Boots - 4 9. (tie) J. Edgar - 3 9. (tie) Immortals - 3 9. (tie) Happy Feet Two - 3
Poor reviews doomed both NYE and "The Sitter" to low numbers in our formula. Meanwhile, the juggernaut that is ALEXANDER PAYNE reigns supreme for yet another week, and the Oscar chances for "The Descendants" could help it settle in for an extended run through early winter. I saw it myself, and lemme tell you: If you like tropical settings and crying, there's no better movie.
Two other new releases came out this week: Diablo Cody's "Young Adult" and the badass British spy thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". Both had excellent per-screen averages, so don't be shocked if they storm into the top 10 once they get wide releases.


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I hadn't heard that. Well, if he is not doing Pirates 4, I am not watching it. You are so right, Ashley. No one else can play Jack Sparrow and Pirates withut him would be nothing. So if Johnny is not doing it, there is really no point in making the movie. I hope he decides to stay on. And if not, I just won't bother to see it.♥midnight_sun♥ wrote:I just came over here to see what everyone else's opinion is on the rumor that Johnny may not be in Pirates 4. I just hope that he does do it. Anyone else as Captain Jack Sparrow is not worth watching and shouldn't even be able to have that name.
*waves to Derek too*