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ALABASTER, Alabama - The Alabaster Board of Education this afternoon approved a $180,000 annual payment to the municipality to fund three school resource officers for the city's educational institutions.
The board unanimously approved the funding amount after receiving a recommendation from Interim Superintendent Keri Johnson.
"We felt like that was money well spent in our schools," Johnson said about the funding request.
The board's action followed a request by the City of Alabaster to help fund the school resource officers for the schools.
Already the city fully funds three school resource officers at a cost of about $220,000 annually. The city previously decided to add another three officers to provide coverage at all six Alabaster schools.
City Manager George Henry, who attended today's meeting along with Police Chief Curtis Rigney and Mayor Marty Handlon, wrote to the board in April in support of the funding.
"By providing these matching funds, the Board would be joining hands with the City in a sign of solidarity and commitment to the overall safety and well-being of the children, staff and administration under our collective care," Henry said in the letter dated April 30.
Rigney called the school resource officer program "very successful" for Alabaster.
"I think the SRO program is a fantastic program," he said. "We look forward to the opportunity to partner with the Board of Education on that program."
The three school resource officers under the funding request will patrol Meadow View Elementary, Creek View Elementary and Thompson Intermediate and Sixth Grade Center.
For more stories about Alabaster, visit www.al.com/local/alabaster.


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By CHERYL ROSPLOCK, LVT and REBEKAH R. FROST, DVM
Special to the OBSERVER
At the Dunkirk Animal Clinic, we know that the decision regarding the euthanasia of a beloved pet is one of the most difficult parts of pet ownership. It can be a very emotional struggle for many owners and often times we hear the question, "How do I know when it's the right time?"
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Saying goodbye to a beloved pet can be a difficult, emotional struggle.
Sometimes the answer is obvious, for example, when the pet has been badly injured and has little hope of recovery, euthanasia may be the kindest choice. Other times, as in the case of an ailing older pet whose medical issues are becoming more and more debilitating, the decision of when to euthanize is not quite as clear. You want to be sure that the choice you make is what is best for the pet and you feel confident that you will not regret your decision. Many people worry about feeling guilty that they ended the pet's life prematurely, or on the other hand, that they waited too long.
So, how do you know when the time is right?
The best answer to this question involves determining the quality of the life your pet is living. The following questions can help you to evaluate your pet's condition which in turn may help in the decision-making process:
1. Is your pet experiencing pain? Does he suffer with aches and pains or are you able to minimize the level of pain and discomfort with medications or therapies? Is he able to get around on his own? Can he get outside to relieve himself?
2. Does your pet still have the desire to eat his food? Your pet's quality of life can partly be measured by his interest in food. A pet that is still enjoying his meals most likely still has the will to live.
3. Is your pet able to hold his urine? If not, does he seem uncomfortable or ashamed that he is having accidents in the house? The level of your pet's emotional distress needs to be taken into consideration. Are you able to keep your pet's skin, coat and sleeping area clean and free of urine and feces? Are you willing to commit to the level of nursing care your pet needs?
4. Does your pet seem to sleep comfortably and enjoy some of his favorite activities? It is understandable if the older pet is no longer interested in a long walk in the woods, but does he still enjoy a scratch on the belly, a favorite treat, or quietly spending quality time with you?
5. Are your pet's "bad days" out-numbering his "good days?"
The doctors at the Dunkirk Animal Clinic may be your best resource in helping you determine if and when the time is right to euthanize your pet. In many cases the doctor has known the pet for most, if not all of its life, has access to the pet's medical history, and can evaluate the pet's current condition to give you a medical opinion that will help you decide the best course of action. Sometimes, what may seem like an insurmountable problem, may actually be a treatable, if not curable, condition. When in doubt, please call us for a consultation appointment or bring the pet in for an exam. The more information you have regarding your pet's condition, the better equipped you will be to make this decision.
Once you have made that decision, we can discuss the process with you to better prepare you for the euthanasia of your pet. The entire staff here at the Dunkirk Animal Clinic are all animal lovers and each of us has gone through the very painful process of losing a pet that is very dear to us ... our own as well as many of our patients. In most cases, our pets have become an integral part of our family and it is only natural that we go through the process of mourning their loss. Please do not feel embarrassed or ashamed about grieving for your beloved pet whether it be in our exam room during euthanasia or in the privacy of your home. We know firsthand that losing a beloved pet is never easy and it takes time to adjust.
For more information on what to expect when you bring your pet to us and resources available to help you through the grieving process, please visit our website at dunkirkanimalclinic.com and find the article on euthanasia on the pet link page. Thank you for taking the time to read this article. We hope it has helped answer some of your questions regarding the most difficult decision a pet owner must face. We continually strive to better serve our client's needs and welcome questions or comments: email@example.com, or call us at 366-7440.
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LSU wide receiver Terrance Toliver was one of three men issued a misdemeanor citation early Sunday morning for participating in a fight outside a Baton Rouge bar, sources at LSU confirmed.
Toliver, who is from Hempstead, Texas, was tasered by Baton Rouge City Police at 2 a.m. outside of Fred's, a lounge located in the Tigerland area, according to a police spokesman. He was charged with disturbing the peace, public intoxication and interfering with a police officer.
Toliver has already spoken with Coach Les Miles and will speak with him again Monday, a source at the schol said. Toliver said he was trying to break up a fight.
"We are in the process of gathering information on this incident," Miles said. "We are going to investigate it thoroughly to find out the facts and then act accordingly."
LSU men's basketball player Dennis Harris was also issued a citation for interfering with a police officer.
LSU men's basketball Coach Trent Johnson said through the sports information office that he will meet with Harris as soon as possible but would not comment until his Monday press briefing.
Timothy Moran was also cited at the scene for public intoxication and disturbing the peace.
None of the three were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.


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Review: Liam Neeson kicks some butt in the implausible but hilarious 'Unknown'
I think we're being punked.
I've never met Jaume Collet-Serra. Never spoken with him. All I can judge is the way he approaches his films, and so far, he strikes me as a prankster. It's sort of like with Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant, two very funny guys who also write movies like "Night At The Museum" and "The Love Bug." It feels like they're writing these films almost as a dare to studio executives. "Go ahead. Tell me I'm not taking this seriously. Tell me you understand comedy well enough to explain why something does or doesn't work." And when no one calls them on it, people actually make these movies and treat them like they're meant to be good.
With Collet-Serra, he has made a grand total of four movies now. One of them, "Goal II: Living The Dream," is part of a trilogy of soccer movies that all pretty much look and play the same, so you can't really judge it as his. With "House Of Wax" and "Orphan," though, I got the same feeling watching both movies. He's obviously skilled with a camera, and there's a playful sense of style to what he does.
But the movies themselves? Totally bats**t crazy.
And the feeling I get as I watch these films is that Collet-Serra totally knows that. I think he reads a script and decides, "Oh, this is obviously written by a crazy person. OF COURSE I want to direct it." I know David Johnson, who wrote "Orphan," and while David seems like a perfectly charming, intelligent, sane person, I would say "Orphan" proves that there are great churning seas of madness just below that surface. That is one wackadoo thriller. It's fun because it is so unapologetically loony.
Since the trailers for "Unknown" started to appear, people have been comparing it to Liam Neeson's breakthrough action role from a few years ago, "Taken." The thing is, "Unknown" really isn't that type of movie. It's more of a paranoid thriller where the hero is made to feel like he might be crazy, and the audience is forced to guess what is or isn't true, and because it's Collet-Serra directing, it is also implausible and ridiculous to the point of being genuinely entertaining. It is so wildly silly that I found myself laughing through most of it.
And I think that's actually a recommendation.
I am delighted to see that "Unknown" is based on a novel. I'm assuming it was written in crayons held in the feet of a crazy man whose hands were restrained by the straightjacket, but Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell's script manages to maintain every bit of "Are you KIDDING?" and play it all with a deadly straight face. Liam Neeson stars as Dr. Martin Harris, arriving in Berlin with his wife Elizabeth (January Jones) for a biotech conference. As they're about to check into the hotel, Harris realizes he left his briefcase at the airport, and he hops in a cab driven by Gina (Diane Kruger) to race back and get it. There's an accident on the way, though, and the cab ends up in the river. Gina saves him, but his heart has stopped and it takes almost four minutes to get it started again. By that point, he's in a coma that lasts for four days.
When he finally wakes up and heads back to the hotel to tell his wife what has happened, she claims not to recognize him. Even worse, there's Another Dr. Martin Harris (Aidan Quinn) with her, and no one seems to believe Neeson when he says who he is. That sets him off on a series of fistfights, car chases, and growled exchanges of exposition, and he ends up teamed with the only two people who believe him, a former East German Secret Police officer named Ernst Jurgen (the great Bruno Ganz) and Gina, the illegal-immigrant-waitress-stunt-driver-Olympic-swimmer who saved his life. There's a lot of running and shooting and near-death escapes, and by the time it's revealed what really went down and who really is Dr. Martin Harris, it is just plain funny.
There's a real energy to the way Collet-Serra shot the film, and Neeson is good in it, even if I feel like this newfound action-hero thing doesn't really fit him very well. If I'm not mistaken, Neeson is 8'9" tall, and he moves like many very tall men do, like he's somewhat stiff. He certainly looks like he could pick you up and shake you to death, but I have trouble with some of the aspects of who he's playing here. I'm not sure I buy Neeson as this particular character in every moment. Still, that voice of his is so great, and the sheer absurdity of the scale difference between him and every non-giant human being in the movie is a nonstop visual gag that keeps on delivering all the way through.
The women in Dr. Martin's life give very different performances. January Jones has earned some real acclaim as Betty Draper on "Mad Men," and I think there was a brilliance to casting her as a dead-eyed zombie. The problem is, when you cast her as anything else, she brings every bit of that dead-eyed zombie to the role, and so you get a performance like this, where I don't buy anything she does. She is unconvincing as a doctor's happy wife, she is unconvincing as the character she is eventually revealed to be, and she is unconvincing as someone who is fully awake and not tranquilized. She does, however, feature in the single funniest shot in the movie, so I will at least grant her that. Diane Kruger, on the other hand, seems to have really been re-energized by her appearance in "Inglorious Basterds," and while she's wrasslin' with the same ridiculous script that Jones is, at least Kruger seems to be enjoying herself. Both women look preposterous when standing next to all six stories of Neeson. There is a love scene in a shower with Jones that looks more like a molestation, and at one point, he puts his hand on the side of Kruger's face and his thumb appears to be the size of her entire head.
Some of the supporting cast really has fun with their time onscreen, like Bruno Ganz, who sounds more like a Muppet than ever before, like age is squeezing his vocal cords into the shape of Dave Goelz. Frank Langella telegraphs his role in things from the first time you hear him on the phone, but that oozing unctuous charm of his is exactly the reason you hire him. I genuinely enjoyed every moment either of those guys was onscreen, and again… it just looks like they knew what they were in, and they decided to enjoy it.
Ultimately, that's what I like about Collet-Serra. He doesn't seem to take any of this terribly seriously. That's not to say his work is half-assed or phoned in, though. The film is slick, and it moves non-stop, but there's a lightness of tone, a smirk buried in the suspense, that makes me forgive his movies their most ludicrous excesses. If this guy ever does get serious, I have a feeling he's got greatness lurking in him. For now, though, he makes high-gloss trash with an abandon that is too much fun to resist.
"Unknown" opens everywhere today.


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Angela Hill has stepped down from her regular post as news anchor. As a former public information officer with the New Orleans police, I had the privilege of issuing her first press card, as it was called then. There are dozens of descriptive adjectives that can be used to describe Angela, but I can attest from the working interaction we had, she was always forthright, always obtained all the facts and then reported the issue truthfully. I don't think she knows how to be deceptive. Channel 4's loss is the world's gain. She truly will be missed.
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Seems everywhere you look these days, there are robots.
Since conglomerates like General Electric (NYSE: GE ) first introduced us to them on the assembly line, robots have evolved into something much more personable. Honda's (NYSE: HMC ) built one that can walk, and Toyota (NYSE: TM ) has another that can run. Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG ) just reported another great quarter for robotic surgeons (even as Hansen Medical admits it could use a robotic accountant).
Nowhere, though, is our robotic future more evident than in the little, sucking hockey pucks that personify iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT ) .
iRobot falls apart ...
For years, I've railed against the unrealized potential of iRobot. No matter how ubiquitous its Roombas are in the living room, its PackBots on the battlefield, the company always seemed better at building robots than at managing its finances. As margins dwindled, inventories ran wild, and iRobot resembled nothing so much as a hapless Roomba, stuck chewing on a carpet fringe and unable to make real headway.
... then pulls itself together
Recent quarters, however, have seen iRobot's financial engineers begin to put the pieces into place for a recovery -- an effort that continued into last evening's third-quarter earnings release. Management's whittling down inventories and ramping up free cash flow (which stands at $21 million for the year, and should surge higher after this holiday season).
Whereas just a year ago, I was musing publicly about the company's nearly empty coffers, today iRobot boasts nearly $63 million in cash, versus a mere $4 million in long-term liabilities.
How has iRobot achieved this neat feat? If you listen to management, a big part of the improvement comes from ramping sales of military robots to combatants in foreign theaters of war, and another big part from expanding sales of "home robots" internationally.
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Seems to me, the Great Recession is hindering iRobot's efforts to sell glorified vacuum cleaners at $200 a pop (or more) here on the homefront. If the economy doesn't improve soon, and more consumers don't find jobs sooner, how will iRobot keep the profits improving through Q4?
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For the first time in 19 years the Corcoran girls indoor track and field team is the CNYCL American Division champions.
With 138 team points the Cougars powered away from second-place Central Square (96 team points) on Thursday at Onondaga Community College's SRC Arena.
"We are ecstatic," Corcoran head coach Tara Jennings said of the program's first division title since 1995. "This is the hardest working group of girls that I have ever coached."
Overall sectional contender and state qualifier Patrice Williams won the 300 (43.18) for the Cougars as she also took the 600 (1:42.95).
"She is just outstanding," Jennings said. "She is one to watch."
The team of Sheniah McKenzine, Rosheia Hamilton, Gabiany Romero, Jalia Moore won the 4x200 for Corcoran in 1:55.95.
Ashley LaRode won the High Jump for Corcoran (4-8) and the 55 hurdles (9.71) as teammate Taniya Williams was the best triple jumper (34-0.75)
"This has been a very focused team. I have not had to make them focus all that much this year because they do it on their own," Jennings said. "This is phenomenal."
Mara Delaney won the 3,000 (12:26.47) for Central Square, while Megan Holzwarth won the 1,000 (3:26.6).
Auburn's Shahnika Williams was the quickest in the 55 meter dash (7.71) while fellow Maroon Joann Dyson put the shot the furthest (28-4).


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NORTH ROYALTON: North Royalton is inviting residents and business owners to a public meeting Nov. 8 to discuss potential changes to Royalton Road between W 130th and York roads.
The meeting is 4 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church (11680 Royalton Road) and will be conducted in an open house format, with city and county officials available to answer questions and hear input. Interested residents will be able to stop in any time during the three-hour meeting, which is being conducted by the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works.
The city hopes to improve the efficiency of Royalton Road, especially in the congested traffic area around W 130th. Mayor Robert Stefanik said the project would hopefully take care of the bottleneck that occurs in W 130th area between the wider Strongsville portion of Royalton Road and the narrower North Royalton portion.
"Right now, the plan calls for total reconstruction eastbound, westbound and a center turning lane," said Stefanik. "This will keep traffic flowing east and west. When somebody wants to turn, they would jump into the turn lane and it wouldn't hold up traffic like it does now."
Residents will be able to view exhibits detailing information about the project, data from studies, and the city's recommendations.
"For residents and property holders, this is chance for them to give their input," said Stefanik. "This is the first step in getting this off the ground. I'm sure everybody is anxious about when it's going to start and what it's going to entail."
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To the Editor:
This is in response to the Aug. 18 article "Judges add political payback to list of worries," about how judges in New Jersey are afraid they will lose their jobs if they don't judge cases in a way that those who have control over their reappointments approve.
Republican judges are afraid of Democrats having control over them and Democrat judges are afraid of Republicans. How can a person be objective and fair if they are afraid of losing their job? Poor things. They only have a seven-year guarantee, upon initial confirmation by the state Senate, right now. After seven years, they must be confirmed again for a tenured appointment.
But that may change. Retired State Supreme Court Chief Justice Deborah Poritz said that we should change the constitution to get rid of seven-year terms and give state judges lifetime terms like federal judges get.
Lifetime terms! That's all we need. That's why we have a bunch of old guys who are falling asleep on the bench. That's why we have people who think they're God up there.
Here's the solution: At the end of judges' initial appointed terms, they're done. Replace all the judges with a new batch. There are plenty of them out there — lawyering is big business.
Better yet, let the people vote them in every four years, when we go to the polls. That solves the problem of judges getting picked because of favors being owed or because they can be influenced — or bought. At the end of their four-year terms, they could go back to being lawyers and making the big bucks. They'll be fine.
Of course, this won't happen because these judges are the same people who decide everything — and they won't vote against themselves.
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Principal Michael Ecker
I began my career in education teaching English with the San Dieguito Union High School district. For eight years, I served the district as an English teacher, but also wore the hats of ASB director, Yearbook teacher, and reading intervention teacher. In the district, I also served as the school site English department leader and eventually the District English Department Chair. As a teacher, I went to school in the evenings to complete my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction, my Masters in Administration and completed my Administrative Services Credential.
Moving over to the Carlsbad Unified school district, I took the role of Assistant Principal at Aviara Oaks Middle School. At Aviara Oaks, our team focused on increasing engagement and increased writing through the use of technology. As the result of our work, we saw a thirty point rise in our API.
I am so happy to call Calavera Hills my home. I will work to foster collaboration within our school to create a positive, rigorous, and supportive place for students. I am looking forward to building productive and positive partnerships with the Calavera PTA, community members, and staff to help create an environment on campus that supports our kids in the pursuit of their dreams. It is certainly going to be a great year.
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No need to spend the earth
Singapore may be an expensive city to visit, but at least it's easy to get a cheap flight out of here. Changi Airport is well served by budget airlines and a one-way flight to another Southeast Asian country can cost less than S$100. Here's a quick guide to where you can go.
Burma: Burma is turning out to be one of the year's hottest travel destinations, and Jetstar will get you to Rangoon for as little as S$130 one-way. At the time of writing it was still necessary to obtain a visa in advance, and you can try at the Burmese Embassy in Singapore.
Cambodia: Jetstar offers direct flights from Singapore to both of Cambodia's international airports – Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. A one-way fare usually costs around S$100, but during sales prices drop as low as $$60.
Indonesia: Since travelling by boat from Singapore to Indonesia is not very practical, take advantage of one of the many cheap flights connecting these two island nations. The popular Singapore-Bali route is flown by Jetstar and AirAsia, though the sale fares with KLM Airways are almost as cheap and include checked luggage and on-board refreshments. All three of the big budget airlines (AirAsia, Jetstar, Tiger) fly to Jakarta, but only AirAsia flies to the cultural capital of Yogyakarta. AirAsia also flies to Bandung and Jetstar to Medan and Surabaya. As long as you're flexible with your travel dates, it's easy to find a one-way fare for S$60-100.
Laos: Sorry – there are no direct flights from Singapore to Laos. The quickest way to get there would be to book two flights with AirAsia: Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, and then Kuala Lumpur to Vientiane.
Malaysia: If you don't have the time for a leisurely bus or train trip, you'll be happy to hear Singapore and Malaysia are well connected by budget airlines. Between AirAsia, Jetstar, and Tiger Airways, there are more than 20 budget flights every day from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and fares can be as low as S$30 – as cheap as taking the bus. For around S$60 you can fly to Penang (AirAsia, Jetstar, Tiger Airways) or to lovely Langkawi Island (Jetstar). The regional airline Firefly flies from Singapore to the smaller airports at Ipoh, Kuantan, and Subang (Kuala Lumpur). If you're travelling to eastern Malaysia to explore the jungles of Borneo, AirAsia flies to Kota Kinabalu while both AirAsia and Tiger fly to Kuching.
Philippines: Both Jetstar and Cebu Pacific fly Singapore–Manila for around S$100. For a slightly cheaper fare, you can fly with Tiger Airways or Cebu Pacific to Clark Airport outside of Manila. Cebu Pacific also offers cheap flights to Cebu, which is a great starting point to explore the Philippines' amazing islands and beaches.
Thailand: If you're heading to the capital city or to the beach, Tiger Airways, Air Asia, and Jetstar all fly the Singapore–Bangkok and Singapore-Phuket routes. Air Asia offers direct flights from Singapore all the way north to Chiang Mai, and Tiger Airways flies to Krabi and Hat Yai in the south. On weekdays a one-way flight costs S$50-100 including tax, but prices to these popular holiday destinations skyrocket on weekends.
Vietnam: Tiger Airways and Jetstar offer direct flights from Singapore to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Jetstar will also sell you a ticket to Da Nang via Ho Chi Minh City. Considering it would take more than three days of non-stop driving to get to Vietnam, S$80-100 for a one-way flight is a bargain.
AirAsia – www.airasia.com
Jetstar – www.jetstar.com
Tiger Airways – www.tigerairways.com
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This craft is especially realised with Chris' wedding and portrait imagery, where the finished images will stand the test of time, which you and your descendants will appreciate for decades to come. Chris' image style is classic and decadent, with undertones of heartfelt and a touch of whimsy. Family is very important to Chris and Michelle, which is reflected in the finished works, being your images in a beautiful album printed on archival fine art paper, and bound be the industry's finest craftsmen. Allow yourself to experience Christopher Thomas Photography, and Remember Today… Your Wedding Day…
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"Chris and Michelle were amazing to work with leading up to and on our wedding day. They always made sure we felt comfortable, they were able to capture all the important moments and were never pushy or invasive. Their final work is beautiful and we now have photos that we will cherish for a lifetime. " Pam & Jarrod
"I cannot emphasize how great Chris and Michelle are. We had a ball from the first meeting, to the time we finished! He was relaxed, and made all of us laugh. We felt so comfortable with him, and any special photos we wanted, he made sure we got, like the photo of my grandmas brooch on my bouquet. Chris made us feel at home on every meeting leading up to the big day. His professionalism and passion was second to none!" Jen & Tom
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"Josh and I are both camera shy, but Chris helped us feel at ease in front of the camera and made the photos effortless on our part. Having Michelle there as a second photographer was great, because she was able to photograph the decorations while Chris shot us getting ready – just what you need when you're already rushed for time. The wealth of experience they brought to our wedding was immeasurable and their calm presence throughout the day was appreciated among such chaos." Josh and Sarah
"Chris made it easy from first meeting to last. It's important to feel comfortable with your Photographer and we hit it off with Chris from our initial meeting. His sense of humour whilst getting the job done turned what could have been an arduous task into a thoroughly enjoyable part of the day. He followed our brief exactly and produced a beautiful album with fantastic images that we will enjoy looking at for years to come. Chris doesn't just produce wedding photographs they are stylish and refined with an enormous element of artwork and attention to artistic detail. We would have no hesitation in recommending Chris, he's professional, highly skilled and a genuine, fun guy to be around." Steve and Kelly
"We couldn't have asked for a more professional, organised, calm and fun couple! Chris and Michelle did an absolutely amazing job, we had a blast with them! After the bridal photos were all complete, they blended into the crowd splendidly, we hardly noticed that they were there! The photos are to die for and we have no hesitation recommending them to anyone! Thank you so much for everything :)" Jasmine & Grant
"Christopher Thomas Photography were so much fun to have around on our wedding day. They made us feel relaxed and captured our day brilliantly. Chris and his wife Michelle make a great professional team and together they create beautiful photography." Jane & Kristian
"Thankyou so very much to you and Michelle for the gorgeous photo. It will definitely take pride of place in our home for many years to come. We can see why you are both so highly awarded. Thank you again" Nikki and David
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"It was a pleasure to work with Chris – he has a great personality and was able to capture our outgoing nature quickly and without fuss, which is a great effort with the rain on the day but he made everything stress free and fun – and the finished product is amazing. Thanks doesn't even cover it" Hamish and Kristie
"Chris and his wife Michelle were amazing from the start. We shopped around for a photographer, and after a few minutes with Chris we knew he was the Photographer for us. Funny but professional, Chris really clicked with us. They both really put us at ease all day. Our guests have continuously commented on them and the great job they did. The photos themselves are exactly what we had in mind. We couldn't be happier! We just wish more of our friends and family lived in Brisbane so we could refer Chris Thomas Photography to them!" Ken & Tina
"Dear Chris and Michelle, thank you for sharing our wedding day with us. We really had a wonderful time. Without you we would not have been able to capture those special moments. Memories we now have for a life time. With love Melissa & Kevin"
"Chris and Michelle, you are both simply amazing! We are so impressed with the quality and creativity of the photos that you took. We really appreciate all of your hard work in providing us with such top quality photos. It's absolutely wonderful to have such great memories captured in print. Both of us had such a fantastic day and want to thank you for your part in it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" Brad & Amanda
"A lot of wedding parties find photography rushed and stressful. Our day with Christopher Thomas Photography was fantastic – we were relaxed and really enjoyed the process which is reflected in the incredible photographs they took. The photographers blended into the background – how they got the photos they did, I don't know!" Mark & Jocelyn
"We can't begin to thank Chris and Michelle enough for the amazing job they did capturing every special moment from our wedding day. We couldn't be happier with the photos and beautiful memories we can now cherish for a lifetime. Through the whole process leading up to the wedding, Chris was exceptionally professional and approachable, and made us both feel comfortable and at ease – making it stress free for both of us on the day. His relaxed approach and genuine enthusiasm for his work made our wedding all the more enjoyable – and everyone has commented on how easy to work with and fun both Chris & Michelle were!" Kathryn & Chris
"Thank you so very much to you and Michelle for the gorgeous photo of our daughter. It will definitely take pride of place in our home for many years to come. We can see why you would both be highly awarded." Nicola & David
"You only need to take one look at the photos from our wedding to see that Chris is a very talented and creative photographer. We both loved Chris' work as soon as we saw it. He was enthusiastic, prefessional and lots of fun to work with. Our family has all agreed that he did an exceptional job capturing the joyous spirit of our wedding day. Nick and I would like to thank Chris and his family for photographing our wedding." Nicole & Nick
"Chris was fantastic right from the very first call – he explained everything upfront and has a really great eye for detail. On the day Chris really captured the feel of the day and our family and friends loved the way they interacted with everyone. The images are outstanding, and he is really professional, yet made us feel so relaxed leading up to, and during the day." Steve & Tjara
"Chris was great, neither Scott or I feel comfortable infront of a camera and he made it so easy. He told us exactly what to do which was great. He had some great ideas and was easy to deal with. There wasn't anything too hard and was stress free on the day. We all had lots of fun and he gave other people time to get a photo and worked in well with all the guests which was nice." Scott & Elissa


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Sometimes, You Just Can't Get Enough Stan Ridgway
Especially when he and his band, Wall of Voodoo, have been retro-cranked through a wall of synthesizers to perfectly mimic the Spaghetti Western sound of gritty rockabilly tunes. (As Mrs. Polly notes, "It's like Johnny Cash and Harry Dean Stanton had an illegitimate son and named him Stan.")
In case you're wondering, here's the list of reasons WoV thinks most people are motivated to relocate in the Wild West:
"There's a conflict," he said, "there's a conflict
Between land and people
The people have to go
They've come all the way out here to make mining claims
To do automobile body work
To gamble
Take pictures
To not have to do laundry
To own a mini-bike
Have their own CB radios and air conditioning
Good plumbing for sure
And to sell Time/Life books and to work in a deli
To have a little chili every morning
And maybe… maybe to own their own gas stations again
And take drugs
Have some crazy sex
But above all, above all, to have a fair shake
To get a piece of the rock and a slice of the pie
And spit out of the window of your car and not have the wind blow it back in your face"
For me, it would be enough just to see the Milky Way one more time, or to run my wounded brain through a sweat lodge for an hour or so. (More Voodoo Hoodoo to come when the right moment strikes.)
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We absolutely LOVE when famous people use Lerner more than we do. New York's Mayor Bloomberg, Senators Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), MSNBC host and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough, and many other political figures will be using our student center on Dec. 13 for a grassroots push toward centrism. This unholy alliance between Republicans and Democrats will be brought to us by "No Labels" and will happen on our very campus, supposedly with the help of some CU students, although we're not quite sure of the details. More news to come when we know what's up.
It is a shame that Joe liberman is coming to Columbia because this person is too sneaky and short of morality. Anything he does is to secure his political life. Look at what he did in the last few years! As a democrat, he went to the stage of Republicans to attack Obama and bowed to McCain, betraying his party. Loyalty is basic ethic of humans. If you had a friend like liberman, would you think that he was honest and trustable? Honesty is the most important character in all kinds of human cultures!
Nothing pesronal its just how he says it!!! Like Brock has HEART, and on how he brags on Lesnars Size compared to VELASQUEZ, HE NEVER ONCE SAYS ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT CAIN . ITS ALMOST LIKE HES SUCKING BROCKS DICK!!! LOL, YEAH HE LOOKS LIKE A QUEER!!!! OH AND ALSO, THE DICK CANT PRONOUNCE HIS FUCKING NAME RIGHT!!! THAT SHIT PISSES ME OFF!!! AND IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT I GOT TO SAY FUCK YOU TOO!!!VA:F [1.9.8_1114]please wait...VA:F [1.9.8_1114](from 0 votes)
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The Kenner City Council tonight is scheduled to consider authorizing Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni sign a deal for the Coconut Beach outdoor volleyball complex to move from New Orleans to Laketown. The private Coconut Beach outfit would build at least 22 sand courts, lighting and a concession area on municipal land just south of the Pontchartrain Center, said Bruce White, who owns Coconut Beach with partner Mike Drury.
The complex could be ready by June 2, when a charity tournament for Children's Hospital is scheduled to begin, White said.
Coconut Beach would pay Kenner $20 for each team that participates in a league, and Kenner would be able to use the complex for organized sports when it is otherwise idle, according to the proposed 15-year agreement.
The proposal calls for letting the volleyball organizers operate a concession area during organized functions. Twenty percent of its net revenue would be spent on capital improvements to the property, such as drainage or parking lot improvements.
The agreement says Coconut Beach must shield neighborhoods from excessive noise and artificial lighting.
Coconut Beach has been located in West End in New Orleans since the 1980s. But a nearby hurricane protection project by the Army Corps of Engineers is swallowing Coconut Beach's property, prompting White and Drury to look elsewhere.
Also up for consideration tonight is a change to the city's zoning code to allow churches and other places of worship in commercial and general office zoning classifications. Currently, such religious buildings are only allowed in residential zoning districts.
"This is a win-win," said Councilman Joe Stagni, who submitted the ordinance. "We have so much vacant retail space in many of our shopping centers it's just common sense to expand some uses in commercial and general office zoning districts."
The council meets at 5 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 1801 Williams Blvd.
Mary Sparacello can be reached at email@example.com or 504.883.7063.


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The hesitant love song – "If I Loved You," "Almost Like Being in Love" "People Will Say We're in Love" – has been a part of musical theater since the first songwriter rhymed moon, June and spoon together. But whether in "Carousel," "Brigadoon," "Oklahoma!" or any other show, we know that the couple will recognize their love and live happ'ly ever after.
Unless it's a Stephen Sondheim show.
In "Marry Me A Little," now playing at the Mid-City Theatre, a pair of would-be lovers live side by side in an adjoining apartment, each lamenting or remembering lost loves, while never realizing that a kindred spirit is right next door. (The production transfers the original setting from a New York apartment house to a New Orleans shotgun double, but other than a few local references in the décor, the idea isn't overstated.)
Conceived and developed by Craig Lucas (who, though being a successful playwright, has turned being a Sondheim acolyte into a full-time job) and Norman Rene, the show is a blend of a standard story-show and a concert of lesser-known songs, mostly cut from various shows or draft versions of the songs that made it to the stage. It may seem a spurious decision to build a show around trunk songs, but the fact is that Sondheim's leftovers are far better than some of the drivel that makes it to Broadway today.
- What: The Promethean Theatre Co. presents its first musical, a revue of Stephen Sondheim songs cut from the composer's better-known works. The dialogue-free story concerns two people living in adjoining apartments. Directed by Stephen Eckert, and starring Ashley Rose Butler and Aaron Lind.
- Where: Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St.
- When: Performances at 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., through May 18.
- Admission: Tickets are $25, $20 for students and seniors. For more information, call 488.1460 or visit the theater website.
Anyone familiar with Sondheim's musicals will recognize the pattern of anti-love songs, and probably could identify from which shows the various numbers originated, "Company" and "Follies" being the most significant.
That hesitating tone comes as little surprise from a composer who has penned lines such as, "You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?" or "Marry me a little, love me just enough." Despite a generally cynical point of view, however, the songs do convey a unique longing and fearful desire.
All is not melancholy, however. Director Stephen Eckert has a fine cast in Aaron Lind and Ashley Rose Bailey. They brighten the proceedings greatly, adding hope and some sharp humor, while creating a pleasant chemistry. That is especially important when the arc of the plot is created without dialogue, relying entirely on the placement of songs, and hints dropped by the performers' actions.
While both performers may be a bit too young to be fully believable as having experienced so much cynicism in love, they also each bring splendid voices to the music.
Bailey, who has previously scored noted performances in two other recent music-driven shows, "Blueberry Hill" and "Under the Boardwalk," is a knockout belter, who brings a jazz and blues influence to the songs, giving them added style.
Her rendition of "Can that Boy Foxtrot," a wittily naughty number cut from "Follies," is delicious. "There Won't Be Trumpets," from "Anyone Can Whistle," rings out boldly, and "The Girls of Summer" gets a seductive sizzle.
Lind's previous appearances in "Class of 70something" and "Hair" didn't showcase his voice to the extent that "Marry Me A Little" does. With a voice that appears to range from mid-baritone levels to high tenor reaches, while remaining warmly rounded, I look forward to hearing from him again. Lind also has a nice handling of Sondheim's lyrics, the trickier the better.
Lind handles "All Things Bright and Beautiful," which is one of the loveliest melodies Sondheim has ever written, with a sublime grace. An added, shall we say, touch of humor to "Bring on the Girls," and "Bang" would certainly not have appeared in renditions of the songs in either "Follies" or "A Little Night Music." And he reaches emotional heights with "Happily Ever After," the cynical earlier version of Sondheim's anthem, "Being Alive," from "Company."
Some audience members may be put off by the perceived darkness of it all, as well as the instances in which Sondheim allows his lyrics to become too preciously clever by half, often a distracting element of his work.
For Sondheim devotees, however, the show is especially a must-see, even if they already know these songs from the many tribute performances and anthology recordings out there. The show does have one of the newest cut songs, "Rainbows, which was written as an addition to the upcoming film version of "Into the Woods," but since also discarded.
Eckert's direction is straightforward, keeping the focus on the singers and song, while revealing the little clues about the pair's lives with subtlety. Leah Farrelly's set could use more visual distinction to separate the two apartments. Without knowing the conceit of the production ahead of time, it takes a few minutes to realize that Bailey and Lind are not in the same room.


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For the second consecutive year, skateboarders will be taking over downtown Jamestown on Saturday to compete for prizes and respect while demonstrating their talents at the second annual Block, Rock & Session.
Sponsored by Suburban Blend, SkateboardRev.com, and Monster Energy Drinks, this year's event is designed to be more entertaining for spectators and more challenging for competitors, according to Pete Scheira, owner of Suburban Blend on East Third Street.
"We have a lot of cool things lined up for this year's event and the new ramps provided by Monster Energy Drinks will be easier for the kids to skate and make it way more fun for the crowd to watch," Scheira said. "We want to invite everyone downtown to show them that how great skateboarding really is."
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Frank Knab, a skateboarder from Buffalo, demonstrates his skills at last year's Block, Rock & Session skating event in Jamestown.
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In addition to the skaters and their tricks, the event will feature the sounds of DJ Cobra and DJ Bloom, several food vendors and giveaways, as the Downtown Jamestown Development Corporation has arranged their use of the wood park at Potter's Terrace.
The Active Artists Alliance will also be on hand, doing live painting demonstrations and showcasing the work of group members in their gallery tent.
The event, which is held in conjunction with national Go Skateboarding Day, has grown since its inaugural year and Scheira said that he plans to continue with that trend.
"I'd love to see it grow to one day become an event that spans several blocks of Third Street and brings thousands to downtown Jamestown," he said. "The city has been great to work with and we're going to keep building upon it every year."
Scheira along with Matt Centi and Marc Graves have worked for months to put it the event together, and their hard work will come to fruition Saturday.
"This is the only high-flying, action sports event downtown all summer long," Scheira said. "It's going to be a lot of fun and a good show. People should definitely stop by and hang out."
For more information, visit www.shoptheblend.com or www.skateboardrev.com or check out Suburban Blend's Facebook page.


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Inattention by both a city truck driver and the fellow driver he struck appears to have been the cause of a fatal accident Wednesday near the Syracuse Department of Public Works asphalt plant, city police said this afternoon.
Donald A. Ransom, 51, of Syracuse, died about a half-hour after he was run over by a city-owned asphalt truck driven by Charles Feigel, of Chittenango.
That truck did not have a functioning back-up alarm, Sgt. Tom Connellan said.
Ransom had backed his asphalt truck into a bay and tipped up the bed to hose it out when Feigel entered the yard, Connellan said.
Feigel's truck was more than 150 yards away from Ransom's when the two men met in the yard and talked, Connellan said. Feigel then got into his cab and began backing the truck into the bay next to Ransom's. He assumed that Ransom had walked to his truck, Connellan said.
Ransom, for an unknown reason, stayed in the yard, Connellan said.
"Feigel is backing up and obviously didn't see Ransom in the parking lot," Connellan said. He ran over Ransom without realizing it, Connellan said.
The asphalt plant, which makes a lot of noise, was operating at the time, Connellan said. The investigation is continuing.
For more on this story, see staff writer Robert A. Baker's report Friday in The Post-Standard.


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April 22, 2014
COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 22, 2014)—In observance of Community Law Week, the S.C. Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) is holding two special Ask-A-Lawyer events to coordinate volunteer lawyers in a regional effort to assist the public with its legal questions.
Television phone banks staffed by YLD volunteer attorneys will air on the WLTX evening news Monday, May 5, between 5 and 7:30 p.m., and the WCBD News 2 evening broadcast Tuesday, May 6, between 5 and 6:30 p.m. Watch the broadcasts for the number to call.
Lawyers will also respond to questions via Web chats during those times. To ask a question online, visit www.scbar.org/aal.
Attorney volunteers for WLTX include Charles Appleby, Bryan Caskey, Ryan Compton, Davis Inabnit, David Mason, Ashley Myers, Clarke Newton, Joseph Sandefur, Brett Daniel Woron and Michael Wright.
Attorney volunteers for WCBD News 2 include Ryan Compton, Evan Guthrie, Blake Hewitt, Alex Hyman, Amish Jethwa, Susannah Knox, Katie Mellen, Katie Monoc, Ryan Neville and Patrick Wooten.
Community Law Week is sponsored by the S.C. Bar YLD and takes place during the first week of May each year. During this time, community service projects are planned in each judicial circuit throughout the state, which are designed to promote public service among the legal profession and provide the public with information about its legal rights. Other Community Law Week events include blood drives, Cocky's Reading Express events (designed to promote children's literacy), beautification efforts in Anderson, a wills clinic and a canned food drive.
The Ask-A-Lawyer program is made possible by the S.C. Bar Foundation.
The South Carolina Bar, which has a membership of more than 14,500 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.


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Free Your Creativity: ARTmournal …eh artjournal
If you missed why I call an Art Journal – ARTmournal: check this post
My ARTmournal has been a great way the last couple of weeks to keep me sane- LOL. And it helped tremendously in decisions for projects for CHA. It is just so freeing to play in the journal and combining it with different other things like new media (yum yum yum…..will talk more about this new treasure soon), techniques, colors, thoughts.
and it is so forgiving because it is what it is – a journal – if I do not like what I did- I can always cover it up again …
and do something else….
Makes some fun 10 minutes a day, and helps to get some play- and me-time:
Preparing me for the big project.Calming me down. Taking away the fear of the blank page. Getting my thoughts and emotions articulated.
And that about sums it up for me now why doing an ARTjournal/mournal .
Try it 🙂
Have an amazing and wonderful day…I'm off to tackle my printer…that guy is in TROUBLE ! LOL
Comments (16)
Malin Scheier
Look so beautiful!
I love these colours! The pink with the blue and the green with all that texture! 😀
I can't wait for Uber Media Gesso!
Nathalie Kalbach
It is going to be a lot of fun!!!
WOW these are gorgeous!! love all the deep rich colors you used. I always love the classic white to.
Thanks so much for putting together this Jumpstart, everyday is exciting and full of new ideas for me. You have done a great job putting it together.
Have a fun and creative day!!
Nathalie Kalbach
Thank you Dawn- for you too 🙂
Mary Werner
I thought of your next years project HA. Tell us ways to stop collecting inspiration from Pinterest and start producing! Now that would be like throwing away all those magazines I have saved because I might use the article one day and making room to create. HELP, please.
Nathalie Kalbach
hahahah- Mary- very nice of you 😉 I will wrap my head around it 😉
Pure therapy. I want to touch them 🙂
Such gorgeousness! That texture and color is sooooo rich! I don't know if you can continue to call it an ARTmournal with that much deliciousness inside! 😛
Gorgeous!!! Love the colorful with hearts! But somehow I felt like doing something all white!! What to do?? (both probably LOL ) Thanks for sharing Nat!
Lynette (NZ)
So cool. Just watched your jump start videos. Great to be reminded to look outside for inspiration, but especially good to see how you turned that inspiration into a practical project. Thanks for all the work you have done to create this wonderful month 🙂
Peg Hewitt
Wow, I just want to see it in the flesh, looks amazing Nat!
Thanks heaps for all your JumpStart inspo too, really got me dreaming about stuff 🙂
Nathalie Kalbach
Thanks Peg- miss you girl!
Marjie Kemper
Such gorgeous colors and texture…. love the lines you've drawn in the paint on top!
Charlene Ocasek
Have not received anything today, is it me or what's up:)
Stine Maansen
Love love love all the different textures! gorgeous!


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Look further down the poster – past Skrillex, Artic Monkeys, Frank Ocean and well past all the Kanye, Elton and Jack White star-power listed at the top of the 2014 Bonnaroo lineup, and you'll find a slew of amazing, world-class artists playing this year's festival.
And that's one of the coolest aspects of Bonnaroo. Those afternoon and early evening performances that are undeniably stirring, accomplished and flat-out fun. They turn you into a fan of an artist you previously knew, at most, as a name read in passing on a music blog or in a magazine.
The 2014 Bonnaroo Arts & Music Festival will take place June 12 - 15 at a 700-acre farm, called Great Stage Park, in Manchester, Tenn. Attendance for last year's Bonnaroo was reportedly around 150,000. Current ticket prices range from $285 for one standard four-day pass to $1,500 for a pair of VIP tickets, all available via bonnaroo.com.
Click through the above photo gallery to find out more about 11 Bonnaroo 2014 artists you may not know yet, but should start listening to now. Like, right now.


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A new photo has been released for Guillermo del Toro's upcoming battle between aliens and giant robots piloted by humans. The new image for "Pacific Rim" features Idris Elba ("Thor"), who portrays Lieutenant-Commander Stacker Pentecost, speaking with Rinko Kikuchi ("Babel"). The photo doesn't reveal too much but does give us a good look at Pentecost's command center.
Ever since the first trailer was released, buzz around the film has been steady. With the news that a sequel script is already in the works, Legendary Pictures has got to think they are on to something big with del Toro's next generation of monsters.
Are you excited for the film? Let us know in the comments section below!
"Pacific Rim" hits AMC Theatres on July 12th 2013.
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Editor's Note: Tell us what you really think, Dr. Wheeler! This scathing, one-sided opinion piece, which could air on any number of American right-wing talk radio shows where environmentalists are routinely derided as "whackos," nonetheless raises interesting points. To develop policies governing production of food, energy, water, based on the "precautionary principle" may sometimes be an unaffordable luxury.
Wheeler can't refute the premise of anti-GMO activists, that "the bar for risk has been raised to the threshold of possible extinction itself" but he is correct that proving a negative – this GMO will never hurt anything – is impossible and the consequence of unfliching adherence to the precautionary principle dooms any further GMO development, and many other promising new technologies. The challenges GMO innovations help solve; hunger, disease, scarcity, pollution, poverty, are also grave threats to humanity – which is worse?
To say GMOs pose no danger at all is an overstatement. But environmentalism cannot become an absolute authority, the ethic that trumps everything. The sanctity of the earth must be balanced by the needs of humanity. Alarmist, black-and-white arguments against GMOs will ring as hollow in the ears of skeptics as might Wheeler's testimony here. With GMOs, the truth of their efficacy or danger is situational or unknown. Moreover it is crucial that activists distinguish between the economic issues associated with GMOs; globalization and trends towards corporate consolidation of agriculture, and the health and environmental issues surrounding GMOs. These issues are correlated, but are problematic for completely different reasons. They should be separate debates.
Genetically modified organisms according to Wheeler can in some cases enable more commercial crop diversity. For example, currently there are only a handful of hybrid varieties of corn and soybeans that comprise a significant portion of world output. There is nuance to genetic science. Is it all bad? Probably not. Are there dangers? Of course. What of rice that's been genetically engineered to contain vitamin A, an innovation that has prevented literally millions of children from going blind? Should we never have done this? Are there always preferable alternatives to genetically modified crops?
Media iconoclast H.L. Mencken, around 1925, wrote that "the whole aim of politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary". Well, the hubbub about GMO is less about the science than it is about politics. A GMO is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there.
Humans have been genetically engineering their food crops for, oh, maybe 10,000 years. Suppose you're a subsistence farmer in 3000 B.C. and it's a year of drought. You try to gather enough of your crop to feed your family, and you save the seed from the most robust (drought resistant) plants for next years planting. After some years, you have engineered a drought resistant strain of wheat or millet or whatever. Later we learned to cross-pollinate our food crops with wild cousins or some mutant weed having properties we wanted, such as resistance to insects or to fungus. We've done the same with all of our domestic animals. We've been messing around with genes FOREVER, even when we had no idea that there was such a thing as a gene! The bottom line is: NOTHING we eat is "natural"!
So what is the difference between traditional selective breeding of crop plants and most modern biotech manipulation? Easy answer: the traditional way is much less exact and lots slower. And because it is less exact, there is a greater chance for some unknown rogue gene to express itself. So why are so many people afraid of biotech crops? The reasons the fear mongers like Greenpeace put forth are that genetic modifications of plants may produce crops containing unknown toxins and allergens (aren't many of us allergic to lots and lots of "natural pollens," so what's a few more— take your antihistamines!). Or perhaps a gene such as the one that makes corn resistant to the corn borer bug will jump into wild cousins and kill bugs (hopefully, mosquitoes). We could even have super frankenweeds appear (as if we don't have lots of those already, like crabgrass). The fact is that after more than 20 years of research and development; 86% of soy, 46% of corn, and 76% of cotton crops grown in the U.S. are bio-engineered crops. And to quote a recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The bugs are fine, super weeds are science fiction, and no one is breaking out in hives".
The answer to my arguments that the anti-GMO people put forth is something they invented that they call the "precautionary principle". Anti-every new technology "activists such as Jemery Rifkin state it thusly: "because the stakes are so high, we have to weigh even the most dramatic benefits against the prospects of even more destructive consequences. The old Enlightenment science is too primitive to address a world where the bar for risk has been raised to the threshold of possible extinction itself." So to these folks, scientific evidence doesn't matter, science itself is irrelevant. If you really don't believe in science, I suggest you go out on the roof of a tall building and jump off while flapping your arms. Maybe Newton was wrong and you will float around instead of falling to your unanticipated death. Only one's religious belief that new technologies could kill us all should be considered. By this "principle", stone-age activists and "tribal interest" groups would have seen to it that the wheel, fire, stone axes, and riding horses would be banned. Later, we would have banned electricity, railroad trains, automobiles, antibiotics (penicillin can kill those allergic to it), indoor plumbing (you could drown), television (in the 50s, it was thought by pre-greenpeace groups that rays from TV tubes could cause cancer), cell phones (more cancer) and chocolate lattes.
In the real world today, people are starving in Africa because government won't allow them to eat genetically modified corn meal. I guess it's better to be dead now than to have to worry about turning into a mutant later! It is true that at least in Mexico, some GM corn genes have spread to some wild corn cousins. So now you have some wild corn that is resistant to the corn borer bug; so what? Where is the danger to anything? What if scientists inserted an anti-freeze gene from an Artic flounder into an orange tree that could make the orange tree frost resistant, no polluting smudge pots needed. The orange tree could maybe even grow in Montana where there are no wild cousins to spread any "mutant" genes to? You may be worried about mercury levels in fish, but you know that fish oils are really good for your cardiovascular system. Why not insert a salmon gene into soy so that soybean oil could be rich in fish oils? A great potential health benefit without any danger; unless you think you might grow fins or gills by eating such a GMO. Hey, you could become a much better swimmer!
A recent study (conducted by folks with an anti-GMO agenda, perhaps?) showed that fields of organically grown crops had far, far more bees and butterflies buzzing and fluttering around than herbicide resistant GMO crop fields did. Of course, the American media jumped all over that study with the message that GMO crops kill bees and butterflies and probably every other bug there is (again, hopefully mosquitoes). DUH! If you were a smart bee or butterfly, would you want to hang out in a GMO field of herbicide resistant corn or soy? "Gosh darn, say the bugs, there are no flowering weeds around here thanks to all that Roundup stuff, maybe I should try out that organic farm over there across the road that has lots and lots of flowering weeds for my dining pleasure"! In other words, upon reflection, such a "study" means nothing except that it is trying to advance an anti-GMO political agenda.
In the late 1960″ and early 70′s, after world famous fear monger Paul Ehrlich had predicted that virtually everybody on earth would starve to death by 1980, Norman Borlaugh won a Nobel Peace Prize for developing (by traditional breeding techniques) monocultures of VERY high yielding wheat and rice (compared to what was being grown at the time) that now are grown everywhere in the world. This "green revolution" is the reason India and China now can feed themselves; and which is why there are about 2.5 billion people alive now than there would have been, whether you like it or not. However, these now ubiquitous crops absolutely need a gazillion tons of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and lots and lots of water every crop year. This is the stuff you are all eating now. Because they are essentially monocultures, some mutant strain of wheat rust could come along some year and wipe out most of the world's wheat crop. This is a legitimate doomsday concern, as opposed to the not at all legitimate concerns about modern GMO. Wouldn't you rather have some alternative crop options available? Ones that have been engineered to not need a gazillion tons of pesticides and chemical fertilizers??
OK, you still insist that "organic" crops are so very safe and superior, and you don't care that they are also far more expensive than "regular" crops. Here is only one example of many I could give that show the opposite about "safety". In England, 6 tested brands of organically grown corn meal were recently recalled after they were found to contain dangerous levels (more than 20 times the safety limit) of fumonisin, a very potent natural carcinogen produced by a fungus. It is interesting (check this out, greenies) that there has been no testing of organically grown corn meal in the U.S. The reason for the high level of fumoniusin is that chewing insects break the outer coating of the corn kernel (even in corn sprayed with conventional pesticides), allowing free entry to mold spores. GMO corn, however, kills the chewing bugs immediately, so that no mold spores get in. The U.S. Agricultural Research Service (for whom I used to work) found that fumonisin levels were about 40 times lower in GMO corn than non-GMO corn sprayed with the usual pesticides.
Finally, are those of you who are against biotech crops also against biotech drugs? If you had cancer, would you refuse treatment? If you are a diabetic out marching against GMO, do you realize that for the past 20 years your daily dose of insulin is produced from a bacteria or yeast genetically modified to produce human insulin? I have not heard any protests about this fact.
Edward Wheeler, Ph.D in chemistry from U.C. Berkeley (long ago during hippie times), is a noted biochemist who has had extensive experience in food chemistry, cancer research, and toxicology. He has authored numerous articles in refereed scientific journals on those subjects, and holds 12 U.S. patents in the areas of reduced calorie foods and lower calorie "natural fats".


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The 15th annual Falling Waters Traditional Pow Wow is set for 10 a.m. Oct. 18 and 19 at the Middle School at Parkside, 2400 Fourth St.
The event, presented by the Native American Student Community Organization Movement, will feature American Indian drumming, singing, dancing, storytelling, arts and crafts, and food.
Grand Entry starting times are 1 and 7 p.m. Oct. 18 and 1 p.m. Oct.19.
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Mauro, are you planning to add Fuji in the mod?
yes, in the next update.
(at the moment i'm waiting if in this days will be released others addon tracks -Croft? Mugello? etc...- in that case i can insert all in a single update).
P.S. tomorrow night we race with F1 historic at Palm Beach http://www.iraceonline.com/forum/ind...each-01052012/
race is free for all. if you are intresting ..... enter in the server
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A friend of mine spent the last several months working out of country and did not have the opportunity to keep rF2 up to date. Obviously, he did the "Mod" update first which was easy. Getting into an online game with all of the tracks and vmods was another thing. After almost 4 days (about 20 hours of searching) of attempting to get the game pieces together I came up with an idea that worked for him. I packaged up my packages folder in a couple of rar files and dropped them one at a time in my Skype dialogue box and about 30 minutes later we were on track, able to join and race together online.
There are three (3) reasons that I am sharing this information.
1. It is very difficult to chase down the vmods, tracks, and cars to get the game to run properly.
2. The rar/Skype answer turned out to be a fast and easy way to get the game up and running.
3. At present there is no clear way to tell from the mod ID what the maker of a track, car, or vmod named the source file.
No rant... just some information for folks who just want to race online without having to spend weeks looking for answers.
I run the F3's@???=Fun! The original server... as well as the commercial one that is not the original...
I would love to run this mod on a commercial server. However, two companies Hostile Contact and Game Hosting can't get the mod installed.
Is there going to be a better way to install mods like this one onto a commercial server?
And I'll ask the question here, because neither company seems to want to answer it. How come they don't just let you access the GUI of the game?
I'm extremely frustrated... I've spent no fewer than 100 hours of my time to get one of these commercial servers doing what I want them to do. It took me less than an hour to get "F3's@???=Fun! The Original" up and running.
IsI, please help me!
One server I'm paying for Game Hosting is loaning me a server for one week to see if I/they can get this mod to work on it.
Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Bryan, take it to main forum, only way to get attention really imho.
I can't get this mod to work. I made a clean install and started to install the mods, but when trying to install the "Sears Point + Meganes" mod it won't show up in mod manager? When i put the mod it self (1960 world class racing + all tracks) in the packages folder, the mod manager says it's unable to install it!
in manage mods right click on "1960's world class racing + all tracks"/properties/advance info
here you can see what are the problem or missing contents.
Hello this is how it looks:
Mod manager says it's installed, but in "advanced info" it says nothing is installed not even the tracks I've been driving at 2 minutes ago. But as I said in my first post, the Sears Point + meganes-mod is in the packages folder but do not show up in mod manager, as you can see in the picture. No idea what I've done wrong?
I don't think the 'advanced info' works as it should, if you've a mod that's unable to install the advanced info tab claims none of the components are installed even when you know for a fact that some/most of them are!
What you need is to uncheck the 'show mods only' in modmanager so you can see if you have all the required components.
Also the Megane @Sears mod requires the base (v1.0) + v1.1 + v1.2 + v1.3 updates to be installed. It's no good just getting the v1.3 update.
Just want to say this mod works perfect now when I installed all versions of the megane sears point mod Thanks!
Anyone having trouble updating this after the 85 update? I have all the correct versions of tracks and mods on a clean install (including mod updates) and I am unable to select Install.
i have uninstall all the VMod with the new Build 85.
this night or tomorrow i will release a new version of the 1960s World Class Racing + All Tracks [vMod]
Hope possible to have again Sears Point, but i have problems installing Megane_at_SearsPointRW, and dont know if better it is a my local issue (but no luck with your updated virtual mod) or a common one (but no Sears in the next mod version).
For me it is a no no situation.
(First post updated)
1960s World Class Racing All Tracks [vMod]
To use all tracks online with F1 1960s.
1960s World Class Racing All Tracks v0.71[vMod] Download
Mirror (no registration required): Alternative Download
N.B. In Mod Manager uninstall and delete previous version "1960s World Class Racing + All Tracks v0.7"
Before entering in a vMod server, select offline the vMod (or you can have a mismatch error). it's a rF2 bug
Required Content:
ISI Official Mods
- 1960s World Class Racing v1.0
- Renault Megane Trophy v1.1
- Formula Renault 3.5 v1.2
- GT World Endurance 1.1
- ISI Formula Master 1.0
Addon Tracks:
- Mid Ohio v1.90 Download ▬ Alternative Download
- Snetterton 300 v0.71 Download ▬ Alternative Download
- Putnam Park v0.2 Download ▬ Alternative Download
- Fuji Speedway 2012 v1.0 Download ▬ Alternative Download
- Heartland Park Topeka v1.0 Download ▬ Alternative Download
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Phoenix -- When Cedar Hemmings and his small party returned from a Grand Canyon hike to the spot where they had tied their rafts, they found that a flash flood had left them stranded.
"We were basically stuck up the canyon without our rafts," he said. "We had no supplies, no food and very little water, we lost everything."
Hemmings and his group were airlifted out of the scenic gorge by helicopter Sunday, as were about 170 other people who were endangered by floodwaters created by days of heavy rains which at one point breached an earthen dam.
No injuries were reported, but dozens of people were spending the night at an American Red Cross evacuation center set up in the Hualapai Tribal Gymnasium in Peach Springs, Ariz.
Rescuers worked throughout Sunday to locate campers and Supai Village residents and safely transport them to the top of the canyon. About 400 Havasupai tribe members live in the village.
Rescuers will evaluate weather conditions and the level of floodwaters this morning to decide whether they can safely resume air evacuations, said Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge.
Some individuals who were believed to be in the canyon at the time of the flooding are unaccounted for, according to a park service news release.


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The spawn of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith has been trying to chip away at the singles chart, and now she's ready for an album to take her to the next step.
Eleven-year-old singer/rapper Willow Smith is plotting an April 3, 2012 release of "Willow," through Jay-Z's Roc Nation label.
No word yet if her first two singles -- "Whip My Hair" and "21st Century Girl" -- will make the final tracklist, but her third cut " Fireball " featuring Nicki Minaj likely will: the music video to that track is debuting on "106 & Park" next week.
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The Blog Bailout of 2008
Economic Stimulus Package 34972-A
As the economy has worsened, so has the revenue from many sources thought to be financially stable. So it is not a complete surprise that revenue received from blog ads or click ads has fallen sharply in the last three quarters.
Technorati statistics show that there are at least 90 million blogs around the globe that may be in trouble as a direct result of the economic instability in the United States.
Millions of bloggers are faced with real financial difficulties such as getting a real job, shaving, getting up before noon, or getting out of their pajamas and actually working. Some may even be kicked out of their parents house. Many bloggers have found their revenue and reason to live cut off since the Presidential Election.
Millions of these bloggers may have to lay themselves off. They face the prospect of no unemployment benefits, no pension, no health care and especially no internet service for the unforeseeable future.
A well known, brilliant blogger named Rex Howell, from the OBS group has started a national campaign for relief to this affected group and is calling for a stimulus package of $64 billion dollars to insure that most of these people do not have to go back to jobs requiring the wearing of ties and the constant annoyance of alarm clocks in the mornings.
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Please call your Congressman and support Stimulus Package 34972-A to help bloggers everywhere. (there might be something in it for you)


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UPDATE: Wilson Borough fire damaged two homes, left no injuries, official says
Firefighters in Wilson Borough doused a house fire tonight in the 1800 block of Lehigh Street.
The fire began at 10:18 p.m. on a porch and spread to the house, a county emergency dispatch supervisor said.
No injuries were reported.


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Local News
Corn, Soybean Harvest Predicted to be Small
- Published on Friday, 14 September 2012 11:21
A new government report is forecasting a Kansas corn and soybean crop that could be the smallest harvest in the state since 2006.
The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports that corn for grain production in Kansas is now expected to be just over 380 million bushels - that is down 2 percent from August and is 15 percent below last year.
The estimate is based on an average yield of 91 bushels per acre from 4.2 million harvested acres.
The new forecast pegs the soybean crop at just over 70 million bushels, which is down 5 percent from last month and down 31 percent from last year.
Grain sorghum remained unchanged over last month with 88 million bushels, down 20 percent from last year.Read More Local News


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Role of community radio in disaster management on agenda of workshop in Namibia
This week UNESCO and UNICEF are organizing a training workshop for volunteers and members of the Board of the Ohangwena Community Radio in Namibia to enhance their capacities in reporting on development issues. The training, which will take place in Eenhana, will particularly focus on disaster risk reduction, preparedness and management.
Requested by the Ohangwena Community Radio Board, the training will address the principles of community media and its organizational structures. Participants will also be trained in fundraising in order to identify possible resources to ensure the sustainability of their radio. A special session will address the role of community radio as an agent for development and its ability to deal with such issues as disasters. Community media practitioners will be introduced to basic principles and ethical issues of crisis coverage, and acquire practical skills to ensure data collection, analysis and dissemination during disasters.
Freedom of expression and improved access to information for affected populations, including marginalized and vulnerable groups, are essential pillars of disaster risk reduction, preparedness and management. Training of media professionals in fair, unbiased and conflict-sensitive reporting will add to mutual understanding and reconciliation, and ensure appropriate dissemination of life-saving information.
The goal of this week training in Eenhana is to develop the capacity of community media to make the public aware of disaster risk reduction. This workshop is part of the series of training programmes that UNESCO, UNICEF and the Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) are developing under the theme "Lessons Learned in Educational Flood Responses". Preliminary workshops already took place in January and February this year.
Closely coordinated with UN and national Namibian institutions, this series of programmes aims to provide practical support to the Government in its efforts in disaster management. It is based on the 2009 Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Report, the Revised Flash Appeal Namibia 2009 and the National Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Namibia. Launched in 2003, the National Policy recognizes the crucial role that media could play in strong community involvement not only during the acute phase of a disaster, but also during post-disaster activities. The Policy also states that regional authorities and disaster risk management committees must establish relations with relevant media to ensure maximum benefit from media coverage of disaster management activities.
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