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GOP District Attorney Daniel Donovan's office announced Friday that four men have been arrested in separate incidents, accused of stealing jewelry and copper piping from areas shattered by Sandy.
Cops said the jewelry -- earrings, a chain and an angel charm -- belonged to an 89-year-old from New Dorp Beach whose just-renovated home on Center Place was razed by arson fires Sunday morning. Cops said the fires were set by burglars looking to cover their tracks.
Arrested was Michael A. Vanwinkle, 35, who police said pawned the stolen jewelry at Michael's Jewelry at 2626 Hylan Blvd. just an hour after the fire on Sunday.
Vanwinkle, of Isabella Avenue, Oakwood, was arrested on Thursday about 5:30 p.m., according to Donovan's office.
Vanwinkle is charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, but a law enforcement source said the investigation is ongoing as to whether Vanwinkle was involved in the burglary and arson.
The homeowner, Mary Roberts, was on vacation at the time of the fire. The home had been renovated after it was flooded by Sandy. The two-story structure suffered extensive fire, smoke and water damage on Sunday.
"Why did they have to set the house on fire?" Ms. Roberts asked. "That's the part I can't get over. First the hurricane, and now this."
The home had also been burglarized a month before the fire, when Ms. Roberts was home.
Ms. Roberts, who is living with her son-in-law in Annadale, said she hopes to rebuild the home, located steps from where President Barack Obama made his historic post-Sandy visit to the Island last fall.
In another incident, two men were arrested after police said they stole copper piping from a storm-devastated and abandoned home at 100 Oceanic Ave., Eltingville.
According to court papers, James Ferlisi, 36, and Salvatore Maniscalco, 19, both of the same address on Ridgecrest Avenue in Eltingville, were arrested inside the home about 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police said both men were caught with copper pipes in their hands, and that there were eight pieces of copper pipe in a black garbage bag at their feet.
The home, abandoned after the storm, has become a hangout for unsavory characters for drug-taking and other activities, a law enforcement source said, adding that Ferlisi told cops that the two went to the house "to smoke a blunt" and were only moving the copper pipe around.
The two are charged with burglary in the third degree; attempted petit larceny; attempted criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and criminal trespass in the third degree.
In a third episode, Michael Miglionica, 39, of Lincoln Avenue, Midland Beach, was arrested after allegedly trying to take copper pipe from Hangar 38 at Miller Field, New Dorp, cops said.
Miglionica was arrested on Thursday at 8:21 a.m. by U.S. Park Police.
The Park Police said Miglionica cut several feet of copper pipe from the roof, intending to sell it for scrap. The incident caused $1,000 in damage, police said.
A law enforcement source said Miglionica told cops, "I was curious. I might have touched the pipe."
He was charged with burglary in the third degree; possession of burglar's tools; criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and petit larceny.


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My friend has asked for some help selecting parts and building a new system for him. The budget is around $1000 Australian (USD is about parity atm although parts here are more expensive). The aim is to get a solid foundation rig to start with, and later down the track put a GPU and soundcard in there if needed (He doesn't really game, so that might not be needed, we'll see) I've gone through the website for the computer shop I use (www.pccasegear.com.au) and this is the shopping list I came up with. I'm wanting any general advice and pointers on this selection. Also if there is one component that I should downgrade to upgrade a different one and keep the price about the same but get more bang for my buck please tell me.
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit with SP1 OEM
CoolerMaster GX 750W PSU
Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case
Intel Core i5 3570K
Kingston HyperX KHX1866C9D3K2/8GX 8GB (2x4GB)
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB
Total = $985
So I'm pretty keen on this case, but will it being a mid-tower mean I might have issues fitting all this and any future cards in it. Also I might be able to convince him to spend another $50 if there is something that will make a huge difference overall. Any thoughts are appreciated. Cheers
Looks like a reasonable workstation. The power supply is way more than you need, which is something to be concerned about, but if you are intending to add a high-power video card to it you are right where you want to be.
As it is, this would do well for anything short of gaming. The GPU integrated into the i5 is not powerful enough for modern A-list game titles.
Cool no worries. Might get a Silverstone Strider Plus 600W ST60F-PS instead then...Thanks.
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Christian Spirituality for Seekers - Roger Haight's New Book [1]
Cambridge, MA. I was pleased to receive a copy the other day of a new book by Roger Haight, our esteemed and ever-creative fellow Jesuit, educator, theologian, and in recent years, insightful writer in the field of spirituality: Christian Spirituality for Seekers: Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola [2] (Orbis Books, 2012) I will leave the project of a review to review writers – or wait until someone asks me to review it – but I wish to call your attention to this most interesting book.
Christian Spirituality for Seekers is both a thoughtful study of the Exercises and how they came to be, and – in the distinctive dimension of the book – a forward-looking reflection on how the Exercises are a resource for the wider community of those seeking after God, wisdom, and spiritual wholeness. While it is at every point Christ-centered, with much of the text of the Exercises woven into the chapters, Fr. Haight also shows how the genius of Ignatius' spiritual vision can be a guide for a broader spiritual community as well.
Interreligious understanding comes in many varieties and from many starting points, and this book, deeply grounded in the Exercises, deserves attention and will be appreciated by those who are thinking about our mission and witness to Christ in today's religiously diverse world. I know that it resonates well with my own early efforts to draw on the Exercises with Hindu and Buddhist students in Kathmandu in the early 1970s. In this space [3] several years back I recalled that Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, our then new Jesuit General, mentioned favorably the use of the Exercises in adapted form in Japan today, in some of his first public comments as General. Fr. Haight is in a sense doing the same, closer to home, bringing the Exercises to the men and women right around us in our own cities.
Fr. Haight shared a version of the book with us at the Center for the Study of World Religions in the fall of 2011, and the video is here [4].


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Valentine's weekend brings several sweet shows
The 'music of our time' adds a touch of romance
Tangletown Cabaret, an all-women trio from Seattle, will perform what they call the "music of our own time" — beloved and enduring art songs of the 20th and 21st centuries — at a special Valentine's concert at the Blue Heron Saturday night.
The trio includes classically trained mezzo-soprano Sarah Mattox, who recently performed with Vashon Opera, violinist/violist Jo Nardolillo and pianist Judith Cohen.
And just what are those enduring songs of our time? Think "Moon River," Irving Gordon's "Unforgettable" (made unforgettable by Nat King Cole) and the works of George and Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter.
Champagne and chocolate served during the intermission will add to the evening's romance.
The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is part of Vashon Allied Arts' Panache Jazz Series. Tickets, $15 and $25, are available at the Blue Heron, the Heron's Nest, Vashon Bookshop, www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 463-5131.
A Scotsman performs an intimate house concert
Jim Malcolm, a Scottish-born singer-songwriter, returns to Vashon for a house concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. The much-celebrated Scotsman plays the guitar and harmonica and sings both traditional songs of Scotland as well as his own numbers. He also laces his concerts with funny stories and a dry Scottish wit and puts on quite a show, according to Wally Bell, an Islander who booked Malcolm's concert.
Malcolm currently performs solo and has 10 solo CDs to his name. For eight years, he was the lead singer with the multi-award winning Old Blind Dogs, a band considered on the cutting edge of Scotland's roots revival.
"He's one of the best folk musicians out there," Bell said.
The concert, in a fine Vashon home, will include a small selection of appetizers; wine from a local winery will be for sale. Tickets are $20, and seating is limited. Call Bell at 408-7414 for tickets or more details.
Attend 'Church' for an afternoon of love
What sounds sweeter than "love in the afternoon"? That's what the wild and wacky cast of the Church of Great Rain says they'll offer up on Sunday when they put on their third show of the season — a special Valentine's Day revue slated to begin at 4 p.m. at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
The show will feature two special guests who will croon and speak of love — Ian Moore, an acclaimed guitarist and singer-songwriter from Austin who lives on Vashon, and renowned storyteller and mythologist Michael Meade, also an Islander.
The skits — featuring the church's 11 Holy Roller Radio Players — will also take a look at love and romance, from a decidedly comedic and maybe slightly twisted perspective. Head writer Jeff Hoyt, reached at home on Friday, said the topic has proven a rich one for the crew's writers.
"All comedy is about conflict, and all relationships have tension," he said. "So it makes it really easy to write pieces for Valentine's Day."
The church is also expected to release a new product on Sunday. For those who want to get a different kind of buzz, Church of Great Rain will sell not only Fupp's Beer but also a special Church House Blend roasted by the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. One, Hoyt said, is called Heavenly High, a French Roast; the other is called Transcendental Decaf.
Shows — with audiences close to 600-people strong — have been selling out, Hoyt says. So advance tickets — $10 apiece — are suggested. Get them at the Vashon Bookshop or brownpapertickets.com.
Sample wine and listen to acoustic guitar at Luna
Ron Irvine will offer four romantic wines for $12 at February's "Second Friday" wine tasting, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Café Luna. Slated for serving is a sparkling wine, a crisp, dry white wine, a full red wine and what Irvine calls "a lush dessert wine."
The Valentine's Day-themed tasting will be accompanied by the sounds of finger-style solo guitarist and composer Damon Buxton. Buxton works in the style of Windham Hill artists, and his 2007 recording "Forgiving Dreams" was produced by Will Ackerman, the Grammy-award-winning founder of Windham Hill Records.
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This week my wife and I attended w00tstock 2.3 here in Minneapolis. This show was staged by Paul and Storm, Wil Wheaton, and Adam Savage as part of a limited tour of nerdy goodness. It's a difficult show to describe. One part music, one part spoken word, one part local flavor, 100 parts nerd. Aside – Read More –
Thanks for reading
I've got quite a few big things going on right now, but I'm pausing here to say thank you to everybody who reads me around the web, especially here on my blog. Thank you!
The golden nose: A mystery solved
About 15 years ago, my dad built a 1/6th scale radio controlled flying model of Charles Lindbergh's iconic Ryan NYP, better known as The Spirit of St. Louis. In the two years he spent constructing his 91″ replica, dad extensively researched Lindbergh's life and seminal, 1927 New York-to-Paris flight. This research showed in the meticulous detail – Read More –
Tinkering is in the bloodline
The week of Christmas, 2007, I learned an essential truth about myself. I am born with invention and discovery in my pedigree. I was sitting in my parents' new house holding a small, silver alarm clock pitted with little dents and patina. Picture the stereotypical alarm clock — round face, stubby little peg feet, big – Read More –
Quick thought: Brake Job
Last night I did half of a rear brake job on my MINI. I wanted to do both sides, but decided I'd rather sleep. This was my first time doing rear brakes at all and I don't yet own a factory service manual for my Cooper S. What makes it worth mentioning is that it – Read More –
Under the weather
I've had an uncommon cold for the better part of a week now. Fever, aches and olympic levels of snot. It's been a little over two years since I've been this ill. This cold is passing, but two years ago was walking pneumonia. Nasty, nasty stuff. What makes it a story worth telling is the – Read More –
The torture tunnel
Let me begin by saying that I'm fine. The only reason I got an MRI was to rule out things my doctor was already pretty sure I didn't have. My results came back completely clear. Aside from endlessly saying "It's not a tumor" that part of the story is actually really boring. What I wanted – Read More –
Ride Log: Home Safe
August 4, 2009 — Tonight a Jeep Cherokee pulled an oblivious left turn right in front of me. Thankfully I was still far enough away that he only managed to pull out in front of me. Had I been a few yards further along, he might have hit me instead. It was still close though. – Read More –


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mary Mrakovcic and her family almost moved out of Meiers Corners a while back, but she's glad they didn't.
Ms. Mrakovcic has resided in the neighborhood since was a child, and said she's lived in Meiers Corners for more than 45 years.
"It's very convenient," said the native of Croatia, citing the nearby stores on Manor Road.
Ms. Mrakovcic also noted the community has changed over time, but everybody gets along well.


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Brandon Primus
Profile: Instrumentalist/Arranger/Performer The manner and flow of my music is heavily influenced by the music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Jazz musician Miles Davis and other notable artists such as John Coltrane, Grover Washington, Jr., and Kenny G. My style of music is a hybrid of Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop and R&B. Basically a historical culmination of styles that black musicians have pioneered.
Brandon Primus is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA and was "Showtime at the Apollo" winner. He attended University Louisiana Monroe (ULM). He worked at Columbia Records as a talent scout in New York City. He has shared the stage with artists like Rashaan Patterson, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Osborne, Eric Roberson, and has performed at places like BB King's Jazz and Blues Night Club in Times Square, The Sugar Bar NYC, and at the Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, VA.Read more
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At the Dec. 10 meeting West Perry school board member Ed Kent noted several fraudulent charges on one of the district's procurement (debit) cards totaling $2,500. Business manager Beth Weiner said there were smaller charges on a previous bill that were refunded and the district has filed disputes on the latest charges.
Weiner also said the suspect charges were easy to identify because they were from unknown vendors and in foreign currencies. The manner in which the security breach occurred was unknown.
Kent stated if such issues continue the district may have to reconsider if the benefits of having the cards (an incentive from the bank and the streamlining of the purchasing process) outweigh the added cost and hassles of dealing with unauthorized charges.
The school district's 2012 Christmas card also was unveiled during the board meeting. The design was the work of New Bloomfield Elementary fifth-grader Lindsey McCurdy.
Her art teacher, Kathy Odato, praised her as a talented student whose skills and interest reach beyond art, noting her singing and athletic prowess.
Odato herself was commended by Superintendent Rhonda Brunner for being an excellent educator who goes the extra mile and excels at engaging her students.
Senior Anna Dixon, a student in Cumberland-Perry Area Vo-Tech's (CPAVT) advertising, art and design class, made a presentation to the board. She stated the CPAVT's real world atmosphere transfers directly to many college programs.
CPAVT Executive Director Justin Bruhn said CPAVT is an extension of West Perry that prepares students for the next phase whether they go straight to work or continue with their education. West Perry sends around 130 students to the school in 20 of the 22 programs CPAVT offers.
The board approved James Ruff as the new varsity softball coach despite concerns expressed by board member Suzanne Dell.
Austin Myers also was approved a volunteer assistant boys' basketball coach.
Deb Kelly presented the board with a 48-page report regarding the recent audit Greenawalt & Co. PC conducted of district finances and internal controls. The district passed with flying colors. The firm did recommend more segregation of duties to foster greater internal oversight, but Kelly noted the district has greatly improved on that issue in recent years. Specific audits of the Title I and IDEA program funds uncovered no major issues.
Kelly noted federal money the district received decreased from $3.7 million in 2010-11 to $1.7 million in 2011-12, which reflects a winding down of the stimulus program.
Michele Detrow reported the district met Title I comparability standards among the three elementary schools.
The board gave tentative approval for the Spanish Club to continue planning for a 2014 trip to Peru. The trip is meant to allow student to sharpen their language skills and experience other cultures. A visit to the ruins at Machu Picchu is part of the trip.
Thirty-three students have expressed serious interest in attending the trip.
Shawn Skethway recognized Ed Apple as a valuable member of the district's maintenance staff. Skethway said he received many comments from staff on the high level of professionalism Apple brings to the job.


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Would you look where Berlusconi is looking?
Our attention is pulled in the direction of where we see other people looking. It happens so automatically that experts have assumed it's a reflex response, impervious to conscious factors, such as the particular identity of the gazer whose line of sight we're following. But a recent monkey study challenged this interpretation: high-status macaques were observed following the gaze of other high-status, but not low-status, monkeys.
Inspired by this result, a team of Italian psychologists have examined whether our attention is influenced more by the gaze of politicians whose political persuasion matches our own.
Find out more about their study, including how it involved Silvio Berlusconi, on our Research Digest.


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My Portobello Paprikash is a vegetarian twist on Chicken Paprikash, a classic Hungarian dish made with chicken cooked in a creamy sauce flavored with Hungarian paprika. For my version, I decided to use Portobello mushrooms because as far as vegetables go, they are very meaty and filling. Portobellos as just grown up cremini mushrooms and are low in calories with a good amount of fiber and protein. They're packed with several hard-to-get nutrients like selenium, copper and potassium. In addition, like other mushrooms, they are rich in disease-fighting phytochemicals, many of which seem to play a role in protecting against certain types of cancer.
One Serving (Paprikash and spaetzle): Calories 355; Fat 13.4(Sat 4.2g); Protein 14.6g; Carb 45.5g; Fiber 7.1g


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Continuing her red carpet annihilation during promotion for her recent film My Week With Marilyn, Williams kept it simple in hot pink Valentino
When we saw this we instantly thought 'this is what Marilyn would have wore, were she an actress today'. It's classic and conservative, but with a little modern twist.
The hot pink colour throws the whole look into modernity and adds subtle sex appeal, while the cute, bow detail on the shoulder keeps it young and fresh.
Her pixie, bleach blonde crop is a modern update on Monroe's sexy, loose curls, while the bright pink lip could never be overlooked for this occasion.


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A slight, mischievous smile played on Vivian Vassar's lips as she slowly negotiated a pathway at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden yesterday. Alongside her was Carolyn Clark, the "Death March" sounding from her trumpet.
The two were mourning, as it were, the loss of art at the Livingston center, where many local artists say they have felt abandoned by the leadership.
"It's so sad, it's like a ghost town here," said Ms. Clark, founder of the Staten Island Philharmonic. "I've lived right outside the gate for 14 years and I've seen it go downhill."
The women were among about 60 people who peacefully demonstrated their concerns as the center held its annual Neptune Ball. Some played musical instruments and sang while others painted or took pictures. Though the mood was laid-back and cheerful, their message was serious: The need for Snug Harbor to welcome them in so they can showcase their work.
Demonstrators raised as much noise as they could while guests filtered into the Music Hall for the Neptune Ball. Bagpipes skirled, joining the trumpet, the flute, bongo drums and a gong. Ms. Vassar, who goes by the name Hey Viv!, was dressed in pink and green as the "art fairy;" she waved a magic wand and twirled on the grass.
The group said their goal was simply to get noticed by as many people as possible in hopes of raising awareness about their situation.
"The people have come here to speak up because they are not happy," said Janet Rispoli, a member of the Committee to Save Snug Harbor. "If nothing else, we're just hoping for them to say, 'What is that? Why are those people here?'"
Asked about the demonstration, Snug Harbor executive director Frances Paulo Huber said she was willing to work with the group to see what the center can do for them.
"We're trying to offer as much as we can -- I think there's room for everybody," she said, adding that the center will be hosting the Rock the Harbor Music Festival again this year. "Will we ever be able to have every local artist on Staten Island play here? Maybe over a 50-year period, but it's not going to happen at once."
But many demonstrators called Ms. Huber's efforts halfhearted.
"The arts are largely unsupported here," said Gena Mimozo, a production manager from Stapleton and chief operating officer of Staten Island Collaboration, or SICoLab. "They refer to themselves on their Web site as the epicenter of culture on Staten Island but they're not," she said. "I think that this place has a lot of space and a lot of resources that they're not using."
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It was 35 degrees at 6 a.m. in Birmingham and central Alabama faces a rainy day with some icy rain or sleet possible early and snow possible tonight, according the National Weather Service.
In the forecast, rain is possible throughout the day with a high near 41 degrees. Freezing is expected to be spotty this morning across the metro area.
Area roads are open this morning, but highway officials are advising that drivers use caution in traveling. Some bridges and overpasses may have patches of ice, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.
This evening temperatures likely will slide to an overnight low of 31 degrees. Some snow flurries are possible early Saturday. Saturday should warm to the low 40s with the snow and rain being replaced by some sunshine.
The overnight low for Saturday into Sunday is expected to be near 29 degrees. Sunday should offer some sunshine and a high near 53 degrees. A 20 to 30 percent chance of rain will return for Sunday night and Monday but with temperatures staying above freezing.
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Looks like we are in for more pain...
Seriously? You were long SLW after that huge run? Put options all day long. I still love this stock for the long-term but what goes up must come down. If you bought in around the bottom ($23?) then take your profits and wait for the pullback.
Sentiment: Sell
This might be the catalyst to bleed off some of the 20% overbought condition. It needs to find homeostasis.


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Because it's Canada Day and because we didn't do a thing to prepare — we're trying to live up to our reputation as stupid, uncaring Americans, ok? — we've lazily embedded the classic clip from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, wherein the song "Blame Canada" was originally introduced. In 1999, it was nominated for a Grammy (best original song in a film), which caused some feather ruffling. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy!
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A Suite That Cracks the Tchaikovsky Code
Brooklyn, N.Y.
'The Hard Nut," Mark Morris's two-act dance set to Tchaikovsky's score for "The Nutcracker," was born in 1991. The choreographer was just completing a high-profile stint as artistic director of dance at Brussels' Théâtre de la Monnaie and, as he recently told Time Out New York, he wanted to take a crack at a "big new piece."
Once Mr. Morris decided on a title—after the tale-within-the-tale from "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816) by E.T.A. Hoffmann—he settled on the aesthetic of Charles Burns, an American graphic artist known for the chilly elegance that distinguishes his comic-book images of fantasy and horror for such works as the Hoffmanesque "Big Baby."
Mr. Morris's "Hard Nut" might well be classified as the choreographer's own "big baby." Despite the somewhat modest-size cast it employs, compared with most other "Nutcrackers"—32 dancers playing 93 roles—this Mark Morris Dance Group production is quite big for its size.
Part of this is due to the way Adrianne Lobel's set designs have translated Mr. Burns's vision. At the start, for example, in the shallow confines of the frontmost area of the stage, we see in crisp black and white what looks like a magnifying-glass image of a ranch-style, American den in the 1970s. There Mr. Morris introduces, in front of their TV set, the three Stahlbaum children and the family's maid: Think of a Roy Lichtenstein comic-strip canvas as tableau vivant.
The Hard Nut
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The subsequent parlor scene is "Nightmare Before Christmas" witty, not "Night Before Christmas" cozy. It follows the basic Hoffmann outline for a family Christmas with presents around the tree while it spins itself into a dizzying scene of inebriated relatives and often unruly kids. In increasingly handsome and hallucinatory surroundings, both domestic and fantastic, "The Hard Nut" seems to take place under a high-powered lens, with white outlines against black defining the depth of the stage.
Drosselmeier, an eccentric family friend with magical powers, arrives and casts a spell that causes the room and its contents to grow huge. A battle between outsize rats and similarly scaled G.I. Joe figures ends with a graphic ka-boom after Marie, the good-hearted child of the family, comes to the rescue and turns the brave, toothy Nutcracker into the comely prince he actually is, as well as Drosselmeier's nephew.
Mr. Morris's fabulously athletic and ecstatic "Waltz of the Snowflakes" follows a touching duet for the two Drosselmeiers, uncle and nephew. The waltz's wonders include a moment that looks new this year: Following the final crescendo, accented by tossed confetti snow, the particles hover like a luminous, misty mirage above the empty stage.
Act 2 includes the secondary Hoffmann tale about the search for a magical hard nut. Though it's succinctly spelled out in a program note and carefully delineated in some of Mr. Morris's most witty pantomime, the new narrative still isn't easy to follow.
Its telling carries the action to the famous suite of sweets and to the individual places around the world evoked by Tchaikovsky's musical numbers. Each little dance is astutely arranged by Mr. Morris as a pointed take on its land of origin. The "Dance of the Reed Pipes," performed by two preening, style-conscious French couples, dancing on pointe, is especially delectable.
The use of the suite's closing selection to wrap up the story of the hard nut is again mime-filled and intriguing, but the music runs out. So Hoffmann's convoluted ending about the prince's retransformation into a nutcracker and Marie's subsequent willingness to accept him despite his grotesque state isn't clearly delineated.
Mr. Morris's dance-making, however, returns to full power and clarity from here on. After a somewhat intentionally heavy-footed "Waltz of the Flowers," his young lovers join in a pas de deux intermixed with their entire world: family members, toys, foreign citizens, snowflakes and flowers alike. Tchaikovsky's "andante maestoso" reaches its full soaring heights with Mr. Morris's choreography riding the crest. At the conclusion come individual solos for Marie and Young Drosselmeier and an invigorating, breathless coda—a mad dash for all concerned, happily hurtling to their fates.
The score's expansive apotheosis returns the action to the TV room, as footage of Marie and her princely mate appears on the tube—to the astonishment of her still-squabbling siblings. The no-nonsense maid then sends her charges to bed, before summarily shutting the door to punctuate the ending of "The Hard Nut."
This year, Mr. Morris plays Dr. Stahlbaum, the father of the family, as well as the "Hard Nut" tale's king, and he nearly steals the show. With thick glasses, a wispy moustache and pursed lips, his Dr. Stahlbaum is part Liberace and part Ernie Kovacs, a fellow altogether timid, henpecked and utterly oblivious.
Lauren Grant makes much of the fight and fulfillment that Marie finds in this environment. Kraig Patterson, returning to a role he originated at the premiere of the work, plays the maid with true wit and grit. Right now, relative newcomer William Smith III misses some of the gravity and mystery inherent to Mr. Morris's presentation of Drosselmeier. John Heginbotham makes much of the role of the seriously funny Mrs. Stahlbaum, never descending to cheap camp.
Sticking to his insistence on live music, Mr. Morris has the Brooklyn Youth Chorus appear almost as an apparition in one of the loges, for the brief moments they provide as angelic voices in the land of snow.
"The Nutcracker," despite its popularity with ticket buyers, can prove a tough nut to crack theatrically. Mr. Morris's "The Hard Nut" manages to do the trick and then some.
Mr. Greskovic writes about dance for the Journal.


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Sizeable Earthquake Likely in the Central U.S., Study Says
A major earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or higher has a 7-10% chance of striking the United States as strain builds along a major fault near Memphis, Tennessee according to an article on livescience.com. The site of previous devastating earthquakes, the area is of particular interest as quakes along the fault are felt across a large area "Such a strong earthquake would rock the entire eastern half of the country and prove devastating to the local region". While a 7-10% chance of occurrence may not seem very threatening, a destructive slightly lesser magnitude earthquake has as great as a 90% chance of happening.
The findings are alarming because they discredit some previously held notions. "The findings contradict a study in the 1990s, based on less data, that concluded the ground was not shifting and so strain buildup was minimal" (livescience.com). Rather, strain has been dangerously accumulating and the risk of an earthquake in region has been growing. More quakes are likely to occur along the "New Madrid" fault. The information from the U.S. geological study was released was released in the journal Nature.
The possibility of disaster to the area similar to that that struck California in 1994 is looming. Survivors of that quake can attest to the danger of even a 6.0 magnitude jolt. The devastation spread out over a large swath of Los Angeles County. Death and property loss and destruction were widespread. "A lesser but still damaging quake of magnitude 6 or greater has a 90 percent chance of striking in the next five decades" (livescience.com). Residents along the areas affected on the New Madrid fault should heed the warning of study and prepare themselves for the event of a natural disaster. An earthquake preparedness kit would be a wise purchase for anyone facing the threat of earthquake. You can learn more about which earthquake kits and Survival Kits you need to prepare for an earthquake by reading our earthquake preparedness guide. Unfortunately for too many people, new research shows that earthquake preparedness is a necessity of imminent importance in the Southern US states.
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The music education program is a supportive and active learning community. Curricular course study is supplemented with active student organizations. Rowan has a student chapter of the National Assocaiation for Music Education (formerly MENC). The Rowan NAfME chapter, advised by Dr. Dammers, sponsors frequent clinics, service projects, convention trips, as well as leadership and networking opportunities for its members. Rowan University also has a chapter of future choral directors, called ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). This is a very active and close-knit group whose passion is to make a difference in the lives of singers. Dr. Thomas is the faculty advisor.


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A screening of several short films from the 46th festival will take place at 8 p.m., preceded by a 6:15 p.m. yoga class. Admission is $20 for film festival and yoga school members and $25 for the public.
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The board took this stance at its meeting on Monday, Dec. 17, because it "acknowledges the value in bringing a long negotiations process to an end," said district spokeswoman Nancy Tucker.
Union president David Quint said before the board meeting, "In these austere times, we think the fact finder's report represents a fair settlement at this time."
Fact finder Robert Gifford, who was appointed to try to break the negotiations deadlock, recommended that teachers get 2.25% raises for each year of a contract that would run July 2011 through June 2015. This raise would include salary guide increases and freeze longevity payments at their current $500. It would be up to the union how the 2.25% would be distributed on the salary guide. He also recommended continuing the current arrangement where some teachers teach six blocks of classes per year and some teach five.
Gifford also recommended eliminating paid wedding leave, freezing all teacher stipends for the length of the contract, freezing tuition reimbursement and requiring teachers who receive tuition reimbursement stay in the district for at least a year or repay the district.
But the board's final offer was for a quarter of a percentage point more than the fact finder's 2.25% figure and would cost the district about $226,000 more over the length of the contract, according to the district Business Administrator Ray Krov. Under its offer, all new teachers would be required to teach six blocks of classes per year.
The union, which also represents support staff, aides and other non-teachers, probably won't vote on the contract until the spring.
Fact finding is one step in a series of procedures that can be invoked after an impasse is declared in teachers-contract negotiations. It comes after mediation and before super-conciliation, which in this case probably won't be necessary.
According to Quint, the average teacher's salary is $60,000.
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David Stern will be in Sacramento tonight because he doesn't want to miss this, either. Encores are rarely this rewarding. Embattled franchises tend to relocate, not move a few miles down the freeway. Professional sports is littered with woe-is-me stories about abandoned communities, squandered opportunities and organizations that cease to exist.
But remarkably, not this city, and amazingly not this franchise.
If not quite a coronation – that occurs only after a championship – Sleep Train Arena tonight will host the biggest celebration since the Sacramento Kings welcomed the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 25, 1985.
"I'm calling it a 'Retention Party,' the unofficial 'Welcome Home,' " Stern joked the other day, "and I'll be there when the new arena opens in October 2016, too."
No way he misses this. The Kings and the NBA commissioner share too much history. Their roots trace to the dark days of the early 1980s, a time of drug scandals, feeble television contracts, tape-delayed playoff games and underfinanced ownership in Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Cleveland and, notably, Kansas City.
NBA fans were just getting to know Magic and Bird, reintroduced to the enduring, electric Lakers-Celtics rivalry, when a brash young Sacramento developer named Gregg Lukenbill purchased the Kansas City Kings. There were no salary caps in 1983, no cable contracts, no team charters. The Dream Team wouldn't be introduced for nine more years, the WNBA for an additional five years. Stern's prediction that international players would someday flourish in America's game was greeted with raised eyebrows and hoots of laughter.
This season's opening-day rosters include 92 players from 39 countries.
Stern's global instincts not only indirectly delivered Sarunas Marciulionis and Vlade Divac to the Kings, they factored in the team's surprising survival in this sense: Kings principal owner Vivek Ranadive is a native of India, a region the league is targeting aggressively for growth.
The combination of factors – Ranadive's investment, aggressive local leadership, the political will to pursue private/public funding for an arena, a mayor who is a former NBA All-Star – produced a dramatic, even stunning turn of events for a Kings franchise long rumored to be moving to Las Vegas, Anaheim, San Jose and, as recently as last spring, Seattle.
"There was no buyer and no arena," Stern said. "But the mayor (Kevin Johnson), to his credit, said, 'What do we need?' I told him, 'A buyer and an arena.' "
Ranadive and his fellow owners produced the $535 million offer accepted by the Maloofs. Johnson, state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Sacramento City Council members put together an arena-financing plan. The addition of prominent developer Mark Friedman solidified the local commitment, a significant development that allayed concerns among influential NBA owners.
But none of this happens – no visit by the Denver Nuggets, no celebration, no cowbells, no downtown bathed in purple – if Stern wavers in his stubborn gut-level belief that franchise relocations cheapen his league. Repeatedly, throughout the ownerships of Lukenbill, Jim Thomas and the Maloofs, he turned away potential investors who were intent on moving the franchise. He evaluated one arena proposal after another, persisting, cajoling, instructing, directing, assembling, constantly pressing for a viable deal.
Stern will tour Downtown Plaza with Johnson and meet with Steinberg and Gov. Jerry Brown at the Capitol this afternoon, then receive the purple-carpet treatment later in the evening, not unlike his experiences on opening night in 1985.
"The details are a bit hazy after almost 30 years," Stern said with a chuckle, "but I wore a tuxedo, and I remember that we got stuck in a long line of traffic on the way to the game. There was no chance I was going to make it, so I told the driver to pull over and drive on the shoulder. Then sure enough, we hear the sirens. I said, 'Officer, I'm the NBA commissioner. I'm supposed to open the building (Arco Arena I). But we have no shot at making it without your help.' He said, 'Follow me,' and escorted us the rest of the way."
The cranky old replacement barn is on life support. The concourses are congested, the visitors' locker room much too crowded despite some recent improvements. But it can hang on for three more seasons. Tonight, after Stern takes his bows, the cowbells will clang, the whistles will blow, and most importantly, a game will be played.
Five improvements fans will notice at Sleep Train Arena:
Parking lot: All the potholes have been filled, and the lots have been repaved and re-striped.
The floor: It's been refinished, with a new look at center court.
More treats: The Kings promise more regional food – and microbrews, too, including Rubicon IPA, American River Coloma Brown and Anchor Steam White IPA (these will change throughout the season).
Stay connected: Internet access has been upgraded – the arena boasts 90 new wi-fi spots – so fans can use social media.
Stay dry, too: The roof has been repaired, so there shouldn't be any more leaks.
Call The Bee's Ailene Voisin, (916) 321-1208. Follow her on Twitter @ailene_voisin.


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Lately when I've woken up in the morning..the first thing that pops into my groggy head is..should I ride the longboard,bike,or drive to work? (which is only 60 seconds away) Well thus far I have not boarded or biked to work..sad to say I slumped into my drivers seat, turned the radio up, sipped my soy greentea and cruised in. I've made promises to myself to wake up earlier , throw on my skate shoes and kick off...and almost every night..thats the plan. Which brings me to another familiar topic: Why do we make promises to our selves but end up talking our selves into something easier,familiar and in our comfort zones? "Maybe at the next evaluation" or " When I see him/her again I'll tell them how I feel" You already know this! Just do it already! If you've experienced tragedy. Then you have already put the wheels in motion "life is just too short". Well don't let that feeling of emptyness fade away..use it to your advantage:) Other than my aggravated attempts at "modes" of transportation..I recently made a huge change in my life; I used to work for a criminal justice system in WA State for the past 5 1/2 yrs (I'm only 25 yrs old) Amazing pay $$ benefits, coworkers were hilarious, but I found myself slipping away, I became hardened, all criminal cases started looking the same.. and I became fed up. I never wanted to work in this field..I'm a painter..that stopped painting. A comedian that started to frown.Born in the sun, but lived in the shade. So... 3 months ago.. I asked my father if I could move in (On da Rez)..whom I haven't lived with since I was 9 yrs old! I wanted to follow my dreams before life slipped away, and be closer to my Native Family, to deepen my understanding of my culture.So packed up my essentials, followed my heart..And to say now that I have "nothing"(material things) and am sooo broke! But soo happy! Is a life with my eyes wide open
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HOITENGA, Elizabeth, 79 of Alpena, died Jan.10, 2014.
She is survived by two brothers, Robert (Ann) of Alpena and brother Carl (Fran) of Pierson; several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will take place at the Bannan Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. with the prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Wednesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church from 10 a.m. until time of the funeral at 11 a.m. with Rev. Gerald Okoli officiating.
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Davion Only, 15, Pleads For a Family To Adopt Him
Feeling like life dealt you a bad deck of cards? If so, it's time to take some lessons from Davion Only.
The 15-year-old Florida teen – who has been in the foster care system since birth – went to church in a donated black suit that was too big for him and asked for the one thing that he wants most – a family.
"I'll take anyone," he told the Tampa Bay Times. "Old or young, dad or mom, black, white, purple. I don't care. And I would be really appreciative. The best I could be."
Born in jail to a mother who couldn't care for him, Davion has been placed in one foster home after another, never finding a permanent home or adoptive parents.
Feeling unloved, Davion has struggled with anger issues. Now living in a group home with 12 other boys, Davion – who learned in June that his birth mother is deceased after he searched her name on a library computer – grew tired of waiting for someone to find him and offer him a loving home.
So he decided to find them.
The teen lost 40 lbs., worked on his anger issues and started paying attention in school, earning A's in every class except geometry.
"He decided he wanted to control his behavior and show everyone who he could be," said his caseworker.
Then last Sunday, the teen went to St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Fla., to ask the 300 churchgoers if one of them would adopt him.
After the sermon, he was invited to the alter to address the parishoners.
"My name is Davion and I've been in foster care since I was born," he said. "I know God hasn't given up on me. So I'm not giving up either."
Sadly, Davion's story of lifetime in foster care is common in the U.S. There are currently 399,548 children in the system across America, many being cared for by foster care parents.
And like Davion, there are many older teenagers, but fewer than 10 per cent of children adopted from foster care are between 14 and 17.
The average number of children who age out of the U.S. foster care system each year is 20,000.
For more information about Davion, call 866-233-0790.


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With tonight's 7:30 NBA Draft only hours away, it's time to take one more look at the profiles of 14 potential Detroit Pistons.
Sure some crazy things might have to take place for some of these sure-fire first-rounders to fall to the Pistons, who have the eighth overall pick. And some might be around in the second round when Detroit picks 37th and 56th.
But as far as some top players falling, stranger things have happened. After all, who would have guessed Andre Drummond would still be around when the Pistons picked ninth overall last year?
Here's a look back at MLive.com's series of NBA Draft profiles, in alphabetical order:
Notable: First UNLV freshman to enter NBA draft
Notable: Led Wolverines to NCAA championship game and was consensus National Player of the Year
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Notable: First Georgia player since Dominque Wilkins in 1981 to be named SEC Player of the Year and first-team All-SEC by coaches and The Associated Press
• Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
Notable: As a freshman in college, played sparingly behind Dion Waiters, the No. 4 overall pick in last year's draft
Notable: Made ACC All-Defensive team after leading league with 2.1 blocks per game despite ankle injury that required surgery
• Ray McCallum Jr., Detroit-Mercy
Notable: Horizon League Player of the Year was coached by his father in college
Notable: Was leading the nation in scoring when he broke his foot Jan. 5
Notable: At least two mock drafts believe he'll be the first shooting guard to go No. 1 overall since David Thompson in 1975
Notable: Second-leading scorer in UCLA history whose off-court problems included falsifying his age
Notable: Many mock drafts have Noel going No. 1 overall despite ACL tear that limited his college career to 24 games
Notable: Georgetown coach John Thompson III called him "the most prepared freshman I have ever coached"
Notable: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year who was second behind Burke in voting for Big Ten Player of the Year and John Wooden Award as National Player of the Year
• Glen Rice Jr., NBA Development League
Notable: Son of former NBA All-Star and Michigan standout Glen Rice was thrown off team at George Tech for off-court issues
Notable: Older brothers Tyler and Luke were NBA rookies last season


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Reports say Brian Kalinowski, a candidate for Contra Costa County Sheriff, has won the endorsement of the Sheriff's Deputies Association by a vote of 122-106, with 36 neutral. See Brian's other endorsements.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As 2013 wraps up for sheep producers,
they begin to look toward 2014 and what the year potentially will hold for the
Peter Orwick, the executive director of the American Sheep
Industry, which serves as a trade association for sheep farmers and represents
46 state associations, noted that the lamb market, in particular, as well as
feeder lambs, is looking positive for producers.
Around Labor Day, he said, the lamb market took a drastic
jump up in prices, when the price per pound increased by 80 cents.
The rise in prices, Orwick added, came at a vital time
because producers needed the increase to cover the cost of production, which had
been rising in the past few years.
"At Labor Day, there was an all new crop of lambs," he said,
adding that the sudden positive change in price actually more than covered the
price of production for market lambs.
Orwick noted that another driving factor helping producers
with production costs is this year's excellent corn crop.
During 2012-2013, due to the drought, there was a huge
increase in feed costs, as well as inputs.
"What one was paying for hay, small grains were that high
almost that high at market, too," he said.
Orwick added that in 2013 the market overcorrected and the
cost of production for lambs was less.
The executive director stressed that he does believe had the
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Michael Moore famously said of Bill Clinton, "He was the greatest Republican president of my lifetime" as a testimony to Clinton's "triangulation" strategy. I'm beginning to think the same think about President Obama.
Perhaps the conspiracy theorists were right when they said Obama was a Manchurian Candidate, a candidate sent from the outside to corrupt us from within. Except Obama didn't come to the US from the communists or the socialists, he came from the Republicans to the Democrats.
Imagine if you will a different president, President Amabo, a Republican from the flyover states . . . .
. . . Candidate Amabo runs a campaign in opposition to his own party's failed current occupant. Amabo offers hope and change to his disparaged partisans and discouraged Americans in the form of a return to real conservative values, values that the current crop of Republicans seem to have abandoned or forgotten. He wins with huge support from independents and a few crossover Democrats.
A new kind of Republican, Pres Amabo realizes that his predecessor was correct to issue the TARP money to rescue the economy. W had broken the economy badly. It was still in need of repair. He knows some kind of stimulus spending will be required but he wants to keep it as low as possible because he doesn't want to increase the deficit too much. He also loads it up with his party's favorite political poultice, tax cuts. Republicans scowl at the cost, but love the tax cuts. Eventually, they support him fully because everyone agrees something must be done. Democrats would like to do more, but they go along.
Pres Amabo also knows that he can't let America's auto industry collapse. The loss of jobs and manufacturing capacity would be devastating, especially during this serious recession. He allocates available TARP funds to the auto companies saying it is "a hand up, not a hand out." He says while he'd rather not do this, it is an essential action to keep America strong, independent, and free, especially in this increasingly competitive era of globalization. The companies will have to pay back every penny -- with interest -- or succumb to the free market. Billed as a jobs program, Pres Amabo counts every job saved by the "Build UP" (not a bail-out) as a newly created job. He adds them to his total. Republicans grumble lowly but realize this must be done. They support their president and his Great Motors Program by encouraging Americans to buy Patriot Cars. Democrats would like to do more, but they go along.
Pres Amabo is frank with the American people about the deficit and national debt. He baldly says it is a grave problem that must be addressed on multiple fronts. The first essential step is Health Insurance Reform. He pulls out a health care proposal made by Republicans in 1994 and makes some modifications. It eliminates pre-existing conditions, rescission, and caps on benefits. It allows 26 year olds to stay on their parents insurance plans. It starts to close the Med Pt D doughnut hole. But Pres Amabo is careful to coddle his corporate base. He cuts deals with Big Pharma, American Hospitals, and the insurance industry to keep their turf protected. Drugs prices will not be negotiated, hospital payments will be secured, and the public option will be killed. Everyone agrees, and although Republicans grumble about the mandates, they know the industry insists on them. Reps also know there is sufficient wiggle-room for their constituents to avoid them. No one ever says anything whatsoever about a "death panel." Democrats want to do more -- much more. They make a fuss, but in the end they agree to as much as Pres Amabo will allow and no more.
Next, Pres Amabo asks the advisers he has hired from Goldman-Sachs to write some financial reform laws. He allows Democrats to add a Consumer Protection Agency, but pledges to his party to keep it underfunded and mired in red tape.
Pres Amabo also does nothing at all to address the Inheritance Tax, DADT, and the crimes and misdemeanors of the previous administration, He "pulls out" of Iraq, but leave 50,000 troops behind as well as a permanent footprint in the Baghdad Embassy and dozens of permanent military bases. He finds a way to back out of a campaign promise to repeal the Bush Tax Cuts for the wealthy, but few Dems call him out on it.
He also executes an Afghanistan surge, but he calls it "The New Front against al Qaedda" even though al Qaedda is now in Pakistan (where Pres Amabo is target bombing with drones) and Yemen (where Pres Amabo is also target bombing with drones). Republicans applaud the strategy except for the 2011 pull out date. Eventually, Pres Amabo comes around and floats the idea of a 2014 pull-out date. The Democrats don't approve, but no one is taking them seriously by now.
Pres Amabo has done the impossible. He has brought the Republican Party back from the brink of death. He is rewarded with a 60 seat swing in the House. Now he has the full force of Congress behind him. His right-of-center deficit commission has given him the green light to start re-thinking Social Security and the other components of the social safety net. "We can't afford it," he'll say. "And now is not the time to raise taxes." Republicans will cheer! Democrats will grumble lowly. "How did this happen?" they murmur. But no one is listening to them anymore.
They are too enamored with the success of President Amabo, the Republican Party's Manchurian Candidate.


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It's been so long since a new structure was built in downtown Forest Grove, the city's development officials can't pin down a date.
"Many, many years," economic development coordinator Jeff King said.
Stores have been renovated, businesses have come and gone, and an eclectic restaurant scene has blossomed along Main Street and Pacific Avenue. But the buildings have remained unchanged.
So it's no surprise the new red brick structure on the corner of 19th Avenue and Main Street is attracting attention -- especially since the construction drought is ending during an economic dry spell.
"It's food that people can relate to," she said. "When they read the menu, they know exactly what they're going to get."
A private fundraiser Saturday for the Friends of Historic Forest Grove will serve as a soft opening.
Compton and chef Russ Schillereff aimed for a modern spin on classic comfort food. Think local ingredients, rotating seasonal selections and offbeat offerings such as a game burger that might be emu on Tuesday and alligator on Friday.
The dinner menu reads as if Wolfgang Puck dug through your grandmother's box of recipe cards. Pork chops, beef short ribs, macaroni and cheese and meatloaf anchor the all-American offerings, but sides of poached anjou pears, root vegetables and braised white beans justify the bistro moniker.
"I'm in love with the saffron tomato bisque," Schillereff said. "And then I'm also digging the butternut squash ravioli."
Prices will range from about $10 for a sandwich to about $30 for a prime cut of steak.
Early last week, it was difficult to imagine the building as Forest Grove's newest upscale eatery. Construction noise still echoed through rooms whose only furniture were ladders and sawhorses.
But by Saturday, Compton said 1910 Main will be a classic American kitchen. Fancy enough for a prom date, relaxed enough that customers wearing jeans need not fear upturned noses.
1910 Main will share the building with several other businesses. Compton's husband has already opened a dental office next door. A skate shop will occupy another space, and there are a couple of vacancies for small businesses.
City officials said they're happy to welcome the city's newest sit-down restaurant. Fast food chains have produced Forest Grove's only recent business influx, Mullaney said.
A Taco Bell cropped up on the eastern edge of town last spring, months ahead of Jack in the Box and McDonald's.
Otherwise, there's been little new business activity.
"It's a nice new addition," Mullaney said.
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Most people access content through a search engines and social media.
People spend a lot of time on Facebook and YouTube.
Other than a very few exceptions, the concept of web portals is over (i.e. no one will start with your company page...not even you).
People don't use address bars and bookmarks as much as they used to.
The point: You can't expect your customers to visit corporate or product sites like they used to. These types of sites, more often than not, are in place now as a necessary backup. If at all, you can only expect your customers to visit your corporate or product site once and most of those visits will not go through your gateway. This is part of the reason why blogs, including Twitter, can easily be more relevant to a company or product than a corporate site or product site.


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A new international poster for the upcoming historical fantasy "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" has been released. The film imagines a world in which the 16th President prevents the dissolution of the union by day and wields weapons far beyond the wooden stake in his fight against the slave-owning undead population of the South by night.
Take a look at the new international poster below:
Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") directs from a script by novelist Seth Grahame-Smith with Tim Burton producing and a cast that includes Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell.
"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" opens in AMC Theatres on June 22nd.
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Fat is awesome. Learn to love it.
Today was my first 100% primal day- and I have to admit, I'm a little freaked out. I tracked my eating using livestrong, and was horrified to see that although I only consumed 1600 calories, I have eaten 112 grams of fat. Is this normal, or way over the mark? Help!
It came from a tablespoon of olive oil (or so) on a salad with lunch, and 3/4 of an avocado split over lunch and dinner (among other things), including an egg, half a ribeye, and a few strips of bacon. I had lots of veggies too, but they are obviously not the source of this crazy high fat count. Thoughts?
Fat is awesome. Learn to love it.
Disclaimer: I eat 'meat and vegetables' ala Primal, although I don't agree with the carb curve. I like Perfect Health Diet and WAPF Lactofermentation a lot.
Griff's cholesterol primer
5,000 Cal Fat <> 5,000 Cal Carbs
Winterbike: What I eat every day is what other people eat to treat themselves.
TQP: I find for me that nutrition is much more important than what I do in the gym.
bloodorchid is always right
Its very normal to hit 50 or 60% of total calories with fat.
1. Love ME no matter what noises are screaming at me, or who is trying to tear me down.
2. Eat to heal
3. Move to live
4. Embrace today
5. Live with intention
6. Respect my body
7. Cultivate joy
8. Find my passion
9. Meditate on peace in my soul
Do not fear the fat. Embrace it.
You proved Mark's big point about fat. It's hard to over consume in calories when you eat a lot of fat.
Relax and enjoy!
I agree with the others. On average I hit about 50-60%. It might be scary, if you just started, read more about good fats (especially saturated!) and their importance (here on MDA or elsewhere), hope it will put your mind at ease.
Eat it up.
If you're like me, you'll feel full more and more, so you need to eat the fat to ensure you get enough calories based on your BMR.
I'll be back
112 grams of fat is in the low range of my common daily intake haha.
Well, I consume much more calories than you however.
Young self-caring Paleo-eater from France.
(So please forgive the strange way I tend to express myself in your beautiful language )
I know it's like nothing we've ever been 'taught' about eating healthy, but it's true about good fats. You will feel fuller, have more energy and will be able to stick with this program if you do as advised. The problem is you cannot mix it up with conventional foods, i.e., chips, crackers, not even a little bit or you will gain weight. I've lost 20 lbs since reading Mark's book the last wk in April and would have never believed that could happen by eating butter, steaks, uncured bacon, avocados, macadamia & other nuts. Plus you stay in a fantastic mood and sleep great, can't beat that.


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St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, welcomes the following students as members of the class of 2017.
Each first-year student participates in St. Lawrence University's innovative First-Year Program – one of the oldest living-learning programs in the country – helping students make successful transitions from high school to college. Students live together and are taught by faculty teams, developing the writing, speaking, and research skills needed for college. Students continue to develop these skills in a spring First-Year Seminar.
Lisa J. Grohn of Branchburg. Grohn graduated from Somerville High School.
Matthew C. Stevenson of Bernardsville. Stevenson graduated from Kent School.
The following local residents were among more than 1,080 students from Roger Williams University to receive their degrees during the University's Commencement ceremony held on May 18, 2013.
Jonathan Decker, a resident of Basking Ridge received a Bachelor of Arts.
Christopher Gray, a resident of Martinsville received a Bachelor of Architecture.
Lauren Marchese, a resident of Hillsborough, was among more than 1,080 students from Roger Williams University to receive their degree during the University's Commencement ceremony held on May 18, 2013.
Marchese received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
Rider University has named several local students as 2013 Andrew J. Rider Scholars, the highest undergraduate achievement awarded to students. Individuals selected as Andrew J. Rider Scholars are the top one percent of seniors, junions and sophomores in the six academic colleges, determined by their grade point averages. This year's recipients include:
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Lately I've been noticing more and more visitors to my blog from countries other than The Good Ol' US of A. At first I thought it was a fluke, computer-savyy fashion-followers out in the international "bloggersphere". But then when they started stating comments about how the show just began actually airing in their country, I have to say, it did take me aback. Having people in the USA watch the show is surreal enough, but now Taiwan, Sweden, Estonia, South Korea, Hong Kong, well , it's beyond my scope of thinking. I know you may not believe this but I really thought I was doing this "little show" on Cable that no one would watch, except my best friends and my mom and dad. Ooooops!
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Hope your day is a very special one. I'm wishing you another great year filled with even more success and love!
Happy Father's Day, too.
Hope your day is a very special one. I'm wishing you another great year filled with even more success and love!
Happy Father's Day, too.
Can't remember the last time my birthday fell on Father's Day...and actually, at this hour, after this weekend, it's lucky I can remember anything at all...
Happy, happy, happy birthday!
I hope you had a great day & stayed cool. I wish you many, many, many more birthdays to come! (Even if they are all 29th birthdays!)
Thanks to you, too! Had a "16 Candles" moment when, after talking with my folks on Father's Day, I get a return phone call much later...wishing me a Happy Birthday!
Yeah...they forgot.
And I don't mind getting "older" at all since I am still a kid at heart. When I start to become a know-it-all, unapologetic, cantankerous boor like some men and women obviously turn into, well, then I'll start hating my birthdays and getting older!
You are just too funny. That just made my day! :-D
Birthdays are cool. Except they seem to come more and more often. I'm back in Atlanta here after spending a few months convalescing in Bluffton area. Finally got PC up and running today. I won't be making as many snarky comments as I used to, but I'm definitely back.
Missed you :)
Is you being back your present to Psycho?
Cuz now I feel bad. I didn't get him anything :(
Hope your treatment was successful and hope for a quick recovery. Wasn't it a shoulder problem?
I had colon surgery back in December for two cancers and the surgeon got all. Also having 12 chemo treatments every two weeks as a precaution and will end in July. Very few side effects because it is not a strong mix, but as in all cancer treatments, fatigue is the number one complaint. At the end of the first week, lying down and doing nearly nothing is common. The 2nd week is recovery time for the next batch. Feels like staying awake all night without the sleepiness.
Glad you're back, too! And you shoulda said something when you were in town...we could have had some tall cool ones at a local establishment!
Thanks for the b-day wishes as well...and like the weeks/years, yes, they seem to be coming with more urgency and passing by more quickly...
Too bad the days seem to drag.
And MR...your simply being here and wishing me a Happy day is more than enough of a gift! :)
Yep, psycho... your birthday and mine are mere days apart! I think I may have a few years on you, but it's 2010; we both probably have more gray hairs than we care to count or acknowledge... so it doesn't make much of a difference, does it?
I would have LOVED to have gotten together with you (and some of the other regulars here) to tip a tall one... or three while I was in Bluffton. But the kind of cancer I have (squamous cell carcinoma of the throat and assorted bodily parts in the neck) makes my attempts at eating and drinking rather awkward for both myself and my companions. I've been through the usual for this kind of thing... surgery, chemo and radiation. So far, it's a draw.
I'm trying to face this with the kind of courage that heron55 is facing his medical headache. Well, not exactly a headache, but you know what I mean For now, I have limited mobility, and sometimes I think I have the attention span of a fruit fly. Heron, more power to you. You may not have intended for your post above to be an inspirational kick in the rear, but that's what it is.
And we belong to a hardy band of brothers and sisters, heron. People who have undergone the rigors of chemo and radiation and keep coming back for more! I asked one of my MDs how many patients with my particular problem walked away from chemo and radiation because of the "discomfort". He hemmed and hawed and said about 30%. I think he was sugarcoating, and even if he wasn't, the number's still depressing. To twist a phrase, half a life is better than nothing.
But enough of this organ recital stuff. I'd rather talk about summer in the Low Country, the ups and downs of livin' in the good ol' USA, how Atlanta may be the most mentally unstable city in the country (with the exception, of course, of all the nation's other cities), and what it's like being a friendly Yank (me) living in the heart of Dixie, and what it's like being a born and raised Southerner (you) dealing with all of us durn snowbirds!
But wait! This blog string is for psychoskin! Happy birthday again, dude. May your light saber always be fully charged.
You never have to apologize for a thing! LOL!! My "day" came and went a long time ago; now I just have yearly reminders of how better I can become (switch the first "e" in that and I'll be one of those people I detest!).
Hang tough, but I have a feeling, that's the only way you know how to hang!! I've got a dear friend who just went through her chemo for breast cancer and we've been having a blast now picking out new wigs for her to wear around. I'm going to try to convince her to go blond this next time around though...after all, gentlemen prefer blonds...and so do I!
And the offer is, and always will be, there. I have no doubt you'll pull through this and then we can all hook up, share stories and compare gray hairs...although at the rate I'm losing mine, I may come up short on that end. Of course, being as short as I am anyway, I'm used to it by now.
As a birthday "splurge" I actually ordered a veggie pizza for the occasion. The first pie I've had since being on this P90X kick in February...and it was every bit as delicious as I remembered it being! Of course, I felt so guilty afterward that I ended up doing some ab rippers to work off a bit of what I took in, but I think the crime was well worth it!
And as I tell all my friends, don't be a stranger...just be strange!
Good wishes to all. To Life, to Health, to Love, to Friends, to Others... ;>)
Mazel Tov!
I learned something about chemo and/or radiation treatments the past few months that gave me a much needed giggle. I expected to lose hair on my head. I looked at that as the least of my problems. I'm not that vain.
Instead, the treatments wiped out most of my facial hair. I suppose I could still cultivate a mustache or goatee if I pushed it, but the skin on my cheeks, jaw and much of my neck is as smooth as a baby's bottom .
Go figure!
I learned something about chemo and/or radiation treatments the past few months that gave me a much needed giggle. I expected to lose hair on my head. I looked at that as the least of my problems. I'm not THAT vain.
Instead, the treatments wiped out most of my facial hair. I suppose I could still cultivate a mustache or goatee if I pushed it, but the skin on my cheeks, jaw and much of my neck is as smooth as a baby's bottom .
Go figure!
It's good to hear from you again. I always enjoy reading your postings. Well wishes to you and yours.
Happy (late) B-Day Psycho!
Sorry I'm late, but I was chillin' down in Amelia Island for the past few days with no PC handy.
Hope you had a great B-Day.
Good to hear from Ovidsen! Hope everything goes well for you buddy.
And like Ovid, no apologies needed! :) Hell, I'm just tickled that I got good wishes from y'all!
And you know...sometimes it's nice to get away from the PC (or MAC) for a bit. I'm heading back to PA at the end of July and am honestly thinking about leaving my laptop here and not dealing with the "wired" world for a week or so. Plus, if I'm REALLY "jonesing" for a fix, I can always jump on my parent's PC...or my cell phone.
Hope you had fun, too, on your time away!
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The Numbers Behind Tumblr
Yahoo is hoping that money can buy love.
Its $1.1 billion deal to acquire Tumblr is a clear attempt to capture a younger, hipper audience. Just last week, CFO Ken Goldman said at a conference that Yahoo has an aging demographic and needs to make "ourselves cool" again.
A big question is whether Tumblr will go the way of Geocities – the community of user-created Web pages bought by Yahoo in 1999 for $3.57 billion in stock — or YouTube, the Web-video site acquired by Google in 2006 for about $1.7 billion.
Different eras, but like Tumblr, both sites at the time of those deals were among the most-visited, had supercharged growth, enabled users to generate the content, and brought in little revenue. Tech pundits shouted that the buyers overpaid for eyeballs. Geocities was eventually shut down by Yahoo in 2009, while YouTube is thriving
Yahoo says it will keep Tumblr running independently — "per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up," it said this morning – but at some point will need to figure out ways to slap more ads on the site without alienating members, or charge fees for hosting.
Here's a by-the-numbers look at what Yahoo is acquiring:
117 million: Tumblr's unique visitors world-wide, which us up from about 58 million a year earlier, according to comScore. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, however, said Monday in an interview that Tumblr has 300 million active monthly users. So Yahoo is paying anywhere from $3.67 to $9.40 per user depending on who you believe Facebook paid about $30 per user when it acquired photo-sharing app Instagram last year, while Google paid about $33 per YouTube user.
Yahoo has one of the largest audiences on the Web with more than 700 million monthly users world-wide. In the U.S., Tumblr ranked No. 41 in overall Web traffic (just behind Pinterest) with about 29 million unique users — Yahoo's sites collectively were No. 2 at 191 million.
108.4 million: Tumblr blogs in the network, with 50.9 billion posts. As the audience tends to be younger, photos and animations prevail here. A look at the Top 5 most popular Tumblrs, as measured by Quantcast, illustrates the hodge-podge of frivolous and youthful content that permeates the site:
No. 1: Minecraft Update News, an official update site for the hit game Minecraft. Unlike most other popular Tumblrs, this one is text-only.
No. 2: Como Eu Me Sinto Quando (or, "How I Feel When…" in Portuguese), a site full of silly reaction gifs;
No. 3: Dedalvs, from the linguist David Peterson who created the languages in the HBO show "Game of Thrones"
No. 4: The OneNaBle, a Korean comic site
No. 5: The Worst Room, which collects photos of tiny, depressing New York apartments listed on Craigslist
13 million: Tumblr's revenue last year. Since he founded the site in 2007, CEO David Karp has long focused on increasing the company's user base rather than monetization. The company didn't begin placing ads on its service until last year. Some estimates say Tumblr could make as much as $100 million in revenue this year.
12 million: On smartphones, Tumblr had almost 12 million unique visitors, up from about four million a year earlier. Yahoo has a bigger presence on mobile devices but it is growing much slower. In March, Yahoo claimed about 84 million unique smartphone visitors, up from around 63 million a year earlier, comScore said.
53: Percentage of visitors to Tumblr who are women, according to Quantcast. Tumblr is no Pinterest, whose users are predominately women, but they do have the majority.
29: Percentage of visitors who are in the valuable 18 to 24 demographic, according to Quantcast. In December Compete.com found that Tumblr's visitors skewed the youngest of any of the major social media sites, with 45% under 35.
14: The average minutes Tumblr users spend on the platform per visit, according to CEO David Karp. "It's about a minute and a half higher than a Facebook visit, a few minutes higher than an average Twitter visit," he said at a conference in New York last month. Facebook and Twitter don't release this data, and the metrics from the various research firms are spotty at best.
6: The percentage of Internet users who use Tumblr, according to a December study from Pew Research of the most popular social media sites. That is the smallest share of any of those in the study. (Facebook was No. 1 at 67%.)


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The Fundy United women were the runners-up at the Valley Soccerfest over the weekend. The Fundy United women are: (front) Morgan Mitchell, (middle, from left) Nicola Sperry, Danika Beaton, Kathryn Hillier, Danielle Young, Jenna Embree, Ameila Fuentes, (back, from left) coach Curtis Michaelis, Megan Rhindress, Alex Hicks, Chelsey Borne, Jessica Rossong, Katelyn Peters, Rachel MacDonald, Lindsay Cormier and Marie Basque.
KENTVILLE – It was close, but in the end it was Kings West edging the Fundy United women 5-4 in overtime Sunday at the 25th annual Valley Soccerfest in Kentville.
Scoring for Fundy in the women's division championship game was Alex Hicks, Nicola Sperry, Jenna Embree and Lindsay Cormier.
Fundy made it to the final after they beat the Valley Thunder 4-2 in Sunday's semi-final game.
During Saturday's round-robin play the Fundy women won their first game 4-2 over East Kings but lost their next game in 3-2 in a shootout to the Valley Renegades.