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A 27-year-old man was arrested Thursday night on drug charges after he was caught with crack cocaine and allegedly under the influence while turning himself in to Clinton Township police on an outstanding $145 warrant.
As Dale Markle, of Washington, posted his bail at police headquarters in the Hunterdon County municipality, an officer spotted something unusual in a vehicle parked in the department's lot, police said.
The patrolman "observed a crack pipe clearly visible on top of the center console," according to the department's news release said. That car was allegedly driven there by Markle, the release said.
When officers searched the vehicle, they found five vials -- each containing cocaine or cocaine residue, police said.
They charged Markle with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, as well as being under the influence of cocaine and operating a motor vehicle while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
He was being held this afternoon at Hunterdon County jail in lieu of $5,000 bail.


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Ford India Lays Foundation for US$ 1 Billion Plant at Sanand and Growth in India
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
- Operational in 2014, the US $ 1 billion integrated manufacturing facility at Sanand will produce 2,40,000 cars and 2,70,000 engines
- Ford India on schedule with on-site construction of facility, commencing five months after 2011 Ground Breaking at Sanand
- Ford India Sanand facility will deploy global best practices and technology including a state-of-the-art Paint Shop
- Ford India's Sanand facility attracts 19 world-class supplier manufacturers to date
Ford India is laying the foundation for its new US$1 billion state-of-the-art, integrated manufacturing facility in Sanand and its future growth on the subcontinent. At a ceremony today, Ford India laid the foundation stone at the paint shop area of its new manufacturing facility.
When complete in 2014, the integrated manufacturing facility will have the capacity to produce an additional 240,000 new Ford vehicles and 270,000 engines per year for Indian customers and for export markets.
The ceremony was held at the 460-acre plant site in Sanand where Michael Boneham, Ford India's president and managing director, was joined by Industry Secretary, Government of Gujarat, Maheswar Sahu and Felix Guillen, Ford's executive director of manufacturing, for Asia Pacific & Africa in recognizing the critical role of the Ford world class facility in Sanand.
"Today we lay the foundation for Ford's continued expansion in India, and plant the seed for a brighter future for our employees, suppliers, dealers and customers, and for the people of Gujarat and India," said Michael Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India. "With this new state-of-the-art Ford Integrated Manufacturing Facility for Sanand, we are committed to significantly increasing our manufacturing output and aggressively expanding our business in India. The vehicles and engines produced at Sanand with India-based, world-class suppliers and partners, will add greatly to the full range of exciting, safe and fuel-efficient vehicles available to Indian customers at tremendous value."
The new state-of-the-art assembly plant will be fully integrated to support stamping, body assembly, paint, trim and final assembly. The paint shop for which the foundation stone was placed today, will utilize Ford's environmentally friendly rotational dip technology and 3-Wet technology paint processes, dramatically improving paint quality, depth and durability, as well as significantly reducing Volatile Organic Compounds, CO2 emissions and waste.
"Ford is very proud to invest in India during these momentous times of rapid development, economic growth and profound change for India,'' said Ford's Guillen, during the foundation stone ceremony. "Both in Chennai and in Sanand, Ford will create a lasting investment, not just in the physical manufacturing facilities that will be constructed here, but an investment in our workforce themselves and in their communities, our suppliers and our partners, in Gujarat and across India."
Ford's total investment in India to date is approximately USD 2 billion, an investment that is expected to grow with the completion of the Sanand integrated manufacturing facility in 2014. In addition to the 5000 direct employment jobs created with completion of the manufacturing facility; the completion of this manufacturing facility will spur the creation of thousands of additional indirect jobs in the Gujarat area. To provide for maximum local sourcing for parts, Ford India's operations in the state has already attracted 19 high level supply commodities to date that will manufacture components close to the Sanand facility.
As part of its continuing aggressive strategy to compete in the dynamic India auto market – most recently seen in the global reveal of the Ford EcoSport at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo -- Ford has announced that it will bring eight new vehicles to India by mid-decade, the first one being the All-New Fiesta, which was launched in July 2011, and has generated tremendous interest with Indian consumers. Ford India leadership indicate that the new world-class products will strengthen Ford's position in existing segments while driving new growth in others.

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One day in early 2007, the founder of naked Retreats, South African Grant Horsfield, signed up for a mountain bike expedition from Shanghai. Grant wasn't coming for the biking however. He had a hidden agenda. He was looking for an out of the way, secluded, peaceful retreat from the city where he could establish, in a local community, a resort for like-minded souls.
Grant was lucky in his choice of mountain biking expeditions, because the leader was soon hopelessly lost. The mountain trail he led his party down was a dead end. Below was a precipitous slope covered by bush and bamboo. The mix of foreign and Chinese bikers clambered down it with great difficulty. Once they pulled themselves together at the bottom, the guide had to deal with some very unhappy clients.
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The Federal Maritime Commission said Friday it concluded its review of the proposed OCEAN Alliance, allowing the new ocean carrier alliance to take effect Monday, although it is not expected to commence operations until around April 2017.
FedEx Express entered into an agreement with Korail Networks to utilize the Korea Train eXpress network to transport time-and temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments.
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Louise Muenter, head of media and stakeholder relations at A.P. Moeller-Maersk, said a corporate restructuring is a possibility following a report the Danish shipping conglomerate could be split into separate transportation and energy companies.
The Danish conglomerate said one division will focus on transport and logistics, while the other division will focus on energy.
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Cortney Jackson "seemed like he had a lot on his mind" on the night he was murdered, an acquaintance told a Dauphin County jury Tuesday.
Layton Potter said he had agreed to loan his car to Jackson in exchange for drugs on the evening of March 4, 2013.
As they consummated their deal outside a convenience store at 19th and North streets in Harrisburg, Jackson told him he was trying to decide whether to do another drug transaction with two other city men, Potter said.
Potter testified during the second day of the homicide trial of Barnes, 20. Holloway, 19, is already serving a life prison term after being convicted this past March of second-degree murder for Jackson's slaying.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Johnny Baer is seeking a similar conviction that would give Barnes a life sentence as well. He claims Barnes and Holloway shot Jackson eight times during a robbery.
Defense attorney Paul Kovatch has urged the jury not to even consider more than a third-degree murder charge against Barnes.
Potter, who described himself as a recovering addict, didn't get far into his testimony before Kovatch voiced an objection that prematurely ended the trial for the day. President Judge Todd A. Hoover sent the jury home as he, Kovatch and Baer addressed the legal issue.
Before Potter took the witness stand, Cynthia Jeffrey, manager of the convenience store at 19th and North streets, testified that the 20-year-old Jackson, a regular at her store, was in the shop just before his slaying.
While there, he received a phone call from someone who asked to meet with him, she said. Jeffrey said Jackson left one of his purchases, a digital scale, with her and, "He said he'd be right back."
He never returned, she said.
Wayne Cameron testified under Baer's questioning that he was in another nearby store when a woman walked in and said she had seen a body in Long Alley off the 1800 block of Forster Street.
Cameron, who lives in the neighborhood, said he went to investigate and saw a young man, who he later learned was Jackson, lying face-down in the alley. He said the man's right arm was outstretched and a cell phone was at his fingertips.
"I said, 'Are you alright? Are you alright?' " Cameron recalled. "There was no response."
He said he called 911 and at the operator's direction rolled the man over to check for signs of life. "He was already dead," Cameron said.
Meanwhile, he said, "the phone was ringing and there was the picture of a young lady flashing on it."
On cross-examination by Kovatch, Cameron said he heard no gunshots and did not hear or see anything else that was suspicious before the body was found.
Barnes' trial is to resume Wednesday.


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Cavs lose to Mavericks, 97-102
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Jarrett Jack throws up a Hail Mary three as the clock expires in the Cavs 97-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs Vince Carter wasn't too concerned with guarding him, the game was decided.The Cavs played an afternoon game at home against the Dallas Mavericks on MLK Day. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)
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With overall recidivism as a baseline the state is voiding all the contracts with the 38 privately owned community corrections centers -- better known as half-way houses -- requiring each to rebid and making the new contracts performance-based.
Under the new contracts, if the overall recidivism rate for inmates passing through the center decline, the contractor will be paid a higher rate. Profit will be tied to public safety.
"They'll be required to maintain that baseline and will be incentivized if they reduce [recidivism,]" said Brett Bucklen director of planning, research and statistics for Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections.
If a facility is able to reduce overall recidivism rates by 10 percent, it will get paid more per offender.
"We want to measure performance. We want quantifiable performance," Bucklen said. The measurements will be conducted by the state, which will collect and compare all data.
The counties with the top five overall recidivism rates include two from western Pennsylvania -- Allegheny at 65.5 percent and Blair with 61.6 percent. The surrounding counties stack up like this: Lawrence, 56 percent; Beaver, 57 percent; Butler, 57 percent; Washington, 60 percent; and Westmoreland, 53 percent.
Holding community correction centers accountable for their performance when it comes to reducing overall recidivism has the feel of an evidence-based, sabermetric approach to reducing prison population and saving costs, but it has its risks.
The primary concern is the quality of the data. Community Correction Centers often seek outside intervention for assaultive behavior or other misconducts that could give rise to technical parole violations or criminal charges. Would there be less incentive to report such conduct to a parole agent or police officer if the report could have an impact on an incentive payment or the continuation of the contract.
What does this mean for public safety? A parolee, who continues her criminal thinking, possesses illegal drugs or manifests violent conduct should not be out of prison and on the street. The Department of Corrections needs to be vigilant in insuring that community correction vendors are not putting profits ahead of public safety.
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Matthew T. Mangino is of counsel with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly & George, P.C. He is the former district attorney of Lawrence County and just completed a six year term on the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. He is a featured columnist for the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and a regular contributor to the Youngstown Vindicator. You can read his musings on crime and punishment at www.mattmangino.com and follow Matt on Twitter @MatthewTMangino.


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AUBURN -- Gus Malzahn hadn't really recognized what he'd been seeing out of his offense the last few weeks.
Auburn's offensive coordinator is accustomed to an offense working like clockwork, everything in its place, functioning as it was intended to function -- the pass setting up the run, the run putting opponents away.
Instead, the Tigers had been held under 300 total yards the last two weeks and hadn't thrown for more than 161 the entire month of October.
With the worst defense in the SEC in town Saturday night, Malzahn's offense regained some of its mojo in a 41-23 win over Ole Miss.
"We actually looked like an offense at times tonight, so I was very proud of our guys," Malzahn said. "This game we challenged our offense: This needs to be our coming-out party. In a way, I think it really was."
Quarterback Clint Moseley, making his second start and his first at home, was efficient (completing 12-of-15 for 160 yards) and explosive (with touchdown passes of 45, 25, 13 and 4 yards. Unlike last weekend, when LSU's impressive defense kept him on the run the entire game, Moseley looked comfortable and confident in the pocket.
"Last week, the whole situation was just surreal for me," he said. "It never really hit me, how big it was. This week in practice, I was really starting to settle in and feel really comfortable with it.
"A lot of the credit goes to the line. I told them they won the game tonight and I really mean that."
Receiver Emory Blake's return gave Moseley a valuable weapon, as he led Auburn's receivers with 5 catches for 71 yards and a score.
And the running game collected 178 of its 254 yards in the second half, with Mike Dyer gaining 177. The Tigers' 414 total yards marked only the second time this year they've broken 400.
"The point going into this week was to get back into our regular style of offense," said Auburn center Reese Dismukes. "We're a run, play-action team, and we did that tonight. We were throwing the ball a little bit more, getting them to back off. (Moseley) made the throws, and that allowed us to run the ball more."
It may have come against a porous Ole Miss defense, but Saturday night's performance gives Auburn the opportunity to take some momentum into the final three games.
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Handling Complaints
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George S. Ledyard
Dojo: Aikido Eastside
Location: Bellevue, WA
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,670
Re: Handling Complaints
Peter A Goldsbury (Peter Goldsbury)
1. First, there is the violence itself. I think we would all claim to draw the line between rough training (possibly resulting in unintended injury), and deliberately going out to punish, through techniques, someone for slights or wrongdoings, real or imagined. I have seen this done quite often and put down such behaviour to lack of maturity, on the part of the instructor or senior students. However, I think it is easier to delineate the black and white here than to deal with the multiple shades of grey and wonder whether we could do this in a universal' way, i.e., one that does not depend on a particular context for interpretation.
We are practicing an art which mimics violence. Occasionally the line is crossed and practice becomes violent. In my experience young, strong committed students often go through a period during which they are less than sensitive to their partners needs. This can result in some injuries. It has been my experience that the Chief Instructor is quite aware of what is going on. In the places where I trained, and in my own dojo, the Chief Instructor would step in and have a chat with the offending student about his attitude. In all but one case this was enough. In the exceptional case the student, one of the dojo seniors, was asked to leave.
2. Then there is the organizational context. It is a fact that the average dojo has more than one power centre. In other words, the shihan or instructor does not run the dojo single-handed, but entrusts the organization and also some of the instruction, to other individuals, who, willy-nilly, derive power from this: power which can always be used well or less well. Depending on one's definition of violence, the setting up of dojo groups or cliques by power holders might also be grounds for complaint by rank and file members.
This can be both good and bad depending On the one hand it is true that with some very high level instructors, you can find that they have surrounded themselves with students who insulate them from any meaningful contact wit the very junior folks in the dojo. The folks that form this "inner circle" reflect the culture of the dojo and it is very difficult, if not impossible for a junior student or a senior who was imported from another style or teacher, to have any real influence on the Chief Instructor. If the abuser(s) are outside this inner circle, then action will almost certainly be taken against someone who offends in the dojo. But if the abuser(s) are actually part of the inner circle, which is often the case because they reflect the violence which was modeled for them by their teacher, then there is really very little which will happen when complaints are made. Students who find themselves in this type of predicament need to leave and find another teacher. I know of no mechanism which exists that would cause these folks to change their behavior other than law suits and I am not a big believer in bringing the litigious environment we have in our culture into the dojo.
On the other hand, I find that no matter how available one attempts to make oneself to the students, there are always quite a number who will not talk directly to you, as the Teacher. This is where it is an advantage to have the multiple power centers concept. The differences between individuals makes it more likely that a student will find one the seniors to connect with. I find that if I stay in touch with my instructors I eventually hear pretty much everthing that goes on in the dojo. I am often surprised that a student hadn't felt like asking for something directly but I am used to it now. They will express their desires, upsets, etc. to the senior students but not to the Chief Instructor. So I have my yudansha keep me informed so I can be responsive. If any one of the seniors is misbehaving, I will hear about it from the others as students complain. Then I take action (this VERY seldom happens).
3. Then there is the method of complaint itself. In the recent case the person doing the complaining wanted to canvas prevailing views anonymously and so chose to portray himself as a witness. The general reaction was strong support, but more recent posts in the forum suggest he lost some credibility here, since it was only later that it was revealed that he himself had been the victim and there was another viewpoint as to what actually happened (which relates to Point 1, above). However, the incident also revealed that the Internet is a very powerful medium. Even during the process of establishing what had actually happened, I was requested to drop the matter and the final episode was a lengthy telephone conversation with the shihan involved, at the latter's request. An unfortunate consequence was the break up of dojo friendships and the decision to stop practicing aikido. My own feeling was that possibly a genuine complaint should not have led to such results.
What would be the medium for such a complaint process? We have seen the problems with using the ineternet to pass judgement... But what is the authority? In my own case the only people who have any direct say so regarding my Aikido would be Saotome and Ikeda Sensei (with certain others having strong influence). I suspect that most of the dojos we hear from on this forum are similarly connected in terms of some organization.
If a complaint can't be brought effctively within a dojo for the reasons mentioned above, I can't see any good end coming for a specific complainent by having a larger complaint process available. It's the whole idea of "going over someone's head". By the time it gets to the point that it goes to an outside adjudicator, even the internet, you have permanently damaged relationships.
I was once involved with trying to mediate a conflict between a dojo's board members and their Chief Instructor. Saotome Sensei asked me to intervene. By the time I got involved it was totally out of control. The dojo left the organization (the instructor was relatively senior in the organization), and fired the Chief Instructor who quit Aikido never to train again. Some students left to start their own place and the whole thing was a mess. This over what amounted to teaching style, nothing so emotional as violent behavior on the mat! I just can't imagine any complaint process that would keep the Teacher student relationship intact if that process went oustide the dojo.
On the other hand, although the student lodging the complaint might not benefit, it is possible that by having an organizational complaint process, you might find behaviors changing for succeeding generations of students (simply becaue the Chief instructor wouldn't want the embarrassment of having to be chastized by the organzation again). That's possible I suppose.
Thus I am interested in hearing the Voice of Experience here, since the matter will certainly arise at the next IAF Congress.
Best regards to all,
George S. Ledyard
Aikido Eastside
Bellevue, WA
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With the threat of heavy rains, severe winds, and lasting thunderstorms, Jersey City is staying ahead of the game by positioning orange barricades on the side of streets where flooding is most likely to take place.
The 26 locations where barricades are located include the intersections at Sip Avenue and Route 440, 9th Street and Monmouth Street, and Center Street and Grand Street.
Motorists are encouraged not to move the barricades, as they are placed in order to allow for immediate response to flooding.
"People are disregarding the barricades, and we need them to stay in place," said Greg Kierce, director of the Jersey City Office of Emergency Management.
The barricades will help prevent motorists from entering flooded areas. "All you really need is 6 inches of water and you could potentially float a car," Kierce added.
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The 13-foot-tall sculpture is Oregon City artist Ben Dye's most recent contribution to the Clackamas County art landscape. He also has work in West Linn, Estacada, Wilsonville and Oregon City.
The mythical creature fits right into the library lawn, according to Lynda Orzen, who helped organize the sculpture show. "Children love him, he's very whimsical, and you could build a very good story around him," Orzen said. "Has it ever gotten a response from the public. People are talking and taking pictures."
Another artist painted "Hippocampus" in watercolors, she said.Dye, 50, sets himself apart by working in scrap steel. "Hippocampus" is made entirely of old oil tanks. His other pieces come from milk tanks or cars he scavenges from the used car lot/auto graveyard at his home.
"People don't appreciate what it takes to build a piece like this," Dye said of "Hippocampus."
Dye started the piece by drawing an outline on his barn wall, then making a rebar frame. Once the frame was done, he began what he calls the mind-numbing task of measuring, cutting out, welding and sanding small metal squares onto the frame. Each square takes about 25 minutes: "Hippocampus" took 1,000 hours.
When the sculpture is done, it gets an automotive clear coat. Aside from the clear paint, used to prevent rust, Dye doesn't paint his works. The waves on the statue's base are blue because the oil tank was.
This method puts his blue van in imminent danger: He needs more crab and fish cutouts. The other cars in Dye's auto graveyard (he is a licensed used-car dealer) are duller colors or are valuable enough to restore and resell.
"I get $30 a fish. There are 80 fish on that van," Dye said. Mind you, that's the car he drives. "I've actually cut up the car I'm driving. Cars are cheap. You can just get another one."
A truck pulled up Dye's long driveway off Molalla Avenue. The driver got out, door open, hand still on his door, tentative. He eyed a 1980 red Pinto and shouted toward Dye.
Got any cars to sell?
"I get a lot of these," Dye said. "They drive away thinking, 'That guy will never fix that.' They're right."
Dye works full time out of his Oregon City barn, where his current project is an overstuffed chair built from a stainless steel milk tank. The shiny sculpture, which people can sit on, will be finished in time for the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts in late June.
For the past seven years, Dye said, he has been able to live off his art, with prices ranging from $55 for a cut-out fish to more than $30,000 for larger pieces. Single with no kids, Dye dedicates most of his time to his art, living out of an RV on his rural property while his house, which burned down, is rebuilt.
Before going full time with art, Dye worked as an industrial diver and underwater welder, experience he taps into when he makes tools for his larger projects.
Dye likes making his recycled materials -- usually bought at auctions or from scrapyards, like the milk tank -- match the project.
"If you buy new steel, there's no story," Dye said. "Used materials can add significance, like the river sculpture."
Recently, he installed a sculpture of two fish jumping over a rock in Oregon City's Clackamette Park. The fish spines are made of logging cables and their scales and fins are pieces of old oil tanks, all attached to a 22,060-pound boulder about the size of a Smart car. We Love Clean Rivers, a nonprofit that helps clean the Clackamas, commissioned the piece.
"There was a quarry by the river, and it was full of old cable. There was 10,000 pounds of cable," Dye said, looking at a rusty pile by his feet. He leaned over, grabbed some and twisted it between his fingers, making the cable flake to the ground.
"All that (junk) was by the falls. Probably from the paper mill."
The cable was too rusted to use in the sculpture but provided the inspiration. The bend in the spines, he said, shows the force of the river. The slight rust shows the erosion force.
The rock was recycled, too. His friend needed it moved, because it was in the way of his barn, so Dye helped. "It was sort of donated," he said.
Many of Dye's larger sculptures are mounted on large rocks, partly because he likes the organic feel of boulders, partly because it makes his work more difficult to steal.
Several massive sculptures, each made of worthless junk, but each made with purpose, rest in his yard.
"None of this has any value except my effort," Dye said, looking up at a 17-foot-tall sculpture made of propane tanks that changes shape depending on the viewer's position.
"I fear my art will be taken as accidental," he said. "Not any man with a welding booth could do this. It takes forethought. That's what pushes me: to not be like somebody else."
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - TOMPKINSVILLE - The message that two city agencies delivered at the Nov. 16 meeting of the steering committee of Community Board 1 was clear: The castle-like, former Staten Island Hospital is "an accident waiting to happen," and the late 19th century building cannot be saved.
"The order from the Buildings Department is to demolish the entire structure," said Vito Mustaciuolo, deputy commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) who oversees the unit that handles the demolition of unsafe buildings.
The Department of Buildings (DOB) forensic engineering report that condemned "The Castle" to certain death was written on June 21, said Donald Ranshte, the agency's director of community affairs.
The report, which preservationists have clamored for, was "misleading" because "entire sections (of the building) have since fallen," including a 23-foot section of the parapet wall, he noted.
Councilwoman Debi Rose (D-North Shore), who attended the meeting, conceded that it was finally curtains for "The Castle," as the building is affectionately called. "We have no firm footing to stand on. The only input we will have is how the demolition goes," she told the Advance on Nov. 17.
The price tag for the demolition is $385,000.
Ms. Rose is now urging HPD and the Buildings Department "to save as much as possible" of the building's structural materials, including the old red bricks, during the demolition process.
"They agreed to that," she said. Once the demolition is completed, other concerns arise. The site must be "secured well" to ensure that materials are not removed and the remains are protected and preserved, she added.
"It's very sad," said Ms. Rose. "We missed an opportunity to save an architectural treasure. It's a shame we don't revere our structures like they do in Europe, and preserve them in perpetuity.
"This was a local treasure. You didn't have to go to Europe to see a castle. It was right here, on Castleton Avenue."


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I think after 2.5 years of eating [B]mostly[/B] primal foods, it is finally taking a toll on me. I am cheating more and more, resulting back in weight gain, which makes me hate my body and I feel aweful after eating ANYTHING.
I am so limited on breakfasts (sorry, having bacon and eggs or warm steak or salad for breakfast was only fun at the start), and without my raw milk I tend to raid the kitchen even more.
I cut out milk completely last year for about 7 months and it resulted in a quick weight loss of 10 lbs but then a whopping weight gain of 15 lbs because my body slowed down it's metabolism and I raided the kitchen for carbs, which resulted in eating a ton of pumpkin fried in butter. I just can't go low carb, it back fires shortly after.
The more I think about how I can't have something because it raises insulin or it ruins my teeth, the worse the cravings get for food because that is what I constantly think about, from the minute I wake up to the minute I go to bed.
Gosh dang it, I just want to be free from this food obsession, primal this, pirmal that. After 2.5 years I am finally completely mentally insane from it.
It was much easier to just have all the CW foods in the house and just say 'no', than it is to have these primal foods here and constantly thinking about nutrition and bone health and whatnot.
Learning about nutrition and caveman foods was good and probably saved me a ton of medical bills in the near future, but it sure isn't doing much for my mental health, when I'm obsessing about what I can and cannot eat and what is more nutritious, and wondering at which point of IF my bones will suffer so I never go beyond 18 hours, even though I'm still not even hungry.
And it doesn't help that REAL food comes in such large amounts that I have to eat large amounts to make it be gone or it'll rot. I can't just buy 2 leaves of Mustard Greens, NO I have to buy a huge bundle and then stash it somewhere alongside the walls in the fridge...
I am sick of food, sick of eating, yet I can't stop, I just wish food would leave me alone...LOL
Surely you guys probably think I'm a nutcase, I don't blame anyone, go ahead and flame away I deserve it.
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Jim Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, author of numerous books on finance including most recently the 2008 title "Mr. Market Misculates," and ardent free-marketeer, appearing on CNBC yesterday translated Janet Yellen's Federal Reserve policy into one simple but troubling sentence:
"What we mean to do is continue to nationalize the yield curve…and we would like to enlist the stock market in a program of wealth creation for the security holders of America."
In other words, expect the Federal Reserve to continue to manipulate monetary policy and thus interest rates in order to make financial markets levitate.
Responding to a question regarding his impressions of Janet Yellen's recent remarks, Grant also noted that Yellen "neglected to tell us that the Fed is continuing in…[its] unprecedented exercise in price control."
According to ZeroHedge, during the interview Grant also referred to gold as "nature's Bitcoin," as holding gold is "the reciprocal of faith in Central Banks."
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Grant, who has been a mainstay of Wall Street since beginning his career as a columnist at Barron's in 1975 is famous for his erudition as a (regularly bearish) market observer, staunch defense of the gold standard and often sardonic diatribes against the Federal Reserve specifically and central planning more broadly.
Readers may recall a speech he delivered to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2012 in which Grant said this:
"And what would I do if, following the inauguration of Ron Paul, I were sitting in the chairman's office? I would do what I could to begin the normalization of interest rates. I would invite the Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath to lunch to let him know that the Fed is now well over its deflation phobia and has put aside its Atlas complex. "It's capitalism for us, Jon," I would say. Next I would call President Dudley. "Bill," I would say, pleasantly, "we're not exactly leading from the front in the regulatory drive to reduce the ratio of assets to equity at the big American financial institutions. Do you have to be leveraged 89:1?" Finally, I would redirect the efforts of the brainiacs at the Federal Reserve Board research division. "Ladies and gentlemen," I would say, "enough with 'Bayesian Analysis of Stochastic Volatility Models with Levy Jumps: Application to Risk Analysis.' How much better it would please me if you wrote to the subject, 'Command and Control No More: A Gold Standard for the 21st Century.'" Finally, my pièce de résistance, I would commission, staff and ceremonially open the Fed's first Office of Unintended Consequences."
Check out a clip from the CNBC interview below, and for further Grant reading be sure to pick up a sampling of his writings from the 1990s through the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis in "Mr. Market Miscalculates."
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E-commerce: 5-question checklist for eliminating products
I love Sheena Iyengar's study on the art of choice.
Simply put, the number of choices offered to a customer impacts their ability to make decisions. She illustrated this point during her classic TEDTalk featuring an experiment in a supermarket using jam.
Offer too many choices, and customers become paralyzed to make any decision, or not the one you were hoping for.
Optimizing choice is also why I love A/B testing, as it helps you put these kinds of ideas into real-world practice in your marketing efforts.
In this MarketingExperiments Blog post, we'll look at two tests recently featured in one of our Web clinics on marketing multiple products plus a valuable checklist that you can apply to your own work.
In the control, the MECLABS research team suspected the generic call-to-action in the main eye-path was not creating enough value force to move customers forward in the conversion process.
For the treatment, the team also hypothesized that a single product with a drop-down selection would increase conversion by reducing friction in the mind of the customer.
By reducing the overlap of products, the treatment was able to guide customers to the right product for their needs.


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- Living with coeliac disease: survey results from the U.S.AA R Lee
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J Hum Nutr Diet 25:233-8. 2012..The only treatment for coeliac disease is lifelong adherence to a rigorous gluten-free diet. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of coeliac disease on the social aspects of daily life of individuals in the U.S.A...
- The effect of substituting alternative grains in the diet on the nutritional profile of the gluten-free dietA R Lee
Celiac Disease Center, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Hum Nutr Diet 22:359-63. 2009..The present study aimed to determine whether the nutritional profile of gluten-free diet could be improved through the use of alternative grains...
- Economic burden of a gluten-free dietA R Lee
Celiac Disease Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Hum Nutr Diet 20:423-30. 2007..Coeliac disease is a common, autoimmune disorder, for which the only treatment is lifelong adherence to a gluten-free diet. This study evaluates the economic burden of adhering to a gluten-free diet...


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Russell Joki, a former Nampa Schools Superintendent and teacher at the University of Idaho, sued the state in October in Ada County's 4th District Court contending that school fees for some classes, supplies and activities violate Idaho's constitutional promise of a free public education.
Last week Joki asked Judge Lynn Norton to issue a summary judgment — deciding the case without a trial — in his favor, and the judge will hear arguments on that motion Jan. 10.
The state has also filed a motion in the case asking that the lawsuit be dismissed. Attorneys for the state contend that Joki must first sue individual school districts before he can sue the state.
Joki, who has named several school districts as defendants along with the state, says several facts in the case are undisputed, including the fact that 4th District Judge Deborah Bail already ruled in 2005 that Idaho lawmakers had failed in their constitutional duty to provide a public education by failing to provide adequate funding for school buildings.
Joki's attorney, former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robert Huntley, has also submitted testimony from two experts backing Joki's claims.
Frank Gallant, an economist and the head of Gallant Analytics in Boise, says Idaho hasn't enacted any legislation that would fix the constitutional deficiencies in the state's education funding plan that Bail found back in 2005. In fact, Gallant claims in the court filing, just two years after Bail's ruling Idaho leaders used legislative sleight-of-hand to pass the Property Tax Relief Act, which they passed off as a commitment to funding K-12 education but which actually further dismantled education funding.
Idaho's total public school expenditures have declined over the last 25 years from an average of just over 34 percent, Gallant said, to just over 23 percent.
"The fact is that, rather than providing legislation to render the current system of funding Education into a 'constitutional' status, the Legislature has, since the December 2005 ruling ... further exacerbated the unconstitutionality of the education funding system of the State of Idaho by further debasement of funding available to schools," Gallant wrote.
Richard Slaughter, an economic consultant who served as Idaho's chief economist in the early 1980s and who testified as an expert witness in the earlier school funding lawsuit, also filed a report for Joki contending that school funding has dropped dramatically — so much that per-student support this year is equivalent to the per-student support level Idaho had in 1999.
"If the Legislature's system of funding was unconstitutional in 1999, as found by the Supreme Court in 2005, it is even more so today," Slaughter wrote in a filing with the court.
Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane, representing the state, has asked that the lawsuit be thrown out. Kane contends Joki's claims fall under Idaho's Constitutionally Based Educational Claims Act, under which plaintiffs must first try to resolve problems at the local level with state intervention coming only as a last resort.
The state maintains the act requires Joki to first sue his local school district — and not the state — and that because he hasn't taken that step, the lawsuit must be thrown out.
While the act grants the state the right to intervene in lawsuits against school districts if it so wishes, in this case neither the Legislature nor Idaho Schools Superintendent Tom Luna are choosing to do so, Kane told the court. Rather, he said in a court filing, the state simply wants to remain on the service list for court filings so Idaho attorneys can monitor the case on the Legislature's and Luna's behalf.


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Add a little Minecraft to your desk, keyring or backpack with these new Blind Box "Minecraft Hangers!"
Each sealed pack comes with one of ten possible Minecraft characters (or items) and you might just get lucky and stumble upon a rare secret one!
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I mean all you have to do is buy one of these Amazing Minecraft Cardboard Heads and POW, you're instantly transformed into your favorite Minecraft character!
Not convincing enough? Well hey, you can always add a sword or pickaxe to the ensemble!
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Never has there been a blocky man more in love with mining than Steve. In countless worlds he has been happy digging endlessly in a quest for diamonds and glory.
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Help Steve survive his first night in a strange new world! Avoid the creepers and start mining for the resources that will help you survive and thrive.
Configure your four micro-scale LEGO Minecraft modules any way you like. Build your own mines and hills, and expand your world with multiple sets.
Includes four LEGO Minecraft modules, hidden resources, extra pieces for wood, dirt, stone, and two "Micro Mobs" Steve and a creeper!
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That's right ladies and gentlemen, the most beloved creature in the Minecraft universe has finally been transformed into an adorable 14 inch plush! Not only is it huge and huggable, but it even makes sounds when you squeeze it!
This plush will be a favorite for young and old. It's durable, soft, and it plays the paranoia inducing Creeper hiss and explosion sound.
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Precious diamonds! In the depths of the earthy deep they wait. Hidden amongst the common stone and dirt, they sit in cubical majesty.
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Today's "Comment of the Day" was posted by SILive.com user huguenotrob to a story about state Sen. Diane Savino, who began a survey of Staten Island Railway riders Thursday and will bring their complaints to the MTA in an effort to improve service.
Said huguenotrob
I take the SIR 2x a day, 5 days a week. For the most part it's on time, and late connections to the ferry are usually due to some issues with the actual rails (wet leaves, icy conditions, etc.). Since it is an outdoor line this is common.
My main complaint is in recent years, the trains have become filthy and the lack of security at train stops - especially at night - is troubling.
When they renovated the cars (painted the seats blue and put down new floors), the cars were much better and you never worried about having to get something on your pants or coat. Now it's nearly impossible to get a seat without some "thing" on them. Sure they get mopped out and wiped down but the cars really need a serious cleaning.
Security is lax, just last week two drunks got into it in a car, there was a young girl nearby who was terrified. this was in the lead car, with the conductor behind the door maybe 6 feet away and he/she never bothered to check out what the problem was. For months there will be no police presence and then all of a sudden there will be cops on the train, at the stops, everywhere, for a few days. Then...back to nothing.
Clean up the cars, maintain them, and keep riders secure. It's not a lot to ask, maybe the MTA can funnel some of that VZ toll money into the SIR..


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We've commented about this before – and strictly speaking, if there is any possible way of hearing Adele's vocal without reaching for the nearest blackboard, sharp nails or broken chalk.. then it is through this innovate medium from Parisian wunderkind 1963. Emotionally looped and treacherously active, 1963 gently smashes Adele and Die Antwoord into an alternative netherworld – point blank.
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It may still be August, but Terror Time is almost here.
Eastern State Penitentiary announced today Terror Behind the Walls opens Sept. 19 and will feature a new attraction — Machine Shop.
Hidden deep inside the cellblocks is a long-forgotten machine shop where evil pervades.
According to a press release from Eastern State, Machine Shop is one-of-a-kind and the most interactive attraction in the history of the event that includes intense startles, immersive one-on-one experiences and gruesome industrial scenes.
Follow Terror Behind the Walls on Twitter @TerrorAtESP and use hashtags #TBTW and #TerrorTime.
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Vitor on comeback trail
By PA
Updated Thursday, 10th February 2011
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Leicester defender Miguel Vitor has stepped up his comeback from injury with 90 minutes for the reserve-team.
The 22-year-old, who is on a season-long loan from Benfica, has been nursing a hamstring problem since the end of December.
"The plan was for him to play 70 to 75 minutes but he felt well and to get 90 minutes under his belt is even better," said first-team coach Dietmar Hamann.
Vitor, recruited by former boss Paulo Sousa, will do well to unseat the central defensive partnership of Sol Bamba and Ben Mee, but Hamann added: "The manager has watched him play and there are a lot of games still to go.
"Things can change quickly in football. You can get suspensions and injuries and then the situation changes."
Meanwhile, the 1-0 victory over Southampton on Wednesday saw a first appearance for Vitor's Portuguese compatriot Ricardo, who has joined City until the end of the season after being released by Real Betis.
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The Dude gave this Old Town fave a 95 back in December 2007.
How's the May River Grill holding up? Let us know with a 1 to 100 rating and some thoughts behind your rating.
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."- Henry Kissinger
My family and I had lunch there last week-
Service-100% Seamless service, everything was correct and the servers were very friendly but not hovering.
Atmosphere-95% Let's face it, it's a lot of tables crammed into a small space, so it's bound to get a little loud.
Food-90% Had a she crab soup that would have been delicious but the crab was overpowered by bell peppers. My crab stuffed grouper was delicious, just very slightly overcooked so the fish was a tad dry- yet you could tell that the fish itself was fresh.
So overall...still an average of 95%!
food was very good and fresh. I only had crab appetizer, but it was nicely cooked, and my brother had crab stuffed grouper which he liked. Very nice experience, with friendly and helpful employees. 95
Went there last week, I give it a 98. Other than being just a tad loud, everything else is perfect.
I thought it a little pricey. Don't mean to change the subject, but does the Sea Trawler take reservations?
"Truth is treason in the empire of lies!"
I went there with a large group on a random weeknight back in the Fall, so the place wasn't too busy. Thankfully, the staff was very accommodating to our group, but they still managed to cram 8 people onto a table meant for 6. With all the empty tables that night, you would think they would have given us more room. Even with the restaurant mostly empty, it still feels claustraphobic in there. It's not the type of place for an intimate dinner with your date.
The entres were amatuerish at best. I had the scallop dinner, which is nolonger on their current menu. The scallops were not cooked well and came with some kind of cream corn mush that had what tasted like maple syrup drizzled over it. It was very "runny" and not very good. The scallops were not properly carmelized, almost poached.
Besides Sigler's...this is my absolute favorite restaurant in Bluffton. Yes, it is small and yes, if people drink (which make them loud) it gets loud. I have never had a bad meal here and eat here often. The Steak with the Jack Daniel's sauce is delicious. The scallops are wonderful. I love, love, love the Veal. I tend to have my favorites and order them over and over. My husband is big on the seafood items. The vanilla creme cake is to die for and is the only dessert I ever order anywhere. I kow what waiter you are referring to and he isn't a brash Yankee, it's just hhis personality. The female waitresses are my favorites. With that in mind...95!
This is one of my favorite places to dine (in Bluffton) as well. We have never had poor service there......even from the brash yankee (hee, hee) lol.
Took my grandfather there for his birthday a couple weeks ago and they even brought him out a dessert with a candle (which we didn't ask for) and didn't charge him for it.
BTW, the desserts are to die for......ALL of them!
I wish it was a little larger and more comfortable, but in a way, the size is a part of its charm.
My spouse wishes the bar was larger because we usually like to have a drink prior to dining (and many times it's full), but what the heck. Can't have everything.
I would give it a solid 85.
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I had lunch there last year on a Saturday. Not too crowded. I had the Fried Oysters. Excellent. Side veggies were very good too (don't remember which, just remember they were good). I'd give it a 95.
Every time I am in Bluffton, it is too busy to get in. I sent a friend from the ATL there last week (she was on HHI for two weeks). She loved it. So I will keep trying..Thanks for the local feedback.
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The New York Rangers bolstered their bottom six by signing Dominic Moore and Benoit Pouliot, but there could be trades on the horizon because of the need for cap space to re-sign key-restricted free agents.
UPDATE: July 5, 2013 7:03 p.m. ET
The Rangers have made another depth move by adding 6'3" and 197-pound left wing Benoit Pouliot.
BREAKING NEWS: The #NYR have agreed to terms with free agent forward Benoit Pouliot...details to follow— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 6:30 p.m. ET
Max Lapierre, a Rangers UFA target, has signed with the St. Louis Blues. Lapierre was a favorite defensive-zone specialist under Alain Vigneault in Vancouver.
Max Lapierre's deal with STL is for two years and a total of $2.2M.— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 4:58 p.m. ET
The Rangers have signed journeyman defender Aaron Johnson to a one-year deal. He will be a solid depth defender for the Blueshirts.
1 yr, $600,000 for Aaron Johnson with the NYR.— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 4:00 p.m. ET
Rangers beat writer Andrew Gross has this story to remind fans about returning-Rangers Dominic Moore.
Ranger Rants: #NYR bring back Dominic Moore, who is re-starting his NHL career, to add to forward depth http://t.co/j5r1wYSPdo— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 3:27 p.m. ET
The Rangers have signed UFA center Dominic Moore. Moore previously played with the Rangers, and he will be a solid fourth-line center.
Rangers have signed Dominic Moore. $1m.— Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 2:51 p.m. ET
#NYR As @NYP_Brooksie wrote, Rangers expected to circle back on Dominic Moore. Had interest in signing him before and right after lockout— Katie Strang (@KatieStrangESPN) July 5, 2013
The Rangers had Moore once before, and if he can readjust to NHL life, he'd be a good fit in the bottom six.
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 2:34 p.m. ET
Rangers probably were interested in Hendricks, probably couldn't afford him.— Rangers Report (@rangersreport) July 5, 2013
Matt Hendricks was a Rangers' UFA target but he signed with the Predators.
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 1:14 p.m. ET
Ryane Clowe with Devils. 5 year / 4.85 AAV. #RDS— Renaud Lavoie (@RenLavoieRDS) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 12:52 p.m. ET
Rangers' UFA Ryane Clowe has apparently signed with the Devils.
Believe the Devils have agreed to terms with Ryane Clowe on five-year deal with Devils. Waiting for confirmation— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 12:46 p.m. ET
Rangers almost capped out, looking at Moore, Lapierre, or maybe no one. http://t.co/A5ffDymZee via @nypost— Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) July 5, 2013
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UPDATE: July 5, 2013 12:28 p.m ET
Alain Vigneault repeats what GM Glen Sather said earlier this week: Team wants to reserve roster spots for young forward talent.— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) July 5, 2013
Alain Vigneault adds if Rangers are looking to add to depth, it is among defensemen.— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) July 5, 2013
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Winning the Stanley Cup is always the expectation in the Big Apple, and you can expect the Rangers to monitor available free agents with a watchful eye.
The Rangers had a disappointing 2012-13 season, and fans hope the hiring of Alain Vigneault is the first of many changes that will propel the team to a Stanley Cup. The Rangers didn't play with the same toughness and completeness they illustrated in 2011-12, and that will need to change going forward.
The Rangers decided to keep forward Brad Richards after rumors suggested that he would be a buyout candidate, and general manager Glen Sather is confident that he can bounce back. Richards is 33 years old, and the veteran center is coming off a very disappointing campaign.
If the Rangers are going to be successful, they need Richards to bounce back. They also need to re-tool their roster.
The Broadway Blueshirts have already taken steps to make some improvements, and it started with a trade for defenseman Justin Falk from the Minnesota Wild. It was a depth deal that will add some size to the Rangers' blue line, but the Blueshirts will need to add more than that if they want to compete for the Stanley Cup.
Cap space could be tight, but Sather is known for his ability to pull a rabbit out of his hat during negotiations.


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Interview: Olivia Colman on seeking joy in 'Tyrannosaur' and meeting Meryl
The 2011 awards season may be young, with a great many breathless winners yet to soak the stage in tears, but I'm not sure we'll see another acceptance speech quite as humbly overwhelmed as Olivia Colman's at the British Independent Film Awards earlier this month. Visibly trembling and sincerely astonished at having beaten a roster of nominees including Tilda Swinton, the unassuming London-based actress managed to stammer out a brief list of thank-yous before scuttling off the stage, seemingly shaking her head in disbelief at her good fortune.
It was, of course, not the first trophy she's won for her shattering performance as a brutally abused charity worker in actor Paddy Considine's hard-bitten directorial debut "Tyrannosaur," which also won the top prize at the aforementioned BIFA Awards. Her success began nearly a year ago with an acting award (shared with co-star Peter Mullan) at the Sundance Film Festival, while a Chicago Film Festival prize followed in the fall. Earlier this week, she snagged a nomination from the London Film Critics' Circle. All through the year, Colman has remained a prominent dark horse in the Oscar conversation, fiercely championed by critics and bloggers who fear this minute UK indie will slip through the cracks: the actress isn't optimistic about her chances of being invited to that particular dance, but such talk, she finds, is its own reward.
"It's incredibly flattering, but let's be honest -- it doesn't seem like a feasible prospect, does it?" she asks cheerily over the phone. She's just returned home from a day of filming of a long-nurtured TV pilot in Watford; supper is being prepared as we speak. She audibly beams when I mention Hollywood Elsewhere blogger Jeff Wells' self-funded campaign on her behalf, arranging screenings of the film in L.A. for potential awards voters, though she's clearly as amused as she is touched by the effort.
"I didn't even know until people started talking about us that there was all this massive campaigning around the Oscars every year, I had no idea that's how it worked. This film means so much to me, and when people show that they like it, I couldn't be happier. I'm in shock that people are even talking about me, but it's lovely, and it may never happen again -- so why not go with it? But I've never expected to win anything, and I still don't."
Whether it happens again or not, the likelihood has been significantly raised in the past 12 months, as Colman's big-screen profile has shot up with key roles in two major 2011 releases: in addition to her weighty lead turn in "Tyrannosaur," she'll reach even more audiences in The Weinstein Company's upcoming Oscar hopeful "The Iron Lady," where she plays Margaret Thatcher's put-upon daughter Carol, and consequently shares the screen in multiple scenes with Meryl Streep. Under a blobby prosthetic nose and distressed blonde wig, Colman gives the most open, affecting turn in an often stifling film; her rapport with Streep, as the elderly, dementia-plagued former British Prime Minister, is sweetly evident.
This one-two of dramatic projects is an unexpected breakthrough for an actress, now in her mid-thirties, previously best appreciated as a secret weapon of British TV comedy: shows like "Green Wing" and "Look Around You" built up to a long-running gig as seemingly gormless, but ruthlessly manipulative, office drone Sophie in the superb "Peep Show," where she makes a rich comic virtue of the character's utter lack of wit. Her dry gifts also reached cinema audiences in the hit police spoof "Hot Fuzz," where she first worked with Paddy Considine. The off-kilter actor was sufficiently impressed by Colman's work to offer her a part opposite Peter Mullan in his short film "Dog Altogether," which won awards from BAFTA and the Venice Film Festival, and essentially served as the opening chapter for "Tyrannosaur."
"I've always done some smaller serious roles along the way, but I'd go to auditions, and I wound up getting picked for a lot of comedy parts -- which is great fun, and a lovely way to spend your life," she says, speaking with great affection of her work on "Peep Show" in particular. "But drama is where my heart's always been, and it took Paddy to see it. And I don't know why he did, because no one else had -- it was always other actors who got the big, ballsy parts. I'm so thrilled he took a chance on me."
"Dog Altogether" introduced the emotionally damaged protagonists of "Tyrannosaur," Joseph and Hannah (called Anita in the short), but left them dangling in their suffering. Colman explains that Considine initially conceived a second short following Hannah's story in more detail, but when funding for that fell through, decided to expand the project to a full feature -- writing the script in just one week. Colman and Mullan remained on board throughout, she says: "They're such beautiful people to play: to have someone write a character like that specifically for you is amazing, but then you have to justify their faith."
For Colman, that meant going to some psychological territory she'd not yet been in her work: the abuse endured by Hannah at the hands of her husband (strongly played by Eddie Marsan) is as tough to watch as it surely was to play, beginning with a much talked-about scene in which he urinates on her as she pretends to sleep. The action she takes against him forms the nervy moral crux of the film.
"Paddy had warned me while writing the script that he was taking it somewhere quite dark," she says. "And I remember seeing his wife Shelley at an event and her saying to me, 'Oh God, I can't believe what Paddy's going to make you do.' So I'll admit that when I read it, I was scared. But I wanted to go there. That he believed I could do that was incredible, and I wanted to prove him right. With Paddy at the helm, you feel like you can do anything."
Colman speaks of her director with immense affection, calling him "an extraordinary creature" and citing his own formidable acting experience as a key factor in encouraging her to lay it on the line: "It goes without saying that Paddy is a great actor, but it turns out he's an even better director. I felt completely safe with him, even doing the hardest scenes; he would sit as close to me as he possibly could on set, so I never felt I was on my own while he was staring at a monitor. He understands what it feels like to be that exposed, which other directors don't -- they might think it's better to leave you to your own process, which doesn't always give you courage. It's magical to see that little smile on his face at the end of a really tough take and think, 'Yay, I've made Paddy proud.'"
As unflinching as the film is in its depiction of emotional suffering, Colman was determined not to play Hannah simply as a doleful martyr, and found her comedy experience valuable in this regard. "The comedy I've done, that I've always been drawn to, tends to have a bit of darkness to it. You can find darkness in comic characters -- in 'Peep Show,' for example, Sophie makes one bad choice after another -- and conversely, in an unhappy character like Hannah, you can find a lot of strength and warmth. Everyday life is about finding comedy in misfortune and vice versa; acting is much the same. There's nothing lovelier than hearing people bursting with laughter in the cinema; you need that release. But you can surprise people with those moments in films where they aren't necessarily looking for it."
That sense of balance carries over into the narrative's most tragic stages, she continues: "As an actress, I respond to characters who are human, who are understandable rather than perfect. Hannah is both human and animal, I suppose -- they go hand in hand. An animal can only be pushed so far: at some point, it's not your fault if you snap. She believes in goodness and she believes in love, even if she's exposed to so little of it in her daily life. As an actress, I have to make the audience understand that."
In "The Iron Lady," the principal challenge that concerned Colman was more a technical one: how to successfully inhabit a living figure whose face and distinctive lisp are still fresh in the minds of UK audiences, thanks to Carol Thatcher's recent exploits on local reality TV. She recalls turning up for the audition, her jangling nerves amplified when she observed the spot-on mimicry of some of her rivals for the part: "I've never been very good at impressions myself. So I did think it was pointless, since, well, why wouldn't they want the soundalike? Luckily, I was wrong. Or maybe I wasn't, and they asked the soundalike, but she turned them down. I don't know." She laughs.
"I'm intrigued to see how people take me as Carol," she says, genuine curiosity creeping into her voice. "I used some broad brushstrokes, but overall, I tried to ignore the fact that I was playing someone so familiar and focused instead on making the mother-daughter relationship work. Surely that's what's more important. Anyway, Meryl's doing such an extraordinary job, so you're already standing there alongside her worrying about what a tough act she is to follow. How much pressure is it reasonable to put on yourself?"
Colman isn't too blasé to describe working with Streep as a "sheer out-of-body experience," though she floated back to earth soon enough. "The first day I went to meet her, I couldn't sit down -- I was beside myself with excitement and nerves," she recalls. "And then Meryl walked right past, then spotted me and backtracked, before giving me a big hug and saying how pleased she was to see me. I couldn't say anything; all I was thinking was, 'Oh my God, Meryl Streep's given me a hug!' But in a snap, that feeling's gone, because you just realize that she's real and lovely and just this incredibly warm, funny woman. She makes you feel like you're her equal, though who is?"
As we say our goodbyes and she settles in for a hard-earned dinner, I don't tell her that her performance in "Tyrannosaur" is one Streep would have been proud to give in her prime. Perhaps I should have. But one of Olivia Colman's greatest personal and professional assets, it seems, is her lack of outward awareness of just how good she really is.
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Not to get away from similar topics, but I figured from what I've seen you guys would have added a lot more issues you think plague the experience, but I also don't want to mine this one site for all their articles on GTA, but this bears sharing.....
The last element most people can relate to, the community acting in a very immature manner, outside of relating it to GTA or Rockstar, no doubt the same occurs in Red Dead Redemption online, but perhaps not in MP3? Sounds like it as this author is a major fan of Max Payne. Some points I feel are valid, but I don't chose the entirely free aim modes, since using marginal auto aim for the shooting side of things helps in the heat of the moment to find an opponent or enemy you can't see, otherwise you wind up 'deaded' more often then not!
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The Jersey Shore has Bennies.
The Green Mountains have Joeys.
On the beach the locals complain about the Bennies.
At Okemo Mountain Resort in central Vermont, they embrace the Joeys, at least they do at the end of March.
Three years ago, Okemo began an annual Joey Jam and its first winner was Jersey guy Steven Kelly. Yesterday, Ocean City's Kelly won back his claim to fame and a 1987 Kawasaki JS 550 stand-up jet ski, which would be more useful at the shore, except Kelly now lives near Okemo.
I can understand how us Jersey people (yah, I know, I'm really from Massachusetts) would be upset losing such talent to Vermont, but worry not, second place Joey honors went to Victor Lucariello (aka Dom), of Keyport, N.J.
Here's a link to info on Kelley's first win and here's the official press release on this year's extravaganza:
LUDLOW, Vt. – On Saturday. March 26, Okemo Mountain Resort hosted its third annual Joey Jam, a competition that celebrated some of the slopes' most conspicuous skiers and snowboarders. Steven Kelly, of Ludlow, Vt., won top honors and took home this year's grand prize, a 1987 Kawasaki JS 550 stand-up jet ski.
A 33 year old snowboarder, originally from Ocean City, NJ, Kelly has been a resident of Ludlow, Vt., for six years. Kelly is a returning champion. He took first place in the inaugural Joey Jam, in 2009.
Competitors turned out in all forms of classic Joey attire, including acid-washed jeans, team-logo Giants jackets and 1980s neon skiwear. Many of the athletes sported mullets and retro hair-band wigs. Many Okemo staff members and visiting guests got into the spirit of the day and many male staff members sported bold mustaches and just for the occasion.
A panel of judges awarded points to contestants based on their ability to maneuver some reasonably easy terrain-park features while playing the part of a Joey. For added entertainment, each contestant had a few minutes with the microphone after performing on the snow.
In the Under-18 Division, first place went to Trevor McDonald (aka Tyrone the Terrible), age 17, of Londonderry, Vt. He won a pair of Rossignol Skis. Lance Lichtensteiger (aka Little Joey Donut), age 6, of Ludlow, Vt., took second place. Rounding out the podium with third place was Ian Fitzpatrick (aka Wild Kid), age 9, of Claremont, N.H.
In the 18-and-Older, Adult Division, Steven Kelly (aka The Joey), of Ludlow, Vt., was victorious. Second place went to Victor Lucariello (aka Dom), age 34, of Keyport, N.J. Charlie Kepler (aka Chaz), age 18, of Manchester Center, Vt., took third.
Okemo's celebration of spring continues April 2 with slush-pond skimming and a tug o' war.


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Country Friends host Stone Street
Country Friends will host Stone Street Station Saturday at the Memorial Hall located at 67 Old Police Lodge Road in Colliers.
The doors open at 6 p.m., and the dance starts at 7 p.m.
Country Friends holds covered-dish dinners and open mic nights every Monday and Friday. The doors open at 4 p.m., the meal begins at 5 p.m., and open mic begins at 6 p.m.
For information, call (304) 527-3322 or (304) 479-1270 or visit the website at www.countryfriendsfoundation.com.


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Huntington, Indiana (incnow.tv) --- An apartment fire that displace 11 families on Monday may have been electrical in nature. Although the cause has not been confirmed, fire officials say the blaze started in the walls between two adjoining apartments.
Reports indicate that the fire broke out Monday morning at the Carriage Place Apartments on Bartlett Street in Huntington. Early on in the fire, ammunition was going off.
Fire broke out in building 13, but spread very quickly. Smoke and flames could be seen from miles away.
There were no injuries.
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Chris Prescott Of Pinback: "Proceed To Memory"
Chris Prescott Of Pinback: "Proceed To Memory"
You never know when you'll discover some indescribable drumming. Just such an experience awaits the listeners of the intriguing San Diego band Pinback, however, especially on the group's fifth studio album, Information Retrieved.
The drummer on this deliciously mysterious indie-pop collection is Chris Prescott, who provides an unpredictable rhythmic core for Pinback founders Zach Smith (bass) and Rob Crow (vocals) to play off of. From behind his kit, Prescott has developed a very diplomatic role in helping the magic to unfold in a Pinback creation.
"Every song is different, and every song is a negotiation," he explains. "Rob and Zach are opposites, so when a song comes together, it's like a truce between their perspectives. What you hear is them negotiating their views on music, and struggling with that — that's what makes the band interesting."
But that's not the only thing that makes the band interesting: Prescott has a sizable share in that effect as well, and it's plain as day on "Proceed To Memory," the opening track of Information Retrieved. The muse of a calmly beautiful solo guitar leads off the song like a lucid dream until 0:19, when Prescott appears with a kick/rim-click pattern that's lovely to listen to — but devilishly hard to duplicate.
"There are several songs on the record that have this two-against-three feel," Prescott says. "This is one of those rhythms where you have a strict quarter-note on the rim, but the kick is playing a pattern that's based in three. Things are pulling against each other. It's actually very simple: an almost metronomic rim, with this contrast underneath it."
Prescott continues the pattern with almost no variation clear to 0:58. It's a characteristic of his playing that shows up again and again throughout Information Retrieved — and there's a reason for that. "It's about finding a good rhythm that's not fighting what's going on, with a hypnotic repetition," notes Prescott. "I'm a drum teacher as well, and now I'm telling students things I didn't want to hear when I was a kid: 'Play simple; don't show off all the time; just keep a good groove.'
"Repetition is powerful — it creates an entrancing effect, and it provides a foundation to the song, instead of being the song. I find repeating parts to be really interesting, like in the music of Philip Glass or Steve Reich, and it's a cool element in pop music."
At that aforementioned 0:58 mark, Prescott kicks off a rock beat that pulses without being aggressive, providing a good backbone for the chorus but with a lighter touch. "With the hi-hat coming in, the rhythm progresses and gets a little louder," he observes. "There's a sort of accent on the & of 2 and 3. The hi-hat cymbals come in to create this almost linear feel — there's an empty space, but it's going to the cymbals, which are taking on that weight. The result is the same dynamic for the chorus as the verse, but a different color."
At 1:34, Prescott plays what may be the first fill of the entire song — a single open hi-hat strike that leads to the slightly harder version of the beat he was just playing. "I think it sort of serves as a punctuation," he says of the subtly effective transition. "A lot of times my role in the band is not to overdo it, trying to say what you need to say without too many flourishes. It's almost like an anti-fill, but it marks the section and that's the point. It's says, 'We're going somewhere new.'
"And honestly, a lot of times certain things are played simply because they're instinctual. I may talk about something and give a reason for it, but sometimes it's just what's happened."
At 2:07, "Proceed To Memory" enters an energetic clearing of sorts — a bridge that's quietly charged by an influx of skipping ghost notes on the snare. "That's always a good feel!" Prescott enthuses. "Attention to dynamics is very important so that you don't get those parts too loud. Instead, sections like that are more textural. I don't want them to pop out as part of the rhythm; I want to keep the rhythm going, but if I add the ghost notes it won't change the foundations of the rhythm.
"And also, when those ghost notes appear, it means we're into the song. Things are loosening up, and that's a comfortable feel for me. It's not, 'Oh, no, I'm going to play ghost notes now.' It's, 'Yay! I'm going to play ghost notes now!' It helps the rhythm fit together and flow."
Presumably, Prescott gets downright ecstatic at 2:23, when the bridge blows up into a powerful surge, driving forward on rolling toms and single-stroke roll shots on the snare. "That's the trickiest part of the whole song, for sure," he acknowledges. "My right hand is playing eighth-notes on the floor tom and my left hand is playing quarter-notes on the hi hat. During this I'm filling in all the offbeat sixteenth-notes with my bass drum — the effect is a sort of quasi double-bass rhythm. Each pattern ends with a sixteenth-note fill on the snare drum. When the rolls resolve to the downbeat you have to quickly move your left hand back to the hi-hat from the snare in consecutive sixteenth-notes without it sounding sketchy.
"It's a big contrast to the part at the beginning, where it was just a rim-click and bass drum doing almost a drum-machine feel. Since that's the peak of the song, that's where I'm doing my fills and flourishes: There's room there to get a little crazier, and help bring the excitement up."
The uplifting jam continues until 3:27, when the action culminates in a big cymbal crash that leads Prescott back to the simply spare rim-and-kick beat he began with. For this drummer who deftly blends intellect and instinct, "Proceed To Memory" adds up to a winding musical adventure.
"It definitely feels like a journey," he agrees. "Obviously, there are places where it's not totally moving in a straight line. One of the things that brings that element out is Rob's singing — he goes from whispering to belting it out, and as a more experienced player I'm trying to follow that. When I started out I'd think, 'Am I playing something cool?' But now I think, 'Am I playing something that supports the vocalist?'"


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How to Get Rid of Prairie Dogs
We've seen them in zoos and in countless episodes on Animal Planet. Prairie dogs are probably the cutest burrowing pest nature ever invented. We are amazed by their highly organized and developed social structure, their unwavering work ethic, and the care and love they show to family members.
But what happens when a family of prairie dogs moves into your backyard? The answer is a resounding "How do I get rid of them?" Prairie dogs are a member of the rodent family, which means they are closely related to the mouse, rat, gopher and many other pests that prefer to make their living alongside us. They are troublesome and can quickly damage property as well as make an unsightly mess with their burrow holes. So, what can you do to get rid of prairie dogs? The answer may surprise you.
Call a Professional
Of course, the first step is to find out how to make the removal of such pests someone else's problem. Call around to exterminator services and comparison shop for the best price. The other consideration is the method the exterminator uses for removal. Most of us have a soft spot for living creatures and would just like them to be relocated. Most exterminators aim to kill, not relocate. Some achieve this with poison, so with gas and others with fire. If you are feint of heart, then make sure that you understand how the exterminator plans to dispatch with your furry little problems, else plan to handle the removal yourself.
Humane Traps
This method is generally the easiest for home owners to stomach, however, probably the least effective. Prairie dogs happen to be extremely intelligent creatures, as with most other rodent species. You will probably be successful in capturing a few of the younger ones, but you will not catch the older, breeding adults. Prairie dogs are highly suspicious of any changes in their environments and will not generally approach the trap. A few of the more curious youngsters will probably be bold enough to investigate, but after a few are caught, the word will go out to stay away from the traps permanently.
Poison Bait
This will work, once again on a few and will probably be more effective than the traps, but once again, the effectiveness will be limited and the smell of decaying bodies will be unbearable after a few days, especially if any of their burrows have found their way into your dirt floor basement. Not to mention, domesticated pets and children may come into contact with the bait or dying rodents and become poisoned as well.
Flushing the Burrows
Filling the burrows' holes with water to drown and/or remove the prairie dogs will also work, but unless you also collapse the entire burrow system and back fill with dirt, those that aren't killed will return.
Getting rid of prairie dogs is no easy task. Just ask anyone currently residing in Lubbock Texas. Your best and easiest choice is to hire a professional to remove the family.


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BRAMPTON, ONT. — The Island Storm dropped 118-108 decision to the Brampton A's in National Basketball League of Canada action here Monday night.
With the loss, the Storm fell to 21-16 and has lost two straight games against Central Division squads.
Brampton's Cedric Moodie went for a triple double, leading all players in points (24), rebounds (12) and assists (11). Cavell Johnson also drained 24 points for the A's, which upped its mark to 24-13, while Scottie Haralson added 18 points.
Antonio Ballard led the Storm with 23 points and 10 rebounds, while Adrian Moss registered 18 points and Steve Tchiengang chipped in 16 points. Ed Jones grabbed 10 boards.
Shawn Vanzant was the Storm's top three-point shooter at 3-for-3. Moodie was 5-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Brampton shot 50 per cent from the floor and 79 per cent at the free throw line while the Storm was 43 per cent from the floor and 74 per cent from the charity stripe.
Today, the Storm travels to Mississauga to take on the Power (9-29) at 8 p.m. AT. The Power is last in the Central Division.


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Allegan County has addressed some "potential areas of concern" in radio communication throughout the county.
On March 15, the county entered into a contract that will enhance fire-related emergency notification to fire departments and first responders.
The goal was better capability in contacting available emergency personnel, which can be critical when every second counts to save lives and property.
Currently, 20 fire departments provide service throughout the county, and 11 departments are trained and certified to respond to medical emergencies.
For example, they respond to motor vehicle accidents, providing medical aid until Emergency Medical Service personnel arrive on the scene.
All fire departments are staffed with on-call or "reserve" personnel, who typically have additional employment outside of the fire department, and cannot monitor radio traffic at all times.
Allegan County Central Dispatchers notify firefighters of calls for service by sending the information out on the radio system, broadcast over a paging device (pager) carried by the firefighter.
"The variety of beautiful landscapes and contours throughout Allegan County, combined with the fact the pagers are small, typically worn at the waistline, and have no external antenna, make it challenging to provide radio and pager coverage," said Jan Goswick, Central Dispatch Director.
When Allegan County purchased the radio system in 2001, consideration for signal coverage to pagers was accounted for, and adequate radio coverage was established to allow for dispatching departments via the pager method.
Since then, input from fire service personnel and testing demonstrated need for further enhancement in some areas.
Laketown Township and Leighton Township areas, which lie in the northwest and northeast portions of Allegan County, were both identified as areas requiring enhancements to their radio coverage.
According to Goswick, these areas had been previously considered for improvement; however, a mandate from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required system modifications that would further impact coverage levels. With input from fire service agencies, the decision was made to delay improvements until after the FCC mandate was met.
Allegan County Central Dispatch led county-wide, FCC-required process changes before the January 1, 2013 deadline. A licensed consultant evaluated the radio coverage and provided a recommendation for necessary upgrades.
During their Feb. 28 meeting, the Allegan County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the project to move forward and authorized County Administrator, Rob Sarro, to finalize a contract for materials and services.
"I am very pleased my colleagues on the County Board recognized the need to resolve the gaps in radio coverage in the northern areas of Allegan County," said Allegan County Commissioner Jim Storey.
"All parties understand the system cannot be perfect; however, the project will result in a large improvement in coverage." Sarro said.
"Tremendous effort went into preparing a contract that ensures expectations by all parties will be met," Sarro added. "The county, fire service personnel, and Harris Corporation, our communications vendor, worked very close on this project."
"This project provides a solution that will improve response times to calls for service," Goswick said.
The enhancement is expected to be complete by September. It will cost $339,950, and will be funded through the remaining balance of millage reserves for fire service communications equipment.
The millage was approved by voters and collected from 1999 through 2004. It was put in place to equip and house a 911 and emergency management radio communications/data system.
Most area fire departments received new radios through the county that were funded by the millage. The Wayland Fire Department declined to participate, opting to choose their own radios, which are compatible with the county system.