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Activity note: Participants must book flights that arrive into San José, Costa Rica no later than 4:30 p.m. on this day if they plan on attending the program orientation. Some Road Scholar gateways require the use of overnight flights in order to get participants to San José by the suggested time. Please contact your Road Scholar program provider at 1-800-866-7111 or firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like to make arrangements to arrive in Costa Rica a day or more before your program.
Afternoon: 6 p.m. program orientation at the hotel. Meet your group leader and fellow Road Scholar participants during a welcome and introduction session at the hotel. We will review the up-to-date daily schedule and any changes, discuss responsibilities, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer any questions you may have.
Dinner: On your own to explore local fare. Your group leader will be available to offer dining suggestions.
Activity note: This program includes a number of bus transfers. The air conditioned Road Scholar bus does not have a bathroom on board. However, the program includes stops for program activities, meals, and/or basic pit stops that help to break up longer travel times. Stops are built into the schedule for every 1.5 - 2 hours of bus travel. Bus drive from San José to Carara takes approximately 2 hours. The elevation change from Alajuela to Carara is approximately 3,000 ft to sea level.
Breakfast: At the hotel.
Morning: Lecture: Introduction to Birding in the Tropics. Transfer to the Carara area. Arrive at the hotel and check-in.
Lunch: At the hotel
Afternoon: Birding field trip via boat on the Tárcoles River. The Tárcoles River basin is one of the most important in the Pacific coastal region virtually draining the entire Western side of the Central Valley. Tarcoles hosts an amazing diversity of wildlife along its banks and on the extensive mangrove areas near its estuary. Perhaps the most famous of all its inhabitants are the enormous crocodiles that live on its banks. These crocodiles (Crocodilus acutus) have been studied by numerous local and foreign specialists and featured in TV specials, including several of National Geographic Brady Barr's Wild Reptiles.
Dinner: At the hotel.
Evening: Time at leisure. Get a good night's rest in preparation for early morning activities the following day.
Breakfast: Early morning coffee and cookies at the hotel.
Morning: Early morning birding at the Villa Lapas private reserve (lodge trails) including the Skyway -- which is a walk through the rain forest crossing through 5 hanging bridges 200 ft high. The elevation for Villa Lapas is at sea level. Return to the lodge for a late morning breakfast. The remainder of the morning will be at your leisure to enjoy the hotel grounds.
Lunch: At the hotel.
Afternoon: Field trip to Carara National Park. Costa Rica's Central Pacific Region is one the most ecologically diverse areas of the country. The intersection of the Northwestern Tropical Dry Forest habitats with the Humid Rain Forests of the South Pacific region, in a relatively small area, produces a very interesting combination of species from both ecosystems. In addition, the mountain ranges are very close to the coast resulting in an array of elevations and some peculiar climatic conditions that contribute to the abundance of wildlife. The rich variety of habitats in this area makes an ideal home for a large variety of birds including the endemic Mangrove Hummingbird and the Yellow Billed Cotinga. Return to the hotel. Lecture: The Ecology and Conservation of the Scarlet Macaw.
Dinner: At the hotel.
Evening: Enjoy some time at leisure to rest, update your check list or enjoy hotel amenities.
Activity note: Bus drive from Carara to La Ensenada Lodge takes approximately 2 hours. The elevation is at sea level.
Breakfast: Early morning birding. Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Transfer to Gulf of Nicoya area (Tempisque). Arrive at the lodge and check-in. This region of Northwestern Costa Rica is characterized by an endangered life zone known as semi-deciduous or Tropical Dry Forest. Little used trails throughout the property make for excellent birding in the forest around the lodge.
Lunch: At the lodge.
Afternoon: Birding along the lodge's trails. Product of a huge tectonic depression, the Gulf of Nicoya is a somewhat closed water inlet, fed by the waters from the major rivers in Guanacaste region. The sediments carried by the rivers, estuaries and deltas, contributed to the creation of extensive mangrove habitats inside the gulf. Here many marine species have found a perfect nutrient-rich environment for breeding. Mollusks, crustaceans and many species of fish are attracted to the natural crib offered by the Gulf of Nicoya, and with them, hundreds of marine birds.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: Night birding walk. After dinner, venture into the reserve. Use powerful lights to spot eyes. We will be looking for nocturnal species such as owls, nightjars, potoos and thick-knees.
Activity note: Elevation in this area is from sea level to 155 ft.
Breakfast: Early morning birding. Breakfast at the lodge.
Morning: Boat ride in the Gulf of Nicoya for birding and exploration of the fringing mangrove forests. Return to the lodge.
Lunch: At the lodge.
Afternoon: Afternoon cart ride (pulled by a tractor) and birding around the lodge grounds.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: Time at leisure. Get a good night's rest in preparation for early morning activities the following day.
Activity note: Bus drive from La Ensenada Lodge to Caño Negro takes approximately 4 to 5 hours. The elevation ranges from sea level to approximately 3,000 ft over the pass, ending at 65 ft at the lodge.
Breakfast: Early morning birding. Breakfast at the lodge.
Morning: Depart for Caño Negro. Transfer by bus to Caño Negro with birding en route from dry forest to fresh water marsh. Among the many birds found are Glossy Ibis, Black-necked Stilt, Neotropical Cormorants, American Anhinga, Northern Jacana, American Widgeon, Wood Stork, White Ibis, Black-bellied Tree Duck, Northern Shoveler, Snail Kite, Green Backed Heron, Roseate Spoonbill and Blue-winged Teal and possibly the Jabiru. This is one of the best places to see the Nicaraguan Grackle, whose only Costa Rican habitat is Caño Negro and other marshy areas just south of Lake Nicaragua.
Lunch: At a local restaurant en route.
Afternoon: Continue to Caño Negro with birding en route. Arrive at the lodge for afternoon birding on trails around the lodge. Often described as Costa Rica's Everglades, Caño Negro acts as an expansive drainage basin for numerous rivers in the country's northern section. Like the Everglades, this large "water filter" attracts numerous species of birds and waterfowl and has been protected as a wildlife reserve. During the dry season, much of the flooded estuary dries up and many of the birds migrate only to return with the rain. Caño Negro's most common visitors are birds, leaving much of the area to be explored by the few who venture to this frequently overlooked corner. Lecture: Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge and Wetlands.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: Free time at the lodge.
Activity note: This area is approximately 65 ft. above sea level.
Breakfast: Early morning coffee and cookies at the lodge.
Morning: Boat field trip though the wetlands with a site lecture on wetland bird species. This remote 22,000 acre tropical wetland teeming with wildlife is one of Costa Rica's undiscovered gems. Here, we explore a portion of Costa Rica that is considered by many the best example of Mesoamerican wetlands. Explore the lagoons and canals by boat to look for some of the 350 species of birds found in the refuge. In addition, spot caiman, crocodiles & a variety of monkeys. Birdlife dominates the area, boasting the largest colony of neotropic cormorants in Costa Rica and a colony of Nicaraguan grackle. Egrets, anhingas, Roseate Spoonbills and other waterfowl gather by the thousands. Return to the lodge for a late morning breakfast. The remainder of the morning will be at your leisure.
Lunch: At the lodge.
Afternoon: Excursion to the town of Caño Negro, followed by an afternoon boat ride and site lecture. Return to the lodge.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: Free time at the lodge.
Activity note: Bus drive from Caño Negro to Sarapiqui takes approximately 4 hours. The elevation will vary from between 180 ft to 300 ft above sea level.
Breakfast: At the lodge.
Morning: Transfer to Sarapiqui with birding en route. Of the many birds to see are the Chestnut-mandibled and Keel-billed Toucans, Collared Aracari, Chestnut-backed Antbird, Bay Wren, Shining, Green and Red-legged Honeycreepers, Red-throated Ant-Tanager and Orange-billed Sparrow and of particular interest, the Great-green Macaw. Situated in the Caribbean lowlands, 40 miles from San José, Sarapiquí is one of the richest sites for birds in Middle America with well over recorded 400 species. Nearby, the La Selva Protection Zone and the Braulio Carrillo National Park form the only significant corridor of forest on the Caribbean slope linking the highlands with the lowlands - a corridor crucial to birds and animals that undertake seasonal altitudinal migrations. Arrive at the lodge and check-in.
Lunch: At the lodge.
Afternoon: Orientation to the lodge. Birding in the on-site rainforest reserve. Tropical rainforests are found only in a restricted area around the Equator that covers less than 20% of the Earth's surface. Within the rainforests are more than one third of all species in the planet. Every year scientists surprise the international community with the discovery of new species in both well known and unexplored areas of rainforest. The importance of rainforests for the human community is immense in terms of biodiversity, eco-tourism, oxygen production, water production, new drugs and medicines, etc. These delicate and specialized ecosystems are also the most susceptible to changes in the global weather patterns and air temperature variations.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: Lecture: The Birds of the Sarapiqui Region.
Activity note: Elevation is approximately 180 ft above sea level.
Breakfast: Early morning birding and a site lecture on rainforest species at the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) La Selva Biological Field Station. Breakfast at La Selva Biological Field Station.
Morning: Continue birding at OTS La Selva. The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) is a non-profit consortium that includes 63 universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America and Australia. In the early 1960's, scientists from U.S. universities forged working relationships with colleagues at the Universidad de Costa Rica in the interest of strengthening education and research in tropical biology. Intense interest led to the founding of OTS, to provide leadership in education, research and the responsible use of natural resources in the tropics.
Lunch: Return to Selva Verde Lodge for lunch.
Afternoon: Time at leisure. Continue birding field trip in La Selva Field Station. La Selva was originally established, as a farm dedicated to experimentation on mixed plantations for the improvement of natural resources management. It was purchased in 1968 by the Organization for Tropical Studies and declared a private biological reserve and station. La Selva has become one of the most important sites in the world for research on the tropical rain forest. Over 240 scientific papers are published yearly from research conducted at the site. La Selva comprises 3,900 acres of tropical wet forests and disturbed lands. Located within the tropical and pre-montane wet forest, the Station is the home for more than the half of the 886 species of birds in Costa Rica. Transfer back to the lodge.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: Time at leisure at the lodge. After sunset, the rainforest comes alive with the calls of its nocturnal inhabitants. Listen to the sounds--try to distinguish one from another as you relax in your hammock. Frogs, owls, bats, tepezquintles (pacas), moths, and various other creatures come out at night as most of us get ready for bed.
Activity note: Bus drive from Sarapiqui to San Gerardo de Dota takes approximately 5 hours. The elevation range for this day is from 180 ft. at Sarapiqui, up to 10,000 ft. in the Talamanca Range, down to 7,000 ft. in the San Gerardo Valley.
Breakfast: Early morning birding on lodge grounds. Breakfast at the lodge.
Morning: Transfer to San Gerardo de Dota with birdwatching en route. Journey from the rainforest up into the Talamanca Mountain range. Watch foothill and montane rainforests give way to oak-dominated cloud forest, and then to Andean-stype sub-alpine vegetation on Cerro de la Muerte (the highest point in Costa Rica). With five distinct "life zones" from 4,000 to 11,500 feet, this is a rich area for endemic birds and boasting a large population of quetzals.
Lunch: At a local restaurant en route.
Afternoon: Arrive to San Gerardo de Dota and check-in at hotel. This small village is situated in the Talamanca Mountain range, which provides habitat for a number of species including the resplendent quetzal. This high elevation cloud forest property is situated on a working apple orchard and is home to a diverse ecosystem Enjoy the rest of the afternoon birdwatching during a short hike on the property's trails.
Dinner: At the hotel.
Evening: Time at leisure.
Activity note: Elevations at approximately 8,000 ft above sea level.
Breakfast: Early morning birding. Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Birding along forest trails in search of the elusive Resplendent Quetzal. The Resplendent Quetzal is less elusive and present in greater numbers in this region than in the cloud forests of Monteverde and Santa Elena to the north. This tropical icon is considered to be the most beautiful bird in the Western Hemisphere and was sacred to ancient Mayas and Aztecs. Streams trickle through the region on their way to the Rio Savegre and colorful hummingbirds dart to and fro in search of food. Birding en route back to the hotel.
Lunch: At the lodge.
Afternoon: Time at leisure. Birding around the hotel grounds. The few families that inhabit the valley are mostly dedicated to the production of trout, apples and peaches, which grow well in the cool, moist elevations of the Talamanca Range. Pioneers in many aspects, the Chacon family was the first to settle in this area. They built the first hotel (Cabinas Chacon, now named Savegre Mountain Hotel) and the first to set out to conserve the magnificent high elevation and oak forests that covered the entire valley. The patriarch of the family, don Efrain Chacon, has transmitted his love for this land to his children and grandchildren. They now share his passion and devotion for the preservation of the pristine forests. Lecture: The Chacon Family and the Resplendent Quetzal.
Dinner: At the hotel.
Evening: Free time at the hotel.
Activity note: Bus drive from San Gerardo de Dota to San José takes approximately 3 hours. Elevations for this day range from 11,000 ft. to approximately 3,000 ft.
Breakfast: Early morning birding. Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Depart for San José. Enjoy en route birding with stops along the way, including in the Cerro de la Muerte region where we may spot the fiery throated hummingbird, timberline wren and the volcano junco. Cerro de la Muerte is the highest point in the Costa Rican section of the Inter-American Highway. Its name means "Mountain of Death", since in the path crossing the mountains from the Valle Central meant a three or four day journey, on foot or on horseback, and many ill-prepared travelers succumbed to the cold and rain. However, the peak is now easily accessible since the highway runs close by.
Lunch: At a local restaurant en route.
Afternoon: Arrive in San José and check-in at hotel. Time at leisure. Final bird count with group leader.
Dinner: Farewell dinner at the hotel.
Evening: Time at leisure to enjoy your last night among your new Road Scholar friends or get a good night's rest in preparation for your international travel next day.
Breakfast: At the hotel (depending on flight departure time).


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how do i close a thread? the trash can thingy will work, just cut out the armor(no patterns though >.<)
trying to get a job for some really good armor/sintra so i can make some. anyway, please dont reply anymore... ehhh closed thread(new to site)
thanks anyway
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We are the knights that say, ELBOW!
Based on the red glow from the helmet, I think that it is safe to say that both knights are actually cylons in disguise.
Frakking toasters...
LOL, I knew this would print. I still giggle because to me it looks like some OTHER part of the body.
That must be jam cause jelly don't shake like that. Debates getting one to give confusing replies to what the shirt means.
Help me here. What movie does this come from? I don't get it.
So nice to see this printed. Thanks to all for the support!
Huh. Didn't realize this would be a black shirt, but the design is a must have... I'm glad to be one of the first buyers :D
ThatRobert, you're on a roll! Congrats, very amusing shirt:D Nii!
Spotsmom wrote:Help me here. What movie does this come from. I don't get it.
HSSSsss!! That word! You mustn't say that word, you simply mustn't!
We are the knights who say "elbow"?
Honestly, someone get that Knight to the gym so they can do some squats.
I think it's "Hoosiers."
Yeah, I knew it looking like an elbow was a danger. That's why it's nice and beefy. I would have hated to have a whole bloody leg their in the talk bubble though...
isn't it spelled "knee?"
tjost wrote:We are the knights that say, ELBOW!
Aw man...I had to re-login and you beat me to it!
That's ok, I wear your shirts. :-)
"We are no longer the knights who say ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!"
Ecky ecky ecky!
Okay - "ekki ekki" is okay too. But no way it's "icky"!
Egads! The only thing I Ni'd more than this shirt is more shrubbery!
I feel really bad, as I think I'm one of 3 people who hasn't seen any of the Monty Python movies, or tv shows..did they make a tv show? Or was it just movies?
I have got to wake up and join the 21st century someday.
Congrats, Robert!
Did I read that someone should tell Weird Al to include this in White and nerdy two? I would hate to get rumors started!
Now represent "Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG Zoom-Boin. Z'nourrwringmm!" with just pictures. I dares ya!
I guess he's a knee guy.
Monty Python and The Holy Grail!
Two in a row!
I enjoyed tonight's writeup. It was almost expected, but I even liked the "we call this color" and the "condition". Well done, Woot. :D
thatrobert wrote:So nice to see this printed. Thanks to all for the support!
p.s. Woot forgot to mention my poor little beef shirt that is very close to being reckoned!
But it's just one knight saying knee! IT MAKES NO SENSE!!
bassanimation wrote:I feel really bad, as I think I'm one of 3 people who hasn't seen any of the Monty Python movies, or tv shows..did they make a tv show? Or was it just movies?
I have got to wake up and join the 21st century someday.
Congrats, Robert!
Better watch some skits quick before some one starts to argue with you.
atravis6 wrote:But it's just one knight saying knee! IT MAKES NO SENSE!!
They take turns.
Monty Python and The Holy Grail!
One of the best comedies in the history of film. Never gets old ...
I'll bite your legs off!
Makes me want to go off and do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impec-cable.
Grats on the print!
so does the scene from the movie. Knights that say NI that want shrubbery... pretty wacky if you ask me.
Bassanimation, I have never seen a Monty Python movie, either, and MP was huge when I was a teenager and in my twenties! So, despite someone's post that said this quote came from "Hoosiers", is this really a Monty Python movie quote?
I think I saw "Hoosiers" once, and it doesn't seem like the type of movie to have this quote.
What ThatRobert doesn't know is that Woot will be paying him with a shrubbery.
If I were to purchase this, I would post something witty like, "I NI-d this shirt!" but as I am trying to be frugal this holiday season (a regular Scrooge), I will pass.
midgerock wrote:I guess he's a knee guy.
Monty Python and The Holy Grail!
Thanks, Midgerock. I guess I need to get it from Netflix soon. I'm just not much of a tv/movie/game person. Books....
Wink Wink, nudge nudge woot. Say some more govna'
Just a little hint, you should add "An Exhaustive Guide to Cuts of Meat" in the artists profile section.
Wink Wink, nudge nudge. Say some more. Say some more.
Aside from the obvious MP reference, does anyone else think of the Sphinx from The Neverending Story?
MBrulla wrote:Aside from the obvious MP reference, does anyone else thing of the Sphinx from The Neverending Story?
HAHA. Now that you've said it, I can't unsee it.
Spotsmom wrote:Thanks, Midgerock. I guess I need to get it from Netflix soon. I'm just not much of a tv/movie/game person. Books....
yeah, Monty Python and The Holy Grail is pretty funny stuff. Check it out some time.
If you are book person think Terry Prachett or Douglas Adams doing King Arthur
If you guys haven't seen Monty Python's Spamalot, I highly recommened you to go see it. It was really good and it's not just 100% musical. They're currently touring the US right now. They've included the Knights Who Say "Ni" quite well I have to say.
Just to provide a semblance of order, I offer "The Explicit and Unreasoned Purposeless Performance of the Aforementioned Knighthood"...
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Reds sign INF Emmanuel Burriss to a minor league contract.
Yadier Molina went 3-for-4 and delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning on Sunday as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Pirates 8-4.
Aaron Hicks (oblique) will be placed on the disabled list on Monday and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks.
Cody Bellinger went 3-for-5 with a pair of two-run home runs and four total RBI in Sunday's 12-6 win over the Rockies.
Rene Rivera went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three total RBI in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Giants.
Ervin Santana mowed down the Indians over six scoreless frames Sunday in the Twins' 4-0 victory.
Michael Taylor launched his 11th homer Sunday in the Nationals' 6-2 loss to the Reds.
Scooter Gennett went ballistic in Sunday's 6-2 victory over the Nationals, leading the Reds with four hits including his 11th home run of the season.
Zach Davies spun seven shutout innings Sunday in the Brewers' victory over Atlanta.
Keon Broxton clobbered another homer as part of a three-hit, three-RBI afternoon Sunday in the Brewers' win over the Braves.
Jose Bautista went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and four total RBI in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals.
Sonny Gray was terrific in Sunday's victory over the White Sox, allowing just two runs (one earned) on four hits over his seven frames.


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On DVD
The Cabin in the Woods
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Movie Review
It's remarkable, really, that the cabin in The Cabin in the Woods ever finds buyers at all. Oh, sure, the property listing could be spruced up to look nice enough: "Eerily spacious cabin in the heart of tranquil forest!" it might read. "Within walking distance of bucolic lake. Snarling wolf head and creepy paintings included!"
But eventually, any prudent home buyer is going to hire an inspector to check out the place. And while the electrical work may seem fine and the plumbing may be up to code, the cellar is, well, the cellar's a seller's nightmare. While that inspector is down there looking for signs of termite damage, he'll surely run across all the mysterious diaries and otherworldly puzzle boxes and weird fortune-telling machines that litter the place. And then he'll find the other cellar, the one outfitted as a torture chamber by a previous occupant. And then he might even find the cellar underneath that cellar, where he'd see—
OK. Never mind. Tour's over. We don't need to go down there. What self-respecting potential homeowner would? Just a quick run through this property (and I do mean run) would tell any competent real estate agent that haunted mansions in Amity would be an easier deal to do.
But somehow, the cabin keeps attracting new victi—, er, buyers, and this time around, the unlucky soul has allowed the place to serve as a makeshift getaway for five college-age youth and their stash of beer, pot and flimsy lingerie. They're hoping to kill a weekend, not each other, of course. But the cabin—or rather, whatever's lurking under the cabin—has other plans.
Positive Elements
Looking at the specifics, there's not much to work with here: One of the cabin's unfortunate "guests" does try to escape its nefarious clutches to save his friends. Other characters show a strong desire to survive. Still others try to save all of humanity (albeit while killing people to do it).
But that lack of specific goodness is part of the larger point for Cabin in the Woods. And there's at least a measured dose of positivity to be found in that point—which I'll tackle in my "Conclusion."
Spiritual Content
The cabin's cellar eventually empties into a massive underground government complex tasked with sating what the film calls "ancient gods" who once ruled Earth. For millennia now (the film tells us), the world has offered human sacrifices to these creatures, and we see carvings and paintings depicting such sacrifices during the opening credits, along with what appears to be a depiction of hell. These days, souls are sucked into the gods' vortex by way of a variety of horror film tropes, with the exact trope varying by country, apparently. In the United States, the sacrificial victims fall broadly into the same categories we've seen show up in Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street movies: young, slightly naive students who embody (or are made to embody) various archetypes, from athlete to scholar to fool to "slut." They're dispatched through horrific means as selected by the victims themselves.
Did I mention yet that this is a horror comedy?
The victims we see in this movie "choose" (through reading aloud a mysterious Latin incantation) to be victimized by a zombie family brandishing a variety of sharp implements. But we later see that there were other options available—from vampires to werewolves to ghosts to unicorns to a freakish ballerina with a face full of teeth to Hellraiser-style aliens. (It's unclear whether these creatures really are what they're billed to be or if they're somehow technological creations made by the government agency in charge.)
After the first sacrifice is made, a bureaucrat holds a religious medallion in his hand as he offers up a prayer of sorts, and the blood trickles down to its recipient.
We see footage of a sacrifice gone wrong in Japan: A creepy, long-haired girl terrorizes a class of 9-year-old girls until the would-be victims form a circle, sing a song and turn the would-be killer into a frog. An American bureaucrat snidely references the event as a "what a friend we have in Shinto" moment.
Sexual Content
Two of the archetypes set for sacrifice, we learn, are the "whore" (who almost always dies first) and the "virgin" (for whom death is optional but suffering is mandatory). Jules is cast as the former: We learn that her IQ has been artificially lowered through the use of a special blond hair dye, and she seems to grow sultrier and stupider as the film wears on.
She and her boyfriend, Curt, are hoping to have lots of sex during their weekend getaway. Curt complains about her luggage until Jules suggestively tells him that he'll be happy with everything she packed. She insists that friend Dana bring something titillating as well in the hopes that she'll hit it off with another houseguest (Holden). He's "good with his hands," Jules says. Once at the cabin, Jules makes out with a stuffed wolf head, makes a lewd pass at tagalong stoner Marty and dances sensually in front of a fire in super-short shorts.
She and Curt go off into the woods where the two passionately kiss and make out. Curt strips off her pants and kisses her skin underneath. Then the camera cuts to Jules' face, suggesting that he's giving her oral sex. Jules unbuttons her top and reveals her breasts before the interlude is (painfully) interrupted.
Dana is cast as the virgin, even though it's suggested that she's not. ("We work with what we have," someone says.) She's not as overtly provocative as Jules, but we do see her parade around in a pair of panties and begin to undress in front of a secret one-way mirror. (Holden watches for a bit before telling her to stop.)
Dana and Jules both wear bikinis to the lake. There are sexual jokes traded, including one about erections.
Violent Content
The Cabin in the Woods is a snarky homage to the horror genre, offering nods to dozens of so-called classics—The Ring, Evil Dead II, Hellraiser, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you name it. And as it lovingly follows in those films' bloody footsteps, it sheds gallons—no, vats—of blood itself.
The zombie family uses gruesome implements to do its damage, from a massive saw (which slices through a body) to a bear trap attached to the end of a chain (which clamps onto backs or clangs into heads). While the camera eventually drags itself away from the bloodiest scenes, it rarely blinks before the first blows—a knife through the neck, a spike through the hand, a stake through the back. When Dana desperately struggles with an undead monster, we see her on a bevy of video screens while bureaucrats celebrate a job well done in the foreground. But rather than minimizing the carnage, their indifference somehow makes the scene feel even more tragic and horrific.
The zombies are ugly things, what with their mottled flesh and missing limbs. And it's impossible, or nearly so, to kill 'em. One is skewered through the skull with a crowbar and still manages to open its eyes—stilled only by several additional stabs with a knife. Another is completely dissected and piled in a heap. Yet it too still "lives," its severed hand crawling along the floor with the intent to kill. A piece of it is sentient enough to deliver the head of a victim back to the cabin, where Dana (screaming) drops it and sends it rolling on the floor.
And all that blood is merely a precursor to the insane bloodbath that takes place under the cabin, where a hoard of supernatural creatures are unleashed to kill, dismember and eat their longtime captives. Giant snakes swallow victims whole. Werewolves chomp on necks. Zombies slowly eat security guards in a blood-covered room. One employee is laboriously ripped apart by creatures—a torture only terminated when he blows himself up, taking them out too. A technician is devoured by a merman who spews blood out of a blowhole on his back.
Other bloody moments to note: Someone is stabbed in the gut by a college student. An ax is buried in someone's skull. A scientist shoots herself. An invisible force field kills a man. (We see him smash into the thing, then fall into a deep crevasse. An eagle is vaporized. We see a painting of a lamb being torn apart by men and beasts.
Crude or Profane Language
Nearly 60 f-words and close to 10 s-words. We hear multiple uses of "a‑‑," "h‑‑‑," "b‑‑ch," "f-ggot" and "p‑‑‑." God's name is misused nearly 20 times (twice paired with "d‑‑n"). Jesus' name is abused four or five times.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Marty is the film's designated pothead, driving down the street while smoking a massive bong (which collapses into what looks like a portable coffee cup), rolling several joints and never really shaking free of his marijuana-fueled cloud. And in a twist, the pot—treated by government lackeys to make Marty even more impaired—actually immunizes him to many of the cabin's effects. He shares joints with others.
The government scientists and bureaucrats drink during the day and throw an alcohol-drenched party when they feel as though the gods have been sated. All the college students are shown drinking and most get drunk. Their senses are also impaired by various chemicals the government spews in their direction. A dose of pheromones pushes Jules and Curt to make out in the woods, for instance. A gas station attendant chews and spits tobacco.
Other Negative Elements
Someone throws up during a fight. Government employees bet on what sort of entity will be used to dispatch the cabin's victims this time. Someone makes a crass reference about anal retentiveness.
Joss Whedon, the mind behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, co-wrote and produced The Cabin in the Woods. He describes the film as a "very loving hate letter" to the modern horror film genre—both an homage of onscreen scarefests and a snide critique of their excesses.
"The things that I don't like are kids acting like idiots, the devolution of the horror movie into torture porn and into a long series of sadistic comeuppances," he told totalfilm.com. "[Writer/director Drew Goddard] and I both felt that the pendulum had sung a little too far in that direction."
It's with a bit of irony, then, that The Cabin in the Woods swings its own blood-soaked pendulum so wildly. Whedon uses over-the-top violence to critique over-the-top violence, producing a ludicrously gory carnival of excess that is designed to leave fans gasping with fear … and laughter.
It is, artistically, not a bad movie. As satire, it has purpose. But neither wit nor heart can rescue this thing from the fact that it's operating in a moral vacuum. It's not that this is one of those films that leaves me feeling particularly horrified—appalled that a culture could craft such a thing. Perhaps that's because the film satirizes the very thing it mimics. Perhaps its because, these days, it has so many compatriots it becomes hard to sort out one from the other.
During the film, a newbie security officer suspiciously watches the bureaucrats do their jobs.
"Monsters?" he asks. "Magic? Gods?"
"You get used to it," a colleague wearily says.
"Should you?" the new guy on the underground block returns.
If the film has a moral, this is it. Folks have become hardened to horrific violence on movie screens. But should they? Should you? Should we open ourselves up to this stuff, munching popcorn as human after human is harvested for the sake of our gluttonous entertainment appetites? Whedon and Goddard, in their own malevolent and maladroit way, say no. And we'd be well advised to listen.
Maybe not watch. But listen.
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Powerful defensive presence who has established herself as one of the nation's top shot blockers • Already ranks fifth in school history in career blocks with 173 • Has two of the 10 best shot-blocking seasons in school history • Poised for a big senior year after an impressive offseason of conditioning.
Missed the first 10 games of the season after giving birth to her first child, a baby girl • Appeared in 20 games, averaging 3.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game • Made her first appearance of the season against Savannah State on Dec. 29 and scored four points in six minutes • Had multiple blocked shots on five occasions, including a season-high five against NC State on Feb. 19 • Scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting in just 12 minutes in the win at Virginia Tech on Jan. 19 • Also had six rebounds and four blocks against the Hokies • Scored nine points in 17 minutes against Boston College on Jan. 25 • Had a season-high 12 points in a season-high 23 minutes in the win at NC State • Scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds in the ACC First Round win over Clemson.
Appeared in all 37 games and started nine, averaging 7.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per contest • Blocked 82 shots as a sophomore, good for seventh in school history • Earned All-ACC Defensive Team honors after leading the league in both blocks and blocks per game • Blocked at least one shot in 35 of 37 games • Blocked more than one shot on 19 occasions • Started the season opener against North Florida and scored 11 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked four shots • Just missed a double-double against Robert Morris on Nov. 17 with 10 points and nine boards • Notched her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds against Illinois in the semifinals of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown • Also blocked four shots against the Illini • Had eight points, nine boards and four blocks in just 18 minutes against ETSU on Dec. 8 • Picked up her second double-double of the season against South Carolina in Myrtle Beach on Dec. 19 with 14 points and 12 rebounds • Scored in double figures in three of the next four games, including 15 against College of Charleston on Dec. 28 and 16 against North Carolina Central on Jan. 3 • Had seven blocks to go with seven points and eight rebounds against Wake Forest on Jan. 20 • Returned to the starting lineup for six games starting Jan. 28 against Virginia • Had her fourth double-double against Virginia Tech on Jan. 30 with 12 points and 11 rebounds • Scored a season-high 18 points in 17 minutes in the win at Florida State on Feb. 2 • Made all 12 of her free throw attempts, including several down the stretch, against the Seminoles • Threated a triple-double against Duke on Feb. 7, finishing with 10 points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven blocks • Helped win the Duke game by running the length of the floor to block a Chelsea Gray lay-up as time expired • Appeared in all four ACC Tournament games, averaging 4.3 points and 2.0 rebounds • Had 13 points and five blocks in the pre-NCAA win over Kennesaw State • Appeared in all three NCAA Tournament games, scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds.
Appeared in 30 games and stared 15, averaging 6.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and an ACC-leading 2.4 blocks per outing • An intimidating presence in the paint who should only get better offensively • Registered 72 blocks on the season, good for ninth-most in UNC history and just 12 shy of Dawn Royster's freshman record of 84 set in 1984 • Needs just four more blocks to move into the UNC top 10 in career blocks • Had at least one swat in every game and multiple rejections in 20 of 30 appearances • Scored eight points in her debut against College of Charleston • Had a breakout game offensively against Presbyterian College on Nov. 25, scoring 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting, one of 10 games in which she reached double figures • Had a run of three consecutive double-digit scoring games capped by a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double against ETSU on Dec. 31 • Also had a streak of seven games with multiple blocked shots that stretched from Dec. 20 to Jan. 14 • Had perhaps the finest all-around performance of her young career at NC State on Jan. 25, finishing with 12 points, eight rebounds and a season-best seven blocks • Had her second double-double of the season at Miami on Feb. 4, scoring a season-high 20 points and pulling down 13 rebounds • After coming off the bench for most of the month, got the start against Duke in the regular season finale and turned in a line of 12 points, seen rebounds and six blocks • Scored two points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked three shots in the NCAA Tournament loss to Gonzaga.
Coached by Reed Sutton at Westbury Christian School (Houston, Texas) • WBCA All-America selection as a senior • Second-team Parade Magazine All-America • Second-team ESPNRISE.com All-America • Ranked No. 28 in the nation by ESPN Hoop Gurlz and No. 21 by the All-Star Girls Report • Also rated the No. 9 center by ESPN Hoop Gurlz • First-team TAPPS all-state performer and District 4-5A Player of the Year as a junior • Born Waltiea Maxcine Rolle on Sept. 11, 1990 in Nassau • Daughter of Maxwell and Donna Rolle and stepmother Jane Rolle.
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Iona College men's basketball senior Scott Machado earned MAAC Player of the Week honors for his stellar performance at the 2011 5-hour ENERGY® Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
Machado had three double-doubles, recording 46 points (15.3/g), 41 assists (13.7/g), a 51.5% shooting effort from the field and just six turnovers (2.0/g) in three games this weekend's. Machado had 14 points, 11 assists vs. Purdue; 17 points, 15 assists vs. Western Michigan; and 15 and 15 with no turnovers vs. Maryland.
In Machado's effort, he shattered the tournament's record of 22 set in 2008 by USC's Daniel Hackett. The single game mark entering the weekend was 10 in last year's championship game by West Virginia's Joe Mazzulla. Machado eclipsed the mark in each game this season. The two 15 assist efforts matched his career-high from a year ago.
It was Machado's third career Player of the Week honor after winning the award twice last season on Jan. 3 and Feb. 21.
The Gaels posted a 2-1 record, falling to Purdue by a point before topping Western Michigan and Maryland to finish fourth at the tournament.
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Thank you to everyone who participated in Food For Thought's 19th Annual Western Sonoma County Home & Garden Tour on Sunday June 8, 2014.
More than three hundred people visited the tour's eight locations, which included six spectacular private properties as well as Food For Thought's food bank and antique store. This event raised an impressive $20,000 for Food For Thought, which will be used to support our critical nutrition and other services for Sonoma County residents affected by HIV/AIDS.
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The Canadiens hit the ice Monday morning in Brossard to begin preparations for their first-round playoff series against the Lightning, which will start Wednesday night in Tampa (7 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
Lars Eller, who missed the last three regular-season games while battling the flu, was back on the ice with his teammates and said he's "100 per cent ready to come back."
"It was good to get back out there today and feel the ice," Eller told reporters after practice. "I'm sure that I'll be fine for Wednesday. It was better getting sick there than a week later, but there's never a good time to get sick.".
The Canadiens used both ice surfaces at its Brossard practice facility, with the power-play unit working on one rink. The Canadiens went 0-for-23 on the power play during the last eight regular-season games and finished the season ranked 19th on the PP with a 17.2 per cent success rate. The Canadiens had the fourth-best penalty-killing unit during the regular season with a 85.1 per cent success rate.
"Tough to score 5-on-5 in the playoffs," coach Michel Therrien told reporters after practice. "When you get a chance to get momentum on the PP, we're going to make sure we do that."
The first power-play unit at practice had Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Thomas Vanek up front with Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban on the point. The second unit had Daniel Briere with Tomas Plekanec and Brendan Gallagher (with Rene Bourque rotating in), and Alexei Emelin and Josh Gorges on the point.
Brandon Prust, who missed the last 12 games of the regular season with an upper body injury, was on the ice but is still listed as day-to-day and Therrien wouldn't say if he'll be ready for Game 1 in Tampa. Travis Moen, still recovering from a concussion, skated on his own before the team's practice.
Defenceman Josh Gorges told reporters he's not concerned about starting the playoffs on the road.
"It gives us an opportunity to just play a really simple, playoff-style road game," Gorges said. "We don't have to impress anybody or go out there and make cute plays and impress a crowd that's going to be amped up and ready to go. We just have to go out and get a win, whatever that takes. One of the good things about starting on the road is we can just grind it out and do anything we can to get a win."
Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Monday that the club has signed forward Jacob de la Rose to a three-year, entry-level contract. The 6-foot-3, 187-pound forward, who was selected by the Canadiens in the second round (34th overall) of the 2013 NHL entry draft, posted 7-6-13 totals this season with Leksand Idrottsforening in the Swedish Elite League.
Here's a look at the first-round playoff schedule for Habs vs. Lightning:
Game 1: Wednesday, April 16 at Tampa, 7 p.m.
Game 2: Friday, April 18 at Tampa, 7 p.m.
Game 3: Sunday, April 20 at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Game 4: Tuesday, April 22 at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Game 5 (if necessary): Thursday April 24 at Tampa, 7 p.m.
Game 6 (if necessary): Sunday, April 27 at Montreal, TBD
Game 7 (if necessary): Tuesday, April 29 at Tampa, TBD.
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Habs vs. Lightning should be a treat for fans, by The Gazette's Dave Stubbs
Habs focus on special teams, by The Gazette's Pat Hickey
Habs coach Therrien should be toast of the town, by Jack Todd
Captain Gionta puts finishing touch on 100-point season, by Dave Stubbs
Setting the mood for playoffs, Canadiens.com
Post-practice interviews (video), Canadiens.com
Habs final regular-season stats, NHL.com
Complete first-round playoff schedule, NHL.com
The Matchup: Montreal vs. Tampa Bay, Canadiens.com
Scotty Bowman weighs in on current Habs, Stu on Sports blog
Lightning goalie Lindback named NHL's first star of week, tampabaylightning.com


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thank you for the compliment on the helmet... looks 10x better then when it arrived (broken into about 5 pieces)...
cooooooooooooool Oh one other thing I make it simple and just call them MANDOLORIANS!
Look great!
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thanks for the compliments everyone
just want to say still working on it.. put together a set of vac form knees (from rimshot) and cut out some pieces for the back armor I'll post pics soon..
Looks good so far. I've always liked those versions. I look forward to watching your progress.
separate references mean just that.
so you'd need the open seasons comic book
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a hasbro/kenner figure (since im pretty sure we accept those now as a referance)
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears may not be the first name that springs to mind when one thinks of retailers that leverage technology to reach out to digital-savvy consumers, but it's demonstrating that it can stay current with the latest digital trends.
To that end, Sears is offering personalized digital coupons to members of its Shop Your Way loyalty program that are redeemable in-store, online and from a mobile device. Members can download the virtual coupons, tailored to their interests, style preferences and shopping habits, from the Internet or the Sears mobile app.
The digital coupons are part of a number of special omnichannel offerings Sears provides, which include same-day, free in-store pickup of online purchases, mobile checkout, "endless aisles" online-only product assortment and free home delivery of out-of-stock items.
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If you're yanking the 327 for the sake of more cubes and already have a 350 block, spend 100 bux and get yourself a cast stroker crank. Build up a 383.
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Hello folks, It has been awhile since I posted here, the hurricane kind of messed things up around here (New Orleans), but anyway I am looking at yanking out the 327 I have now and going for a 350. I have researched the following items and I think this is what I want. I just wanted to run it by you and see what you think. I think everything should work together. Some stuff I plan on taking off the 327 and use on the 350. Maybe someone could dyno this for me. Here is the list so far.
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I asked a friend from another board to Desktop Dyno this combo and he came up with 285 HP. That is no where near what I wanted. If that is true, where is my HP loss? I was hoping to be in the low to mid 300's or so.
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Attending a cosmetology or beauty school offers a way to learn from the experts and to position yourself for a successful career in the beauty industry.
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CHAPEL HILL --- With North Carolina's biggest rivalry game of the season slated for Sunday, the Tar Heels never lost sight of the task at hand Thursday night against Florida State.
No. 11 North Carolina's 72-62 win over the No. 20 Seminoles pushed UNC to 20 wins in January for the first time in six years. It also set head coach Sylvia Hatchell up for a go at 900 wins Sunday against Duke at Carmichael Arena.
"I don't know why it was set up like it is," Hatchell said. "The good Lord only knows that, why it was set up like it was. If we win, that will be great and if we don't, we'll learn from it and move on. I don't know if it could be any better than to win it here at home Sunday against Duke."
But the way the Tar Heels (20-2, 8-1 ACC) played against the Seminoles (17-4, 7-3 ACC) Thursday proved there might be some truth to the typical 'one game at a time' coach speak.
Senior center Waltiea Rolle powered her way to 14 points in the first half, leading the Tar Heels to a 38-24 edge at the break. All in all, UNC shot 58.1 percent in the first half, successfully playing the fast break and scoring in transition.
"At halftime, that was the biggest thing I told them," Hatchell said. "I said, 'Look, this is a false sense of security now. This team will come storming back cause they can flat out score. They have a lot of offensive players.'
"Well, that's exactly what happened. We had to really do a lot of things out there defensively to stop some of the things that they were doing, and what we did worked."
Florida State's aggressive offense pushed back and eventually took a 53-52 lead with nine minutes remaining in the game. Then the Tar Heels fought back.
Rolle's performance sent her to a double-double on the night with 18 points and 10 rebounds, but the second half was all freshman forward Xylina McDaniel.
"Honestly I don't know what came over me," McDaniel said. "I think I might have made one good one and then I was like, 'Oh, shoot, you've got to start doing something now. I feed off my teammates, so if one of us is down then someone has to pick up the slack. When I was down, Waltiea was picking up the slack, so when someone else is down, I have to pick it up."
That same attitude is the reason Hatchell pointed to North Carolina's chemistry as being the team's focal point thus far this season.
McDaniel finished the night with 19 points - 15 of which came in the second half - and six boards, while Brittany Rountree and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt also scored in double figures, 12 and 10 points, respectively.
"Win or lose, they're really enjoying each other and working really hard," Hatchell said. "We've improved a lot. If you watched us from the beginning until now, we've really gotten better. And we'll continue to get better because we're going to start making more foul shots. It's a special group."
And that special group now has yet another top-25 win underneath its belt. As the season only gets tougher from here on out, games like the Tar Heels' outing against the Seminoles will be great experiences for the team moving forward.
"We've got a lot of tough games coming up," Hatchell said, "and we're looking forward to playing Duke here on Sunday."


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For our social computing metrics system, we have the ability to see how people act on others contributions. For example, given one person's post, we can tell who is sharing, tagging and sometimes reading it, with identities of all. This can tell us how much a person is impacting those around them, who and how.
[Note: From an enterprise measurement viewpoint who the individuals are is not important but you need their ID to key off other demographics such as their job roles, geographic location, or organizational location. This might be of interest to each person, but I'm looking at the gestalt of the organization. Also this is information we are allowed to see per privacy guidelines.]
This leads to several possibilities, given person X's post. The first set is diversity of reach:
a) What job roles are consuming their data
b) Where in the organization are the consumers from
c) Given a single post how much consumption is happening; and what's the average per post
On the business level, this can tell us a lot about how well the organization is connected, and if the expected views of what job roles rely on others is actually occurring and how much. For example, sales people working with their sales engineers or seeking domain knowledge experts. It can show how far they reach across the organization, and what other roles they connected to that were not expected. For example, sales people in Slovenia working with Researchers in Israel.
The second set may look at secondary effects. Given person X posts, and person Y shares or tags, who is Person Z that eventually consumes it.
a) What job roles (persons' Z) are the end consumers
b) Where in the org they come from
c) How much and what's the average.
d) Is there additional resharing or retagging
This extends the first set by looking at eventual impact from the source.
So far, I've just talked about one path of action from a creator (source) to a consumer (sink).The next level is to look across many actions on if there is bidirectional interaction happening between the roles. This looks for 'lasting' relationships based on continued bidirectional interaction. This can happen in immediate sequence (e.g., I post, someone replies to me, I reply back, and so on); or it can be delayed sequence of events (e.g., I post, someone reads/tags it, a week later they send something else through a different social tool).
Here we are looking beyond immediate or unidirectional consumption, towards the idea of if people are forming lasting relationships.
Notice for one that I didn't even say that it was necessary for people to friend each other before any of this happens. In fact, I think that friending action while certainly making it obvious is highly variable. Some people consider friending to identity those who they have lasting relationships with, but others use it simply to keep track of people they are watching rather than have any interaction with. The difference lies in the bidirectional vs. unidirectional relationship there. In other cases, some folks never actually friend others but certainly interact with them, therefore indicating a relationship.
Why is this any different than SNA (social network analysis) tools? Perhaps it's the limitation of the SNA tools I have found in terms of the level of demographics and granularity they can show. For example, some do not show the demographics I need because they simply don't contain that info, or don't understand which demographics are useful for business reasons.
In terms of granularity, most SNA tools can show the structure for each person; i.e., the relationships and interactions between person X and those around them, but I need info about the aggregate level of everyone of one demographic (e.g. job category), and the relationships they form. This is beyond most SNA tools today.
The biggest part is that it takes a lot of data collection
and number crunching over many, many people to even begin to analyze this. This is beyond System level metrics (how many users, how many documents), or object level (how much activity per person or object), but goes into the meta level that we would like to understand. This is also only one aspect of many others.
On the business side, the goal is to better understand the connections across our organization, and where we can try to focus energies to improve communications or encourage interaction. It is using information from social systems to create a smarter organization. For enterprise 2.0 to become a success, it is not just about empowering individuals to use social computing systems, but it is to make the organization itself function better.


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Payouts Cost Taxpayers $454,200
In The Last Four Months Colorado Springs Paid Top Leaders To Leave or Retire
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Five key leaders in the city of Colorado Springs have left in the last four months, but they?re getting a parting gift from taxpayers totaling $454,200.
TARGET 13 filed an opens records request last week to see how much it was costing taxpayers.
Former city attorney Pat Kelly got the largest payout equaling more than $195,000. The money includes six months worth of salary to help the office with the transition of the new city attorney.
Pat Kelly ? City Attorney: Vacation Payout $ 57,192, Sick Leave Payout $ 41,787, Transition Pay $ 91,868, Medical Benefits $ 4,296 = $ 195,143
Police Chief Richard Myers will be leaving the city in mid-November. He was asked to leave by the Mayor when Steve Bach said he wanted to head into a new direction. Myers will get a $114,209 severance check when he leaves.
Richard Myers ? Chief of Police: Vacation Payout $16,650, Sick Leave Payout $14,112, Severance Pay $77,344, Severance Benefits $ 6,103 = $114,209
The city?s former communications director left in June. Sue Skiffington-Blumberg was given four months of her base pay, as well as vacation time. It cost taxpayers $61,574.
Sue Skiffington-Blumberg ? Communications: Vacation Payout $18,229, Severance Pay $38,935, Severance Benefits $ 4,410 = $61,574
Former Finance and Administration services director was fired. She didn?t get any severance pay, but did receive her unused vacation time. She is now suing the city for $1 million dollars. Terri Velasquez ? Finance and Administration Service Director : Vacation Payout $32,637 = Total Buyout $32,637
City Clerk Kathy Young came under fire for her handling of the city?s municipal election earlier this year. In July, she stepped down only collecting her unused vacation and sick time. Her total buyout was $50,637.
Kathryn Young ? City Clerk and Recorder : Vacation Payout $24,679, Sick Payout $25,958 = $50,637


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NHIAA Football Roundup: Windham pulls out win
Brendan McInnis scored on a 38-yard run with 43.1 second to play to help the Windham football team erase a four-point deficit and beat Souhegan of Amherst, 30-26, Saturday in Windham.
The TD came on a fourth-and-one play.
Souhegan took a 26-22 lead when Drew Prescott scored on a 2-yard run with 1:20 left. It was Prescott's third TD of the game. Windham raised its Division II record to 2-1. Souhegan dropped to 0-3.
Pinkerton 27, Salem 2: Running back Manny Latimore and quarterback Jack Hanaway each ran for two touchdowns to help the Astros raise their Division I record to 2-1. Salem trailed 20-0 at halftime and dropped to 0-3.
Goffstown 34, Manchester West 0: Goffstown defeated Manchester West on the arm of sophomore quarterback Casey Gervais and the legs of Connor Bourque. Gervais was 5 of 8 for 109 yards with two touchdowns. He also ran one in from 27 yards. Bourque had two touchdowns, including a 70-yarder. Goffstown improved to 2-1 in Division I, while West dropped to 0-3.
Bow 28, Stevens 14: Chris Robbins and Matt Ehrenberg touchdown runs gave Bow (2-1) a 14-0 lead at halftime. A Gavin Lacourciere 1-yard TD run made it 21-0 before Stevens got on the board in the third. Another Ehrenberg touchdown made it 28-7. Stevens (2-1) got another score but could pull no closer.
Plymouth 42, Kennett 0: Jared Kuhel scored two touchdowns (one rushing, one interception), John Thomas (12 carries, 170 yards, touchdown) and Justin Robinson (two touchdowns) led the Bobcats (3-0). Kennett fell to 1-2.
Winnisquam 38, Farmington/Nute 0: Winnisquam forced two turnover and scored four touchdowns in the third quarter to raise its Division III record to 2-1. Farminton/Nute, which trailed 7-0 at the half, fell to 0-2 and has yet to score this season.
Campbell 29, Bishop Brady 28: Quarterback Chris McKenna tossed four touchdown passes to help Campbell improve its Division III record to 2-0. The Jaguars received a 35-yard field goal from Trevor Duquette and intercepted a Bishop Brady pass deep in Campbell territory to seal the win. Bishop Brady fell to 1-2.
Newfound 50, Franklin 15: Newfound trailed by a point at halftime, but scored 22 points in the third quarter and 14 in the fourth to improve its Divison III record to 2-1 with this victory in Franklin. Running back Tyler Maviki carried the ball 23 times for 260 yards and three touchdowns. Newfound also received 199 yards rushing and a touchdown from quarterback Jared Dearborn. Franklin fell to 0-3.
Monadnock 40, Hollis/Brookline 33: Monadnock trailed 26-7, but rallied for a road victory that improved the Marauders' Division II record to 3-0. Hollis/Brookline slipped to 0-3.


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I've just been working my way through the National Probate Index for the name Diddams for a client and began to wonder how much these estates would be worth today. A soldier who died in 1916 left £150 and I wondered if that was a large amount in 1916 or not. As it happens it was about 400 days wages for a craftsman.
To find this out I used the useful Currency Converter at the National Archives website. This is a page that you may want to tag as a favourite if you are curious about how much your ancestors were worth.


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Completed in fall 2002, the AIM Trading Room provides dedicated facilities for the managers of the MBA Investment Fund. A generous endowment from AIM Management Group made this renovation possible. It replicates a Wall Street trading room, and provides Student Managers all the tools and research capabilities typically available to Wall Street investment analysts.
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The Financial Trading and Technology Center is a state-of-the-art trading, research, and teaching facility in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. The Center's goal is helping students, faculty, and executives better understand the growing flow of financial data that affects markets. It enables them to participate in the development of new applications of information technology to finance. The Center is a laboratory for the creation of innovative teaching techniques applied to all levels of education. It uses cutting-edge audio-visual and distance learning systems integrated into a three-room, 3,000 square-foot complex. EDS, many corporate partners, and Center Trustees from the financial industry joined together to support a unique educational facility other university campuses don't have.
The work of founder director (and former Dean of the McCombs School of Business) Dr. George W. Gau helped give faculty and students access to real-time data feeds from leading providers of financial information like Bloomberg, FactSet, Morningstar, Capital IQ. Undergraduate and graduate students can use the data gathered in a wide variety of courses like finance classes on portfolio management to information impact management courses on the financial applications of information technology. The Center is similar to a flight simulator. It enables instructors to create simulated trading exercises to help students prepare for "flying," the actual analysis and trading of securities in financial and commodity markets. But it's much more than a simulation. A group of students in the Center's Trading Room actually manage a real $13 million investment fund, The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. The Center supports teaching and research in areas like advanced financial modeling and financial risk management.
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"It won't make us high, but it can certainly make us happy." That's how a Lexington Democrat characterized the highly-publicized industrial hemp bill during the Senate floor debate on Senate Bill 50 last week.
Senate Ag committee chairman Paul Hornback, himself a farmer, is the sponsor of the bill that doesn't legalize hemp in Kentucky, since it's currently outlawed by the federal government, but it sets up a regulatory framework in case Congress legalizes it or Kentucky is granted a federal waiver to grow it.
The Commissioner of Kentucky State Police, Rodney Brewer, vented his objections to the measure in committee last week. The KSP fear that hemp harvesting will complicate marijuana eradication efforts if growers try to disguise the weed in their legal hemp plots. And, they question whether the economic viability of hemp is worth the risk. On the Senate floor last Thursday, Senator Hornback agreed that industrial hemp may not be a cash cow, but, he claimed, it is a crop worth trying.
If the hemp plan becomes law, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer's office will certify that hemp seed is below the appropriate THC level; administer background checks and license growers; provide GPS mapping of industrial hemp production to law enforcement; inspect the crops; and conduct testing when necessary.
Senator Kathy Stein of Lexington spoke on how hemp came to be misunderstood and misclassified decades ago.
Freshman Chris Girdler of Pulaski County, lives in the home district of U.S. Representative Hal Rogers. Rogers is against the bill because the federal dollars granted for efforts to rid his fifth congressional district of illegal and prescription drug abuse might be compromised if hemp is allowed. During the roll call vote, Girdler became the first to vote 'no' after characterizing hemp as a distracting non-issue amid more worrisome woes.
Hornback's Senate Bill 50 cleared the Kentucky Senate on a vote of 31 to 6. Senate President Robert Stivers of Clay County in eastern Kentucky did not cast a vote. The measure faces a bleak future in the Kentucky House as the House Speaker Greg Stumbo is on record as being skeptical of hemp's economic benefits. Senate Bill 50 now awaits action by the House Ag Committee.
Tomorrow, I'll have the latest on telecom deregulation, school dropout legislation and human trafficking measures that passed last week. Bill Goodman and panelists will discuss the telecom bill on tonight on "Kentucky Tonight" at 8pmET.
State lawmakers are off Monday in observance of President's Day, but tune in tomorrow night at 11pm ET for "Legislative Update" for a recap of the day's activities. Follow @ReneeKET on Twitter for constant updates throughout the day.


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By Rob Kelly
Aaron Ramsey admits Wednesday's Champions League game against Montpellier is a 'must-win' for Arsenal - but he does not expect the French side to be pushovers.
With Group B delicately poised, Arsène Wenger's side need two victories from their final two games to guarantee progression to the knockout stages.
The Gunners are favourites to beat the already-eliminated French champions at Emirates Stadium, but Ramsey warns they will prove difficult opponents.
"When we played them [in France] we were under pressure for periods of the game, and we did well to get a result," he told Arsenal Player.
"They have competed against every team [in the group] and shown that they can create and can be a threat, so they will be no pushover.
"They will want to prove something as well. We have to be aware of that, and be on top of our game on the day.
"The group is pretty tight, so I think you can say we have to win that game. We are at home, so hopefully we can do that and put ourselves in a strong position to qualify."
Ramsey hopes victory against Montpellier will go some way to helping them finish top of Group B, and thus avoid a knockout game against a group winner.
"[Finishing second] has been quite costly in the last few years," he said. "We finished second in the group a couple of seasons ago and played Barcelona. So you know you're going to have a strong team if you do finish second.
"But most importantly we need to qualify, and if we do we're confident that we can compete and challenge against any team in the competition. But we must qualify first and then go from there."
Watch the full interview with Aaron on Arsenal Player now.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


text: In the first round Dallas should go with Mark Barron or some D-line help in my opinion. I still thing Guard is a very weak position that needs to be addressed in the draft. Amini Silatolu is a division II player that looks nasty on film and will move too the guard position. If available in the second round i think he would be a smart pick to help the run game and keep Tony on his feet. Highlights of Amini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y1vMglvFlE


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Anyone who can tell me why the hell the navigation buttons are gone????
Usability is bad without those buttons ... don´t wanna go back to "forums" everytime I leave a section ...
Who is responsible for the ongoing changes here???
And most important question: Where´s the sense behind this?
TOP Navi now: "forums" "galleries" and "wiki" ...
Galleries is already in the subnavi near Community ... same for "wiki" ...
Don´t know if most others don´t bother about, but I hate it to always have to go to the forums-overview to get into the sections. The way it was before was waaayyyy better dudes!
Nothing against changes, but try to keep making better not worse!
Anybody who thinks alike?
or is it just me?


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Hi everyone,
As the title suggests I'm new to the whole TEFL world. I've recently started an online TEFL course, 140 hours including the 20 hours 'practical'. I realise it isn't a comprehensive CELTA qualification or anything, but at this stage I wanted a basic starter so I can try this route out.
Anyway, basically I'm a recent University graduate, so I have obtained an honours degree and I think I'd really enjoy the chance to visit different countries and gain some teaching experience.
At this stage, as I've just started the course, should I hold off on applying for positions, or will they take into account that I'm working towards the final certificate?
Is there any particular locations/Schools that people would recommend, or ones which I should avoid?
In terms of applying, I also wondered what the best approach was? I have a number of different CVs that I have used in the past for jobs, but I wanted to tailor one specifically for this. I'm undecided as to whether or not teaching would be a long term career for me, but I imagine they'd be more favourable if I at least suggested that it's something I'm seriously considering?
What is the competition like for places incidentally?
Any other advice would be most welcome. I'm in the process of trying to rent out my place here in Scotland, so I'd hope find a placement sooner rather than later.
Thanks in advance,


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The BYU women's basketball team heated up in the second half to beat Pepperdine 67-44 in a West Coast Conference game Saturday in Malibu, Calif.
Kim Parker Beeston led the Cougars (18-7, 9-3) with 16 points, going 5-for-8 from 3-point range, while Keilani Unga scored 14 points, Morgan Bailey scored 12 and Jennifer Hamson added 10.
BYU led 25-24 at halftime before pulling away in the second half. The Cougars shot 45 percent overall from the field, and 60.7 percent in the second half. They shot 72.7 percent on 3-pointers in the second half.
Kelsey Brockway led Pepperdine (4-19, 1-11) with 10 points.
"I liked our defense in the second half; we held them to seven or eight points for eight or 10 minutes," BYU coach Jeff Judkins said. "I thought our defensive intensity was better in the second half. I think we're playing a lot better than we have been. A lot of players have stepped up."
Haley Steed had a game-high seven assists for BYU.
New Mexico State 106, Utah State 94 • In Las Cruces, N.M., the southern Aggies (11-14, 5-10 Western Athletic Conference) snapped Utah State's eight-game winning streak by erupting for 67 points in the second half after the game was tied 39-39 at intermission.
Devyn Christensen scored 23 points to lead USU (14-11, 11-3), while Jennifer Schlott scored 18, Franny Vaaulu scored 16 and Jenna Johnson added 10.
Stefanie Gilbreath scored 27 points to lead five NMSU players in double figures.
Montana State 69, Weber State 65 • In Bozeman, Mont., the Wildcats suffered their 43rd straight loss, despite getting a career-high 16 points from freshman Regina Okoye.
Utah Valley 51, Texas-Pan American 50 • In Edinburg, Texas, Sammie Jensen tallied 21 points and 21 rebounds, and scored on a baseline layup with 2.6 seconds remaining to lift the Wolverines (11-14, 5-1 Great West Conference) to the win. Jensen set a school record with her 17th double-double of the season, breaking a tie with Robyn Fairbanks, who had 16 in 2008-09.
Eastern Washington 78, Southern Utah 70 • In Cedar City, SUU squandered a nine-point lead in the second half of the Big Sky Conference game. Andrea Jones came off the bench to lead Southern Utah (12-13, 6-9) with 20 points. Jones made 6 of 9 shots from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range. Kimie Hawkins added 13 points for the Thunderbirds.
North Idaho College 55, SLCC 53 • Rachel Morris led Salt Lake Community College (16-10, 7-6 Scenic West Athletic Conference) with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Katie Richens added 11 points in the losing effort against the first-place Cardinals (27-2, 13-1).
Men's basketball
NJIT 63, Utah Valley 55 • In Newark, N.J., Jason Johnson led UVU with 16 points, but the Wolverines' rally came up short in the Great West Conference game. After trailing by 13 points at halftime, UVU cut the deficit to four points with 6:34 remaining but could not get any closer.
Zach Jones scored 14 points for UVU (12-14, 2-4), and Ben Aird added 11 with nine rebounds.
Ryan Woods led NJIT (14-11, 5-1) with 14 points.
Eastern Washington 86, Southern Utah 72 • In Cheney, Wash., Jackson Stevenett scored 26 points and A.J. Hess added a career-high 24 for SUU (10-15, 8-8 Big Sky), but the Thunderbirds lost to the hot-shooting Eagles, who made 53.7 percent of their attempts.
EWU hit 13 of 26 shots in the first half and bettered that in the second half, hitting 16 of 28 after the break.
"Eastern Washington was very aggressive offensively in the first half," SUU coach Nick Robinson said. "I thought we did a decent job defensively, but they were able to knock down some open threes at opportune times and that allowed them to get a little bit of a lead and they sustained it. I thought we played hard for 40 minutes tonight. We were down a couple of guys at the tail end of the game but I thought we played hard, we just didn't play very smart at times throughout the game."
SLCC 74, North Idaho College 69 • Gary Payton II scored 23 points, including a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot to end the first half, to lead host Salt Lake Community College to the win. Payton also grabbed 10 rebounds in the game. JuWan Buchanan scored 14 points for the Bruins, and Skyler Halford added 13.


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All the best poets share one feature in common: they're kinda broke. But don't worry, poets. With the deals we've got here today, poets can live as well as novelists! Novelists can live as well as indie filmmakers! And indie filmmakers can live as well as TV extras! It's a rising tide for everyone!
(Face it, kids, you should have gotten that STEM degree and used poetry as a minor.)


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James Thompson, M2, discusses his project, "Pavlovian Conditioning to Immunosuppressive Agents in Normal Volunteers," with Dr. Michael Garrett, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, during the poster session of the Department of Medicine's Research Day event April 4 in the second-floor conference center of the Norman C. Nelson Student Union.
Dr. Yan Lu, instructor in nephrology, won the first place award for his poster, "Deletion of nNOS in the Macula Densa Induces Salt-sensitive Hypertension," during the event.
Other poster competition prize winners included:
• Dr. Kiran Chandrashekar, postdoctoral research fellow in nephrology, received the second place award for the poster, "Sildenafil Protects against Acute and Chronic Renal Injury in Part Via cGMP-independent Increases in Heme Oxygenase (HO)."
• Dr. Adesh Patel, resident in allergy and immunology, received an honorable mention award for the poster, "An Evaluation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapies for Asthma on the Internet."
• Andrew Gilder, research fellow in oncology, received an honorable mention award for the poster, "Fem1b Attenuates, the Transcriptional Activity of Gli1 by Promoting the Ubiquitin Mediated Degradation of Gli1."


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The Canisius softball team closed out the 2014 campaign with a MAAC doubleheader sweep on Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon in Hamden, Conn. The Golden Griffins won game one by the score of 5-4 before taking the nightcap 6-2. Canisius ends the 2014 season with an overall record of 18-30 to go with an 8-12 mark in MAAC play.
Canisius senior pitcher Jen Consaul closed out her collegiate career by earning the win in both games. In the first game, the Chili, N.Y., native gave up four runs on six hits to go with nine strikeouts, and then she came back and allowed just two runs while scattering seven hits with nine strikeouts in game two. Consaul ends the 2014 season with a record of 17-19 to go with a 2.56 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 246 innings of work. Consaul recorded 33 complete games on the year after she faced 971 batters in 40 appearances.
The Griffs scored single runs in each of the first four frames and the Blue and Gold held a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom-half of the fifth. There, the Bobcats (11-36, 6-14 MAAC) scored three times to make the game a one-run contest at 4-3. The Griffs added a key insurance run in the top of the seventh to make the score 5-3 after junior Michelle DelPrince scored from third base on a throwing error by a Quinnipiac outfielder. The Bobcats added a run in the home-half of the seventh on an infield single to make the score 5-4 with the game-tying run at first, but Consaul buckled down and got Quinnipiac junior Jordan Paolucci to ground out and end the game.
Canisius racked up 11 hits in the first game, with five different players recording multi-hit efforts in the win. Junior Robin Kennery and freshman Lindsey Silfer each went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the victory, while sophomore Meghan Cuda went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Senior Valorie Nappo had two hits and scored a run for the Blue and Gold in the winning effort, and DelPrince also added two base hits and a run scored as well.
Canisius led 1-0 after four innings in the second game and then broke the contest open with a five-run fifth frame, highlighted by a two-run double off the bat of redshirt sophomore Erica Afanador. Silfer had two hits, including her ninth double of the season, and two RBI in the nightcap win and DelPrince scored twice for Canisius.Game Notes: This marked the first time Canisius and Quinnipiac have played in softball… Silfer ends her rookie season with the program as the team's leader in batting average, as she hit .336 (48-for-143)… DelPrince scored a team-high 29 runs for the team this season… Kennery's team-high 26 RBI this year makes her the team's leader in runs batted in three-straight years.


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Sunday, October 11, 2009
JDE conference room today
@ Intercontinental hotel
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Gustavo Barizon
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