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Why Marvel Should Combine 'Punisher' and 'Daredevil' into One Series
It's been a happy homecoming of sorts for Marvel Studios and the characters of the Marvel Universe. While Sony holds on to Spider-Man and Ghost Rider and Fox stays in the Marvel biz with X-Men films and Fantastic Four reboots, Lionsgate has already let Punisher's film rights revert back to Marvel, and it's almost a sure thing that Daredevil is coming home as well. Fox had to get a Daredevil movie off the ground before October 2012, and the current timetable won't allow them to get cameras rolling on it (though they tried with David Slade and Joe Carnahan). Marvel Studios will get to use Daredevil and all of his elements, including Elektra, Bullseye and Kingpin, as they see fit.
From a box office standpoint, Daredevil's 2003 film opened very well for a character without the name-brand recognition of Spider-Man, and it would've honestly done better if the film had been better. Audiences and critics were tepid to Daredevil's sloppy story and forgettable action, and whatever the film ended up grossing was based on Ben Affleck's star power at the time and a general hunger for more Marvel heroes after the massive success of 2002's Spider-Man.
It's been a good year for DD. The monthly comic book, under writer Mark Waid, picked up some big awards this year (Eisners for Best Single Issue, Best Continuing Series and Best Writer; Harveys for Best Series, Best New Series, Best Inker and Best Writer), and the Frank Miller Daredevil collections continue to be evergreen sellers. Marvel knows Daredevil can work, but with "Phase Two" already underway (a series of linking films that include Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy and eventually Avengers 2), there's no telling when they'll get around to using him after they get him back.
The Punisher got three stabs at the big screen, all of them met with a shrug and a yawn by the general public. The Punisher from 1989 starred Dolph Lundgren and got a blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical release before getting dumped onto home video. It tried hard to visually distance itself from the comics, a creative mistake in the wake of Batman when audiences were primed for a comic book film. It falls into line with what we'd expect from a Lundgren-led action film from that time period -- a dunderheaded shoot 'em up with comically bad performances and implausible action.
Thomas Jane fared slightly better in 2004 with Lionsgate's The Punisher, an R-rated attempt that lifted scenes and characters straight out of the Garth Ennis run of the comics (Castle's annoying neighbors, the underrated fight scene with Kevin Nash as "The Russian"), while tinkering with Punisher's origin in a way that went directly against his character. In the film, Castle works hard behind the scenes to pit a crime family against each other, instead of just blowing them away one by one. Fans were not impressed. Since then, Jane has lobbied for a second chance with the unofficial Punisher short film Dirty Laundry.
Punisher War Zone (2008) is arguably the best Punisher movie, again cribbing elements from Ennis' comics (the bumbling detective Soap, comedic gore), but failing to find an audience at all. The $35 million film grossed only $8 million during a year in which Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk seemed to have made Marvel characters red hot. The movie now has a dedicated cult, but its uneven tone (it careens wildly between cartoonish and serious) and its general ugliness (some highlights: a man falls into a swirling pit of broken glass, a man disembowels another man with his bare hands, Punisher puts his entire fist through someone's skull) were just not what people wanted for Christmas that year. Star Ray Stevenson does make an impressive Frank Castle (as long as he's not required to deliver any dialogue).
Now, Marvel is considering a Punisher TV series for Fox, one that would mess with Castle's simple origin again by giving the vigilante a day job as an NYPD cop (very similar to Marvel's comic series Punisher 2099). His monthly comic is wrapping up (with a rumored relaunch right around the corner), and the character's sales popularity has waned over the past decade, but Marvel obviously still sees potential here. Some of that, I'm sure, is because Punisher's distinct skull icon merch still sells very well.
So, with Daredevil in cinematic limbo and Punisher getting prepped for a TV series that no one is really clamoring for, I suggest this: create a Daredevil TV show with Punisher as a recurring antagonist. Comic fans know that these two have a long, adversarial history, with Matt Murdock sympathizing but fundamentally disagreeing with Frank Castle, and Castle having a begrudging respect for the work Murdock does as Daredevil. Both men share a mutual hatred for Kingpin and a protective concern for the worst corners of New York City, but when their paths cross, the fists fly.
Punisher may be better in small doses anyway, where he can remain true to his darkest nature, and Daredevil is definitely better suited for episodic television. Daredevil's comic book is more small-scale, with conflicts that are more personal, often rooted in DD"s day job as an attorney and the problems that arise when he moonlights as a superhero. Serial television is a better way to show audiences just what makes the character special, over a one-and-done movie. Besides, legal procedurals are popular and Marvel superheroes are popular. Combine the two, and it's a no-brainer.
John Gholson is a life-long comic book fanboy who has previously covered all manner of superhero news at AOL. After dabbling with comic book self-publishing in the '90s, John moved on to study sequential art at the Savannah College of Art & Design, and currently produces a regular Web comic, 'Appetite for Destruction,' for Tapsauce.com. You can read his Marvel Studios Countdown here at Movies.com every other week.
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Democratic lawmakers are trying to rally support for a bill that would let Maine school districts spend $29 million that was included unexpectedly in the state budget without opening the polls to get voters' approval.
But time – and politics – may not be on their side.
The last opportunity to pass L.D. 1566 will come July 9, when lawmakers will convene to decide whether to override vetoes by Gov. Paul LePage before adjournment.
Supporters are seeking a two-thirds majority vote so the bill can pass as emergency legislation and take effect right away.
The bill would let districts reopen their budgets and spend the extra money during the upcoming school year without holding referendums to allow voters to decide on the revised spending plans.
School boards would be allowed to hold special budget meetings instead of districtwide votes.
Most school districts passed their budgets for the 2013-14 school year before the Legislature enacted the $6.3 billion state budget last week.
If the bill does not become law, districts will have to hold budget referendums or not spend the money until they do get voters' approval.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, did not return a call for comment.
Millett is the Senate chair of the Legislature's Education Committee, which voted 10-2 last week to endorse the bill.
Two Republicans opposed it in committee, and the Department of Education has come out against it – signs that passage may be unlikely.
"I think this got rushed through at the last minute," said Rep. Matthew Pouliot, R-Augusta, one of the two Republicans who voted against the bill in committee.
The other member who opposed it, Joyce Maker, R-Calais, could not be reached for comment.
Pouliot said he believes the bill was written to help Portland, where administrators bet that teachers' retirement costs would not be shifted from the state to school districts.
When the Legislature passed a budget that included the cost shift, Portland had to adjust its budget, Pouliot said.
Districts that will receive unanticipated state funding can put that money into savings until voters have a chance to approve spending it, he said.
Jim Rier, deputy commissioner of the Department of Education, said the department does not support the bill because it would remove voters from the process, a key part of how school districts have enacted budgets since state law began to require it in 2007.
Pouliot said that if districts wait, the money can be spent in the next budget year, when it will likely do the most good because of the likelihood of a future state budget curtailment.
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Save energy by integrating lighting controls, HVAC systems
Integrating lighting controls and HVAC systems is complex, and can offer significant energy savings in a high-performance building.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how integrating lighting controls and HVAC systems can benefit a building and its energy efficiency.
- Identify which codes and standards pertain to lighting and HVAC integration.
- Understand challenges of integrating HVAC controls and lighting systems.
Historically, integration between lighting and HVAC control systems has been limited due to complexity, program language differences, and cost of these systems. However, with advances in lighting control systems, there is greater opportunity to add a considerable amount of functionality to them to help conserve energy in two of the largest consumers of energy in buildings.
With a trend toward high-energy performance buildings through organizations like U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and its rating system, energy consumption has become a major focus for many facilities. ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) continue to become more stringent and comprehensive compared to previous versions. As jurisdictions begin to mandate these newer codes and standards, lighting control systems are becoming more complex. In addition, HVAC building monitoring and controls is a more common baseline standard in more facilities due to economizers and minimum efficiencies.
As more advanced lighting control systems make their way to the market, the level of integration between lighting controls and the BAS could become a more common practice. While the greatest challenge in integrating these systems during design and construction will continue to be the level of coordination needed to make them both user friendly and operational, the potential energy savings makes it worthy of further investigation.
Providing an efficient building requires both thermal and visual comfort, and this starts with lighting and HVAC controls. Traditional BAS have used occupancy sensors and time-of-day schedules for operational efficiencies. Historically, there has not been a need to tie these systems together. With the cost premium and the technical challenges associated with integrating lighting control systems with BAS, there have been a limited number of applications. Due to evolving code requirements, the number of applications for integration continues to grow.
For example, to comply with lighting codes, a user interface is needed for turning on lights while still requiring automated off functionality. ASHRAE 90.1-2013 also includes a much more comprehensive table that prescribes a higher level of lighting control than previous editions. Using the same sensors that the lighting system uses for occupant control allows for one system to control both HVAC and lighting, but may result in inherent issues related to how overlapping control strategies—such as daylight reductions, manual overrides, and manual-on—affect occupant satisfaction.
Designing a control strategy
With HVAC and lighting control systems of this level, there may be a lot of overlap in what they need to accomplish to save energy and help a building perform more efficiently. Integrated systems will allow many benefits, such as including improved efficiency from common scheduling, occupancy control, and thermal and visual optimization. Information from lighting and HVAC control systems can be used to analyze energy usage for verification of systems operating within specified ranges.
A common energy-saving strategy employed in HVAC design has been that of nighttime setback or the use of an unoccupied mode. In this strategy, the HVAC systems' temperature or airflow setpoint is adjusted to let the space dictate the occupied comfort conditions and thus save on energy by supplying less air, reducing the temperature of air supplied in heating mode, or increasing the temperature of air supplied in cooling mode.
The unoccupied or nighttime setback mode is most common in buildings with regular occupancy patterns, such as educational buildings, office buildings, shopping centers, and places of worship. These buildings have a predictable time of use that makes them good candidates for HVAC setback. While it is true that night setback and unoccupied modes can save energy when used properly, the design team must take several factors into account as they develop a control strategy.
Measurements versus perception
In buildings that have a regular occupancy time and use night setback, it is important to consider the effect of building mass. The mass of the building includes its envelope and furnishings, which are altered during the setback period. In a heating mode, the envelope and furnishings are cooled down during the setback period. While a typical setback strategy uses a building warmup mode to bring the space temperature back to comfort conditions before the occupants arrive, it is crucial that the warmup period be long enough to provide adequate time for the building mass to also recover. As the envelope and furniture are much denser than air, they take much longer to recover. While the building air temperature may be recovered in most spaces within 1 or 2 hours, recovery of the mass objects' temperature may take longer depending on their materials. Occupants will perceive the space temperature as a rough average between the radiant surface temperature of the objects that they contact and the air temperature. This means that if an occupant sits in a cold chair, he or she will not perceive that the building is comfortable regardless of what the HVAC control system measures for the space temperature. Therefore, compensation strategies need to be investigated during planning to handle this possible occupant dissatisfier.
In buildings where occupancy sensing or manual devices—such as a push-button station on the room thermostat—are employed to tell the HVAC control system to take a zone in and out of occupied mode, it is important to consider the occupant's satisfaction as well as potential energy savings.
When the occupant is out of the room or zone, the space is allowed to leave the typical comfort conditions to save energy. As the occupant reenters the space and the system is commanded to occupied mode, the system begins to work to satisfy typical comfort conditions as well as handle the newly introduced thermal load—the occupant. During this initial time period, the occupant is using the space before comfort conditions have been met.
While some occupants will tolerate a certain amount of discomfort for a short period of time, if the occupant's stay is short, say only a few minutes in her office between meetings, then the occupant will never experience a comfortable office if the system cannot recover in less than 5 to 10 minutes. This is one of the typical complaints of occupants in demand-controlled environments, especially those that use occupancy modes during typical business hours. Therefore, the mechanical system designer must take into consideration the time that the system will take to recover.
Other complications associated with occupancy controlled HVAC involve room zoning. Due to economic and space constraints, most buildings have multiple rooms grouped on a HVAC control zone. In a variable air volume (VAV) system, several offices may be on the same terminal box, and thus one office in the group has the thermostat or thermal sensor. As long as the spaces present similar thermal profiles, orientation, and sizing, this is rarely a concern.
However, if occupant demand-control strategies, such as occupancy sensors or push-button interfaces, are being considered, this introduces another level of complexity into the system design. Each room would need to have the ability to put the zone into occupied mode. This will add cost for additional occupancy devices. This cost must be weighed against the projected energy savings over the owner's established payback period to establish if the strategy meets the engineering and economic requirements of the project.
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) California tight end Richard Rodgers never heard of The Play for most of his childhood, even though he was raised by one of its masterminds.
Growing up in Massachusetts, he had watched the television replays of the five increasingly improbable laterals that led to the winning touchdown on the last-second kickoff return into a band-blocked end zone, with Cal's Kevin Moen flattening a Stanford trombone player to punctuate one of the most iconic moments in college football history.
Not until about fifth grade did Rodgers recognize a particular player involved.
``Seeing it on TV all those times and then actually realizing that it was my dad, that's basically when I knew,'' said Rodgers, whose father, Richard Rodgers Sr., tossed two of the laterals that stunned Stanford 25-20 in the 1982 Big Game. ``Now we laugh about it and joke with my dad about it. It's pretty cool.''
Thirty years since those famous - or infamous, depending on which side of San Francisco Bay one belongs - laterals lifted the long running rivalry into the national spotlight, the 115th Big Game at remodeled Memorial Stadium on Saturday will be a chance for the next generation of players to make their own memories.
After all, most of them have little ties to The Play - and none were even born yet.
Stanford (4-2, 2-1) is trying to stay in contention for the Pac-12 North Division title and rebound from a devastating defeat in overtime at Notre Dame, while California (3-4, 2-2) is looking to stop a two-game losing streak to the Cardinal and move a win closer to bowl eligibility after a slow start this season.
The Play? Well, it's just another scintillating subplot now.
``I remember when I first started getting recruited by Cal, I was like, `Oh, this is where The Play happened,''' said Golden Bears center Brian Schwenke, who grew up in Hawaii and Southern California and also was recruited by Stanford. ``I knew The Play, really, before I knew Cal.''
This week has been more of a history lesson than reliving the past for present players on both sides.
Rodgers, whose father is now an assistant special teams coach for the Carolina Panthers, didn't even know until last year who Joe Starkey was. The broadcaster's famous, frenetic call - ``Oh, the band is out on the field!'' - might be more synonymous with The Play than anybody actually involved.
After a game last year at San Francisco's AT&T Park, where the Bears played during Memorial Stadium's renovation, Rodgers' mother told him that anybody on the street in the Bay Area would know Starkey's name. So she pulled the car over and had him ask a stranger to prove the point.
``The person I asked was Joe Starkey,'' Rodgers said, laughing. ``That was pretty crazy.''
One's perspective on The Play really depends on where his or her allegiances lie.
Most Stanford sympathizers still wonder whether The Play should have been blown dead at least twice, either on what looks like an early tackle or a late forward lateral. Those in Berkeley bristle at that notion and believe Stanford fans are bitter that they spoiled John Elway's final game and maybe even cost him the Heisman Trophy won by Georgia's Herschel Walker.
The contentiousness is so strong that depending on which team holds the Stanford Axe, which goes to the winner, the score of the 1982 game is changed.
``There's a significant portion of those of us here at Stanford that just don't believe that play should have continued,'' Cardinal coach David Shaw said. ``That's never going to change, and I think that only adds to the lore of that play.''
Asked for his response this week, Cal coach Jeff Tedford said: ``Of course it was a legal touchdown. What kind of question is that?''
Tedford's ties to The Play run on both sides.
In the summer of 1979, he played quarterback opposite Elway - and with Moen - in the North-South Shrine Game at the Rose Bowl, joking, ``I was just happy to be there.'' Then Tedford's Fresno State team played UNLV on Nov. 20, 1982, and he was excited to learn later that night that Moen scored Cal's winning touchdown.
``At the time, you didn't know what kind of impact or history it would make,'' Tedford said. ``It's probably the most famous play in football history.''
While The Play has become the single largest part of the Big Game's hefty history, it's hardly the only memory of a rivalry that dates back to 1892 - when future President Herbert Hoover was Stanford's team manager.
Shaw's favorite Big Game moment came watching from the Stanford sideline as a true freshman in 1990, when Ed McCaffrey caught a 19-yard touchdown pass with 12 seconds left. Stanford went for the winning two-point conversion but missed, leaving Cal ahead 25-24.
Cal fans rushed the field but referees called a 15-yard delay of game penalty because time still remained. Stanford recovered the ensuing onside kick, and somehow in the scrum kicker John Hopkins' practice net on the sideline had been taken away.
``He just shrugs his shoulders and starts putting balls down and just starts to nail them into the stands,'' Shaw said. ``Here I am this freshman. I was in absolute disbelief.''
Hopkins kicked a 39-yard field goal to give Stanford a 27-25 win in what many consider the second greatest Big Game ending - or perhaps the best for those in Cardinal colors.
Tedford considers his best Big Game memory his first as Cal's co/ach in 2002.
The Bears stopped Stanford's record seven-game winning streak in the series with a 30-7 rout. Players carried quarterback Kyle Boller off the field, fans tore down the goal posts and students publicly paraded the Stanford Axe around campus all week. Even now, the photos of that game line Cal's football offices.
``It was a great environment,'' Tedford said. ``I think that will be a memory of the Big Game and the Memorial Stadium environment that was really special.''
This week might take a special ending for anybody to remember.
Stanford, which has yet to score an offensive touchdown in two road losses, is hardly the force it was a year ago behind Andrew Luck and three others drafted in the top 42 picks. Cal looked awful at times in losses to Nevada and Utah, but then nearly pulled off an upset at Ohio State and has started to find its rhythm in back-to-back wins against UCLA and Washington State.
In what is the earliest Big Game since the inaugural edition played in March because of the expanded Pac-12's squeezed schedule, an October surprise seems unlikely. Then again, as those involved always say, the Bay Area rivalry has produced some unexpected moments many times before.
``All the tradition and all the history and all that is really important. Most of the guys understand that, what the Big Game is all about,'' Tedford said. ``Every year, there's always a history lesson that goes into the Big Game.''
Maybe this year more than most.
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October 26, 2010
Dr. N was running wicked late that afternoon, almost 90 minutes, and by the time he popped into the exam room I was 37 notches beyond fit to be tied and Dr. N was none too pleased himself.
As head of internal medicine at the flagship center of the mega-large group health practice where I had been a patient since moving to Boston 23 years before, Dr. N happened to be filling in for Dr. S that day. Dr. N was extraordinarily apologetic for his tardiness, and promised to get to the bottom of how his schedule had fallen so very far behind, and it was only 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Ouch. I got the impression that he would be assembling a tribunal of organizational wonks to determine the cause of a wait time that we both considered to be quite unacceptable.
But that was the least of my problems. I'd scheduled the appointment to try to get some relief for two things: the eczema-like eruptions that were popping up every which way on my body -- calves, wrists, hands, forearms, face, you name it -- and for the extreme fatigue that had settled in my bones and was becoming absolutely unbearable.
I suppose if I had not cheated in Miss Rochow's 11th grade trigonometry class, I would have put two and two together by then and have come up with the possibility I had HIV/AIDS, but that diagnosis remained 30 days away and would not ultimately be determined by me. "Eddie Perlmutter, what are you looking at on your wrists?" bellowed Miss Rochow in front of the entire class during a particularly trying trig exam. Figuring the truth might set me free and knowing full well that I was fucked regardless, I answered without missing a beat, "That would be all of the scribbled formulas for this test, Miss Rochow." My classmates howled in fits of laughter, I failed, and that was the last math class I ever took.
Two plus two equals seven, doesn't it?
Dr. N sent me home with a prescription for a topical steroidal cream (two refills) and his best wishes for some deep and rejuvenating rest.
I decided to give him a call on New Years Eve 2006, almost six months after my HIV diagnosis. I wanted to tell Dr. N what I'd been up to since meeting him, how ill I had become before starting my medication regime. I wanted to ask him if the possibility of HIV and/or AIDS had ever crossed his mind, and why he did not offer HIV tests as a standard operating procedure, in the most routine of manners.
I clearly had his attention, but there was silence on the other end of the line -- dead silence. Had the connection been lost? A bad cell? Dr. N was speechless and remained so because he had no logical answers for me, and it became painfully clear that, like me, HIV was neither on his radar nor that of the large group of internal medicine docs under his supervision.
As I left Dr. N my phone number, I invited him to lunch sometime soon at the Boston Living Center (New England's largest community resource center for people living with HIV/AIDS) so he could have a nutritious hot meal with me and experience firsthand the changing face of the virus and how those with HIV cannot and should not be pigeonholed into preconceived high risk groups. I never heard back from him.
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YOU BIG DUMMY, some of you may be thinking right about now: "Why in tarnation did you not ask for an HIV test?" Sure, I had them before, best guess would be eight times over the prior 20-plus years at different health centers under the same HMO-style umbrella, but I was tested when and only when a test was offered. The results: each time negative. The span in time between tests seemed to increase, and then after many years my primary care doc moved to New York, and I sort of became a big bouncing ball in the (health care) beach of life, and no physician or nurse practitioner ever asked again if I wanted to be tested. So you may still be scratching your head, wondering why didn't I ask to be tested in Dr. N's office that afternoon after my 18-month health odyssey, the one that left so many professionals stumped and provided me no definitive medical diagnosis?
I did not ask for an HIV test because I had never asked for an HIV test (I had always been passive in that regard, and waited to be offered a test). And somewhere between here and there (1999? 2002? 2004? who knows the year, really?), HIV lost much of its high-profile status both in my consciousness and in the media. Honest, I never gave HIV much of a thought in those years. And Dr. N. probably didn't spend too much time thinking about the virus either. And I'd dodged the HIV bullet for so long that at least in my wickedly warped mind I had become invincible.
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We would like to thank and compliment the merchants and the City of Hood River for the Christmas lights downtown.
As former downtown merchants it is so good to see how pretty and vibrant our town is. It should get everyone in a very festive mood - we can imagine visitors to Hood River saying what a neat town this is; must be a great place to live! And it is!
Thank you very much.
Ron and Marlene Van Metre
Hood River
Listen to county
The (Percy Jensen) letter in the Nov. 30 edition of the News is right on target! While the issue is voted on by the city, it is important to the county residents as well and they should not be ignored.
This decision affecting both residents in the city and the county is most likely unique in that it affects both entities with the deciding vote cast by the city. The decision affects both entities equally and both residents should have a say.
Hopefully this should not be a contentious issue as happens too much in our society. Hopefully the outside interest, if any, should not have a say in any way.
As a former elected city council member, the body making this decision should look upon this issue with that thought in mind. The county creates much of the wealth and they spend it in the city of Hood River, therefore creating a mutually compatible situation that should have a happy ending for the majority of the city and county residents.
Hood River has two large and up-to-date grocery stores, and they take good care of their customers. Should the small addition be made to the present Walmart facility, I seriously doubt it will make a big difference to either store. The small size of this addition may add some competition, but not much.
I believe the people involved, city and county, have the ability to make the right decision and I sincerely hope these two bodies work out this issue on their own, realizing the city has the vote in the end.
Finally, based on looking back on this issue after several years, I firmly believe Walmart had every intention to add this small addition as was shown on the original store plan and should certainly be allowed to do so. I know how my vote would be cast had I still been on the council.
Robert A. Wymore, M.D.
Hood River
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Dear Gov. Kitzhaber: I am a teacher at Hood River Valley High School in Hood River, Ore. I have been an education professional for over 20 years.
Almost since the beginning of my career, three major negative trends in public education continue to adversely impact children, families and the educational process. These negative trends are (1) an increasing discontinuity in the educational process due to declining revenue and the imposition of high-stakes testing and test curricula; (2) the de-contextualization of the classroom through over-reliance on abstract standards of achievement; and (3) the rise of privatized models of education that serve corporate business interests, but neglect the needs of children, families, schools and communities.
Two "new" initiatives that Oregon is now pursuing continue these negative trends. Both the Education Investment Board and the promotion of Common Core Standards sideline teachers, students, parents and communities, in effect saying to them, "We know better than you what your children need."
Beyond the arrogance of these initiatives, the clear message is that democracy on the ground is not a priority. These authoritarian, top-down models promise efficiency and high achievement, yet ignore the most basic research and evidence regarding child development, brain-based education and the needs of second-language learners.
We have looked for a silver bullet to reform education but instead we have created an educational system that serves state bureaucracy and private business but not the public child.
We have excellent and exciting models for teaching and learning. These models include reasonable expectations for growth and development, support and respect for education professionals, a minimum of bureaucratic interference and adequate funding from stable revenue sources.
We can look to the work of Stephen Krashen and his advocacy for children's basic needs: food, health care and books; Diane Ravitch's narrative journey from standards bearer to child advocate; the success of the Finnish school system in funding and supporting teachers and learners; Eric Jensen's studies of brain-based education; the work of Howard Gardiner on the varieties of intelligence; James Cummin's research on the importance of meaning in second-language learning; Kelly Gallagher's models for teaching reading and writing at middle and high school.
There is no shortage of good models for public education. Isn't it time to look for our educational goals in the fundamental and essential relationship between teacher and student? That would be true reform.
Mark S. Reynolds
Hood River
Teddy's words
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on immigrants and being an American in 1907:
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American… There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is loyalty to the American people."
That's why we need to take care of our elderly, disabled and hurricane victims. Then the flood victims and tornado victim too.
We need to take care of our own people, and not worry about amnesty for illegal aliens. As Obama says, set them up in the USA and spend up to $100,000 each. Take care of our poverty first.
John Dorsey
Hood River
Doom didn't materialize
This is in response to Sam Dunlap of Home Valley, letter dated Nov. 23.
I am in complete support for our local Walmart. It astonished me that you took such a hard stand against our Walmart and you don't even live here. This Walmart has been here for many years and they have been great neighbors to our town.
Where they are presently located is a business park area. What better place to expand, not to mention they'll add value to our local tax base? Everyone had the same concerns when Walmart first came to town about local businesses shutting down. That never happened.
Apparently, Mr. Dunlap, you don't remember how downtown used to look before Hood River welcomed the windsurfing community. Downtown was a depressed area including the residential properties. Hood River had all but abandoned that area, that is, until windsurfing became popular here.
The windsurfing community came in, cleaned up downtown, allowing new businesses to rebuild, and started buying and remodeling residential properties. Downtown is a beautiful place now. Walmart didn't close up our downtown area.
I believe it is hard for anyone to be an employee. I've never had an employer who didn't have high expectations from my work day. And I'm also paying more for insurance and benefits. These are hard times and work is work. And businesses have to make money. That means taking a hard line with expenses and overheads.
Besides, all the letters I've read from Walmart employees show how proud they are of their employer. Who are you to ascribe how they should feel?
I would also wager that most of the employees in the downtown area are not full-time. I would love to shop downtown if they sold what I needed; were open when I needed it; and I could afford to buy it there. For example, if my child needs something for school, it might be 7 or 8 p.m. before we get out to shop and Walmart is open, affordable and has those items.
Wake up Hood River. If we lose Walmart, we lose a company who is always one of the first up to the plate for community support and charity. We lose one of the best places to buy our goods and a lot of good, hard-working people lose their jobs. Is this really what we need??
Kathy Mussi
Hood River
Decoration messages
As an amateur sociologist and observer of patterns of cultural change, I was fascinated by the message of the seasonal display in the entrance hallway of the Hood River library. The beautiful wreath, centered on the wall, caught my attention first, declaring simply, "It's Christmas."
Next, my eyes panned slightly to the left: A cute little snowman standing on the table seemed to say: "It's winter … don't forget about good old Frosty!"
And finally, to the right of the wreath, displayed atop an artistic wooden post, I saw the poem by James Dickey, entitled simply "A Birth."
The wreath, followed by the poem's title, had prepared my mind to expect a traditional Christmas theme. But apparently, Christmas is no longer about the birth of Christ. Rather, it is a time of year when we should reflect upon the birth of our "inner horse."
Kristy Sargent
Hood River
Holiday hit-and-run
We would like to send out a big Merry Christmas to everyone in the Gorge except the person who hit our car and then just drove away! We understand accidents happen; so why run away like a coward? Own up to your mistake.
To make matters even worse, it happened in our own driveway. You hit our car, sending it through our fence and couldn't even bother to tell us.
This happened on Friday night on the corner of Ninth Street and Oak, the night of the parade. If anyone has any information regarding this event, please contact the police.
People who act in this manner have no place in our society and especially in our town. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Jill and Scott Monier
Hood River
Don't cast stones
In reference to the Nov. 23 letter by Sam Dunlap: You were complaining about big business (Walmart); what you're forgetting is that there are other large businesses in Hood River that are doing things along the same lines as Walmart.
Such as corporate-owned service stations, where employees are making minimum wage and maybe getting 35 hours a week (with no chance at overtime hours to keep things under budget). Just enough to keep them off state assistance, but not enough to pay their bills and put food on the table.
They have to put up with - just because someone is having a bad day - name calling, rudeness, and people who need anger management classes.
Sometimes they have to be faster than the cars that are speeding through their stations. Ask some of the station attendants that you go to I'll bet they have some stories to tell you.
You know what; I'll also take a chance and tell you what, that they are happy just to have that job with our economy the way it is. I know because I'm 53 years old and am very glad to have just that kind of job; otherwise I would be out on the street with the rest of my family.
May be you need to be on the receiving end of your own comments before casting stones.
Dawn Baker
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Taken 2 (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
We have early art for DVD and Blu-ray releases of the Liam Neeson film
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Liam Neeson hasn't done a decent movie in years. HOW he is getting these big Hollywood roles is beyond me. Doesn't help that these new movies he appears to be loving making over and over again are terrible, terrible popcorn trash. Can we get another "Schindler's List" or "Michael Collins" soon please Liam? Then maybe I will be able to take you seriously again.
I'll be getting the Blu-ray. the action was good, but the suspense wasn't there like in the first TAKEN
The thing is Vegeta84, I would pay a bit more for a limited edition DVD with all the extras. That's a market they turned their backs to.
I KNOW ONLY ONE THING That Liam Neeson ROCKS BIG TIME HE IS A LEGEND.
I initially avoided seeing this because I was convinced to hold out for an unrated cut on DVD. Now, there will be no unrated cut on DVD. Of course, all the reviews I saw made the film entirely displeasing to me. So, it's hardly like I had the desire to see it any more, but now, for certain, I won't be seeing it without an unrated cut on DVD.
i very much liked the first movie and i enjoyed part 2 as well. it's not as good as the 1st film nor is it as dark in themes/tone but it's worth watching. you can tell they edited several kills in this. without spoiling anything there's 2 supposed-to-be-epic-ish/important deaths at the end that were so weirdly framed/edited that i (and MANY other people i later found out online) couldn't tell how the person/people in question died. LOL. i loved that the awesome Famke Janssen was in this movie (much more than the first film) and Maggie Grace was pretty good. Liam is pretty much always awesome. that goes without saying.
Never saw the first one nor did I want to see this one it looks like same as the original from what I read .PASS
So no unrated on DVD? Or even the DVD copy in the duel disc? Regular DVDs still sell more Blu, so what idiot at Fox came up with the idea of neglecting a big portion of its market?
So, basically, Mini Liam is shooting Big Liam right in the arse in this one?
This looked awful and this is super fast even in todays world. I didn't like the first one so I skipped this all together. U wonder why they don't just aim for the R rating from the get-go. I get sick of these movies because laim neeson is basically a superhero who keeps getting out of tight situations one after another, it's very annoying. U can either have fun with a premise like this or make it fair and unpredictable.
S-H-I-T, I said it.
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When the Redskins make a decision on what to do with Albert Haynesworth, they'll have the Eagles in mind, according to a report.
Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network recently wrote a detailed piece about Washington's plans once free agency and trades are allowed. Team sources tell La Canfora they can't see Haynesworth returning to the Redskins, and they say Mike Shanahan will likely take anything he can get for the defensive tackle in a trade.
But that's not all:
The Redskins are particularly concerned that if they release Haynesworth, he will sign with the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles and reunite with his former Tennessee Titans position coach, Jim Washburn.
It's an interesting distinction. If the Redskins have indeed decided they will not bring Haynesworth back, they have two options.
One is to just release him, which would be the easiest thing to do. But this option makes Haynesworth a free agent, meaning the Eagles would have as much of a shot at him as anyone else. Also, this would allow Haynesworth to choose where he plays next.
Or the Redskins can trade him, which is the more difficult option, but also the preferred one from Washington's perspective. Not only would they get something in return for Haynesworth, but the Redskins would dictate where he ends up, meaning they could restrict a team like the Eagles from even having a shot at him.
Of course, from the perspective of a potential suitor, trading for Haynesworth doesn't make sense if you think the Redskins are going to release him anyway. Plus, any team that trades for him will be on the hook for Haynesworth's contract. We'll find out if any franchise is willing to take on that risk.
One more thing: The notion that the Redskins don't want the Eagles to land Haynesworth indicates they still believe he can be an effective player. If they felt strongly that he's going to disrupt another team/locker room, they'd have no issue with Haynesworth playing for the Birds. In a distorted, roundabout way, it's almost an endorsement. Almost.
La Canfora's piece had some other good nuggets on Washington's plans. He expects them to be active in free agency and go after Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes.
Team sources also tell La Canfora they expect Shanahan to eventually be forced to release Donovan McNabb because trade options are limited.
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Progress ~ Yu Yu Haksuho Tokubetsu-Hen Yu Yu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen
# Posted on April 23rd, 2018 12:01 PM by Gideon ZhiToday I´m providing a progress report for Yu Yu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen. The main script is translated and inserted, but there´s a lot of fiddly technical bits left. I´ve been slowly re-drawing the menu graphics (the text on the menu items is actually painted on; it´s not on a different layer so when it´s removed, whatever was supposed to have been underneath it needs to be filled in by hand) and working on the menus. The tournament mode has a few problems and the attract mode still needs to be done, but the project is in fairly good shape. I´ve replaced the screenshots on the project´s page to reflect the work that´s been done. No ETA though; other things are taking priority.
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Progress ~ Monstania Redux Monstania
# Posted on April 16th, 2018 11:59 AM by Gideon ZhiMonstania was the very first translation patch of meaningful size that I released, and it is correspondingly more than a little creaky in a lot of ways. To that end I´ve spent some time reworking it. I´d like to be able to have user-entered 8-character names and it still has the weird soft-lock semi-hang bug that the original version has, but I´ve gotten the script completely retranslated (thanks again to TheMajinZenki, who did JoJo, SRW2, Magical Drop 2, and Masoukishin.) I´m attaching a couple of sample snapshots of current work to this news post, but as they don´t reflect the currently available patch I´m not going to add them to the project page. As with Lady Stalker, the Monstania redux´s future could go a number of ways; I´m not going to say much more here about it, other than that it´s amazing how simple this game is to work on now that I´ve got nearly 20 years of experience under my belt!
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Progress ~ Magical Drop 2 Commercially Available Magical Drop 2
# Posted on April 9th, 2018 11:33 AM by Gideon ZhiToday I´m going to be talking a bit about Magical Drop 2. The translation is complete and the game is now fully playable in English, end to end! But I´m not releasing it just yet, primarily because it is currently available for purchase - yes, with the English translation applied - as part of the Data East Classics Collection from Retro-bit. That´s right: we´ve been licensed! I´ve ticked the progress counter on the project page up to 99 (it doesn´t go any higher for projects without downloads) and updated the screenshots to showcase current work. From here I need to ask for some patience while I figure out where Magical Drop 2´s future lies.
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Progress ~ Laplace´s Demon in Beta Testing Laplace´s Demon
# Posted on April 5th, 2018 12:48 PM by Gideon ZhiLaplace´s Demon is a very strongly thematic game. Most years since its original release I´d think to myself, ´I should make sure to get this done for Halloween´ or ´Wouldn´t it be funny to release this on Valentine´s Day´ or something along those lines. The problem was that the thought would occur way too close to the holiday in question, and there was never enough time to fully fix the game in time. Then the holiday would pass, and Laplace would once again cease to be a priority.
I´m no longer aiming for a holiday-themed release for this. It´s been in playtesting for a while, and a second round is scheduled to start as soon as Masoukishin is done, but there are enough bugs in the original game that it can be kind of hard to tell if an issue is something caused by the translation or if it´s something that was always there. In the interests of personal sanity I´m not aiming to fix anything present in the original game, though the new version of the translation does look much nicer than the version I released back in the day. To that end I´ve completely replaced the screenshot slideshow on the project page with 15 fresh snaps showing the current state of the translation. I don´t think this one is very far off, though as usual I´m not going to commit to any given release date.
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Miscellaneous ~ Site Updates, Discord, Etc# Posted on April 4th, 2018 04:20 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone,
There´s an awful lot to talk about, an awful lot that´s happened in the last few years that the site has been silent. Some of that´s personal and isn´t really appropriate for this feed, but there´s a ton of news on a bunch of different projects that needs to get shared, and a number of pages on the site are a little creaky with age as well. So for the next little while I´ll be posting updates on Mondays and on Thursdays with project news, with site infrastructure updates as they occur.
For today, you´ll note that I´ve removed the "wanted" link from the hotbar; the information in it was old and misleading, it was an extremely manual process to keep it up to date, and in general it is no longer needed. I´ve replaced it with an invite link to the Aeon Genesis discord. The rules are basically the same as the forum rules.
Of particular note is that several years ago I set up a task and bug tracker, and I´ve grown to greatly appreciate tickets in the system for keeping track of what needs to be done on a given project. The task lists aren´t exhaustive (in particular, one game only has two tasks: "translate the script" and "insert the script") but more get added as projects mature. Additionally, any updates to tickets on public projects are echoed to a channel on the discord. Consider the site to be big-picture news, while the ticket feed is much more fine-grain. You won´t see individual bug fix updates on the website, but if you´re interested in following the day-to-day, the discord is the way to go.
More soon!
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Progress ~ Ladystalker Update Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on April 2nd, 2018 12:36 PM by Gideon ZhiToday on "things I haven´t talked about in a while", I want to highlight Ladystalker. Some progress has been made in formatting strings for line length, and most (but not all) of the interfaces have been hacked. I´ve also hacked the scrolling introduction. The work is currently imperfect (see "Lad" instead of "Lady" below) and probably two thirds or more of the game still remains to be checked for both line length and context. For a variety of reasons Ladystalker isn´t a priority at the moment, but I did want to drop a note to say progress is being made, if slowly, and that it hasn´t been forgotten about.
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Release ~ Last Fighter Twin and Great Battle 5 v1.20 The Great Battle 2 - Last Fighter Twin, The Great Battle 5
# Posted on March 29th, 2018 12:51 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone, just dropping a quick note to say that Last Fighter Twin and The Great Battle 5 are up to v1.20. I´ve fixed an issue in LFT that caused the game to reset before the full ending could be displayed. TGB5´s title screen now works correctly if you hit start to skip the animation, and I´ve fixed the status bar palette (but made the font uglier in the process, an unfortunate but necessary tradeoff.) Enjoy!
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Progress ~ Super Robot Wars Gaiden in Beta Super Robot Wars Gaiden
# Posted on March 28th, 2018 11:08 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone, I´m just dropping a note here to say that SRW Gaiden: Masoukishin/The Elemental Lords is currently being playtested. The screenshots on the project page were old, so I´ve replaced the lot of them with 21 fresh new snaps. I´m extremely pleased with how it looks, and even though it won´t be conveyed in screenshots I´m also exremely pleased with how it sounds, as we´ve got music persistence working in the game! The patch will be provided as an optional extra when release happens, and barring any major disasters that should be sometime in the next few months.
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Release ~ Updates to Great Battle 2-5, now v1.10 The Great Battle 2 - Last Fighter Twin, The Great Battle 3, The Great Battle 4, The Great Battle 5
# Posted on March 13th, 2018 04:36 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone,
Last Fighter Twin, Great Battle 3, Great Battle 4, and Great Battle 5 have all had their patches updated. LFT´s update re-adds the cursor to the title screen and translates the 2P character select screen. GB3´s update fixes shops when playing with two players. GB4´s update fixes an AI bug that makes some fights harder than they should be. GB5´s update fixes a timing issue that caused only half of the title screen to render on hardware and more-accurate emulators.
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Major Release ~ The Great Battle 1-5 in Celebration of AGTP´s 19th The Great Battle, The Great Battle 2 - Last Fighter Twin, The Great Battle 3, The Great Battle 4, The Great Battle 5
# Posted on March 7th, 2018 07:12 AM by Gideon ZhiOn this day it´s been 19 years since AGTP first opened its doors on PCPages, and we have five releases to celebrate!
A couple of months ago I was talking with TheMajinZenki and a few other folks about the English release of Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers, and thinking that it might be nice for folks to have a little context for some of the more esoteric pulls from Banpresto´s back catalog. We got it in our heads that it´d be a fun idea to do all five primary entries in Banpresto´s old The Great Battle series, giving people a glimpse into the history of Fighter Roar, Compatible Kaiser, Dark Brain, and the rest, and we figured that since they were relatively small games individually that it wouldn´t be all that tough to do. The job wasn´t without challenges, but here we have it!
I´ll be posting further updates about the states of various projects tomorrow, but for now I want to give these five games the spotlight. Enjoy!
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LITTLE ROCK — Former legislative audit chief Charles Robinson has been named the new state treasurer.
Gov. Mike Beebe made the announcement Wednesday morning. Robinson worked for 34 years in the Division of Legislative Audit, serving 28 years as the legislative auditor before retiring in 2007.
Robinson replaces Martha Shoffner, who stepped down last week after she was charged with extortion by federal prosecutors.
Robinson will fill the remainder of Shoffner's term, which ends in January 2015, and can't run for the post next year. Shoffner, a Democrat, was re-elected in 2010.
Prosecutors say Shoffner accepted at least $36,000 in cash in exchange for steering state business to a bond broker. Shoffner's attorney has said she plans to plead not guilty at the appropriate time.


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Michigan Rep. Dave Camp Won't Seek Re-election in 2014
Republican Proponent of Tax Reform to End 12-Term Congressional Career
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich.) announced Monday that he won't seek re-election in 2014, ending a 12-term congressional career that made him a leading proponent of tax reform and a powerful voice in federal health, welfare and trade policy.
The announcement turns the spotlight on what was already an expected change of leadership at the powerful tax-writing committee. Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has already been seen as his likely successor as the panel's chairman after this year, when Mr. Camp's...


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Underwater Tech: Aquabeat MP3 Player, iPhone Swimsuits & More
For your upcoming underwater excursions, you'll need to dress your tech up with waterproof or protective accessories. Since so many people use their phones to take photos and record video content, there are quite a bit of "swimsuits" we've found to put on your phone. We also looked into underwater music players and camera cases for those who like to bring the digital camera into the sea.
iPhone Waterproof Cases
1. Scuba Case: We like to think of TAT7's case as a scuba suit for the iPhone. It's engineered so you can bring your iPhone while you scuba dive down to 100 feet. It offers enough protection to go swimming or do more extreme water sports like jet skiing, surfing or sky diving without worrying about damaging your phone. Just make sure it's fastened securely to you.
2. MarineCase: If you just want to take your phone with you on more leisurely water activities (like scuba diving 20 feet versus 100) the MarineCase could be a better outfit for your phone. It comes in black or white and is made of a clear silicon that supports iPhone use. It was designed for the iPhone4/4S, and apparently you can even respond to text or email if your reception reaches out to wherever you are.
Underwater MP3 Players
3. Speedo Aquabeat: This is the new and improved version of the first generation Aquabeats, with double the data storage. Perfect for those who plan on spending a lot of time swimming this summer — you can liven up your underwater workout with your own music. It functions up to 10 feet underwater, is iTunes compatible, and can play up to 9 hours of music.
4. Amphibx Fit: There are so many generations of the iPod, and anyone could have any version. The Amphibx is an accommodating solution for small MP3 players. It fits the iPod nano 6th generation and iPod shuffle 2nd and 4th generation, along with any other small MP3 players you might have.
Underwater Cameras
5. Nikon COOLPIX: This camera is like a Swiss Army Knife. It has a 16MP image sensor, a GPS, and shoots 1080p full HD video. You can go up to 33 feet underwater with it and it's simple, yet rugged.
6. Sony CyberShot TX10: A camera that works well both in and out of water — you can take the Sony CyberShot 16 feet underwater, and it's shockproof up to 5 feet high. It's highly recommended for shooting low light photos and has a nice slim design.
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This coming Saturday, June 15 is Alumni Night at BC Place, with approximately 75 members of the 'Caps family on hand to watch Whitecaps FC battle New England Revolution at BC Place (Tickets:ticketmaster.ca/whitecapsfc). Leading up to Saturday's match, we take a look back at a few of their careers and find out what they're up to now.
WHERE HE WAS: Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, 'Dolie the Goalie' made 126 appearances for Vancouver 86ers from 1990 to 1998, helping the team to two Canadian Soccer League (CSL) championships. Already a veteran goalkeeper when joining the 86ers, Paul Dolan went on to become the club's all-time leader in goalkeeper appearances (223) and victories (126). "I was happy to play behind an incredible team of talented players, including many national team starters. We believed we could beat anybody we stepped out on the park against," said Dolan.
Dolan was also a member of Canada's youth national teams before making his senior Canadian national team debut in 1984 against Cyprus. A highlight for Dolan was playing in Canada's opening game of the 1986 World Cup against France, where he became the youngest goalkeeper to play in a World Cup at the time when he was only 19-years-old. Dolan earned 53 caps for his country and represented Canada in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches during four World Cup qualifying campaigns.
WHERE HE WENT AFTER: In 2004 Paul Dolan was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.
Even before retiring from soccer, Dolan was looking ahead to his future and began working for Umbro, where he still works as head of BC sales and marketing.
Given Dolan's background, it was inevitable that he would venture towards radio and television. Prior to joining Peter Schaad as the colour commentary man on radio for the Team 1410 'Caps broadcasts, Dolan also worked with CBC.
WHERE HE IS NOW: Following his time with TEAM Radio, Paul has now recently moved on to Sportsnet, which broadcasts 23 'Caps MLS matches this season. He had this to say about his new gig, "I'm very excited. It's a huge opportunity with a station that is committed to Whitecaps FC and to the sport of soccer". Amidst his new duties, Dolie will also still regular appearances on Whitecaps FC Daily with Peter Schaad on TEAM 1410 radio.
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Moda charm pack – choose 6 charm squares, Moda jelly roll strips/scraps, or Moda scrapbag strips
2 inch square english paper pieces by paper pieces.com
upholstery thread
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6 buttons that coordinate with fabric
Choose 6 fabrics and cut a 2.5 inch square. Your 2 inch paper piece will fit perfectly.
Baste the paper pieces to the wrong side of the fabric. The type or color of thread doesn't matter as you will be removing them at the end of the piecing. I do not 'knot' the thread at the end…just overlap the basting stitch. This allows me to pull the thread more easily once the squares are sewn together.
After you have them all basted lay them out in a pleasing arrangement.
Taking 2 squares right sides together begin to whip stitch the edges. Here I do knot the thread and I use silk thread to help hide my stitches.
This is the how the piece should look….
Then you stitch the sides together…it is necessary to remove the center square paper to allow you to fold the piece to align the squares right sides together for stitching. As you stitch the sides and a 'square' is sewn completely you can remove that paper to give even more flexibility.
I made 3 sugar cubes…they're addicting!…the top one is Aviary fabric from a Moda Scrapbag! Bottom left is Fig and Plum from a Moda charm pack and the right cushion is Mary Englebreit's Friends and Flowers jelly roll!!
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Hands On with UberTwitter 2.1 for BlackBerry
UberTwitter 2.1 is one of a growing number of mobile Twitter apps built for the BlackBerry platform. I decided to try it out after a number of fellow Tweeters recommended it. TwitterBerry was a very close second on their list of recommendations.
You can access UberTwitter directly from your BlackBerry's built-in browser. In this case, I'm using a Blackberry 8310. The built in browser is fast and relatively effective and the download on my Edge connection took less than minute. Installation was almost instantaneous. BlackBerry seems to have its own form of UAC control and popped up a warning that UberTwitter wanted to change some settings in my phone; most seemed to be about it accessing native features of the device. There was no option for saying OK, so I hit the BlackBerry menu button and then saved the changes. That seemed to do the trick.
Set-up is straightforward. You enter your Twitter name and password and then answer a few set-up questions. UberTwitter has the ability to show your location on every Tweet and for all photos you post. It does so using cell-phone tower triangulation or, if you let it, via the phone's built-in GPS radio. I don't need everyone to know where I am at every single moment. So I opted out.
There were some complaints on Twitter that UberTwitter's competitor, TwitterBerry's font size is too small. Fortunately UberTwitter lets you set font size. Even so, I left it in its default size of "16". UberTwitter also allows you to set avatar sizes to small. I left mine at the default size because I often identify Tweets I want to read by looking at the avatar to see who wrote them. You can also set the refresh delay, from 1 minute to Never, with numerous incremental choices in between. Again, I left the default of 10 minutes in place. In practice, UberTwitter seemed to update my feed almost constantly. It was so fast, that I had trouble reading tweets before they scrolled off my screen.
UberTwitter can show a success dialogue for successful Tweets (I left that on) and has the option of merging replies into timeline (I left that off, hoping that I can see replies in a different window).
Once I was done with setup, I immediately hit a limitation I find with virtually every third-party app based on the Twitter API. I had exceeded my rate limit. It seems that the API limit is tied to the Twitter user and not the individual app. So both TweetDeck and UberTwitter reported that I exceeded the rate limit at the same time. I hope Twitter eventually addresses this issue for heavy Tweeters like me.
I waited about 15 minutes and then loaded UberTwitter. Within moments it was loading my Tweet feeds into a full-screen window that looked pretty much like a stripped down version of Twitter's timeline. The fonts and images were crystal clear. Under the BlackBerry Menu button, I found all my choices, including Update My Status, Refresh, a link to my replies, Direct messages to me, View, Reply, Direct Message, make Favorite, and views for My Friends and My Followers.
UberTwitter's update screen is basic, but gives you the one really important thing you need--a character count. The menu adds, among other things, the ability to Tweet pictures and check spelling.
My first Tweet went smoothly, UberTwitter let me add and remove photos (it automatically switches the phone to camera mode and then returns to the update screen when you've captured an image) until I was happy with the shot--though I couldn't preview the full Tweet with photo in the app. Online the Tweeted picture came up with the space for a map beside it. Had I allowed UberTwitter to locate me, I assume the map would have shown where I was when I took the picture.
My Replies page looked pretty much the same as the timeline. Selected replies appear in orange, and, as in my timeline, I can use the BlackBerry menu to Reply, Retweet, and Direct Message. One thing I had trouble finding is a way to pick up and shorten URLs. As far as I can tell, that feature doesn't exist.
Overall, UberTwitter is an effective BlackBerry Twitter tool, with enough functionality, responsiveness and features to satisfy your garden-variety BlackBerry Twitterholic.
Oh, and you can follow me on your Blackberry at http://www.twitter.com/lanceulanoffOriginally posted to AppScout.


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Mr Zaiger's contact information may be found by
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. Mr.
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The Art of the Book
When Deanna Perez '14 looks at a bookshelf, she doesn't just see a row of book spines. Instead, she sees unwinding possibilities that can be unlocked both through reading and through art. "There's endless potential in what could be between the leaves of a binding," she remarked. In her Emerson Foundation project, "The Life of a Book: From the Bindery to the Pedestal," she is crafting sculptures out of books to explore their narratives and to examine the balance between destroying books and giving them a new life through art.
Using books that the Hamilton College library would otherwise discard, Perez is creating two large sculptures this summer. In the first, she is piecing together the hard-covers removed from books, showing the spine, glue and thread used in the binding. She aims to show the progression of the book from its birth, commenting, "It tells the story of a book that you don't get from reading the pages."
For her other piece, Perez is focusing more on the written story. She is cutting out lines of text from books' pages and weaving them together into long ropes. Eventually she will suspend these ropes, hoping to "create a forest of words that you can walk through." She feels that this sculpture is reminiscent of "ideas unwinding from someone's mind."
Perez's interest in book sculptures began when she took Professor Rebecca Murtaugh's Introduction to Sculpture course. In a project titled "Turning Pages," she created a piece in which she modeled the extension of a person's mind while reading a book. Her sophomore year, she continued with a series called "Unbound books," in which she examined the relationship between the imagination and reading. Both of these projects featured intricate paper sculptures emerging out of open books. Perez affirmed, "Books are more than they appear when sitting on a shelf," one of the key points she hopes that her art conveys.
These projects gave her the experience she needed to work with paper, which she explained is a challenging material to sculpt: "You have to really know what you're doing and understand it." Professor Murtaugh also became Perez's Emerson project collaborator and has been very influential to Perez's work. Perez described her as "encouraging, supportive and always pushing me; Professor Murtaugh is a great mentor and an invaluable resource."
Her previous projects also made Perez think about the ethics of using books in sculptures. She explained, "I've always felt a back and forth between destroying books and reinventing them." In order to better understand that debate and its context, she has been studying the history and techniques of books binding. In the spirit of not destroying the book's essence, Perez prefers to create sculptures that relate to the book's narrative. She explained, "I really have a relationship with the words, with the book not as an object, but as a work of literature." In working this way, she retains a sense of the book's story while shaping it into something new.
Perez is a graduate of Lynbrook Senior High School in Lynbrook, NY.


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With the economic conditions that we've endured in recent months, getting in a Thanksgiving mood may take a little work this year.
But it shouldn't.
In an ideal world, gratitude should be our natural response to the many things we DO have – regardless of our circumstances and the things we DON'T have. Granted, that's not an easy position to take. Yet, it's a good approach that produces an attitude of gratitude.
Here in Vandalia, we have many things for which we should be thankful:
As ceremonial shovels were thrust into the ground last Tuesday, a new era was launched for the Family YMCA of Fayette County. And for the city of Vandalia.
The groundbreaking ceremony, which attracted more than 50 community residents, was the culmination of more than 15 years of efforts to build a community recreation center in Vandalia.
A dismissal that had its beginnings in a case involving tall grass may eventually land the city of St. Elmo in deep weeds.
For 16 years – under five mayors – Ken Thomason has served as St. Elmo's chief of police. From what is known, his personnel file contains no reprimands, no indications of performance problems.
Then, two weeks ago – after a flap over the enforcement of the city's weed ordinance – Mayor Larry Tish presented Thomason with a letter saying that he was being terminated.
Driving in the Ramsey Creek bottoms the other day, I slowed down to watch the graceful ballet of three Case-IH combines as they performed the dance of "gathering the harvest" in the field below me.
Chaff and dust rose up behind the combines, fully engulfing them as they made a sweeping turn at the end of the row. The men and women in the cab know exactly how far to go before executing their turn so that the beans are fully harvested.
Most of us have heard of Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the O.K. Corral, but did you know that Marshal Wyatt Earp was named for a Vandalia man?
Yes, Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was named for his father's commander during the Mexican War, Capt. Wyatt Berry Stapp, whose family came from Kaskaskia to Vandalia with the capital.
One of eight children of Nicholas Porter Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey, Wyatt Earp was born on March 19, 1848, in Monmouth, in Warren County, at the home of his aunt, Elizabeth Earp.
What's better than a volunteer program that enhances our business district by providing facelifts on downtown buildings? One that draws participation by a large group of youths.
Since its inception, the Vandalia Main Street Program's "Paint the Town" project has brightened several downtown buildings with new coats of paint.
The last building to get exterior improvements is the National Road Association of Illinois' interpretive center in the 100 block of South Fifth Street.
The Ben-Hur Literary Club was organized on Oct. 25, 1901, by some of Ramsey's upper crust ladies, and has been identified as one of the longest continuous organizations in Illinois.
The object of the club, as stated in their "constitution," was to "advance the knowledge of literature and promote the art of conversation."
In recent years, Vandalia has stepped up its commitment to better present the history of this community, this region and this state. In turn, those efforts have improved the experiences of people from other towns and states who stop here to learn about Vandalia, Fayette County and Abraham Lincoln.
Mark Twain wrote of his Western travels in the book, "Roughing It." Twain said that the men he traveled with had three subjects on their mind – "Californy, the Nevada silver mines and the desperado, Slade."
Twain wrote, "From Ft. Kearney west, he was feared a great deal more than the Almighty. Mothers used his name to strike terror in the hearts of their misbehaving children."
Being chauffeured in a decorated car for five or six blocks is not really an adequate way for two men to be recognized for their lifetimes of service to our community. But it is, at the very least, a way to show Don Funk and Ed Taylor that we do appreciate all that they have done for Vandalia.
Funk and Taylor will serve as the grand marshals for the Vandalia Lions Club's Halloween parade next Thursday evening. It will be the first time in several decades that they won't have to be helping to pull off one of the largest Halloween parades in Illinois.
Someone asked the other day how I found ideas for the articles that appear in this column.
That is an interesting question. A subject can be suggested by a photograph, a biography of a person, the history of a town and even questions from our readers.
Fayette County's recorded history begins in scattered histories of Illinois, the "History of Fayette County," published in 1878; followed by the "Pictorial History of Vandalia, Illinois," in 1904; and the "Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fayette County," from 1910.
There aren't many among us who haven't been impacted by breast cancer.
It is the leading cause of cancer death among women between the ages of 40 and 59, and it is second only to lung cancer in total cancer deaths among women.
This week, we at The Leader-Union are observing national Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a variety of activities.
Along with contributing a weekly history column for The Leader-Union, I also answer genealogy and history questions in a "Queries" column published bi-monthly in The Ramsey News-Journal.
A question from Ron Marsh of Pullman, Wash., prompted me to look closer at the family of Zelah F. Watwood, who homesteaded along Boaz Creek (Ramsey Creek) in the 1830s.
Ron had found the family living in Fayette County in 1840 and 1850, but Zelah was not mentioned in the 1855 Illinois State Census records. Ron questioned what happened to him. Had he moved on?
It's been a long time since residents of this area were offered any type of recycling program. If the participation in recent recycling drives are any indication, they are ready and willing to start recycling again.
In recent months, area residents have had the opportunity to turn in old electronic items and paper products, instead of throwing those items into the trash. Those drives have kept several tractor-trailer loads of old TVs, computers, cardboard boxes, newspapers and other pieces of what is normally considered to be garbage out of our landfills.
Last week, I wrote of my work to compile a list of War of 1812 veterans buried in Fayette County. Beginning with seven names, the list had grown to 11 by publication time.
After receiving her newspaper, Lucille Fisher telephoned to remind me of the War of 1812 veteran marker in the Pilcher Cemetery for Winslow Pilcher. Winslow served in Captain G. Smith's Company of the Virginia Militia.
This area dodged a major bullet last week when a Johnson County judge issued a preliminary injunction that prevented Gov. Pat Quinn from laying off more than 2,600 state employees – including about 125 at Vandalia Correctional Center.
The ruling sends the governor and the union representing the prison workers back to the bargaining table.
Hopefully, by buying some time, the two sides can begin moving down a path that will lead to real solutions that work for everyone involved.
Given the roller-coaster ride that those of us in the media have been on this past year, it's more appropriate than ever to pause and take a deep breath during National Newspaper Week.
And as we do, it's time to take stock of this always fascinating but sometimes maddening institution in which we toil.
It's down to crunch time.
One week from today, the state is scheduled to lay off 2,600 state workers, including 1,000 employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections. About 125 of those layoffs would be at Vandalia Correctional Center.
Last Tuesday evening, my friend Bill Wilson, president of the Hill's Fort Society, telephoned to remind me that I had promised him a list of War of 1812 veterans buried in Fayette County.
This sounded like something I would do, and the fact that Bill needed it for a talk on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Society's "Living History Days" in Greenville, spurred me to begin my research right then and there.
Three weeks ago, I contributed a story for this column telling how I had been contacted by editor and publisher Mike Lakin of The Mt. Pulaski Times for permission to reprint an earlier column.
Immediately, my antennae went up, because Thomas N. Lakin was editor and publisher of The Vandalia Union. I learned from Mike that his grandfather, William Lakin, and Thomas Lakin were cousins.
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The Obama administration's Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC) has begun a sweeping investigation into whether other countries are providing farm subsidies that violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, according to U.S. trade officials.
Many believe the probe is long overdue, given the obvious escalation of farm subsidies in developing countries and their apparent indifference to their WTO commitments, as outlined by the 2011 study on the issue by DTB Associates. That study unearthed a rapid run-up in farm subsidies in countries like Brazil, Thailand and India that put the countries in direct violation of internationally agreed-upon subsidization limits.
rop support prices in many key developing nations are higher than in the United States and since the countries involved are major producers and consumers of agricultural products, the trade-distorting effects of the subsidies are being felt globally, DTB explained.
The DTB Associates study was consistent with the detailed handbook of foreign farm subsidies published by Texas Tech University which noted that the United States ranked low on both the tariff and subsidization scale when compared to its competitors.
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Despite this, U.S. farmers have uniquely been the subject of trade discipline by the WTO. For example, even though according to the Texas Tech study the Brazilian government has a minimum support price for cotton at $.75/lb, they were able to win a WTO case against the U.S. Government which has an equivalent marketing loan rate of $.52. Their case was essentially that the U.S. loan rate was suppressing the world market and harming farmers in Brazil, but U.S. production has been in decline while Brazilian production has skyrocketed.
Veteran trade advisor and former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Donald M. Phillips says the investigation should prove to be a useful tool in international trade negotiations and a basis for pursuing corrective actions.
Phillips says the disturbing trend also serves as a strong argument for the importance of keeping America's agriculture policies intact as Farm Bill negotiations continue.
"Given the obvious escalation of farm subsidies in developing countries, often in violation of their WTO commitments, it makes no sense for the U.S. to unilaterally disarm by crippling the safety net programs for U.S. farmers," Phillips said.
According to Phillips, the pernicious effects of developing country farm subsidies are particularly evident in the world sugar market -- a "dump" market normally characterized by prices well below cost of production of most suppliers.
Phillips noted that with respect to Brazil, four decades of lavish subsidies to the sugar/ethanol complex in addition to lax labor and environmental standards has helped the country gain dominance of global sugar exports. Today, Brazil controls 50 percent of the export market. By comparison, Saudi Arabia controls 19 percent of the world oil market.
"We hope this probe will explore the huge impact that government programs have had on the expansion of production and exports by dominant players in the world sugar market, notably Brazil and Thailand," Phillips said.
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Greek Potato Salad
12 red potatoes, boiled, cooled and sliced (skin on)
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1 T fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2t oregano, dried
1/2t rosemary, dried and snapped into fine pieces
1t garlic powder
1t onion powder
1t ground black pepper
1t coarse salt
1/8t ground red pepper
1/2t sugar
1) Boil 12 red potatoes in salted water until pierced with a fork and soft (about 25 minutes). Strain and put in freezer for about 30 minutes to cool off fully.
2) Once potatoes are cooled sliced in pieces of desired size and chop green onion and put in preferred container
---you could use a fork and a bowl or measuring cup or a container with a lid and shake whatever you have around the kitchen will work, it really can't be messed up
|Finished dressing
4) Pour about HALF(you can decide but I found a half cup was perfect) of the dressing on top of the potatoes and green onions and stir. Taste test and you may decide to add a little more salt and pepper depending on taste. You can either chill it until ready to serve or serve immediately depending on how you and your family/guests prefer.
|About half was left after feeding two men who had been working hard all day
Makes 8 servings, lasts in the fridge for days(but it really won't last that long)
**With the leftover dressing just leave it on the counter at room temperature and use it on a salad or marinade or more potato salad**
Hope everyone is having a wonderful May!