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Neverland: J. M. Barrie, the du Mauriers, and the Dark Side of Peter Pan
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The adventures of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys have enchanted children for decades. But how did J. M. Barrie invent such a fanciful world? Were the ideas entirely his own, or were they appropriated from children's make-believe games? After exhaustive research, Piers Dudgeon has presented his compelling, if somewhat sensationalistic, theories. He suggests that Barrie's chance meeting with the Llewelyn Davies boys had been carefully planned, and that many of the events in Peter Pan had been directly lifted from his observations of the boys' games. Barrie is portrayed as a manipulative Svengali, who uses hypnosis and magical writing to bend the will of everyone around him. Did this manipulation have something to do with the premature deaths of parents Arthur and Sylvia, and even of some of the children years later? Was Peter Pan really a "demon boy" who convinced children that death is an adventure? Was Barrie a sacrificing uncle who selflessly took the orphaned boys under his wing, or was he a puppet-master with ulterior motives? Although some of Dudgeon's ideas may seem far-fetched, they are definitely thought-provoking. After reading Neverland, you will never view Peter Pan in the same way again.
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July 13, 2015
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
by Nordhaus, Hannah
What would you do if you read stories about your great-great-grandmother, Julia, haunting a bed and breakfast in Santa Fe New Mexico; stories that your great–great-grandfather had tortured her and possibly murdered her? In American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest, Hannah Nordhaus used this excuse to research and discover her family; from their origins as 19th Century German Jews to their life in the New Mexico frontier and beyond. During this search she talked with historians, psychics, distant relatives, and ghost hunters; read newspaper articles and personal diaries and visited the German city Julia was born and raised in, a concentration camp where many of Julia's family members died, and the Las Posada, the old family home in Santa Fe, New Mexico trying to find the essence of her great-great-grandmother and what drove her to the madness that eventually ended her life. The ghost stories and information on psychics and other paranormal investigators are mixed in with the historical aspects of the history of the Staab family. A must read for anyone who is interested in real life ghost stories or family histories.
--Recommended by Judy Clem, Garfield Park Library
July 6, 2015
Station Eleven
by Mandel, Hilary St. John
"No more ballgames played under floodlights. No more trains running under the surface of cities ... No more cities ... No more Internet ... No more avatars." This is Mandel's compelling story about the end of civilization. A deadly virus dubbed the Georgian Flu arrives in the middle of the United States via a flight from Russia. The disease kills 99 percent of the world's human population within 48 hours, leaving a remaining one percent at the mercy of a new chaotic world.
This handful of people who are either immune to the disease or just lucky take first steps into a new life, attempting to survive without everything we now take for granted. Twenty years after the initial holocaust, a travelling band of actors and musicians set out to find the lost members of their troupe, not knowing where their journey through the ravaged landscape may ultimately lead them.
Pivotal characters include Arthur Leander, who died playing King Lear in Toronto the night the plague began and Kirsten, who shared the same stage, playing one of Lear's daughters as a little girl.
The narrative alternates between post-apocalyptic world and pre-pandemic world, around a set of survivors intertwined with Arthur. Mandel smoothly navigates between past and present, brilliantly connecting the characters and guiding them to an ultimately beautiful and surprising finale.
This is a stunning, transcendent novel that richly deserves the accolades it received.
Station Eleven is also available as a downloadable e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and an audiobook on CD.
— Recommended by Emily Talbott, Nora Library
June 29, 2015
The Colour of Magic
by Pratchett, Terry
SF P9122co 1989
The original Discworld novel and the first in the Rincewind saga, The Colour of Magic is award winning author Sir Terry Pratchett's initial offering into the fantasy genre. Set in a world situated on the back of the massive space turtle A'Tuin, the book follows the misadventures of the failed wizard, Rincewind. Employed as a tour guide by the four eyed foreigner Twoflower (the world's first tourist), the wayward wizard is charged with keeping the naive newcomer safe from the multitude of dangers he encounters as he sight sees his way across the continent and beyond. Simultaneously light hearted and poignant, The Colour of Magic will suck readers in from the first page. It is a must read for fans of science fiction and the perfect introduction to a series that has been nothing but a delight for more than 30 years and across 40 books.
The Colour of Magic is also available as a downloadable e-book, and is on order as an audiobook on CD.
--Recommended by Josh Crain, East Washington Library
June 22, 2015
Uncle Janice
by Burgess, Matt
First, the title. Uncle Janice? Who can resist at least taking a look at a book with a title like that? You can, you're a stronger person than I am. Then the people: Janice Itwaru, a woman with a mother fluttering into dementia, co-workers with stories to tell, bosses with their own agenda. Queens: with its own rhythms, its own heartbeat, its own secrets. Everybody lies, everyone has their own agenda, you wanna get by in that world, it's what you do. Janice is on the edge, one month to go until she escapes, or rather, moves up the next rung on the ladder. One month, but the bosses, the criminals, her past, her present—stumbling blocks, one after another. Totally dysfunctional, all of it, and yet Burgess wades in, gathers all the threads, weaves a story with a voice that is hard to resist. He's created—or maybe recreated—a world that is chaotic, messy, filled with gray areas and pitfalls, nobody's the good guy and yet everybody has some good if you peel down a few layers. Remember the TV series M*A*S*H, how you were laughing at Hawkeye's antics one minute, then, boom, something horrifying and you're caught mid-laugh, something stuck in your throat and now you're crying? Uncle Janice is like that, funny, and dark, and horrifying and endearing. And any author who can evoke that roller coaster of emotions is an author worth a second look.
Uncle Janice is also available as a downloadable e-book.
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Fay E. Noble, 91, of 1008 Hendricks Ave. in St. Marys, died on Friday, May 17, 2013, at Wapakoneta Manor.
She was born on May 1, 1922, in St. Marys, to Clarence "Pick" and Mazie (Sutton) Williamson.
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Survivors include nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by parents Clarence "Pick" and Mazie Williamson; infant son Craig Rasneor; son Roger Rasneor; husband Dr. Alvin B. Noble; former husband Guy Rasneor.
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For many years, she worked as a waitress at Koch's Restaurant in downtown St. Marys and Noorthmoor Golf Club in Celina.
Fay was an extremely devoted caregiver to her mother and son. Her personality matched her fiery red hair and made her an interesting person to know and love. Her sometimes crusty exterior belied her true benevolent spirit, having provided financial assistance to countless people in times of need. She also had a tender spot for animals.
Her favorite pastimes included playing cards (especially poker) and gambling.
Rites are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Miller - Long and Folk Funeral Home at 314 W. High St. Chapel in St. Marys.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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June 01, 2011, 09:07:16 AM »
Quote from: Montague on June 01, 2011, 07:35:17 AM
What's interesting is you can often follow along, correlating the events in these articles to the chronology of Bret's book.
For instance, the article mentions Davey's back surgery, but from Bret, we know that it was during this time, also, that Diana was fooling around behind Davey's back while he was in the hospital recovering from surgery AND going through detox.
Bret ran into Austin backstage at a WWF show & saw him fraternizing with Diana - who'd recently dyed her hair dark - and he mentioned what a lousy thing that was to do with Davey in the shape he was in.
Wow...I never heard that one. Very interesting. Steve should have stayed with Debra. I could spend the next 25 years or so with her tits swinging like a pendulum in my face.
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June 01, 2011, 11:07:46 AM »
Quote from: Playboy on June 01, 2011, 09:07:16 AM
Wow...I never heard that one. Very interesting. Steve should have stayed with Debra. I could spend the next 25 years or so with her tits swinging like a pendulum in my face.
Yeah, it's in his book; he only devoted about two lines to it, but he didn't even recognize her at first.
In the end, I believe she ended up in a relationship one of Bruce's
(substantially younger)
Stampede trainees.
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Davey Boy Smith won't let dream die
May 26, 1999
By BILL KAUFMANN -- Calgary Sun
Davey Boy Smith is hoping to create his own ring legacy for a fallen friend, brother-in-law and former tag-team chum.
The one-time British Bulldog said he was recently asked by Owen Hart to revive their tag-team liaison, one that captured four world championships with the World Wrestling Federation.
That dream is now gone, but Smith hopes to mobilize for the next-best thing -- a solo comeback in memory of Hart.
"He wanted me to go back, so I'll try my hardest to fulfil his wish," said Smith, standing on the mat in the Hart home's "dungeon" gymnasium, where Owen learned his craft.
Smith is still recovering from a serious injury suffered during a bungled trap door stunt in a WCW ring last September.
Smith, who has also been recovering from an infection in his spinal cord, was visited in hospital last week by his close confidante Hart.
"He was like a brother to me -- we stayed in the same rooms, we drove, flew and ate together," said Smith. "I was tagged-teamed with Owen longer than anyone within the federation."
The WWF leadership shouldn't take the blame for the death of his close friend, said the husky wrestler.
"They're running a business and we all do crazy things."
Performing risky feats without stunt doubles is a point of pride, said Smith.
"We're stunt men -- we take our own falls, we use harnesses and pulleys.
"It really makes me mad when when they say wrestling's phony."
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Davey Boy Smith determined to re-enter the wrestling ring
July 4, 1999
By RICK BELL
Calgary Sun
A rainy weekday morning at B.J.'s Gym, jogging distance east from City Hall and the St. Louis Hotel.
A Jaguar roars up. The driver smiles and gets out.
Davey Boy Smith, known throughout the world as The British Bulldog, is back where he belongs.
He works out, twice a day six days a week, and is now finished his new bodybuilding video. He gains lost weight and bangs the proteins and vitamins.
He feels no pain in a spine that's gone through hell.
We are witnessing the first step back from that day last September when Davey was slammed against a steel trap door in a World Championship Wrestling bout.
Davey, brother-in-law and one-time tag team partner of Owen Hart, is planning a return to wrestling, perhaps to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.
"I'm an addict to wrestling. It's almost like a drug. I've been down but I have always returned to the ring. It's the only thing I know -- working out and wrestling. That's all I've done since I was 10," says Davey.
"I love to make people laugh, I love to hear them cheer." Then he adds: "Owen and me would fool around in the ring. He was so comical with those funny faces."
Yes, Davey has seen much.
In the past months, Davey's 27-year-old sister died. His mom died. Owen died.
"I lost my brother-in-law and lost one of my best friends. Martha and Bret have the right to do what they want with the lawsuit. But I don't point fingers.
"I am still on good terms with both the WCW and the WWF. There is no personal animosity. I have nothing against Vince McMahon. I never badmouth a promoter. It's not my style. I never burn bridges."
He's come a long way.
Short weeks ago, Davey lay in a hospital, three crushed discs and a terrible infection.
He had a body cast from waist to neck. Every time he sat up, the cast would choke him. Davey hated it.
Then the letter came by Federal Express. Davey's wife Diana threw it on Davey's bed. The WCW had canned him. He was through.
Davey had wrestled two decades.
"I am not a bitter man. But if you put me in the ring when there's a trap door, tell me. I'm not injured because of clumsiness but because they were at fault."
Looking back now, Davey recalls his decision last fall to try and keep wrestling though something was wrong with his back. He felt the terrible pain. He was shying away from falls and getting really out of shape.
There were the painkillers. Demerol. Morphine. He grew to depend on them.
By Boxing Day of '98, Davey had enough. He flew up to Grande Prairie to check in to rehab and get clean. A 28-day program. Davey stayed seven weeks.
Without the drugs, Davey felt the back pain again. He got an X-ray. The docs couldn't find anything.
His last week in Grande Prairie, Davey collapsed and flew back to Calgary. He went to Foothills and Rockyview, once going by ambulance. Some thought Davey just wanted a fix.
The pain in his back got worse. Davey couldn't sleep. Sometimes he'd walk around all night at home, crying.
A chiropractor suggested a bone scan. The next thing Davey knew, he was in the hospital for almost two months with three crushed discs and a vicious staph infection. Davey even lost half an inch in height.
But Davey never, ever lost sight of the ring. He just kept saying: "I don't have a date when I'm back or who I'm going to work for, but I will be back one day."
After all, Davey had wrestled forever.
Growing up in England between Manchester and Liverpool, in the town of Golborne. Wrestling because his dad didn't want him smashing windows.
There was Ted Betley, his trainer from the age of 12, who looked, talked and acted like the trainer in Rocky.
There were the times Davey delivered fruit and jumped over the fences at every delivery just to get in shape.
There was Davey's first pro match at 15 years old. He ran 8 km to pick up the contract. "I would have wrestled for free."
At almost 18, Stu Hart brought him to Calgary. The wrestlers were so big. Davey thought he was in The Land of The Giants.
In his first match, Davey fought his cousin, The Dynamite Kid.
And, of course, there was Davey's fame as The British Bulldog and beating Bret Hart before 83,000 at London's famed Wembley Stadium. Lennox Lewis carried Davey's Union Jack into the ring.
Yes, he is determined to be back. The WWF, for its part, tells me it would welcome a call from Davey when he's ready.
"After my injury, a lot of the scandal sheets said I was all washed up. That really ticked me off. I want to show them all.
"I'm not washed up. I'm not finished.
"I'm not a quitter. It may be in a year from now or 20 years. But I'll never quit. I never have. I never will."
Davey then heads into the gym and takes a step closer.
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Some good info here. I wonder if there's any youtube or vids of Davey training in the gym?
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Quote from: Playboy on June 02, 2011, 07:01:54 AM
Some good info here. I wonder if there's any youtube or vids of Davey training in the gym?
RF Video released the training DVD he & Diana made a few years before his passing.
I believe Highspots now has the rights to it.
I've searched, but can't find anything on YT or dailymotion - however, I suspect it's only a matter of time before it pops up.
I'm totally amazed at some of the obscure footage I've found.
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Stu supports Bulldog's comeback
July 5, 1999
By NOVA PIERSON -- Calgary Sun
Calgary's wrestling patriarch said he wouldn't want to hold Davey Boy Smith back from entering the ring again -- even after the tragic death of Owen Hart.
"It'd be like telling a hockey player like Wayne Gretzky to find another vocation. 'All I can do is play hockey,' " said Stu Hart.
Davey Boy Smith told the Sun last weekend he was working out and hopeful for a return to the wrestling ring after hurting his back last year.
That's even after the May 23 death of Owen Hart -- Smith's brother-in-law and Hart's son -- who fell while attempting a dramatic entrance to the ring in a Missouri arena.
Hart said he wasn't surprised to learn that Smith wants to return to wrestling.
"I don't know what the hell (Smith) could do if he doesn't go back," said Hart. "There's nothing that could compete with that."
Hart said it was likely the best shot Smith had at making a good living.
"When Davey is is good shape he's a pretty good attraction."
And Hart said he himself has made wrestling his whole life.
"Wrestling helped me a whole lot. It gave me a lot of confidence in myself. It's been a way of life for me since 1949," Hart said.
But the whole family is still reeling from Owen's sudden death at Kansas City's Kemper Arena during a World Wrestling Foundation match.
His widow, Martha, said she will keep quiet her thoughts, after she and Owen's parents filed a wrongful death suit last month.
Among the 13 defendants are the WWF and its chairman Vince McMahon.
"Owen has died and there is nothing I can do to bring him back," she said during a June 15 press conference. "But one hope above all is that his death will not be in vain. I believe those responsible should be held accountable under the law."
And Hart said Owen's death has been felt worldwide.
"I must have a couple black garbage bags filled with cards from people all over the world," he said of the condolences.
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Quote from: Montague on June 02, 2011, 08:05:06 AM
RF Video released the training DVD he & Diana made a few years before his passing.
I believe Highspots now has the rights to it.
I've searched, but can't find anything on YT or dailymotion - however, I suspect it's only a matter of time before it pops up.
I'm totally amazed at some of the obscure footage I've found.
I was looking for it a while ago too. This site listed his workout
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Quote from: mass 04 on June 06, 2011, 03:36:29 PM
I was looking for it a while ago too. This site listed his workout
Now, I can look just like Davey!!
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Davey Boy defies critics and signs deal with WWF
August 24,1999
By RICK BELL -- Calgary Sun
It's Rocky and Family Feud all wrapped in one.
Davey Boy Smith, the 35-year-old wrestler the world calls The British Bulldog, returns to the ring next month.
He's inked a five-year, multi-million dollar deal with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.
Still, with all that, Davey is angry.
Angry at those who thought he was all washed up.
Angry at the WWF's rival, World Championship Wrestling, which fired him months ago as he lay in hospital.
Angry at brother-in-law Bret Hart, who dragged Davey through the dirt when Davey vowed to wrestle again.
"I'm really psyched. My strength is ungodly. I feel I could run through a wall," says Davey, in his first interview with the press since his signing a few weeks ago.
"I baffled the doctors. There were the doubters who said I was all washed up.
"There were those who said the Bulldog was a lazy, fat slob.
"There were some people in my own family who were hoping I wouldn't come back.
"But I said: I'll show you all. And I'll show Bret. When I really get mad, I get furious. Make me motivated and I'll go for it. I'm not afraid of anyone. If Bret's got a problem with me, he knows where I live."
When this column informed the public of Davey's comeback in July, Bret used his Sun column to slam Davey.
"Saw a strange sight yesterday. Dogs rolling in manure and loving every minute of it.
"For some reason, it made me think of how the British Bulldog will do anything to work for the WWF," wrote Bret.
"There were these four little pigs in the pig races. The guy there told me they'd sell out their mothers and brothers and sisters to the slaughterhouse, just for those mini donuts. Kind of reminds me of ... er ... I won't go there this week," Bret also wisecracked.
Davey can't understand Bret. Davey does not think his comeback is in any way defiling the memory of Owen Hart, who died in a WWF match earlier this year.
"Why does Bret attack me? What have I done to him except stick by him? I can't figure out why. He even called my wife on the phone and said: If I see you on the street, I'll run you over, you..."
The rest cannot be printed in a family newspaper.
"I'm really angry at Bret. I went with him to the WCW. I paid a $100,000 fine to leave the WWF. I was backing Bret up. I felt responsible for what happened to Bret, when he lost his belt.
"After all that, he nails me. When I was let go, who the hell backed me up?"
"Why should I leave what I love for one person? Does Bret expect me to sit at home and do nothing the rest of my life? Does he want me to lose everything just to satisfy him? I refuse to do that.
"What happened to Owen is tragic but there is nothing I can do about it. Vince did not push Owen."
Six days a week down at B.J.'s Gym, Davey shakes aside all the naysayers and keeps his eye on the prize.
He diets like crazy and sweats like crazy to get down to his fighting weight of 245 lbs.
There is something in the heart and guts of this former delivery boy from the English town of Golborne, near Manchester.
Something that will not say no.
The way back amazes even Davey.
Davey smashes his back against a trap door in the ring a year ago.
He gets hooked on painkillers and enters rehab.
Three discs in his back dissolve in a sea of infection.
Doctors say his career is through.
His sister dies. His mom dies. Owen, his brother-in-law and one-time tag-team partner, dies.
But he does not give up.
The road to his new contract begins in April with Davey in a bed at the Rockyview Hospital. His back battered, his wrestling career seemingly over.
It was then Vince McMahon called. Davey and Vince joke around. Vince asks about Davey's back.
"Six specialists tell me I'll never wrestle again but Vince told me: 'If anyone can do it, you can do it.' Then I was really psyched. I was ecstatic."
WWF stars Chyna, Triple H, The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin called Davey.
WWF star Mankind visited him. "I thought to myself: This is where I belong, where I started. With Vince," recalls Davey.
Davey signed the deal last month but kept quiet until now.
In July, Vince sent first-class tickets to Davey and his wife Diana.
A limo took them to their suite at the New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
At lunch the next day, the deal was done.
"I felt like a bloody movie star," says Davey, who is counting the days to his first match -- expected to be Sept. 20.
"If you put yourself down, you stay down.
"I get back up. If I can't perform, then I'll hang up my tights and burn my boots.
"But it will not happen. No way. I mean it. No way."
And, in that very moment, Davey once again takes on all the doubters, the critics, the WCW, and yes, even Bret Hart.
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Bret was pissed at Davey for divorcing his sister. Naturally Bret would side with his blood. Thats why this rule is so under-rated, keep your business and family completely seperated. Its like having two dicks and no bitch.
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Bret was pissed at Davey for divorcing his sister. Naturally Bret would side with his blood. Thats why this rule is so under-rated, keep your business and family completely seperated. Its like having two dicks and no bitch.
I think if Diana was "my blood," I'd get a transfusion.
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I think if Diana was "my blood," I'd get a transfusion.
You and me both
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Bulldog content to be back in WWF
November 18, 1999
By ALEX RISTIC -- SLAM! Wrestling
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who's been in as many wars as The British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith. Wrestling since he was 15, Smith has had to work his way up everywhere he's gone for his entire 22-year run in the business. You can probably count on your fingers and toes how many grapplers among the thousands that have lasted as long.
It's a quite afternoon, three days before Survivor Series 1999 that Smith called the offices of CANOE for a free-for-all -- about his past, present, and the state of wrestling in general today.
One thing that seems ironic is that Smith instantly captured championship gold (hardcore title) upon his return to the WWF, after his self-imposed two-year hiatus from the company, and then cashed it in for the European belt. It's ironic because Smith was the first bearer of the title of European Champion, and now holds it once more, but he says it won't hold him back from his loftier goals.
"I'm glad to be the European Champion," said the genuinely friendly Smith. "Whatever comes next, comes next. I'm not trying to rush anything; I'm just trying to get myself back into ring shape basically. It took me longer than I thought to get back into ring shape because I took that year off. With not wrestling for a year it took me a while to get my wind back. It's just the past couple of weeks that it's just starting to come back. I can really feel it because I've dropped 15 to 20 pounds since I've back, just lightening up so I can move better."
Not everything is planned 100% in advance. Smith won't know if he'll get a full world championship push for a while, but says it's not out of the question, and that there's plenty of time because he's currently inked a five-year contract. Still after promoting his desire to win the "big strap" after his return, does he think it will happen sooner rather than later?
"I would say so," Smith said. "I didn't want anyone to rush me in right away. I explained to Vince (McMahon, owner of the WWF), 'I've not wrestled for a year, and I should take it easy before I start going and make sure everything's okay with my back.' What happened, The Undertaker got injured, he tore his groin, and basically my first night back was the six-man tag, with me, The Rock and Kane, and it was like 'Whoa!' I went against The Big Show, and I've never been in the ring with The Big Show. He's one big, strong dude. That was my first match back, and it was a big shock to me."
Recently Smith has been teamed up with the Mean Street Posse, something puzzling many of the squared circle observers. Bulldog seemed to be on the right path going solo, so many were surprised at his new mates. Smith explained the affiliation.
"I think it's just to bring me in slowly," said Smith. "They'll help me in the ring, and I can help them, as far as working. It's basically you scratch my back, I'll scratch your back. They're good guys too, They're funny guys, and it's fun to be in their with them."
What was just as bizarre was the booking of Survivor Series, which pitted Bulldog and his Posse against other heels. Smith is at a loss to explain that one.
"It was a big shock to me to," he admitted. "I thought I wasn't going to be working The Survivor Series. It was going to be one night off, out of a million working. No one told me until the last minute. Basically at Smackdown! I found out who the teams were. Basically we're all heels. You've got Gangrel, myself, Val Venis, Mark Henry, Steve Blackman, Joey Abs, Rodney and Pete Gas."
It is also an interesting time in the locker room for the Bulldog at the moment. He is the only superstar from the WWF's heyday in the 1980's that's still in the federations' stable. Smith says he's looked upon with respect, instead of being perceived as taking away the spotlight from the younger talent.
"There is quite a bit of locker room respect," Smith revealed. "People think I just came in for my last run. I was in the ring, at Smackdown! in Baltimore. A few hours before the match started I was stretching in the ring and felt like messing around. I started doing handsprings and nip-ups, and I tried some moonsaults from the top rope, trying to land on my feet, and I was doing it, you know. I went back to the dressing room and all the guys are staring at me and I'm like What's wrong?' 'We didn't know you could still do that,' I said 'Oh yeah.' 'Well why aren't you doing it in the ring?' I said 'Well, I really don't need to do it in the ring right now.' It's always good to have a time and a place to do that. Maybe when I become a babyface, but right now there's really no reason to do it."
Smith is also impressed with his colleagues. Before, he would stay backstage and relax before he was to perform, but now, he says, the talent in the WWF is so exciting that he catches many matches before going out, especially those of The Hardy Boys.
"Oh Jesus, they're crazy. I've never seen anybody like that. They really entertain me. Some of the stuff they do is just ungodly."
Speaking of "ungodly," many unkind words have come from Smith's brother-in-law, Bret Hart, about the Bulldog's return to the WWF. It seems that the memory of Hart's screw-job by the WWF still lingers with him, but Smith says he just wants the past to be the past.
"I just wish he let me live my life, you know. I've never said anything bad about him," said Smith about the Hitman. "I left the WWF because of him, to stand behind him. That is the truth. He said last week that I didn't leave to stand behind him, he said I left because I was disgusted with Vince. If I was disgusted with Vince I would have never come back. WCW, when they let me go, said I could come back when I got better. I didn't want to be there anyway, I was very unhappy there. They've got so many guys there, and to me, it's the same guys every week, like (Hulk) Hogan, taking up all the TV time. I just thought 'This is not the place for me.' I should never have left the WWF. It was a big mistake on my part."
On the horizon for Smith is the release of The British Bulldog's Basic BodyBuilding Workout video. Being that wrestlers, on the average, are over 230 pounds, and many quite muscular, he thought it logical that the public would be interested in a product geared toward "pumping up" like their favourite wrestlers. The video was actually produced last year, but has had some setbacks, including Smith's back injury, which kept him out of the ring for a year, and kept him out of the public eye.
"I think it's just a matter of time before it comes out. I was trying to get it out there, and it was really hard. I couldn't get up and at it to get things rolling. Now I'm on the road, so it might be easier to get out there. Plus I wanted to get my face back on TV first, so people would respond. I don't know a wrestler who's ever done a workout video, so I think it'll really do well. I would say if it doesn't come out by Christmas, maybe by February. That's what I'm gunning for."
It appears that Davey Boy isn't the only one gunning for greater things in the Smith household. Son Harry, all of 14-years old, has recently got involved in an angle in Stampede Wrestling in Alberta. A Stampede source said Harry is a good worker, but he's really small, "125 pounds soaking wet," was the term used. The source also said Harry has a future in the business, and could even be used in some of the TV angles, but thinks he's a little young for championship gold yet. Bulldog, however, couldn't be prouder.
"He's really enjoying it," said an elated Smith. "I've been giving him some advice about being on the microphone, and things like that. He's so much on TV right now I told him not to swear on the microphone, not to cuss on the microphone at all, because he's a young kid and people will think he's a spoiled little brat. He's not. He's worked hard for what he's got. He's wrestling in the Pavilion for Bruce and Ross Hart at Stampede. I might take a pop down there and take a look at it. He's kind of like the Hardy Boys, doing all sorts of crazy stuff."
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Very interesting article.
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Some good spots in both of these matches:
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Bulldog battling drug addiction
March 1, 2000
By RICK BELL -- Calgary Sun
His biggest fight is in no ring. It is in a simple room in a drug treatment centre in far-off Atlanta.
The truth is very simple too.
"I'm here to get better," says Davey Boy Smith, the man the world calls The British Bulldog. The man the treatment centre calls a morphine addict.
Davey Boy Smith's story is an inspiring tale worthy of a Hollywood screenwriter. Here's the working-class, Manchester-area delivery boy who worked his way to become an international wrestling star.
Yes, Davey Boy is a character right out of Rocky.
He had his back smashed against a trap door in the ring less than two years ago, three discs dissolved in a sea of infection. He was fired as he lay in a Calgary hospital bed. He lived to see the death of his sister, his mom and his beloved tag-team partner Owen Hart.
Many wrote him off. But Davey Boy would not throw in the towel. Never.
"I'm not washed up, I'm not finished," Davey Boy told the world last year, as he signed a deal with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.
"My strength is ungodly. I feel I could run through a wall. I'm an addict to wrestling."
But sadly, Davey Boy is an addict to much more, an inhabitant of a hideous hell by prescription.
Morphine. Painkillers. Muscle relaxants. Sleeping pills.
Davey did it all. He took the pills. He shot up. He needed a fix every couple hours to make the back pain from the wrestling ring go away. He would even wake up through the night to do the stuff.
Sometimes he would take the drugs at home, sometimes in his garage, sometimes Davey would go out.
Before long, Davey Boy needed a fix because he needed a fix. Davey didn't start off planning to be an addict, he just wanted to wrestle. That's what he knew how to do.
One night stands out in the memory of Davey's wife, Diana. Davey was in bed, out cold. He couldn't move and his bulky immobile body needed to be lifted up.
Davey had swallowed his tongue.
In recent weeks, Diana and some of Davey's friends tried to get Davey help. He refused. Then, last week, Davey was in Nashville. Four hours before ring time, Davey talked with Vince McMahon.
He'd reached the end.
"I felt weird. I felt myself really slipping. Things were really getting on top of me. I didn't want to die," says Davey Boy.
"I told Vince: I'm really not feeling too good. I don't want to kill myself in the ring. I need help. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know where to go."
McMahon flew Davey to Atlanta that night and the wrestler checked in at the treatment centre.
McMahon will pay Davey's salary for the three months Davey is in the centre. McMahon will also pay the tab for the treatment, expected to be about $75,000 U.S.
"There's a job waiting for me," says Davey, who insists he'll be back in the ring sometime this summer.
So far, Davey has finished up the initial detox. Now he has classes all day. "I have to learn to live without drugs. I feel pretty good," he says.
"And a little bit tired.
"I'll start working out next week. Right now, I'm giving my body a rest. I came back before. I came back from a broken spine. I'll do everything I can. I don't want to let my family down or myself down or my fans down."
Yes, Davey's wife Diana plans to visit Davey when there's an open house and he's allowed visitors. She's convinced this is not her husband's last hurrah.
Davey says he's determined. He'll beat back the demons and kick the habit. He says he'll find the way.
It is then a voice in the background calls out to Davey, a voice in a place far from home and even further from the glitz and glamour of professional wrestling.
"My roommate says I've got a meeting in 10 minutes," says Davey Boy Smith, the man the world calls The British Bulldog. "I've got to go. I have to clean myself up."
And Davey says good-bye, ready to take on the biggest opponent of his life.
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Anybody remember the dog shit match he had against rock in 99/2000?
Absolutely terrible
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Anybody remember the dog shit match he had against rock in 99/2000?
Absolutely terrible
I remember the dog food match he did with Shamrock, which probably wasn't much better.
Davey could deliver whatever you needed in the ring, but you had to call most of the spots.
Bret's mentioned several times that Davey was often more of a follwer than a leader in matches.
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I just watched the Hart and Soul DVD. Stu Hart sold Stampede to Vince but said he must take Bulldogs as well as Hart and Neidhart hence their push and ongoing fued. Aside from Dynamite, the other 3 were all brother in laws....
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Bulldog fights his inner demons
July 18, 2000
Life is not always a scene out of Rocky.
Sometimes there isn't even a good soundtrack.
Calgary's Davey Boy Smith, the one-time fruit and vegetable delivery boy from England who has made a name throughout the world as wrestling's British Bulldog, has seen better days than these.
Family sources confirm Davey Boy is now in hospital in this city. Again. This time, Davey is being treated for an infected shoulder after surgery was done to save his arm. Davey was only out of hospital a few days after a bout of pneumonia.
The sources also confirm Davey has much bigger and life-threatening problems to tackle.
Despite trips to rehab, Davey is still hooked on the deadly painkillers he's abused for years and he is now mired in marital woes.
To make matters worse, computer screens across the globe recently told mat fans that Davey is trying to kill himself, to end it once and for all.
It was quite the story a year ago this very month.
Davey working out, twice a day, vowing he'd come back from a back injury caused by a slam against a trap door in a wrestling ring, a mishap that would cripple weaker men.
Vowing he'd come back from spinal discs dissolving in infection. Vowing he'd come back even though he was fired by World Championship Wrestling as he lay in pain at Rockyview Hospital.
Vowing he'd come back even when doctors said he was crazy and the maggots who feed on bad news said Davey was washed up and done.
Yes, a year ago, anyone with any sense couldn't help rooting for Davey, the working-class lad who never copped an attitude, never felt full of himself or his fame.
"I'm an addict to wrestling. It's almost like a drug," are words Davey used at the time. But sadly, wrestling is not Davey's only drug.
He endured the pain in his back.
He lived with the pain in his heart. His sister died at 27, his mom died, his tag-team partner and brother-in-law Owen Hart died.
He tried to medicate himself against the pain, a recipe for disaster. He went to rehab for the drugs.
And he came back to the ring.
Last August, 11 months ago, Davey signed a big deal with Vince McMahon's World
Wrestling Federation. Some, including brother-in-law Bret Hart, attacked Davey's decision, comparing him to a dog rolling in manure.
After all, Davey's tag-team partner and brother-in-law, Owen, was killed in a WWF match.
"I'm not afraid. I'm not a quitter," are words Davey used at the time. Davey didn't quit.
But life is not always a scene out of Rocky.
This spring, Davey called from a hallway phone in a rehab clinic outside Atlanta, still an admitted addict to morphine, painkillers with names too tough to spell, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills.
Davey swallows them, he shoots them, he wakes up in the night to get a fix.
"Things were really getting on top of me. I didn't want to die," he said at the time.
He knew he had to clean up, to get straight, to defeat his biggest opponent.
But he checked out days later. "Davey didn't need a get out of rehab card," says a family member.
Now, Davey is still not off the painkillers. He is still an addict and still must face his family problems.
But the story can still end for Davey with his hand raised. He has his supporters, his friends and family who worry about him, who encourage him, who tell him they want him to live long and triumph, no matter the odds.
And Davey can still triumph, if he has the will. Just like a scene out of Rocky.
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I just watched the Hart and Soul DVD. Stu Hart sold Stampede to Vince but said he must take Bulldogs as well as Hart and Neidhart hence their push and ongoing fued. Aside from Dynamite, the other 3 were all brother in laws....
Although, Dynamite & Bret were also brothers-in-law.
Tom married Michelle, while Bret married Julie.
Julie and Michelle were sisters.
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Shawn could put my 87 year old Grand Father over. HBK is in a league of his own.
Truth... HBK is easily in my top 3 of all time.
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Assignment 25-1
Comparative Planetology:
Uranus and Neptune are considered sister planets. We call them sisters because they are so similar. Pluto, however, is different from every other planet in the Solar System. Pluto is actually more like a comet than a planet.
Uranus and Neptune:
We began our journey through the Solar System talking about the small dense inner planets. We then explored the very large middle two planets Jupiter and Saturn. Uranus and Neptune are in between. They are not gigantic, but they are not small either. Uranus takes up 67 times as much space as the Earth while Neptune takes up 57 times as much space.
Planetary ingredients:
In addition to being so similar in size, these two worlds are also made up of the same ingredients. They have a hard rock core about the size of the Earth. Around that rock core is a huge liquid water ocean thousands of miles deep. Think about that, these two worlds actually have liquid water oceans. On top of the water oceans sits another ocean of liquid metallic hydrogen.
Both Uranus and Neptune have an atmosphere of mostly hydrogen, helium and methane. The weather of these atmospheres is quite active. One very large storm on Neptune is similar to Jupiter's great red spot. This storm is called The Great Dark Spot.
After talking about the gigantic water oceans of these two worlds, we need to talk about life. Wherever we find liquid water, we believe there is a possibility we might also find life. This may or may not be true for Uranus and Neptune.
The first problem that life would encounter is that at the enormous depths of this ocean there would be absolutely no sunlight whatsoever. Life on the Earth requires either sunlight or heat from volcanoes to absorb energy.
The second problem that would make it difficult for there to be any life on Uranus or Neptune is the titanic pressure that would squeeze any plants or animals very tightly. It is impossible for humans to visit the depths of our own oceans, even in submarines because of the pressure. The pressure of these planets' oceans would be millions of times more powerful. All of this does not mean there is not life on Uranus or Neptune. It just means that it is unlikely.
Saturn's beautiful ring system is not alone in the Solar System. Along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune both have a system of rings.
There are not many differences between these two worlds, but there are some. The major difference is the way these planets rotate. Every planet in the Solar System rotates counter clockwise except for Uranus. Uranus rotates, or spins, on its side.
It is believed that billions of years ago a very large object, possibly as large as the Earth, smashed into the side of Uranus. This collision was so powerful that it completely changed the rotation of Uranus. Another new idea about why Uranus spins on its side is that long ago when our Solar System was still new, perhaps a large moon that orbited Uranus was pulled away by another very large planet. It is thought that maybe the force of this large moon being pulled away caused Uranus' axis to tilt, leaving Uranus to rotate on its side.
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Both Have Many Moons
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I'm a well respected Relationship and Attraction Expert considered a prodigy in my field. I've built several companies from the ground up out of my knowledge and I'm launching a book that holds the tag-line "Everything You Have to Know to Be a Complete Badass with Women". The Tao of Badass will be a series of books that will be released in succession based on the knowledge I've gained over my years of teaching and writing.
Think of a guy, age between 20/21 and 30. He's fun... maybe in college or just out of it at some stupid job that he's convinced himself he likes. He's done all of the things that he expected to eventually make him successful with women (ie. Years of College, Some Designer Clothes, Teeth Whitening, High-ish Paying Job, etc) but now he's getting to what he thought was going to be the light at the end of the tunnel and he's watching his broke, stupid, arrogant friends meeting more women in a week than he has in his life.
Maybe he's just out of a relationship? Maybe he's been single for a while? He really can't tell anymore... He just knows that he only meets women through his friends and he's f***ing sick of it! But he doesn't consider himself a weakling/shmoe/loser... of course...
That's your man.
I don't have too many requirements:
I want a simple design with that will represent the name "The Tao of Badass" well. Please be original and add your own touch to the logo. Don't use too many colors. Maybe a Web 2.0 look.
Download the images I have as examples FIRST.
Here are some things I was thinking about when I was imagining the logo BUT I'm not a designer and you may want to COMPLETELY ignore this part:
- Clean, Smart, Professional, and Awesome at the same time.
- Be creative just don't make guys feel less manly by clicking on it.
- Could a Frat Dude have this logo on his shelf and NOT feel like a complete wussbag?
Offer several versions of the same logo, please.
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Enlightenment project lead Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler announced on the project's website this morning that they were working with a top-5 electronics producer - in fact, not just working, but that that company also sponsored development on Enlightenment and the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL). What does this mean for users and developers?
"It means that you are likely to see top-quality electronic devices running the same things you use on your desktop," Rasterman writes, "This means as a developer the same libraries and API's will be there, ready to use, out of the box. You can even start your development now in anticipation. Use Elementary, Evas, Edje, Ecore, Eet, Eina, and so on and design for a small screen with a 'finger' and minimal keyboard."
There was no mention of the name of the company, but Phoronix has uncovered that this company is in fact Samsung Electronics. First public confirmation can be found in the commit log, where a edje file editor popped up, authored by Samsung, released under the GPLv3. Phoronix also received confirmation from Samsung itself.
It is very difficult to tell just how far along Samsung's involvement with Enlightenment is, and as such, if we will really see Enlightenment and EFL on Bada. Still, does it make sense to make lots of noise with a new mobile operating system, and then use the EFL for something else entirely?
Rasterman has put out three videos showing off some of the fruits of the collaboration, and it's clear the work is geared towards the mobile touch side of thing (notice the sliders).
There's some pretty fancy stuff in there, and the EFL should certainly be a good fit for mobile devices with relatively limited performance capabilities. Even though I, as a non-programmer, can't tell for sure, I have always had this idea that the EFL are very well-coded and efficient - maybe someone with experience can confirm (or deny) that?


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SlayJ wrote:Matt Flash wrote:I'd like to see something along these lines...
Brian Cage-Taylor vs. Adam Cole- Just... yes. This match would be fan-fucking-tastic. Cage is stepping it up big-time, and Cole is always game for a great match.
Dynasty, Rosas and Ryan Taylor vs. RockNES, Perkins and Candace. I'd take out Taylor and Candace, but, I know they'll more than likely be included.
Young Bucks vs. 2 Husky Black Guys- The runners up vs. the team that thinks they should be #1 contenders. Seems only right, I think. And this would be a HOT match, with everything up in the air since PWG always seems to pick the perfect spots for Super teams to win/lose and the Bucks to win/lose. It's always a surprise, and I could easily see both of these teams winning.
Sami Callahan vs. Roderick Strong- This could be a fantastic thing of beauty. I'd love nothing more than for this to happen.
Davey Richards vs. Kyle O'Reilly- I still want this match, damnit!
Super Smash Brothers vs. The Briscoes- I'm not a huge Briscoes fan anymore. I more enjoy their promos. But their name still carries a lot of weight on the indies, and it would be a huge feather in SSB's cap on the way to their big Tag Team Title match.
PWG World Title Match: Kevin Steen (c) vs. Eddie Edwards- You could make the argument that it was Generico's move that put Edwards away, and Steen stole that pin. PLUS, Edwards was supposed to get a one-on-one match anyways, so let him get that rematch the right way. And you can also let Super Dragon sit out and stay healthy, just to be sure he can wrestle at the Anniversary Show. That's infinitely more important than a random post-tourney show.
Easy peasy.
I am a Eddie Edwards fan and I'm always happy to see him on a PWG card, but I have zero interest in seeing him challenge Steen for the title right now. I do see the logic in the match and it would be fine, but it's pure vanilla and ultimately meaningless. Steen doesn't have any truly serious challengers at the moment which makes it a good time to sort out the tag title situation. Let's face it, if Dragon IS coming back, it should be as a challenger to the World Title. And even if he can't do much at the moment, I'm sure he and Steen can do a good brawl that leads to them losing the straps and sets them up as adversaries a few months down the line.
I'm always up for a visit to Reseda by the Briscoes. They should've been brought in for DDT4, but I'd be game for a Briscoes vs SSB match-up on the 25th.
Callihan vs Strong would be a very good hard hitting match. Of course if PWG was going in that direction they would've probably had some kind of heat surface between the two after losing in the tag tourney (and I don't recall anything like that being played up). Callihan vs Mack makes more sense.
The singles matches with Cole, Cage-Taylor and O'Reilly are solid matches on paper...I'd just prefer seeing those guys sticking to the tag scene right now. But I do see Brian Cage breaking out on his own soon.
Some solid ideas, Matt
Fair enough on all counts. But just because there are no viable contenders doesn't mean you shouldn't put out a certain match-up. Having a credible looking list of guys the Champion has defeated is just as important as the hot "Either guy could win" atmosphere that some other match could give.
Callihan vs. Mack would definitely make more sense, but then I don't know what they want to do with Callihan. Strong almost always puts on that competitive "anyone can win" finishing stretch, and if they think they can rely on Callihan for future shows, putting him up against Mack would absolutely, 100% lead to him losing. Mack's just on too much of a hot streak. Winning and losing isn't everything, but he's enough of an indy name that you don't need to ease him in with losses to the other guys to get the fans excited for his matches.
And I also almost did Taylors vs. Future Shock, but I didn't want to have more tag matches than singles match right after the DDT4 Tag Tourney. I can't imagine Cage staying in a tag team for long, as the division is just so stacked right now. They'll always provide a solid and entertaining at worst tag team match, but I don't see any upward momentum with teams like SSB, Future Shock, 2HBG (If they stay partnered up, which I just don't see happening in the long term) RockNES, Bucks, Steen/Dragon. They're definitely at the bottom of that totem pole, along with Ryan and Sky. And I'll always prefer Joey in tag teams.
And I'd be a complete liar if I said the idea of a live Briscoes match wouldn't be fun. I just can't stand them in ROH. They've done absolutely nothing for me, outside of their promo work, since '08ish. My only hope is if they come back, they don't have their standard "Brawl around the ring until we get bored" work boots on. Their recent matches vs. the Young Bucks have just been plagued by that.


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TMZ Accidentally Runs Into Reclusive Auteur Terrence Malick; Has No Idea Who He Is
While chasing down Benicio del Toro in Hollywood to ask him an inane question, a TMZ reporter inadvertently captured footage of one of the rarest sights in the world of entertainment: Notoriously camera-shy director Terrence Malick.
The Days of Heaven director, who is well-known for having precisely one publicity photo, regularly shuns award ceremonies and media interviews, and is rarely spotted in the wild.
Malick was walking alongside Del Toro when the TMZ pap pounced, but the latter failed to realize who the actor's companion was, so completely missed his chance to ask the reclusive auteur an inane question.
Though the reporter obviously had no idea who Malick was, the filmmaker still tried desperately to evade the shot, and his awkward attempts — coupled with Del Toro's amused smirk — make for some humorous moments.
After Vulture pointed out TMZ's missed opportunity, the venerable online rag posted a mea culpa admitting their blunder.
Not surprisingly, their readers didn't seem to care either way: "He kinda looks like Wes Craven."


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PLYMOUTH — Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter announced today the appointment of Sean Surrisi as City Attorney for the City of Plymouth. Sean will replace Nelson Chipman who has accepted the appointment of Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Marshall County. He will be sworn in March 1.
Sean was born in Indianapolis and moved to the Culver area when he was 11.
He is a 1995 graduate of Culver Community High School and a 1999 graduate of DePauw University where he majored in Studio Art. Sean went on to receive his law degree at Valparaiso University in 2005.
Sean has worked in his family restaurant, The Edgewater Grille, for several years as the kitchen supervisor and also owned JS Surrisi Gallery, a Culver based art gallery featuring Indiana artists, from 2001 to 2003.
Sean has worked the last six years as an associate attorney for Anderson, Agostino and Keller in South Bend where he pursued a diverse workload of civil litigation and transactional matters with an emphasis on insurance coverage disputes. As part of a 12-attorney firm, he handled a wide variety of other civil cases, including work on behalf of some governmental units within St. Joseph County.
"I'm excited about the job and the opportunity to help the mayor achieve all of his goals in his second term," Surrisi said.
Sean is married to his high school sweetheart, Janette, and they have a daughter, Abby, an 8th grader at Culver Middle School.


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DARRINGTON, Wash. -- Becky Bach watches and waits, hoping that search crews find her brother and three other relatives who are missing in Washington state's deadly mudslide.
Doug Massingale waits too, for word about his 4-month-old granddaughter. Searchers were able to identify carpet from the infant's bedroom, but a log jam stood in the way of a more thorough effort to find little Sanoah Huestis, known as "Snowy."
With little hope to cling to, family members of the missing are beginning to confront a grim reality: Their loved ones might never be found, remaining entombed forever inside a mountain of mud that is believed to have claimed more than 20 lives
"It just generates so many questions if they don't find them," Bach said. "I've never known anybody to die in a natural disaster. Do they issue death certificates?"
Search crews using dogs, bulldozers and their bare hands kept slogging through the mess of broken wood and mud again Wednesday, looking for more bodies or anyone who might still be alive nearly five days after a wall of fast-moving earth destroyed a small rural community. But authorities have acknowledged they might have to leave some victims buried.
Wednesday afternoon Washington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said additional remains were found, but authorities would wait to release more specific information Wednesday evening.
Previously, authorities said they believed they had found 24 bodies from the slide that swept through a rural area north of Seattle on Saturday, though not all had been removed from the area.
Dozens of people remain unaccounted for, although that number is expected to go down.
Trying to recover every corpse would be impractical and dangerous.
The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksand-like muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment.
To make matters worse, the pile is laced with other hazards that include fallen trees, propane and septic tanks, twisted vehicles and countless shards of shattered homes.
"We have to get on with our lives at some point," said Bach, who has spent the past several days in the area in hopes that searchers would find her brother, his wife, her 20-year-old great niece and the young girl's fiance.
The knowledge that some victims could be abandoned to the earth is difficult to accept.
"Realistically ...I honestly don't think they're going to find them alive," Bach said, crying. "But as a family, we're trying to figure out what to do if they find no bodies."
Bach spoke via phone about a wedding the family had planned for summer at the rural home that was destroyed. And how, she wondered, do you plan a funeral without a body? "We'll probably just have a memorial, and if they find the bodies eventually, then we'll deal with that then."
A death certificate, issued by the state, is legal proof that someone has died. Families often need them to settle their affairs. The authority to issue them starts with a county medical examiner or coroner, said Donn Moyer, spokesman for the Washington State Department of Health. If and when it appears there is no chance of finding someone, people can ask the county to start that process.
In previous mudslides, many victims were left where they perished. Mudslides killed thousands in Venezuela in 1999, and about 1,500 bodies were found. But the death toll was estimated at 5,000 to 30,000, so the government declared entire neighborhoods "memorial grounds."
Two Washington National Guard Blackhawk helicopters arrived at the site Wednesday to relieve sheriff's helicopter crews that had been working since Saturday.
The Blackhawks' sole mission is body removal, said Bill Quistorf, chief pilot for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
Other survivors began to grow impatient Wednesday that they weren't allowed to return to the sites of their homes to search for their valuables and keepsakes.
"This isn't right. All of us who are still alive need to have access and find what we can of our lives," said Robin Youngblood, who said her son-in-law was turned away from the slide site.
As families grieved, officials were pressed again Wednesday about warnings from years ago that showed the potential for catastrophic landslides in the area.
In 1999, a draft report by geomorphologist Daniel Miller conducted as part of an ecosystem restoration study highlighted the potential risk of a landslide. That has raised questions about why residents were allowed to build homes in the area and whether the county had taken proper precautions.
Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington said authorities took steps to mitigate risks and warn people of potential dangers, especially after a 2006 landslide in the area. But the sheer size of this disaster was overwhelming.
"It haunts me," a sometimes-emotional Pennington told reporters. "I think we did what we could do. Sometimes large slides happen."
He said the landslide risk has been high this winter due to heavy rains, adding officials will try to learn from this tragedy.
Meanwhile, hundreds of rescuers kept slogging through the muck, following search dogs over the unstable surface of the immense pile.
For the last three days, "the most effective tool has been dogs and just our bare hands and shovels uncovering people," Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief Travis Hots said. "But the dogs are the ones that are pinpointing a particular area to look, and we're looking and that's how we're finding people."
Massingale said he's grateful that his daughter, Natasha Huestis, survived the slide. She had gone to Arlington that morning and left her baby with her mother, Christina Jefferds. Her husband Seth, a volunteer firefighter, was also away at the time.
"She didn't suffer," Massingale said after he was told about Christina's death.
Massingale said he would miss his first grandchild, a sweet, pretty and smiley child.
"It's stressful to think about," he said. "A little baby that hasn't gotten a start yet in life. It's too much."
BY BRIAN SKOLOFF AND LISA BAUMANN - Mar 26, 7:33 PM EDT
Baumann reported from Seattle.
Associated Press writers Phuong Le and Matt Volz in Seattle; P. Solomon Banda in Darrington, Wash.; and photographer Elaine Thompson in Oso, Wash.; and researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed to this report.


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nickobec wrote:I have enjoyed this thread and it has got me inspired, especially by MJD's performances, to reassess my targets.
Background 51years old, 181cm, 79kg but could be 75kg or less, on PDD performance decreasing drugs ( beta blockers - reduces heart rate, but working that to my advantage in races, max HR at beginning of race is 160, after 1 hour max HR is 175 for final sprint) after myocardial infarction and resulting coronary stent. Been riding for a few years for fitness, only started racing at the beginning this road racing season (May). Been riding with a power meter for almost a year, slowly understanding how to use it. It is a heavy training wheelset, so I used it in my E grade races, but not in the hilly handicap or D grade races. My FTP at the moment is just under 3 watts/kg (2.91) 230 watts, was under 190 watts in January.
When I started racing in May, my aims other than survive were:
1. Be competitive - did that 4th, 6th, 4th, 1st, 2nd, 2nd
2. Get promoted to D grade by mid season - done, after 6 races I placed with the D graders in my 1st handicap, so I asked to be promoted
3. Be competitive in D grade by end of season - suffering with winter cold and the like, plus lack of training at moment (usually my morning 40km commute), finishing at back of bunch after putting in suicidal attacks with a couple of kms to go.
4. Get promoted to C grade by middle of next road racing season
5. Be competitive in C grade by end of next season
After last Saturday, where I felt like crap with a cold, I stayed with the bunch on a lumpy course, which was controlled by 3 riders who should be in C grade. We lapped was at a faster pace than the C grade. And I chose to put in a suicidal attack, instead of riding for a top 6 spot. I am now thinking I should be aiming at getting promoted to C during the summer crit series and to B by middle of next road racing season.
Is anybody going to tell me I am a crazy dreamer.
Or should I be emailing Alex, once I clear my usual winter malaise (every year lack of light, less riding and I get a cold that is hard to shake) and build my racing wheel with my new powertap + 50mm carbon rim is on the way from China.
Mate its more than just about raw numbers & learning how to increase them numbers is the part where you need to understand the science of power. Alex certainly knows the power side of things & he told me from the start that there is many ways to skin the numbers cat. I must admit at times I thought I was going around in circles & not making much headway but it is a building process & requires work & patience. I can highly recommend Alex & RST Sport if you want to get the most out of your power training. It is not free but it is well worth it in my eyes. I don't drink, smoke or eat badly so this helps enormously on the bike & saves me enough money per month to have a great coach.
Many a wet cold morning has been had on the bike this winter but it has paid off that's for sure. No point paying my coach & not for-filling my end of the deal.
Dream on & set yourself some achievable goals & they will get ticked off one at a time. One of my goals when I started with Alex was to be competitive in B grade


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Dragon's Lair: The Movie Kickstarter Launches
October 26, 2015 - 30 years later, fans are finally getting a shot to support the creation of an animated Dragon's Lair film via a Kickstarter campaign.
Dragon's Lair 25th Anniversary
June 6, 2008 - Dirk the Daring, a hero to an entire generation of gamers, turns 25 this month. Dragon's Lair, released in June of 1983, was poised to completely revolutionize arcades and the way gamers interacted with storytelling. No longer was the narrative to be solely a passive experience. Visionary animator Don Bluth ("The Secret of NIHM") and inventor/engineer Rick Dyer imagined a future where entertainment was a two-way street, and the toll was fifty cents a pop. Their vision was not without peril, though. Dragon's Lair took approximately six years to go from concept to cabinet. The team is racing against the clock to beat SEGA to the arcades with the first laser disc game. And the project is not cheap. The animation budget alone is over $1.3 million, and the added expense of the laser disc players and cabinets is hardly chump change. If Dragon's Lair is a failure -- perhaps gamers just don't quite "get it" or too many arcade operators balk at the cabinet's $4,000 price tag -- the curtain drops and the future of the follow-up game, Space Ace, is brought into question.
The Lives and Deaths of the Interactive Movie
March 3, 2008 - When Roger Ebert declared that video games could never be a true art form on the order of film and literature, it ignited the outrage of game designers and fans alike. After all, in fusing visual art, music, story, and interactivity, games could be considered the ultimate artistic medium. But he raised a point: Video games often strive to offer a compromise between traditional art forms and the interactive. After all, if a war movie is art, and a game of chess is not, would something that combines the two not be a diluted artwork? Whether this criticism is valid or not, it's something that designers have long struggled to reconcile. Since the early days of computer games, there has been a desire to capture the essence of traditional narrative media. In the 1970s, Will Crowther's text-based game, Adventure, gave birth to the "interactive fiction" genre, sometimes known as "adventure games" in its honor. But an interactive story book would hardly be as exciting as playing a movie, and for many, this has always been the Holy Grail of game design.
Dragon's Lair Coming in HD
June 13, 2006 - When Dragon's Lair was released in 1983, arcade goers were so amazed with its laserdisc technology and Don Bluth's animation they didn't mind dropping four quarters for an experience that usually required $.25. We would die within five seconds, too, since the gameplay was based on memorization. But Dragon's Lair looked so ahead of the times next to Asteroids and Pac-Man, we would gladly drop another dollar in and try it again. Now Digital Leisure is hoping to recreate the magic of seeing Dragon's Lair for the first time as they prepare to re-release the game in High Definition Video.