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And the world fell deeper and deeper into chaos when on the eve of destruction and extermination darkness falls over the earth, and nothing will ever be the same. Littluns is a story for all ages; an adventure of a lifetime depicting everyone's journey through life while facing choices for darkness or The Light.
"Littluns" Honored:
First time author Mark Glamack's novel "Littluns: AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" has just become the Mom's Choice Awards® Gold recipient for 2009. Awarded in the Young Adult category Gold for:
(1) Fiction
and also Gold for
(2) Fantasy, Myths, and Legends,
"Mom's Choice Awards" represents the best in family-friendly media, products, and services.
The "Mom's Choice Awards" is known for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. We were informed that "…our book was chosen by an esteemed panel of judges made up of education, media, and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business, authors, scientists and others," with their total votes needing to be 90% or better for anyone to win. We are truly humbled with their recognition of honoring "Littluns" with this most prestigious award. Earlier last year, "Littluns" won honorable mention at the New York Book Expo.
Mark Glamack's biography includes a distinguished and diverse career as an animator, business owner, creator, director, producer, patented inventor, and former six elected terms as Governor for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
A little about "Littluns":
"Littluns" is about a choice we must all make in our lives for The Light or the darkness.
Littluns means "little people who live within." From the very secret and hidden inner crater walls of Powder Mountain to their homes and businesses built into the environment and community of Hollow Hills, Littluns symbolize all that is good and true. Littluns measure about three feet in height, give or take a few inches, and are usually well rounded in appearance, due to their insatiable appetites and the many social events that provide good reasons for good eating. They have very large ears, three fingers and a thumb, and furry feet with thick soles, eliminating the need for socks and shoes.
Birthdays are celebrated in a big way, but unlike humans, Littluns don't measure age in terms of years. They sometimes refer to themselves as younger than younguns, younguns, middleuns, or olderuns, but without any number attached. They are forever young in appearance and retain a child-like innocence throughout their long life. It is estimated that Littluns live to be over three hundred human years, more or less.
Their homes are constructed into the hilly landscape of Hollow Hills and when completed, covered with clay, dirt, and grass that provide a protective cover against the elements. The windows are covered with shutters that open outward, providing fresh air to circulate throughout the home. Two half-circle doors open in and out where the inside walls vary between carved wooden framing around stone and plaster/mortar-like mud, to keep any dampness out, and a polished granite floor. Comfort is everything to Littluns and they're forever coming up with new ideas and designs to expand their floor space, usually as a result of an addition in the family or the desire for additional party space. After all, Littlun parties can get quite crowded if one doesn't have enough room.
It is important to note that Littluns have no need for gossip. Any Littlun can get published and just about everyone does. They write about this and that, so everyone knows what's on their minds. The 'Littleton Press' prints a bi-weekly newspaper, and other stories and informational topics become Books. The most popular are the "How to" Books, about family, new building techniques, gardening, fishing, how to play better Crick-golf, vacation spots, and of course, the latest cookbooks. Mystery novels are also very popular. More organized shelf space for their personal libraries is another good reason for expansion.
Every Littlun is taught, from a very young age, that stealing is wrong and no Littlun would even consider such an act, and telling any lie would not even occur to them. It just wouldn't be Littlun.
The end of days begins when five Littluns journey down from their secret mountaintop homeland on what should be a cautious, but pleasant 'Scavenger Hunt' outing.
For these pure 'little people,' what awaits them could not have been anticipated or even imagined. The results and consequences are however unavoidable. Darkness has come, and is spreading its evil influences to the land below on the eve of destruction and extermination.
Disguised as a human and Necromancer, he has placed most of his dark powers into words; words reserved for his wicked purposes. But 'The Evil One's' ominous Dark Book becomes lost, resulting in him becoming trapped somewhere between the living and the dead. He must have his book back at all costs.
Littluns is a story for all ages; an adventure of a lifetime depicting everyone's journey through life while facing choices for darkness or The Light.
…and nothing will ever be the same.
Imagine innocence of Light, the meek and good among us being unexpectedly consumed into a void of darkness.
Imagine a world gone wrong as darkness overwhelms the Light – offering little hope in a world gone wrong.
Imagine circumstances beyond your control from which your life will inexplicably never ever be the same.
Imagine anyone being stripped of their identity with no past, present, or future while wandering misplaced with a tortured disability and terrifying existence, within an empty space of nothingness.
What could you do – where would you go – how might you survive – can there be any hope in hopelessness? Imagine being in such a dark place and how you might find ANY truth, peace, love, hope, joy, enlightenment, and your heart's desire in the face of such adversity?
Onward and Foreword
Deep in the heart to each one of us lie innocence, malice, and an irreconcilable struggle for mastery over our souls. Alternately, they call out to us, each promising great reward if we will but ally ourselves with one or the other. But without a guide we cannot reach, nor understand or choose between them. To one belongs The Book of Darkness. If unopposed, it seeks its victim and is implacably victorious.
To the other belongs The Book of Light and a word (Eucatastrophe), but it must be found or its powerful message will be lost forever to the one who needs it most. But if a guide to the heart steps forward, then the person he summons can follow the navigator to the realm of indefatigable innocence. The Chronicles of Narnia are one way; The Lord of the Rings, another. But Mark Glamack offers a third way with an unpredictable page turner and an ending so surprising as to be utterly true to life in the world as we know it.
Littluns creates a path into human experience that guides us to the very core of our soul—providing a key to peace and endurance as we await the renewal of the world at the end of time.
Robert E. Maguire, O. Cist.
"Littluns" becomes a personal journey and experience that can be found within the 411 color illustrated pages of "Littluns AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" stirring every emotion. It is a place where one can find inspirational reason and fortitude to celebrate the hope and uncompromising determination of the human spirit.
"Littluns(TM) AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" Now Available at http://www.littluns.net.
LOS ANGELES, CA–(MARKET WIRE)– – Animator Mark Glamack believes that positive motivation, education, and inspiration need to be an integral part of today's entertainment. That said, Glamack decided to fill that void with a family-friendly book defining the age-old battle between the choice of light or darkness. Source: Mark Glamack
Animator Mark Glamack's first novel, Littluns(TM)AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS
"Littluns(TM) AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS," according to Glamack, is a story for all ages. A scavenger hunt takes readers on a roller coaster ride into the unknown. Glamack has created a different reading experience in a new world with fascinating characters.
The verdict is in from Tweens and Teens who are enthusiastic about the book and are sharing it with their friends. "The Littluns(TM) is a wonderful story!" says tenth grader, Courtney, "The characters immediately draw you into this fantasy novel. Once inside the story, you feel yourself transported into this world of magic. Awesome! There is a struggle between good and evil," Courtney adds, "that is similar to that of the Harry Potter series because the main characters use their courage, determination and a little bit of magic to overcome the forces of evil."
Glamack explains, "The book gives positive celebration to traditional Judeo-Christian values and the human spirit. It is a story of extreme good and innocence in a world of chaos. This book clearly defines the differences."
Stephanie Johnston wrote in her review of the book, "Refreshing, from a parent's point of view, is knowing that Littluns(TM) is written absent of inappropriate and offensive language, and will not affect the onset and continued interest of the reader. The book stays in balance with humor, terror, innocence, action, morals, truth, sadness, hope, and feelings. The reader will find this novel impossible to predict and full of surprises."
"Littluns(TM) AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" can be purchased online at www.littluns.net and in select stores.
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I loved the book "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS!!!" I am looking forward to reading the sequel!! There has to be one!
I found the travels of Sneetz, both exciting and frustrating! I wanted so badly for the one issue to be different although it was what it had to be! A very creative solution!
Fairport, NY
Fairport Minerva DeLand High School
The Littluns is a wonderful story! The characters immediately draw you into this fantasy novel. Once inside the story, you feel yourself transported into this world of magic. Awesome.
The Littluns is an adventure about friendship, loyalty, courage and determination. The main character has to face a task which involves life and death. While others before him who have been given this task have returned successfully, there is still a chance that he may not. The character must rely on his strength and courage to complete the task and hopefully return home. He experiences fear, sadness, danger and ultimately a feeling of joy as he completes the task. Along the way, he strengthens the bonds with his friends who are traveling with him and develops new friendships too. I, also, experienced these same feelings while reading the Littluns.
There is a struggle between good and evil that is similar to that of the Harry Potter series because the main characters use their courage, determination and a little bit of magic to overcome the forces of evil.
Littluns Novel Review
What could possibly happen?
Every precaution is taken that nothing will happen on an annual outing of renewal.
In the very secret Hollow Hills, civic duty calls upon five Littluns to go out into the land of Terra Fermata and find new things to bring back. Being completely isolated from the rest of Terra Fermata, the Littlun way of life is innocent, and very happy.
Out they go… where an outing becomes a journey of survival against the most wretched characters you will ever meet, and the pinnacle of consummate evil, The Necromancer. So much so, the reader will want to be sure their door is locked and there are more lights on than just the reading lamp!
However, with darkness there must be light(ness) in good storytelling.
Elderond of the light, thank goodness, is brought into the story, which gives healing, and wisdom, with sprinkles of magic that gives the reader a wonderful respite. There are other most astounding characters of light to help console the reader along the way and, whew!, do we need them!
The story is complex but fast moving and easily understood along with many plot twists that I didn't see coming! Also there is nothing here that parents should find offensive.
After finishing the book, several days later I was talking to a friend and mentioned that I saw this really great movie. He asked me what the name was and I said Littluns. I paused and thought – hey wait a minute that wasn't a movie that was a book I read!
Hootsy Bootsy!!
Review by Jim Bratkowsky
Los Angeles, CA
Profession: DVD Producer
Stephanie Johnston
Bloomfield, NY
Mr. Glamack's properly timed placements of the illustrations will help the reader visualize the animated characters and environment. Throughout the entire novel, every little detail of the events taking place puts the reader inside the book. I actually found myself acting out some of these details. Mark Glamack's unique talent will set the stage for the reader, as if you feel that you are in the Movie Theater.
It has been an honor and privilege to have been one of the first few chosen to read this unique novel, "Littluns" — A book of Light.
Executive Producer
Starworks Productions
"Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS"
Of Light and Life there is The Book of Light
Now, it should be noted that this is not just any outing. It is very dangerous and requires much skill and knowledge. The journey down the mountain is treacherous. More importantly, there can be no contact with the outside world, thus making a costume necessary. To do otherwise, could put their very existence in jeopardy.
Littluns (the meek and innocent among us) is a contemporary, psychological study–story, that takes place somewhere between reality and eternity, about the good and pure of heart, in contrast to extreme evil in a world gone wrong in the end times.
Littluns is about Truth, Love, Hope, Joy, Enlightenment, and the Heart's Desire, the experience of Eucatastrophe, The book of Light and Life. It offers a compelling yet disturbing look into a prophetic future where events can be disguised, people easily deceived, and truth restricted to only those who embrace it. This is a story of extremes and the choice we all have for good or evil, the Light or darkness.
Littluns is an action–packed, exciting alternative for millions of readers. It, too, will be marked with controversy because of its powerful theme, but in contrast, its enlightened values cannot be disputed and will live forever in this mythical world of wonder and enchantment that will warm your soul.
"Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" is a great animated adventure, experience, and journey into the unknown.
Recommended reading is for children (12 years of age or older) and adults alike. For those looking for a different reading experience, visit www.littluns.net to begin your quest. This engaging and wonderful 411 page story along with its 63 color paintings create a present-tense experience as if you're watching a motion picture while you read this book of wonder and enchantment. If you're looking for adventure, fantasy, spirituality, drama, comedy, terror, mystery, related current events, and a different reading experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and then touch your soul, you'll find it in "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS."


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Searching centuries of Narratives, Art, Nature, & Everyday Life for WHY human society changes & what those living before us declare in their own words & in their design & images of the world around them.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Children with Birds in Cages from the 18C-19C
1700s François Boucher (French artist, 1703-1770) Portrait of Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, Playing with a Finch
More birds, more cages, and this time, children. I am sure I have taken leave of my senses. After the birdcages in taverns search, I could not leave these out.
1700s Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria with a caged parrot
1742 William Hogarth, (English artist, 1697-1764) The Graham Children
1757 Johann Georg Ziesenis (German artist, 1716-1777) Portrait of Maria Anna of Zweibrücken
1700s Hugh Douglas Hamilton (English artist, 1740–1808) The Grey Children
1800 Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French Rococo Era Painter, 1725-1805) Girl with Doves
1800s André Henri Dargelas (French artist, 1828-1906) The Pet Bird
1800s Georg Friedrich Kersting (German artist, 1785-1847) Two Children with Parrot
1800s James Sant (English artist, 1820–1916) Girls with Bird and Cage
1800s Jan (Frederik Pieter) Portielje (Dutch painter, 1829-1908) Feeding the Bird
1800s Paul Seignac (French artist, 1826–1904) The Bird
1800s Philip Hoyoll (English artist, 1816-1875) Food for the Canary
1800s Philip Hoyoll (English artist, 1816-1875) Put Salt on their Tails to Catch Them
1800s William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French Academic painter, 1825-1905) Pet Bird
1851 Johann Georg Meyer (German artist, 1813-1886) Boy with Bird
1856 Jonathan Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) Girl and Pets
1867 Jacob Maris (Dutch painter, 1837-1899) A Girl Feeding a Bird in a Cage
1880s Berthe Morisot (French painter, 1841-1895) Julie Manet with a Budgie
1885 Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) Girl with Birdcage
1888 Berthe Morisot (French painter, 1841-1895) Young Girl and Budgie
1889 John Singer Sargent (American artist, 1856–1925) Beatrice Goelet
1800-1900 Harry Roseland, (American genre painter, 1868-1950) Watching the Blue Bird
1800-1900s Paul Seignac (French artist, 1826–1904) The Bird
1800-1900 Harry Roseland, (American genre painter, 1868-1950) Feeding the Bird
c 1900 Harrington Mann (Scottish artist, 1864-1937) The Bird Cage
Emblems or real birds? by Caspar Netscher c 1635-1684
Caspar Netscher (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, c 1635-1684) Lady with a Parrot and Gentleman with a Monkey 1664 detail
Caspar Netscher (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, c 1635-1684) Young Woman Feeding a Parrot
Caspar Netscher (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, c 1635-1684) Queen Mary
Caspar Netscher (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, c 1635-1684) Lady at the Window 1666 detail
Keeping Birds in Cages from the early 1500 to the early 1900s
1510 possibly Cornelis Massijs (c1511–c 1557) The Bellows Repairer
Recently I got an email from the director of The Golden Ball Tavern Museum which has stood on the "great country road" in Weston, Massachusetts, since 1768. It operated as an inn between 1770 & 1793, and has been reopened as an historic site since the late 1900s. The Director asked if I knew of birds in cages in American taverns of the 1700s. The question sort of intrigued me, because I have a friend who owns a 1700s American tavern nearby. I thought it might be fun to survey paintings of birds in cages. As you will see, several of these birds are, indeed, in taverns. I am exhausted; however, who knew artists painted so many birds in cages across the centuries.
1540 Jan van Hemessen (1500-1599) Merry Company
1560 Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) Peasants by the Hearth
1600s Cornelis Dusart (1660-1704) Tavern Scene
1600s Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) Interior Child Feeding a Parrot
1660 Gerard Dou (1613-1675) Old Woman Watering Flowers
1660 Jan Steen (Dutch artist, 1626-1679) Merry Couple
1662 Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678) View of a Corridor
1663 Jan Steen (Dutch artist, 1626-1679) The Dancing Couple
1664 Caspar Netscher (1635-1684) Lady with a Parrot, Monkey, and Man
1665 Jan Steen (Dutch artist, 1626-1679) The way you hear it is the way you sing it
1666 Caspar Netscher (1635-1684) Lady at the Window
1687 Willem van Mieris (Dutch artist, 1662-1747) The Escaped Bird
1694 Jan Anthonie Coxcie (c 1660-1720) A Family
1700-1800s Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger (1742-1808) Woman with Parrot
1700s George Smith (English artist, 1713–1776) Wooing and cooing
1700s Jean Raoux (French Rococo Era Painter, 1677-1734)
1700s Johann Christian Fiedler (1697-1765) Woman with Parrot
1728 Willem van Mieris (Dutch artist, 1662-1747) Mother and Children
Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Air (Catching a bird for the awaiting cage.)
1755-60 François Boucher (French artist, 1703-1770) Portrait de Madame Baudouin
1758 John Singleton Copley (American artist, 1738-1815). Detail Anne Fairchild (Mrs. Metcal Bowler) with bird in birdcage.
1780 Jean-Louis Voille (1744-1803) Portrait of Evdokiya Nikolayevna Chesmenskaya
1788 Charles Willson Peale (American artist, 1741-1827). Detail of Mrs. Richard Gittings with bird in cage.
1800-1900s Robert Payton Reid (Scot artist, 1859-1945) Love's Messenger
1800s Adolf Eberle (1843-1914) Musician (with 2 dogs, a dead deer, 2 maids, & a bird in a cage?)
1800s Anne-Geneviève Greuze (1762-1842) Mother and son with bird
1800s Bernardus Johannes Blommers. (Dutch artist, 1845-1914) The Pretty Bird
1800s Emile Levy (French Academic Painter, 1826-1890) Morning Glories
1800s Ferdinand de Braekeleer. (Belgian artist, 1792-1883) The Bird Has Flown
1800s Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje (Dutch painter, 1829-1908) Bird Cage
1800s Joseph Caraud (French painter, 1821-1905) The Love Birds
1800s Nicolas Lancret (English artist, 1690-1743) The Bird Cage
1800s Otto Eerelman (Dutch artist, 1839-1926) Woman at Bird Cage
1800s Victoriano Codina Langlin (Spanish artist, 1844-1911) Woman with Bird
1820 Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish painter, 1783-1853) Bella and Hanna The Eldest Daughters of M.L. Nathanson
1820 John Lewis Krimmel (German-born American artist, 1786-1821) Country Wedding
1825 Martinus Rørbye (1803-1848) View from the Artist's Window
1844 Joseph Desire Court (French artist, 1797-1865) Rigolette Seeks to Distract Herself During the Absence of Germain 1844
1847 Károly Brocky (Hungarian artist, 1807–1855) Woman and Bird
1849 Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans (Belgian artist, 1811-1888) A Peaceful Interlude
1853 Walter Howell Deverell (English artist, 1827–1854) A Pet
1854 Joseph Karl Stieler (German painter, 1781-1858) The children of Max Joseph in Bayern
1858 Hermann Volz (1814-1894) The Small Kitten
1865 Louis Joseph Caymans The Birdcage
1869 Ange Francois (1800-1867) Futterung des Papageis
1870s Francois J. Jacobs (fl 1870s) Woman with Bird Cage
1871 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1919) Rapha Maitre
1871 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1919) Woman with a Parrot Henriette Darras
1872 Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English artist, 1826-1882) Veronica
1873 Angiolo Romagnioli The Little One
1873 Wassilij Wladimirowitsch Pukirew (1832-1890) Die Mitgift
1875 Joseph Caraud (French painter, 1821-1905) The Pet Canaries
1877 Emile Pierre Metzmacher (French artist, 1815-1890) The Songbird
1877 Heywood Hardy (British painter, 1843-1933) The Aviary
1898 Mary Cassatt (American artist, 1844-1926) Woman with a Parakeet
1900 Jozsef Rippl-Ronai (Hungarian Painter, 1861-1927) Woman With Birdcage
1900s Emile Pap (Hungarian artist, 1884-1945) Woman with Bird
1900s Karl Albert Buehr (American painter, 1866–1952) A Pledge of Love
1900s Margaret Murray Cookesley d 1927 A Caged Bird
1907 Henry Tonks (British Painter, 1862-1937) The Birdcage
1907 John Byam Liston Shaw (Indian-born British painter, 1872–1919) The Caged Bird
1915 Gerke Henkes (1844-1927) Motherhood
1919 Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (American artist, 1858-1923) Blue Bird
1934 Phillip Connard, (English painter, 1875-1958) Budgerigars
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th May 2014 21:06 UTC, submitted by KLU9
Every programmer occasionally, when nobody's home, turns off the lights, pours a glass of scotch, puts on some light German electronica, and opens up a file on their computer. It's a different file for every programmer. Sometimes they wrote it, sometimes they found it and knew they had to save it. They read over the lines, and weep at their beauty, then the tears turn bitter as they remember the rest of the files and the inevitable collapse of all that is good and true in the world.
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Discussion in 'Feature Requests' started by francx, Apr 17, 2012.
Please made possible to have one database user have multiple databases.
Thank you!
You could do this with PhpMyAdmin. You would just need to add the user to that database and set the correct permissions. I am not sure that this is the best thing to do, but it can definitely be done.
Yes, but then I don't see db in ISPConfig
You could still see the database, but you would not be able to see all the users connected to it through ISPConfig.
Hopefully, they will add it as a feature request. It does seem like it is something that could be useful.
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Wabash Shootout Hosting 18 Basketball Teams• June 18, 2010 Share:
It's been a big week of sports in the Allen Athletics and Recreation Center. No sooner had Brian Anderson's wrestling camp wrapped up, basketball took over. The Wabash Shootout brought athletes from Central Indiana and Illinois to Crawfordsville.
"Today we have 18 teams throughout Indiana and Illinois," said Little Giant Assistant Coach Antoine Carpenter. "The main thing that separates our tournament from everyone else is that inter-state competition. We have 6 teams from Illinois. The way the format works is they play 3 games, they are going to play a different school from a different state and then in the tournament, everyone participates in single elimination tourney. You are guaranteed 4 games in the shootout but could play up to 9 to win championship"
See photos from morning play here.
For Wabash basketball, the Shootout is a chance for coaches to see athletes from different areas. "They come from farther distance away. We even contact schools where we are interested in someone to have them come down here and give us a chance to watch them play, as well as get them on campus. "
The teams were busy on four courts in Knowling Fieldhouse. Chadwick Court was hosting the fifth contest during the round-robin play.
"It's a real selling point just to get kids on campus and they can learn about Wabash," Carpenter said. "Kids will come and not know anything about Wabash and after they leave, they've been able to meet some players and coaches and actually see the school."
In photos: Top right, a guard from North Greene High School in Illinois moves the ball up Chadwick Court. Lower left, Greenwood High School Coach Bruce Hensley.


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Check out these upcoming entertainment events.
Gabe Scott is Tiny Tim and Matthew Horning is Bob Cratchit in the Players Guild Theatre's 32nd annual production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." This original musical adaptation, with songs by Steve Parsons and John Popa, will run Dec. 6 through 22 at Canton's Cultural Center for the Arts. Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, $25 for adults and $19 for ages 17 and younger, may be ordered at www.playersguildtheatre.com and 330-453-7617. All access events, offered at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and 12:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and 21, will include a backstage tour led by Ebenezer Scrooge, a festive pre-show meal and the show; tickets are $50.
Disney Live! will present "Three Classic Fairy Tales" at 1 and 4 p.m. Dec. 7 at Canton Memorial Civic Center. In the show, Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy guide audiences through the tales of "Beauty and the Beast" (pictured), "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Cinderella." The interactive show includes sing-along songs, lavish costumes and choreograpy. Tickets, $45, $35, $23 and $16, are on sale at the Civic Center box office and Ticketmaster.
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path in Akron, is presenting its annual celebration of the holidays, Deck the Hall, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday and again Dec. 3 through 8, 10 through 15, and 26 through 30. New this year is "Dazzle," a 10-minute computerized light show choreographed to music in the Great Garden. Inside the Manor House, visitors will find 21 rooms decorated for Christmas, with live musical performances. Every evening begins with the Christmas-tree lighting with Santa in the courtyard at 5:30 p.m. Cocoa, cider, gingerbread cookies and other food items are available, and there is holiday shopping at Molly's gift shop. Admission, which includes the manor tour, is $17 for adults, $7 for ages 6 to 17, and free for kids 5 and younger. Purchase in advance at www.stanhywet.org and 330-315-3287.
The Tuscarawas Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus and soloists will perform Handel's "Messiah" at 3 p.m. Dec. 8 at First Baptist Church, 878 Commercial Ave. SW in New Philadelphia. The performance will conclude with a sing-along of Christmas carols. Admission is free.
The Trailer Park Boys search for the true meaning of Christmas in their live holiday show, heading to the stage of Cleveland's Palace Theatre at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Ricky Julian and Bubbles will be joined by the very intoxicated Mr. Jim Lahey and his cheeseburger-eating sidekick Randy. Tickets, $44.50, $39.50, $34.50, $29.50 and $24.50, are on sale at www.playhousesquare.org and 216-241-6000.
David Sedaris' "The Santaland Diaries," a comic monologue about an out-of-work New York actor who takes a job as a Christmas elf at Macy's Department Store, will be presented by the Cleveland Public Theatre Dec. 5 through 22 at the Second Stage Theatre in Playhouse Square Center. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, $25 to $32.50, may be ordered at www.playhousesquare.org and 216-241-6000.
The much-awaited final piece of the Akron Zoo's Grizzly Ridge exhibit is now in place. Two sibling coyotes, a male and a female, have arrived. The zoo is holding a contest to name the pair on its website, www.akronzoo.com. Voting runs through Dec. 2.
Dave Koz (pictured) and friends Oleta Adams, Jonathan Butler and Keiko Matsui will team for a holiday concert Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Cleveland's Palace Theatre. Tickets are $10 to $65 at www.playhousesquare.org and 216-241-6000.
This painting on glass by Tim Carmany is included in his "Games of Thrones" art show and party from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday at The Hub Gallery & Studios, 336 Sixth St. NW, in downtown Canton. There will be wine and snacks, and season one of the TV series will be shown.
Pianist-composer Jason Farnham will perform his third annual "Get in the Mood for Christmas" concert at Canton's Palace Theatre at 7 p.m. Saturday. The light-hearted show will feature romantic piano, bossa nova, jazz and blues, vocalists Lorna Parks, Lillian Dennis and Damon Linder, percussionist Randy Kaserman, a holiday sing-along and a visit from Santa. The Handprints Sign Choir will open the show. Tickets are $15 at www.cantonpalacetheatre.org and 330-454-8172.
Pulse Entertainment will present a Foam Fest dance party for teens from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Champion Event Center, 340 Mississippi St. SE, in North Canton. There will be dance music from deejays, live performances, and foam machines will blast the crowd throughout the night. Current high-school students are welcome. Those entering will pass through a metal detector, and there will be a security team and North Canton Police officers on-site. Tickets, $12, may be purchased at www.pulsemidwest.com.


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The intruder who killed a Lockport mother and her two young daughters last year has been charged with their deaths, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced today.
The intruder who killed a Lockport mother and her two young daughters last year has been charged with their deaths, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced today.
David Brown, 34, of Houma and Texas, is charged with the Nov. 4 murders of Jacquelin Nieves, 29, Gabriela, 7, and Izabela, 20 months.
Brown was arrested soon after the killings on unrelated charges while police gathered evidence.
"This is one of the most horrific crimes in the history of Lafourche Parish," Webre said. "A loving mother and her two wonderful children were violently killed while they slept in their beds by a violent criminal monster."
If convicted of murder, Brown faces a mandatory life prison sentence.
Webre said he hopes prosecutors seek the death penalty and "his life sentence will be shortened by lethal injection." Attempts to reach prosecutors were not immediately successful.
Brown, who remains jailed on a $3.31 million bond, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and aggravated arson, the latter for allegedly setting fire to the Nieves' Elliot Drive apartment to cover up his crime.
Jacquelin and the girls had each been stabbed at least once and two of them had been raped, police said.
Brown, who has a violent criminal history dating back to 1994, is also charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated rape. The first charge stems from Carlos Nieves' presence in the apartment that night, authorities said. He was Jacquelin's husband and the girls' father.
Webre declined to say which of the two were attacked.
The knife used to kill the three was recovered, and DNA collected from the apartment was matched to Brown, police said.
Brown has a long and violent criminal history, police said.
Neighbors say Jacquelin and Carlos met Brown during an apartment party held to watch the LSU-Alabama football game. Brown's co-workers invited him, they said.
Some tenants in the complex didn't lock their doors that night, including Leroy Hebert, who said Brown came into his home and up to his bedroom where his wife was sleeping the night of the killings.
Jacquelin was a former nurse who took a job with shorter hours at the Walmart bakery so she could take care of her children, neighbors said. Carlos Nieves Jr. was recently laid-off from his welding job and was seeking new employment. He did not attend a morning news conference held to announce the arrest.
Gabriela went to Lockport Lower Elementary.
Izabela had just learned to say Carlos' name.
Staff Writer Matthew Albright can be reached at 448-7635 or at email@example.com.


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Hello New York. I hope things are shaping up nicely for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day celebrations. I know some of the parades are about to kick off this coming weekend so have fun.
Unlike in Ireland, St. Patrick's Day in New York is a month long celebration. In Ireland it's literally the day of March 17 and possibly the night before.
It will be our first St. Patrick's Day in Ireland in nine years and our first as parents of two so it will be exciting. The parades in Ireland are extremely colorful and fun.
Thousands of adults and children come out to parade through their towns, march with their dance classes, their local bands and their schools. Others spend months before designing and putting together floats that also participate in the bigger parades throughout the country, and more often than not a tractor or two will make an appearance. The parades are extremely kid friendly so we look forward to it all.
John, my husband, works every second weekend, so we make it our business to see friends, plan weekends away or just spend quality time with the kids when he is off. The weekends he works I'm left doing it all -- cleaning, cooking, minding the babies (Colum, two and Sadie, one) but I can't complain. It's nice to have time with them when they are so small.
Sadie turned one last week -- February 20. She was born on President's Day in New York in 2012.
The year has flown by. Sadie has been an incredible baby. She has a very placid way about her, takes everything in her stride and just fits in everywhere she goes.
We had an afternoon tea party for her first birthday in the house the weekend before (when John was off) and Sadie thoroughly enjoyed the attention. It was special.
The first three months of Sadie's life are a blur. In that time we packed up our home in Yonkers into boxes, packed the boxes into a 20 foot container (just about) and spent weeks saying goodbye to our friends.
The following nine months involved settling into Ireland, getting jobs, a place to live and establishing a routine, and I can safely say we are at a great place in our lives.
So now it's time to look towards the future for the Mooney family.
First up is vacations. It's that time of the year when people are planning for their summer holidays.
In Ireland companies give significantly more vacation time to their employees, so as it stands at the moment John will have 10 days off in June, a week in July, August and September and a few long weekends in between. I work as a freelance sign language interpreter so I can take off when I wish.
We won't go abroad this year but we will get away. Our main vacation will be to Co. Roscommon. John, the kids and I, along with two other couples and their kids, have a deposit paid at a log cabin just outside Boyle for a week in June.
I saw a program on television about an adventure park where the kids can enjoy some fun (and the adults too) and beside it are log cabins by a lake. There is plenty of room for barbequing and boats to hire to take out onto the lake.
Naturally this is Ireland so it may pour rain for the week, but that's a risk we are willing to take. We are already looking forward to it.
So that's the vacation taken care of. We also have four weddings to attend, two in Cork, one in Clare and one in Cavan. They are spread out between July and October.
And I'm also going to see Bon Jovi in Slane, Bruce Springsteen in Thomond Park in Limerick and Beyonce in Dublin, so it's safe to say it will be an eventful few months for us.
In the meantime we are on the house hunt. We hope to purchase our own home in the next few months.
We've already seen a few potential properties. Some need work, others are a little far from town and others are just horrible and not worth the asking price. It's still a buyer's market in Ireland so that is a bonus, although homes are selling quicker now in the last few months than they were in the past few years.
The only issue I'm having with this house hunting situation is the relaxed attitudes of the auctioneers. We might be waiting a few weeks for a response to an email, and sometimes we don't get a response at all.
I was used to getting things done yesterday while living in New York. I would send an email in the morning and I could be guaranteed by mid-afternoon, early-evening that I'd have a response.
It's frustrating in Ireland. If I follow up with a call it helps sometimes, but more often than not the relevant person is busy in which case a message is taken and, guess what, I never get a response. It certainly weeds out the professionals from the cowboys in my opinion.
The ones who do respond I have the most respect for, but if I were a customer selling my home I'd be more than angry knowing I was paying these people money and they weren't putting in the work to get my house sold.
Anyway, we haven't found our dream home yet. We are torn between the possibility of a little house in the country with a little garden and sheep as our neighbors, to a house in a small village in a housing estate that costs a hell of a lot less but has very little garden space and humans as next door neighbors (which I also like).
I've no doubt it will all work out it always does, so I'll just go with the flow for the next few months and see where we end up. Watch this space.
I've also taken on a big project by myself. I've decided to put all the great things I learned while working at the Irish Voice to good use.
I'm going to launch Limerick's first bridal magazine at the end of the year. It's a pretty ambitious undertaking in the current market, but after doing some solid research it's clear that any girl who gets engaged in Limerick will purchase a magazine dedicated solely to weddings in her locality.
I also spoke with some vendors and they seem to be keen to put a little money behind advertising their businesses, so hopefully it will be a success. I'm excited (and at times nervous) at the prospect of owning my own publication, even if it's a small magazine.
It will be a product of hard work and dedication. So I guess watch this space also.
So between the house hunting, the vacations and the magazine we will have a busy year. And the weekends when we are not so busy we will continue to explore Limerick and the beauty of the surrounding counties.
There are many forests, parks and lakes within driving distances. We are spoilt for choice and despite the bad reputation Ireland has for rain, the past few Sundays have been dry and sunny, albeit cold. The kids love the outdoors.
It was with the greatest intentions we rented a house out in the country when we first came back home last year. I had romantic images of pounding the country roads with the double stroller as soon as the weather allowed me.
Unfortunately country roads in Ireland are not what they used to be years ago. The roads are narrow – well, they were always narrow -- but the traffic on them now makes a stroll with the kids the equivalent of a death wish.
I do it myself -- I speed around the corners because I've become so familiar with the roads -- so unfortunately my notion of country walks with the kids is just that, a notion. That's why when weekends roll around we like to get out as much as possible.
There are two fantastic playgrounds within 10 minutes of the house and a little further out we have Lough Gur, Curraghchase Forest Park and Cratloe woods.
It's only Monday as I write this so we have a few more days until the weekend rolls around again, but I already look forward to the idea of it. In the meantime, New York and everyone beyond, enjoy the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. No doubt we will hear all about the second annual McLean Avenue parade and festival in the coming weeks.
It was a fantastic day last year. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone.


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|2007-02-28, 03:39
|Link #101
That kind of mentality among viewers never leads to anything good, believe me. As an example, if you want to know why the Playstation brand has dropped in quality, its that Sony realized they could get away with anything because of their bases unconditional support. Kaz Hirai's "The consumer's are ready speech", the idea that they have the right to dictact what the consumer's are willing to accept and the arrogance and contempt for the consumers desires they show now wouldn't exist now, as they'd still be trying to win over support if people hadn't given them carte blanche to do and say, whatever the hell they want.
At this point in time the studio could easily do a lackluster job, slap its name on it and it would be phenomenally successful. Thankfully they haven't done it which shows that Kyoto Animation has some integrity at least, but they very very easily could if they wanted too and thats what worries me.
It's exactly as you said, people must be able to view the series on their own merit rather than by what the studio may have done right in the past and no matter how much they may support them. Otherwise it won't be the viewers that hold influence and weight in the anime industry with their dollars to be won over by competing anime productions, but the companies who can essentially take the dollars and simply use their brand sticker as a reason for why they are taking the dollars. That's not the anime market any of us would want to see I'm sure.
I am looking forward to Lucky Star because its a funny 4Koma, but let's be honest, how many people think the ratio of viewers watching for the company that did Haruhi's next project versus the viewers watching for zany antics isn't lopsided toward the former. Now how many people think the ratio of people watching to see Aya Hirano play a character versus the people watching to see the Lucky Star cast animated is also lopsided towards the former. If I am wrong and I hope to god I am wrong because that means I'll never have to worry again, I will be happier than if I'm right believe me.
I'm just a small fish in the sea so I don't have much influence on the market, but the large bloc of fans out their who would be willing to give carte blanche to a company for creating one particularly successful franchise scares the hell out of me, because they have the power to ruin the market for an entire generation of viewers with that mentality.
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|2007-02-28, 17:44
|Link #102
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I sometimes wonder if we talk about a studio when we should be talking about specific staff. Air, Suzumiya Haruhi, and Kanon were directed by Ishihara Tatsuya. The FMP shows were directed by Takemoto Yasuhiro. And the lead writers differ between the two sets of shows, too -- although you can see some of the same names involved here and there in writing, storyboarding, or directing specific episodes of the two sets of shows. In fact, the two directors did those jobs on episodes of the other series. So I guess (to partially contradict myself) it is reasonable to think that there will be something of a KyoAni style and quality that is common to all their shows -- while at the same time realizing that actual individuals are involved, not just some amorphous "studio."
Lucky Star is directed by Yamamoto Hiroshi, who is assuming full responsibility for the first time, although he was credited as "series director" (シリーズ演出) of SHnY, while Ishihara was the "director" (監督). Yamamoto also shows up as scriptwriter, storyboarder, or episode director for episodes of all the shows I've mentioned. So I think it's reasonable to have high hopes. The lead writer, Machida Douko, was the lead writer on Muteki Kanban Musume, and wrote Boku wa Imouto wo Koi Suru. I'm not sure what that tells us. She was also involved in writing Saiyuki Gunlock and Wolf's Rain (though just one of several writers on those two).
I agree with Kaioshin to the extent that I think nothing is "key" and nothing can be taken for granted. And yet I think that we have to grasp at whatever info we have, and we are justified in giving shows a chance when they have the same staff or cast as other shows we have enjoyed. And I'm one who thought SHnY was an actual masterpiece. But the proof of the pudding, as always, is in the eating, so we shall see.
|2007-02-28, 19:16
|Link #103
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: State of denial
Age: 61
As far as the seiyuu are concerned having someone like Hirano Ayu in the cast is a plus for me, but it won't make the difference between watching and not watching because I can listen to Hirano-san voice characers in several other series if I don't care for this one. Same goes for most of the other popular and well-known seiyuu. I'm actually more interested in hearing the rookies, because you never know when lightning might strike. After all, Sasaki Nozomi (who will also be in Lucky Star) was absolutely stellar in her debut as Takahashi Nanami in Bokura ga Ita. (Nana-chan, banzai!)
|2007-02-28, 23:53
|Link #104
Waiting for more taiyuki!
Join Date: Jan 2004
I don't think that Kyo-Ani will slack off. They have to keep up the good work because they are also a brand name, just like Madhouse, Gonzo and Studio Ghibli. Any blemishes potentially decreases the selling ability of their name.
Putting some seiyuus that they work well with and are popular on the cast isn't a problem to me either as long as they can do the job properly. They have to maximally sell this show. Same thing happens in R1. It's a business too after all.
|2007-03-01, 15:06
|Link #106
Nitro+ fan
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hyogo
Frankly, BONES is the only other studio I can think of that always puts out series that look high-quality & are generally very solid productions, even if they don't appeal to everyone (KyoAni is on the whole more superlative in the visual department, but they've also produced fewer works total).
Madhouse, GONZO etc. may be well-known, but they make as much crap (visually speaking, although of course you could argue that at least some of such shows are crap in general) as they do gold. They've spread themselves really thin, whereas KyoAni hasn't shown any indication of moving toward making more than one show per season. Neither way is necessarily better than the other--even GONZO puts out absolutely stunning work from time to time, and if bottom-barrel material is what it takes to fund stuff like Gankutsuou, I can't say I mind. Meanwhile, fans of KyoAni's Full Metal Panic, Haruhi and KEY productions will have to wait ages for new series/seasons, since they're all coming one at a time. I do think that BONES does the best job of striking a balance between good animation & putting out a good number of shows.
|2007-03-02, 10:07
|Link #107
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Galactic Fairy Fanclub
After knowing it is next project Kyo-Ani will work on, I find a way to read the manga, and I think it is a adorable manga having some interesting characters. Although I still have some doubt how can it put into anime, I look forward to see Kagami and Konata on TV screen (or laptop screen for me).
BTW I coloured a couple pics from manga vol 2, here they are.
Spoiler for original B&W pics:
|2007-03-02, 10:18
|Link #108
Dead Sexy
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NSW, Australia
Kaioshin: Hm... I think you're missing the point here. By no means does Kyoani doing the series make it a one-hit wonder; however, given that their past works have been very successful, it is NOT indecent to assume that this one will be a similar case.
There's a large difference between watching a series and liking a series based solely on the company behind it. It's like genre - say you're a fan of mecha, and a decent-looking series comes about. Because it's mecha, you'd at least give it a try.
The same case applies here: because Kyoani's known for producing great series with a bit of something for everybody, it's at least worth giving a try. Don't you think?
|2007-03-02, 10:32
|Link #109
seiyuu maniac
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
I have no doubt that Lucky Star will probably turn out to be very similiar to Azumanga Daioh in terms of execution - an episode containing several short skits.
|2007-03-02, 11:33
|Link #111
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Galactic Fairy Fanclub
@ houkoholic
Thank for your opinion. Having this doubt is probably my own problem since I am among the very few ppl who werent satisfied with the way Azumanga anime telling stories. To me, the eps were felt inconsistent if they are sum up of handful not-close-connected small stories. I like much better the way Paniponi does - each ep focus on an individual story filled with some laughable randomness. This made me feel the wholeness that Azumanga anime somehow lacks. But as much as I want to see sth similiar to Paniponi, I am not sure if Lucky Star can be done that way.
Whatever, I watched Azumanga quite long ago, perhaps my taste has changed and I might like Lucky Star even if it pulls out as Azumanga did
|2007-03-02, 15:18
|Link #112
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Maybe my feeling of Lucky Star being licensed by ADV might be true. If it is, then I kinda want Cynthia Martinez (haven't heard voice yet) to do Konata, Jessica Boone to do Tsukasa or Kira Vincent-Davis to do Kagami. It's just a feeling but I hope it'll be true. I definitely think Jessica Boone is good for Tsukasa. Hmmm...maybe Hilary Haag should do Miyuki. Nyah?
|2007-03-05, 11:46
|Link #114
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 38
Lucky☆Star official anime site has opened:
Broadcast: April 9, 2007
|2007-03-05, 15:25
|Link #118
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
W00t for Wii-use. Just as a completely irrelevant note... I may find I'm liking this show because it provides examples of girls to girls that gameplay, anime, and manga are all right ((starts thinking of targets to transmit this viral meme to....)).
|2007-03-05, 15:34
|Link #119
|comedy, comptiq, kadokawa, kyoto animation, moe, otaku, school life, seinen
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Traditionally, the January edition of The Priest concentrates on human dignity. For two generations, abortion has been an appalling — and legal — abuse of human dignity in this country, and efforts to reverse this situation cannot lag.
What is the circumstance of these efforts today? Read Russell Shaw's article on Page 34.
Abuse of human dignity is no stranger to African–Americans. Outrageous abuse weaves its way through every phase of black history in this country, and white Catholics have not been consistently bold in recognizing this abuse, nor in demanding its correction, to say the least. African–American Catholics have brought Christianity, and hope, into the picture by the gradual development of a culture strong in faith and witness.
Conditions tolerant of abuse of human dignity, and firm Catholic belief and behavior, each in its own way, provide incentives, and guides, for evangelization, a goal for the Church put forward by Blessed Pope John Paul II, refined by Pope Benedict XVI and urged with equal insistence by Pope Francis.
This January's number of The Priest appears with evangelization as its central theme, but the subject comes with particular attention to African–Americans.
In 2009, Warner Bros. releasted "The Blind Side," the true story of a well-to-do Memphis, Tenn., family that takes a poor African–American teenager into its home. (The teenager is Michael Oher who now plays with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.) In the film, the heroine, mother of the white family, Leigh Ann Tuohy, played by Sandra Bullock, visits the young black's home in a public housing project. Later she tells her friends, "I have been in Memphis all my life, and I never knew people had to live that way," referring to what she had seen.
Very many white Catholics, and very many priests, could say that they have been in the United States all their lives, and they have no idea of how many African–Americans must live.
Here are some data from Bread for the World. They come from respected research. (Check their website: www.bread.org/what-we-do/resources/fact-sheets/african-american-poverty.pdf)
• One in four African–Americans lives below the federal poverty line, while one in eight Caucasian–Americans exists in poverty.
• More than one in three black children live in poverty, while one in five white youth are in poverty.
• A third of all black children live in households where putting food daily on the tables is an issue.
• African–Americans have lower median incomes than other ethnic groups.
• Forty-six percent of African–Americans live in homes they own, while 67 percent of the rest of the population lives in homes owned by occupants. (Homeownership is a particularly important measure, and incentive, in social survival. Families in homes that they own significantly are more stable and more prosperous, truancy and dropouts are less frequent among youths, marriages are stronger, and so on.)
• Unemployment is disproportionally higher among African–Americans, and not just since the 2009 economic recession, although blacks suffered more from the recession than did other ethnic or racial groups.
• Obviously low incomes, or unemployment, means very many black families cannot accumulate assets for use when rainy days come, making them even more vulnerable to the ifs, ands, and buts of life.
• African–Americans have higher rates of high school dropouts and lower rates of college graduation in a day and time when education is so needed for well-paying jobs.
Many other studies, with similar findings, are available in many places.
Profound was that line in "The Blind Side," "I never knew people had to live that way."
It reveals the distance that inevitably lies between rich and poor, but especially between affluent whites and poor blacks in this country. Of course, barriers have fallen, certainly considering what was the case as recently as 40 years ago. Surely, blacks move freely in many strata of society. Still, the distance is wide.
This is why well-intentioned, even principled, people, including white American Catholics, and their white priests, simply do not realize the situation.
These unfortunate data are more than mere social indicators. For Catholics inclined to follow the papal admonitions regarding evangelization, they deliver a moral imperative. Evangelization is not only the apostolic work required to bring souls into the one flock with one shepherd. It also means the riddance of evil in the communities in which we live. The above reported figures can be construed as evil, for they insult and diminish human dignity.
Several decades ago, the drive to eliminate social evil in all forms was compelling among American Catholics of all ethnicities. It was a universal Church priority, thanks in large part to the endeavors of Pope Paul VI as he responded to the times. Arguably, the sense of urgency has calmed to a degree in this regard. It well may be part of the reason that not every Catholic has enlisted, other than verbally, in the pro-life movement.
In any case, affronts to human dignity are immoral, and until they are eradicated from living experience, communities of the well-to-do, as well as of the disadvantaged, will be less than harmonious and less in keeping with the divine law.
Many whites, and many blacks, while hardly delighting in any present cause of unhappiness, think that nothing can be done. Turns in public opinion over the recent past have made louder voices that insist that if the unfortunate just pulled themselves up by the bootstraps, the good ol' American way, everything would be fine. It is not that easy, certainly not for so many African–Americans. Racism is not just about slavery and lynchings. It is subtle — and it is deep and profound in its effect.
More positively, readers of The Priest are encouraged to see in traditional African–American values attitudes very basic to human nature and to a natural inclination among human beings toward the good and enduring.
Priests cannot be afraid to promote these values: faith in God, love for families, and forbearance. Human history has proven their worth. This assertion comes in the devout belief that the Gospel only is the social blueprint for lives pursued in security and reflecting the very nature, and the will, of God.
In St. Louis in 1999, Blessed John Paul II boldly said that racism is evil. It was by then a long time since the last slave had been sold at the riverfront market in St. Louis, a long time since Missouri forbade the coming together of whites and blacks in schools and public accommodations. The Pope, nevertheless, spoke of racism in the present day, and were he not in heaven, he likely would make the same speech today.
Racism endures. It is evil. It defiles human life. Its effects are created by humans. Humans can reverse the bad effects. First, knowledge is required. Priests especially must recoil from saying, "I never knew. . ." They must educate themselves.
This edition features articles that view African–American Catholicism in the future sense. The first is written by Bishop John Ricard, S.S.J., retired bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee; then one by Father Kenneth Taylor, of the Indianapolis archdiocese, current president of the National Black Clergy Caucus; one by Father Wayne Carroll Paysse, of the Black and Indian Mission Office; and a reflection of history by the author of this column.
We recommend all our articles heartily, and we pray for a Church and for a world in which God is loved, and in love all are one as God is One.
MSGR. CAMPION is editor of The Priest and associate publisher of Our Sunday Visitor. He is a former president of the Catholic Press Association and the Vatican's ecclesiastical adviser for the International Catholic Union of the Press.
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Deploying Availabilty and IM Functionality
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Back to configuration example overview page: Sample Configuration Workflow for Deploying Cisco Unified Presence with Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
In this module , we will demonstrate how to set up and verify a basic availability and IM deployment. This will allow your CUPC users to add contacts, view user availability, receive incoming IMs, initiate outgoing IMs and participate in group chat rooms. Assumptions:
- CUP is installed
- CUCM is installed
- Active Directory is installed
- Postgres is installed and configured as per....
Creating your Users on Active Directory
Create the users Charles Holland, Sue Miller and Neena Patel on the Active Directory server.
The steps below show you how to create the user Charles Holland. Repeat these steps to create users Sue Miller and Neena Patel.
Before You Begin: Create the Example.com branch in Active Directory, and create an ExampleUsers folder.
Right-click on the ExampleUsers folder in the Example.com branch, and select New > User.
Create the user Charles Holland.
Define a password for the user Charles Holland.
Select Finish to save the user data for Charles Holland.
Right-click on the user Charles Holland to edit the user properties.
In the General tab, define a telephone number and email address for user Charles Holland.
In the Telephones tab, define a mobile number for Charles Holland (if required).
In the Organization tab, define the organizational details for user Charles Holland.
Repeat the steps above to create users Sue Miller and Neena Patel on Active Directory.
Creating the LDAP Search Account on Active Directory
You must create an LDAP search account in Active Directory. This is a basic user account which the CUPC client uses to authenticate when searching the AD server using LDAP.
Right-click on the Users folder in the Example.com branch, and select New > User.
Create the LDAP search user.
Create a password for the LDAP search user.
When you save the LDAP search user, the new user entry will appear in the main Users folder.
Activating and Verifying Services on Cisco Unified Communication Manager
On Cisco Unified Communication Manager, select Tools > Service Activation in the Serviceability GUI. Activate the service indicated below.
Select Tools > Control Center - Feature Services. Verify that these services are now running.
Select Tools > Control Center - Network Services. Verify that these services are now running.
Configuring LDAP Integration on Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Enable LDAP Synchronization on Cisco Unified Communications Manager to sync your users from Active Directory. On Cisco Unified Communications Manager, select System > LDAP > LDAP System in the Administration GUI.
Configure your LDAP Directory. On Cisco Unified Communications Manager, select System > LDAP > LDAP Directory in the Administration GUI. Select Add New. Accept the information messages that display.
Configure the LDAP server credentials.
Configure the LDAP synchronization settings.
Configure the LDAP server information, and then save your configuration.
Select Perform Full Sync Now to synchronize the user information from Active Directory to CUCM.


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Azficel-T is used to improve the appearance of wrinkles that are seen from the sides of the nose to the corners of the mouth (called nasolabial folds or "smile lines"). This medicine is made from your own skin cells (autologous cellular product) placed in a mixture of water and salts.
This medicine is to be given only by a doctor who has completed a Fibrocell-approved training program.
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of azficel-T in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Older adults
Although appropriate studies on the relationship of age to the effects of azficel-T have not been performed in the geriatric population, no geriatric-specific problems have been documented to date.
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|Animal studies have shown an adverse effect and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women OR no animal studies have been conducted and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Other medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.
Other interactions
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other medical problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A trained doctor will give you this medicine in a hospital or clinic. This medicine is given through a small needle placed into your nasolabial fold wrinkles.
Your doctor will take three small skin samples (called biopsies) from behind your ears and send them to the manufacturer. Certain cells are grown from these samples for 3 to 6 months.
The processed cells (Laviv®) are shipped back by the manufacturer to your doctor. Your doctor will check and confirm if it came from your own skin. Then, your doctor will inject your medicine into the nasolabial fold wrinkles.
This medicine is usually given in 3 doses, spaced 3 to 6 weeks apart.
After treatment with this medicine:
It is very important that you receive all doses of this medicine. Try to keep all scheduled appointments. If you miss a dose, your medicine will not be usable. Your doctor will work with you to schedule a new appointment for the skin collection or biopsy. You may also get a new appointment for your injection.
This medicine usually comes with a patient information leaflet. Read the information carefully and make sure you understand them before receiving this medicine. If you have any questions, ask your doctor.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure that azficel-T is working properly and to check for unwanted effects.
Laviv® is made especially for you from your own skin cells. Do not use someone else's skin cells because it may cause a serious reaction. Do not let anyone use your medicine.
This medicine may cause serious types of allergic reaction, including anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Call your doctor right away if you have a rash; itching; hoarseness; trouble with breathing; trouble with swallowing; or any swelling of your hands, face, or mouth while you are receiving this medicine.
This medicine may increase your risk of bleeding or bruising at the injection site. Check with your doctor right away if you have large, flat, blue, or purplish patches in the skin; or unusual bleeding or bruising after receiving Laviv®. Make sure your doctor knows if you are taking aspirin, pain or arthritis medicine called NSAIDs (such as celecoxib, ibuprofen, naproxen, rofecoxib, valdecoxib, Advil®, Aleve®, Bextra®, Celebrex®, Motrin®, or Vioxx®), or a blood thinner (such as warfarin, Coumadin®).
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.


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The week of launching NCSE's new climate change initiative reaches its climax. For Friday, January 20, there are no new press releases, videos, or book excerpts. New coverage in the press of the initiative includes KQED's Climate Watch blog (January 17, 2012). And the launch of the initiative prompts The Takeaway (January 18, 2012) to interview Susan Buhr about the need to defend and support climate education. Plus Eugenie C. Scott is interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's As it Happens (January 18, 2012, beginning at about 10:00) and NPR's Science Friday (January 20, 2012).
Yet more information, resources, and coverage regarding NCSE's new initiative aimed at defending the teaching of climate change. For Thursday, January 19, there is a sample chapter (PDF) from Shawn Lawrence Otto's Fool Me Twice, and a two-part video (part one, part two) on climate change misconceptions by Peter Gleick. New coverage in the press includes Chris Mooney at the
DeSmog blog (January 17, 2012), Lynne Peeples at the Huffington Post (January 18, 2012), Think Progress (January 18, 2012), and New Scientist (January 19, 2012). Plus Eugenie C. Scott discusses the initiative with Steve Mirsky for Scientific American's podcast (January 16, 2012).
More information, resources, and coverage regarding NCSE's new initiative aimed at defending the teaching of climate change. For Wednesday, January 18, there is a
press release about the addition of Mark McCaffrey to NCSE's staff, a sample
chapter (PDF) from L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen's Climate Capitalism, and a video
interview of Eugenie C. Scott. New coverage in the press of the initiative includes Erica Gies's
blog at Forbes (January 17, 2012), MSNBC's
Cosmic Log (January 17, 2012), and John Farrell's
blog at Forbes (January 18, 2012). Plus Eugenie C. Scott was the guest on Chris Mooney's Point of Inquiry
podcast for January 16, 2012.
McCaffrey to spearhead the new initiative
Mark S. McCaffrey has joined NCSE's staff to spearhead its new climate change initiative. A veteran climate change educator, McCaffrey will be in charge of NCSE's efforts to defend and support the teaching of climate change. (See NCSE's mission statement here.)
The launch of NCSE's new initiative aimed at defending the teaching of climate change continues. For Tuesday, January 17, there is a press release about the addition of the climate scientist Peter Gleick to NCSE's board of directors, a sample
chapter (PDF) from Robert Henson's The Rough Guide to Climate Change, and a video
interview of Peter Gleick. (UPDATE: Dr. Gleick will not be joining the NCSE board. See Source of Heartland leak steps forward.)New coverage in the press of the initiative includes
Nature (January 16, 2012),
Ars Technica (January 16, 2012), Science Insider (January 17, 2012), the Houston Chronicle's science
blog (January 17, 2012), and The New York Times's Green blog (January 17, 2012).
NCSE is proud to announce the launch of its new initiative aimed at defending the teaching of climate change. Like evolution, climate change is accepted by the scientific community but controversial among the public. As a result, educators trying to teach climate change, like their counterparts trying to teach evolution, are often likewise pressured to compromise the scientific and pedagogical integrity of their instruction.
Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are still available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon — as featured in the documentary No Dinosaurs in Heaven.
NCSE is pleased to announce the sixth issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education in its new on-line format.
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Richard Dawkins's book for children The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True (Free Press, 2011).
There's a new way to help NCSE to defend the integrity of science education in the public schools. Organizations — including professional societies of scientists and educators, business associations, charitable foundations, and law firms — are now eligible to become Supporting Organizations of NCSE.
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Not all personal lubricants can be used with all types of condoms and sex toys. It turns out that some lubes can degrade the latex in condoms or the silicone used to cover sex toys. But it's not that simple, of course. Personal lube is oil, water, or silicone based. Make sure you know what is safe to use with the sex toys or condoms you use. And yes, organic, water based personal lubricant tends to be the best bet for everything.
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This is ideal to increase the amount of organic food in your diet.
An element of permaculture design, the food forest includes seven layers from the canopy down through the rhizosphere.
In Virginia, here are some examples of routinely available plants available at a garden center near you.
A member of the Pea family, the common name for Vigna radiata is mung bean. Requiring a minimum temperature of 47°F, it has a None tolerance of drought.
Propogated by Seed, the mung bean enjoys a bloom period in Summer. the fruit/seed period runs from Summer to Fall.
Introduced to VA, the mung bean is common in food forests. It grows in areas with a minimum of 32 inches of annual rainfall.
You may live in a micro-climate or area of Virginia where some species don't thrive or fruit.
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DAR celebrates constitution week
The River Aux Sables Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), met on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Third Street Deli in Pinconning for the beginning of another year of service. Following the meeting, members and guests reassembled at the Standish Historical Depot and Welcome Center for a short tour led by Brenda Matt.
Membership in the DAR honors and preserves the legacy of a Patriot ancestor. Over two hundred years ago, American Patriots fought and sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today. Members of DAR, through participation in the Society's various programs and activities, continue this legacy by actively supporting historic preservation, promotion of education and patriotic endeavors.
One of the first events on the DAR calendar is Constitution Week, celebrated from Sept. 17–23. This year celebrates the 221st anniversary of our Constitution. Constitution Week is an opportunity for chapters to get involved with local schools, especially since the U.S. Department of Education directed all education institutions that receive federal dollars to offer students instruction on the U.S. Constitution each Sept. 17.
River Aux Sables Chapter members prepared packets of educational information regarding the U.S. Constitution for all fifth grade students in the area where most chapter members live. Teachers will distribute the materials throughout the week in Alcona, Arenac, Iosco and Ogemaw County schools.
DAR encourages all Americans to read and consider what each can do to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies – foreign and domestic.
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Natural History Museum at Tring
Discover the fascinating range of animals collected by Lionel Walter Rothschild in our beautiful Victorian Museum. It is home to the world-class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group.
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Sunday 14.00-17.00
The Museum is open every day except 24-26 December.
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There is lift access to the ground, first and second-floor galleries of the Museum and to the Zebra Café and the Akeman Street car park.
Visit the galleries and come face to face with a full-sized gorilla, a huge anaconda or an extinct giant moa, just a few of the 4,000 animals on display!
The site of the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum is also home to the ornithological research collections (Bird Group, Department of Zoology) and the ornithological library (Department of Library and Information Services) of The Natural History Museum.
These collections are probably the largest and most comprehensive in the world, with over 2,000,000 skin, skeleton, spirit, egg and nest specimens, representing over 95 per cent of known bird species, housed adjacent to one of the world's great ornithological libraries. They are not open to the general public but, strictly by prior appointment, may be consulted by persons, amateur or professional, engaged in original research or the production of scientific artwork. More details are available on the NHM Bird Group and Library websites.
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Fried Baby Artichokes With Hake
'MY LOVE FOR artichokes comes from when I was very young," said José Andrés. "My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they would be crispy around the leaves and tender at the base."
The Chef: José Andrés
His Restaurants: 15 around the U.S., including the newly reopened Minibar by José Andrés, in Washington, D.C.
What He's Known For: Delivering traditional tapas and cutting-edge cuisine with equal finesse
In his second Slow Food Fast contribution, Mr. Andrés builds on his parents' technique, pairing deep-fried baby artichokes with flaky fillets of hake; an inky black-olive, caper and anchovy sauce and a honey-sweetened lemon dressing provide brine and brightness. Mr. Andrés is especially fond of the way the sizzling-hot oil causes the artichokes to blossom, their leaves puffing out and crisping while their vegetal sweetness deepens. "You get a caramelization of the sugars that you just don't get when boiling," he explained.
Now, with the spring artichoke season just kicking into gear, is a terrific time for baby artichokes, which grow lower on the stalk than their full-size siblings and do not develop the same thick wall of tough outer leaves. Without that layer to hack away, they are relatively easy to prepare, not to mention tender, sweet and frankly adorable. Simply fried and lightly salted, they are near impossible to improve upon. And yet, with this satisfying balance of salt, acidity, crunch and lusciousness, Mr. Andrés has somehow managed it.
—Kitty Greenwald
Fried Baby Artichokes With Hake
Total Time: 35 minutes Serves: 4
1/3 cup pitted black olives
2 teaspoons capers, drained
2 tablespoons Sherry vinegar
1 oil-packed anchovy fillet
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon honey
Salt, to taste
4 cups canola oil
6 baby artichokes
4 fillets hake (4 ounces each)
4 lemon wedges
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What To Do
1. Blend olives, capers, vinegar and anchovy in a food processor. With processor running, drizzle in ½ cup olive oil. In a small bowl, whisk together ¼ cup olive oil with lemon juice and honey. Season with salt.
2. In a deep saucepan set over medium-high heat, heat canola oil to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, cut away artichokes' outermost leaves until you reach the pale green heart. Cut off spiny top portion of leaves so only tender meat remains. Next, cut away woody portions of stem. Halve hearts lengthwise and use a paring knife to scrape off any purple leaves and fuzz.
3. Check oil temperature with a thermometer. Once it reaches 350 degrees, fry artichokes. Work in batches to avoid crowding, keeping oil at 325-350 degrees. When artichokes are crisp and golden, after about 3 minutes, transfer with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel-lined plate. Season with salt.
4. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to a large sauté pan set over medium heat. Pat fish dry and season with salt. Lay fish into pan and fry until golden and cooked through, 2-3 minutes per side.
5. Distribute olive sauce among four plates and place artichokes on sauce. Place fish alongside artichokes and drizzle with lemon dressing. Serve with lemon wedges.


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Southern Oklahoma Regional Disposal will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 for the holiday.
Due to the heavy volume of waste, SORD will be catching up on routes Wednesday and Thursday.
Customers are asked to have poly carts set out by 7 a.m. and leave them until them out until they have been emptied. Customers are also asked to bag all trash.


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Liverpool FC striker Luis Suarez says he is living the dream and intends to stay at Anfield for "a very long time".
The Uruguay forward took his goal tally to 22 for the campaign with the opener in Wednesday night's 2-2 draw at Arsenal.
The often controversial Suarez has quickly become a cult hero at Liverpool FC since his £22.8million move from Ajax on transfer deadline day two years ago.
The 26-year-old intends to continue to drive the Reds on as they look to develop into Champions League challengers once again under Brendan Rodgers.
"I hope (to be at Liverpool) for a very long time because it's a massive club that kids dream about playing for," said Luis Suarez.
"I've been very proud to be at a club like Liverpool and to have made the decision to come here.
"In two years I've lived through some spectacular and very special moments that I will never, ever forget.
"There have been a few difficult times as well, but with the support of my family, the club and the fans, things have gone well for me."
Suarez continued: "I do feel at home here. When I'm out and about, all I get is support and encouragement from the local people and that's very important and when I come here to the club I feel like people have known me all my life.
"I hope to be able to help out the team for as long as I possibly can while trying do something to make the club and the fans very happy."
Liverpool FC had taken a commanding 2-0 lead at Emirates Stadium, with Jordan Henderson doubling their advantage on the hour following more poor defending from the hosts.
However, the Gunners showed their undoubted attacking prowess by fighting back to level through Olivier Giroud and a blistering strike by England forward Theo Walcott.
Liverpool FC defender Lucas feels the team provided the needed response from their FA Cup humiliation at Oldham on Sunday, even if they could not see the game through.
"We responded really well from the FA Cup defeat against Oldham. We showed the right mentality and a good attitude," Lucas said.
"This was a really important game for us. Arsenal are only three points above us and this was an opportunity to go level with them, but we know how hard it is to come here because Arsenal pass the ball well and move the ball quickly.
"I think we were defending really well but in the space of 10 minutes we conceded two goals and the game changed.
"It would have been a big three points for us but we just couldn't get them."


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Lets hear some stories, see some pictures!
Its just over two weeks away people!!!!!!
Lets hear some stories, see some pictures!
Its just over two weeks away people!!!!!!
Send up a flare if you find either one.
"Give me women, wine and snuff
Until I cry out 'hold, enough!"
John Keats
Met Devito last year in the VIP by the Sahara. That guy is nuts. Not quite the holy grail as the Hoff though.
labeouf, lohan, hilton, some famous hockey player and some others i'm forgetting
and if members of the bands playing the festival count, then lots more..
Katy Perry during Passion Pit last year.
hot chip and DJ lance haha
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Blur / Passion Pit / Tegan & Sara / Stars / Purity Ring / Beardyman / Of Monsters and Men
Postal Service / Hot Chip / New Order / TDCC / Franz Ferdinand / Violent Femmes / SMD / The 2 Bears
Vampire Weekend / La Roux / Adrian Lux / Tanlines
I'm pretty sure I saw Danny Masterson 2 years ago in the sahara, but I wasn't 100% sure if it was him. I know he goes all the time though.
of course, I've seen tons on the sides of stages but I don't think that really counts.
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California Golds the shit
Sean Penn, Paris Hilton, Hoff, Perry Ferrell
Sean Penn was there for his speech at the main stage. I was backstage with my son and we saw him there. We asked for an autograph he said not right now...which was fine. My son was running around and having fun. We look over and Sean starts to light up a cig. and security quickly smacks it out of his mouth and stomps on it.
Penn was shocked...before he could utter a word security say's 'Take a look!' There were a bunch of propane tanks less than 10 yards away. Penn went from a look of WTF to 'Awww shit. I should have seen that' He said, 'Sorry about that!' was a little embarrased then walked over to me and my son and said he'd be happy to sign an autograph.
Paris Hilton - we were in the artist parking walking towards the festival entrance backside and my buddy noticed her. We quickly walked up and saw it was her. We were side by side going in...nothing big...but the next week she was arrested....all we did was exchange Hi's
Perry was way cool. Back stage with my son I asked for a photo with my son and he said sure....was way cool with everyone...just had a fun way about him that those of his group seemed to be into.
Hoff was backstage at the main stage...he was super nice...didn't know he was that big....he is a large man. Gave a headshot...was with his daughter and was as kind as anyone could be to anyone and everyone he met.
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You're right, I had no idea who he is... but based on a quick Google seems like he is a popular dude!since you are not a california native i guess huell howser is not on your list, but he is a holy grail for us natives. met and got a pic with him one year, too.
I met Charlotte Gainsbourg last year at the signing.
I saw Pretty Little Liars' Brant Daugherty at Coachella last year
Danny Masterson was in front of me in line at a churro cart a few years ago and we chatted for a bit. He bought like 6 churros...
In 2007 my wife and I are on our way to see KOL when she says "is that James Murphy?" I turn around and it is. Unfortunately he is walking very fast in the other direction. After a moment of panic we are now chasing him down. I yell out "James" as if we are long lost friends. He turns as if hoping to see a friend only to see two out of breath total strangers. I quickly say "we are really big fans, can we get a picture?" To which he replied "you don't look that big, sure." Nancy Whang took the picture. I wish I would have gotten her in it as well.
i really am gonna be on the lookout for devito this year, love that lil guy
I met Paris Hilton.
When I held that gun in my hand, I felt a surge of power like God must feel when hes holding a gun.
Danny Devito looking over a map in the Sahara after a set. Shook his hand and told him it was nice to see him there. Really enjoyed his smile!
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There are multiple Coachella sets from previous years on Flickr if you follow the link below.
In 09 I was in the Sahara with my group waiting for Girl Talk to start when one of them noticed Gareth and Neil from Los Campesinos! We ended up hanging out with them for the rest of the night and on Saturday until they had to leave town. That same year we saw Mystery from the Pickup Artist by the beer garden (he's a giant and was wearing a cowboy hat with a miners light attached), Adrian Grenier with a big beard outside the Sahara and Alicia Silverstone during the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Last year I saw the guy who plays Andy on Weeds by the lockers and Tiesto watching Yeasayer but my girlfriend forbade me from saying anything nasty to him.
Juliette lewis in regular parking several coachellas ago... She was with some fat C List actor and at the time I couldn't remember either of their names so I pointed at them and said "hey look they're famous" to my girlfriend... If I would've remembered their names I would've asked for a picture and offered them some of our bud brownies we were eating before entering fest -shrugs-
"conversation is a game of circles and i'm getting dizzy-- bye"
Met Devito last year, he gave me a high five! Awesome dude, really knows how to party.
Hopefully i'll meet the full IAS crew this year, I know they were there last year.