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Tom Hiddleston wins out over Robert Pattinson as the Sexiest Actor in Movies Right Now
The 'Thor' star has topped a poll conducted by Total Film magazine to find the most desirable screen hunks in the world, beating 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson into second place.
Other actors to make the top 10 included Ryan Gosling in third place, Benedict Cumberbatch in fourth, sixth placed Tom Hardy and Robert Downey Jr. in ninth place.
Hiddleston, 31, is surprised to beat so many famous handsome faces to the title, but is very flattered by the honour.
He told the publication: "Thank you, ladies. You are women of impeccable taste and style. My god, you know how to make a man feel good!"
Total Film polled more than 25,000 readers to find their Sexiest Actor and Sexiest Actress.
'Silver Linings Playbook' and 'The Hunger Games' star Jennifer Lawrence took the female title beating a host of on screen beauties to the accolade.
Other entries in the top 10 included second placed Scarlett Johansson, 'Twilight Saga' actress Kristen Stewart, who came third, fifth placed Mila Kunis - who has won numerous sexiest polls - and Zooey Deschanel in eighth.
Total Film magazine's 50 Sexiest Stars in Movies Right Now, actor top 10 and actress top 10:
Sexiest Actor:
1. Tom Hiddleston
2. Robert Pattinson
3. Ryan Gosling
4. Benedict Cumberbatch
5. Richard Armitage
6. Tom Hardy
7. Alan Rickman
8. Michael Fassbender
9. Robert Downey Jr.
10. Chris Hemsworth
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2. Scarlett Johansson
3. Kristen Stewart
4. Emma Stone
5. Mila Kunis
6. Emma Watson
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8. Zooey Deschanel
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It was fun while it lasted. This internet thing became too powerful, and shifted the balance of power too much to the people. Politicians found a partner in the content industry, and here we have it. After a mysterious unexplained 180 by a Dutch political party, ACTA has been signed by all 27 members of the EU. In the meantime, it's looking like SOPA, despite delays, is going to make it through, despite fierce opposition from the technology industry (except Apple and Microsoft, who don't care about a free and open web) and the very architects of the internet. To top it all off, UMG apparently has complete control over YouTube's content, allowing them to remove any video they don't like without even having to invoke the DMCA.
In response to a claim we received under the Stop Online Piracy Act, we have removed the content of this article. If you wish, you may view the SOPA complaint that caused the removal of the content of this article.


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Getting Back To Reloading
30 Years Later Mark Finds Happiness — Again!
By Mark Hampton
cross section of guns. Plus, it's easier to tailor your loads if you have more choices.
Mark found today's bullet selection to be remarkable, of high quality and with a high level of performance.
While whacking some steel plates with His Editorship and his wife Suzi (editor at American COP) a few months back, they politely asked if I was saving my brass. At the time, we were shooting a single-shot handgun chambered for one of my favorite cartridges, the .308 Winchester. The steel plates were getting a workout with Suzi knocking the paint off them. I informed Roy and Suzi I planned to get back in the handloading gig, after a 30-year departure, and I would be saving the brass.
Roy asked, "You haven't reloaded in 30 years?" I had to admit he was right, and it'd been 30 years since I've pulled the handle down on a RCBS Rockchucker — but I'm looking forward to "rolling my own" when I retire very soon.
As a college kid who liked to shoot a lot, I reloaded in order to shoot more for the same amount of money I would have spent on factory ammo. I was broke! At that time I also shot a couple of wildcat cartridges so I had to load for such rounds as the 6.5 JDJ and .375 JDJ. After college I got married and lost interest in reloading due to family and career obligations. Luckily, I had a good shooting buddy crank out loads for me when I wasn't shooting factory ammo. Now that retirement is staring me in the face, I'm anxious to start handloading again. The same basic reasons as before, economics and several wildcat cartridges are the driving forces.
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Go Forth
Before Roy left that day, he assigned a story to me. "When you start back up, keep tabs on things, take pictures and write an article about what you learn. I'll bet readers who are in the same boat will be interested in what it takes to get back up to speed."
So here's what I learned.
When shopping around, exploring, and dreaming about what I wanted in the reloading room, I found some interesting things that changed over 30-odd years. The amount of quality bullets with diverse construction and design is staggering. You can get almost any bullet for any intended purpose, in most any caliber. That's just pretty neat! The selection of premium bullets for both hunting and competition is phenomenal. Not only has the bullet selection improved, the powder selections have gained substantial ground as well. The improvement of both powders and primers are impressive.
Although when I was shopping for some of the primers and powders needed, it was tough getting exactly what I wanted due to the overwhelming demand at the time. It should be no surprise I ran into sticker shock when I went to purchase some primers and other components. A lot has changed in 30 years and the escalating prices are no exception.
Another area where I got a real eye opener was the proliferation of excellent measurement tools at affordable prices, including micrometers, dial indicators, and calipers. Not to mention inexpensive chronographs, comparably speaking. The digital powder scales and dispensers are just too cool. Of course I was drooling over these babies!
Make sure you get media to match your needs.
Biggest Difference
But the biggest change I found in 30 years has to be the shared information over the internet. While it's handy for comparisons, or to give you ideas, I'd be very careful about trusting advice on loading data from the internet unless you are positive it comes from a reliable source. The powder and bullet companies that produce loading manuals have the tools and resources necessary to provide accurate and safe loading data. I have picked up loading manuals from several companies such as Lyman, Nosler, Hornady, Sierra and Speer to name just a few, and will continue reading these books over and over again. I'm not implying all information found on the internet is inaccurate but I would trust my gun, and my life, with data in reputable loading manuals.
I begin my quest for reloading supplies by drooling over Sinclair's 2009 catalog. The catalog alone is an educational tool. My wife, Karen, made the mistake of asking what I wanted for Christmas. She didn't enjoy the catalog as much as I had hoped! Since I had previous experience with handloading, I decided against going with a reloader's kit. However, for some, that's not a bad way to get started. Several manufacturers produce quality reloading kits such as the ones from RSBS, Redding, Lyman, Lee Precision or Hornday.
There's nothing wrong with any of these starter kits but I wanted specific components for various tasks. Having good luck previously with the RCBS Rockchucker — unfortunately it got lost somewhere in 30 years — I ordered a Rockchucker Supreme press and mounted it on the bench exactly where the original was. Yes, I'm still using the same reloading bench, at least I didn't lose it. After reading several positive reviews of the company's new Chargemaster Combo, scale and dispenser, of course I had to try one of these time savers. This is a delightful item for any reloading bench, with their digital scale and advanced technology. However, I still have my old Ohaus 10-10 beam scale and can verify or compare accuracy of the powder charge. After all, the powder charge is one of the most important aspects of the reloading task. A few other goodies from RCBS such as a primer pocket brush combo had my credit card singing.
Even with the chargemaster combo, I always wanted a really accurate powder measure so I ordered a Redding Model 3BR with features a benchrest shooter would enjoy. Along with the powder measure I needed some Imperial sizing die wax and dry neck lube. Redding manufacturers a ton of reloading goodies.
I bought a new Lyman reloading handbook, 49th edition, which was loaded with valuable information. After that, I called the company to order one of their 2500 Pro Magnum tumblers with media. This is a piece of equipment I use frequently. The magnum tumbler cleans brass thoroughly leaving a shiny, like-new finish.
A quality case trimmer was needed and one call to Forster for their original case trimmer and collets for cartridges I would load filled the bill. If using brass multiple times, then case trimming becomes a necessity. This case trimmer is user-friendly and a good choice for any one who shoots considerably. Forster produces a lot of top drawer products for the handloader including precision dies, deburring tool, presses, and headspace gauges.
He's practicing using some calipers to check over-all case length
My journey getting back in to reloading was quite fun. Much like preparing for a hunting trip, the anticipation and planning was a big part of the excitement. There are so many quality components for reloading today it's simply staggering. There's no way I could mention all of them, or the companies that manufacture them, but reloaders have never had it so good. I know there will always be items added to my reloading room but I had the basics covered and ready to get started. Luckily I still had several dies, loading blocks, and MTM plastic boxes for storing loaded ammo.
Some of the cartridges I would be loading include .357 and .44 Magnum, .223 Remington, 6.5X47 Lapua, 6.5 WSM, .284 Winchester, .308 Winchester, and .375 JDJ. Like many of you, I had preconceived opinions of what bullets I wanted. A phone call to Nosler, Hornady and Sierra had a variety of bullets, both target and hunting purposes, headed my way. Powders varied, but Hodgdons and Alliant seemed to fill the shelves quickly. Primers were another matter. Whatever I could get my hands on would have to do in a pinch.
Brass is another matter. I had saved a lot of .308 Winchester brass over the years so all that was necessary was a bath in the Lyman tumbler. Luckily, .357 and .44 Mag cases were plentiful too. Starline manufactures quality brass for pistol cartridges in case you need any. Lapua brass is the only option for the 6.5X47 Lapua and case life is excellent. It's great brass that allows multiple loadings. For the .284 Winchester and 6.5 WSM, I use Winchester brass exclusively. Saving brass comes naturally when you handload.
One thing that hasn't changed in 30 years is the fun and enjoyment I get from reloading. It's almost therapeutic at times, addictive at others. The cost savings from handloading is not the only reason I'm pulling the handle on the Rockchucker Supreme. I like the ability to tweak or customize loads to enhance the performance of a particular firearm. Even with today's accurate factory ammunition, I can usually find a particular handload that's suited for my gun that shoots exceptionally well.
Hunting with ammo I have assembled is also gratifying. There's just something enchanting about taking game from ammunition you have loaded yourself. The handloader has the ability to custom design loads from mild, recreational plinking fodder, high-performance hunting loads for specific applications, to match-grade benchrest ammo loaded specifically for bug-hole groups.
Retirement is looking better all the time. Now that I have got a meaningful way to occupy my time, shooting a whole bunch is not going to be a problem. Many of you already know and experience the benefits of reloading. If you haven't got into handloading, you're missing a great deal. For me, getting back in to reloading was not a fortuitous decision. Heck, if I can get back into this gig after 30 years, anyone can do it.
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Community members including parents, guardians, school staff, administrators and representatives from community agencies who support students as they prepare to transition from high school are invited to attend.
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INV: Strong U.S. Economic Data Boost Market Sentiment
U.S. stock indices closed higher supported by better than expected economic data. The dollar strengthened helped also by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischerâs comment he expects the Fed to raise rates at least two more times this year. The live dollar index data show the ICE U.S. dollar index, a measure of the dollarâs strength against a basket of six rival currencies, closed 0.5% higher at 99.685.
Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.7% to 20701.50 led by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) shares. The blue chip index snapped eight sessions of losses, the longest losing streak since 2011. The S&P 500 gained 0.7% settling at 2358.57. The NASDAQ index added 0.6% to 5875.14.
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European stocks rebounded on Tuesday as concerns the Trump rally stalled after failure to secure support for presidentâs first legislative initiative abated. Both the euro and British pound weakened against the dollar. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.6%, Germanyâs DAX 30 outperformed closing 1.3% higher at 12149.42. Franceâs CAC 40 added 0.6% and UKâs FTSE 100 gained 0.7% to 7343.42.
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Asian stock indices are mixed today though positive economic data helped buoy market sentiment after Mondayâs global pullback following President Trumpâs withdrawal of his healthcare law before a vote Friday. Nikkei closed 0.1% higher at 19217.48 in a choppy as yen was little changed against the dollar.
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Oil futures prices are extending gains today supported by supply disruptions in Libya and talk of possible extension into second half of the year the OPEC led output cuts. Output from the western Libyan fields of Sharara and Wafa is down by 252 thousand barrels per day after a pipeline carrying crude from the Sharara stopped operating due to armed protesters, according to source at the National Oil Corporation Tuesday. Libya was pumping 700 thousand barrels a day before the pipeline halt. May Brent crude contract closed 1.1% higher at $51.33 a barrel on Londonâs ICE Futures exchange on Tuesday. Today at 16:30 CET the Energy Information Administration will release U.S. Crude Oil Inventories.


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More than $2.3 million was raised by The Hope Fund to support area agencies in their efforts to provide basic necessities like food, clothing, and utilities to struggling Northeast Florida residents.
The Hope Fund was a collaborative effort between Jacksonville's local daily newspaper The Florida Times-Union, the University of North Florida Department of Communication, and Hands On Jacksonville.
Stories highlighting area families in need were written by the Department of Communication's multimedia journalism students and published between Thanksgiving and the end of January each year. Readers were encouraged to donate to the fund and 100% of all donations – no monies were deducted for administrative costs -- were distributed by Hands On Jacksonville to a number of nonprofit agencies like the Hubbard House, the Clara White Mission, and the PACE Center for Girls.
Dr. Paula Horvath-Neimeyer, a lecturer in the multimedia journalism concentration, founded The Hope Fund and each year supervised a team of advanced student reporters enrolled in her fall Applied Journalism class while they interviewed, wrote, and edited their Hope Fund stories.
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|Oh, you are really going to enjoy this book...while you're reading it, that is. Then afterwards you'll be torn between the memories of the hilarious antics Bourdain describes in his book...and memories of the disgusting things that go on every day in restaurant kitchens. Believe it or not, it IS worth reading! (And take it from a former restaurant manager, it is, unfortuately, true - the after-hours shenanigans, especially!)
Bourdain has put together a truly gonzo collection of restaurant tales that aren't all depraved...but, like his restaurateur/chef subjects, most of them are! Kudos to him for a book that is this honest while being this hysterical. If you have the, um, stomach for it, this is a book you'll remember fondly. Well worth digesting!


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My last post on stuff I need is a bike bag and JetStar has the following conditions for a bike to be accepted:
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Bicycles will not be accepted for carriage unless they are suitably packed in a Bike Pack. Jetstar does not provide Bike Packs at the airport, so it is your responsibility to obtain one before your travel date. The bike must be packed in the following condition:
Tyres must be deflated.
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Handle bars must be fixed parallel to the frame.
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Kevin's Haven of Mid-Century Modern Classics
Kevin bought his Adams Morgan apartment in the summer of 2005 and decorated it fairly slowly over the course of a year or so. Most of the major pieces are vintage originals that he had re-covered (including the Florence Knoll sofa and credenza, the womb settee and the Nelson clocks).
Kevin says, "I definitely recommend going vintage if you have the patience and the money. It can take a while to find things you like, but you usually wind up saving money even after the cost of restoration, and it holds its value well. Plus, the hunt is part of the fun."
It's easy to go over-the-top with iconic MCM pieces, a temptation to which Kevin admits he may have may have fallen prey, but he says "I simply bought what I liked. And it turned out many of them were classics."
Built almost a hundred years ago, the house was converted into condos in the 1980s. Kevin took these photos several years ago. Since that time, Kevin's fiancé Anne has moved in. The next step for them is "getting some original (and more interesting) art on the walls." Currently, there are reproductions on the wall because he didn't feel quite ready to sink major money into art yet, so he bought a couple repros to put up until he find something better. "I think buying art is best done over time as you find things you really appreciate," Kevin explains.
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• Living room: In the foreground: Florence Knoll sofa, Tolomeo Mega floor lamp, Nelson Starburst clock.
• Bay window: Knoll Womb Settee, Noguchi Cyclone table, Nelson, Eames fabrics on window bench
• Under stairs: Nelson miniature chest
• Dining room: Florence Knoll credenza, Cherner chair, Eames chair, Noguchi floor lamp, Flos Spun table lamp
• Dining room: Cherner chairs and table, Russel Wright, Eva Zeisel, Ben Seibel pottery on shelves
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The Institute of Animal Studies, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, would like to emphasize a few points regarding ether use in the laboratories. By now, everyone should be aware that ether is a hazardous chemical that must only be used in a fume hood.
Anesthesia in a bell jar is not an adequate replacement for a fume hood. All investigators using bell jars to anesthesize animals should use them in a fume hood.
Animals sacrificed via ether or other anesthetics need to be off-gassed. Off-gassing is necessary in order to allow the anesthetic gas to slowly dissipate from the animal. This is accomplished by leaving dead animals in the fume hood overnight. We do not want flammable or explosive vapors in sealed areas such as refrigerators or freezers.
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Band Together iPad Review
There's something to be said about games that allow us to rise to the status of gods amongst lesser creatures–Lemmings, for example, or the inventive Xbox Live Arcade game From Dust. The responsibility attached to ensuring the creatures you nurture is weighty, but also fleeting. At any moment you may decide to turn on your followers and burn them where they stand, like a vengeful giant with ants and a magnifying glass. Or you may decide to dote on them and ensure their many needs are met. In the case of iPad puzzler Band Together, you encounter a bit of both extremes.
Band Together finds you taking up the role of a neglected child who lives an unhappy life. You are often alone, and like many people do when we find ourselves with vast expanses of time, you explore. The attic's usually ripe with new discoveries, and today you have just made one of your biggest finds yet: a small group of cardboard beings that seem to revere you as their all-powerful leader.
Wide eyed and ready for service.
The diminutive Bandies, as the child refers to them, are then subjected to experiment after experiment (30 tests, to be exact) that put them through their paces, examining just how far the Bandies will go to please their benevolent leader. Across these homemade stages hastily but meticulously constructed from cardboard, the Bandies' limits of obedience are tested. How far will they go to navigate from point A to point B with you as their guide, despite potentially dangerous odds?
Each cardboard arena is rife with puzzles meant to test the Bandies, and the entire play space takes up the whole of the iPad's real estate. You're tasked with ensuring the little guys follow you, but there's a twist: the Bandies remain inanimate objects unless exposed to light. Thus, the ingenious discovery of the "candle cap" comes into play, otherwise, like your computer, they're "sleeping."
Perfectly timed taps and maneuvers lead the Bandies through death traps via popsicle stick-activated plates and a vast amount of other homemade nuances. If you aren't diligent enough to steer the Bandies in the right direction, there will be casualties, and as their great "god" you want to try to help your (admittedly creepy) new race conquer the trials you've conjured up… right? Sometimes you'll be faced with solutions to puzzles that don't forecast a happy ending. In fact, sometimes you'll have to make sacrifices to ensure the survival of the rest by letting a few fall to the spikes or pencils lining the bottom of some areas.
Gather 'round the candle cap, friends.
But sometimes, numerous Bandie deaths won't be through any fault of your own, but because of tricky situations and sticky mechanics. Sometimes you'll lose men as they slip off what should be a perfectly stable platform into the pencil tips below, or you'll be unable to make precise jumps the way you need to in order to get your group of Bandies across a chasm. This stems from troubling non-tactile controls and iffy design decisions. And on the other hand, some of Band Together's puzzles simply aren't all that challenging. It's quite simple to make the connection between what is required of you and what should be done, making the 30 stages fly by much quicker than they should.
The aesthetics are all there, though. The protagonist, the "mad scientist" of sorts, painstakingly details each experiment in hand-written journal pages and the Bandies themselves are appropriately creepy and unreal. Everything is quite on point, which is what makes the simplicity of the puzzles themselves and the random control difficulties here and there that much more disappointing. With a bit more polish and elbow grease, Band Together could have transcended "neat little puzzler" designation to "Must-Have gem" status. Perhaps with a few updates and additional content it could be catapulted into that category, but for now we'll call it a peculiar puzzler with an intriguing God complex.


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Sunday, August 08, 2010
Dumbo Part 17
This sequence, the song "Baby Mine," is the emotional center of the film. Looking at it by itself, it's surprising how little screen time there is of Dumbo and his mother. Obviously, what's there is very powerful, but this is a case where the film makers felt that less is more. The entire story has built to this moment. The bond between mothers and children is so primal and the injustices suffered by Dumbo and his mother are so appalling, that the audience's emotions are waiting for the release that this sequence provides.
The music has a melancholy quality that tempers the joy of the reunion with an underlying sadness.
A great deal of the power of this sequence comes from touch. All the animals except the ostriches are sleeping while physically touching each other. There is much physical contact between Dumbo and his mother. The rocking, in shots 1.2 and 12, though done with an elephant's trunk instead of human arms, is familiar to everyone in the audience, parent or child. The caressing in shot 1.1 is also familiar. As a species, we need physical contact with our loved ones in order to feel secure.
Here are a series of frames from scene 1.1, animated by Bill Tytla.
In the first five panels above, Tytla shows the pleasure Dumbo feels from the caress. This is a happy reunion. In panel 6, the tears start to flow and after a slight anticipation in panel 7, the grief that Dumbo feels overcomes him. In panels 8-12, he clutches his mother's trunk close to him and buries his head in it, rubbing against it as the accumulated sadness pours out of him. Then, emotionally spent, in panel 14 there is nothing left but the gratitude Dumbo feels for being with her.
This is a bravura piece of animation. The way in which Tytla animates Dumbo losing control contains great emotional truth and, for me, is what elevates this shot to a level few other shots (or animators) can match.
When it is time to leave, their trunks maintain contact for as long as possible. That touch is central to their relationship and once their contact is broken, Dumbo is once again vulnerable in a cruel world.
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- Steven Hartley said...
Shot 1.1. is very touching and Bill Tytla does one of the best Dumbo stuff ever!!
Shot 1.2. is pretty clever with the elephants' trunk as a cradle rocking, and I love the animals animation by Bob Youngquist, Harvey Toombs, (I'm guessing it might be John Sewell), and effects on hippos by Ed Aardal.
I originally thought about Eric Larson animating the sequence, and now already that he isn't credited for any scenes of the draft, maybe be supervised the animal animation, since Bob Youngquist did uncredited work on Bambi, I believe, as well as John Sewell and Harvey Toombs, so maybe Larson had a bit to do with it!
This sequence and the previous sequence, have my favourite Tytla animation in the film, SO touching!!
- August 08, 2010 10:26 PM
- Jenny Lerew said...
This is a bravura piece of animation. The way in which Tytla animates Dumbo losing control contains great emotional truth and, for me, is what elevates this shot to a level few other shots (or animators) can match.
You're absolutely right, and while probably every animation writer, viewer or critic worth their salt cites this scene, I don't believe I've ever seen it described better than you have here. Just the frame grabs move me to tears.
- August 09, 2010 2:03 AM
- Michael Sporn said...
You're a great analyst, Mark. It's a treasure reading some of our writing. I wish it were published.
- August 09, 2010 6:48 AM
- Mark Mayerson said...
But it has been published, Michael, on the web. Putting it between covers might add legitimacy or garner more attention, but my words would still be the same.
- August 09, 2010 9:18 AM
- Eric Noble said...
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!!!!! That is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. I love your brilliant analysis.
- August 09, 2010 1:42 PM
- Michael Sporn said...
True it's been published on the web but forgotten the day the next post is placed. A year from now, we'll have to remember and search for it. I guess this is why I try to repost some older pieces I like evey once in a while.
A book form (even without the pictures) is always there to remind you on the shelf.
- August 10, 2010 8:23 AM
- Thad said...
We need a "Mayerson on Animation" book. Even if it's just a collections of your blog posts.
- August 10, 2010 2:04 PM
This sequence made audiences cry and Dumbo and his mom are together for a short while, cradling! Awesome! You have clever stuff, man!
- August 12, 2010 8:53 AM
Timothy, why have we to leave so early? Just some minutes more...
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - The No. 6 Lipscomb men's tennis upset the No. 3 Stetson in a historic Atlantic Sun Tournament victory.
Despite a last-minute location change and a lower seed, the men's tennis team defeated Stetson in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun in a commanding 4-0 victory.
Previously, Stetson had bested the Bisons 4-3 in the regular season in March, but Lipscomb topped the Hatters when it mattered most. The win is the school's first quarterfinals victory in men's tennis.
Oliver Strecker, Daniel Hernandez and Stuart Tierney posted up wins in the singles competitions, while the doubles teams of Tierney/Miguel Cortez and Colby Shaw/John Tougher won their respective matches.
With the win at hand, three of the matches went unfinished and another matchup did not start.Lipscomb coach Andrew Harris applauded the performance of the men's team.
"It's just a total team effort from top to bottom," Harris said.
Last season, the men's tennis team finished fourth in the conference and walked away from the tournament empty handed.
Harris says that the team felt good about the Stetson matchup, and for Lipscomb, they play matche with confidence.
"The guys went out, and they did a good job today and executed like they needed to," Harris said.
Harris credits both the familiarity of the matchups and the indoors location as two key factors in the record win.
The men's team will have a good night's rest before taking on A-Sun powerhouse ETSU tomorrow at the Buccaneer's home court.
Harris said he hopes the team will be prepared to take on the landmark organization.
"We're going to go in, and we're going to try and do our best to execute our shots and make sure we get the guys in the right mind frame, and then we'll let it fall from there," Harris said.
The match is set to begin on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.


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Jamal Moghe, 26, from Wembley, was sitting next to the driver in a lorry that was carrying passengers, and was killed in the first moments of the ambush, according to one witness.
He was travelling from Isiolo town towards Marsabit, 350 miles north of the capital, Nairobi, and was understood to have been heading towards a rural school where he planned to arrange a donation of used laptops.
Mr Moghe was a criminal exhibits officer at a police station in Ealing, and volunteered as a Special Constable in Brent, Scotland Yard said.
"We were all shocked and saddened to hear of Jamal's death," said Andy Rowell, Ealing Borough Commander for the Metropolitan Police.
"He was a popular member of the team at Ealing Borough, and he also chose to serve his community by volunteering as a Special. Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this time."
The ambush happened roughly 20 miles north of the small town of Archer's Post on Saturday.
"There were bandits who rushed onto the road and fired their guns at the front of the truck," said Mohamed Leeresh, a tourist guide from Archer's Post, who had spoken to another passenger on the vehicle.
Lorries are used as public transport between Archer's Post and Marsabit because of the poor state of the roads. Most passengers travel on top of goods in the back, but Mr Moghe had either paid for, or been offered the comfort of a seat in the cabin.
"Because he was a foreigner, he was sitting in the front next to the driver," Mr Leeresh said. "He died in the first seconds, when the thugs sprayed so many bullets at the vehicle.
"The driver died also and when the truck lost control, another passenger on the back was also killed. When the bandits saw there were dead people, they panicked and fled."
Mr Moghe was born in Somalia, and had fled with his family to Britain when he was 11 years old. His visit to Kenya, which neighbours Somalia, was the first time he had returned to Africa.
He was married last year. His wife, Sudi, told The Sun: "Being a policeman and doing charity work was his dream."
In keeping with Muslim tradition, Mr Moghe was buried on Sunday in Kenya.


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This recipe was posted on the Fatfree mailing list by Ruth Hoffman.
This is pretty much as Ruth posted it; I've only made a few changes
to the presentation and ingredients, and added measurement conversions.
It's a fairly simple recipe, but really delicious.
Serves 5.
2. Meanwhile, chop the garlic and rinse the lentils.
When the onion is soft, add the garlic, lentils, tomatoes, stock
powder, Worcestershire / soy sauce, salt, thyme, fennel and bay
leaf to the pan, along with 900ml (32 fl oz, 4 cups) water.
3. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover pan, and simmer for
about 20 minutes, until the lentils have started to break up. Stir
4. Meanwhile, peel the carrots and chop into 1cm (1/4 inch) cubes.
If using fresh spinach, wash, remove large stalks and chop roughly.
5. Add the carrots and spinach to the pan.
Stir until mixed, and until frozen spinach has defrosted.
Cover and simmer a further 15 minutes, or until lentils and vegetables
are cooked.
Remove bay leaf and stir in vinegar.
This ends up tasting fairly tomato-ey.
Use only 1/2 can if you're not too fussed on tomato flavour.
It also ends up fairly soupy - if you want it thicker, leave it
until the next day to thicken, or use less water, or remove the
lid for the last 10 minutes to allow water to evaporate.
Using frozen chopped spinach gives a more homogeneous texture
- fresh spinach will be in larger pieces.
I sometimes like a mixture of the two.
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Ferrying to Santa Catalina Island — just you, that special someone and an upper deck brimming with buoyant kids, chiding parents and assorted Jimmy Buffett look-alikes — isn't exactly a secret on any summer Friday. L.A.'s fabled leisure isle hosts more than 1 million visitors each year, and by the looks of those lines at the waffle-cone place, the throngs at the Green Pleasure Pier and the buzzing golf carts in downtown Avalon, many of them are hitting it right now. Should that deter you? Nah — it's all fun. But it might inspire a little solitude strategizing without resorting to hiding out in Two Harbors or (more drastic) hiking the Trans-Catalina Trail. When I'm traveling to Avalon, here are some of my favorite escape hatches beside, above and beyond the bay.
The bed
Perched high on a hill, the Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel (199 Chimes Tower Road; [310] 510-0966) has simple but serene ocean- and mountain-view rooms named after various book titles written by the famous Western author who built this Hopi-style lodge in the 1920s. No phones or Aveda products in the rooms. Resident cats stalk a pool deck adorned with hand-painted cactuses, a picnic table and yellowing Zane Grey news clippings on a billboard — and it all makes sense when you're up there listening to nothing but the breeze and the faint ferry horns. It's a quirky classic, but don't put it off for too long. The place is for sale.
The meal
Staying at the lovely Inn on Mt. Ada (398 Wrigley Road; [310] 510-2030) — the original Georgian colonial mansion of William Wrigley Jr., who bought 99% of Catalina in 1919 and named his hilltop summer home after his wife, Ada — begins at $430 a night. Plan B: Come for breakfast ($25 plus tax and tip) or lunch ($33 plus tax and tip) and gaze down at Avalon like a chewing gum magnate. Reservations are a good idea.
The find
The rest of Catalina Island. Most of this deceivingly huge island is gorgeous, rugged outback managed by the Catalina Island Conservancy (125 Clarissa Ave.; [310] 510-2595), which stewards more than 40,000 acres of rolling interior, where bison outnumber people, as well as 50 miles of frothing coastline that wouldn't look out of place in Big Sur. Taking a Conservancy Jeep Eco-Tour, led by a naturalist, is the best way to get an off-road glimpse without a backpack and compass.
The lesson learned
"Everyone from L.A., see those twinkly little things up there in the sky?" asks a young guide with the Santa Catalina Island Co. ([310] 510-8687), piloting a sleek, 1920s open-deck vessel while combing the black ocean with a giant World War I-era, 40-million candlepower searchlight to entice Catalina's resident flying fish to jump. "Those are called stars." Ba-da-bing. Nevertheless, whizzing along the island's coast at night with acrobatic fish leaping everywhere and a firmament full of constellations is a singular experience, with or without educational punch lines.
The tab
Round-trip adult ferry tickets from the Long Beach downtown landing to Avalon cost $72.50 a person ([310] 519-1212). Once you're on the island, about $600 will cover a weekend for two at the Zane Grey ($195 a night for an ocean-view room), lunch at the Inn on Mt. Ada ($33 plus tax and tip), a two-hour Jeep Eco-Tour ($70) and an evening Flying Fish Tour ($28).


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - CELTA earned outside Europe - inferior? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in CELTA earned outside Europe - inferior? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Guest Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:17 pm Post subject: CELTA earned outside Europe - inferior? Hello! I am in my first year of teaching ESL in a hagwon in South Korea. It has always been a dream of mine to teach in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland, but am open to all areas. My present contract ends in January 2004. I surfed the Net looking for a CELTA course that would be offered at that point and didn't find too many options. Then I found a course in Durban, South Africa that looks right as far as start date and cost. I also received an email from another site that a low cost and training outside of Europe may affect my eligibility for an Eastern European job because the CELTA from there will somehow be regarded as inferior to a more costly one earned on another continent. Can anyone give me some answers on this? Thanks! Back to top D.O.S.Joined: 02 Apr 2003Posts: 108Location: TOKYO (now)/ LONDON Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:31 pm Post subject: Drew, A lot of us are afraid of going to the Korean forum and dealing with 'those' people (YIKES!! ) Scares me!! We want to help you. But could you give us a definate opinion on what is " teaching in South Korea" first. Back to top Guest Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:41 pm Post subject: Teaching in a hagwon Hi! I should have been more specific. I teach English in a hagwon to Korean students ages 3-17. 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DREW Back to top bnixJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 645 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 12:38 am Post subject: South Korea and Poland D.O.S..yes,despite what you may have heard,there are some legitimate teachers in Korea.The hakwon(private school )situation in Korea has unfortunately tarnished the rep a little.I could say a few other things ,too,since I have been following D.O.S.'s acerbic comments on the forum...but I will leave it at that.There are legit teachers here like everywhere else,also too many losers(like a lot of other places in this business,unfortunatley).As for your remarks about being "scared" by the remarks on the Korean forum...well.yeah.I surely agree with you on that one.Major FLAME WARS,WEIRD NEWS,and just general tabloid stuff.By the way.D.O.S., have a nice day and don't take it too seriously .There are lots of problems in this business. I doubt whether any of us are going to change them. Have a non-TESOL option(at least one) for yourself. As for the person who was teaching at the hakwon,why do you think you even need a CELTA?(especially to teach in Poland,and with all of the education and training you already have) Just another piece of paper.More time and money expended.Of course,it is your time and money.Definitely do not expect to make as much money teaching in Poland as in Korea.I have taught in both places.I do not blame you for wanting to get out of a hakwon. Back to top taiwan boyJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 99Location: China Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 5:41 am Post subject: The Cambridge/RSA CELTA is externally moderated. That means someone from Cambridge/RSA comes to each course to observe and audit it to ensure it is being delivered to meet the standards. As for some other TESOL certificate courses they may not be required to meet and standard. So if it is a CELTA it does not matter where it is from. 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CONWAY, Ark., March 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB), parent company of Centennial Bank, today announced it expects to release First Quarter 2013 earnings before the market opens on April 18, 2013. Following this release, management will conduct a conference call to review these earnings at 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 ET) on Thursday, April 18, 2013.
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The popular film critic Roger Ebert reviewed the creationist propaganda movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed in a December 3, 2008, post entitled "Win Ben Stein's mind" on his blog on the Chicago Sun-Times website — and he pulled no punches.
Kevin Padian, who serves as president of NCSE's board of directors, is continuing to speak and write in enthusiastic defense of the teaching of evolution.
Selected content from volume 28, number 2, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website.
"A promotional deal between the Cincinnati Zoo and the Creation Museum was scuttled Monday after the zoo received dozens of angry calls and emails about the partnership," reported the Cincinnati Enquirer (December 1, 2008).
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[Intro x2: Kanye West]
Will I ever change in this life?
My grandma said I'll never change and she right
Y'all think that L.A. gang banging shit hype?
Well you finna' find out what the game be like
[Verse 1: Game]
Red rag on my rear view
No tint in the Porsche, see clear through
God screaming up out them speakers
So loud that a nigga can't hear you
Wake up to a diamond cross, I'm a Christian
Got a nigga feeling like Obama 'nem
Niggas shot out my windows, they jealous and envy
They spit on my 'Rari, they keyed up my Bentley
They went at my top dog like Ab-Soul and Kendrick
I said I'm a killa', god damn it I meant it
I said I sold crack, nigga bubbling skillets
At my grandma's house, I was selling work in it
And god bless her soul, she died
Back out the four, load up the five
Pop up the trunk, load up them pies
Aye 'Ye, ain't this how them niggas do it in the Chi?
Vice Lords, GD's
Crips, Bloods and Impala's on gold D's
Yesterday a nigga swore he was a man in the hood
Now he begging for his life on both knees
I'm a killer, no codees
Ask 40 Glocc, niggas don't know me
Got a problem blood, then come show me
I'm on Rosecrans ing them Kobe's
Got diamonds off in my Rollie
Granddaddy stuffed in my stogie
Motherfuck them Axel Foleys
Where I'm from, niggas shooting at the police
Man these fuck niggas got me screwed up
I'm like Papa Smurf in that blue truck
Red hat, red pants
Walking inside dreams with the kush in my hand - I'm
[Hook x4: Z-Ro]
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' them drugs up
[Verse 2: Trae The Truth]
Young nigga 15, broke, livin' the scene
Sawed off in my pants, 'bout to go make the lean
Finna' rob me a nigga who's money wasn't the same
Somebody gon' give it to me, or get one up in the brain
Mama used to stroke it just to feed me scraps
Every Saturday, it was YO! MTV raps
Got sick of looking at other niggas that ain't deserve it
So I followed my older brother to beat these traps
I ain't worried about the love, I've seen everything
The hood hot, like the devil had it off in his hands
Send a strap your way, I seen a couple of fans
Last pack, I took that and a couple of bands
If I ain't hustle to eat, I was doing that sippin' Screw
But they would give it to me, everyday I was paying dues
I was a young wild nigga missing a couple screws
In the hood, when I'm scared, only thing I'mma use, when I'm...
[Verse 3: Paul Wall]
Mane, hold up
Young and I leans with a cup full of lean, and a 4-0 tucked
No more sleep, gotta get more bucks, OG rolled up
Stakes are high, so I pray to God the folks don't roll up
Big sister told me I need to grow up
But I need that money, better not crumb me
Pockets fat as my codeine tummy
Trying to get blow like my nose was runny
I work for mine, you can't take that from me
Wrap it up, like Egyptian mummy
And have it ready when I roll on up
Stacking dough on up, from the floor on up
And I'm all through the hood like ice cream trucks, just rollin'
[Verse 4: Slim Thug]
Keep kush rolled, that dream I'm holding
In the candy Caddy' with with ninety molding
Bought a drop, put it in the shop
But everything I got, on that bitch stolen
Had a grill but couldn't afford the wheels
Had paint, but it wasn't candy
Kick endo to try and get that dough
Whole family know, so they couldn't stand me
Run and tell your mama, come get your son
Mama like damn, what the hell he done
Brother had bricks, but didn't give me shit
So when he went to the pen, I ain't send him shit
Mama at work, so I ran the house
Ray on lock, so now I'm the boss
Turn that face up like the Mary Jane
I was slanging 'caine, got us all kicked out
[Outro: Game]
From Compton, all the way to Chi-Town
Back on down to Houston, Texas baby
Trae The Truth, Z-Ro, Slim Thugga
Paul Wall, Common, Kanye West, and The Game
Jesus Piece
Either you got one, you want one
Or you bout to rob a nigga for one
So what it's gon' be nigga?
(Gun shots, laughs)
Rollin' relaesed as promoting song under the name of Sunday Service for The Game's fifth studio album 'Jesus Piece'. It appears on the tracklist of Jesus Piece but didn't make the cut.


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Sitou Byll-Cataria, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Hugh Greene, Wanyonyi Kendrick, Joy Korman, Katherine Robinson, Bruce Taylor
Toni Crawford, Ann Hicks, Oscar Munoz, Joannie Newton, Kevin Twomey
Chair Taylor documented a quorum and called the meeting to order.
Chair Taylor stated that he would forgo his report in an effort to attend to the business at hand.
Chair Taylor offered the opportunity for open comments. There were no comments from the public.
Trustee Robinson introduced Dr. Patrick Plumlee as the incoming president of the Faculty Association and newest trustee. She noted that Dr. Plumlee was an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
Dr. Plumlee stated that he looked forward to working with the Board of Trustees and serving as a member in his capacity of Faculty Association President.
Members of the Board then recognized Trustee Robinson for her excellent service and thanked her for her hard work, engagement and dedication to the Board over the past two years.
Chair Taylor noted that the schedule of tuition and fees was approved by the Board previously as an emergency regulation and was coming back to the Board for adoption through the standard regulation promulgation process. He also told the Board that this item had been approved by the Finance and Audit Committee at their just concluded meeting.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION for approval of the schedule of tuition and fees regulation. The MOTION was made by Trustee Gonzalez and seconded by Trustee Robinson. The MOTION was carried unanimously.
Chair Taylor then lead a discussion on President Delaney's performance for 2009-2010. Chair Taylor began the discussion with a detailed review of Dr. MacTaggart's report and recommendations and President Delaney's contract. In terms of annual performance, Chair Taylor stated that President Delaney had done an outstanding job in all respects and noted the many accomplishments of the President and the university as outlined in the President's self-evaluation. He cited the BOG work plan prepared by President Delaney and Provost Workman as a highlight among the many achievements of the year.
Board members expressed their strong support of President Delaney's leadership and their desire to see him continue in this role. Comments from all trustees were uniformly extremely positive. Trustees commended President Delaney for the excellent relationship he has maintained with students, faculty and staff. They noted that he has remained highly visible in the community and is held in the highest regard at the state level. His advocacy on behalf of UNF has been extremely effective within the community, with the Board of Governors and with the state legislature. The Board appreciates his integrity, credibility and commitment to continuous improvement of the institution, whether in the context of improvements to the campus's physical plant or in the quality of UNF students and their academic experience. They also appreciate his emphasis on the faculty/student relationship as demonstrated in his self-evaluation. As noted by one Board member, President Delaney never reaches a comfort zone but continues to take UNF to the next level. After consideration of the President's self-report and input from individual Board members, a MOTION was made by Trustee Greene to award President Delaney the maximum performance bonus allowed under his current contract. The MOTION was seconded by Trustee Korman. The motion was unanimously approved by the Board.
Chair Taylor reminded the Board of its upcoming retreat, schedule for September 27th. Chair Taylor noted that Trustee Korman is working with Dr. MacTaggart on the retreat and Chair Taylor believes it is something all trustees will want to institutionalize as an annual event.
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
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The machines in question were, for OS X, the Apple Mac Mini with an Intel Core 2 Duo at 1.83GHz, integrated graphics, 1GB of DDR2 memory, and an 80GB hard drive.
The reviewers failed to mention the Ubuntu system's hardware specifications, sadly, so we're a bit out of luck on those details. It was pointed out to me that Ubuntu 9.04 was actually tested on the same machine using BootCamp-- my mistake.
On the other hand, both operating systems in question were described in much detail: on the Mac, kernel 9.6.0 i386, X Server 1.3.0-apple22, OpenGL 1.2 APPLE-1.5.36, GCC 4.2.1, and Journaled HFS+ were used. Ubuntu 9.04 used the Linux 2.6.28 kernel, X Server 1.6.0, xf86-video-intel 2.6.3, OpenGL 1.4 Mesa 7.4, GCC 4.3.3, and the EXT3 file system.
Before giving some detailed results of some of the specific tests, the overall testing showed that Ubuntu was faster than Mac OS X in 18 of the 29 tests. Some were landslides while others were only ahead with marginal differences for both systems.
The first tests that were reported were more 3D game-centric. Since it's no secret that Mac OS X and Linux alike aren't the best systems for gaming and one doesn't often read about them being compared in such circumstances, I was anxious to see the results on these particular tests. Mac OS X dominated this field with FPS measurements of 17, 18.2, and 16.2 on the respective resolutions of 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024. Ubuntu only achieved FPS rates of 10.5, 7.15, and 4.4, respectively-- a far cry from OS X's performance. The game used to test was "Urban Terror" 4.1.
Mac OS X also dominated the Java 2D Microbenchmark, achieving 275% faster than Ubuntu in text rendering; the Byte UNIX Benchmark (conducting floating point arithmetic); the SQLite v3.6.13 test, performing 12,500 SQL insertions in just over 25 seconds while Ubuntu took over 111; Crafty (a chess program), being six times faster in operations than Ubuntu; and PostgreSQL, with 1028 TPC-B transactions per second while Ubuntu only had 389.
Ubuntu's dominating areas were in the OpenSSL test, with 21 signs per second whereas OS X only got seven signs per second; and two of the Java SciMark tests, having about three times as many Mflops each as OS X's 91.05 and 20.14. Though Ubuntu was faster than OS X in just over half of the tests, many of them were only marginal differences and not landslides as a good many more of OS X's were.
In essence, Mac OS X 10.5.6 seems to be the better operating system according to these benchmarks, at least in the area of Mac Mini-esque hardware.
In other news, the website that conducted these tests could definitely use less obtrusive ads. This was murder to write.


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This year, for the first time, we're offering 600 'Choose from the Nursery' tickets across certain dates in November and December, which enable you to choose your tree directly from the nursery.
Spend up to 30 minutes in the grounds, talk with our Christmas Tree Expert, have first choice from the nursery and then cut your tree(s) on the day and time of your choice by pre booking online.
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Vera Jean Plumb, 93 of Farragut, passed away Tuesday morning; June 17, 2014 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah.
Vera Jean Plumb, 93 of Farragut, passed away Tuesday morning; June 17, 2014 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah.
She was born on January 24, 1921, in Hamburg; the daughter of Ellis and Nettie Ann (Townsend) Catlett.
United in marriage to Ora Adkins and later to Floyd Plumb.
She was a member of the Farragut Garden Club, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and the United Methodist Church of Riverton. She was a longtime member of the Silver and Gold of Riverton and the Golden Key of Farragut, as well as serving the Cornelia Rebekah Lodge #252 for 68 years.
Preceded in death by her parents Ellis and Nettie Catlett, her husbands: Ora Adkins and Floyd Plumb, brothers: Kenny and Ellis "Gabe" Catlett and sister-in-law Lucille Catlett.
She is survived by her children Shirley Miller and husband Max of Farragut, Linda Adkins of Waterloo, Donna Sorensen of Harlan, and Robert Adkins of St. Ann, Mo., four grandchildren, nine great- grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; brother Keith Catlett and wife Beverly of Hamburg, sister- in-law Margaret Catlett of Alma, Mo., nieces, nephews, other family and many friends.
Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Riverton with Pastor Bruce Hauswirth officiating. Burial will follow the services at Mt. Zion (Utterback) Cemetery southwest of Riverton.
The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Shull-Gude Funeral Home in Riverton.
A memorial fund is being established.
Condolences may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes.com
Shull-Gude Funeral Home in Riverton is in charge of the arrangements.


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After his finest NBA season, Anthony looks to lead Knicks to playoff success
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NEW YORK – Carmelo Anthony believes this may have been his finest NBA season.
"Yeah, I would say that. I would say that by far," he said. "Just as far as the team success, how I've been playing, how much fun it's been for myself, for everybody just as a whole, I would say it's one of my better seasons."
With more than 50 wins for the New York Knicks and more than 27 points per game for himself, the numbers back him up. The Knicks won a division title, and Anthony will add the scoring title after the regular season ends Wednesday.
Then the real work will begin.
The Knicks will be expected to win a playoff series, maybe even two. They traded away nearly every important player from a team on the rise to get Anthony from Denver two years ago, and they have one postseason victory to show for it, not what the Knicks or Anthony had in mind.
On Saturday, the Boston Celtics will come to New York, where they finished off a sweep of Anthony and the Knicks in 2011, back when critics who felt the Knicks gave up too much to acquire the All-Star forward needed only point at the players who remained around him to make their case as the season ended with a whimper.
Now Anthony is ready to make some noise.
"It's a big playoff series," he said. "I did envision us being at the top, one or two in the Eastern Conference. I did envision us winning our division eventually, but right now this playoff series is very important for myself, it's very important for us as a team, as a city, as an organization. I mean, we're looking forward to this series."
Long regarded as one of the league's most dynamic scorers, Anthony has finally become something more, on the court and in the locker room.
"His shotmaking is off the charts, but he's making the right plays, too," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "And he's playing winning basketball, and that's a big reason why they're doing what they're doing."
Donnie Walsh always believed Anthony could.
Walsh was the Knicks president in 2011, having gotten them out from under years of bad financial decisions and assembled a playoff contender. Anthony was to become a free agent that summer and told the Nuggets he wanted to leave, and the Knicks would've had room to sign him. But with the Nets trying hard to get him via trade, the Knicks didn't want to risk waiting.
The package it took to get him was more than Walsh would've liked — Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton and Timofey Mozgov were four of their top six players — but a necessary one for an elite player in his prime.
"That was the only reason that we would give up the amount, the kind of players that we did," said Walsh, who has since returned to Indiana as the Pacers' president. "This guy is a guy you're not going to get, or you can't count on getting, so if you had the chance to get him, you had to get him."
But it appeared they got the Anthony who was into scoring but not necessarily winning. Especially when Amare Stoudemire was hurt, it was clear Anthony didn't trust the teammates around him, and if the choices were to take a contested shot or give it to someone who might miss an open one, Anthony was putting it up. Former coach Mike D'Antoni asked Anthony to alter his game last season when the Knicks were surging behind Jeremy Lin, and Anthony either couldn't or wouldn't.
"If you can score the way he does and you don't have guys on the team that you're sure can make the shot, then you're probably going to shoot it," Walsh said.
That wasn't good enough for Mike Woodson.
He made demands of Anthony that D'Antoni hadn't when he took over as Knicks coach in March 2012. Anthony would be held accountable for everything from his decision-making to the condition of his body, and both have remained solid.
"He met the challenge, I thought, and it's been that way all season this year," Woodson said. "I mean, Melo's played big and I mean we're going to continue to need him to play big in terms of where we're trying to get to."
New York won 15 of 16 late in the season to take its first Atlantic Division title since 1994. With Anthony playing out of his normal position as a power forward, the Knicks have surrounded him with more shooters and built the league's most dangerous 3-point offense while also assembling a top-10 defense.
"His overall game is so much better than it was a year ago in terms of playing both ends, and rebounding and giving up the ball when he's double-teamed and still scoring," Woodson said.
"I just think his game has just grown in every area and his teammates have benefited from it and he's benefiting from it, too, because it goes both ways I think."
Anthony had a franchise-record six straight 35-point games down the stretch, blowing past Kevin Durant by raising his average to 28.7 points and positioning himself to become the first Knick since newly elected Hall of Famer Bernard King in 1984-85 to win the scoring title. He's taking and making better shots, hitting nearly 56 percent while averaging 38.6 points and 10.6 rebounds in a seven-game stretch before scoring 25 in only three quarters against the Pacers on Sunday.
The No. 2 seed in the East, the Knicks beat Miami three times and are perhaps the best hope of giving the Heat a challenge in the playoffs. Anthony has won the conference's last two player of the week awards and seems likely to end LeBron James' season-long run as East player of the month, but only a title will get Anthony into his Olympic teammate's class.
"I've said that I feel Melo's going to win a championship someday," Denver coach George Karl said earlier this season. "He's going to figure out that scoreboard numbers and stat sheets aren't important. It's the team scoreboard and intangibles of the game that make winners champions."
Maybe Anthony is finally on the way there.
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From Pittsburgh to China, one Punxsy native travels the globe for education
PITTSBURGH — Punxsy Phil is known world-wide as the famous weather-forecasting groundhog; however, there is another Punxsutawney native who is almost as well known — at least in China.
When he was growing up in Punxsy, little did Dr. Bill Barone, president of ChinaLinks Educational Consultants LLC in Pittsburgh, realize he would be spending time on a regular basis overseas in China.
Barone, who graduated from Punxsutawney High School in 1958, received a bachelor of science degree in secondary education in English and a master of arts degree in English from West Virginia University (WVU).
In 1972, he received a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) in secondary education.
Barone spent 44 years as a professor at Duquesne University. He began teaching there in September of 1966, and retired June 30, 2010.
Although Barone began his career in teaching, he spent his last 15 years in administration, first as department chair in the department of instruction and leadership in education, and the final 10 years in various administrative positions, including administrator for the entire Department of Education at Duquesne.
Barone said between himself and his brother Bob Barone, who still resides in Punxsutawney, they have about 90 years in education.
Bob Barone was best known as a principal at the former Mary A. Wilson Elementary School during the 1960s and 1970s.
Bill Barone said what he liked about administration was that it gave him the opportunity to be creative.
"In 1990, I began to internationalize our (Duquesne University) programs and provide our students the opportunity to study abroad," Barone said, adding that as department chairman, he was in a position to initiate programs that would permit such an endeavor.
Barone said the program first began in 1991, when Duquesne sent students to study in England.
He said the university then sent students to Ireland, and Italy and, in 1995-96, Barone began a program that sent students to China.
"That's how I became involved in China, because Duquesne had a partnership program with a university there," he said. "I began to take graduate students on short-term summer programs to China to study Chinese education, history and culture."
Barone said his first trip to China was in 1995, and this year, he will have traveled there for 17 years.
During that 16-year period, Barone made many close Chinese friends and colleagues at universities around the country, something he wanted to continue after his retirement.
"I started a private consulting company and continued working with Chinese universities on a private basis," he said. "My consulting firm provides training in the latest teaching methods and use of instructional technology for faculty at Chinese universities."
Barone has eight consultants working for him, and his company has a contract with Xian Eurasia University, a university in western China, to educate the faculty and staff about technology.
"It is about two hours by air from the capital, Beijing," he said.
Xian is a city of about eight million people and is the home of 13 Chinese dynasties and the Terra Cotta museum and warriors, he said.
Barone said in November, ChinaLinks Educational Consultants completed its first year of a five-year contract to provide training for the faculty at Xian.
Barone said he and other consultants who work with him travel to China three times a year to provide a 10-day training program.
"The Chinese are trying to modernize their programs and get away from having a teacher literally stand on a stage in the front of a room and preach to 150 kids," Barone said.
That modernization, he said, includes exploring more active ways to teach and how to use technology such as smart boards and laptop computers.
"This all began when I was at Duquesne, but now I'm out doing this on my own," Barone said. "I didn't want to give up all of the contacts I had made in China and sit at home and do nothing after retirement."
Barone said that this has now become a "good news/bad news" joke, "because now I'm busier than I wanted to be."
"It's not like commuting to Monroeville — we're talking about a 17 and-a-half hour trip from Pittsburgh," he said.
However, the time is worth it to Barone, who said the trips abroad were life- changing experiences for his students.
"They had a totally different perspective and outlook on the world following a trip," Barone said.
Barone said that English is the predominant language spoken in China, due to the difficulty of mastering Chinese, which has four different tongues.
"If you're going to beat the competition, you'd better understand them first," he said. "We began a lot of programs at Duquesne, and it turned out to be personally rewarding, as well as educationally rewarding, for our students and faculty.
"This is what I thought was so powerful, that our students were able to spend time first-hand with Chinese college students and professors, which dispelled a lot of myths," Barone said, adding that Chinese students are hard workers, particularly in math and science.
"If we want American kids to be competitive, we can't sit around and wait. Too many jobs are going away in this country," Barone said. "I want teachers to be aware of what the competition is in the world, and be concerned with how they prepare our children."


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LOVES PARK — Rockford Park District will host the Bunny Skate and Play Discount Day April 13 at the Carlson Ice Arena and Sapora Playworld, 4150 N. Perryville Road.
The Sapora Playworld will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. for children ages 5 to 12. Activities include face painting, balloon art and a magic show by Zach Purcell. Cost: $5 for ages 3 to 12; $2 for ages 1-2.
The Carlson Ice Arena will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. for a public ice skating session with music, games and prizes. Cost: $5 per person and includes skate rental.
Cost: $7 per person for both events. For information: 815-969-4069, rockfordparkdistrict.org.