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Allison Scagliotti isn't quite herself in the latest episode of "Warehouse 13." Actually, I should say her character, Claudia Donovan, isn't quite herself.
In "Don't Hate the Player" (8 p.m. Aug. 15, Syfy), Claudia and Pete (Eddie McClintock) jump into the fantasy world of an online game created by "Eureka's" Dr. Douglas Fargo (guest star Neil Grayston) and they become avatars of their own choosing.
Pete asks to be a gladiator, while Claudia says she wants to be "herself." Poof, suddenly she's an elf. ("Enunciate!" Pete tells her, but too late.) Claudia also appears as a different avatar, which is more to Fargo's liking.
"Oh my God. I don't want to spoil that for the fans," Scagliotti said last week about the other image. "But the thing with playing an elf is that—so pointy ears was really good, right?—putting on those ears was an hour-and-a-half process and that was before the hair and makeup.
"So there were a lot of mornings filming that episode where I had to be in at, like, 4 a.m., which meant getting up at 3 [a.m.] and going to bed early … But it was really fun."
Scagliotti said the Ian Stokes, who wrote this episode and last season's "Eureka" crossover, "apologized to me over and over about the ears and how that cut into my sleep."
But, she said, she couldn't be made at the 28-year-old Stokes.
"I love what Ian writes and I love the way he writes my character actually," she said. "I think that Ian, being our youngest writer in the room, really kind of just gets my voice and so I'm always excited to see what he writes next for me."
Even though the episode has all kinds of comic moments, Scagliotti shows her dramatic chops as well. Claudia is forced to face her fears about some episodes in her past. Scagliotti said that acting in those carthatic Claudia scenes often helps her to deal with her own issues.
"I think that's ultimately why being an actor works for me," she said. "As a kid, it was a way for me to express what I was going through with a troubled home life or with depression about where I was living and my school. And it was a way to express myself safely behind the mask of a character."
"Don't Hate the Player" is Scagliotti's "favorite episode of the season so far." She talked more with reporters about playing guitar and singing in the episode, working again with "Eureka" star and her bud Neil Grayston and about her work on the show in general. Below is a partial transcript from the call.
Were the ears the only difficult thing about the episode?
AS: The hardest part was running around in those fancy gold heels while they pumped dry ice through the stage. A lot of us fell. A lot of us got hurt. A lot of us got bruised up during the filming, but I think all of that madcap energy really shows.
Were you surprised by the whole idea that he came up with you guys existing in the game? Or did you just think, well that makes sense that Ian would write that?
AS: It made sense coming from Ian. I mean, given that our writer Ian Stokes also wrote the first crossover last season and the computer system sort of taking over the Warehouse. So I'd say this is definitely in his wheelhouse.
You get to sing and play guitar. Are we going to see an album any time?
AS: No, no. I mean, listen, never say never. But at the moment I just play a lot of covers. I just bought my first bass I'm really excited about. And I've been playing it non-stop. I think I'm kind of a natural at it. But, one day when I'm ready, I'll be writing and we'll see where that takes me. Right now … I'm just doing it for fun.
Are you self-taught or were you taking lessons for the guitar or?
AS: Both. I started teaching myself five years ago and I just started taking lessons regularly about a year ago. So I'm back into it now that I'm back in L.A.
Does this mean that you'll probably be offering up more ideas and seeing if you get to do all your little fantasy things you want to do on the show?
AS: Oh, you know it. I never stop.
You said you're obsessed with "Wilfred." I knew I loved you, and now I do even more. It's a great show.
AS: Oh great, because that show is so foul and just hilarious.
Yes, it is. Do you ever look at dogs now and wonder, "OK, I wonder what's going on in his head?"
AS: Oh, I always wonder a lot about my dog. First of all, my dog thinks she's an actress. And maybe she is. She definitely knows how to use her cuteness to get what she wants. So maybe I could take a lesson from her.
My last question is sort of a serious one about Claudia. She's sort of more willing then ever now to talk about her past. And in this episode she has to face up to her fears. Do you think doing those kinds of cathartic scenes sort of helps you work things out in your personal life too?
AS: Always … Playing those cathartic Claudia scenes is … telling the Allison truth within the context of a character, as Saul would ultimately say, because I think the best performances are ones that come from a place of truth and vulnerability, so I try to bring that to Claudia as much as I can. It's rewarding. It's fun to play these cathartic heavy scenes.
What has it been to work with Neil again?
AS: It's always a pleasure to work with Neil. I've said in the past, Neil is one of my best friends, and so having the opportunity to work with him on set is just a joy. It's like summer camp but we're getting paid to run around in crazy costumes.
He's an incredibly professional, hilarious comedic as well as dramatic actor and is never afraid to have fun. I think I speak for the entire cast and crew of Warehouse when I say that being able to bring Neil Grayston onto the show is nothing but fun. … I can honestly say it's my favorite episode this season so far anyway.
Do you think Claudia is going to be going out in the field a lot more then kind of that second string team on the show?
AS: Yes, I think so. You'll see in plenty of episodes that the episode between Claudia and Steve becomes very pivotal emotionally as well as professionally, you know, in terms of the Warehouse teams.
Claudia's at this point in her life where she wants to prove herself as an adult and she's sort of like all 20 year olds, figuring out who she is and what she wants to be. And that's been really, really great for me to be able to bring that sort of part of my life and me discovering who I am to the character.
So in terms of Claudia's destiny, I know last season we sort of touched on her becoming and (ex-friend) with Frederick, and what happens to her at the end of this season is really emotional and intense. I think the world is sort of Claudia's oyster. We can see her go in a couple different directions, so I'm really excited to explore that going forward.
Can you talk about some of the things we'll see inside the Warehouse 13 video game?
AS: Yes, it's a very tongue-in-cheek sort of lampooning of video games in general and their depiction of women as well as what the warehouse could look like to an outside viewer or from an outside perspective.
The theme of the Warehouse video game, it's called Fortress 13, and it's the sort of castle medieval aesthetic. And so all the women have cartoonishly large breasts and … it's actually a little bit conflicting because there're gladiators as well as knights and wenches. What you'll get to see is your sort of staple warehouse characters but as Fortress 13 avatars, so cartoonish representations of our normal characters.
It's really fun. Fargo sort of plays with the mythology of purple goo and artifacts. And I don't want to give too much away but given that Fargo had seen the inside of the Warehouse, you know, don't be surprised when you see the disco ball from Studio 54 make an appearance. And is there a dragon? Maybe. I'm not saying there isn't.
With the recent news about "Eureka," has there been any talk about getting Neil on Warehouse 13 as a regular?
AS: I honestly have no idea. I don't know a lot about the news about "Eureka." I mean, it would certainly be great to have Neil on but I think it's really early to say that kind of thing, and more than anything I hope that "Eureka" fans just tune into this episode of Warehouse because I think they'll really like it. Neil gets a lot of screen time.
If you were to play a game, what would you play?
AS: I have no idea. Let me start by saying that growing up, I never had a gaming console. All my friends had Nintendo or Play Station or those little cartridges you had to blow into because they got dusty.
And that was never a part of my childhood. I mean, I was in every sense the theater kid who would just play dress up all day and then sit down at the piano and play for a couple of hours. So gaming is a whole culture that I have sort of no way to relate to.
But if I did play, I'd probably play some adorable little Indy game or if not, then the "Legend of Zelda" because that's as close to this episode of Warehouse as I can imagine.
You also had to kind of share the screen with Eddie's pecs for most of that episode. What was that like for you?
AS: Well, you had to be careful not to bump into him because you'll bruise. And I was worried that his pecs were going to be scene stealers but in terms of augmented body parts, I had pointy elf ears for much of the episode so I felt like I could contend to a certain degree.
What are some of your favorite artifacts so far? And is there one that you wanted to do that they haven't done yet?
AS: My favorite one this year has definitely been Jimmy Hendrix's guitar because it was the first opportunity they gave me to sort of play guitar on the show, which is actually something I want to add.
For those of you who've seen the episode, you're expecting this. But for the people reading this article who haven't seen it yet, the writers and the network has been really supportive of my wish to play guitar and sing on the show. And this episode that's about to air is the first time I do get to do that.
So at the end of the episode, Claudia goes to an open mike and gets out on a limb and covers one of Claudia's, I mean Allison's favorite songs. … I think I pitched the red shoes this year, based on the ballet. I mean, before that, the short story of the girl who dances herself to death or a pair of red shoes. I think that would be really interesting if some shoes sort of wound up on Claudia and she had to find a way to get out of them and they have some sort of emotional resonance.
But yes, the great thing about this show is that it's kind of past the limit. I think we can almost do anything in terms of artifacts, and even this year, we explore so many different themes that I don't think any two episodes are alike.
We've got this video game sort of "Tron"-esque episode and then two episodes later we've got a sort of "Die Hard"-type story line going on. So we're keeping it fresh.


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Deviled Eggs to Dips: A Roundup of Weekend Snacks
Over the past several weeks we brought you a series of guest posts from some of our favorite food bloggers. They had one assignment: Tell you about one of their favorite weekend snacks! Just in case you missed one or two of these yummy weekend treats, here's a quick roundup. From Italian sub dip to the ultimate Mediterranean spread, here are our guests' favorite weekend snacks.
Weekend Snacks
• Italian Sub Dip with Homemade Focaccia - From Bree of Baked Bree
• Baked, Spiced 'Corn Nuts' - From Kasey of eating/sf
• Sev Puri (Chaat), an Indian Street Snack - From Sala of Veggie Belly
• Braised Romaine Lettuce Crostini - From Gabrielle of Honest Fare
• Lyon, France - Le Quatre Heure - From Lucy of Lucy's Kitchen Notebook
• The Ultimate Mediterranean Snack - From Shaily, Danya and Deanna of Matkonation
• Seven Spice Deviled Eggs - From Rachel of Coconut & Lime
• Bruschetta Two Ways - From Tiina of Sparkling Ink
Related: Popcorn Snack Attack! 8 Awesome Toppings for Popcorn
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Isobel Dyer Willis passed away Jan. 6, 2013, at Columbia Basin Care Center of The Dalles, Ore. She was born July 15, 1923, in Carnwath, Scotland, to John and Isabelle (Pursell) Dyer.
Isobel moved with her family to England in her teens where she spent her high school years in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. She met Jim Willis and they married in 1946 in England.
They emigrated to the U.S. in 1950 where she worked as a secretary for National Gypsum. They lived in the Northeast for a few years before settling in Abington, Penn., where she taught nursery school.
She retired to Clearwater Florida in 1981. She worked as a lay minister for Trinity Presbyterian church for 11 years. She called on seniors who were home-bound and helped them with everyday living as well as major events in their lives.
She moved to Santa Cruz, Calif., in 2000 to be near her son and to help look after her granddaughter Hannah (her favorite job ever). In 2005 she moved to Hood River to be near her daughter and quickly made friends living in Down Manor.
She enjoyed tennis, knitting, bridge and socializing, loved her cup of tea, chocolate and children (especially her granddaughter).
Isobel had a devout faith and loved to sing. She wrote a newsletter for the church in Clearwater called "Heart to Heart" and was a member of the Daughters of the British Empire in Philadelphia.
She spent the last years of her life living in Columbia Basin Care facility in The Dalles, where the caring staff loved and treated her like their own family.
Her family shared… "what I will miss most… her sparkly smile, her laugh, sense of humor and compassion for others."
Isobel is survived by her son, Greg, daughter-in-law, Jacky, and granddaughter, Hannah; daughter, Lisa, and son-in-law, Dave; brother Frank, sister-in-law, Jean, still living in Corby, Northants, England; niece Judy, living in Michigan; and her extended family including the wonderful staff at Columbia Basin Care Facility in the Dalles, who always treated her with love, kindness and respect.
Services to celebrate Isobel's life and mourn her passing are planned for 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Hood River Valley Christian Church, 975 Indian Creek Road, Hood River.
Memorials are encouraged to be made to the Hood River Valley Christian Church children wonder program.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for family.
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Sep 17, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Nice gallery of pictures! Virginia here too!
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glad to see another virginian on here and sporting a sweet stang. car looks real good keep up the good work
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Peter writes: "Avanti MicroLCS version 1.0 beta 3 has been released. This is the first public release of MicroLCS in over a year. Much of the development work during that time has been devoted to refining and improving basic features. New features in Beta 3 include a powerful and flexible boolean search capability, a redesigned user interface that is clean simple and easy to learn and use, a context sensitive help system, and standalone Java clients. Beta 3 is coming close in terms of features to the basic OPAC and cataloging system that the production 1.0 release is expected to be."
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Gerry writes: "OpenSiteSearch is the new Open Source version of OCLC's original java-based web application for building Z39.50 portals (i.e. virtual union catalogues). This project is specifically aimed at the library community."
Christoffer writes: "By this release, the 1.1 branch of Emilda is decleared stable and thus we encourage users to upgrade to this version. Main changes involve straightening issues with library management, such as circulation and book-adding, HTML optimisations, small cosmetic & logical updates and other minor bugfixes. For more information on Emilda in general, the Emilda Demo or this release in particular, please visit the project page."
Polerio writes: "From the word itself, pycatalog is a python based catalog generator. It can output book and card catalog in Portable Document Format (PDF). It is created using Python programming language, SQLite embeded-database, Reportlab python reportab generator and wxPython, a loadable GUI module for Python. It is platform independent, it will run on Windows, Linux and Mac operating system. Its primary puspose is to convert the MARC data into a printable card and book catalog format. To download visit the pycatalog sourceforge page."
Christoffer writes: "Realnode Ltd has been working for the last year intesively on an OS-library management system which now has reached the stage to be introduced to the OS-community. The project goes under the name Emilda. It features amongst others a full featured OPAC, Circulation and administration tools, label creation tools, Z39.50 tools and 100% MARC compatibilty. MARC compatibility is achieved by storing all information about biblios in MARC and accessing them using the Zebra server from Indexdata. For more information on Emilda, please visit the project page."
LibData: web authoring tools for libraries
Paul writes: "The University of Minnesota Libraries Digital Library Development Lab has been working for three years on a library-centric authoring tool for building subject pathfinders, authoring course-related web pages, and general all-purpose pages. The project was written (simply and well-documented) around linux/apache/mySQL/PHP. It's about 34,000 lines of code and utilizes 40 underlying tables. It's being presented this week at the annual Digital Library Federation conference in New Mexico. See the site for (GPL) license details, documentation, and download."
Koha 2.0.0pre3
paul writes: "A new version of Koha, the 1st Free software ILS has just been released, and is avaible here. This version of Koha is still in the "unstable" directory, because some bugs are still reported. But it's fully useable and used in (at least) 3 libraries in "real world". The next version should/might be the 2.0.0RC1. The only missing features are a migration tool for libraries already using Koha1.2.x, and an automated upgrading tool for future version. It's possible to upgrade manually. More than 40 bugfixes and improvements. See on sourceforge."
Pat writes: "This release adds a lot of bugfixes (thanks to everyone who's helped!), a first cut at z3950 support, and a script for migration from other ILSs. This release also marks a feature freeze pending the 2.0.0 release. 1.9.3 requires a newer version of MARC::Record than previous versions of Koha. Please make sure you're running MARC::Record 1.26. We've also made a few more tweaks to the Database Schema. If you've already installed an earlier version of Koha, you will need to update your DB to reflect these. 1.9.3 is a beta level release; it is not intended for production use. If you are evaluating, testing, or playing with 1.9.3 for any reason, please help us make it better by reporting bugs on bugs.koha.org. Feel free to fix them too. As always, Koha is available at sourceforge."
from fm, changes include: "The database tables have been restructured to conform more to the MARC21 object model. Bibliography holds, member late fee and account, member checkout history, reports, and labels have been added." Find it at the forge.


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Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Irene E. LaCoursiere, 97, of Crookston, MN, died early Thursday morning, November 22, 2012, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston with family at her side. Irene was born on May 28, 1915 at Dorothy, MN, to Victor and Emma (Provost) Casavan. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and attended country school. On April 5, 1931 Irene was united in marriage to Henry Delorme. The couple farmed near Red Lake Falls, where together they raised their family. In 1956 Irene and Henry moved to Torrance, CA to make their home. Henry died there on October 14, 1968. Irene was later united in marriage to Emery LaCoursiere on March 2, 1972, and they lived at Brooks, MN. After Emery's passing on September 10, 1992 Irene came to Crookston the next year to make her home. She was a member of the Cathedral parish, and had been a resident of the Villa for several years. Irene was a hard worker all her life. She enjoyed gardening, and was very proud her beautiful flowers, the abundance of her vegetables, and especially her strawberry patch. She loved her family and was always delighted by their visits. May God bless Irene's memory.
Family members include her son, Louis (Carol) Delorme of Torrance, CA; daughter, Medora Anderson of Fisher, MN; 4 step-children: Larry (Rena) LaCoursiere of Warren, MN, Vernon (Barbara) Lacoursiere of Tucson, AZ , Donald (Annette) LaCoursiere of Brooks, MN, Darrel "Pete" (Tracy) LaCoursiere of Erskine, MN; 10 grandchildren: 18 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Eva Delorme of AZ; and 2 sons-in-law, Wilbert LeDoux of Shelton, WA and Jerry Senesac of Bullhead City, AZ. Irene also leaves 2 sisters, Helen Corbin of Crookston, MN and Nell (John) Magnuson of Santa Rosa, CA; a brother, Frank Casavan of Palmdale, CA; 2 sisters-in-law, Marie Casavan of Red Lake Falls, MN, and Joyce Casavan of St. Louis, MO; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. In addition to her husbands, Henry and Emery, she was preceded in death by her parents; 4 children: Isabelle LeDoux, Robert Delorme, Elaine Senesac, and Virgil (Rita) Delorme; son-in-law, Raymond Anderson; grandson, Keith Delorme; 2 step-daughters-in-law, Rose (Mrs. Louis) Delorme and Paulette (Mrs. Pete) LaCoursiere; and 4 brothers: Lenard, Harvey, Clifton, and Ervin Casavan.
The Mass of Christian Burial for Irene LaCoursiere will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston, MN with The Rev. Vincent Miller, presiding. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Gentilly. www.stenshoelhouske.com


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Tyler Florence... yes, he's eye candy on his Food Network show "Tyler's Ultimate". But, I can personally attest to two things-- he's very down-to-earth, and approachable, because I had the privilege to meet him when he was a guest at our local Harvest Festival, in Carmel Valley. I can also say, with authority, that he's an awesome chef. I was the lucky recipient of a plate of food he prepared at the Harvest Festival-- it was delicious. What I like about Tyler Florence is that he creates recipes that are outside-the-box. He's uses flavor combinations that I find myself wanting to try for myself. Such was the case, when I watched Tyler Florence make this recipe on this season's episode on "Tyler's Ultimate". First, the pizza crust, which took about 15 minutes for me to make, with the assistance of my Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer and a dough hook:
SAF instant yeast, because I don't have to do the 5-10 minute wait of mixing rapid rise yeast with sugar (or honey). However, I still had some active dry yeast, so I decided to try Tyler Florence's pizza crust recipe (I'm still in-love with my King Arthur Flour Pizza Crust recipe, with semolina flour). Use very warm water (no more than 110F) mixed with sugar and yeast. The top left photo shows the bubbling action that started. This is a good sign! To six cups of unbleached flour (I never used bleached flour... bleach in my food? Yep, that's how the cheap stuff is done). I am a loyal King Arthur Flour customer), add kosher salt, (and I added the KAF pizza dough flavor) and then add the bubbly yeast-water-sugar combo.... (printable recipe is at the bottom of this post). You can do this by hand, and the printable recipe tells you how. Me? I like technology and I let the dough hook do all the mixing and hard work...
Ya gotta add olive oil to pizza dough. It's the right thing to do! Now mix this dough until it feels right-- too crumbly add a little more water-- which is what I did. I added about 2 Tablespoons more water, until it felt elastic-y (is that a word?) If it too soft, add a little more flour. On a lightly floured surface, I kneaded this a few times, folding it over itself until it seemed elastic. See? Now, into a lightly oiled bowl, when the dough. I don't have a warming drawer, so I turn the oven on to WARM and then turn it off a few minutes later. The bowl is covered with plastic (I use a dough doubler with a tight lid) and then I left the house for three hours...which is totally unnecessary-- one hour would have done the trick!
Tyler Florence rocks!
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2009, the Nashville Predators began their rebuilding process Tuesday by agreeing to a long-term deal with forward Patric Hornqvist.
Hornqvist signed a five-year, $21.25 million contract to stay in Nashville, where he has spent his five-year NHL career and has emerged as one of the Predators' top offensive weapons.
"I think we have something really good here going," Hornqvist said at a news conference announcing the signing. "Obviously we know we had a bad season this year. I think everybody is going to come back and improve and have a run in the playoffs next year. "
Injuries limited the 26-year-old Hornqvist to four goals and 10 assists in 24 games this season, as the Predators scored a league-low 111 goals. After advancing beyond the first round of the playoffs in 2011 and 2012, Nashville went 16-23-9 this year to finish below .500 for the first time since 2002-03.
"We absolutely missed his play this year with the injuries that he had," Predators general manager David Poile said.
When he's healthy, Hornqvist is one of the Predators' top offensive players.
Hornqvist scored 30 goals in 2009-10 to become the fourth player in franchise history to reach that benchmark. He tied for second in the NHL with eight game-winning goals that season.
He followed that up with 21 goals in 2010-11 and provided a team-high 27 goals in 2011-12. He ranks eighth on the franchise's all-time list in power-play goals (28) and is 10th in overall goals (84).
"He is a unique player," Poile said. "He is one of the fiercest competitors in the National Hockey League. He has that net presence like nobody else. He's a courageous player. He can score goals. He brings a lot of energy to our team."
Now he has a chance to continue bringing that energy for many years to come.
"I want to stay here," Hornqvist said. "I really like it here. It's a great place to live and great place to play, and the fans are great."


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Sudhir Mishra's 'Inkaar' released to positive response with audiences loving the movie. Arjun Rampal has left the fans awestruck with his performance in his latest release. Inkaar has generated a positive word of mouth which is rapidly reaching out to people. Digital platforms are buzzing with people going gaga about the movie.
Inkaar grabs your attention with brilliant performances from the star cast, sharp editing, excellent screenplay and director Sudhir Mishra's ability to tell a compelling story with an urge to drive home a solid point. Online platforms are buzzing as people have started pouring in their support for the movie. Looking at the response the movie has received, seems like Arjun Rampal has cast his magic once again.
These are the few tweets from audiences appreciating the movie.
Just loved #Inkaar :) thanks to @rampalarjun & Chitrangada for a lovely movie. i'm gonna watch it again for sure
Akanksha Mishra @princy_akanksha
loved the chemistry btw @rampalarjun and @IChitrangda..#inkaar is simply rocking ..gonna watch it again 2moro..
Dhinchak Womaniya @KehKeLena
Rahul verma CEO of an advertising agency in entertaining film#inkaar stole the show.. cheers Loved @rampalarjun
Ritesh Sidhwani @ritesh_sid
Just saw Sudhir Mishra's Film #Inkaar. He has made a beautiful Film with some Fantastic performances @rampalarjun & Chitrangda..A Must Watch
ViveckVaswani @VIVECKVASWANI
Inkaar score terrific! The music hit me when I saw the film! Shantanu and Swanand!
Abhishek Kulhari @abkulhari
Just watch #Inkaar. Nice story, screenplay, @rampalarjun as expected brilliant in the film and @IChitrangda is hhmmm. We need more like this
Satyajeet Dubey @satyajeet_dubey
Thoroughly entertained,top notch direction,dialogues,editing!loved d texture of d film #Inkaar @IAmSudhirMishra @rampalarjun @IChitrangda


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A decent man runs a flawed campaign.
To open with a digression:
McGovern is fighting a battle so steeply uphill that it must, at times, seem hopeless . . he has failed to produce any of the results that normally signal the emergence of a major national candidate.
He has attracted none of the traditional power blocs in the Democratic Party. He has precious little labor support….He has no machine support.
Worst of all, he does not appear to have mobilized the people who should constitute his natural following: the liberal Democrats, the poor, the blacks, the young and the body of activists who supported Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy in 1968.
He is running well back in the polls among the Democratic contenders and even Las Vegas oddsmaker Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder figures McGovern a 21-1 shot for the Democratic nomination, lowest on the list except for New York Mayor John Lindsay.
The reasons why McGovern has failed to become a leading—let alone widely supported—candidate are several. Richard Nixon has robbed him of his prime issue, ending the war in Vietnam…most Americans don't think of the war as an issue any more.
Furthermore, though be is very bright McGovern lacks that star quality called charisma . . . he fails to come across where any modern candidate must—on television.
"He says the right things and he has a nice face," says one McGovern aide. But, he adds wistfully, "if only the lucky phrase would come to put him on the front pages with a sharp accent…."
Excuses aside, however, the fact remains that George McGovern hardly seems to have a really good shot at the Democratic nomination.
There, in a typical nationally syndicated news dispatch—or "news analysis"—of December 1971, less than a year ago, is a characteristic assessment of McGovern and his liabilities—the candidate who hasn't fired up the young, the protest candidate when protest is ever so passé, the loser, the long-shot, the also-ran. No labor support, no machine support, no ray of hope from either George Gallup or Jimmy "the Greek." As if this compendium of liabilities weren't depressing enough, the poor bastard hasn't even got charisma.
Seven months later, George McGovern, the Senator from South Dakota, was nominated the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. (And on the first ballot.) Still, this man who may very well be our next President is one of the least known men in public life. It might almost be said that so much has been written about McGovern that we do not know who he is.


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(03-02-2013 02:50 PM)Vera Wrote:(03-02-2013 02:44 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: Hard do know when psychos ?are serious or not!What about the interim period, before the act
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(03-02-2013 02:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote:Quick reply so stuffed up my formatting. Who wrote the Bemore comment?(03-02-2013 02:50 PM)Vera Wrote: What about the interim period, before the act
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Haha! Well if you don't remember writing it, then it must've been me.
As for the original question - if you see them trying to hide a hatchet - there's another good clue for you. Or if they come to tea wearing nylon overalls...
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(03-02-2013 03:07 PM)Vera Wrote: Haha! Well if you don't remember writing it, then it must've been me.Im' not all too much into playing childish games....................
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I don't like the idea of prisons. I think to a certain degree they are necessary, but I think we put to much weight on punishment.
Rather then focusing on punishment a far better cause of action would be on rehabilitation. I think that is where the future is and I think that is where we need to be heading.
In a criminals life there is usually a whole string of events that result in them going to prison for a long term.
That often starts as a child with a hrrible up-bringing, then moves to schools not doing enough, employers not willing to employe them etc.. the prior effects the next step in that persons life. Eventually you get to a point where they have no education, they're unemployable, perhaps gotten into gangs and stuff etc..
Chain reaction. this effects this which effects this which effects this etc..
What our justice system focuses on is the very end of that chain, the part after they commited a crime.
What I think our justice system, or at least the government, should be focusing on is the much earlier steps (well I think they should focus on all stages, but more so the early ones), such as the troubled home and up-bringing of the child or a child failing in the education system.
You need to treat the root cause of the problem as to change the way that chain reaction occurs. So if you can get children into schools and get them to learn then they can get qualifications and then get jobs etc..
I think if you are at a point where someone has commited a crime then you have failed to address the issues in that persons life sooner. And in doing so, if they do commit a crime then I think instead of sending them to jail to sit around and do nothing you need to be training these people. Getting them to elarn trades, while in prison, so that when they leave prison they have something to go into and wont reoffend.
I know they do this already but it's currently not good enough, prisons should be doing this with all it's prisoners.
I just think there are two types of criminals. 1) The type I've been talking about, coming from troubled/poor background, poor education etc.. etc.. and effectivley being forced into crime as the only option.
And 2) The just fucking horrible people whoms nature it is to harm people.
I think the vast majority of criminals are type 1. BUT if the government re-focused it's efforts I think it would be possible to get it to a point where the only type we are locking up is type2.
ALSO, this is why I oppose private prisons. They have absolutely no insentive to rehabilitate.
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(03-02-2013 06:42 PM)earmuffs Wrote: I don't like the idea of prisons. I think to a certain degree they are necessary, but I think we put to much weight on punishment.
Fuck it; I'm moving to New Zealand.
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(03-02-2013 09:32 AM)bemore Wrote: TBH this angers me. Not the fact they they are going to make things "tougher" for the people in the prison system... but the fact that they address these issues RATHER than face the issues that PUT PEOPLE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.You have a lot of valid point that I agree with. But lets not over look the fact that you have people that belong there, and should have it harder than what they have. When i hear people boasting about how they don't fear going to jail due to it being easy living, that is a problem. What is it that people go to prison to get educated when they have the same option on the outside. Of course I'm oversimplifying a complex issue, but that, and other questions have to asked. Despite all examples, why are people choosing to do crimes that will put them behind bars. We will never be without crime, but in my opinion, it doesn't have to be as high as it is.
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Good points. Although I disagree with the claim that there are people who simply pop out of the womb evil. There are a lot of people pushing the idea that genetics plays a large part in whether or not a person becomes immoral or evil but the evidence doesn't support those claims. I would also argue that the best thing the state can do for children and for humanity writ large is to GTFO, as it were.
The people who call themselves government don't and can't prevent anything. All they can do is react and the only tools they use when they react are punitive. And in a nutshell, it is punitive behavior that causes the problems to begin with. For instance, you mentioned that the government could do something more for kids in school. Well, by the time a child reaches school age, his/her personality is already developed. i.e., if the person has been raised in a violent household, has been neglected as an infant etc, the negative affects of that treatment have already been set. School can't help at that point. Likewise, you can teach a criminal all the job skills in the world, but if the person is not psychologically capable of peaceful interaction with others, those skills are for naught. The only way to solve the damage done by early childhood trauma is psychotherapy and the only way that can help is if the person is interested in being helped. So yeah, even in a more peaceful world there would still be people who had to be incarcerated, although their numbers would be significantly lower than they are today.
In the end, the only way to prevent crime in adults is to prevent abuse in childhood. Sadly though, too many people still hit their children and even those who don't often use authoritarian style parenting which, simply put, is just as damaging to the child as hitting them is, bruises not withstanding.
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Prison conditions have to be harsh so psychopaths won't want to go there. If we make prison uncomfortable enough, the psychopaths will do something more respectable, like being a CEO or something, rather than disembowel children with pocket knives.
More seriously, I can't find that I disagree with the quote from the UK Justice Secretary:
"Speaking in his Commons office, Mr
Grayling, 50, said: 'It isn't reasonable for prisoners to enjoy things
that those outside on low incomes would struggle to have. My idea of
prison is not sitting watching the Sky Sports Sunday match. I accept
that, given they are locked up for a long time, prisoners should have
access to a TV set, but it is a privilege that should be earned, not
given automatically. They should not get all the frills.
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I think prisons should change greatly in the future, especially if we determine free will to be an illusion.
We should develop prisons that put inmates through psychotherapy to alter their behaviour and make them useful to society instead of harmful. When an inmate shows improvement they can then be sent back in to the world. This way we would waste a lot less money on prisons, we wouldn't have as many inmates because we would be reforming and sending them back out more rapidly than we are now,
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As early as kindergarten, all students in Illinois could be engaged in science and engineering practices, from analyzing data to defining problems and designing solutions.
By high school they'd be deep into engineering design and investigating solutions to global challenges, such as maintaining the biodiversity of ecosystems.
Science education is undergoing a revolution that could hit Illinois classrooms as early as next school year, the Tribune has found. It's a transformation designed to bolster science achievement and better engage students, though the reforms will face challenges and resistance, educators agree.
The so-called Next Generation Science Standards, expected to be adopted by the state this summer, would drive dramatic and sometimes controversial changes in science courses, textbooks and testing, and possibly increase the number of high school science credits needed to graduate. Illinois now requires two.
The science course lineup familiar to generations of students — biology, chemistry and physics — might not even exist, to the possible chagrin of parents, kids and college admissions officials.
Engineering practices and data analysis would be infused in courses from grade school to high school, the proposed standards show, and investigation and problem-solving would be emphasized over listening to lectures and taking notes.
"We live in a Google and Wikipedia society, and if kids need to know something, they can look it up,'' said Carol Baker, president of the Illinois Science Teachers Association. "We need to teach kids how to think, analyze, conceptualize, problem-solve, argue the science and defend their ideas."
The new standards would ensure "students know how to do science as opposed to learn about science," said Baker, who is helping draft the new science standards. A former physics teacher, she oversees science curriculum in Oak Lawn-based Community High School District 218.
Illinois and 25 other states are part of an effort to overhaul science education in public schools, with a goal of better educating students and better preparing them to compete for jobs of the future in science, technology, engineering and math.
In a recent poll by Achieve Inc., the nonprofit overseeing the standards overhaul, the majority of respondents rated the quality of science education at a C or below, both in local schools and nationally, and agreed that improving science education "is important to the United States' ability to compete globally."
The standards are still being revised — a final draft is due this month — but they've already put science education in a state of flux.
For example, there may not be separate courses called physics, chemistry or biology that would appear on high school transcripts. Instead, classes could be a blend of science subjects, labeled science Course 1, 2 and 3, according to the proposed standards. Another suggestion would be to name courses after the key science domains: physical science, life science, and earth and space science.
"Unless our colleges start recognizing Science 1, 2 and 3, I don't think we will do that," said Karen Frank, science department chair at Waukegan High School.
On the other hand, science content could be revamped but courses still could retain their names and traditional order in the curriculum — biology, chemistry and physics.
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In Lake County, Deerfield High School rejiggered its science course sequence more than five years ago and began offering physics to hundreds of ninth-graders.
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So if there's a new ninth-grade science assessment that tests topics other than physics, "We'll have to change things around again, and that makes me sad," Luepke said. "We may have to take a hit for the greater good."
At the very least, Illinois plans to revise state science exams for fourth-, seventh- and 11th-graders to reflect the new standards, records show, and it's likely additional assessments are on the way.
While states will be adopting the broad standards, decisions on how science courses will be named and ordered will vary by state, said Gil Downey, an Illinois State Board of Education consultant who has been monitoring the new science standards for the state.
He emphasized that the standards are written so that students at all academic levels will have an understanding of key science concepts. But more advanced kids still can go on to higher-level courses, such as Advanced Placement physics courses, Downey said.
Many familiar science topics would remain in the new standards, from motion and energy to Earth and space. But students would have to dig deeply and think critically in fewer areas rather than try to cover a broad range of concepts superficially.
Experiments are still part of the mix and probably will be popular with students.
In a recent ninth-grade physics class at Tinley Park High School, students were using colorful plastic tubes and whirling tennis balls to understand sound waves and other fundamentals.
Freshman Ramy Betouni said his middle-school science experience wasn't nearly as fun.
"All it was was note-taking and looking at the board," he said. "It was boring.''
The remaking of science education has met with some resistance too.
The American Association of Physics Teachers has been critical, with reviewers saying they were "profoundly disappointed" by the most recent January draft. They pointed out that the wording of many student performance expectations "is confusing to the point that it is not clear what students are actually supposed to do."
Science educators across the country have been chiming in as well.
Dan Fullerton is an upstate New York physics teacher who created the APlusPhysics website to help students with tutorials, videos and other resources. He called the proposed standards "kind of a mess" — full of buzzwords and somewhat vague. "Mostly it looks like they're trying to push the same things we've been doing," he said.
"Why are we spending all this money other than to let textbook manufacturers make a whole lot of money to create new editions?" Fullerton asked.
Meanwhile, the National Science Teachers Association, in written comments, praised the standards as representing "the best opportunity to significantly move science education forward."
David Evans, the group's executive director, told the Tribune: "This is something that is really coming out of the science teaching community. I think there will be a strong push to make this happen."
Baker, president of the Illinois science teachers association, said she's heard mostly positive reviews about the new standards, though she's gotten some push-back from educators in "very high socioeconomic areas" where students ace state exams. Those educators said they don't teach to the current Illinois science standards now, and don't expect to change what they do.
There's wide agreement that putting the standards in place would take some work.
Teachers, particularly in elementary schools, would need more training across science subjects, and educator licensing requirements might have to be revised to ensure that teachers are qualified to teach revamped science courses.
"The education system is a complex system and the pieces are connected. So if you change standards, you have to change assessments, and you have to change demands on teachers, and you have to change what parents expect," said Michael Lach, Director of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Policy and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute.
Lach cautioned that the new science standards alone would not be a "silver bullet" — but they're a start.
"The system has been broken for a while," he said, "and this is an opportunity to rethink what we do."


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Singer John Mayer sang his hits after local-born bluesman Dr. John performed hometown favorites such as "Iko Iko" on Friday to close out the sun-drenched first day of the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
They were among the final performers on a day heavy on Louisiana-influenced music, such as T'Monde, a band of 20-somethings that kicked off the festival with century-old, fiddle-heavy Cajun tunes.
"Je vais faire accoire, que tu m'aimes toujours," sang Drew Simon (pronounced SEE-mon), while playing the accordion to lyrics from an old Cajun song that loosely translated means "I'm going to make believe that you still love me."
T'Monde (pronounced TEE-mone), in Cajun French can mean "little world" or "little people." The group based in Lafayette, La., opened one of the festival's 12 stages Friday under sunny skies, 70-degree temperatures and a gentle breeze.
Jazz Fest spans two weekends. It continues through Sunday and then resumes May 2-5.
A strong police presence was evident as the festival opened less than two weeks after the Boston Marathon bomb explosions. Police on foot and in electric carts were out in force and veteran Jazz Fest patrons said bags were checked more thoroughly.
Couples danced in the grass as T'Monde played on the Fais Do-Do (FAY-doh-doh) stage, where Cajun and zydeco music would be performed throughout the festival.
Simon, who at 29 is the eldest of the T'Monde trio, said he studied old recordings of Cajun music dating back to the early 1900s. The music was common at Cajun parties known as a "fais do do," where couples would two-step to music played with just a handful of instruments, usually a fiddle or guitar and an accordion.
Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis said Cajun and zydeco music are as important to the festival as jazz.
"There are certain aspects of culture that only exist here," Davis said. "We're the birthright of jazz, everybody knows that, second-line music, the Mardi Gras Indians go along with that. The other wonderful culture in southwest Louisiana is the French-speaking people that are Cajun and zydeco in terms of music."
Davis said about 25 Cajun bands and 25 zydeco bands will perform at this year's festival.
"The younger generations are really keen on the music and keeping it alive, so there's traditional Cajun music, which is dance hall music, and then there's zydeco, which is like French rock 'n' roll," Davis said.
Corey Ledet (pronounced LUH-day), another opening day act, said he can't remember a time when zydeco music wasn't a part of his life.
Ledet's great-grandfather played an upright bass, while his grandfather, father and uncle are drummers. He said his grandfather often played with Grammy-winning Creole and zydeco legend Clifton Chenier of Opelousas, La.
"It's in my family, all around me and it fell on me like a ton of bricks," said Ledet, of Parks, La. He said he's been playing both the accordion and drums for 22 of his 31 years. He said he feels obligated to do his part in keeping alive the musical traditions he's learned from elders in his family.
"I would like to see the tradition survive," he said. "I'd hate for ours to be the only one that dies off."
A Jazz Fest veteran, Ledet said he looks forward to the performance every year.
"The fans are just always fired up and ready to party. Rain or shine, it's one big, endless party," he said.
That party atmosphere fits right in with his genre of music, Ledet said.
"Creole and zydeco are basically happy music," he said. "It makes me feel good no matter what's going on in my life. And, it's very addictive. Once it gets in your blood, it's hard to get out."
Jazz Fest first-timer Suzi Peterson Steward of Ann Arbor, Mich., bobbed to the music as Ledet and his band played.
"I love zydeco. It's infectious. You can't stand still," she said.
Ledet said the festival also boosts his band's exposure. They've played Paris twice and have had gigs in Germany, Amsterdam, Malaysia, Hawaii and Alaska.
In all, hundreds of acts will perform over the next two festival weekends, covering genres such as Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues, rock, hip-hop and gospel. Louisiana artists will perform among national headliners including Billy Joel, Hall and Oates, Kem, Maroon 5 and Fleetwood Mac.
On Friday, Dr. John, blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr., John Mayer, George Benson and Wayne Toups and his ZeDeCajun band were all scheduled to perform.
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In other games, Jarnell Stokes had 17 points and a career-high-tying 18 rebounds, and Tennessee denied Mercer a second straight upset. And Dwight Powell had 15 points and seven rebounds and No. 10 seed Stanford wrapped up its second straight upset at the free throw line.
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It's pretty common to hear about a celebrity going under the knife to physically enhance her body, but getting any of them to admit to it, is another story. We've rounded up 13 Latinas' before and after sugery photos. Tell us if you think these stars really have had work done:
Naya Rivera
The Glee star sparked plastic surgery rumors after recently posting the photo on the right to Instagram. Fans quickly began commenting and speculating that Rivera must have gone under the knife to get a boob job, since her chest appeared much larger than it normally does. "Umm, something isn't right here," wrote one fan. "You got your boobs done, looks good," commented another fan. Rivera has yet to comment.
Eiza Gonzalez
The gorgeous Mexican star has undergone quite a transformation throughout the years! According to Us Weekly, in 2010 the 23-year-old actress admitted, during an interview with Hoy, that she had gotten a nose job. There was no medical reason behind her decision, she said she just didn't like the way she looked.
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JWOWW has one of those faces that looks like it's constantly evolving. Since the start of Jersey Shore up until now, JWOWW appears to have gained fuller lips and tighter skin. And although it's public knowledge that Snooki's BFF has breast implants, she says that's all she's ever done to herself.
"People are saying I got cheek implants, my chin shaved down and a nose job," she told In Touch. "But I didn't." She continued, "I lost 15 pounds and my cheeks have become more defined."
Nicole Richie
In 2011, the petite Fashion Star judge went under the knife to enhance her bust and showed them off for the first time while vacationing in Mexico.
Jennifer Lopez
We've been playing the "has she or hasn't she" game with J.Lo for quite some time. Rumors have stated that Lopez not only had her nose and lips done, but that she also had surgery to enhance her butt. The superstar has never confirmed, but what do you think?
Cameron Diaz
In 2006, Diaz had to undergo a nose job for medical reasons. The Cuban American actress had been involved in a surfing accident three years prior.
Eva Mendes
Mendes has always been very vocal about her thoughts on plastic surgery. "No, not for me. That's a brutal operation. Very invasive," she said. "I'm really into the subconscious, you know? I wonder if they can hear the doctors talking about you when you lie there. Because you're out, but you're still alive. I'd want to be plugged into my iPod or something."
But even though Mendes has said she's against any surgical procedure, it's been said that the Cuban starlet has tampered with her eyebrows, and not just with the use of Botox. What do you think?
Vanessa Bryant
The basketball wife made an appearance at the 2012 London Olympics with a much slimmer nose, but Bryant has yet to confess to having had any work done.
Christina Aguilera
Although she's never admitted it, rumor has it that Aguilera underwent surgery in order to enhance her breasts since they were so small when she first started her career. Many also believe that the 31-year-old singer has also had liposuction, a nose job and injected her lips with Botox.
The Black Eyed Peas singer is known for her signature arched eyebrows and full lips, but it's been said that these features have actually been enhanced through plastic surgery. A Yahoo! Voices article even named Fergie one of 10 celebrities who have gone too far when going under the knife.
Mariah Carey
Carey reportedly spent $150,000 on enhancing herself. From her nose to her breasts and down to her waist, it's been said that the singer has done a lot to keep herself looking young and fit.
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The Devious Maids producer has been quoted saying that although she isn't against plastic surgery, she personally would never go through with it. But rumor has it that Longoria has undergone a breast augmentation and lip injections.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the country's second-largest teachers union said Tuesday governments should hold off on linking standardized test results with evaluations of schools, students and teachers until everyone is on the same page.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called for a moratorium on penalties associated with tests aligned to the national standards called Common Core benchmarks until the standards have been fully implemented.
"The fact that the changes are being made nationwide without anything close to adequate preparation is a failure of leadership, a sign of a broken accountability system and, worse, and an abdication of our responsibility to kids, particularly poor kids," Weingarten told the Association for a Better New York, a business group.
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core standards.
The issue in New York, among the first states to test students based on the standards, has been contentious. New York students in grades 3 through 8 took Common Core-aligned math and English tests during the last two weeks although most schools in the state have not fully implemented the standards.
Some New York students complained that the Common Core-aligned English tests were too difficult to complete in the allotted time, and there were reports of students crying from stress.
Weingarten said she supports the Common Core standards, which are intended to increase rigor and prepare students better for college and careers, but she urged New York not to evaluate teachers or students based on this year's tests.
"Across the state, scores from this spring's assessments may be used to determine whether students advance or are held back, to designate a school's performance, and even to determine whether schools stay open or shut down. And they will be used as 20 percent of teacher evaluations," she said.
Merryl Tisch, the head of New York's Board of Regents, said the same percentage of teachers will be rated "effective" based on this year's tests as in the past. But she noted the state Education Department has said it will not designate any schools as failing based on the tests.
She added: "We believe strongly that this is the right thing for students and teachers right now."
Andrew Kirtzman, a spokesman for the city Department of Education, said, "This is about a special interest that doesn't want this to happen because of fear for their jobs."
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Thanks to an anonymous lender and the generosity of the community, a campaign to raise enough money to keep the Hudson Cinema open in the digital age is approaching its final stages.
Rob and Heather Hall own the two-screen movie theater along Main Street in Hudson, a business that has been threatened with becoming obsolete since movie producers announced earlier this year they would stop sending out film versions of movies.
The Hudson Cinema uses a film projector, and the cost to convert a single screen to digital is approximately $45,000, Heather Hall said. As of Thursday, they only need $3,500 more to update their equipment and remain open.
An anonymous member of the community has loaned the Halls $20,000 with low-interest payback terms, while 95 percent of those who made pledges through a fundraiser website have made good on their donations, Hall said. A traditional loan for the equipment would have surpassed the cinema's current profits, she added.
Hall said she and her family, who all play a role in the management of the theater, have relied on their faith to see them through the times when they were facing a potential business-killing situation.
"We are thankful for God's blessings despite the perceived setbacks," Hall said. "We are also overwhelmed by the generosity of the lender. We see the Lord working through this person."
The family has owned the Hudson Cinema for eight years.
Hall said the conversion to digital was inevitable, but it came up more quickly than expected.
"When we first opened, we kept hearing from distributors, 'We're going to go digital, we're going to go digital,' " she said.
"And then this year, when it really happened, it was panic time," Hall said.
Two months ago, the business owners turned to an online fundraiser site — Kickstarter — to help raise the funds needed to make the switch. With Kickstarter's processing fees included, the Halls needed to raise $60,000. However, the all-or-nothing campaign ended Nov. 12 with $20,577 in pledges — a little less than the $45,000 cost of the digital projector equipment itself.
While the cinema itself remains open, Hall said first-run film movies are becoming nearly impossible to get.
"We've already been told no about 'Saving Mr. Banks,' 'The Hobbit' and 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' " she said. Film copies of the movies are still being generated, she said, but "the big theaters get them first."
"We would then get them four or five weeks out when the larger movieplexes are finished with them," she said. "By then, nearly everybody has seen the movie."
Next month, the Halls will explore how to raise the remaining $3,500 to purchase the needed equipment.
"It is our hope and prayer in February we'll be able to transition over," she said.
Overall, the process has tested and strengthened the Halls' faith and outlook.
"We are very optimistic and very encouraged by our community, and not just Hudson," Hall said. "From Addison to Pittsford and Adrian, people realize the importance of the cinema.
"It's been humbling go out there to ask for money," she said. "We believe in working hard to get what we need."
Donations for the digital conversion project can be sent to the Hudson Cinema at 116 W. Main St., Hudson MI 49247.
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Thanks to an anonymous lender and the generosity of the community, a campaign to raise enough money to keep the Hudson Cinema open in the digital age is approaching its final stages.


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SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Officials at the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services say no funds from the state were used during Saturday's food-stamp shopping frenzy, so there is no fraud to investigate.
Dozens of excited shoppers filled shopping carts at Walmart stores in Mansfield and Springhill, LA after word spread about the glitch. Shelves were emptied in both stores. When an announcement was made over the intercom explaining the food stamp system had been restored, many shoppers reportedly abandoned their filled carts in aisles. Videos that captured the chaos have gone viral online.
Many claim the cell phone video appears to show fraud and abuse, but the state sees it differently. Here's why: During these outages or glitches the retailer is responsible for making a phone call and establishing a limit for each customer using an EBT card. While most stores set a limit of $50 or $100, others, including those in Springhill and Mansfield, did not.
LA DCFS spokesman Trey Williams says Walmart is responsible for the resulting overages.
"Any theft that occurred did not occur from the state of Louisiana nor with taxpayer dollars, it was actually merchandise from these retailers. So it will be up to them, up to the retailers working with law enforcement to determine if they want to prosecute," Williams says.
The state's GPS based software does track everything from the name of the buyer, to the stuff they buy, and Williams confirms that DCFS is standing by to provide that information to law enforcement upon request.
Whether its used in this case or not, the software that gathers all that information has helped the state recover millions of dollars reportedly stolen in other cases. The state of Louisiana investigates nearly 3,000 cases each year. 800 SNAP benefits cases each year are canceled due to fraud and abuse.
Williams points out that those shoppers over the weekend who did take advantage of the glitch are only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands who use the system responsibly.
No plans are in place to prosecute shoppers who may have taken advantage of the situation on Saturday. The Louisiana Attorney General's Office tells KSLA News 12 that prosecution would be left up to DCFS, local police or the district attorney. However, the District Attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes, Schuyler Marvin, said he does not plan to charge those shoppers. We are working to find out if any charges will be filed in DeSoto Parish.
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Annunciation School, a K-8 Catholic school, is accepting applications for the 2013-14 school year.
Annunciation School, a K-8 Catholic school, is accepting applications for the 2013-14 school year.
Applications must be submitted by Feb. 8. An informational meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 in the school auditorium.
Applications are available at the school office, 1110 N. Lincoln St., Stockton; Parish House, 425 W. Magnolia St., Stockton; or at annunciation-school.org.
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Information: (209) 444-4000.
Stockton nonprofit ACT Spay/Neuter Clinic recently received a grant from Petsmart Charities to continue offering low-cost spays and neuters for residents living in Stockton's 95210 ZIP code.
Spays and neuters are $5 each and must be paid for in cash. Appointments will be made on a first come, first served basis. Applicants must have proof of residency in the 95210 ZIP code.
Information: (209) 462-7729.
The American Red Cross is seeking nominees for the 11th Annual Heroes Breakfast on April 11. Candidates can be anyone who lives or works in San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties who went above and beyond the call of duty to exhibit a true act of selflessness in the last year. There are 12 categories for nomination.
Information: Liza Cruz, (209) 644-2828 or redcrosscrc.org.
The Stockton Chorale will hold a Grand Masquerade Ball fundraiser from 6 to 11 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Stockton Golf and Country Club, 3800 Country Club Blvd., Stockton.
The inaugural event will include dinner, dancing and a silent auction to raise funds for the group's 61st year of providing live choral music to the Central Valley.
Tickets are $75. Deadline for reservations is Friday.
Information: (209) 951-6494 or stocktonchorale.org.
South Stockton Lions will have a crab feed at 6 p.m. Saturday at Waterloo Gun and Bocci Club, 4343 B, Ashley Lane, Stockton.
Tickets are $45 per person.
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Railroad enthusiasts are invited to become volunteers at the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, 18115 Fifth Ave., Jamestown.
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(RNN) - A Texas father became outraged after reading an article about Victoria's Secret new lingerie line "Bright Young Things."
Rev. Evan Dolive is an ordained minister, husband and father of children he describes as "the cutest kids on the planet," and felt the lingerie company was targeting younger women, even teenage girls, with their new ad campaign.
After he read the article, he blogged about it.
"This makes me sick," Dolive wrote in an open letter to Victoria's Secret.
According to Dolive's post, the new line featured "lace black cheekster with the word 'Wild' emblazoned on them, with green and white polka-dot hipsters screen printed with 'Feeling Lucky?' and a lace trim thong with the words 'Call Me' on the front."
Although Dolive's daughter is only 3 years old, he said he understands she will not always be a little girl, but said Victoria's Secret is sending the wrong message to not only to his daughter, but to all young girls.
Dolive wrote:
I want my daughter (and every girl) to be faced with tough decisions in her formative years of adolescence. Decisions like should I be a doctor or a lawyer? Should I take calculus as a junior or a senior? Do I want to go to Texas A&M or University of Texas or some Ivy League School? Should I raise awareness for slave trafficking or lack of water in developing nations? There are many, many more questions that all young women should be asking themselves … not will a boy (or girl) like me if I wear a "call me" thong?
The letter, which was originally posted on March 22, has been viewed nearly 2.7 million times.
March 25 was the best blog day ever for Dolive with 1.2 million views on that day alone.
Along with tons of media attention, he has received an outpour of support.
On commenter called YuVonne wrote: "Where do we draw the line in society? Are there any 'lines' anymore? Vote with your dollars."
Christine Thompson wrote: "I admire the father who wrote this letter and agree with him wholeheartedly. I will not be buying from Victoria's Secret ever."
The attention to his post caught Dolive off guard.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that so many people would read my letter and find something meaningful from it," he wrote in an update on his blog.
In response, Victoria's Secret wrote on their Facebook page:
In response to questions we recently received, Victoria's Secret PINK is a brand for college-aged women. Despite recent rumors, we have no plans to introduce a collection for younger women. 'Bright Young Things' was a slogan used in conjunction with the college spring break tradition.
Dolive acknowledged Victoria's Secret statement, but he said the update doesn't address the issue of using women in advertisements that overly sexualize them.
According to CNN, the underwear line is already off shelves.
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The moment of truth
The principal charge now against Chief Justice Renato Corona is his failure to declare his dollar accounts in his various statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs). While admitting that he did not declare his dollar accounts, his defense said last Tuesday and Friday that under the law his dollar accounts are absolutely confidential and he did not have to declare them.
Let us look at the relevant laws on the subject. We can begin with the constitutional provision found in Article XI of the Constitution which says:
Section 17. A public officer or employee shall, upon assumption of office and as often thereafter as may be required by law, submit a declaration under oath of his assets, liabilities, and net worth. In the case of the President, the Vice President, the Members of the Cabinet, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Commissions and other constitutional offices, and officers of the armed forces with general or flag rank, the declaration shall be disclosed to the public in the manner provided by law.
Clearly, the Chief Justice is covered by the constitutional provision commanding the declaration of assets, liabilities and net worth. That is not all, however. The same provision says that in the case of high-ranking national officers including the Chief Justice "the declaration shall be disclosed to the public in the manner provided by law."
How do I read the limitation that the declaration shall be made "in the manner provided by law"? I take this to mean in the manner provided by law either already existing in 1987 when the Constitution was adopted, or promulgated after 1987. Let us therefore look at the various laws on the subject.
The 1960 law, Republic Act 3019, already required public officials to submit annually "a true detailed and sworn statement of assets and liabilities, including a statement of the amounts and sources of his income, the amounts of his personal and family expenses and the amount of income taxes paid for the next preceding calendar year." This was affirmed in subsequent laws prior to 1987.
After 1987, came RA 6713 in 1989. Like earlier laws, it reiterated the duty to submit periodic declaration of assets and liabilities and net worth. Moreover, according to Section 8, justices of the Supreme Court must submit their SALN to the Clerk of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Corona claims that he has done this religiously. But what should the declaration contain? This is where there is controversy.
The contention of the Chief Justice is that there is no legal obligation to include dollar accounts in the SALN because of their absolute confidentiality provided for in the Foreign Currency Law, RA 6426, which says: "All foreign currency deposits authorized under this Act, as amended by PD No. 1035, as well as foreign currency deposits authorized under PD No. 1034, are hereby declared as and considered of an absolutely confidential nature and, except upon the written permission of the depositors, in no instance shall foreign currency deposits be examined, inquired or looked into by any person, government official, bureau or office whether judicial or administrative or legislative, or any other entity whether public or private."
RA 6426 is a 1974 law. It is therefore older than the 1987 provision. But, as I stated earlier, the constitutional phrase "in the manner provided by law" means provided by law either before 1987 or after 1987.
The question of whether the absolute confidentiality of foreign deposits is something that prevents the impeachment court from looking into dollar accounts is now before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has issued a TRO on the subject, and the Senate has voted to honor the TRO. In the case of Corona, however, this issue is now moot because he has issued an unconditional waiver on the confidentiality of his bank accounts.
Similarly, the issue of whether the general waiver Corona signed in his SALN also covered dollar accounts has also been rendered moot by his unconditional waiver.
What remains for the Senate to assess is whether the nondisclosure of the dollar accounts was done in good faith and not in defiance of public policy and therefore not an impeachable offense.
With the dropping of five of the eight articles of impeachment, what remain now are "culpable violation of the Constitution, other high crimes or betrayal of public trust." Under the eiusdem generis principle, their gravity must be as high as treason and bribery, the paradigmatic impeachable offenses.
In an earlier column I also offered the view that "high crimes" already cover "culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust." But I have also taken Charles Black Jr.'s position that "high crimes" refer to "those offenses which are rather obviously wrong, whether or not 'criminal,' and which so seriously threaten the order of political society as to make pestilent and dangerous the continuance in power of their perpetrator." This is what the eiusdem generis principle requires.
Now comes the moment of truth. Will the Senate consider Corona's omission of dollar accounts such a "rather obviously wrong offense" and a "high crime" and therefore an impeachable offense? Will the disagreement among senators and the public confusion about the meaning of the SALN law be factored into the characterization of the offense as an "obviously wrong offense"?
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