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Anyone who grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood – that is, almost everyone under the age of 50 or so – probably feels like they know Fred Rogers. As the gentle, friendly host of one of television's longest-running children's programs, Rogers taught, sang to and counseled generations of kids. His frequent, reassuring presence in their lives elevated him to the status of a beloved uncle or grandfather. Many of those viewers already know that Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister, or that he wrote all the songs he sang on his show.
But even those who gazed lovingly at their TV screen whenever Rogers was on it may not know everything about the PBS icon. On the 10th anniversary of this gentle man's death, we bring you 10 facts about Mister Rogers.
1. He got into television because he was appalled by the first TV program he ever saw. When Rogers first watched his parents' new television set, he was treated to the then-popular shtick of people throwing pies at each other. Unimpressed, he decided he wanted to transform television from mindless entertainment into a nurturing and educational tool.
2. Many of his famous sweaters were knitted by his mother, Nancy. Over the course of his television career, he wore dozens of sweaters – and until her death, his mother knitted all of them. She gave sweaters as yearly Christmas gifts, and she knew he loved the zip-up cardigan style: "She would say, 'What kind do you all want next year?'" Rogers once reflected. "She said, 'I know what kind you want, Freddy. You want the one with the zipper up the front.'" One of Nancy's handcrafted sweaters is displayed in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (along with Seinfeld's puffy shirt and the Lone Ranger's mask).
3. Contrary to popular rumor, Rogers was not a Navy Seal, and his arms weren't covered with tattoos commemorating his kills. Urban legend has Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo fighting in either Vietnam or World War II – often alongside Lee Marvin (who really did serve in the Marines during WWII). But no matter how adamant believers may be, it's just not true, as confirmed by urban legend debunkers Snopes.com. Rogers never served in the military, and his bare arms have been shown on TV at least once, revealing no tattoos.
4. Rogers was – maybe predictably – a believer in clean living. He neither drank nor smoked, he kept a vegetarian diet, and he swam every morning.
5. He had an adopted brother, George, a black teenager who came to live with the Rogers family when his mother died. George and Fred became close, and when George became an instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, he taught Fred how to fly. The Rogers family also adopted a girl, Elaine, who lent her name to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood puppet Lady Elaine Fairchild.
6. Rogers was an early advocate for the VCR. When VCRs became easily obtainable for households in the 1970s, film companies were concerned about legality. Allowing people to record and replay content for free, any time, would violate copyright law, they said – and destroy their profits. Rogers testified before the Supreme Court, stating that as a television personality, he didn't object to people recording his show for later viewing. In fact, he argued, it would be beneficial to his show and its viewers if they could watch at a convenient time for the whole family. Rogers' testimony helped convince the Supreme Court that the VCR should not be outlawed … and the film companies eventually discovered that home video sales actually helped their bottom lines.
7. Rogers had a great sense of humor. Lest anyone think that Rogers was a humorless do-gooder, his sense of humor extended to an appreciation of parody – even parodies of his own work. The most notable of these was Eddie Murphy's "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood." Popular on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, Murphy's Mister Robinson taught children about considerably different subjects than Mister Rogers – eviction, racism, theft. Rather than being offended, Rogers enjoyed the sketch and found it funny and affectionate. In fact, once when he visited the NBC studios, he made a point of stopping by Murphy's dressing room to give the sketch his blessing.
8. Mister Rogers was friends with Mr. Dressup. When Rogers moved to Toronto in 1963 to develop his own television program for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he brought friend and understudy Ernie Coombs. After Rogers returned to the U.S., Maine-native Coombs remained in Canada, starring as Mr. Dressup from 1967 to 1996.
9. A full 8 percent of U.S. households tuned in to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood at its peak in 1985. That's roughly 7 million families.
10. Rogers was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S., in 2002. In honoring Rogers for his lifetime of work, President George W. Bush noted, "Fred Rogers has proven that television can soothe the soul and nurture the spirit and teach the very young."


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Alex's Dog'z (also called Alex's Hot Dogs[1]) is a mobile fast food vending business in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas presumably owned by somebody with the name Alex. The business operate out of stationary Hotdog vans found around the state of San Andreas, normally in service areas and car parks. The player can purchase hotdogs from the vendor for $1 to replenish up to 50 health points. Its slogan "1 foot of pure MEAT!" is a sexual reference to the size of ones' penis.
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(above, Enrique Flores)
About 70 sketchbook enthusiasts from Spain, Portugal and Italy gathered in the northeaststern Spanish city of Jaca in September to attend De vuelta con el cuaderno (Travelling with a sketchbook).
A three-day summer workshop organized by the Summer University of Zaragoza in Jaca and the Instituto de Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Aragón and attended by people with different backgrounds: not only architects, designers and illustrators but also teachers, a chemical, a firefighter and a dentist.
A sign that sketching transcends the confines of any particular occupation: the universal language of drawing quickly brought this group together for an unforgettable experience, exploring the streets of Jaca with sketchbooks in thier hands. They drew the people, the architecture, the panoramic views of the Pyrenees and every detail of the urban landscape that caught their attention. The schetckbooks where shown at an exhibit closing the event.
The seminar, coordinated by Clara Marta, who teaches artistic drawing at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón, featured morning classes by a top-notch panel of speakers: Portuguese author and educator Eduardo Salavisa, whose book "Diários de Viagem" is on its third printing; Italian architect and illustrator Simonetta Capecchi, curator of In viaggio col taccuino an annual sketchbooks exhibit in Naples, two Madrid illustrators, Antonia Santolaya and Enrique Flores (in the picture, drawing), a prolific author of travel sketchbooks and regular contributor of Spanish newspaper El País; Seattle-based journalist and illustrator Gabriel Campanario, whose illustrated column "Seattle Sketcher" appears at The Seattle Times; and Barcelona-based French illustrator Lapin, who shared his travel sketchbooks from recent trips to the United States, including his secret wedding in Las Vegas, and biking from the Mediterranean to the Baltic Sea. All of them are Urban Sketchers members, a success network created in november 2008 by Gabriel Campanario.
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Mammoth Lakes, Calif. – Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is pleased to announce it plans to be open for skiing and snowboarding through Memorial Day weekend. Officially the longest ski season in California, Mammoth will once again deliver some of the best spring terrain in the country.
With a 27-year streak of skiing and riding through Memorial Day weekend, Mammoth Mountain is committed to offering top to bottom terrain through late May.
"Although winter got off to a slow start, the past month brought a series of strong storms with nearly 100 inches of snow, and more in the forecast this week," said Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory. "With excellent conditions typical of this time of year, we look to continue our long-standing tradition of skiing and riding well into May."
To celebrate, Mammoth has a jam-packed spring event calendar with all-ages activities on and off the hill. Events such as the JLA Banked Slalom, Mammoth Invitational, Grenade Games 10, Pond Skim and the annual Easter celebration are back in addition to new offerings like Spyder's massive "Where's the Party?" concert at Canyon Lodge.
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Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is the leading four-season mountain resort in California. With 1.3 million annual skier visits, Mammoth Mountain is currently the third most frequented ski resort in the United States. The company owns and operates a variety of resort businesses including recreation, hospitality, real estate development, food and beverage and retail. Specific businesses owned and operated by Mammoth Mountain include Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, June Mountain, Tamarack Lodge and Resort, Mammoth Snowmobile Adventures, Mammoth Mountain Bike Park and the Mammoth Mountain Inn. Mammoth Mountain also operates Juniper Springs Resort, the Village Lodge and Sierra Star Golf Course in Mammoth Lakes, California. For more information on Mammoth Mountain, visit MammothMountain.com or call 800.MAMMOTH.
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Of course, as a data format, XML is a bit bloated. Especially if you're sending mostly numerical data over. And, as I've noticed, not every language is implementing the XML standard correctly. For example, Delphi 7 has some major problems with booleans and datefields. Simply because they thought XML-boolean would be case-insensitive, which is itsn't, and they have never written anything to write a date field in the proper date format. So my favorite programming tool has a few flaws. But I can work around that. And of course, if all you're sending is just a bunch of large numbers, a binary data format would be way more compact than <list><number index="1">1000</number><number index="2">1002</number>...</list>
However, a binary format would be harder to comprehend for a human reader. Even if you convert it to hexadecimal, something like 02E803EA03 really doesn't make any sense if you don't know it's format. (And yes, it has some format!)
The major problem with XML though is that it's often just abused. I've seen people adding comma-separated lists in an XML field, like: <Items>1,2,3,4,5</Items> And it wouldn't suprise me if people are misusing the format for other purposes too.
And of course many people are just not aware of all the mechanisms that can be used with XML. There is some prejudism about XML too, but in my opinion, it is an useful format.


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My career as a photographer started back in 2003. I always liked taking pictures. But at some point I realised I could do more. So I bought my first DSLR. Quickly my passion about photography started to grow. I loved taking pictures of people. Portraits. Weddings and Events. I love to work with human beings. And this is what I do now - I work with people.
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During tawaaf when doing 'Umrah I broke my wudoo', and I did not know what to do, so I went out and did wudoo', then I repeated tawaaf and did saa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah. Is what I did correct? What should I have done?.
You did well by renewing your wudoo' and repeating your tawaaf. You did that which is better and more on the safe side. The majority of scholars are of the view that tahaarah (being pure, i.e., having wudoo') is an essential condition of tawaaf, like prayer, being valid. Just as prayer is not valid unless one has done wudoo', so too tawaaf is not valid without wudoo'.
Ibn Qudaamah said:
Tahaarah (being pure, having wudoo') is a condition of tawaaf being valid. This is the well-known view of Ahmad, and it is the view of Maalik and al-Shaafa'i.
The majority of scholars quote several pieces of evidence to support this view, such as the following:
1 – The Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Tawaaf around the House is (a kind of) prayer, except that you may speak during it." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 960; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa' al-Ghaleel, 121.
2 – It is proven in al-Saheehayn that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: "When he [the Prophet] (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wanted to do tawaaf, he did wudoo'." And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Learn from me your rituals (of Hajj and 'Umrah)." Narrated by Muslim, 1297.
Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 17/213-214.
3 – It was proven in al-Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to 'Aa'ishah when her menses came: "Do what the pilgrims do, but do not circumambulate the House until you are pure [i.e., until your period ends]."
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: I have a female relative who did 'Umrah during Ramadaan and when she entered the Haram she broke her wudoo' by passing wind, but she felt too embarrassed to tell her family that she wanted to do wudoo'. Then she did tawaaf and when she finished tawaaf she went off by herself and did wudoo', then she did saa'i. Does she have to offer a sacrifice or any expiation (kafaarah)?
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Her tawaaf is not valid, because one of the conditions of tawaaf being valid is tahaarah (purity), as in the case of prayer. So she should go back to Makkah and circumambulate the House. It is also mustahabb (recommended) for her to repeat saa'i, because most of the scholars are of the view that it is not permissible to do saa'i before tawaaf. Then she should cut some hair from all parts of her head and exit ihraam. If she has a husband who had intercourse with her, then he has to slaughter a sheep in Makkah to be distributed to the poor, and she has to do another 'Umrah from the meeqaat from which she entered ihraam for the first 'umrah, because the first 'umrah was invalidated by that intercourse. She should do what we have mentioned, then do another 'Umrah from the meeqaat from which she entered ihraam for the first 'umrah, whether she does that now or at another time, depending on her ability. And Allaah is the source of strength.
Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 17/214-215
He was also asked:
A man started to do tawaaf, then he passed wind. Does he have to stop his tawaaf or should he continue?
He replied: If a person passes wind or urine or semen, or he touches his private part, etc. during tawaaf, then he should stop his tawaaf, as (he is required to do if any of these things happen) in the case of prayer. He should go and purify himself, then start tawaaf again. This is the correct view; there is a difference of scholarly opinion concerning this matter, but this is the correct view concerning both prayer and tawaaf, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "If one of you breaks wind silently during prayer, let him go and do wudoo' then repeat the prayer." Narrated by Abu Dawood and classed as saheeh by Ibn Khuzaymah. Tawaaf comes under the same heading as prayer in general…
Majmoo' Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 17/216-217
Some of the scholars are of the view that purity from hadath (minor impurity) is not essential for tawaaf. This is the view of Abu Haneefah (may Allaah have mercy on him) and was the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah. They responded to the evidence quoted in support of the first view in the following manner:
With regard to the hadeeth: "Tawaaf around the House is (a kind of) prayer", they said that this is not a saheeh report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), rather these are the words of Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him). Al-Nawawi said in al-Majmoo': The correct view is that this is a mawqoof report which stops at Ibn 'Abbaas. This was mentioned by al-Bayhaqi and other scholars of hadeeth.
With regard to the actions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his doing tawaaf in a state of tahaarah (purity), they said: This does not indicate that it is obligatory, rather it only indicates that it is mustahabb (recommended), because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did that, but it is not reported that he commanded his companions to do that.
With regard to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saying to 'Aa'ishah: "Do what the pilgrims do, but do not circumambulate the House until you are pure [i.e., until your period ends]," the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told her not to do tawaaf because she was menstruating, and the menstruating women is forbidden to enter the mosque.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
Those who say that it is obligatory to have wudoo' in order to do tawaaf have no proof at all, because no one narrated, with either a saheeh isnaad or a da'eef one, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined having wudoo' in order to do tawaaf. It should be noted that very many people did Hajj with him, and he did 'Umrah numerous times and the people did 'Umrah with him. If wudoo' were obligatory for tawaaf, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have pointed that out to everyone, and if he had stated that, then the Muslims would have transmitted it from him and would not have been negligent concerning that. But it is proven in al-Saheeh that when he did tawaaf he did wudoo'. This on its own does not indicate that it is obligatory, for he used to do wudoo' for each prayer and he said: "I do not like to remember Allaah except in a state of purity."
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 21/273.
Even though this view –that tahaarah is not an essential condition for tawaaf – has some strength and the evidence may be interpreted in this manner, people should not start tawaaf without being in a state of purity, because it is undoubtedly better to do tawaaf in a state of purity; that is more on the safe side and by doing that one will avoid going against the view of the majority of scholars.
But a person may do that if it is too difficult to keep or repeat one's wudoo', such as during the days of Hajj, or if a person is sick or elderly and it is hard to keep his wudoo' as well as deal with the crowds and so on.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, after responding to the evidence quoted by the majority:
Based on this, the more correct view which gives peace of mind is that it is not essential to be pure from minor impurity (i.e., have wudoo') in order to do tawaaf, but it is undoubtedly better and is following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and no one should neglect purity and go against the majority of scholars in this matter. But sometimes one is compelled to follow the view of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, such as if a person breaks his wudoo' when there is too much crowding, in which case the view that he has to go and do wudoo' and come back in this severe crowding, especially when he only has a few circuits left, will cause too much hardship. With regard to matters which cause too much hardship and regarding which there is no clear text, we should not force people to adhere to them, rather we should follow that which is more lenient, because forcing people do things that are too hard with no clear proof contradicts what Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Allaah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you"
[al-Baqarah 2:185]
al-Sharh al-Mumti', 7/300
With regard to saa'i, it is not essential to have wudoo' for saa'i. This is the view of the four Imams, Abu Haneefah, Maalik, al-Shaafa'i and Ahmad. Indeed it is permissible for menstruating women to perform saa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) only told menstruating women not to do tawaaf, as he said to 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), when her menses came: "Do what the pilgrims do, but do not circumambulate the House."
See al-Mughni, 5/246
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said:
If a person does saa'i when he does not have wudoo', or when he is junub [in a state of impurity following sexual activity], or if a woman does saa'i when she is menstruating, then this is valid, but it is better to do saa'i in a state of tahaarah.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 7/310, 311
And Allaah knows best.


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* Volume optimization algorithm was improved to prevent skipping heavily fragmented parts of the volume.
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* echo, exit, pause, set commands improved.
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* Pending boot-off boot time script command support added, this removes the limitation of boot-on/off not working before reboot/shutdown.
* Clearing of the failed boot flag added for reboot and shutdown at boot time.
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Gabe Powers takes a belated look at superhero Jet Li in high definition...
A superhuman commando unit code named Squad 701 is marked as too dangerous to continue service, and set for termination. One member escapes to a life of solitude as a librarian, but the easy life is shaken with Hong Kong's most notorious drug lords begin to be murdered by Squad 701 like operatives. Against his better judgement the librarian dawns a new identity, the Black Mask, and takes measures to stop his former colleagues.
Hong Kong superhero movies are almost undoubtedly fun even when they aren't very good. The definition of a Hong Kong superhero films is a pretty difficult one to pin down I suppose considering all flying kung fu masters could be considered superheroes, so for the sake of this argument we'll only be referring to flying kung fu masters with Western comic book origins. My personal favourite is probably Johnny To's Heroic Trio (Anthony Wong eats his own fingers), but Daniel Lee's Black Mask is still a pretty fun time, though not quite as much fun as the Tsui Hark directed sequel, which is like some insane episode of Power Rangers.
Black Mask suffers and succeeds in the same ways most of Tsui Hark's more recent (I'm thinking post Iron Monkey) productions. Hark and French producer extraordinaire Luc Besson both have this tendency to not put a lot of effort into the movies they don't physically direct, creating medium budget actions films with a few good set pieces and an overwhelming lack of logic. I find it very hard to believe more than a weekend's worth of work was put into The Black Mask script. The whole thing is a mish mash of wushu, Sam Raimi inspired camera work (a constant favourite of Hark's[/i], '90s Hollywood comic book visual clichés, vague cyber punk elements, some vague elements of The Green Hornet, and some surprisingly graphic violence. The general weirdness and extremity of the violence is the best reason to watch the film.
Now I could have sworn that the box art and opening titles said Lionsgate, but this Blu-ray disc is a maltreated Dimension release at heart. Following the success of Lethal Weapon 4 certain Hollywood types thought it would be a good time to introduce Hong Kong superstar Jet Li to American audiences. The Black Mask was chosen, even though it was already three years old, it was dubbed into English (with a new soundtrack), and cut by something like ten minutes. Thus, as is the fate of so many lamely re-edited Hong Kong films, a non-sequential film is made almost impossibly random.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray record is still pretty spotty. They get the new releases right, but so far their catalogue titles do not impress. This appears to be an upconverted 1080p transfer, not true HD. The colourful film appears muted, the edges bleed a bit, the hue separation is average at best, and contrast is kind of dim. Details are sharper than the old DVD version, and edge enhancement has been lessened a bit (as I recall, it's been a while), but the soft and muted look is quite disappointing overall. I can say that the more garish pinks and blues that infiltrate the frame when ever something 'supernatural' occurs are very pretty, but that's pretty much the extent of the transfer's impressiveness.
Th3 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio impresses with it's liveliness, and general noise levels, but the Hollywood remix is awkward and inconsistent. Most of the impressive sound effects are of the canned variety, and most of the stylized, 'zippy' sound effects were obviously made using less than state of the art means, which kind of depletes a bit of the over-the-top fun of the mix. The musical cues (most of which I believe were added for the US release) are rigidly obnoxious, but move very effectively though all channels. Honestly though, I could go several days without hearing any more gratuitous record scratching. The English dubbing isn't too bad, but Lionsgate really should've included the original Mandarin and/or Cantonese tracks for the fans.
These extras are lame, taken directly from the ancient DVD release. 'Wushu Technique' is a silly little text essay on the ins and outs of kung fu. 'Wushu In Action' is a series of shortcuts to ten of the film's fights (in Dolby Surround?). This is followed by a text and clip based trivia game and a series of Lionsgate trailers.
Being released in the states after Blade seemed like too little, too late at the time, but thanks to an attachment to hip-hop culture Black Mask did play an important part in bringing Jet Li successfully to America. It's just too bad he didn't make a Western film worth a good god damn until he went to France to hook up with Luc Besson. Fans will be disappointed by the half-assed hi-def video of this disc, and the extras aren't any more interesting than they were last time.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd September 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Wushu Techniques, Wushu in Action, Quiz, Trialers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Daniel Lee
Cast: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Françoise Yip, Karen Mok, Anthony Wong
Genre: Action
Length: 102 minutes
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OGUNQUIT, Maine — The successful Classic Film Series sponsored by Ogunquit Performing Arts continues its 12th season with the presentation of Green Mansions at the Great Hall of the Dunaway Center, 23 School Street in Ogunquit on Sunday afternoon Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. Admission is free and there's free popcorn for all.
Green Mansions, the 1959 American romantic adventure film directed by Mel Ferrer is based on the 1904 novel of the same name written by William Henry Hudson. The film stars Audrey Hepburn (who at the time was married to Ferrer) in the role of Rima, a jungle girl who falls in love with Abel (Anthony Perkins), a Venezuelan fleeing revolution in his country. Also appearing in the film are Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa, and Henry Silva.
The finest aspects of the film are certainly the lush forest visuals, the luminous portrayal of Rima by Audrey Hepburn, and the beautiful musical score, composed specifically for the film by renowned Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and adapted by Bronislau Kaper. The music of Green Mansions was later arranged by the composer into a concert suite entitled Forest of the Amazon, Villa-Lobos' last major work.
The film opens as Abel (Perkins), narrowly escapes Caracas, Venezuela after it is overtaken by rebels. He is seeking revenge, as his father the former Minister of War was killed. In search of gold to fund his plans, he travels deep into the jungles where he is nearly killed by a leopard, but saved by the native people. Against their recommendations, Abel ventures into the nearby "Forbidden Forest" where he catches sight of an ethereal beautiful young girl who quickly disappears. The next day he returns to the forest and sees this lovely girl, but is bitten by a snake before reaching her. The girl, Rima (Hepburn), takes Abel to her home and treats his wound. The film continues with their adventures with her grandfather, Nuflo (Lee J. Cobb), and their eventual flight through the forest, pursued by the native tribesmen who believe Rima to be an evil spirit.
Ferrer traveled to South America to select possible locations, but eventually concluded that the jungles there were too dense and dark to allow for filming. While he was there he did film jungle footage south of Orinoco and in the Parahauri Mountains, much of which was incorporated into the final film. The action sequences were filmed on indoor stages at Lone Pine, California.
Ferrer had several snakes and birds native to the Venezuelan jungle captured and shipped to Hollywood for use in filming. He also brought a baby deer to the residence he shared with Hepburn, and they raised it for several months before filming so that it could be used in several scenes where Rima interacted with the forest creatures.
This was the first major Hollywood film to be shot in Panavision. The Panavision process faced it first major test when Audrey Hepburn expressed concern that the widescreen process would distort her facial features. Test footage made in Panavision proved these baseless. In fact, the actors applauded the film at the test screening.
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Gross domestic product grew at a 2.7% annual rate, up from a 2% prior estimate, revised figures from the Commerce Department showed today, and U.S. equity markets are trading up on the day thus far. E-mini S&P 500 futures are up almost 8 points, or around .55%. The E-mini Nasdaq is leading the way in U.S. equity indexes, trading up 23.5 points, or .88%. Traders seem to be reacting bullishly to not only recently released GDP data, but also to positive expectations regarding the fiscal cliff. There is sentiment seeming to build that a deal will be reached before the Jan. 1 deadline. If this does indeed occur, we look for U.S. equity indexes to rally to new highs for 2012.
In a very interesting scenario, gold is the only precious metal that has not recovered fully from its massive sell off a couple days ago. Silver has blasted up 60 cents today, trading up 1.78%, and palladium is also up a significant 2.40%. Copper has rallied from a base of $3.40 this month, and is now up 2.21% this morning.
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Clifford McCaslin, 62 - January 09, 2008
Clifford McCaslin, 62, of Kearney, formerly of Gothenburg, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at Hays Medical Center at Hays, KS.
Services were held on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church at Broken Bow with the Revs. Kathy Salts and Kathy LaRocque officiating. Burial was at the Broken Bow Cemetery.
McCaslin was born on Nov. 26, 1945, at home near Broken Bow to James Wesley (Wes) and Evelyn (Clay) McCaslin.
He attended school at Broken Bow and Merna and graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1964.
On Oct. 4, 1964, he married Donna Goodner. The couple resided at Overton, Cozad and Kimball while he was employed with the Union Pacific Railroad until he retired in 1980. The family then moved to Anselmo where he worked as a carpenter.
McCaslin married Jessie Lindstrom at Holdrege on Sept. 15, 1990. The couple resided at Merna.
On May 6, 2005, he married Karolyn Bitter-Mason at Kearney where they lived until his death.
He had enjoyed dancing, spending time with family, playing cards and building model trains, according to family members. He was a skilled carpenter and enjoyed building and remodeling homes as well.
McCaslin was preceded in death by: his parents, James and Evelyn; a brother, Edward; a sister, Mary Neben; brothers-in-law—Ed Goodner, Kenny Purdum and Rudy Neben; a great-nephew; former in-laws, Wayne and Bertie Goodner.
Survivors include: his wife, Karolyn of Kearney; sons—Jerry (Julie) McCaslin of Kearney and James (Tammy) McCaslin of Broken Bow; a daughter, Rebecca (David) Smith of Louisville; step-children—Brenda Bitter of Victoria, KS, Brian (Melissa) Bitter and Bruce (Carrie) Bitter, all of Hoisington, KS, Brent Bitter of Holyrood, KS, Doug Lindstrom, Scott (Monica) Lindstrom and Jim Lindstrom, all of Columbus, and Susan and Jeff Sall of Iowa City, IA; brothers—Dan McCaslin of Broken Bow, Wesley Curtis McCaslin of Hershey and Daryl McCaslin of North Platte; sisters—Audrey Jones of Thedford, Ardis Goodner of Broken Bow, Cleo Purdum of Reedpoint, MT, Beverly Goehring of Cheyenne, WY, and Leata Krejci of Eustis; grandchildren—Tara, Jordan, Brady and Carter McCaslin, Dylan Bonde and Lexis McCaslin, Emily and Zachary Smith; a great-granddaughter, Adyn McCaslin; step-grandchildren—Christopher Bitter, Julie Bitter, Danielle and Brad Johnson, Bradon and Kayleigh Bitter, Jamie, Morgan and Nathan Bitter and Kyle Lindstrom; sisters-in-law—Joyce McCaslin, Eula McCaslin and Jan McCaslin; brothers-in-law—Hap Jones, Jim Goehring and Boyd Krejci; numerous nieces and nephews.
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Elementary school grapples with Island Lake twin's death in crash
Officials at the Island Lake elementary school where a 10-year-old boy who died in a crash Monday night attended said the staff was shaken by the news, and many classmates had not heard until they arrived Tuesday.
When word spread Monday night that Griffin Shirey of Island Lake was killed in a crash that left his twin brother Nicholas in critical condition, Dist. 118 administrators prepared to inform Griffin's 10- and 11-year-old peers of the tragic event.
Griffin Shirey was a fifth-grader at Cotton Creek School, and was know to be a student who was involved in baseball, basketball and swimming, said Dist. 118 superintendent Daniel Coles.
"He was very well liked by his peers," Coles said. "It's just a terrible loss."
A number of students were informed by their parents of the four-vehicle crash, which occurred in Wauconda early Monday evening, but others did not hear until they arrived at the school Tuesday morning, according to Coles.
"Of course, on the bus ride in, students talk," Coles said. "We addressed the students in their classrooms with respect to what had happened."
Griffin was well-known around the school, and was thinking about starting a band.
"A lot of information was shared with me about Griffin," Coles said Tuesday. "He was a wonderful boy, a very good student, a very active student."
A district crisis team of psychologists, social workers and counselors from throughout the district met at the school early Tuesday before students arrived.
The team worked with students individually and in small groups as well as a number of parents who stopped by the school, and staff members.
"We will take our cues from the kids," Coles said. "We will provide as much and as intensive support as necessary, but at the same time it is important to stay in our routine at school."
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John Beilein hopes his team has learned the right lessons from last season's NCAA tournament run, when Michigan came within a few points of a national title.
"The harder thing is making us all recall — including the coaching staff — how focused we were as we went down the stretch, with all the atmosphere, the environment," Beilein said. "How do we get to that point? There was incredible focus. Well, do we have that again? That's the most challenging thing. I don't see anything different than that, but I'm with them four hours a day."
Beilein is entering his seventh season as Michigan's coach, and the Wolverines are coming off their first Final Four appearance since 1993. They now face some obvious challenges. National player of the year Trey Burke left for the NBA along with backcourt mate Tim Hardaway Jr.
Michigan opens the season Nov. 8 against UMass-Lowell, and the main question right now is the status of big man Mitch McGary. One of the breakout stars of last season's tournament, McGary has been dealing with a back issue, and it's not clear how long that problem might linger.
McGary and Glenn Robinson III both decided to return after impressive freshman seasons, and the Wolverines also welcome back sharp-shooting Nik Stauskas.
Michigan lost 82-76 to Louisville in the NCAA final. If healthy, the Wolverines can expect to be in the mix for the BIg Ten title again, and they'll be tested in the nonconference portion of the schedule with a visit to Duke on Dec. 3. Michigan also hosts Arizona on Dec. 14 and plays in a Puerto Rico tournament in November.
Here are five issues to keep an eye on as Michigan tries to return to the Final Four:
McGARY'S HEALTH: The 6-foot-10 McGary averaged 7.5 points per game last season, but in the NCAA tournament he averaged 14.3 points and 10.7 rebounds. That late surge had him weighing his pro options, but he decided to stay at Michigan. If McGary is healthy, Michigan could again grow into one of the nation's top teams, but if his back remains a problem, the Wolverines might slip. Michigan can turn to Jordan Morgan and Jon Horford inside, but those two would be hard pressed to match McGary's energy and athleticism.
WALTON TAKES OVER: With Burke gone, highly regarded freshman Derrick Walton has a chance to take over as the new point guard. "I really don't feel any pressure," Walton said. "My job is not to replace Trey. It's just to keep the team at a high level and do what I do best." Michigan went through a similar transition two years ago, when Burke took over after Darius Morris departed, but every newcomer adjusts differently to the college game. "I've seen great decision making by Derrick, which is really good — which I've seen in very few freshmen," Beilein said.
ROBINSON'S ROLE: The 6-foot-6 Robinson averaged 11 points last season, and it felt like Michigan never really had to run any plays for the athletic forward. He helped the Wolverines become a more dangerous team in transition. This year he might have to be more aggressive offensively. In Michigan's first exhibition game Tuesday night, Robinson scored 33 points on 12-of-15 shooting.
IMPROVED DEFENSE?: Michigan's NCAA tournament run was a bit of a surprise after the team looked worn down toward the end of the Big Ten season. The Wolverines did not look like an elite defensive team — although McGary's emergence helped Michigan toughen up a bit around the basket. It will be interesting to see if Michigan is at all improved defensively, now that Stauskas and Robinson are a year older. Walton's development in that regard could also be crucial. "You could put a defensive team out there that is really good," Beilein said. "We can put four or five guys out there that can really guard people."
BACKCOURT DEPTH: Spike Albrecht and Caris LeVert were able to give the Wolverines quality minutes off the bench toward the end of last season. They're both sophomores now. Albrecht became a Final Four sensation when he scored 17 points in the first half of the national title game.


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A local college student is showcasing her talent at the new Snyder Museum Art Exhibit this month. The show is a grouping of works by the University of Louisiana at Monroe art students.
Chesney Musgrove, a Bastrop High School graduate, was given a chance to enter the exhibit when her professor, Enoch Doyle Jeter, had all of his students work on art pieces for the show. Musgrove's piece was one of 17 chosen from the class to be shown in the exhibit.
The show highlights printmaking and silk screen artwork which requires a unique process to create. Musgrove shared a little bit about how her class created their pieces.
"We used silk screen specific ink to paint a design on a screen and then let it dry," Musgrove said. "Then we took a transparent base medium and laid it over to transfer the image to the paper."
The result is uniquely beautiful pieces of art. Each piece of artwork has its own character and feeling to it that provides a sense of diversity to the exhibit. Each person uses their own technique.
"I really had fun with this class. I'm a painting major so I took a more painterly approach with my print," Musgrove said.
Musgrove is currently a senior at the ULM. She has received both the Beverly G. Marvin Award and the Outstanding Accomplishment Award from the Dean and Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences. She is also a member of Kappa Pi International Honorary Arts Fraternity. This is Musgrove's first print making show and her fifth show overall. Her work has also been displayed in the 15th and 16th annual ULM juried student art exhibit and in the upstairs gallery on Art Alley in Monroe.
Musgrove is very appreciative of the opportunity to be in this exhibit. "It was thanks to the help of Sara Beth Howard that this show was made possible," Musgrove said.
The artwork is currently on exhibit in the Snyder Museum through May 31. Museum hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.


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Paul Roscoe collection of astronaut photographs, circa 1960s | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
The Paul Roscoe collection of astronaut photographs (circa 1960s; 0.2 cubic feet) documents members of the NASA astronaut corps, NASA administration, and the Saturn missile. It includes both headshots and group photographs of various NASA personnel from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. The headshots are solely of astronauts, some in their spacesuits. One notable photograph shows the Saturn missile, which was used during the Apollo missions to the moon, sitting at the launch pad. Types of materials include: color photographs. The photographs are organized into a single folder with original order maintained.
History of Mercury Seven Astronauts:
The Mercury Seven Astronauts were the first Americans in space. They participated in the Mercury program, announced in 1958, which had three objectives: "to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions, and recover the human and the spacecraft safely" (Garber). These first astronauts went through a rigorous selection process from a pool of 508 test pilot candidates. In the end, NASA chose seven pilots for the program: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton. In total, the Mercury Seven completed six human spaceflights from 1961-1963. Slayton, however, was grounded on account of a "previously undiscovered heart condition" (Garber). Their missions were instrumental for later human spaceflight programs like Gemini and the famous Apollo missions to the moon (Garber).
Garber, Steve. "The 40th Anniversary of the Mercury Seven." NASA History Program Office. NASA, November 2009. Web 7 March 2012.
Item 1: Group photograph of NASA administration and personnel for Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, March 1, 1963
Item 2: Saturn Missile, circa 1960s
Item 3: Photo of astronauts in flight gear in front of Air Force fighter, circa 1960s
Item 4: Astronaut Walter Schirra, circa 1960s
Item 5: Scott Carpenter, circa 1960s
Item 6: Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, circa 1960s
Item 7: Gus Grissom, circa 1960s
Item 8: John Glenn, circa 1960s
Item 9: Alan Sheppard, circa 1960s
Item 10: Don Slayton, circa 1960s


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February 3, 1983
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The Board of Trustees at its January meeting decided to postpone until March consideration of the "Golden Handshake" (the two years additional retirement credit) program. Although the Chancellor and Presidents continue to express support for the program, current budget uncertainties make it difficult to determine whether or not The California State University can afford to participate.
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David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican who voted against her nomination for the No. 2 post in 2010, met with Yellen on Wednesday afternoon.
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Eschelbronn (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Eschelbronn near Dillsberg, in the former Palatine region of Heidelberg, has been at least since 1717 the home of Swiss Mennonites, leaseholders on the estates of Baron von Feltz. It is not certain whether the name Bamberger found in the Mennonite list of 1717 belongs there or in the Jewish list drawn up at the same time. The same list names the Muselmann family, and the list of 1724 also the Pletscher family. A table of inhabitants, buildings, and farms in the Palatinate, 1790, designates two Mennonite families, presumably Pletscher and Muselmann (Records of the Palatinate, Generallandesarchiv at Karlsruhe).
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 609.
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Correll, Ernst H. "Eschelbronn (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 22 Sep 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eschelbronn_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,_Germany)&oldid=145026.
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Correll, Ernst H. (1956). Eschelbronn (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eschelbronn_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,_Germany)&oldid=145026.
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BEIJING -- Zhao Beibei is a 19-year-old university student and a volunteer at the Beijing Olympics.
Yesterday, after a one-hour media session with the U.S. men's basketball team, she was one of about 20 young Chinese girls who walked stride for stride with Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant as he left the press auditorium and made his way to a private room reserved for the team. The girls were all wearing volunteer credentials, but it was clear this was personal, not official, business.
They were respectful enough not to touch Bryant, but they wanted to be in his presence. It was small-scale Beatlemania.
Minutes after her brush with Bryant, Zhao was still euphoric. She was giggling, cupping her hand to her mouth and calling friends on her cellphone to tell them of her experience. When she was approached by a Western reporter, she seemed embarrassed that she was in such an elated state, but she agreed to be interviewed after issuing an apology.


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Known as America's own homegrown drug, methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant that has toxic effects on the central nervous system and high potential for abuse and addiction. Because it is cheap and easy to make, it has become a major threat to rural America, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The drug is also versatile — it can be swallowed, snorted, smoked or injected, which influences how quickly one becomes high and addicted to the drug. Consuming meth in any way is extremely dangerous, but smoking or injecting the drug rapidly delivers the largest amount to the brain and central nervous system. Treatment for methamphetamine use jumped from about 21,000 patients in 1993 to nearly 117,000 in 2003. And in 2006, an estimated 731,000 people, aged 12 or older, used methamphetamine.
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Serves 3 to 4
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When you've been replaced by Leonardo DiCaprio...
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