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Men's Basketball League
Fall 2016 Final Results
#1 LSC-Kingwood Def. #4 Texas A&M University 48-42
#2 LSC-Tomball Def. #3 Rice University 34-32
LSC-Kingwood Def. LSC-Tomball 53-24
Derek Cahn-Texas A&M University
Erik Yamada-Rice University
Antonio Anderson-LSC-Tomball
Jeremiah Bethea-LSC-Kingwood
Adam Heilers-LSC-Kingwood
2016 Champions-Lone Star College-Kingwood
2016 Runner Up-Lone Star College-Tomball
Fall 2016 Participants:
Houston Community College
Lone Star College-CyFair
Lone Star College-Kingwood
Lone Star College-Montgomery
Lone Star College-North Harris
Lone Star College-Tomball
Rice University
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas A&M University
University of Houston-Downtown
Each participant in the Lone Star Sports Club Conference must meet the following requirements at all times during competition and affiliation with the team:
- Must be a currently enrolled student with at least 6 credit hours. Faculty, staff and alumni are ineligible to participant. All participants must provide a college/University ID prior to each contest
- Must represent the same institution
- May not be a current member of a varsity team or played varsity within the same academic year in related activity
- Can not have been a professional in related activity
- May not be on current academic probation during any contest
- Must have a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0
All players must have matching uniforms (jerseys and shorts) with numbers on the front and the back. Numbers cannot be written or taped onto the jersey and the jersey must match, meaning same brand, color and design. All players must wear the same jersey number that is on the roster and cannot be switched during any contest.
Players may not have any objects on their head that could be considered dangerous. This includes beads and "do-rags." All players must tuck in shirts and shorts must be above the buttocks. No jewelry of any kind may be worn.
All rosters must be turned in prior to the start of the season with a maximum of 15
eligible players. All players must meet the minimum requirements set forth by the league. Any team that is in violation of this rule will receive a forfeit for every game the player is on the roster, whether he/she played or not. If a player is found to be ineligible, the team will then be removed from the league and will not be allowed to participate in the Lone Star Sport Club Conference for at least one season. The coach may be banned from the league permanently depending on the outcome of the investigation.
All roster changes must be made 3 days in advance of each contest. Players will not be added to the roster on the day of the game. It is the responsibility of both teams to check the roster each game and make sure that players have ID's and are on the official roster. These rosters will be sent out each Thursday prior to the game. Make sure you print an updated roster prior to each game. The last day for roster changes will be Monday, October 5, 2015
Schedule Changes
Each team has been given several opportunities to make changes to the schedule. Once the schedule is finalized, it must be followed throughout the season. On the chance that a decision has been made to change it (not likely), schedule changes will only be allowed by permission of the commissioner, the other teamand7 days in advance.
Any team that forfeits a game will not advance into the playoffs. Any team that receives two forfeits will be dropped from the league. A team that receives a forfeit due to not showing up for a game on time will be responsible for the payment of officials.
Pre-Game Preparations
All players must present a College/University ID (preferred) or a Texas Driver's License prior to each contest. If you do not have an ID, you will not be allowed to play. There are no exceptions to this rule.
Three certified officials will be assigned to all games. The home team will be responsible for payment of each official.
All games will start promptly as scheduled. Everything must be set up for the game at least 30 minutes prior to start time. Visiting teams will need to make allowances for traffic, trains, etc. Game time is forfeit time.
Scorekeeper/Clock Operators
Please make sure all table personnel is qualified to keep score and run the clock. Make sure that he/she is aware of all game rules prior to assigning them the task. All teams must check in 30 minutes prior to the game, so everything must be ready to go. If scorekeepers are not qualified to do the job, this can be a cause for protest by the visiting team.
Please ensure each team feels welcome and comfortable in your environment. All visiting team coaches and players must be provided an adequate time to warm up and seating. Many teams will have fans attend the game; it would be great if they could have seating as well.
Security is not a requirement at this time, but make sure you have enough staff available to help control the crowd. We do not want things to get out of hand, but if so, officials are to stop the game immediately and address the issue. In some cases games may be declared a forfeit by one or both teams, even if it is after the game during egress of the facility. The goal is that every team as well as its fans represent the league well at all times.Security is not a requirement at this time, but make sure you have enough staff available to help control the crowd. We do not want things to get out of hand, but if so, officials are to stop the game immediately and address the issue. In some cases games may be declared a forfeit by one or both teams, even if it is after the game during egress of the facility. The goal is that every team as well as its fans represent the league well at all times.
At the completion of each game, team representatives must e-mail the results and scores by the following Monday no later than 5:00pm. Any incidents that may occur must be noted at this time.
Post-Season Tournament
The champion of the Lone Star Sport Club Conference Basketball League will be determined during the post-season tournament. Teams will be seated according to their regular season record. A team that receives a forfeit during the regular season will not be allowed to participate in the post-season tournament.
Protests can be made when a rule is in question. Protests will not be considered if they are based on a decision involving the accuracy or judgment on the part of an official.
Protest must be made to the official at the time in which the incident occurred. It is too late to protest once the game is complete.
If a team wishes to protest because they believe a correctable error has occurred they will do the following:
Upon gaining possession or during a dead ball, the team will call a time out, alert the game officials that they wish to protest, and will sate specifically what "correctable error" they think has been made.
The game officials will alert the team that the a) the error is not correctable; b)the error is correctable; or c)they aren't sure.
In a-the ball will immediately be put back in play and the team will not be charged with a timeout. Teams are allowed this courtesy ONE TIME during the course of a game. A team making any subsequent requests that are not "correctable" will be charged with a timeout.
In b or c-the game officials will charge a timeout to the team and they will call the commissioner of the league who will then make the final ruling.
If the error is indeed correctable, the error will be fixed and the team will not be charged with a timeout. If the error is not correctable, the team will be charged with and may use a timeout. If no timeouts are available, a technical foul will be issued.
Teams may not protest the fact that a player was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct or protest a judgment call of an official.
Unless otherwise stated, The National Federation of State H.S. Association Basketball Rules will be followed.
The game shall begin with a jump ball between any two players, one from each team, with possession alternating between each team in all jump ball situations after the opening jump. Each overtime period will begin with a jump ball between any two players, one from each team.
The game shall consist of two twenty-minute halves with a running game clock.
The game clock will run continuously with the following exceptions:
The last two minutes of each half when it will stop for all fouls, violations, and timeouts.
- If a team is ahead by 15 or more points anytime during the last two minutes of the second half, the clock will continue to run without stopping until the differential is below 15 points.
- The game clock will stop for all team timeouts and resume after the ball is in-bounded following the timeout.
- The referee will stop the game clock for serious injuries, game clock and scoreboard problems and other such issues and incidents.
Halftime will be five (5)minutes in length.
Each team is permitted four (4) time-outs per game, each one minute in length.
If the score is tied at the end of the second half, play shall continue without a change of baskets for one or more extra periods with a one-minute intermission before each extra period. As many such periods as are necessary to break the tie shall be played.
Extra periods are an extension of the second half (personal and team fouls carry over). The length of the extra period shall be three minutes.
The clock will run continuously until the last minute of each period when it will stop for all fouls, violations, and timeouts.
Each team is allowed one timeout, one minute in length for each overtime period. Timeouts not used during regulation play CANNOT be used during the overtime periods.
A successful try from the field by a player who is located behind the 19 foot 9 inch line counts three points. Any other goal from the field counts two points for the team into whose basket the ball is thrown.
A goal from a free throw counts one point for the thrower's team.
The Mercy Rule will take effect when a team is winning by 30 or more points with 10 minutes (or less) remaining in the game.
Fouls and Penalties
Any player charged with a fifth foul shall be disqualified from the game.
A bonus free throw shall be awarded for each common foul (except a player control foul) committed by a player of a team beginning with that team's 7th foul in a half, provided the first attempt is successful. A player control is counted as a team foul for reaching bonus.
Two free throws shall be awarded for each common foul (except a player control foul) committed by a player of a team beginning with that team's 10th foul in a half. A player control foul is counted as a team foul for reaching bonus.
Two free throws will be attempted for intentional fouls, technical fouls, and flagrant fouls. The offended team gets possession of the ball after the free throws have been attempted.
Dunking is legal during all official games. However, dunking is not allowed during a dead ball including pre-game, and/or the half-time warm up period and/or the post-game period. Hanging on the rim is also illegal (except to prevent injury) and is penalized with a technical foul.
Technical Fouls
The opposing team will be awarded two free throws and possession of the ball at the division line.
Any player receiving 2 technical fouls or a flagrant foul will be ejected from the game. Any ejected player shall be removed from the court and shall be disqualified for the next game. Any player ejected from any 2 league games will be ineligible for play for the duration of the season.
Free Throws
Substitutions: During multiple free throw fouls, substitutions may be made only before the final attempt in a sequence and after the final attempt has been converted.
Free throw lane provisions: A player occupying a lane space may not enter the lane until the ball touches the ring or backboard, or until the free throw ends.
If a tie exists, it will be decided as follows:
1. Head-to Head competition
2. Point differential
3. If two teams have the same point differential, then who beat whom in head-to-head competition will determine playoff placement
4. If all three teams have the same point differential, then the total points scored will determine playoff placement
5. If teams are still tied, then the fewest points allowed will determine playoff placement


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The mission of the Department of Religious Studies is to discover, explore, and analyze religious experience in its various manifestations emphasizing the Roman Catholic tradition, in dialogue with the other Christian traditions and with the world religions.
Who We Are
We are a community of scholars serving the University, academic and local community by teaching, research, prophetic criticism, and action. We study religious experience, expression and thought, with special emphasis on the Roman Catholic tradition while dialoguing with other Christian traditions and other world religions. We are committed to lifelong growth through effective learning in undergraduate general education, an undergraduate major, M.A. programs in theological studies and pastoral ministry, and a Ph.D. in theology centered on the U.S. Catholic experience.
What We Believe
We believe that understanding the human condition necessarily involves understanding religious experience and expression. We believe that the liberal learning to which the College of Arts and Sciences is committed requires the study of religion which opens the imagination to manifestations of the sacred in multiple cultures and enables critical understanding of its inculturated expressions. In keeping with the Catholic and Marianist character of the University, the department is committed to the education of the whole person so that learning can be integrated into the daily life, service activities, faith, and community building.
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By Jenifer b. McKim | The Boston Globe | May 14, 2013
After six years and tens of thousands of homeowners financially ruined, the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts finally appears to have run its course, as the number of property seizures drops dramatically and home values rise steadily.
The latest figures, released Monday by a local real estate tracking firm, add to other recent evidence indicating fewer homeowners are having difficulty paying their mortgages than a year ago. A once-mountainous backlog of properties under foreclosure has been sharply pared, and a shrinking number of borrowers are receiving loan default notices.
Statewide, only 227 homes were grabbed back by lenders in March, 74 percent fewer than during that month in 2012, according to the Warren Group, a private Boston company. From January through March, completed foreclosures totaled 716, down 71 percent from the first quarter of last year.
That pales in comparison to 2008, when the real estate market was eroding here and in free fall in other parts of the country. At that time, Massachusetts lenders were seizing more than 1,000 properties a month, Warren Group data show.
"The [state's] foreclosure crisis . . . is over,'' said Barry Bluestone, founding director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University.
Bluestone said Massachusetts, which suffered far less during the recession than such states as California, Florida, and Nevada, remains in a relatively strong position.
"We are on the leading edge nationwide in getting this foreclosure crisis behind us," Bluestone said.
Timothy M. Warren Jr., chief executive of the Warren Group, had a similar take on the March figures. "We're seeing foreclosures drop all over the country, but Massachusetts is exceptional in its reduction,'' Warren said. Banker & Tradesman, a trade weekly published by the Warren Group, on Monday also declared an end to the state's foreclosure crisis.
Economists and real estate industry analysts say the easing of foreclosures means a substantial drag on the housing market has been lessened. In addition to wrecking personal credit and leaving some people without a place to live, the crisis created a flood of bank-owned properties that worsened along with the recession and brought down the prices of homes that were in good standing with banks. That, in turn, discouraged prospective sellers from listing their properties and made potential buyers reluctant to pay asking prices.
Massachusetts dodged most of the ravages of the recession because it did not experience the rampant development, much of it financed with subprime loans, that took place in other states. Also, housing prices did not fall as precipitously in the state, meaning fewer owners were "underwater" on their mortgages — owing more than their homes were worth.
The latest Warren Group research shows the state's housing market is continuing to move in the right direction, said Paul Willen, a senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Pushed by a tight housing inventory and heated interest from buyers, the median selling price of a single-family home in Massachusetts increased to $282,500 during the first three months of the year, 10.6 percent more than during the first quarter of 2012, the Warren Group said.
The prospect of gaining equity in a home is motivating more borrowers to stay current on their loans, even if it is a struggle, Willen said.
"It is not just that housing prices have gone up. It's the expectation that they will go up further," he said. "The acute crisis phase is over."
But Willen said foreclosures need to decline even more. In a truly robust economy, he said, there should only be about 1,000 property seizures in Massachusetts for an entire year.
Tim H. Davis, a research consultant who analyzes foreclosure data for the public nonprofit Massachusetts Housing Partnership, said some people are still fighting to save their homes, especially in lower-income communities where property values are still languishing. As values in those places start to improve, he said, some of those homeowners will have the option of selling rather than going into foreclosure.
"The pain for some of the families may continue, but the resolutions will be easier," Davis said.
Data released last month by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which tracks repeat home sales in 20 US cities, found values in the Boston area are still down nearly 16 percent compared with the market's peak in 2005. Nationwide, home values remain off by about 29 percent from their height.
Attorney General Martha Coakley warned Monday that public officials "shouldn't be declaring 'mission accomplished' just yet" regarding foreclosures. Coakley was a key negotiator in last year's national $26 billion settlement with the country's top five major banks that was intended to offer relief to homeowners and stem foreclosures.
"There are thousands of homeowners still struggling to avoid unnecessary foreclosures, and that work must continue before declaring victory over the foreclosure crisis," she said.
Last week, she complained that US lenders are sending borrowers inaccurate and confusing information and denying aid without specifying why.
But based on Monday's Warren Group data, those may not be widespread issues in Massachusetts over coming months. The company reported just 284 foreclosures were initiated in March, 82 percent fewer than during March 2012. And for the first three months of the year, 2,080 homes were entered into the foreclosure process, a 52 percent drop from 2012.


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Lyndsay Moir: "Sony has announced that a PS3 and Vita combo package could possibly be released in time for Christmas this year. In a recent interview with CVG, Sony head Fergal Gara said that it would make sense for the two consoles to be paired up in a package that would include both devices, as well as some cross play games."
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Sorry guys, keyboard had a spasm. Fixed the Caps. Apologies! :)
Even with calling the Vita a console, I forgive it as the author is female.
Just in time for all the uneducated moms to buy their kids one because the Gamestop employees will be pushing them hard.


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Australia and the CTBTO to work together to win support for the Treaty
CTBTO contributes to tsunami warning following the earthquake in Chile
Monitoring stations belonging to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) contributed to the rapid alerts issued by tsunami warning centres in the Pacific region following the devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile early on Saturday morning (27 February). "In this time of sorrow, it is at the same time important that we at the CTBTO can do our share and contribute to disaster mitigation and save lives," Tibor Tóth, the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO, said in a comment.
Australia and the CTBTO to work together to win support for the Treaty
"One of the conversations that we had is how Australia can persistently encourage other nations in our region and in the Asia Pacific to sign up to the Treaty and to ratify it," said Stephen Smith, Foreign Minister of Australia, at a press conference after a meeting with Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO.
Diplomats consider 2010 a crucial year for the non-proliferation regime
At a Mongolian organized roundtable discussion on "Reinforcing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT): Challenges and Opportunities," Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, Mongolia's Permanent Representative in Vienna, said that "the current global political climate provides an opportunity for a successful NPT Review Conference". Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital, will soon host a CTBTO two-day regional workshop. "The workshop will provide a timely opportunity to engage States in the region on the importance of further steps to advance the Treaty," said Annika Thunborg, the CTBTO's Chief of Public Information.
CTBTO launches Newsroom for Journalists
"The newsroom allows us to make information more readily available to journalists" said Annika Thunborg, spokesperson for the CTBTO. "We will now be able, for example, to upload information of interest to journalists directly from the hallway of a conference," she said. "We invite journalists to check it out and we'd be delighted to hear their views about whether it assists them."
Joe Biden: Obama to Seek CTBT Ratification
"The test ban treaty is as important as ever," said U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden. "A decade ago, we led this effort to negotiate this treaty in order to keep emerging nuclear states from perfecting their arsenals and to prevent our rivals from pursuing ever more advanced weapons," he said. "We are confident that all reasonable concerns raised about the treaty back then – concerns about verification and the reliability of our own arsenal - have now been addressed."
Ellen Tauscher: Obama To Seek Senate Ratification For CTBT
"By smartly managing our nuclear stockpile, we can move forward on other parts of the President's nuclear agenda. We can seek Senate ratification of CTBT", said Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control. "We simply don't need to test to maintain our deterrent" concluded Tauscher.
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McCain could help Obama reduce nuclear threat
"We hope that McCain will ultimately decide to support Senate ratification both of the strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia and of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty," write Bishop Minerva Carcano, Reverend Gerald Kicanas, and Reverend John Dorhauer.
Support for the CTBT Increases
"The Administration's 2011 budget request also bolsters the case for the eventual ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty," said Bob Casey, a Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania, following up on U.S. Vice President Biden's speech at the National Defense University. Democratic Senators Ted Kaufman (D-DE) and Al Franken (D-MN) released media advisories in support of Biden's remarks. State Senator Beth Edmonds penned an op-ed calling for ratification of the CTBT.
Read Senator Casey's floor speech here, Senator Franken and Senator Kaufman's press releases here and here, and Senator Edmonds' op-ed here.
Australia and Japan urge States to ratify CTBT
"The Ministers confirmed that Japan and Australia will continue to urge states which have not yet signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to do so with a view to its early entry into force," noted the Joint Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Katsuya Okada, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Mr Stephen Smith.
Russian official urges the United States to ratify CTBT
"The current voluntary moratoria on nuclear testing, as important as they are, cannot replace legally binding agreements," said Oleg Rojkov, deputy director in the department for security and disarmament in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "If we delay any further the entry into force of the CTBT, we endanger nuclear disarmament and the entire non-proliferation regime," he said, qualifying the current situation as "scandalous" and urging the United States and the other holdout States to ratify the CTBT.
The Arms Control Association launches the "Project for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty"
"With our Project for the CTBT, we encourage President Obama to provide the leadership needed to advance the CTBT and we urge the Senate to take another look at the technical advances in stockpile stewardship and nuclear test monitoring and verification that make the CTBT overwhelmingly in the U.S. national security interest," said Daryl G. Kimball, Arms Controll Association's executive director and Project for the CTBT coordinator. "It is in U.S. national security interests to prevent others from conducting nuclear tests, which could allow them to prove new and advanced nuclear warhead designs".
Visit the project's homepage here.
"Now More Than Ever: The Case for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"
"Nuclear testing is a dangerous and unnecessary vestige of the Cold War that the United States rejected almost 20 years ago. There is no military justification for resuming U.S. testing, and the United States does not need nuclear testing to maintain the effectiveness and reliability of its nuclear deterrent," argue Tom Collina and Daryl Kimball in the Arms Control Association's CTBT Briefing Book.
Report of Pugwash Consultations on CTBT Entry into Force
The Nobel Peace Price winning Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs released the "Report of Consultations on CTBT Entry into Force". Designed "to explore the security concerns and political obstacles to Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)," the report states that "participants reaffirmed the value of the CTBT" and "there is some hope that we are now moving toward achieving some of the CTBT's central goals."


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v. t. - To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. 2
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Calgary Alberta Family History Centre
|This article describes the services and resources available at a Family History Centre, a branch facility of the Family History Library.
- Language: English
- Location & Map
- Address: 2021-17th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2T 0G2
- We are located on the lower level of the Calgary Alberta Stake Centre. The entrance to the Centre is on 19A Street S.W. Please park in the lot directly east of the Centre. Press the Black Button beside the double doors on the east side of the building to ring the front desk. A staff member will answer and admit you.
- Phone: (403) 571-3700
- Hours of Operations
- Tuesday & Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Our Centre is Fragrance Free due to some of our staff and patrons are allergic.
- No food or drinks are allowed.
- Children under 12 must be accompanied and monitored by an adult.
- Director: Sheila Penner
- Assistant Director: Valerie LeBaron
- High Council Advisor: Larry Penner
- Patron Services: Carol Hutchinson
- Technical Services: Janice Cushman
- Treasurer: Brien Cushman
- Staff Trainer: Frances Swendsen
Community Classes
Please register for classes at: http://genwebworks.net/cfhc
- 26 Jan 2012 (Thursday) - Getting Started.
Learn how to get started in family history research. This class is designed for those with little or no previous experience.
Presenter:Carol Hutchinson - Scout Room at 7:00 pm.
- 23 Feb 2012 (Thursday) - How to Write and Publish a Personal History.
Find out how to make a personal history come alive! This presentation will also include editing tips, and the steps to be taken to publish a history
Presenter: Brent R. Laycock - Scout Room at 7:00 pm.
- 22 Mar 2012 (Thursday) - Social Media.
Learn how to use social media to assist you with your family history research. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, and SmugMug will be included
Presenter: Judi Lee - Scout Room at 7:00 pm
- 26 Apr 2012 (Thursday) - Comparing Genealogy Programs.
Which genealogy management program is best for you? This presentation will give an overview of four of the most popular programs: Personal Ancestral File (PAF), Ancestral Quest, Legacy and Roots Magic.
Presenter: Sharon Hogenson, Frances Swendsen & others.
- Scout Room at 7:00 pm.
Staff Training Meetings
- Staff Trainings are on the 2nd Thursday – please mark your calendars.
- Community Classes are on the 4th Thursday – please mark your calendars.
- It is important that you attend as many of these trainings and classes as you can.
- The more that you learn, the better prepared you will be to assist our patrons.
9 Feb 2012 (Thursday) In the Scout Room at 7:00 pm.
How to get the youth involved in Family History
~ remember Elder Bednar's talk in the October Conference.
~ Presenter: Elder Peter Darby
- 1 Mar 2012 (Thursday) In the Chapel at 7:00 pm.
Tri-Stake Training
~ Presenter: Elder Peter Darby
- 12 Apr 2012 (Thursday) In the Scout Room at 7:00 pm.
Navigating Ancestry.com
Presenter: Carol Hutchinson & Cheryl Longbotham
Staff Training Challenge
- January 2012
"Don't Fall For These Family History Myths"
Read Peter Darby's Blog dated Jan 22, 2012
- November 27, 2011
Check out "What's New at Family Search?"
1. Go to familysearch.org.
2. Click on Blog.
3. Click on What's New at Family Search? (found on the right).
4. There are two new articles dated November 23, 2011.
a. Feature Changes in FamlySearch.org.
b. Using the New FamilySearch Historical Records Search Form.
5. Practice using the New Search Form and become familiar with it.
Note: This is the last Weekly Challenge until January 2012.
~ Have a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS ! ~
- Week of October 16, 2011
October is Family History Month
- In your family history program (Paf, Roots Magic, Legacy etc) generate a 'Custom Report' and find out how many of your ancesters were born in October.
- Don't forget to use the 'help' section in your program if you are unsure how to make a 'Custom Report'.
- Week of Sept 4, 2011
From Peter Darby's blog - http://peterfh.wordpress.com/
- Bookmark the above web site on your own computer and check it weekly. There is a new post every Sunday. Elder Darby is our area advisor for Family History. He has great ideas.
Using browser favorites and bookmarks with the new FamilySearch to mark individuals for easy access.
August 28, 2011 by pdarby peterfh.wordpress.com/author/pdarby/
The following text is from knowledge document 105107 which is available in the Help Center of nFS:
Internet browsers have highly developed and easy-to-use bookmarking capabilities. Since a browser will always be an integral part of the new FamilySearch, using the browser's tools can be very beneficial. For example, individuals' names can be organized into groups or placed on the desktop for easy, one-click access.
To bookmark a person:
- Find the Person Identifier (PID) of the person (looks like P94P-3R9).
- Copy the PID, and then use the Search tab to search for the person by number.
- The person will now be in the main pedigree position.
- Click Favorites, and then click Add to Favorites from the menu bar in Internet Explorer, or clickBookmarks in Firefox. Enter the name of the favorite or bookmark. For example, you could use the name of the person being marked or the name of the family line. Save the bookmark.
Now, whenever this favorite or bookmark is clicked, the new FamilySearch will open with the individual already in the main position (after you have signed in). There is virtually no limit to the number of individuals you can mark this way, and you can quickly move from one to another by just clicking the corresponding favorite or bookmark.
- Week of Aug 28, 2011
- Go to familysearch.org
- Click on 'What's New?' on the right side
- Read article Visit Our New Learning Center
- Review from last week.
- Do at least two more courses.
- Read article Search Feature Changes in Upcoming FamilySearch Releases. Watch for new releases and then practice using the new features.
- Read article Visit Our New Learning Center
- Week of Aug 21, 2011
- Go to family.search.org and sign in.
- Click on Learn.
- Scroll down to Research Courses
- Click on View the Courses.
- Under What's New - Do the class – Getting Started with Family History Research
- Under Most Popular - Look at the 5 Minute Genealogy Episode
- Under What are you Looking for - Choose a country and do at least one of the courses
- Week of Aug 14, 2011
- Wiki ~ Part Two
- Go to https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Calgary_Alberta_Family_History_Centre. (This is the Home Page for our Family History Centre on the Wiki.)
- Save this as a favorite on your home computer so that you can find it easily.
- Check out the class schedule and register for ALL of the classes.
- It is important for all of the staff members to attend all of the classes even if it is not an area that you personally are interested in.
- You will learn many ideas and tips for helping our patrons when they come to the centre to do their own research.
- Check out the Staff Training
- Remember, it is important for all staff to attend these meetings in order to stay on top of things. This way you will be able to offer excellent help to our patrons.
- Mark the Staff Christmas Party on your calendar.
- On the right side of the page, click on Browse by Country. Click on the letter 'E' and then choose England.
- See what is available to help with research in England.
- On the map of England, click on one of the Counties.
- Now you have specific tips for researching that county.
- Check this out too.
- Other countries can also be broken down into smaller areas.
- Canada – Provinces
- USA – States
- Scotland – Counties
- Switzerland – Cantons
- See what other countries can be broken down into smaller areas
- Week of Aug 7, 2011
- Wiki ~ Part One
- Learn How to use Wiki in FamilySearch
- Go to the Wiki [1][https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page
- Sign in using your LDS user name and password.
- On the right side is a box "New to the Research Wiki?"
- Click on Learn More
- Learn more about how to use the Wiki
- Using the back arrows, go back to the Home Page of the Wiki
- In the Search box, type in Calgary Alberta Family History Center.
- There is some information on this site now.
- More information and pictures are going to be added soon.
- Check back often to see what is "NEW" at our Centre.
- Using the back arrows, go back to the Home Page of the Wiki.
- Click on List All Countries.
- At the top, click on the letter G and then go to Germany.
- On the left side, scroll down to Language and Languages.
- This is where you can find a German Word List.
- Go back to the Home Page for Germany and follow other links and learn how to do research in Germany.
- Learn how to use the Wiki and be able to find many valuable tips on researching in many countries.
- Week of Aug 1, 2011
- Let's Find Out about the Places of Your Ancestors
- Choose a place where one of your Ancestors are from.
- Go to Google Maps and put the name of the place in.
- Notice what other towns, rivers, lakes, mountains are nearby.
- Look at the Aerial view to see the look of the area – trees, farmland, lakes, rivers, mountains.
- Go to Google Images and put the place name in quotes. e.g. "Ballybay, Ireland"
- See what pictures you can find of the town.
- Often you can find Period pictures of some places. e.g. Glasgow, Scotland
- Try many different places of your ancestors.
- Week of July 25, 2011
- Census Records
- Pick one of your ancestors and trace them through the years in the Census Records.
- Find them with their parents and siblings.
- Find them with their spouse and children.
- See what information you can find out about your family such as: occupations, birth dates, immigration information, birth places of parents, religion, land owned, literacy, etc.
- Choose another ancestor and keep going.
- Put the information that you find in your personal genealogy software, e.g. PAF, Roots Magic, Legacy etc.
- Family History Library Catalog. Microfilms from the Family History Library Catalog can be ordered online from home and can be viewed at this centre.
- Our Family History Centre has an extensive collection of research materials, including:
- Ontario Vital Records Indexes
- Birth 1869 - 1912
- Marriage 1869 - 1927
- Death 1869 - 1937
- Ontario Marriage Registrations 1869 - 1914
- Ontario Early Marriage Registers
- Ontario Land Record Indexes (fiche)
- Nova Scotia B/M/D Indexes 1864 - 1877
- Quebec Marriage Index (Loiselle, Rivest, Drouin)
- Quebec Family Index (Jette, Tanguay)
- Alberta Homestead Record Index
- Southern Alberta Cemetery Records
- England/Wales Civil Registration Indexes
- Birth 1837 - 1960
- Marriage 1837 - 1960, 1972, 1973
- Death 1837 - 1976, 1980, 1983
- England - Boyd's Marriage Index 1800 - 1837
- England Probate Indexes 1383 - 1858
- England/Wales National Burial Index 1538 - 2010
- Ireland Civil Registration Indexes
- Birth 1864 - 1921
- Marriage 1845 - 1921
- Death 1864 - 1921
- Eire / N. Ireland B/M/D Indexes 1922 - 1958
- Ireland Marriage License Index 1629 - 1864
- Ireland Index to Griffith's Valuation 1848 - 1864
- Scotland Civil Registration Indexes
- Birth 1855 - 1932
- Marriage 1855 - 1925
- Death 1855 - 1955
- Scotland Old Parochial Register (O.P.R.)
- Hamburg Direct and Indirect Passenger Lists
- St. Petersburg - Lutheran Church Records 1833 - 1885
- Crossing the Ocean Index 1840 - 1885, 1889 - 1925
- Crossing the Plains Index 1847 - 1869
- LDS European Card Index 1840 - 1925
- Alberta Temple Records 1923 - 1949
Databases & Software
In our Centre we have Free Access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- Alexander Street Press – The American Civil War
- Research Database
- Letters and Diaries
- Images, Photographs, Posters & Ephemera
- Ancestry.com
- Find My Past
- Fold3.com (Footnote.com)
- The Genealogist
- Genline FamilyFinder
- Godfrey Memorial Library
- Heritage Quest Online
- Historic Map Works Library Edition
- Paper Trail
- World Vital Records
Hardware and Equipment
- 8 Computer Workstations with Printer access
- 9 Microfilm Readers (45 mm)
- 4 Microfilm Readers (16 mm)
- 2 Microfilm/Microfiche Reader/Printers
- 4 Microfiche Readers
- Digital Imaging System
- Photo Copier
Staff Research Specialties
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- Alberta Family Histories Society
- Address: 712 – 16 Avenue NW (Calgary)
- Phone # 403 - 214 - 1447
- http://www.afhs.ab.ca/
- Glenbow Museum
- Address: 130 – 9 Avenue SE (Calgary)
- Phone # 403 - 268 - 4100
- http://www.glenbow.org/
- Calgary Public Library - Main Branch
- Address: 616 Macleod Trail SE (Calgary)
- Phone # 403 - 260 - 2600
- http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/
- University of Calgary Library (MacKimmie Library)
- Address: 2500 University Drive NW (Calgary)
- Phone # 403 - 220 - 8895
- http://library.ucalgary.ca/
Here are some websites that might be of interest to you.
- Automated Genealogy (Canadian Census 1851, 1901, 1906, 1911)
- Library & Archives Canada
- Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
- Canada's Local Histories Online
- Find the graves of your ancestors
- Cyndi's List
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has threatened to attack a South Korean island over what it calls Seoul's provocative claim that it was victorious in a deadly artillery exchange there two years ago.
North Korea shelled the front-line island in November 2010, killing two marines and two civilians. South Korea returned fire, but Pyongyang says it suffered no military casualties.
South Korean marines believe they won in the artillery exchange and plan to open a "victorious battle memorial hall" on Yeonpyeong Island this week to mark its second anniversary.
An unidentified spokesman at the North Korean military's southwestern front command said in remarks released Thursday that South Korea's moves are aimed at sparking a war and will lead to "the second Yeonpyeong Island disaster."
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Weather Watch 4 Advisory
Get ready for round 2 of strong storms. A severe thunderstorm watch and a flash flood watch are in effect through tonight.
Over 2 inches of rain has fallen is some locations across the region. Pop-up showers and thunderstorms will continue this afternoon.
A line of strong to severe storms is scheduled to push through western Pennsylvania this evening with the potential for heavy rain, lightning, strong winds and large hail.
Any additional heavy rainfall could easily lead to more flooding in the area.
National Weather Service Advisory
Severe Thunderstorm Watch:
- Issued at: 2:03 PM EDT on July 10, 2013, expires at: 8:00 PM EDT on July 10, 2013
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch 406 remains in effect until 800 PM EDT PA . Pennsylvania counties included are Allegheny Beaver Butler Crawford Erie Lawrence Mercer Venango Washington
Flash Flood Watch:
- Issued at: 9:22 am EDT on July 10, 2013, expires at: 6:00 AM EDT on July 11, 2013
- ...Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through late tonight... The Flash Flood Watch continues for portions of western Maryland...east central Ohio...southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia...including the following areas...in western Maryland...Garrett. In east central Ohio... Belmont...Carroll...Columbiana...Coshocton...Guernsey... Harrison...Jefferson OH...Monroe...Muskingum...Noble and Tuscarawas. In southwest Pennsylvania...Allegheny...Beaver... Fayette...Fayette ridges...Greene...Washington...Westmoreland and Westmoreland ridges. In West Virginia...Brooke...Hancock... Marion...Marshall...Monongalia...Ohio...Preston...Tucker and Wetzel.
- Through late tonight.
- Periodic thunderstorms will continue across the area through tonight. One to two inches of rain is expected in any thunderstorms.
- Although flash flooding is occurring presently in a portion of the outlook area...the best chance for flash flooding will be this afternoon and evening as more numerous thunderstorms develop. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. Monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.


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School Committee not making educated cuts
Is the North Kingstown School Committee showing you we can do "more with less" or simply "less with more" as we go through budget discussions? So far, the answer is clearly "less with more."
While districts all around us are scrambling to consolidate and adjust their longterm costs with their teachers and support unions, the NKSD just cut $2.1 million from the budget without a word from the unions, which utilize 88 percent of a $60 million NKSD budget. Some may think that's great, but the district's educational footprint is changing fast and the changes are probably worse than they need to be.
Among the areas reduced in first pass cuts were $110,000 in classroom computers, the last of the tech nology instructors and the senior technician who kept the old computers running. The hardware cut was tough - but understandable - if we have a plan to service what we have so that the classrooms won't be impacted. Was it smart to fire the inexpensive service technician who keeps the old stuff running if using computers was going to be a classroom priority? Probably not.
Though the committee chairperson continually says he looks for non-student facing cuts first before proposing program cuts to the committee, in reality they were the first to go and we really made some mistakes. Along with technology and maintenance, freshman athletics, a librarian, guidance counselors, and building support were also cut.
The last two meetings had a surreal feel. Continuing a practice begun in 2006, the new superintendent's budget recommendations were routinely overrode as the committee leadership adjusted contracts and jobs, on the fly, with little or no regard to the impact of the cuts they madein front of the impacted employees and off the agenda.
One such motion was made to reduce the athletic director's job to 185 days a year. While there has been debate for years about the cost of the athletic director, no one has ever argued the NK athletic director job doesn't require year round commitment. August football players, summer camp attendees, weekend tournament participants and most other athletes probably should be nervous with this non-sensical vote. I have to say the superintendent did not recommend this cut. He once again stated his support for the athletic director - even with an inaudible head nod this time. He wasn't even asked to come back with a plan by the committee. Committee leadership just eagerly made the cut. I am told now that the 185-day administrator is going to be an instrument used across-theboard for administrators.
We have to cut. We have to do it intelligently. Dr. Thornton mentioned the other night that he believes we have taken administration about as far as it can be cut and still remain effective. We should listen and consider the next area of cost reduction.
Many of you have written the committee to express your opinion on the priority of the cuts being made telling us we must look at all areas of cost. I agree. Last year, the committee asked the teachers' union come back to the table to discuss reasonable concessions. We were told no. We've asked again, in fact at a meeting, the audience members had to tell the committee leadership to ask again. This week we were told discussions were going fine but no one's coming back to the table.
Now it's time to act instead of talk. I'm asking that the employees managed by the superintendent outside of collective bargaining and all administrators move immediately to at least a 20 percent co-share of their healthcare benefit. It's not even outrageous. It's equitable if you're paying your own healthcare today. The committee and superintendent can do this at any time. This alone would save thousands.
Ideally, every employee, the unions included, will either move to this number or formally tell the community why they won't. If the committee and administration doesn't want to take this step, they too should tell the community why they won't. The money we save could put back some of the resources we just cut - or could help reduce the burden if we don't get a two percent spending lift from the town.
Don't be fooled by the rhetoric and please look at the decisions coming from this committee for what they are. Douglas Roth North Kingstown School Committee


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Puppy on adult food?
I've got a three month old, and the breeder i got him (Marley) from, has him on Pro Plan Adult food....not puppy food. Should I change over to a puppy food? If so, what kind, and how often? He is about 25lbs.
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Switch him to puppy food. It has more protein. He needs the protein to develop his muscles. Otherwise his low protein adult food will make him develop a dog with narrow legs. I feed my dog Wellness. You can find it here www.oldmotherhubbard.com
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Most puppy foods(and foods in general) have feeding guidlines on the bag. You match up the weight(25 lbs?) to his age in weeks on the chart and it will tell you how much(total) to feed a day that will meet his caloric needs. You can feed half in the morning and half in the evening, all at once, or 3 times a day. That is just personal preference and how you think your dog will eat the best. Hope this helps.
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Tell your vet to stick to medicine. Many breeds especially Pits may have one final surge of growth at 7-9 months of age or even later depending on breed. Get him on a good puppy food or even a life stages formula like Canidae, Flint River or Natural Balance. This way you can switch him now and you wouldn't have to switch him for years - or at least not in another 6-8 months. Wellness is a great puppy food. But, in your situation I would suggest one of the life stages formulas. Either way get him on a good supplement to offest the lack of protein or give him some eggs mixed in wiht his food.
Life Stages means it's for puppy and adults.
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I've been feeding my Connor puppy food till he was 1 1/2 years old. Petsmart people told me to feed him that until he starts to gain weight. But he never did and hasnt gotten bigger structure wise since 1 year so I finally switched him to Adult Premiun Performance. Brand of food is Eukanuba
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Substitute teacher criticizes low pay in Nashua schoolsBy SIMėN R═OS
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January 18. 2013 10:50PM
NASHUA - Isabel Hennessy began substitute teaching because of her love for education. But when she received her first paycheck, she was dismayed at what she considered a measly compensation - $62 a day.
"When you're making $62 a day you're just a babysitter for the school system, really," said Hennessy, who raised three kids in Nashua schools.
Hennessy was so upset by the pay subs get in Nashua that she decided to make a cause of it. She brought it to the school board at last week's meeting, claiming subs haven't gotten a raise in 35 years.
"I went into the Department Labor and 35 years ago the minimum wage was $2.65," she said. "As a parent and a taxpayer, I remember how you guys said that to get good (teachers) we need to pay them, because they are professionals. I do think that substitute teachers are professionals as well."
Hennessy said the board members should all try subbing for a day to see what it's like.
At the meeting, superintendent Mark Conrad said as the district is looking at future budgets, they are considering raises for substitutes.
"The concerns have already come into play administratively," Conrad said.
He said that could mean increasing the per diem pay a small amount next year "with the idea of getting it up over the next few years."
Hennessy is an accountant by trade, and her main work is as a Spanish interpreter for Social Security recipients - she substitutes because she loves the work, teaching Spanish and other subjects at the city's high schools.
She works Tuesday through Friday as a substitute teacher and sometimes fills in for teachers on a longer-term basis.
Nashua isn't alone in paying bare-bones wages to its subs, but it seems to be at the bottom of the list. Hudson and Manchester subs make $70 a day, compared to $65 in Amherst, which is one of the most affluent districts in the state.
According to the district's human resources director Dana O'Gara, Nashua has around 500 substitute teachers and employs them 12,000 times a year, either for half or full days.
O'Gara estimated that the district spends $750,000 paying subs; a $1 raise would require the school to budget an addition $12,000 annually.
Only certified teachers who substitute are eligible to make anything over $62 a day, and that's because of state law. Certified teachers filling in on a long-term basis for permanent teachers earn the base wage for a teacher in Nashua, $213.50 for bachelor's level and $233.20 for master's.
Though she's not directly involved in the budget discussions, O'Gara said she hopes subs will get a raise in the years to come.
Asked how much subs should earn, Hennessy said wages in Nashua should at least be consistent with neighboring districts.
"Make it competitive," she said. "How can the towns that are around us afford it and we can't? They're towns, we're a city."
Hennessy said most people gripe about wages but no one does anything about it.
"I hear everybody complaining about the pay, and they have nobody who advocates for them because they might not want to lose their job as a substitute," she said. "People get scared thinking, if I go and speak out they might not want me to work there anymore."
She said the low wage puts Nashua schools at a disadvantage, causing the better subs to teach at districts that pay better.


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Horoscopes for week of October 26, 2006
"Jaws" is the most common name for pet goldfish. Take your cue from this fun fact, Taurus. Identify the mildest, tamest, most passive part of you, then push it in the direction of becoming more daring, assertive, and courageous. If it helps to give that part of you a nickname like "Jaws," by all means do so. Halloween costume suggestion: a shark, Tyrannosaurus, dragon, or football player.
A sizable proportion of Christians are addicted to pornography, according to a poll conducted by a major Christian website. It that's true, it's dramatic proof of what psychologists say: that we're prone to be unhealthily obsessed and possessed by whatever we demonize. Meditate on how this theme might apply to you, Gemini. Investigate whether you're being hurt by your scorn and anger and hatred. And please note that I'm not advising you to protect yourself from people or things you judge as bad, but rather from your attitudes about them. Halloween costume suggestion: a fundamentalist porn star.
In December 1984, comedian T. R. Benker told jokes for 48 consecutive hours at a restaurant in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Last year, Ethiopian oddball Belachew Girma laughed nonstop for 100 minutes at a club in Munich. These two chuckle-meisters are your role models, Cancerian. Your assignment is to stimulate massive attacks of reeling merriment and potent doses of sacred revelry as much as possible, both in yourself and others. Halloween costume suggestion: a court jester who relentlessly doles out compliments; a smirking prankster with angel wings and a halo; Santa Claus with a bag full of joke gifts; Lucille Ball imitating Sara Silverman or vice versa.
Most flowers depend on pollinators to reproduce. Birds and insects brush up against a flower's male parts, picking up pollen that they leave on the female parts of the next flower they visit. But nature has created an anomaly that doesn't play by these rules. A wild orchid known as Holcoglossum amesianum fecundates itself. Its male bits actually move, carrying out a complicated maneuver to reach around and down to deposit pollen directly into its female portions. This orchid is your power symbol, Leo. I hope it encourages you to learn more about self-fertilization--to increase your mastery of the underappreciated art of inspiring and teaching and taking care of yourself. Halloween costume suggestion: a hermaphrodite carrying a wild orchid.
French author Andre Gide said, "The color of truth is gray." Make that your watchword, Virgo. Resist the temptation to fall in love with bright shiny red facts or alluring azure maxims. Run like the wind from anyone who tries to sell you a story about good guys in white hats versus bad guys in black hats. The more comfortable you are with veracities that have the hue of dirty dishwater, the more likely it is you'll see things exactly as they are, free of delusions and deceits. Halloween costume suggestion: any elaborate, intricate getup, like a commedia dell'arte character's outfit, that's all grey.
Chinese professor Cao Shizhong is head of the Slanting Building Correction Research Institute. His company specializes in straightening vertical structures that are tilting. He has offered to fix Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa, though not completely. Recognizing that it's a tourist attraction, Shizhong doesn't want to make it so upright that it'll lose its appeal to the curious. So he has offered to give it the same mild slant it had when it was first constructed in 1350. Let's apply this as a metaphor, Libra. I suggest that you partially rectify something that's slouching or lopsided in your life. Don't be such a compulsive perfectionist that it loses its soulful charm. Halloween costume suggestion: a beauty queen with a big pimple; a superhero with a broken arm.
You're ready for take-off. It's time to taxi to the launch location and prepare to go airborne. I suggest you do what birds and airplanes do, which is to fly directly into the wind as you leave the ground. As long as you're forcefully propelling yourself forward, that will give you maximum lift. Oh, and flap your wings gracefully, not frenetically. Don't stare at the ground right beneath you, but rather fix your gaze on a distant point high above you. Halloween costume suggestion: eagle, jet, hang-glider, dragonfly.
About 7,500 people live on Nauru, a coral atoll in the South Pacific. For years, their primary source of income has come from bird droppings, from which they harvest and export phosphates. I suggest you draw inspiration from their example, Sagittarius. Can you think of any wastes you could cash in on? Might it be possible for you to make money from something you think of as useless and messy? Is there some muck that might actually turn out to be valuable if you only considered it from a fresh perspective? Halloween costume suggestion: a plumber carrying a wad of bills; a garbage man or garbage woman wearing a royal crown; a janitor sporting shamanic accessories.
Thomas Paine was a zealous insurrectionary. He wrote incendiary pamphlets that helped ignite and sustain America's struggle for independence from Great Britain. Early in his life, however, he worked making women's girdles, which are among the most constrictive and oppressive garments in the history of the world. Do you think there was a connection between his two gigs? Like maybe his later struggle for liberation was an unconscious atonement for his youthful labors? That's my hypothesis. In the coming week, Capricorn, I suggest you instigate a Thomas Paine-like boomerang. Think of something you did in the past that constricted your spirit or squeezed other people's possibilities. Use that memory as a launching pad as you unleash a brilliant stroke in the name of abundance and expansiveness. Halloween costume suggestion: freedom fighter.
Lightning strikes somewhere on the earth 6,000 times every minute. A single bolt may carry a million volts and reach a temperature of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. If this elemental force could be tamed and utilized, it would provide enough energy to raise a cruise ship six feet in the air. While you won't be able to literally harness a lightning bolt in the coming week, Aquarius, you could accomplish the metaphorical equivalent. At least temporarily, you have an uncanny talent for mobilizing tremendous power that's normally too hot to handle. Halloween costume suggestion: a relaxed, smiling lightning bolt.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness," wrote Mark Twain. I'd add that it also tends to dissolve dogmas, break bad habits, and flush away sterile theories that haven't been tested by actual experience. These are all blessings I wish for you right now, Pisces. I hope that as you wander free of your familiar haunts, you'll have your mind completely blown, get shocked out of your limiting beliefs about yourself, and be so electrified by the world's beauty that you pretty much fall in love with everything and everyone. Halloween costume suggestion: a tourist, nomad, sherpa guide, shaman, Ferdinand Magellan, Sacagawea, Amelia Earhart.
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In the old days, Hollywood tried to make thrillers that got under your skin — today it's more about films that get you out of your skin.
In a sign of the times, this Friday the blood-splattered "Gamer" begins a wave of sci-fi films that take the concepts of second life and video games into dark corners of the digital age. "Gamer" presents a world where modern flesh-and-blood gladiators (among them Gerard Butler of "300" fame) and sex slaves are controlled by a paying public sitting in front of computer screens in the leering privacy of their own homes.
On Sept. 25, "Surrogates," starring Bruce Willis, presents a different spin — a society where everyone essentially stays home but can live (and, it turns out, be killed) via the glamorous robot versions of themselves that create a mechanized second life. In December, director James Cameron takes the out-of-body experience off planet with "Avatar," where lives are lost (and unexpected love found) when humans place their consciousnesses inside the giant blue bodies of alien hybrids on a planet with the oh-so-revealing name of Pandora.
There are other variations of plug-in tales coming. Next year's "Tron Legacy" from Disney takes the download-your-mind dream back to an old-school brand name, and then there's "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," a zany Edgar Wright project that presents Michael Cera in combat with his girlfriend's past lovers while the film keeps score of his gaming-like odyssey. Then there's Christopher Nolan's "Inception," with star Leonardo DiCaprio; the plot is a closely guarded secret at this point but in a perception-bending teaser trailer there's an intriguing tagline that states "your mind is the scene of the crime," suggesting that the director of "The Dark Knight" is treading beyond our reality.
The visions are wildly different but all of the movies speak to the slippery nature of humanity in an era where millions and millions of people "live" an alternative existence in Second Life, build their own worlds in Sims or swing swords at strangers in World of Warcraft.
"One life isn't enough for anyone anymore," said Mark Neveldine, who co-directed "Gamer" with Brian Taylor. "Part of it is people get heavily isolated today and then they also greedy, they want more than the life they have and what it can offer."
Taylor and Neveldine, the same tandem behind "Crank," said they wanted to make a throwback sci-fi film that is high-energy but also laced with social commentary and, like some mash-up between "Natural Born Killers" and Sims, presents lurid bombast and of-the-moment digital-life textures. Butler portrays a death-row inmate who joins a combat game called Slayer that promises a chance of freedom for prisoners who let their brains be rewired to make them controllable characters in a real-life blood sport. (If some of that plot sounds familiar, the directors are aware of it; they noted that that there's a fleeting homage to Arnold Schwarzenegger and "The Running Man" if viewers keep their eyes open.)
"Gamer" has Michael C. Hall (of "Dexter" and "Six Feet Under" fame, shown at right with Butler) as the real bad guy, the architect of Slayer and a sexed-up counterpart game called Society. Taylor said the media mogul was imagined as a cross between Bill Gates, Mark Cuban and University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer, of all people, but with a Dixie accent."A disarming Southern gentleman," as Taylor put it.
The film "Surrogates" has been trying to catch the eye of moviegoers with the billboard campaign of robots flashing come-hither looks. Director Jonathan Mostow, whose last film was 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," said the flirtation with technology has been going on for years and that modern life is at the mercy of the wonderful machines we create.
"We're all essentially addicted to our e-mail, Blackberries, Facebook and Twitter," Mostow said. "I'm not saying technology is evil, believe me, it's great. I'm a major techno addict, I'm a first adopter, I get everything that's new as quick as I can."
The allure of technology is the framing tale in "Surrogates," based on the Top Shelf comic-book series by writer Robert Venditti and artist Brett Weldele, which presents a world where safety is assured because instead of leaving home, people merely dispatch a better-looking robot version of themselves. That arm's-length approach to life changes, though, when murder is reintroduced to society and an FBI agent, played by Willis, finds that he will actually have to venture back out into the real world.
Mostow said Willis and the actor's "believability and credibility" give the detective tale a centered realism. "And you need that in stories such as this one."
That noir sensibility of "Surrogates" is far removed from the tales coming in later seasons from the directors of the two highest-grossing films in American box office history. "Titanic" director Cameron has compared his "Avatar," which stars Sam Worthington, to familiar clash-of-culture tales such as "Dances With Wolves" and "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" while Nolan's "Inception," due in July 2010, seems to be channeling a stylish, less-techy version of "The Matrix."
And after that? Mostow said to expect more films where humans face the ghosts in the machine and search for a human pulse amid the pixels. "The storytellers are telling tales about things happening in society and these are the things we're all worried about … I think it's all in reference to this generalized anxiety about technology and its role in our lives."
— Geoff Boucher
Gerard Butler: "Gamer" makes "300" look like "walk in the park"
Ludacris sees a lot of "Running Man" in "Gamer"
The online "Avatar" trailer gets mixed reactions
James Cameron on "Avatar": Like "Matrix," it opens doorways
Is "Avatar" just "Dances With Wolves" in space?
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Next for Nolan: A Bat-film due in 2011?
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